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A character is put into a position (for [[The Mole|whatever]] [[In Another Man's Shoes|reason]]) where they must impersonate someone or pretend to be a member of a particular group. The character, instead of simply acting like an X, attempts to do this by constantly announcing they are an X, that they're doing things because that's what an X does, and [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|there is not the slightest chance that they could ever not be an X]]. Did they mention they're an X?

Compare [[Paper-Thin Disguise]], [[Master of Delusion]], [[Clark Kenting]], [[Blatant Lies]], [[Hugh Mann]], and [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]] If a zombie were to say they aren't a zombie, well then it would [[Not a Zombie|not be a zombie]], now would it? Kind of a subtrope of [[Bad Bad Acting]], although it isn't deliberate. Tends to fuse with [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]. Often happens during a case of [[Impersonating the Evil Twin]]. Contrast with [[Have I Mentioned I Am a Dwarf Today?]]

 

 

 

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* In the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' episode, "Pokemon Scent-Sation", Ash reluctantly has Team Rocket disguise him as a girl so that he could sneak into the Celadon gym. Ash breaks character a lot while he's in the disguise but always does his best to recover from it, until eventually, Pikachu revealed Ash's identity by electrocuting him.

* Sousuke's attempts at passing himself off as a normal civilian in ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' occasionally segues into this, especially when one of his classmates ropes him into a [[Zany Scheme]] where he has to pretend being her boyfriend in front of her friends.

{{quote|'''Sousuke:''' I feel unimaginable happiness wasting time talking with women. I'm that type of human.}}

 

* A [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428205519/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20090409 scene] in a ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire]]'' comic has Buck disguised as an alien Pog, sauntering down the street singing a song about how he's just a Pog, no, really. Mind you, in this instance [[Kansas City Shuffle|having the disguise fail is actually part of the plan]]. For context, Buck Godot is at least eight feet and probably a half ton of muscle, bio-engineered for life on heavy gravity planets. Your typical pog may, generously, top four feet.

* In ''[[PS238]]'', some of the children mask their secret use of a launch pad into space by sending the launch pad operator a message that this launch is scheduled and completely normal; no need to panic. The operator dismisses this as the computer AI being needlessly polite.

* In ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'', Starfire and Raven, having temporarily lost their ability to fly, seek alternative transportation on a bus full of villains. They beat up two and take their clothing. Starfire then tries to fit in by acting like an over-the-top parody of a villain. Her overacting goes almost completely unnoticed by her audience; what gives her away is the use of an alien version of "God bless you."

* In one issue of ''[[Suicide Squad]]'', Captain Boomerang manages to do this while playing ''himself'' in an operation to lure in a local vigilante.

*** "[[The Venture Brothers|IGNORE ME!]]"

** "Attention duelist! My hair is definitely not leading you into a trap!"

{{quote|'''Joey:''' Yugi, do you notice anything weird about Tea?

'''Yugi:''' I haven't noticed anything. You feeling okay Tea?

'''Crump!Tea:''' FRIENDSHIP!

'''Yugi:''' Yep, she's fine. }}

* ''[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Orkhammer Orkhammer]'' is built around the [[Running Gag]] of Orkz "infiltrating" the rest of ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' factions.

{{quote|'''"PDF Corporal"''': Me, boss? I’z definnily a humie, ain’t that right, boyz? }}

''Wondering where I will drip!'' }}

** In the Russian adaptation, he first of all establishes to the bees that: "I'm a little rain cloud and definitely not a bear."

** The Wintersmith never denied he was the Wintersmith, though; he just wanted to be human so Tiffany would love him.

* In ''[[Animorphs]]'', Ax pretends to be a delinquent.

** Subverted in a later episode when {{spoiler|Cassandra takes over Rose's body. Of course the Doctor knows something is wrong, but he jumps to the wrong conclusion.}}

** The teenage "son" from the Family of Blood spends two episodes walking around looking ''as suspicious as is (in)humanly possible.'' [[Refuge in Audacity|It only works because he pulls it off in such a magnificently creepy way.]]

{{quote|'''Simon:''' Yes? ''(playing up role)'' I mean, I make the decisions around here, uh-- employee... ''(to Foreman)'' I employ him. He is a person I employ. I'm the boss.}}

** It gets [[Lampshaded]] when Wash sarcastically asks when Simon became such a cunning master of disguise.

{{quote|'''Demon-Jame:''' Yes, I am your friend. I run a non-demon restaurant here in your space-time manifold, of which I am a native.}}

* In [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/05/31/episode-999-like-a-hobby/ these] ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'' [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/10/16/episode-1047-the-ol-180/ strips], [[Humongous Mecha|Warmech]] is Most Definitely Not a Robot. And Red Mage, for his part, is Most Definitely Not a Monster.

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', all you have to do to convince everyone that you're a normal, everyday human being is to wear a T-shirt that says so on it. In fact, Tedd's father makes a ''living'' covering up supernatural or alien entities in such a manner, as seen, for example, [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-02-15 here].

** This is parodied in a fan-made comic centered around the fans who are represented as avatars with nametags over their heads. One strip involves two characters chasing after Dan. Note that Dan represents himself as an anthropomorphic squirrel. A guy who looks suspiciously like Dan in real life shows up holding a "NotDan" tag over his head and points them in the right direction. In an earlier strip, the comic's [[Card-Carrying Villain]] manages to deceive two detectives with a fake name tag.

{{color|indigo| TC: FuUuUuCk, Im LiKe AlL mOvInG mY mOuTh AnD tHe WiCkEd NoIsE iS cOmInG oUt In ThE fRoNtIeSt WaY pOsSiBlE.}}

{{color|indigo| TC: aNd It'S gOiNg At YoUr DiReCtIoN, cAuSe ThAt'S tHe DiReCtIoN tO fUcKiN bE aNgRy At!}} }}

* [http://www.housepetscomic.com/2010/09/10/falling-into-the-role/ This] ''[[Housepets]]'' strip.

* In ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' Tiffany is most definitely not a slayer. She's just a ghost in a school for monsters! [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/not_suspicious Not suspicious at all!]

 

== Web Original ==

{{quote|'''Billy:''' We're meeting now for the first time.}}

** Also, it doesn't actually fool Hammer, who just waits until Penny's out of earshot to make it clear [[I Know You Know I Know|he knows]].

* In ''I Don't Need Your Civil War'', Hulkling infiltrates as a SHIELD agent a super-human prison to kidnap Hank Pym, and while there he salutes SHIELD commander Maria Hill with "Hello. Not a spy."

* ''[[MSF High Forum]]'': While Xadan doesn't quite fall under this trope, he uses pretty much the same use pretty thoroughly. He's [[Obviously Evil]], but trying to act as a mentor.

* [http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/692321-bait-this-is-bait There's a reaction image] for this.

 

== Western Animation ==

 

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