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== Anime & Manga ==

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Happens quite often in [[Osamu Tezuka]]'s works. In [[Phoenix]], the protagonist disguises himself as a surprisingly attractive maiden to get himself closer and kill the rival king.

* Happens quite often in [[Osamu Tezuka]]'s works. In ''[[Phoenix]]'', the protagonist disguises himself as a surprisingly attractive maiden to get himself closer and kill the rival king.

* In one episode of ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', Ash has to dress up like a girl to get into one of the gyms to battle its leader for a badge. [[media:1141848330152.jpg|Here]] is the result.

** Jessie and James have a tendency to do this in a number of episodes, usually involving some [[Gender Swap]]ping and including, but not limited to, dressing as vikings, Pokémon stylists and traditional Japanese samurai.

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** When they get to the Magic World, just about everyone does this to disguise themselves, using [[Catgirl|Cat Ears, Tails]], and [[Meganekko|Glasses]].

* Misa does this twice in ''[[Death Note]]'': once to avoid being spotted by Light and L in Aoyama, and once to trade places with a friend in order to get close to Higuchi.

* ''[[Ranma ½]]'': When Ranma Saotome needs further disguise than what his [[Gender Bender]] [[Involuntary Shapeshifting|Jusenkyô curse]] can provide, this trope is more or less how he goes about it. Though he does on occasion go a step further by pretending to be a [[Meganekko]] (see the Japanese Nanniichuan and Ryôga & Akane's First date storylines) or applying make-up and other accessories (lipstick on date with Tatewaki, make-up powder when pretending to be Ryôga's fiancée, etc.). This trope tends to work because the people he plays it against are either desperately lonely (Ryôga), [[Loveable Sex Maniac|utter perverts]] (Happôsai) [[Blind Without'Em|have rotten vision]] (Mousse) or are just plain stupid (Tatewaki Kunô). And even he was surprised it worked the first time he tried it: he was expecting Ryôga to see through it, though since it did work, he does it again and again.

* ''[[Ranma ½]]'': When Ranma Saotome needs further disguise than what his [[Gender Bender]] [[Involuntary Shapeshifting|Jusenkyô curse]] can provide, this trope is more or less how he goes about it. Though he does on occasion go a step further by pretending to be a [[Meganekko]] (see the Japanese Nanniichuan and Ryôga and Akane's First date storylines) or applying make-up and other accessories (lipstick on date with Tatewaki, make-up powder when pretending to be Ryôga's fiancée, etc.). This trope tends to work because the people he plays it against are either desperately lonely (Ryôga), [[Loveable Sex Maniac|utter perverts]] (Happôsai) [[Blind Without'Em|have rotten vision]] (Mousse) or are just plain stupid (Tatewaki Kunô). And even he was surprised it worked the first time he tried it: he was expecting Ryôga to see through it, though since it did work, he does it again and again.

* In [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|the 2003 anime version]] of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', when Ed goes on the run he spends some time transmuting his hair a dark green and wearing platform shoes (to disguise his trademark short height). The disguise actually works remarkably well, even for the viewer.

* Yozak from [[Kyou Kara Maou]], everyone's favourite spy, has this as his first resort. He carries around a dress for good luck. For a [http://media.photobucket.com/image/yozak%20kyou%20kara%20maou/Isha-libran/Bishies/yozak.jpg huge, muscular man], it's [http://img1.lln.crunchyroll.com/i/spire3/686e3a797f9c50500c7cde71985059841280174897_full.jpghttp://img1.lln.crunchyroll.com/i/spire3/686e3a797f9c50500c7cde71985059841280174897_full.jpg surprisingly]{{Dead link}} [http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v642/StarRose/Kyou%20Kara%20Maou/KKM%20gifs/?action=view¤t=yozak-breasts-LARGE.gif effective.]

* Yozak from ''[[Kyou Kara Maou]]'', everyone's favourite spy, has this as his first resort. He carries around a dress for good luck. For a [http://media.photobucket.com/image/yozak%20kyou%20kara%20maou/Isha-libran/Bishies/yozak.jpg huge, muscular man], it's [http://img1.lln.crunchyroll.com/i/spire3/686e3a797f9c50500c7cde71985059841280174897_full.jpghttp://img1.lln.crunchyroll.com/i/spire3/686e3a797f9c50500c7cde71985059841280174897_full.jpg surprisingly]{{Dead link}} [http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v642/StarRose/Kyou%20Kara%20Maou/KKM%20gifs/?action=view¤t=yozak-breasts-LARGE.gif effective.]

* Minoru in ''[[AKB49: Ren'ai ~~Kinshi Jourei|AKB 49 Renai~~ Kinshi Jourei]]'' relies on a blond wig, a change in dress and a heightened voice to [[Wholesome Crossdresser|disguise himself]] as "Minori".

* Minoru in ''[[AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jourei]]'' relies on a blond wig, a change in dress and a heightened voice to [[Wholesome Crossdresser|disguise himself]] as "Minori".

== Comic Books ==

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* When Thor lost his ability to transform into a nebbish doctor, some of his fellow Avengers (in their series) took him out to see "some guys they knew," to help him work up a "civilian" hairstyle and outfits. On the way out there's a shout-out to Clark Kent.

* When Dinah Lance (either of them) fights crime as the Black Canary, she wears a disguise consisting of a wig and a [[Stripperiffic|stripper-like]] outfit. Even though her face is covered up even less than [[Clark Kenting|Clark Kent]], she still maintains a secret identity.

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* There are quite a few examples in ''[[Tintin]]'', particularly the Thompson twins, who fail utterly. Tintin is also known to do it a fair bit, and several villains have tried to pull beards off certain men of short stature who happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time—needless to say, Tintin shows up on the next page having hidden in a large Chinese vase or having been disguised as a black waiter. In another story, Tintin and the Captain don burqas in Arabia in order to get out of the city where there is a bounty on their head—Snowy is carried in a vase on the Captain's head. Of course, the alarm is raised when a real Arabian woman tries to speak with them.

== ~~Films~~ -- Live-Action ==

== [[Film]]s -- Live-Action ==

* [[The Pink Panther|Inspector Clouseau]] does this a lot, to mixed success. He is so committed to being the [[Master of Disguise]] he thinks he is that the proprietor of the costume shop he frequents is a minor recurring character.

* In the ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' movie, Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz are disguised as men in one scene. Maybe it was Lucy Liu in her dominatrix outfit who distracted everyone.

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* Subverted in ''[[To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar]]''. When the three drag queens are stranded in a Midwestern hick town, it seems that the townsfolk don't know the true sex of the "career girls". However, it's revealed at the end that they knew for awhile and simply didn't care.

* ''[[The Crying Game]]''.

* In the first ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' live action movie, dogs aren't allowed on the plane, so Shaggy brings his grandma...

* In [[Scooby-Doo (film)|the first ''Scooby-Doo'' live-action movie]], dogs aren't allowed on the plane, so Shaggy brings his grandma...

* Used in ''[[12 Monkeys]]'' {{spoiler|at the end, the protagonists use store bought disguises (a glued on mustache for the man and a blonde wig for the woman) to get through airport security and escape to Florida.}}

* In the Universal film ''[[Sherlock Holmes]] and the Secret Weapons'', his disguise as a German book salesman. Sherlock doesn't typically appear at the very beginning of the films and the make-up work was very good. Much more noticeable in the earlier ''Hound of the Baskervilles'' film.

* In the Universal film ''[[Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapons]]'', his disguise as a German book salesman. Sherlock doesn't typically appear at the very beginning of the films and the make-up work was very good. Much more noticeable in the earlier ''Hound of the Baskervilles'' film.

** Guy Ritchie's more recent movie also featured a scene where Sherlock adopted a fake nose, hat, eye patch, and some stones in his mouth to disguise himself.

* FBI Agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe) in ''[[The Boondock Saints]]'' dresses up as a woman and hams up a Brooklyn accent to help out the brothers, completely (and I do mean ''completely'' in one case) fooling two mob goons.

* Nathaniel from ''[[Enchanted]]''.

* Chevy Chase in ''Fletch'' swaps into and out of about 10 different disguises throughout the film. Including insurance adjuster, busboy, vagrant and basketball star (with afro and going one-on-one vs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar).

* Chevy Chase in ''[[Fletch]]'' swaps into and out of about 10 different disguises throughout the film. Including insurance adjuster, busboy, vagrant and basketball star (with afro and going one-on-one vs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar).

* In Disney's ''[[Condorman]]'', this is used twice. First, after [[The Hero]] Woody and [[Defector From Commie Land]] Natalia have been arrested by local cops, his [[Sidekick]] Harry shows up in a ~~trenchcoat~~, fake glasses and moustache, and a truly absurd accent to spring them. Second, after {{spoiler|Natalia gets captured by the [[Big Bad]]}}, Woody and Harry together don [[Arab Oil Sheikh]] disguises to infiltrate the palace and pull off a rescue.

* In Disney's ''[[Condorman]]'', this is used twice. First, after [[The Hero]] Woody and [[Defector From Commie Land]] Natalia have been arrested by local cops, his [[Sidekick]] Harry shows up in a trench coat, fake glasses and moustache, and a truly absurd accent to spring them. Second, after {{spoiler|Natalia gets captured by the [[Big Bad]]}}, Woody and Harry together don [[Arab Oil Sheikh]] disguises to infiltrate the palace and pull off a rescue.

* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''. Indy, swapping hats with Elsa, poses as a Scottish art collector to trick his way into Castle Brunwald.

{{quote|'''Butler:''' If you are a Scottish lord, then [[And I'm the Queen of Sheba|I am Mickey Mouse!]]}}

{{quote|'''Butler:''' If you are a Scottish lord, then [[And I'm the Queen of Sheba|I am Mickey Mouse!]]<ref>Amusingly, by Scottish law one needs only own a single square foot of land to call oneself a "laird" (lord).</ref>}}

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== [[Literature]] ==

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== Literature ==

* Subverted in a ''Department 13'' novel: an agent "disguises" himself by putting on a wig that looks like his own hair, colored contacts the same color as his real eyes, subtle makeup, and wears shoes that look like they have lifts (but really don't). When enemy agents look at him they easily spot the wig, contacts, makeup, and shoes and assume that they're seeing a decoy, not the agent himself.

* [[Sherlock Holmes]] successfully pulls this off a few times, even fooling his best friend Watson.

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* The heroine of ''Blind Waves'' by Steven Gould was being hunted by a criminal conspiracy, so the police disguised her. No accent, but a wig, sexy dress, and falsies that made her seem '''very''' buxom. Her own mother didn't recognize her. On the other hand, the male lead knew her at first glance, despite not expecting to see her there and having known her for only about four days. Possibly because [[Fourth Date Marriage|he'd already bought the ring]]. "They've been a very ''intense'' four days."

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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

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== Live-Action TV ==

* ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' does this an average of [[Once an Episode]].

* In ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', Tobias dons a dress, wig, and accent in order to disguise himself as a nanny and spend time with his daughter while he and his wife are separating, a la ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]''. He doesn't fool anyone, especially since he can't get rid of his habit of accidentally saying homoerotic things, but everyone plays along so he can keep the house clean.

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* [[Roseanne]] as gone in drag a few times on her sitcom, once in the [[Halloween Episode]] as her costume, and in a [[Christmas Episode]] where she acts as Santa Claus at her mall (Jackie was the Missus). In both cases, one would think her ear-piercing voice would give away her gender, but she actually got past most people. In the Halloween episode, she even almost gets into a fight with a drunk bar patron and has to be rescued by Dan, who inexplicably plays gay while defending her.

* The Granada TV production of ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' mostly manages to avoid this trope; Holmes' disguises tend to be fairly convincing. Once in a while they go overboard: in "The Final Problem", Watson boards a train and sits down in his cabin opposite a man with an unrealistically long nose and a frizz of grey hair under an enormous hat, and doesn't realize it's Holmes until Holmes addresses him by name. When you get a good look at him in the moment before he takes off the disguise, you wonder how anyone could look at him and ''not'' think "that's a bloke in a costume".

* Reality TV example: In a season premiere of ''[[Hell's ~~Kitchen|Hells~~ Kitchen]]'', Ramsey wanted to see what the contestants were like before he met them. So he put on a wig, a fake nose, and some shabbier clothes and was on the bus with the real contestants. Nobody caught on.

* Reality TV example: In a season premiere of ''[[Hell's Kitchen]]'', Ramsey wanted to see what the contestants were like before he met them. So he put on a wig, a fake nose, and some shabbier clothes and was on the bus with the real contestants. Nobody caught on.

* Although ''[[Mission: Impossible (TV series)|Mission Impossible]]'' is remembered for [[Latex Perfection|latex masks that could even alter height and body type]], they did a lot of this too, especially when someone other than the team [[Master of Disguise]] had to play the role.

* ''[[Leverage]]'' features this often when [[Manipulative Bitch|Sophie]] is running her part. Lampshaded and almost subverted in "The Rashomon Job" when a museum head of security notes that a duchess in the main hall bears a striking resemblance to one of the lab girls (both are Sophie's acts, one in a slinky evening gown with her usual accent, and the other in a white lab coat with what sounds like a Jersey accent) and almost seems to make the connection.

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== Myths & ~~Religion~~ ==

== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==

* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: ''[[The Bible]]'', Old Testament, 1 Kings 20: A minor prophet disguises himself by wearing his headband down over his eyes.

* Possibly older than ''The Bible'': Greek Mythology has the myth of goddess of wisdom and crafts Athena disguising herself as an old woman to confront the young and foolish Arachne about Arachne's boasts that her weave-work was better than Athena's. Athena thus took off her disguise and challenged Arachne to a weaving contest. Athena wins, naturally, and Arachne—so upset—hangs herself. {{spoiler|Athena feels pity for the poor thing and thus turns Arachne into a spider, which is, according to the mythology of the Greeks, why spiders weave webs}}.

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** The other story being that Odysseus simply saw Achilles' huge, muscular arms and legs and took a rough guess at his true gender.

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== [[Theater]] ==

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== Theater ==

* In ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' by R. Strauss, the protagonist (an adolescent male played by a woman) dresses as a maid, supposedly his country-bumpkin relative, and dons an appropriate accent to avoid a relative of the woman he's having an affair with. The Baron then makes passes at our hero. [[Hilarity Ensues]], along with plot devices.

* In ''Anyone Can Whistle'', Fay Apple dons a slinky dress, red wig, and puts on a ~~french~~ accent to become [[Fauxreigner|The Lady From Lourdes]]. While she intends to reveal the town's miracle is a fraud, she reveals to her love interest that this is also the only way she can get herself to relax and cut loose.

* In ''Anyone Can Whistle'', Fay Apple dons a slinky dress, red wig, and puts on a French accent to become [[Fauxreigner|The Lady From Lourdes]]. While she intends to reveal the town's miracle is a fraud, she reveals to her love interest that this is also the only way she can get herself to relax and cut loose.

== Video Games ==

== [[Video Games]] ==

* As part of the plot of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', Cloud has to dress up like a girl. [[media:1128755977025.jpg|This is the logical extension.]]

** Anyone else strangely reminded of those Disney Princess pictures?

* In one chapter of ''[[Mother 3]]'', Lucas and his dog Boney need to gain access into a nightclub. However, the club doesn't allow minors or pets, so Boney dons a t-shirt and hat and stands on his hind legs to look more like a person. They're still rejected, but the waitress lets them in anyway (incidentally, {{spoiler|the waitress is also another party member in disguise; she just happens to be better at it.}})

* Iroquois Pliskin in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 2'' is so ''obviously'' Snake in a different uniform with his hair down that it's [[The Untwist|genuinely shocking]] when he turns out to be Snake in a different uniform with his hair down. [[Word of God]] is that [[Hideo Kojima]] kept pressuring them to make the disguise more and more transparent, the idea being to take advantage of paranoid gamers expecting his [[Gambit Pileup|twisty]] plots to be more twisty than they actually are.

* Iroquois Pliskin in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' is so ''obviously'' Snake in a different uniform with his hair down that it's [[The Untwist|genuinely shocking]] when he turns out to be Snake in a different uniform with his hair down. [[Word of God]] is that [[Hideo Kojima]] kept pressuring them to make the disguise more and more transparent, the idea being to take advantage of paranoid gamers expecting his [[Gambit Pileup|twisty]] plots to be ''more'' twisty than they actually are.

** Exactly the opposite and a great example of this trope occurs in ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' with {{spoiler|[http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/2196/metalgearsolid3evatatya.png EVA/Tatyana]}}. Combed back hair, glasses, and a different set of clothes shouldn't really fool anyone, but instead of relying entirely on it, the person in question also changes body posture, movement, and entire way of acting.

** {{spoiler|Liquid's disguising himself as Master Miller}} retroactively is this, as not only did he mimic {{spoiler|Miller}} in both {{spoiler|appearance and in voice}}, he also changed his {{spoiler|overall demeanor}} to be more similar to how {{spoiler|Miller}} would act. Originally, it was closer to [[Paper-Thin Disguise]], but the rereleases of the MSX [[Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake]] redid the design for {{spoiler|Miller}} to match his "appearance" in Metal Gear Solid, and his appearance in Peace Walker was based on his Metal Gear Solid appearance.

* ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'': In the middle of their adventure, the brothers stumble upon a situation that requires a stand-in for Peach. They weren't aware of this earlier, but, conveniently, have one of Peach's dresses with them [[Noodle Implements|((don't ask))]]. [[Bellisario's Maxim|We probably don't want to know]] why they have the wig, but this fits the trope namer to a ''T'', because, in addition to the dress and wig, in all of the other scenes, both brothers have vague-~~italian~~ accents—though, in this instance, Luigi does a disturbingly accurate impression of Peach...

* ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'': In the middle of their adventure, the brothers stumble upon a situation that requires a stand-in for Peach. They weren't aware of this earlier, but, conveniently, have one of Peach's dresses with them [[Noodle Implements|((don't ask))]]. [[Bellisario's Maxim|We probably don't want to know]] why they have the wig, but this fits the trope namer to a ''T'', because, in addition to the dress and wig, in all of the other scenes, both brothers have vague-Italian accents—though, in this instance, Luigi does a disturbingly accurate impression of Peach...

* In ''[[Primal]]'', the protagonist briefly loses her ability to shapeshift into various demonic forms and is thus forced to dress herself up as demon in order to blend in.

* In ''[[Space Quest]] IV'', you do this to access an ATM.

* In ''[[Space Quest|Space Quest IV]]'', you do this to access an ATM.

== Web Comics ==

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''

** Roy is forced into a [[Gender Bender]] once. Roy is bald, and in his own words, "The lesson here is, if the magic item doesn't specifically ~~SAY~~ it grows hair, it probably doesn't." So he gets forced into a literal Wig, Dress, Accent, minus accent 'cause it's a ~~webcomic~~.

** Roy is forced into a [[Gender Bender]] once. Roy is bald, and in his own words, "The lesson here is, if the magic item doesn't specifically ''say'' it grows hair, it probably doesn't." So he gets forced into a literal Wig, Dress, Accent, minus accent 'cause it's a web comic.

** And then there's the time Vaarsuvius' raven familiar Blackwing disguised himself to buy materials from a store where they'd been banned. Yes, the ''raven'' disguised himself. [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0679.html with a moustache.]

* Red Mage in ''[[8-Bit Theater]]''. He already has long hair and he needs no accent (once again, because it's a ~~webcomic~~). He simply puts on a dress and is able to fool anyone not in the party. He also tends to wear it even when ''not'' trying to disguise himself, which greatly disturbs both Black Mage and Thief. ("Cross-'''CHECKING'''").

* Red Mage in ''[[8-Bit Theater]]''. He already has long hair and he needs no accent (once again, because it's a web comic). He simply puts on a dress and is able to fool anyone not in the party. He also tends to wear it even when ''not'' trying to disguise himself, which greatly disturbs both Black Mage and Thief. ("Cross-'''CHECKING'''").

** Probably worth noting that it's actually Thief's fault—Red Mage cross-dresses so often because he has a complex that developed due to his father hating him for being a boy (he wanted a girl.) The twist? This didn't actually happen—Thief just fabricated those memories.

* ''[[George the Dragon]]'' has pulled this particular one off. Even though it was a rather [[Paper-Thin Disguise]], it seems to [https://web.archive.org/web/20100526123430/http://www.drunkduck.com/George_the_Dragon/index.php?p=321300 have worked like a charm].

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* Cassidy Cain in uses an accent and wig to disguise herself as the [[Grandmaster of Theft]].

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

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== Western Animation ==

* The ''Alias'' example is sent up on ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' with "Whalias", substituting an orca for Sydney. The whale's disguises work just as well as hers usually do.

* On ''[[American Dad]]'', Roger the Alien wears many Wig, Dress, Accent disguises, and they all fool everyone who isn't acquainted with the real Roger. Storywise, the disguises' function of hiding his alienhood is taken for granted, and what Roger really has fun with is creating a new fictitious identity for himself in each episode. If Roger were a believer in creating a stable identity for himself, nothing would stop him from using the same disguise whenever he meets someone outside the Smith family—but he prefers to go through an endless succession of identities. [[Crossdresser|Of both genders.]]

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*** Smarty Mart's [[For Inconvenience Press One|phone tree menu]] includes: "To demand an enormous amount of money for the safe return of our founder, press three". Maybe he didn't remember Shego [[Fridge Brilliance|because he's been kidnapped so often that the incidents all blur together]].

** In Frugal Lucre's first appearance, he disguises himself with a fake beard and accent while [[Do Not Adjust Your Set|broadcasting his demands]].

* [[~~Bugs Bunny/Characters|~~Bugs Bunny]] is willing to resort to a quite alarming drag outfit of this sort.

* [[Bugs Bunny]] is willing to resort to a quite alarming drag outfit of this sort.

* [[Woody Woodpecker]] also uses this ruse frequently, usually to get to Wally Walrus' stash of food.

* Brain from ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' does this a lot. Penny rarely does this, but has at least once; she likely gets points from Brain. No-one ever sees through the disguises. Brain, by the way, is a ''dog''. Not a talking dog like Scooby, either.

* [[Pinky and The Brain]] find themselves, as lab mice, trying to disguise themselves during their plots and plans. (A minor [[Running Gag]] to some fans is that Pinky's outfits [[Wholesome Crossdresser|aren't meant for male mice]].)

* The entire gag for the Chicken Boo shorts on ''[[Animaniacs]]''. A giant chicken in nothing more than a wig/hat/suit/mustache. Everyone falls for it. Well, all [[Only Sane Man|except one person]], ~~who~~ everyone regards as insane.

* The entire gag for the Chicken Boo shorts on ''[[Animaniacs]]''. A giant chicken in nothing more than a wig/hat/suit/mustache. Everyone falls for it. Well, all [[Only Sane Man|except one person]], whom everyone regards as insane.

* Grizzle from ''[[Care Bears|Adventures in Care-a-Lot]]'' has used this on occasion, but since he doesn't take off his mechanical suit, it also counts as a [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]. Whether or not the [[Care Bears]] are fooled depends on what kind of [[An Aesop|lesson is being taught]].

* Dukey from ''[[Johnny Test]]'' is similar to Boney's example above. In case that fails, he's usually able to pass himself off as a kid with a rare hair disorder.

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== [[Real Life]] ==

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* In ''[[Star Trek]]'', the future wife of [[Gene Roddenberry]], Majel Barret, was in the original pilot episode as the female first officer. When that character was [[Executive Meddling|discarded]] for the actual show, she bleached her hair blonde and cut it short. It was specifically an attempt to get back in the show without the executives catching on. Even her husband didn't recognize her at first. She was recast in the smaller role of Nurse Chapel.

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== Real Life ==

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* In ''[[Star Trek]]'', the wife of [[Gene Roddenberry]], Majel Barret, was in the ~~first~~ pilot episode as the female first officer. When that character was [[Executive Meddling|discarded]] for the actual show, she bleached her hair blonde and cut it short. It was specifically an attempt to get back in the show without the executives catching on. Even her husband didn't recognize her at first. She was recast in the smaller role of Nurse Chapel.

* [[Stephen Colbert]] waxed his chest, put on a wig and posed for [[media:raven.jpg|this]] photo as Raven, the stripper from ''[[Wigfield]]'', who he voices on the audiobook.

{{quote|'''Stephen Colbert:''' When my brother Jay saw that, he said, "[[Attractive Bent Gender|Hey, hey. How do we know her?]]" And I pointed at myself and he goes, "OK, how do ''you'' know her?"