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{{quote|'''Sousuke:''' I feel unimaginable happiness wasting time talking with women. I'm that type of human.}}
 
== ComicsComic Books ==
* 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.
* The [[Highly-Visible Ninja]] of ''[[The Tick (animationcomic)|The Tick]]'' disguise themselves a hedge by declaring "We are a hedge. Please move along." While holding sticks. See the appropriate trope page for more (hilarious) details.
* 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 ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preacher]]'' [[Corrupt Hick]] Odin Quincannon tries to use the Ku Klux Klan to kill the protagonist. In an attempt to ingratiate himself with them, he keeps enthusiastically stating how much he hates black people, all the time, and keeps adding it to practically everything he says. The other Klan members eventually start talking about how forced this makes him sound.
* 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.
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*** "[[The Venture Brothers|IGNORE ME!]]"
** "Attention duelist! My hair is definitely not leading you into a trap!"
** Let's not forget Crump, who was possessing Tea, and had to avoid arousing suspicion. He constantly made references to penguins, and the fact that he wanted to have sex with Yugi. But, well, the only thing that really convinced everyone it was Tea was this little gem:
{{quote|'''Joey:''' Yugi, do you notice anything weird about Tea?
'''Yugi:''' I haven't noticed anything. You feeling okay Tea?
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'''Yugi:''' Yep, she's fine. }}
* An episode of ''[[ReBoot the Abridged Series]]'' has this with Cyrus/Syrus/however his name is spelled.
* ''[[A Hero (fan work)|A Hero]]'' has Dalek Sec, who [[Inverted Trope|inverts]] this by proudly proclaiming that he is, in fact "[[Sarcastic Confession|AN IM-PE-RIAL-IS-TIC SPA-CE NA-ZI]]" to anyone who cares to ask. This, combined with the fact that, for all their fearsome firepower, Daleks naturally look ridiculous, has lead people to believe that he's just a crazy guy in a suit.
* ''[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? }}
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''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."
* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld/Wintersmith|Wintersmith]]'', the wintersmith makes himself a human form, and then goes into an inn. He announces, excitedly, "I am a human, just like you!"
** The Discworld book ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud!]]'' also features a short appearance by John "Most Definitely Not A Vampire" Smith, the representative and local leader of the [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire|Black Ribboners]] in Ankh-Morpork. Vimes makes several references to his less-than-successful attempts to pass himself off as more human, including wearing hideous knit woolen sweaters instead of evening wear, overemphasizing [[Vampire Vords|Ws]] in his speech, smoking pipes (despite not breathing) and collecting bananas for a hobby.
** 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.
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** 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.]]
* ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'': Simon acting as Mal's boss in "Jaynestown" is like this.
{{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.
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== Web Original ==
* ''[[DoctorDr. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog]]'' invokes this a version of this trope when Penny introduces Captain Hammer to Billy at the laundromat.
{{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]].
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130830115314/http://evilatheistconspiracy.org/en/about.htm There is no Evil Atheist Conspiracy!]
* [http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/692321-bait-this-is-bait There's a reaction image] for this.
* Mocked [https://web.archive.org/web/20160827003242/http://themetapicture.com/how-i-feel-on-the-internet-nowadays/ here]. The problem with Internet today? Not the excess of clueless, cringeworthy shills at all.
* in the Netflix original series ''[[The Dragon Prince]]'' Rayla, a Moonshadow Elf and Callum, a Human, have on separate occasions decided to disguise themselves as human and elf, respectively, to blend in with the local population. However, their attempts to pass themselves as human or elf turn out like this in practice.
 
== Western Animation ==
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