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[[File:~~Hughman_2389~~.jpg|link=Futurama|frame|~~<small>~~[[The Joy of Painting|Bob Ross]] lives!~~</small>~~ ]]

[[File:Hughman 2389.jpg|link=Futurama|frame|[[The Joy of Painting|Bob Ross]] lives! ]]

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*** They did however, cleaned Marco's room with their ''pleasure'', which is probably just as weird for him. The act irritates Marco to no end, at any rate...

*** And almost blew their cover, as the now very clean room now confused the hell out of Marco's father!

* In the Mark Clifton short story ''What Have I Done?'', an employment agent meets an alien who asks him to help the alien invaders with their disguises. (The agent has a superhuman ability to read people, and is the only person so far who's seen through the [[Hugh Mann]] act.) He defeats the invasion by helping them to appear as the most perfect, noble humans ever - [[Humans Are Bastards|so that real humans will destroy them out of envy]].

* In the Mark Clifton short story ''What Have I Done?'', an employment agent meets an alien who asks him to help the alien invaders with their disguises. (The agent has a superhuman ability to read people, and is the only person so far who's seen through the Hugh Mann act.) He defeats the invasion by helping them to appear as the most perfect, noble humans ever - [[Humans Are Bastards|so that real humans will destroy them out of envy]].

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** Subverted in another episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "New Earth." Cassandra now ''possesses'' Rose, and the Doctor ''pretends'' not to notice till anything becomes sufficiently dramatic.

** Another subversion: In "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood", after one of the characters becomes possessed, Martha notices something off about her, and she confirms this by asking whether she'd like jam and sardines in her tea. "I like the sound of that."

* Reversed and subverted in an episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. Reversed, in that it's a human, Daniel Jackson in this case, trying to pass for a Goa'~~uld--hey~~, at least he speaks the language!--and subverted in that the name he gives, "The Great and Powerful Oz," doesn't fool anybody.

* Reversed and subverted in an episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. Reversed, in that it's a human, Daniel Jackson in this case, trying to pass for a Goa'uld—hey, at least he speaks the language!--and subverted in that the name he gives, "The Great and Powerful Oz," doesn't fool anybody.

** Also played straight when Sam is taken over by a Tok'ra. She acts rather odd, but no one seems to notice anything until she starts dialing up the gate. In another episode, Colonel O'Neill is duplicated by a crystal entity and everyone, even his ex-wife, thinks the entity is him even though he speaks very haltingly and suddenly acts like he's once again depressed about his son's pre-show pre-movie death. Another reversed/subversion in another episode, O'Neill pretends to be a Goa'uld (although all he knows is "Jaffa Kree!") but the Goa'uld he's trying to bluff don't really buy it.

*** O'Neill thought it might work because the last time the people he was trying to bluff saw him, he was about to be implanted with a Goa'uld symbiote. Unfortunately for him, he didn't know that Goa'uld (as well as former Goa'uld hosts) can sense the presence or absence of a symbiote.

** The O'Neill duplicate episode came fairly early in the series, and the team didn't know each other all that well yet; Sam didn't even know about O'Neill's family tragedy. O'Neill's ex-wife just assumed he finally wanted to talk about their relationship and their son's ~~death -- she~~ noticed his odd behavior, but assumed it was caused by psychological trauma. Since she was a [[Muggles]], there was no reason for her to suspect that "space alien duplication" was a valid explanation.

** The O'Neill duplicate episode came fairly early in the series, and the team didn't know each other all that well yet; Sam didn't even know about O'Neill's family tragedy. O'Neill's ex-wife just assumed he finally wanted to talk about their relationship and their son's death—she noticed his odd behavior, but assumed it was caused by psychological trauma. Since she was a [[Muggles]], there was no reason for her to suspect that "space alien duplication" was a valid explanation.

** Jackson pretending to be a bounty hunter: "[[Crowning Moment of Funny|My name is...]] [[Shout-Out|Olo]]. [[Gratuitous German|Hans]]... [[Star Wars|Olo]]."

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in "Off the Grid" when Daniel, Cam, and Sam are all arguing over who would make the most convincing drug dealer for their meet with the bad guys and Teal'c says they're all equally unlikely. Subverted when Mitchell's attempts at posing as said drug dealer backfire off screen and the audience just sees the team running for their lives.

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== Western Animation ==

* The Brain Slugs from ''[[Futurama]]'' play it for laughs. The slugs fool no one, but the other characters treat the infected characters like [[Bunny Ears Lawyer~~|Bunny Ears Lawyers~~]].

* The Brain Slugs from ''[[Futurama]]'' play it for laughs. The slugs fool no one, but the other characters treat the infected characters like [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]s.

** They have to, lest the slug becomes suspicious, and, in Leela's words, "assimilates" them.

** [[Trope Namer|Names the trope]] in the episode "A Taste of Freedom".