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** Another episode has [[Dragon Lady|Roulette]] dressing up a bound and gagged Lois Lane in a replica of her costume in order to trick [[Green Arrow]] into shooting her.
* On Psych (episode "Ferry Tale") escaping convicts on a ferry surrounded by the police {{spoiler|take prisoners inside and pretend to shoot them. When the police raid the boat and take two wounded "hostages" to one of their boats they discover too late that two of the criminals are in fact convicts.}}
* On the 1970's anthology show Police Story they had an episode which was the pilot for SWAT. A killer brings out his hostage {{spoiler|and the commander orders his snipers to shoot the "hostage" because he sees a glint of chrome on the killer that he realizes are handcuffs meaning they have switched roles. Of course if the glint was from a handgun ... but that is never mentioned}}
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' "[[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Recap/Book 2/07 Zuko Alone
* [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in the ''[[Thundercats 2011]]'' episode "Omens Part Two," when [[Catfolk]] King Claudus learns that invading [[Lizard Folk|Lizards]] are holding Panthro, his friend and best General, in a [[Hostage for Macguffin]]. Rather than acquiece, Claudus promptly [[Ditch the Bodyguards|ditches his bodyguards]] to cut a rapid path to Panthro, who he successfully rescues. Panthro then stabs Claudus [[In the Back]], and reveals himself to be [[Sorcerous Overlord]] and series [[Big Bad]] Mumm-Ra, in illusory disguise.
* In ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'',Star Sapphire does this to a British reporter named Georgette Taylor. She uses her power ring to immobilize Taylor and encase her in a Star Sapphire costume, and then sends her flying off into the distance. Batman and [[Green Lantern]] waste time trying to capture the fake Star Sapphire while the real one carries out her nefarious scheme.
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'': Sedusa once traded clothes with Miss Bellum and claimed to have captured 'Sedusa' to trick the girls, who fortunately wouldn't believe Ms. Bellum would singlehandedly defeat Sedusa.
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