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* In the ''[[The Legend of Zelda (manga)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'', Link, during his trip to Hyrule Castle Town, meets a little girl and plays with her all day (including going on a semi-disasterous [[Stuff Blowing Up|Bombchu Bowling]] excursion). She's actually Princess Zelda, of course, temporarily run away from the castle to have some fun.

* In ''[[The Heroic Legend of Arslan]]'' [[Anime]], Arislan is hoping to get some information out of some prisoners his forces recently captured, so he disguises himself as a servant and arranges things so that he gets assigned to deliver food to each of the prisoners he's most interested in. Estelle/Etoile confides in the "servant" that she has heard that Arislan is a [[Complete Monster]]. He responds by feeling the top of his head. When she asks him why, he replies that he's checking to see if he has horns, giving away his identity.

* Queen Dianna in ''[[Turn A Gundam ~~(Anime)~~|Turn a Gundam]]'' is incognito amongst the Earthrace for most of the story, due to a practical joke she played getting more than a bit out of hand (she switched places with an [[Identical Stranger]] and they were separated before she has a chance to switch back). The leaders of the Earthrace do become aware of her situation, as does her personal bodyguard back with the Moonrace, but the general public on both sides has no idea.

* Queen Dianna in ''[[Turn A Gundam|Turn a Gundam]]'' is incognito amongst the Earthrace for most of the story, due to a practical joke she played getting more than a bit out of hand (she switched places with an [[Identical Stranger]] and they were separated before she has a chance to switch back). The leaders of the Earthrace do become aware of her situation, as does her personal bodyguard back with the Moonrace, but the general public on both sides has no idea.

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* In Greg Costikyan's book ''Another Day, Another Dungeon'' {{spoiler|Vic, the senile old man who tells long, pointless stories and begs for spare change, turns out to be the last polymage, a type of sorcerer thought to have died out more than ten thousand years ago.}} This definitely counts as a [[Deus Ex Machina]], but it's completely forgivable because it's ''hilarious.''

* In [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''[[John Carter of Mars|Chessmen of Mars]]'', Gahan the Jed of Gathol met, and rather repulsed, John Carter's daughter Tara. He disguised himself as a panthan, a wandering swordsman, named Turan when they met again.

** To be fair, Gahan didn't so much '''disguise''' himself; he just wore the utilitarian harness Gatholians wear for actual dangerous situations rather than the diamonds and platinum that's their everyday (non-fighting) garb (turning [[Bling of War]] upside-down). Tara saw a tough [[Master Swordsman]] and didn't connect him with the jeweled prince who'd offended her by an impetuous marriage proposal.

** John Carter himself went incognito a few times after becoming Warlord -- especially in ''Swords of Mars''.

* Ruthlessly subverted in Yulia Latynina's ''Wizards and Ministers'', when the naive young emperor Varnazd tries to be this {{spoiler|and ends up being coerced to join a street gang which then just betrayed him and took him hostage, easily recognising who he was}}. His [[Deadpan Snarker|Prime Minister]] was honestly relieved that this was as far as it went, haing previously noted that all the wannabe Haroun ar-Rashid emperors in the Wei Empire tended to end up as irresponsible Robin Hood-wannabe gang leaders ''with complete immunity from law enforcement'' that was afraid to arrest anyone right or wrong for the fear of accidentally arresting the Emperor.

* ''[[1632]]'' has Gustavus Adolphus as in [[Real Life]] below.

* The initial love interest in ''[[Variable Star]]'' is addicted to this in an almost literal fashion, discovering just how much she can find out if nobody realizes who she is. (She's not technically royal, but her financial status is about a step above [[Richie Rich]].)

* The initial love interest in ''[[Variable Star]]'' is addicted to this in an almost literal fashion, discovering just how much she can find out if nobody realizes who she is. (She's not technically royal, but her financial status is about a step above [[Richie Rich (comics)|Richie Rich]].)

* Murtagh of the [[Inheritance Cycle]], despite seeming to be an ordinary rogue, is {{spoiler|the son of the Empire's most powerful general, the Dragon Rider Morzan, who died fifteen years earlier}}

* In [[Andre Norton]]'s [[Ruritania]]n novel ''The Prince Commands'', [[Overly Long Name|Michael Karl]], soon to be King of Morvania as a result of his cousin Urlich Karl's death, is captured by a bandit known as The Werewolf, a prime suspect, who makes no secret of his dislike for the royal family. {{spoiler|The Werewolf '''''IS''''' Urlich Karl, who dodged an assassination attempt and is now using that role to build [[La Résistance|a loyal army]] while '''also''' posing as an American journalist to ferret out [[Aristocrats Are Evil|traitors among the nobility]].}} Michael Karl for a time claims to instead be a (nonexistent) American friend of his, and reinforces the deception with a few snide remarks alleging that Michael Karl is a coward.

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