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{{trope}}
Not related to [[Role
This describes any number of situations where characters play a role, generally to practice for a real life situation. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
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There's also psychological roleplaying - where you pretend you're the other person - which always seems to end up:
{{quote|Alice: "[[Brutal Honesty|I'm Bob. I have no fashion sense and I don't know what I want to do with my life.]]"
Bob: Oh yeah? "Hi, Bob, I'm Alice. I just love to nag all day and am never supportive." }}
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== Literature ==
* In ''[[Havemercy]]'', Thom attempts to instill manners in the Airmen by setting up a roleplaying game in which they have to put themselves in the shoes of people they've wronged. Needless to say, [[Hilarity Ensues]].
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* On ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', Tobias and Lindsay go to couples' counseling (with a doctor played by [[Actor Allusion|Bob Odenkirk]]) in which this is one of the tools used. Tobias, who thinks he's an actor, does a terrible job at playing Lindsay ("I'm a woman, with womanly needs!"). Eventually, the psychologist starts playing Tobias, and it gets... awkward. Quickly.
* In ''[[Community]]'', when Jeff is facing the prospect of meeting his [[Disappeared Dad]], Britta suggests that to prepare him they role-play, with Britta taking on the role of Jeff's Dad. Jeff then proceeds to take on the role of Britta's Dad. Things break down not long after, with Britta pretending to be Jeff's dad tries to seduce Jeff pretending to be Britta's dad, and Jeff reveals he is actually an under cover agent and that they are in Iran and Jeff's dad is now under arrest for homosexuality.
** At least three other ''[[Community]]'' examples: Abed and Troy swap multiple times during a role-playing pep-talk, Britta role-playing {{spoiler|"Star-Burns"}} to help the group {{spoiler|"deal with his death"}}, and an [[Community/Recap/S3
* ''[[30 Rock]]'' has one of the NBC psychologists having Tracy doing a role-playing exercise to deal with his [[Disappeared Dad|daddy issues]]. The psychologist has Tracy talk to the chair like it's his dad. Tracy has trouble imagining that the chair is his dad, so [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Jack pretends to be Tracy's dad]]. It goes downhill fast.
{{quote|'''Jack (as Tracy's mom)''': He gambled away my welfare checks
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'''Tracy''': No need to resort to racist stereotypes. }}
* On ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Spike makes several attempts to practice an apology speech (complete with a box of chocolates as a peace offering) using a mannequin wearing a blonde wig and one of Buffy's sweaters. At least one attempt ends with him losing an argument to the mannequin and then bashing it over the head with the box of chocolates before carefully picking it up, dusting it off, and starting over.
* On ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Topanga suddenly breaks up with Cory after he tells her he loves her, and Shawn gets Cory to re-enact the moment he said those words to figure out what got Topanga upset. Thinking they're alone, he gets Cory to pretend he's Topanga and [[Ho Yay|hold his hand and say "I love you"]], only to realize there are a bunch of students looking at them through the doorway.
== Theatre ==
* In ''[[As You Like It]]'', Rosalind ([[Sweet Polly Oliver|disguised as Ganymede]]) helps her love interest Orlando practice talking to the woman he's in love
* ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]'':
** Guildenstern pretends to be Hamlet so Rosencrantz can practice asking him questions to gather information about his "affliction." That is, once [[Cloudcuckoolander|Rosencrantz]] gets the idea of Comic Role Play straight.
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