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Distinct from "[[Tuxedo and Martini]] [[Played for Laughs]]" in that [[Tuxedo and Martini]] is more about [[James Bond]] and the notion of the spy as the suave, evening-dressed, martini-ordering playboy. This trope is about a character who pretends to be a secret agent to assuage the tedium of their day-to-day existence and gets into no end of trouble when they encounter or blunder into the real thing (when combined with [[And You Thought It Was a Game]] and [[Mistaken for Badass]]). The character can actually work for an espionage agency, but as a paper-pusher, informant or some other unimportant thing rather than any kind of "superspy". |
Distinct from "[[Tuxedo and Martini]] [[Played for Laughs]]" in that [[Tuxedo and Martini]] is more about [[James Bond]] and the notion of the spy as the suave, evening-dressed, martini-ordering playboy. This trope is about a character who pretends to be a secret agent to assuage the tedium of their day-to-day existence and gets into no end of trouble when they encounter or blunder into the real thing (when combined with [[And You Thought It Was a Game]] and [[Mistaken for Badass]]). The character can actually work for an espionage agency, but as a paper-pusher, informant or some other unimportant thing rather than any kind of "superspy". |
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In a way, a '''Wannabe Secret Agent''' is similar to a [[Conspiracy Theorist]] in that both imagine themselves privy to secret knowledge that they believe puts them above the dreary everyday (though the former likes to play out his fantasy more than to discuss it). |
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May have some overlap with [[Miles Gloriosus]]. Contrast [[Teen Superspy]], who is an actual child ''and'' an actual super agent. |
May have some overlap with [[Miles Gloriosus]]. Contrast [[Teen Superspy]], who is an actual child ''and'' an actual super agent. |
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