In Popular Culture
- On the NBC reality series Treasure Hunters, cryptexes were among the puzzles that challenged contestants.
- In Season 3 of the TV series Eureka, in the episode "Show Me the Mummy," a nearly-unbreakable cryptex is the key to a hidden underground bunker.
- In the Season 4 episode "Operation Ann" of the TV series Parks and Recreation, a cryptex is given as the first clue to an elaborate scavenger hunt. The cryptex is not solved, but smashed with a hammer to reveal its message.
- In episode 88 of the South Korean variety show Running Man, the cast members had to find clues attached to other staff members to open their cryptex.
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