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== Live Action TV ==

* People looking for ''[[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]]'' usually found Hannibal in disguise when they met with the person who was supposed to get them in contact.

* Doctor Franklin from ''[[~~Babylon 5 (TV)|~~Babylon 5]]'' has a reputation for taking his oath of confidentiality very seriously, so when he arrives with an offer to set up a meeting between Captain Sheridan and the man in charge of smuggling fugitive telepaths through the station, nobody is surprised. You already know who the meeting turns out to be with.

* Doctor Franklin from ''[[Babylon 5]]'' has a reputation for taking his oath of confidentiality very seriously, so when he arrives with an offer to set up a meeting between Captain Sheridan and the man in charge of smuggling fugitive telepaths through the station, nobody is surprised. You already know who the meeting turns out to be with.

* When starting a new job at a publishing company, the main character of ''[[Being Erica (TV)|Being Erica]]'' strikes up a conversation with an assistant and a young woman, and ends up insulting a book called ''The Secret of Now''. The woman turns out to be her new boss, recently promoted due to her success with that same book. Her assumption is understandable, as she expected the man who interviewed her to be her boss, but he was fired in the interim.

* In the "Thanks for the Memories" episode of ''[[Grey's Anatomy (TV)|Grey's Anatomy]]'', a doctor filling in on [[Useful Notes/Thanksgiving Day|Thanksgiving Day]] is dismissive of Dr. Bailey, saying he's only interested in meeting and working with The Nazi, an incredibly talented doctor he's heard about. Dr. Bailey pretends at times not to know who The Nazi is and at other times claims that The Nazi is busy nearby. At the end of the episode, the visiting doctor discovers that Dr. Bailey is The Nazi. (Miranda Bailey is a diminutive black woman - many people have made this mistake over the years.)

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* Some versions of ''[[Robin Hood]]'' have this with [[Richard the Lion Heart|King Richard]].

* Used hilariously on [[Neighbours]] when Steph is annoyed with her mother for wanting her to talk to the new local priest, and starts complaining about her, and the priesthood in general, to a stranger she meets outside the church. The man then joins in complaining, leading Steph to figure it out quickly.

* The latter part of the second season of ''[[~~Dollhouse (TV)|~~Dollhouse]]'' features the search for the head of Rossum, a mysterious person who hasn't been seen in public and may be to blame for everything in the show. {{spoiler|Boyd is the head of Rossum.}}

* The latter part of the second season of ''[[Dollhouse]]'' features the search for the head of Rossum, a mysterious person who hasn't been seen in public and may be to blame for everything in the show. {{spoiler|Boyd is the head of Rossum.}}

* Happens in the never finished ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' serial ''Shada'' when the somewhat doddery old {{spoiler|Professor Chronotis turns out to be the notorious Time Lord renegade Salyavin}}.

* Happens in the never finished ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''Shada'' when the somewhat doddery old {{spoiler|Professor Chronotis turns out to be the notorious Time Lord renegade Salyavin}}.

* On the first episode of ''[[News Radio (TV)|News Radio]]'', Dave Nelson turns up at the wrong building for his first day of work as news director of WNYX. When he shows up late at the correct building, he is looking for his new boss, billionaire Jimmy James, whom he has never met in person. He runs into him immediately, and asks him where Mr. James' office is. Mr. James gives him directions before telling him that he's not in there right now. Dave asks where he is, and in response Mr. James just stares at him, leading a nervous Dave to ask, "...Mr. James?"

* Done by proxy in ''[[Happy Days]]'' when a man tracks down Fonzie to give him a letter from his estranged father. The letter begins "If you're reading this I didn't have the guts to tell you it was me who gave it to you."

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== Video Games ==

* Played very simply in ''[[Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]'', where Ezio helps a woman carry a box and talks to her about Ezio, eventually revealing that he ''is'' Ezio.

* Played very simply in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]'', where Ezio helps a woman carry a box and talks to her about Ezio, eventually revealing that he ''is'' Ezio.

* In ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]'': {{spoiler|Quoth Joshua: "It was me, Neku. I'm Shibuya's Composer."}} Cue Neku's [[Heroic BSOD|Heroic Blue Screen of Death]].

* ''[[Seiken Densetsu]] 3'' has a sequence in which the party needs to find a legendary (and tiny) strategist. The old man in town tells them that he's not in this place, and suggests they ask around. After a long fruitless search, they come back only to be told that the old man ''is'' the strategist. Justified with "I was walking around at the time, so I wasn't in any place". And then the town mocks them for their gullibility. * grumble*

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*** Though the Cardinal was leader of the enclave ''ex officio'', and was considered, as it were, the frontrunner even before John Paul II was dead.

**** Though it is widely perceived that Ratzinger hijacked the conclave to maneuver himself into office, in particular by using his position to deliver a speech, which all other members had to attend, condemning criticism of the Catholic Church and launching a new anti-modernism movement, thereby granting himself notoriety and the support of the conservative faction before the deliberations had even begun.

* Subverted in [[Real Life]]: [~~http~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Livingstone~~ Dr. Livingstone, I presume?]

* Subverted in [[Real Life]]: [[wikipedia:David Livingstone|Dr. Livingstone, I presume?]]

* Retail employees live for saying or hearing the phrase 'I AM the manager' in response to a customer being argumentive. Subverted in that the customer tends to demand the next person up the line.

** That is trumped by the phrase “[http://notalwaysright.com/even-owners-have-a-stupid-quota/453 I am] ''[http://notalwaysright.com/even-owners-have-a-stupid-quota-part-2/675 the owner]''” though.

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* [http://notalwaysright.com/this-teacher-will-keep-you-on-your-toes/4837 This story.]

* [[Kevin Smith (Creator)|Kevin Smith]] once attended a picket line of ''[[Dogma]]'' as a picketer. A reporter covering the event ''almost'' figured him out, but Smith introduced himself using his friend's name (who was standing right next to him).

** Doubly hilarious since the friend in question (Bryan Johnson) is given a [[Shout Out]] ''in [[Dogma]]''... as a boy who urinated on the protagonists head and [[Butt Monkey|later died]].

** Doubly hilarious since the friend in question (Bryan Johnson) is given a [[Shout-Out]] ''in [[Dogma]]''... as a boy who urinated on the protagonists head and [[Butt Monkey|later died]].

* Painter Gilbert Stuart had a [[Actually, I Am Him]] moment with the Father of Our Country (or my country anyway). Stuart had been invited to a presidential levee and assuming it was run along the same lines as similar events in Europe presumed the room full of milling, chatting gentlemen was a sort of waiting room and he would in due course be ushered into the presence. Eventually President Washington noticed an unfamiliar guest wandering around talking to no one and, like a good host, went over and introduced himself. Stuart, it is said, never entirely recovered from this experience.

** A man was riding along when he saw an officer who was ordering soldiers to lift timber but not doing anything to help them. The rider asked him why he was just standing there; the officer sneered, "Why sir, I'm a corporal!" Upon hearing this, the stranger promptly dismounted and spent several minutes helping the men move the timber. As he was about to ride off, he turned to the pompous corporal and quietly said, "The next time you have a piece of timber for your men to handle, corporal, send for your commander-in-chief." It was {{spoiler|G-Dubs}}.

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