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Alice tries to hide from Bob, so she pretends to be a statue (or, in more cartoonish settings, even a painting or a relief) in a museum, art gallery etc. Sometimes she has to [[Walk Like an Egyptian]] to fit in, or get in a suit of armour, or end up holding an empty picture frame in front of herself. Bob typically doesn't catch on, though he looks at Alice suspiciously (bonus points if he says "[[True Art Is Incomprehensible|I'll never understand this modern art]]" or "What an ugly statue!"). Sometimes Alice will accidentally reveal herself, typically by [[Sneeze of Doom|sneezing]], or in worst scenarios, Bob will sneeze and she will respond "gesundheit".

* In ''[[Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru]]'' Hotori and Tattsun pull one of these on Moriaki-sensei, the squarest man on Earth.

* Honey does this in the original ''[[Cutey Honey]]'' manga, using her [[Voluntary Shapeshifter]] powers to color herself bronze. She successfully escaped Panther Claw, but then [[Dirty Old Man|Danbei]] and [[Kidanova|Junpei]] show up and start groping her and licking her breasts . . . because it's [[Ecchi|that kind of series.]]

* In the second season of ''[[Blackadder]]'', every episode's closing credits came with [[Couch Gag]] where Edmund chases an annoying minstrel around a garden; in one episode, the minstrel poses as a statue and bonks Edmund on the head with his lute the moment Edmund's back is turned.

* ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' in that episode with the paintings Mona Lisa hides behind the frame.

** "The Joker is Wild". The Joker hides himself and his band in statues from the Comedian Hall of Fame.

** The Riddler pulls this trick with all his henchmen in Madam's Soleil's House of Wax in "The Ring of Wax".

* You can have Snake pull this trick early in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'', with the help of his active camouflage, which makes his suit match the texture of the statues. Do it too many times, though, and Snake will accidentally snap the nads off another statue while posing.

** Before that there was ''[[Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake]]'', which featured several rooms full of mannequin soldiers, with a couple of real soldiers hiding among them. Alert players would have to keep an eye on their radar to see which ones were real.

* ''[[Sly Cooper]]'' does this in the second game, to hide from some [[Mooks]] looking for him and Bentley.

* A strange (and terrifying) version similar to this trope occurs in ''[[Silent Hill 3]]''. When Heather walks into a room full of mannequins, only for nothing useful to be in the room, she turns to leave. A hideous scream is then heard, and if the player chooses to walk back over to a particular mannequin, it will be covered in blood. Knowing [[Silent Hill|this series]], this could mean [[Epileptic Trees|any number of things]], none of which are comforting, but many speculate that this means that ''[[Paranoia Fuel|every mannequin in the game is actually a monster and is watching you]].''

* Done by 21 and 24 in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' by pretending to be exhibits in a museun. They even Lampshaded it. Doesn't hurt that they had another person who wasn't doing this to distract the pursuer. Then get surprised by the Pirate Captain, who ''they'' mistook for part of another exhibit.

* The first episode of ''[[Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?]] ?'' Zack and Ivy try to hide from Carmen's henchmen in an art museum. They try to hide by posing as statues. The henchmen recognize them right away and capture the two. Ivy berates Zack for such a stupid plan.

* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' "It's About Time", Twilight Sparkle sneaks into the Canterlot Archives with Pinkie Pie and Spike in a desperate attempt to avert a crisis she was warned about by her future self. At one point, Twilight disguises herself as a statue to avoid an approaching guard, and encourages Pinkie Pie and Spike to do the same.