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{{trope}}
[[File:skeleton key 9988.jpg|frame|That's a bit literal, don't you think?]]
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In humor-oriented works, this is often an [[Obligatory Joke]] when someone needs to unlock the door of a tomb, mausoleum, crypt, or
Subtrope of [[Cool Key]]. Compare [[Interchangeable Antimatter Keys]] (which this is one step up from). Not the same as a [[Skeleton Key Card]] (which is just jimmying the lock with a piece of plastic). Not to be confused with ''[[The Skeleton Key]]''.
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* Depictions of [[Batman]]'s [[Utility Belt]] that listed its contents used to include a set of skeleton keys that could unlock 90% of known locks.
* Thomson and Thompson from ''[[The Adventures of Tintin
== [[Film]] ==
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* In ''[[Harold and Maude]]'', Maude carries a skeleton key that she uses to drive off in whatever vehicle she chooses. (At one point they ride off on a cop's motorcycle.)
* ''[[The Skeleton Key]]'' naturally involves a skeleton key that will open any door in the mansion where the protagonist has taken a job.
* In ''[[The Living Daylights]]'', Q gives Bond a Keychain with keys that he claims opens 90% of the world's locks. The fob also has a mechanism that sprays tear gas, activated when Bond whistles "Rule, Britannia", and contains a small bomb that explodes after he flicks a switch to arm it and then gives a wolf whistle.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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