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[[Hilarity Ensues]] if someone unrelated gets [[Mistaken for Special Guest|mistaken for the inspector]]. Compare [[House Inspection]].
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* ''[[Ratatouille]]''
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** Another episode had a health inspector episode.
* In ''[[The Nanny]]'' episode "The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother", Niles is anticipating the arrival of inspectors of the Professional Butler's Association to determine whether he's qualified to join. Unfortunately, Fran's mother Sylvia is trying to impress their in-laws by telling them that Fran's married to Maxwell Sheffield, and with Maxwell out at the time they arrive, Fran makes Niles pretend he's Maxwell. Worse, the inspectors arrive to evaluate Niles' performance. When Maxwell returns, Maxwell has to pretend he's Niles.
* In ''[[MashM*A*S*H (TV)|Mash]]'', there are a number of episodes with this trope as the focus. In one, Father Mulcahy becomes highly tense when he learns that the head chaplain of the army was coming to inspect his good works. In another, a particularly harsh top-level nurse comes to inspect Margaret's nursing staff, which results in Margaret herself becoming particularly harsh in an effort to satisfy her (she is relieved and happy at the end of the episode when the inspector rates her staff "satisfactory"). Somewhat lampshaded in another episode, where an inspector comes to learn about how the 4077 runs in order to duplicate it... but the entire camp becomes overrun with speculation that the inspector plans on breaking the camp up.
* ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'': a "rich" socialite from back home comes to visit the Clampetts, with the Hidden Agenda of trying to marry Jed for his money. She gives the place the once over.
{{quote| '''Adeline''': I just wanted to see where some of these things is from. I see most of 'em is from France and England.<br />
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