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.