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Out of nowhere, a pickpocket runs up and steals something from a character. In a display of street smarts and alertness, the victim immediately apprehends the pickpocket, retrieves his belongings, and lets the pickpocket scurry off in shame. A variation has the pickpocket steal the wallet, and find it contains nothing but a snarky note. Often done to show that the intended victim was perhaps once a pickpocket himself. Sometimes takes place in a Wretched Hive where almost everyone is a thief of some kind, on top of which, just maybe, There Are No Police.

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  • Give Me Back My Wallet
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  • Out of nowhere, a pickpocket runs up and steals something from a character. In a display of street smarts and alertness, the victim immediately apprehends the pickpocket, retrieves his belongings, and lets the pickpocket scurry off in shame. A variation has the pickpocket steal the wallet, and find it contains nothing but a snarky note. Often done to show that the intended victim was perhaps once a pickpocket himself. Sometimes takes place in a Wretched Hive where almost everyone is a thief of some kind, on top of which, just maybe, There Are No Police.
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  • Out of nowhere, a pickpocket runs up and steals something from a character. In a display of street smarts and alertness, the victim immediately apprehends the pickpocket, retrieves his belongings, and lets the pickpocket scurry off in shame. A variation has the pickpocket steal the wallet, and find it contains nothing but a snarky note. Often done to show that the intended victim was perhaps once a pickpocket himself. Sometimes takes place in a Wretched Hive where almost everyone is a thief of some kind, on top of which, just maybe, There Are No Police. Another possible scenario is when a thief or former thief is part of the regular cast, and the other character simply demands their wallet back at the appropriate moment-- usually implying not that they caught the thief in action, but simply that they find the pickpocket predictable. See also The Killer Becomes the Killed and Sticky Fingers. See Mugging the Monster for the supertrope. Examples of Give Me Back My Wallet include:
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