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'''Picard:''' ''[whispering]'' "A little less florid, Data..."|''[[Star Trek Nemesis]]''}}

* In the first trilogy of the ''[[Dragonlance]] Saga'' the good guys try to do this and fail miserably when {{spoiler|''they are captured because they lack the proper paperwork''}}. This rather original subversion is somewhat [[Lampshaded]] when the hero is frantically trying to think of a way out of the mess and realize that of all the things that could have gone wrong with their plan, no one considered the idea that they would {{spoiler|be suspected of being deserters}}.

* Magnificently subverted in Terry Pratchett's very first novel, ''[[The Carpet People]]''.

'''Hero:''' ...Enough of this talking, harharhar. [Beats up guard] I runs out of ideas after a while. }}

* Chase, of the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series, does this using his adopted daughter as the captive, in order to make a rescue attempt. Coincidentally, two other groups of characters use similar disguises to perform the exact same rescue, each of their own volition. After they meet up with each other, they make their way out with the rescuees playing the captives.

* ''[[Futurama]]'' "A Clone of My Own", Fry is brought into the "Near Death Star" as an escaped prisoner.

* ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'' almost goes through with it, with the Commander disguised as a bounty hunter leading Buzz's captured squad away. Unfortunately, the Mole they're secretly rescuing pops out from stowaway too early.

* In the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' episode "Titans Together", Jericho takes possession of Cinderblock and pretends that Pantha, Mas and Herald are his captives. {{spoiler|He botches it when he speaks through Cinderblock, who up to this point would only grunt and roar}}.

* Wolverine and Beast do this in ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men]]'', Logan even referring to Beast as "Chewie".

** And in "The Runaway" episode: Katara pretends to turn Toph in to the authorities to collect the sizable reward money, with the intention that Toph will simply metalbend her way out of jail. {{spoiler|It doesn't exactly go as planned.}}

* Awsomely subverted in [[Titan A.E.]] when Stith and Preed try to infiltrate a colony with this trope.

** And then the guard sees their Plan B. Kicked in the face by a Mantrin. This entire bit was brought to you by [[Joss Whedon]].

* In the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' episode "Two To Tutor", the "police helicopter" that picks up Shego and Señor Senior Junior turns out to be a fake piloted by Señor Senior Senior.