Jump to content

Paper-Thin Disguise/Video Games: Difference between revisions

Adding example
No edit summary
(Adding example)
Line 43:
** The team's bases themselves, disguised as such things as granaries and shipping companies, sometimes qualify. The ones in Double Cross are said to "fool nobody", and 2fort's RED base, meant to be disguised as a farm, has a ''wooden cow''. There are mooing sounds coming from somewhere, presumably a hidden tape recorder.
* Subverted in ''[[Full Throttle]]''. The villain hosts a demolition derby as a ploy to lure out and kill protagonists Ben and Maureen. Ben and Maureen enter the derby in disguises deliberately made to fool everyone ''except'' the villain, all as part of a [[Batman Gambit]] to ''fake'' their own deaths while keeping their true identities hidden from the derby's spectators. The villain even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] upon seeing them, "Who do they think they're fooling with those ''ludicrous'' disguises?"
* ''[[Psychonauts]]'''
* ''[[Psychonauts]]'''* [[Journey to the Center of the Mind]] of a mad conspiracy theorist has robot-[[The Men in Black|M.I.B.]] monotonously mimic different everyday roles of [[Suburbia]], ranging from a housewife to an ''assassin'', often using nothing more than one article of the occupation as a disguise. This also works for the main character, though, as merely holding a red sign functions as the perfect disguise of a road worker.
** Their lines of idle dialogue are just as hilariously paper thin:
{{quote|'''Spy/Road worker:''' My red sign helps me work on the road.
'''Spy/Assassin:''' I like to shoot people.
'''Spy/Sewer worker:''' Feces. }}
*:* Possessing the items causes them to actually perceive you as a house wife/road worker/what have you rather than them taking for granted that the person who is holding the rolling pin is not someone remotely suspicious. Probably still qualifies but...
*:* To a further degree, Raz can pass as Doctor Loboto (the head of the mental asylum) and use his private elevator simply by using an award statue, an oil painting (used as a mask), and a strait jacket. The man working the elevator is nearly blind, but still.seeing as he can see well enough to know Raz isn't his boss ''without'' those items, well...
* The identity of the Cornstalker in ''[[Touch Detective]] 2 1/2'' is supposed to be a big secret... but {{spoiler|there is one character that has the ''same'' jawline, ''same'' hair, ''same'' basic build, very similar name, and most disconcerting of all, the ''same voice'' (or rather, squeaky tones). A visit to the portrait gallery after the very first episode is enough to figure out who he is.}}
* ''[[Persona 4]]'' expects even the player to think that all it takes for {{spoiler|Naoto to be unmistakable for a boy is to put on a ''hat''.}}
Cookies help us deliver our services. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies.