Editing Secret decoder ring (section)

==Film references==
The film ''[[A Christmas Story]]'' (1983) depicts the ''[[Little Orphan Annie (radio)|Little Orphan Annie]]'' radio show transmitting a secret message that deciphered to: "Be sure to drink your [[Ovaltine]]", unlike the actual broadcasts' secret code segments, which usually previewed the upcoming episode.<ref>{{Citation|last=Olsen |first=John |title=A short history of Radio's Orphan Annie and her Decoder Badges |url=http://www.radioarchives.com/Little_Orphan_Annie_p/ra005.htm |accessdate=2012-01-09 |website=Radio Archives}}</ref>

Decoder rings are mentioned by Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in ''[[Last Action Hero]]''.

A "Drogan's Decoder Wheel" is mentioned in the 1985 comedy movie ''[[Spies Like Us]]'' by characters played by Stephen Hoye and [[Dan Aykroyd]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Spies Like Us |date=8 April 2020 |url=https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Spies_Like_Us |publisher=Wikiquote |accessdate=2012-01-09}}</ref>

Laura Petrie mentions her husband Rob's "Captain Midnight Decoder Ring," in Season 5, episode 27 of ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''.

[[Kevin Pollak]] character Moishe Maisel finds a toy decoder ring in the cereal box of his grandson Ethan on [[Yom Kippur]] in season 2, episode 7 of "[[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel]]" ("Look, She Made a Hat").