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** Similarly, in "Burns Baby Burns" Homer and Larry Burns are fleeing from the suddenly half-competent Police (who believe Homer to have kidnapped Larry), and duck into a costume store. The viewer is then shown a man who looks quite a bit like Homer, dressed as an organ-gridner leaving the store with a vaguely Larry-shaped man dressed as his monkey. The subversion comes when we see the clerk look into the store's bathroom, where Homer and Larry are actually hiding: "Either buy a costume or get out, fellas!" |
** Similarly, in "Burns Baby Burns" Homer and Larry Burns are fleeing from the suddenly half-competent Police (who believe Homer to have kidnapped Larry), and duck into a costume store. The viewer is then shown a man who looks quite a bit like Homer, dressed as an organ-gridner leaving the store with a vaguely Larry-shaped man dressed as his monkey. The subversion comes when we see the clerk look into the store's bathroom, where Homer and Larry are actually hiding: "Either buy a costume or get out, fellas!" |
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** A similar thing happens in ''[[Scary Movie]] 4'', where the would-be clothes stealers are themselves beaten up and have to settle for garments on a clothesline instead. |
** A similar thing happens in ''[[Scary Movie]] 4'', where the would-be clothes stealers are themselves beaten up and have to settle for garments on a clothesline instead. |
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* In the two-part pilot of ''[[Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?]]'', it is revealed in Carmen's origin that her trademark red overcoat and fedora come from when she first escaped V.I.L.E., stealing them from the Bookkeeper in order to leave the facility during a lockdown. |
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* [[Inverted Trope|Turning the trick around]], in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' "[[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Recap/Book 2/18 The Earth King|The Earth King]]", the Fire Nation ''antagonists'' dressed up as ''allies'' of the protagonists. |
* [[Inverted Trope|Turning the trick around]], in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' "[[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Recap/Book 2/18 The Earth King|The Earth King]]", the Fire Nation ''antagonists'' dressed up as ''allies'' of the protagonists. |
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** Played straight in the first half of season 3 when the Gaang travels though the Fire Nation in local outfits, change their hair styles and Aang even uses a fake name (Kuzon; and when Sokka doesn't he's given away instantly). |
** Played straight in the first half of season 3 when the Gaang travels though the Fire Nation in local outfits, change their hair styles and Aang even uses a fake name (Kuzon; and when Sokka doesn't he's given away instantly). |
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* Played dead straightin ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' by the original Team Venture in "Past Tense". Unfortunately this means [[Squick|a squad of elderly men]] in [[Fan Service|Fanservicey]] [[FemBot]] swimsuits. |
* Played dead straightin ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' by the original Team Venture in "Past Tense". Unfortunately this means [[Squick|a squad of elderly men]] in [[Fan Service|Fanservicey]] [[FemBot]] swimsuits. |
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* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Bubble Boy" has Rowdyruff Boy Boomer captured by the girls. Bubbles impersonates him and infiltrates the Rowdyruffs in a bid to capture the other two. It's a nine-day wonder that Butch and Brick didn't catch on to Bubbles' noticeably higher voice and lighter eye color. |
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Bubble Boy" has Rowdyruff Boy Boomer captured by the girls. Bubbles impersonates him and infiltrates the Rowdyruffs in a bid to capture the other two. It's a nine-day wonder that Butch and Brick didn't catch on to Bubbles' noticeably higher voice and lighter eye color. |
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== Real Life == |
== Real Life == |
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