Obfuscating Disability: Difference between revisions

* Norman Daniels in [[Stephen King|Stephen King's]] ''[[Rose Madder]]''. While hunting for his runaway wife, he shaves his head and pretends to be a paraplegic, to avoid being recognized by the (many) people on the lookout for him.

* The tactic of a famous magician (Ching Ling Foo) in ''[[The Prestige]]'' that inspired Borden and is used as a literary device to describe his methods without actually revealing them.

* In [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s Free Bards novel ''The Robin and the Kestrel,'' the church of the city that the heroes are visiting uses this, among other techniques, in order to enact "miraculous healings."

* The ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series has {{spoiler|"p-p-p-poor s-s-stuttering Professor Quirrell"}}.

* One episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' has Bart pretending to be blind so he and Homer can pull off confidence tricks.

** On another one, Bart had gone temporarily deaf as a result of a flu vaccine. When Marge is trying to explain this to principal Skinner, he [[Mistaken for An Impostor|claims that he has heard it before]], and proceeds to pull photos of Bart with several fake disabilities.

** In another, Homer goes into the Springfield Retirement Home and starts using a wheelchair as an excuse to slack off.

* An episode of ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' had Dale fake a broken toe to get out of doing work, and get spoiled by Gadget. Later in the episode, Dale saved the day, breaking his toe for real, and got his comeuppance when he had to miss a party because of it.