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* In the musical ''[[Anything Goes]]'', the mobster Moonface Martin sneaks onto the cruise ship that the play takes place on in the disguise of a minister. He then runs into a real minister not five minutes later. Being a "clever" man, he tries to deflect suspicion from the minister by claiming to be from somewhere far away, and settles on China. Guess where the real minister practices?
* In the opera ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' by Johann Strauss II, two characters pretend to be French at a ball in Vienna. This results in an exchange of [[Gratuitous French|simple phrases and nonsense]] before the other characters insist they speak German. Later, they share a brief duet with the chorus 'Merci, merci, merci.'
* The short play ''The Old Lady Shows Her Medals'', by J. M. Barrie, creator of ''[[Peter Pan]]'', is a variant: Mrs. Dowey has pretended that her son Kenneth is a member of the Black Watch regiment serving in [[World War I]]. But she has no son; she simply saw the name of Private Kenneth Dowey in a newspaper article, and claimed he was her son in order not to be lorded over by those of her neighbors who '''do''' have sons in the service. Then an acquaintance brings Private Dowey, who's on leave, to the old woman. Since he has no living family, and he sees she's not doing this to collect government benefits or the like, he agrees to [[Secret Keeper|play along]] and spend his leave with "his mother." Shortly after he returns to the front, she sees another newspaper report: he's been killed in action.
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