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Clipboard of Authority
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When the characters are engaging in a Bavarian Fire Drill, are Impersonating an Officer, need to infiltrate the enemy base and/or pose as surprise inspectors to do so, or are Dressing as the Enemy, their credibility is greatly enhanced if one of them is holding a clipboard.note In more futuristic settings, a Data Pad also works. Nothing terrifies human beings as much as an Obstructive Bureaucrat on the move. See also Refuge in Audacity. As shows like The Real Hustle can attest, this is Truth in Television. |
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No clipboard, but in The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Dirk Gently gets into a crime scene by being right behind a uniformed policeman, and when that policeman got stopped to show his ID Gently just walked by and said "He's with me." | |
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In Doom, Fly and Arlene need to get to a radio they don't have access to. Arlene hands Fly a clipboard and he plays inspection sergeant all the way to it. | |
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Sherlock Holmes (2009): Watson grabs a clipboard to infiltrate a factory, briefly acting like an overseer while Holmes, carrying a barrel, plays the common worker. They do this without exchanging words, implying this is a trick they've used before. | |
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Angel and team used this trope a couple times to infiltrate the evil law firm of Wolfram and Hart. This nearly backfired on Angel when another lawyer points at him accusingly only to start talking about a business deal he thinks Angel had a part in. | |
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Modesty Blaise uses what Willie calls the 'universal passport' in "Garvin's Travels" to infiltrate a spy ring hiding in a resort. She adds to the effect by asking the first employee to see her if he's new; he chalks it up to the place being so large. | |
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In Chappie, while the villain Vincent secretly uploads his virus at Tetravaal's high security area, security guards enter the room, which prompts Vincent to grab a random clipboard in hope it makes him look like official staff. The trick works. | |
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He does it again, this time with an actual clipboard (while posing as "Klaus Hergesheimer, G Section") in Diamonds Are Forever. Unfortunately the real Hergesheimer walks through the door just after he leaves... | |
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In Hoodwinked!, Wolf uses a clipboard as part of his disguise as an evil lair inspector. | |
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Discworld: In Moving Pictures, it's said you can get into anywhere with a piece of paper, rolled-up sleeves, and a purposeful expression. Nobby Nobbs uses a sheaf of papers (Colon's shopping list), a purposeful expression, and a constant shout to bluff the guy running the city armory in Men at Arms. A similar point is made in Interesting Times. Discworld protagonists use the Bavarian Fire Drill a lot, so it's not too surprising. |
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James Bond Bond does this in Dr. No. While dressed in a radiation suit he stole by knocking out a guard, he picks up a sheaf of papers to make himself look official. He does it again, this time with an actual clipboard (while posing as "Klaus Hergesheimer, G Section") in Diamonds Are Forever. Unfortunately the real Hergesheimer walks through the door just after he leaves... |
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xkcd: A variation: "Did you know you can just buy lab coats?" | |
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One of the tricks Qui-Gon teaches Obi-Wan in the Jedi Apprentice books. | |
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Robert B. Parker's Spenser does this at least once, while commenting on the phenomenon. | |
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Downplayed in Wonder Woman 1984. Diana Prince and Steve Trevor briefly pick up a box and papers when slipping into Maxwell Lord's office, but abandon them on seeing the employees are too busy fielding calls to pay attention to intruders. | |
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A similar point is made in Interesting Times. Discworld protagonists use the Bavarian Fire Drill a lot, so it's not too surprising. | |
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In Sneakers, Robert Redford claims (and demonstrates!) that all you need to get into any building in the world is a clipboard and a confident wave. | |
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During the X-Wing Series, Iella and Mirax pull this, with Iella as the exec and Mirax as the hapless technician having to guide her around. | |
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The Thrawn Trilogy: In Dark Force Rising, when Luke is rescuing Karrde from a Star Destroyer they use a Data Pad to this effect. | |
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Discussed by Liz and Carol on an episode of 30 Rock, though not about an actual clipboard: "You walk briskly in a pilot's uniform, you can go pretty much anywhere. I've been inside the Lincoln bedroom." | |
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In the BattleTech novel I Am Jade Falcon, while infiltrating a secret laboratory, main character Joanna tells the warrior helping her to "pick up a clipboard and look like you are annoyed by something" in order to avoid being hassled if they're discovered. The ruse works. | |
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Nobby Nobbs uses a sheaf of papers (Colon's shopping list), a purposeful expression, and a constant shout to bluff the guy running the city armory in Men at Arms. | |
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Michael Keaton says (and does) the same thing in The Paper. | |
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Disturbing variant in one of the Sword of Truth novels. When The Imperial Order conquers a city she's in, Jebra hides out for several days in a cellar, managing to avoid the invading army. When she finally comes out, she finds them doing their usual thing… but they leave her alone, apparently on the assumption that if a woman isn't being brutally raped already, then she's a woman they're not supposed to brutally rape. | |
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In The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, the titular character managed to successfully become part of an advertising agency by going in with a clipboard, looking like he knew what he was doing and saying he was with "efficiency", and everyone buys it! | |
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Bond does this in Dr. No. While dressed in a radiation suit he stole by knocking out a guard, he picks up a sheaf of papers to make himself look official. | |
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Invoked by the Leverage team nearly every time they need to infiltrate a corporate headquarters. Clipboards, suits, and maintenance gear have allowed them to walk right past armed security while said security is actually looking for them. | |
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In the Dexter novel Dearly Devoted Dexter Kyle Chutsky points out that "No one ever stops a man with a clipboard." | |
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Lampshaded in Tenet along with Reflective Vest of Authority (ironically just when the Protagonist comes up against a door he can't get through). | |
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In Shadowrun, brandishing one of these is one way how The Face might talk their way into the MegaCorp facility du jour. | |
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Parodied in The Simpsons Game. When Homer mistakes a level boss for "boss-as-in-manager", he tries to "act natural" by putting on glasses and pretending to write on a clipboard. | |
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The Dream Team: This eases Christopher Lloyd's character in doctor-impersonating. | |
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In Voyages of the Wild Sea Horse, Ukyo muses that being dressed as waitstaff while carrying an expensive bottle of wine is practically a free pass to wander around a noble's mansion. She even manages to steal from the lord's office without anyone suspecting her. | |
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Doctor Who: The Doctor's psychic paper, carried in a wallet, credentials-style, often functions as this. The Doctor isn't the only one to use this tool, as Rose Tyler and Clara Oswald also made use of it from time to time. The paper is most often used to make people think that the Doctor, Clara, etc. is a person of authority who is not to be questioned. "The Woman Who Fell to Earth": As part of a Bavarian Fire Drill to evacuate a construction site, Graham and Grace don reflective vests and grab themselves clipboards. "Kerblam!": The Doctor takes note of executive Jarva Slade's clipboard when she first meets him. Later, she and her companions wonder why, in a company that does everything electronically, he's using paper: because he thinks that the computer has something to do with the mysterious employee disappearances, and wants a record only he can access. Head of people Judy Maddox also carries around a tablet that looks like a clipboard. |
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In Moving Pictures, it's said you can get into anywhere with a piece of paper, rolled-up sleeves, and a purposeful expression. | |
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Commando: Inverted in "The Silent Strike" when a British diplomat has to meet a Rebel Leader, so he enters a British oil refinery in his official capacity and exits dressed in overalls in the passenger seat of a truck, holding a clipboard, so the Secret Police won't realise who he is. | |
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Played with in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. To enter a Yakuza hangout, Kusanagi pretends to be picking up the garbage. When the Yakuza refuse to let her in, she insists they have to sign the required paperwork (Japan has strict recycling laws) which is on a clipboard too large to pass through the peep slot, so they have to open the door. | |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this with towels | |
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On Good Girls, Annie has a one-night stand with a guy working at a Costco-like store who steals a paper with his phone number containing crucial information the girls need. Annie doesn't know much about him so at the store, sister Beth grabs a clipboard and marches up to a veteran employee, making it sound like she's from a major corporate office and demanding information as part of some checks. While Annie and Ruby are impressed, Beth lampshades "it's the clipboard." | |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In "Goodbye Iowa" Buffy infiltrates the Initiative's Elaborate Underground Base by posing as a scientist with a clipboard and Nerd Glasses. The clipboard actually comes in useful when she uses it to stop a door closing. | |
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Star Wars Legends: One of the tricks Qui-Gon teaches Obi-Wan in the Jedi Apprentice books. The Thrawn Trilogy: In Dark Force Rising, when Luke is rescuing Karrde from a Star Destroyer they use a Data Pad to this effect. During the X-Wing Series, Iella and Mirax pull this, with Iella as the exec and Mirax as the hapless technician having to guide her around. |
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When he was filming In the Loop, Armando Ianucci convinced the State Department that his BBC pass was "access all areas". He spent the next three hours taking photographs of the US State Department. | |
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In the Dortmunder novel What's the Worst That Could Happen?, Dortmunder and Kelp are able to gain access to almost every area of the Watergate complex by dressing as engineers and carrying clipboards. | |
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Clipboard of Authority | |
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Michael and his colleagues put this to use more than once in Burn Notice, usually accompanied by being so loudly bureaucratic that everyone listens to them without question. They can also use it to be seen as a harmless, self-important nobody when they need a distraction. A pushy representative of the Homeowner's Lawn Association gets told to sod off, not shot at. |
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Clipboard of Authority | |
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Food Fight, which literally has a character named Mr. Clipboard who intimidates people into buying his products. | |
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Clipboard of Authority | |
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In the Dragonriders of Pern novel Dragonseye, Weyrleader S'nan always carries a clipboard around, which is rumored to have been handed down by the first Weyrleader, Sean Connell. | |
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