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[[File:WizOz.jpg|link=The Wizard of Oz (film)|frame|[[Paper-Thin Disguise|A most cunning disguise.]]]]

{{quote|'''Princess Leia:''' Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?

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See also [[The Mole]], [[Trojan Prisoner]], [[Hey, Wait!]]. On a regimental scale, this is a [[False-Flag Operation]]. When used with [[Our Zombies Are Different|zombies]], it's [[Pretend We're Dead]]. When the disguised arouses suspicion by constantly insisting on his alliance to the enemy, it's [[Most Definitely Not a Villain]].

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* A very odd example comes from ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' and its ''[[Robotech]]'' adaptaion: Max is trapped onboard a Zentraedi warship and hides in a bathroom. An enemy soldier comes in and Max knocks him out and steals his uniform. The pockets come in handy for rescuing the three human prisoners. The oddity is that Max didn't disguise himself, but rather his [[Humongous Mecha]] in the uniform of the equally giant alien.

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* ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''. Secret Service agent Sawyer performs a [[Mugged for Disguise]] on one of the Fantom's [[Mooks]] and then joins them. He later saves the League from being slaughtered by the [[Mook]]'s gunfire by shooting most of them.

* In ''[[The Gumball Rally]]'', one of the entries into the race is a Dodge police cruiser with black and white paint job, and magnetic door decals for police and highway patrol logos of every state they would be crossing through.

== [[Gamebook]] ==

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* Inverted and played straight in the [[Lone Wolf]] book ''Wolf's Bane'', when you must fight your evil twin who, naturally, looks just like Lone Wolf. Later in the book, though, after defeating Wolf's Bane, you get to talk to his Bossman, who thinks you're the evil one.

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* ''[[Earthdawn]]'' supplement ''Prelude to War'', adventure "The Dragon's Daughter". The [[PC]]'s must dress up as members of a mercenary band to infiltrate the Theran Behemoth ''Triumph''.

* In ''[[Exalted]]'' you have charms that make any disguise you want to wear, perfect and infallible to non-magical means of perception. A Night caste Solar can infiltrate anything he wants.

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* Inverted and played straight in the [[Lone Wolf]] book ''Wolf's Bane'', when you must fight your evil twin who, naturally, looks just like Lone Wolf. Later in the book, though, after defeating Wolf's Bane, you get to talk to his Bossman, who thinks you're the evil one.

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* ''[[Covert Front]]'' has a scene where Kara has to dress in [[Imperial Germany|German]] officer's clothing so that she can drive past a German checkpoint safely. This all hinges on none of the soldiers getting a good look at her and realizing that she is not only a woman, but also the spy whose photograph is plastered over all their bases; once in Lisbon, Kara still has to avoid all the soldiers guarding the roads.

* ''[[Covert Action]]'' during break-ins enables the disguise when the player character moves over a knocked out guard, and cancels if there's an alarm. This doesn't always fool the adversaries - if they see the agent in a far corner of the room, turned away and looking at a very interesting wall, it works, but if they meet the agent face to face in the door, or catch on something suspicious (like safe-cracking or attacking another guard), they'll raise an alarm.

== [[Web Comics]] ==