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An example of the trope is the classic four-legged animal costume (where one character plays the head and front legs, while the second plays as the butt of the joke...literally). Other times it'll be less obvious, where a dwarf might sit on the shoulders of a giant and have a concealing jacket (or the like) to make the look of a [[Genius Bruiser]], or to simply get both characters past an obstacle without leaving one of them behind. A more cunning way of doing this involves a [[Latex Perfection|latex suit]] but sometimes this can backfire due to the strain of too many people in one costume, or the opposite, not enough strain to look "natural."

 

 

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Boa Hancock smuggles Luffy to Impel Down under her dress.

** It IS suspicious, but she's able to turn anyone to stone at a whim, so noone questions her. When she finally has to be subject to a strip search, she freezes the guard and Luffy keeps going along the rafters.

* In the ''[[Area 88]]'' manga, Shin's injured legs and Mickey's injured hands force them to do this after [[Mugged for Disguise|stealing a guard's uniform]] to escape the Mafia's desert carrier.

* Kid Trunks and Goten do this when disguised as "Mighty Mask" in ''[[Dragonball Z]]''.

** The ruse falls apart when an opponent kicks them hard enough that it appears Mighty Mask had been snapped in two.

* Harima and Eri share a lion costume in the New Year episode of ''[[School Rumble]]''.

 

 

== Film ==

* Another instance of body sharing, and +2 men in one suit, is in ''[[Little Nemo|Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland]]''. Late into the movie, the boy Nemo befriends a gang of goblins called The Goblin Boomps, who were escaping from Nightmare Land. They reveal themselves to be friendly and funny goblins, despite what the others expected them to be ([[Fantastic Racism|being goblins]]). They are capable of morphing their bodies together and assuming various forms.

* An enforced variation of this happens in "[[Drillbit Taylor]]" when two characters are forced by school bullies to share a shirt (actually two identical shirts combined by switching buttons).

 

== Literature ==

* In ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events|The Carniverous Carnival]]'', Violet and Klaus use this to pose as a two-headed person.

 

 

* ''[[Scrubs]]'' has J.D. and (usually) Turk form "the world's most giant doctor". When they put Turk on top to form "World's Most Giant Black Doctor" apparently people ran in fear, so they decide to save that version for when they want to scare a racist patient.

** And Multi-Ethnic Siamese Doctor as well.

 

== Western Animation ==

** At the beginning, Filbert [[Fridge Logic|points out the absurdity of the plan]] by asking Mrs. Bighead, "Since when does Mr. Bighead have 4 legs?"

* In the [[Mickey Mouse]] cartoon, "Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip", Mickey and Pluto do this to hide themselves from the conductor (Pete) who is trying to kick them off the train because dogs aren't allowed on it. When the train passes through a tunnel, they snag his jacket and hat and cover themselves with it. Of course, like all their other attempts, they failed.

** [[Donald Duck]] and [[Goofy]] do this to disguise themselves as a female moose in the cartoon "Moose Hunters".

** Parodied and subverted in a ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'' short where Donald is a ride operator and won't let his nephews on the ride. At one point he sees a really tall duck woman in a long dress clumsily walking to the ride, but when he rips the dress off it turns out it really was a woman and she punches his lights out.

* Peter has done the horse costume gag at lease twice in ''[[Family Guy]]''. Once he tried to sneak Chris into the county fair ("Wait a minute... your ass just sneezed! And horses can't talk! No no no, none of this adds up at all..."), and another he had Brian put on the costume so they could sneak past Lois...who didn't even notice ("Okay, I'm just gonna come right out and say it: Why did we need the horse costume?").

* Shaggy and ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' have done this a number of times.

* In the ''[[Chowder]]'' episode "The Bruised Bluenana" Panini hops into Chowder's clothing to keep an eye on him while he takes care of a spoiled fruit.

 

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