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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7917781/7/Harry-Potter-On-His-Own Harry Potter on His Own]]'', Harry, visiting France while glamoured and under an alias, goes to a gathering and one of his neighbor's daughters asks if he met the Boy-Who-Lived during the wizarding war. When he tries to downplay exaggerations of his accomplishments, another daughter accuses him of being jealous of himself.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7917781/7/Harry-Potter-On-His-Own Harry Potter on His Own]]'', Own]]'' Harry, visiting France while glamoured and under an alias, goes to a gathering and one of his neighbor's daughters asks if he met the Boy-Who-Lived during the wizarding war. When he tries to downplay exaggerations of his accomplishments, another daughter accuses him of being jealous of himself.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12855468/6/The-Wolf-Lord The Wolf Lord]]'', Harry, who was renamed James Lupin when Remus adopted him, comments to several Hufflepuffs that Harry Potter sounds more like a fairy tale than an actual person.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11092196/16/Xtreme-Freak Xtreme Freak]]'', James, Lily, Remus and Sirius used a time turner and Muggle makeup to lead double lives as wizarding band The Hobgoblins. Sirius once took a date to one of their concerts and loudly stated that he could sing better than the "no-talent hack" onstage.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11092196/16/Xtreme-Freak Xtreme Freak]]'', James, Lily, Remus and Sirius used a time turner and Muggle makeup to lead double lives as wizarding band The Hobgoblins. Sirius once took a date to one of their concerts and loudly stated that he could sing better than the "no-talent hack" onstage.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12855468/6/The-Wolf-Lord The Wolf Lord]]'', Lord]]'' Harry, who was renamed James Lupin when Remus adopted him, comments to several Hufflepuffs that Harry Potter sounds more like a fairy tale than an actual person.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11092196/16/Xtreme-Freak XtremeFreak]]'', Freak]]'' James, Lily, Remus and Sirius used a time turner and Muggle makeup to lead double lives as wizarding band The Hobgoblins. Sirius once took a date to one of their concerts and loudly stated that he could sing better than the "no-talent hack" onstage.
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* In ''Alias the Magpie'' GentlemanThief Sir Rodney Playfair, aka the Magpie, is pretending to be famous psychiatrist Doctor Cornelius Drake [[ItMakesSenseInContext pretending to be famous Belgian detective]] [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Hermes Perroquet]]. During his wanderings, Lady Hamcester leads him to the Bunkham Hall collection room and asks him to investigate the disappearance of the jewelled scarab he came to steal.
-->'''Lady Hamcester:''' I say, you don't think this could be the work of the notorious 'Magpie', do you?\\
'''Sir Rodney:''' Hmm. Could be, Madame, could be. The 'Magpie' is a very cunning, and some say very charming and handsome fellow.
-->'''Lady Hamcester:''' I say, you don't think this could be the work of the notorious 'Magpie', do you?\\
'''Sir Rodney:''' Hmm. Could be, Madame, could be. The 'Magpie' is a very cunning, and some say very charming and handsome fellow.
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** Belkar does this in after he gets out of prison in Azure City. Specifically [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0403.html here]]. In fact, it's done by both Belkar and Elan in the same strip.
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** Belkar does this in after he gets out of prison in Azure City. Specifically [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0403.html here]]. In fact, it's done by both After Belkar gets out of prison in Azure City]] and Elan in the same strip.is disguised by wearing a cloak and stilts, he comments on belkar being "as stubborn as he is stone cold sexy" when questioned by Hinjo.
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** The Chameleon plays it straight in one panel and inverts it in the next when he comes after Mary-Jane, disguised as Spider-Man: starting off with "He's one of the toughest foes I've ever faced" and then calling himself a "strait-jacketed loser".
** Back in the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko days, Peter would [[InvertedTrope bash Spider-Man]] anytime he was asked for his opinion on him.
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** The In ''ComicBook/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' #245, the Chameleon plays it straight in one panel and inverts it in the next when he comes after Mary-Jane, Mary Jane, disguised as Spider-Man: starting off with "He's one of the toughest foes I've ever faced" and then calling himself a "strait-jacketed loser".
**Back in the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko days, In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko'', Peter would [[InvertedTrope bash Spider-Man]] anytime he was asked for his opinion on him.
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* In chapter 24 of ''Manga/HitoribocchiNoOOSeikatsu'', Aru accidentally puts on her grade school uniform. When she meets Hana, who thinks Aru is Aru's little sister, "Mieru" (Aru pretending to be her own little sister) says that Aru is "certainly a very perfect person".
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* In the ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' article/story "The Ecology of the Pseudodragon", the more ethically-challenged Monster Hunters magically disguise themselves as the more noble ones in order to get close to a pseudodragon by winning the trust of its nymph companion. Dreelix-as-Buntleby "warns" the nymph that Dreelix probably has a clever ruse in mind, because he's very good at that sort of thing, and she reminds him that he said Dreelix was an idiot just the other day. (On purpose -- she's already spoken to the real Buntleby and figured it out.)
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* In the ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' article/story "The Ecology of the Pseudodragon", the more ethically-challenged Monster Hunters magically disguise themselves as the more noble ones in order to get close to a pseudodragon by winning the trust of its nymph companion. Dreelix-as-Buntleby "warns" the nymph that Dreelix probably has a clever ruse in mind, because he's very good at that sort of thing, and she reminds him that he said Dreelix was an idiot just the other day. (On purpose -- she's already spoken to the real Buntleby and figured it out.)
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** A few times during ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', Spider-Man (really Otto Octavius playing GrandTheftMe with Spider-Man's body) would defend ComicBook/DoctorOctopus as "the greatest enemy [he] ever faced" whenever someone else put Ock down.
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** A few times during ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', Spider-Man (really Otto Octavius playing GrandTheftMe with Spider-Man's body) would defend ComicBook/DoctorOctopus [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Doctor Octopus]] as "the greatest enemy [he] ever faced" whenever someone else put Ock down.
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* Both ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules and Comicbook/TheMightyThor (though mostly Hercules) do a bit of this at each other's expense right before the [[CostumeCopycat Hercuthor vs. Thorcules]] fight.
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* Both ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules and Comicbook/TheMightyThor [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]] (though mostly Hercules) do a bit of this at each other's expense right before the [[CostumeCopycat Hercuthor vs. Thorcules]] fight.
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* In ''ComicBook/Robin1993'', Tim Drake mentions the former Robin looking more "graceful" and built like an athlete in comparison to [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Conner]] dressed as Robin when trying to convince Darla Aquista that said Robin (himself) is dead, so she doesn't need to keep trying to kill him.
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* In ''ComicBook/Robin1993'', Tim Drake mentions the former Robin looking more "graceful" and built like an athlete in comparison to [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} [[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Conner]] dressed as Robin when trying to convince Darla Aquista that said Robin (himself) is dead, so she doesn't need to keep trying to kill him.
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** In ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', Peter nervously calls Spider-Man "nice" and "a solid dude" while being driven to the titular dance. And we say "nervously" because [[spoiler:his date's dad is ''the Vulture'' and he's scared out of his mind.]]
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** In ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', Peter nervously calls Spider-Man "nice" and "a solid dude" while being driven to the titular dance. And we say "nervously" because [[spoiler:his date's dad is ''the Vulture'' and he's scared out of his mind.]]mind]].
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* Inverted in ''Film/TheShopAroundTheCorner'', where Creator/JimmyStewart's character has been having a secret pen-pal romance with a co-worker he despises, only to fall in love with her. [[spoiler: He figures it out before she does and ''insults'' his alter-ego, saying that he met him earlier and found that he was overweight, a plagiarist, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking had a weird last name.]]]]
* Similarly done in TheRemake ''Film/YouveGotMail'', where Joe doesn't pretend to know the pen pal, but tells Kathleen that's he's probably fat, ugly, married and generally unpleasant.
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** Famously, in the Literature/GospelOfJohn, John never refers to himself by name but only as "the disciple whom Jesus loved". (Although some see this as a form of humility rather than boastfulness.) There's also an amusing bit in chapter 20, where the otherwise highly-theological book takes a moment to point out that "the other disciple" beat Peter in a footrace.
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** Famously, in the Literature/GospelOfJohn, [[Literature/TheFourGospels Gospel of John]], John never refers to himself by name but only as "the disciple whom Jesus loved". (Although some see this as a form of humility rather than boastfulness.) There's also an amusing bit in chapter 20, where the otherwise highly-theological book takes a moment to point out that "the other disciple" beat Peter in a footrace.
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* In ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'', [[spoiler:it turns out that the ADAM that Samus has been communicating with for possibly the entire game was really the BigBad intercepting the signal and impersonating the AI. While Raven Beak drops the act when giving a JoinOrDie speech just before the final boss fight, the twist is foreshadowed by "ADAM" starting to speak more and more highly of the Chozo warlord as the game progresses.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'', [[spoiler:it turns out that the ADAM that Samus has been communicating with for possibly the entire game was really the BigBad intercepting the signal and impersonating the AI. While Raven Beak drops the act when giving a JoinOrDie speech just before the final boss fight, the twist is foreshadowed by "ADAM" starting to speak more and more highly of the Chozo warlord as the game progresses.]]progresses]].
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* Early on during ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'', [[spoiler:the old lady that Ethan Winters encounters a few times comes across as a crazy, yet devout follower of Miranda, who happens to be the BigBad. Like the few remaining villagers Ethan meets, the old lady recites a prayer to give glory to Miranda. Much later on, it's revealed that the old lady was Miranda all along, thanks to her ability of VoluntaryShapeshifting. As if the cutscene shortly after Heisenberg's death didn't cement her as self-centered, her prior statements in her old lady disguise makes her come across as even ''more'' arrogant, giving herself praise and being her own hype woman. She is also a MadScientist that secretly subjugated her entire village to numerous horrific experiments for decades, all to revive her daughter Eva. As the old lady, the fact that Miranda states the following part of her own prayer could mean that whether her test subjects lived or died, they should be grateful for her getting closer to her ultimate goal:]]
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** "Your majesty! That sexy barbarian lady escaped! [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-02-06 Not only is she clever, she's a powerhouse!]]"
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* ''Webcomic/ExistentialComics'': [[PaperThinDisguise Socramander]] has never heard of this "Socrates" person, but he thinks he [[http://existentialcomics.com/comic/76 sounds very wise!]]
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** An entirely accidental example occurs in ''Bender's Big Score'' when [[spoiler:Fry expresses a desire to punch Lars in his "ruggedly good-looking face." He's unaware that "Lars" is an older version of himself from an alternate timeline.]]
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** An entirely accidental example occurs in ''Bender's Big Score'' when [[spoiler:Fry expresses a desire to punch Lars in his "ruggedly good-looking face." He's unaware that "Lars" is an older version of himself from an alternate timeline.]]timeline]].
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** In "Lemon Of Troy", when Bart was infiltrating Shelbyville and Springfield moved against them: "Curse those handsome devils!"
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "Trust", [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Madam Rouge]] takes the form of ComicBook/{{Robin}} when trying to catch Hotspot. When Hotspot questions how they are going to stop Rouge as she's practically unstoppable, "Robin" replies, "Indeed.... I mean, yeah she is impressive but we're Titans."
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* Uncle Negi from ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'' will happily comment on how handsome and amazing his Zorro-esque alter ego Naganegiman is. Whenever Naganegiman leaves the scene, Uncle Negi pops up nearby, commenting on him. When people talk about Naganegiman's awesomeness around Uncle Negi, he has a tendency to just melt...and everyone else wonders what the heck he's doing.
* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': In the Android Saga, Dr. Gero/Android 20 certainly doesn't spare words to praise his own work while he's posing as just one of Dr. Gero's creations. This is actually what tips Piccolo off that Android 20 ''is'' Dr. Gero, which Bulma confirms.
* ''[[Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka GTO: 14 Days in Shonan]]'': Onizuka pretends to be Ayame, and [[TalkingWithSigns uses a notepad]] to tell [[spoiler:Shinomi]] how great he is.
* In ''Anime/HetaliaAxisPowers'', America comes in early and draws all the Allies and Axis on the chalkboard. When the others arrive and wonder who drew them all so badly, America feigns ignorance, but can't help "disparaging" the cute, pop art-inspired New York-style art.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': When fighting Vanilla Ice, one of Polnareff's three options to escape the attack is worded as "The Handsome Polnareff will devise the perfect counterattack just in the nick of time."
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'': While Rohan reads Koichi's memories, he comments on how this push Rohan into developing new inspiration for his manga.
* When Shirogane's father first meets Kaguya in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', he trolls her into revealing her feelings for his son by pretending to insult him and claiming he'll retract his statement if she can point out what makes him so wonderful. With every positive attribute she lists, he provides a counterargument, the only exception being when she mentions [[WhatBeautifulEyes his piercing gaze]] and he responds "his parents must have good genes."
* ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime1999'': When Link asks a disguised Zelda if the Princess of Hyrule is pretty, she replies “Yeah, I guess…”
* ''Franchise/LupinIII'': The titular character is a MasterOfDisguise, and occasionally indulges in this while walking through an area where the authorities are looking for him, saying that whoever warrants this much attention has to be incredibly good.
** Another of his frequent tactics is to disguise himself as a police officer (preferably his arch-rival Inspector Zenigata) and walk right up to the mark, claiming he needs to take their treasure to a safer location. After all, they're being targeted by the master thief Lupin III; whatever meager defenses they have will be no match for someone as skilled and cunning as he is.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** During one story arc, Ryōga got a mark on his stomach that [[EmbarrassingButEmpoweringOutfit makes him invincible, but looks incredibly stupid]]. Since it can only be removed by being defeated, Ranma tries all manner of things, and finally comes up with an answer:
--->'''Ranma:''' While you were standing, you never had one tiny opening in your defense. But once, when that incredibly graceful, beautiful girl hit a volleyball to you, and you crouched to hit it back, you were open! Which means...\\
'''Ryōga:''' Of course! [[ComicallyMissingThePoint That girl was YOU]]!
** Also happens much earlier in the story, when Ranma (in girl form) beats up Kunō (in response to an insult to his manhood, ironically), and quickly covers with the below when he realizes that Kunō is still oblivious:
--->'''Ranma:''' I'll have you know Ranma Saotome's even stronger than me!
** In one story, a clone of his female side is created. She's taken to school so Ranma can keep an eye on her. She starts flirting with all the other students then asks if Ranma is jealous. He replies that however beautiful she is, unfortunately he can't love her. The watching students comment that his ego is the size of Tokyo.
* In Chapter 375 of ''Manga/Reborn2004'', Tsuna reveals to Gokudera and Yamamoto that the reason he was able to [[spoiler:fight his father to a draw]] was because he received advice from a mysterious man in a suit. The reader already knows that the man in question was the true form of [[spoiler:Reborn, his tutor who is usually trapped in the form of a baby]]. After reverting to his "normal" form in the aftermath of the advice-giving, [[MetaphoricallyTrue he claims to have not seen the man]]. Here, though, he makes sure to point out that the man was cool.
* During an episode of ''Anime/SailorMoon'', Moon fakes having a fight with the other senshi to lure out the villains. Naru mentions the rumour to Usagi who claims "Sailor Moon is too nice and sweet and would never have a fight with the other Sailor Senshi!"
* In Episode 5 of ''Anime/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', a subtle example occurs. When talking about the Composer, the one responsible for the Reaper's Game, Joshua says that the Composer could erase Shibuya if he so desired, seemingly proud of that. As revealed later on, [[spoiler:Joshua is the Composer]].
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* Uncle Negi from ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'' will happily comment on how handsome and amazing his Zorro-esque alter ego Naganegiman is. Whenever Naganegiman leaves the scene, Uncle Negi pops up nearby, commenting on him. When people talk about Naganegiman's awesomeness around Uncle Negi, he has a tendency to just melt...and everyone else wonders what the heck he's doing.
* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': In the Android Saga, Dr. Gero/Android 20 certainly doesn't spare words to praise his own work while he's posing as just one of Dr. Gero's creations. This is actually what tips Piccolo off that Android 20 ''is'' Dr. Gero, which Bulma confirms.
* ''[[Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka GTO: 14 Days in Shonan]]'': Onizuka pretends to be Ayame, and [[TalkingWithSigns uses a notepad]] to tell [[spoiler:Shinomi]] how great he is.
* In ''Anime/HetaliaAxisPowers'', America comes in early and draws all the Allies and Axis on the chalkboard. When the others arrive and wonder who drew them all so badly, America feigns ignorance, but can't help "disparaging" the cute, pop art-inspired New York-style art.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': When fighting Vanilla Ice, one of Polnareff's three options to escape the attack is worded as "The Handsome Polnareff will devise the perfect counterattack just in the nick of time."
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'': While Rohan reads Koichi's memories, he comments on how this push Rohan into developing new inspiration for his manga.
* When Shirogane's father first meets Kaguya in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', he trolls her into revealing her feelings for his son by pretending to insult him and claiming he'll retract his statement if she can point out what makes him so wonderful. With every positive attribute she lists, he provides a counterargument, the only exception being when she mentions [[WhatBeautifulEyes his piercing gaze]] and he responds "his parents must have good genes."
* ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime1999'': When Link asks a disguised Zelda if the Princess of Hyrule is pretty, she replies “Yeah, I guess…”
* ''Franchise/LupinIII'': The titular character is a MasterOfDisguise, and occasionally indulges in this while walking through an area where the authorities are looking for him, saying that whoever warrants this much attention has to be incredibly good.
** Another of his frequent tactics is to disguise himself as a police officer (preferably his arch-rival Inspector Zenigata) and walk right up to the mark, claiming he needs to take their treasure to a safer location. After all, they're being targeted by the master thief Lupin III; whatever meager defenses they have will be no match for someone as skilled and cunning as he is.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** During one story arc, Ryōga got a mark on his stomach that [[EmbarrassingButEmpoweringOutfit makes him invincible, but looks incredibly stupid]]. Since it can only be removed by being defeated, Ranma tries all manner of things, and finally comes up with an answer:
--->'''Ranma:''' While you were standing, you never had one tiny opening in your defense. But once, when that incredibly graceful, beautiful girl hit a volleyball to you, and you crouched to hit it back, you were open! Which means...\\
'''Ryōga:''' Of course! [[ComicallyMissingThePoint That girl was YOU]]!
** Also happens much earlier in the story, when Ranma (in girl form) beats up Kunō (in response to an insult to his manhood, ironically), and quickly covers with the below when he realizes that Kunō is still oblivious:
--->'''Ranma:''' I'll have you know Ranma Saotome's even stronger than me!
** In one story, a clone of his female side is created. She's taken to school so Ranma can keep an eye on her. She starts flirting with all the other students then asks if Ranma is jealous. He replies that however beautiful she is, unfortunately he can't love her. The watching students comment that his ego is the size of Tokyo.
* In Chapter 375 of ''Manga/Reborn2004'', Tsuna reveals to Gokudera and Yamamoto that the reason he was able to [[spoiler:fight his father to a draw]] was because he received advice from a mysterious man in a suit. The reader already knows that the man in question was the true form of [[spoiler:Reborn, his tutor who is usually trapped in the form of a baby]]. After reverting to his "normal" form in the aftermath of the advice-giving, [[MetaphoricallyTrue he claims to have not seen the man]]. Here, though, he makes sure to point out that the man was cool.
* During an episode of ''Anime/SailorMoon'', Moon fakes having a fight with the other senshi to lure out the villains. Naru mentions the rumour to Usagi who claims "Sailor Moon is too nice and sweet and would never have a fight with the other Sailor Senshi!"
* In Episode 5 of ''Anime/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', a subtle example occurs. When talking about the Composer, the one responsible for the Reaper's Game, Joshua says that the Composer could erase Shibuya if he so desired, seemingly proud of that. As revealed later on, [[spoiler:Joshua is the Composer]].
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* In ''WebVideo/CodeMENT'':
-->'''Suzaku:''' Who knew they'd put the death of Clover's murder on that stupid One guy?\\
'''Lelouch:''' That One guy '''sounds like A REALLY ''AWESOME'' DUDE!'''
* In ''Fanfic/SystemRestore'', a fairly dark version happens when [[spoiler:Souda]] gets the personality altering despair fever, and imagines [[spoiler:himself]] as the recently deceased [[spoiler:Sonia]], the object of [[spoiler:his]] affections, and as "[[spoiler:Sonia]]", goes about talking highly of [[spoiler:his]] real self.
* An odd version comes up in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''. A running gag in the second season is someone (usually Krillan) references another character with the other person saying something along the lines of "I do not know what this is, but it sounds awful". The trope comes into play with the Bardock film when Bardock points out how Lord Chill is a lot like Freeza (Chill's distant descendant) to which Chill responds "I don't know what this Freeza is but it sounds like a classy lady!"
* In ''Fanfic/FakingIt'', Bill mentions how it's a shame he hasn't seen the demon Cipher in a long time and that he's an alright guy. Even this much credit to who he thinks is another demon strikes Dipper as odd considering how incredibly self-centered Bill is.
* When a pizza dinner appears in '"Fanfic/HarryIsADragonAndThatsOk'', the Weasley twins wonder aloud "who had such a good idea" as to give the house elves lots of muggle cookbooks.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7917781/7/Harry-Potter-On-His-Own Harry Potter on His Own]]'', Harry, visiting France while glamoured and under an alias, goes to a gathering and one of his neighbor's daughters asks if he met the Boy-Who-Lived during the wizarding war. When he tries to downplay exaggerations of his accomplishments, another daughter accuses him of being jealous of himself.
* ''Fanfic/LikeARedheadedStepchild'''s climax involves Voldemort's resurrection being an ImperfectRitual which [[spoiler:essentially turns him into [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove Yzma]]]]. The moment Hermione suggests that this might have been caused by deliberate sabotage, Snape denies it, on the grounds that "Only a skillful and masterful potions master could ever manage such a thing." [[LampshadeHanging Dumbledore immediately tells him to quit bragging]].
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12855468/6/The-Wolf-Lord The Wolf Lord]]'', Harry, who was renamed James Lupin when Remus adopted him, comments to several Hufflepuffs that Harry Potter sounds more like a fairy tale than an actual person.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11092196/16/Xtreme-Freak Xtreme Freak]]'', James, Lily, Remus and Sirius used a time turner and Muggle makeup to lead double lives as wizarding band The Hobgoblins. Sirius once took a date to one of their concerts and loudly stated that he could sing better than the "no-talent hack" onstage.
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Upon hearing that Bunnyx is one of the heroes that Ladybug will no longer trust with a Miraculous, Alix protests, trying to defend her future self without letting on that she knows who she really is.
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25041577 Miraculous Tales by Ladybug & Chat Noir]]'' is an AlternateUniverseFic where Marinette and Adrien are secretly the webcomic artist Ladybug and writer Chat Noir respectively for their series ''[[ShowWithinAShow Miraculous]]'', with not even the other knowing their real life identities. The start of the story has an {{Inverted|Trope}} example where Marinette says that the comic only works so well through Chat Noir's masterful writing, while Adrien argues that the comic is only brought to life thanks to Ladybug's amazing art. They have done this so many times that when their identities are revealed to each other and later to Alya and Nino, Nino thought that they were playing this trope straight with Marinette as Chat and Adrien as Ladybug.
* In ''Fanfic/NymphAndTheCorruptedMiraculous'', [[spoiler:Alya]] confronts [[spoiler:Chloé]] of being Belle Aube. [[spoiler:Chloé]] briefly starts rambling about how she couldn't be someone as amazing and pretty as Belle Aube before giving up and admitting it.
* ''Fanfic/PowersOfInvisibility'':
** Ladybug and Chat Noir both praise Juleka's cute date outfit, which was picked out for her by Marinette and Adrien. The narration describes this as "two smug, ridiculous, idiotic, ''oblivious'' teenaged superheroes both puffed up like roosters during mating season at the compliment they were unwittingly paying one another whilst secretly paying it to themselves whilst pretending to pay it to Juleka."
** The next time she sees her, Juleka dryly brings up this encounter with Marinette, who jokingly asks what Ladybug and Chat Noir were like: "I bet they were ''amazing''." Juleka deflates her by reminding her that she and Chat left her stranded on a rooftop.
* Chloe naturally complements her alter ego in ''WebComic/ScarletLady''. Adrien isn't above praising Chat Noir, either, especially in response to things like Chloe going on and on about herself... not that he's aware of that little detail.
* ''Fanfic/SinsOfThePast'' has several of Marinette's old classmates still serving as members of Team Miraculous as adults. Some of them, like Kim and Alix, can't help singing their own praises, talking up their heroic exploits.
* ''Fanfic/TalesOfKarmicLiesAftermath'': In the [[ShowWithinAShow movie]] ''[[ShowWithinAShow Ladybug: Miraculous Journey]]'', Hawkmoth's SecretIdentity is [[spoiler:Antione Papillon, Felix's father]]. During the ending of the movie, he describes his alter ego as being 'brilliant, but misunderstood'.
* ''Fanfic/IfIOnlyHadAHeart'': Mashi and Izuku aren't aware that Aizawa, Hizashi and Nemuri are in fact the Pro Heroes Eraserhead, Present Mic and Midnight. The adults have fun singing their own praises and doing impressions of themselves while soaking in the kids' admiration.
* In ''Fanfic/TheCrystalAndTheMirage'', Grandpa Merc describes Mirage as "a handsome and intelligent blue dragon".
* ''Fanfic/MarieDSuesseAndTheMysteryNewPirateAge'': The ending of the story heavily implies that the LemonyNarrator is actually [[spoiler:Trafalgar Law, or whatever is left of his Disinfector persona after the CosmicRetcon that ends the fic]]. Armed with this information, some of the lines that are spouted off [[RewatchBonus end up being even funnier than on the first read]].
-->[[spoiler:I shouldn't have to explain why Mar might feel somewhat star-struck with the idea of Law present. Mar is a sixteen-year old girl, and it's ''freaking Trafalgar Law,'' c'mon.]]
* On the CharacterBlog "Doofenshmirtz's Daily Dirt", [[MadScientist Doof]] reads a comment saying that "[[CreatorCameo Dan Povenmire]] should do stand up."
-->'''Doof:''' Who on Earth is Dan Povenmire? He sounds very handsome, though, I must say.
* ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'': While in Geddy disguise on the Flying Island of Tipaan, Music/{{George|Harrison}} and Music/{{Ringo|Starr}} encounter some musicians. As they chat, the musicians scoff at the musical abilities of outworlders (which have already been established as generally dreadful). George agrees but says “We do know [[Music/TheBeatles four who aren't bad]].”
* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'''s second season, Leafa/Suguha is able to figure out that this "Kirito" guy she quested with one night in ''Alfheim Online'' is her ([[AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul hated]]) older brother Kazuto fairly quickly, while he remains oblivious to her own identity. This allows her to ask him about his home life, and when he rants about how awful his sister is, Suguha-as-Leafa suggests that this "creative, young, beautiful woman" might be lashing out at him for [[FreudianExcuse some reason.]]
* ''Fanfic/ThePartyIncidentAndOtherEmbarrassingAnecdotes'': Reader lies to Sans about dating "Papyrus's brother", stating she's not ashamed of dating a monster. Sans remarks "good, cuz he’s a pretty swell guy."
* ''Fanfic/MonsterInTheMountain'' has a {{Downplayed}} version. When Frisk describes having a dream about [[spoiler:Flowey, Asriel's soulless form]], Asriel describes it as weird, noting that "Life can be hard for even [[spoiler:flowers]]."
* ''Fanfic/RiskItAll'': After his super identity becomes known as "the Breaker" on the internet, Ren feels the need to defend himself to his dad, who had referred to him as a "dangerous metahuman". Try as he might, Ren can't really say anything good about leaving several men with crippling injuries.
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* In ''WebVideo/CodeMENT'':
-->'''Suzaku:''' Who knew they'd put the death of Clover's murder on that stupid One guy?\\
'''Lelouch:''' That One guy '''sounds like A REALLY ''AWESOME'' DUDE!'''
* In ''Fanfic/SystemRestore'', a fairly dark version happens when [[spoiler:Souda]] gets the personality altering despair fever, and imagines [[spoiler:himself]] as the recently deceased [[spoiler:Sonia]], the object of [[spoiler:his]] affections, and as "[[spoiler:Sonia]]", goes about talking highly of [[spoiler:his]] real self.
* An odd version comes up in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''. A running gag in the second season is someone (usually Krillan) references another character with the other person saying something along the lines of "I do not know what this is, but it sounds awful". The trope comes into play with the Bardock film when Bardock points out how Lord Chill is a lot like Freeza (Chill's distant descendant) to which Chill responds "I don't know what this Freeza is but it sounds like a classy lady!"
* In ''Fanfic/FakingIt'', Bill mentions how it's a shame he hasn't seen the demon Cipher in a long time and that he's an alright guy. Even this much credit to who he thinks is another demon strikes Dipper as odd considering how incredibly self-centered Bill is.
* When a pizza dinner appears in '"Fanfic/HarryIsADragonAndThatsOk'', the Weasley twins wonder aloud "who had such a good idea" as to give the house elves lots of muggle cookbooks.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7917781/7/Harry-Potter-On-His-Own Harry Potter on His Own]]'', Harry, visiting France while glamoured and under an alias, goes to a gathering and one of his neighbor's daughters asks if he met the Boy-Who-Lived during the wizarding war. When he tries to downplay exaggerations of his accomplishments, another daughter accuses him of being jealous of himself.
* ''Fanfic/LikeARedheadedStepchild'''s climax involves Voldemort's resurrection being an ImperfectRitual which [[spoiler:essentially turns him into [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove Yzma]]]]. The moment Hermione suggests that this might have been caused by deliberate sabotage, Snape denies it, on the grounds that "Only a skillful and masterful potions master could ever manage such a thing." [[LampshadeHanging Dumbledore immediately tells him to quit bragging]].
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12855468/6/The-Wolf-Lord The Wolf Lord]]'', Harry, who was renamed James Lupin when Remus adopted him, comments to several Hufflepuffs that Harry Potter sounds more like a fairy tale than an actual person.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11092196/16/Xtreme-Freak Xtreme Freak]]'', James, Lily, Remus and Sirius used a time turner and Muggle makeup to lead double lives as wizarding band The Hobgoblins. Sirius once took a date to one of their concerts and loudly stated that he could sing better than the "no-talent hack" onstage.
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Upon hearing that Bunnyx is one of the heroes that Ladybug will no longer trust with a Miraculous, Alix protests, trying to defend her future self without letting on that she knows who she really is.
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25041577 Miraculous Tales by Ladybug & Chat Noir]]'' is an AlternateUniverseFic where Marinette and Adrien are secretly the webcomic artist Ladybug and writer Chat Noir respectively for their series ''[[ShowWithinAShow Miraculous]]'', with not even the other knowing their real life identities. The start of the story has an {{Inverted|Trope}} example where Marinette says that the comic only works so well through Chat Noir's masterful writing, while Adrien argues that the comic is only brought to life thanks to Ladybug's amazing art. They have done this so many times that when their identities are revealed to each other and later to Alya and Nino, Nino thought that they were playing this trope straight with Marinette as Chat and Adrien as Ladybug.
* In ''Fanfic/NymphAndTheCorruptedMiraculous'', [[spoiler:Alya]] confronts [[spoiler:Chloé]] of being Belle Aube. [[spoiler:Chloé]] briefly starts rambling about how she couldn't be someone as amazing and pretty as Belle Aube before giving up and admitting it.
* ''Fanfic/PowersOfInvisibility'':
** Ladybug and Chat Noir both praise Juleka's cute date outfit, which was picked out for her by Marinette and Adrien. The narration describes this as "two smug, ridiculous, idiotic, ''oblivious'' teenaged superheroes both puffed up like roosters during mating season at the compliment they were unwittingly paying one another whilst secretly paying it to themselves whilst pretending to pay it to Juleka."
** The next time she sees her, Juleka dryly brings up this encounter with Marinette, who jokingly asks what Ladybug and Chat Noir were like: "I bet they were ''amazing''." Juleka deflates her by reminding her that she and Chat left her stranded on a rooftop.
* Chloe naturally complements her alter ego in ''WebComic/ScarletLady''. Adrien isn't above praising Chat Noir, either, especially in response to things like Chloe going on and on about herself... not that he's aware of that little detail.
* ''Fanfic/SinsOfThePast'' has several of Marinette's old classmates still serving as members of Team Miraculous as adults. Some of them, like Kim and Alix, can't help singing their own praises, talking up their heroic exploits.
* ''Fanfic/TalesOfKarmicLiesAftermath'': In the [[ShowWithinAShow movie]] ''[[ShowWithinAShow Ladybug: Miraculous Journey]]'', Hawkmoth's SecretIdentity is [[spoiler:Antione Papillon, Felix's father]]. During the ending of the movie, he describes his alter ego as being 'brilliant, but misunderstood'.
* ''Fanfic/IfIOnlyHadAHeart'': Mashi and Izuku aren't aware that Aizawa, Hizashi and Nemuri are in fact the Pro Heroes Eraserhead, Present Mic and Midnight. The adults have fun singing their own praises and doing impressions of themselves while soaking in the kids' admiration.
* In ''Fanfic/TheCrystalAndTheMirage'', Grandpa Merc describes Mirage as "a handsome and intelligent blue dragon".
* ''Fanfic/MarieDSuesseAndTheMysteryNewPirateAge'': The ending of the story heavily implies that the LemonyNarrator is actually [[spoiler:Trafalgar Law, or whatever is left of his Disinfector persona after the CosmicRetcon that ends the fic]]. Armed with this information, some of the lines that are spouted off [[RewatchBonus end up being even funnier than on the first read]].
-->[[spoiler:I shouldn't have to explain why Mar might feel somewhat star-struck with the idea of Law present. Mar is a sixteen-year old girl, and it's ''freaking Trafalgar Law,'' c'mon.]]
* On the CharacterBlog "Doofenshmirtz's Daily Dirt", [[MadScientist Doof]] reads a comment saying that "[[CreatorCameo Dan Povenmire]] should do stand up."
-->'''Doof:''' Who on Earth is Dan Povenmire? He sounds very handsome, though, I must say.
* ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'': While in Geddy disguise on the Flying Island of Tipaan, Music/{{George|Harrison}} and Music/{{Ringo|Starr}} encounter some musicians. As they chat, the musicians scoff at the musical abilities of outworlders (which have already been established as generally dreadful). George agrees but says “We do know [[Music/TheBeatles four who aren't bad]].”
* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'''s second season, Leafa/Suguha is able to figure out that this "Kirito" guy she quested with one night in ''Alfheim Online'' is her ([[AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul hated]]) older brother Kazuto fairly quickly, while he remains oblivious to her own identity. This allows her to ask him about his home life, and when he rants about how awful his sister is, Suguha-as-Leafa suggests that this "creative, young, beautiful woman" might be lashing out at him for [[FreudianExcuse some reason.]]
* ''Fanfic/ThePartyIncidentAndOtherEmbarrassingAnecdotes'': Reader lies to Sans about dating "Papyrus's brother", stating she's not ashamed of dating a monster. Sans remarks "good, cuz he’s a pretty swell guy."
* ''Fanfic/MonsterInTheMountain'' has a {{Downplayed}} version. When Frisk describes having a dream about [[spoiler:Flowey, Asriel's soulless form]], Asriel describes it as weird, noting that "Life can be hard for even [[spoiler:flowers]]."
* ''Fanfic/RiskItAll'': After his super identity becomes known as "the Breaker" on the internet, Ren feels the need to defend himself to his dad, who had referred to him as a "dangerous metahuman". Try as he might, Ren can't really say anything good about leaving several men with crippling injuries.
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* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': This is Noctis City's idol OK-Chan main MO, "she" is actually a [[UnsettlingGenderReveal bulky man]] using a move-set who also spreads good details about his idol identity while not in disguise.
* ''Franchise/BaldursGate'':
** On the road back from completing your first major quest in ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'', the player has the option to do this:
-->'''Traveler:''' You been down south recently? You see them heroes everyone is talking about?\\
'''Protagonist:''' Well, I did hear about them. Supposedly real brave, and damn good looking too.
** Also, in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'', Edwin accidentally transforms himself into a woman while trying to unlock the secrets of a magical scroll. While this is initially upsetting for him, it turns out to be advantageous later on when a wizard tasked with hunting him down and killing him doesn't realize who he is and lets him go. However, the other wizard soon figures out that something's not right, tracks the party down again, and accuses the female wizard of being Edwin in disguise. The response?
-->'''Edwin:''' Er...I am no Edwin, as you claim. I know him not. He sounds like a worthy mage of distinction, and I am probably weaker having not made his acquaintance. My name is...Celisa of Waterdeep. Yes, daughter of...Kur..Kurdall Al....Ale...Kurdall Aleconnor, a wealthy mead-maker and owner of a chain of festhalls. No Edwin in our midst I'm most sorry to say. Only Celisa Aleconnor. You'd best be off to capture this Edwin. He sounds like a formidable foe.
* In ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'', Bruce Wayne is asked what he thinks about Batman. You can either play this trope straight by calling him a great hero, or invert it by calling him a lunatic that should be locked up.
* In the "Claptastic Journey" DLC from ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', [[spoiler:when you beat 5H4D0W-TP for the first time, Handsome Jack says "Shame he had to die, he was an impressive piece of code." You soon learn that it was 5H4D0W-TP imitating Jack in order to trick you into handing over the H-Source]].
* A variation occurs in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. The entire storyline is presented as [[FramingDevice Varric telling Hawke's tale after the fact]]. At one point in the game, Varric mows down wave after wave of surprisingly easy enemies, and then his brother Bartrand starts going on about how jealous he is of Varric for being "strong and handsome, and so very smart". During this speech, the scene shifts to Varric telling the story, making it clear that he's started making things up [[spoiler:because he doesn't want to think about what actually happened]].
* In ''[[https://fablesoft.itch.io/ellaria-cotton-cream Ellaria: Cotton & Cream]]'', the main characters get plot-relevant information from either an "oddly attractive bard" or a "sketchy yet oddly attractive man", both of whom are clear self-inserts of the narrator who's revealed in the good endings to be a GameMaster of a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''-like game.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** The Marauder quest line in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has an instance, where the guildmaster tasks you, with the assistance of his conjurer sister, to take out a nest of beasts, only to be accosted by other marauders - clearly the guildmaster and other unnamed members of the guild [[PaperThinDisguise with face-concealing helmets]]. The conjurer notes after beating them that he clearly couldn't have expected you to fall for such a simple disguise, but asks you to play dumb for the guildmaster's sake; when you return, almost [[INeverSaidItWasPoison without provocation]], he brings up that you did well to defeat "opponents of such formidable skill" and congratulates you for surpassing such "overwhelming odds".
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'', when you do the Angel of the Slums quest, you encounter a village gossip in Sector 5 named Mireille who provides you information to help you on the quest, though she wouldn't give a Shinra reporter the time of day before. After you complete the quest, if you talk with her again, she comments that "You know, there's a rumor that the Angel of the Slums is as radiant and beautiful as she is daring. Personally, I think that one is true." The game drops several hints that Mireille is in fact the Angel of the Slums and outright confirms it if you complete another quest much later in the game.
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', Xander tells Laslow in their supports that he's gotten complaints about "a certain royal retainer" hitting on the local women. Laslow's response?
--->'''Laslow:''' Do you... know the identity of this gorgeous fiend, milord?\\
'''Xander''': ''(angry sprite)'' It was you, Laslow.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', BadLiar Flayn is secretly [[spoiler:the ancient Saint Cethleann. Whenever the subject of said saint comes up, she eagerly corrects the history books' "misconceptions" and discusses her virtues]].
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes'', Holst wonders about Claude's goal to improve Leicester's relationship with Almyra in their A Support. He asks if Claude wants Hilda (Holst's younger sister, and their family guards the border) to marry into the Almyran royal family. Claude attempts to dodge the question, and at one point refers to an Almyran prince whom Hilda would potentially marry as "that hypothetical heartthrob." [[spoiler:Claude himself is an Almyran prince, making it sound like he just called ''himself'' a heartthrob.]]
* ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'': [[spoiler:The Tyr you rescue early into the game]] is actually Odin in disguise to manipulate you [[spoiler:while he keeps the real Tyr locked away in a secret location]]. While Odin is smart enough to never outright compliment himself while in disguise, since it would out-of-character for [[spoiler:Tyr]] and an obvious giveaway, he ''does'' spend a great deal of time pushing the heroes to stop fighting Odin and try for a peaceful resolution, making himself out to be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who will keep his word instead of an EvilOverlord who will backstab the heroes the instant it's beneficial to his plans. It's also pretty telling that Odin, through the disguise, portrays [[spoiler:Tyr]] as having become a traumatized and impotent shell of his former self from his treatment at Odin's hands, whereas the real [[spoiler:Tyr]] you meet later is completely sane and unaffected by Odin's imprisonment of him.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'': The mysterious, unnamed LemonyNarrator ends up accidentally exposing his identity when Zagreus discovers a bust of [[spoiler:Creator/{{Homer}}]] and the Narrator's description of the man quickly gets a little ''too'' flattering.
* In the ''VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft'' "Naxxramas" solo challenge, FinalBoss Kel'Thuzad taunts the player about each boss that they are about the face. When they finally reach Kel'Thuzad himself, he tells the player: "I hear the next boss is all-powerful... and very handsome."
* It's not shown in any of the games, but [[AdiposeRex King Dedede]] from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise speaks very highly of his alter ego, [[CoolMask Masked Dedede]], in [[https://twitter.com/Kirby_JP/status/1473488630794829825 a Tweet]] that's [[CharacterBlog in character as him]].
* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode'': During one of Desuhiko's Gumshoe Gabs, he dresses up as Yakou to mine information from Yuma about his opinion of himself, but can't help but make compliments about himself which makes Yuma realize he's actually talking to Desuhiko.
* A first-time player of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' may wonder why the hostage Donald Anderson is so quick to praise the intelligence and cunning of FOXHOUND, his captors. [[spoiler:He was really Decoy Octopus in disguise.]]
* In ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'', [[spoiler:it turns out that the ADAM that Samus has been communicating with for possibly the entire game was really the BigBad intercepting the signal and impersonating the AI. While Raven Beak drops the act when giving a JoinOrDie speech just before the final boss fight, the twist is foreshadowed by "ADAM" starting to speak more and more highly of the Chozo warlord as the game progresses.]]
* In the adventure game ''VideoGame/NellyCootalot: [[http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=860 Spoonbeaks Ahoy]]'', the titular heroine at one point tells a society of Dignified Ladies that the pilot they'd hired to fly their poorly-built aircraft around the world wasn't coming. Later, she must disguise herself as the pilot; when the ladies tell Nelly-as-the-pilot what Nelly had said earlier, she replies "Damn that gorgeous liar!"
* Prime Minister Baldi, a "former" pirate himself, suggests the masked pirate that saves one of your exploration fleets early on in ''Neo Atlas 1469'' was "dependable" and "probably good with the ladies."
* In ''VideoGame/NightRipper'', you hear a DJ defending the titular SerialKiller for cleaning up the streets of the city. Later on, you find an unattended radio station in the serial killer's hideout. Do the math.
* Used in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', when the identity of the Phantom is revealed.
-->'''[[spoiler:Jasper:]]''' What? Why, I never! How dare you accuse me of being the rugged and romantic scoundrel that has thrilled and terrified audiences for years?
* In ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts 2}}'', Razputin can come across a memory of [[BigBadFriend Lucrecia Mux]], personified as a paper doll, in Cassie O'Pia's mind and ask her about the good old days of the Psychic Seven. While Cassie's good memories aren't fully tainted by Lucrecia's descent into evil and Paper Lucrecia is nothing but friendly towards Raz, Cassie can't help speak some of her resentment through the paper doll anyways.
-->'''Paper Lucy:''' Cassie tried to be friends with me, but I was too busy making goo-goo eyes at Ford Cruller. I ruined everything, you know!
* Early on during ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'', [[spoiler:the old lady that Ethan Winters encounters a few times comes across as a crazy, yet devout follower of Miranda, who happens to be the BigBad. Like the few remaining villagers Ethan meets, the old lady recites a prayer to give glory to Miranda. Much later on, it's revealed that the old lady was Miranda all along, thanks to her ability of VoluntaryShapeshifting. As if the cutscene shortly after Heisenberg's death didn't cement her as self-centered, her prior statements in her old lady disguise makes her come across as even ''more'' arrogant, giving herself praise and being her own hype woman. She is also a MadScientist that secretly subjugated her entire village to numerous horrific experiments for decades, all to revive her daughter Eva. As the old lady, the fact that Miranda states the following part of her own prayer could mean that whether her test subjects lived or died, they should be grateful for her getting closer to her ultimate goal:]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Old lady:''' As the midnight moon rises on black wings[[labelnote:*]]Miranda [[WingedHumanoid has black wings]], by the way[[/labelnote]], we await the light at the end... In life and in death, glory to Mother Miranda.]]
* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight: King of Cards'' has an inversion. If King Knight talks to an Adventurer in the Cavern of Joustus, he tries to boast about being the person who defeated King Pridemoor... right before the Adventurer expresses his intention to beat that person up and steal his card deck. King Knight immediately changes his mind and claims it was a different, much less dashing person who defeated King Pridemoor.
* ''VideoGame/SpiderMan2'' has this exchange between the web-slinger and Quentin Beck:
-->'''Spider-Man:''' I don't like people making a career out of badmouthing me, Beck.\\
'''Quentin Beck:''' What about that editor at the Bugle, Jameson?\\
'''Spider-Man:''' J.J? He just has a knack for hiring good photographers.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** A potential meta example comes from ''VideoGame/StarWarsKnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords''. Kreia describes Arren Kae as a beautiful and strong Jedi, and also rarely has unkind words to say about Kae's students like Revan. It's [[ShrugOfGod never stated definitively]] (when asked about it, Chris Avellone basically said "no", but using wording that suggested he really liked the idea), but many fans have connected enough dots to assume that Kreia ''is'' Arren Kae.
** ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': At the end of Act 1, the Trooper infiltrates an enemy-held starship to confront a defector and, along the way, encounters a group of ex-Republic {{mooks}} who are taking a break to talk about the [[OneManArmy Havoc team]] that's devastating their ranks. Naturally, the Trooper can pitch in with [[MookHorrorShow how terrifying and deadly]] these Republic commandos are, and how they're glad nobody's around like that.
* In ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'', a petitioner visits the main character's castle and asks for the great hero, not knowing that that's exactly who he's speaking to. The main character can admit to their identity, mention that "he's so unbelievably cool" or in the [[HeroicSelfDeprecation inverse of this trope]] declare that "he's nothing special".
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'':
** If you dominate an enemy Spy while playing as a Spy yourself, your Spy may remark "I'll see you in Hell, you handsome rogue!" Keep in mind that the two Spies look identical except for their colors, so he ''is'' secretly complementing himself. Oddly enough, this happens during one of the few times you ''won't'' be disguised, since attacking will remove it. Conversely, the dominating Spy may [[HypocriticalHumor call the other Spy's suit cheap]].
** Subverted in the "Meet the Spy" video. When the BLU Spy is making out the RED Spy to be some sort of [[MemeticBadass nigh-unstoppable death god]], the BLU Soldier assumes he's actually the RED Spy in disguise and [[YourHeadAsplode blows his head off with his shotgun]]. [[RedHerringMole He's wrong]]. The RED Spy was actually disguised as [[spoiler:the BLU Scout, and actually inverted the trope earlier by calling Spies in general "dime-a-dozen backstabbing scumbags"]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' uses another variation when you are given the opportunity to spy on an imposter.
-->'''Garrett:''' So, [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain that's]] the famous Garrett. Guess he's not as good-looking as I heard.
* A meta example occurs in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' if the player enters "[[Creator/TobyFox TOBY]]" during Mettaton's essay prompts.
-->'''Mettaton:''' Toby? What the hell is that? Sounds... sexy.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'': In "Dreamscape," Rotwood schedules a quiz on "one of the greatest scientific minds of modern times" but won't tell Jake which scientist he needs to study. [[SmallNameBigEgo It turns out to be Rotwood himself.]]
* In "The Sugar Plum Fairy!" from ''WesternAnimation/ButterbeansCafe'', Ms. Marmalady dresses up as the Sugar Plum Fairy and tries to fool Butterbean and her friends. Cricket almost immediately calls her out as Ms. Marmalady and she replies "Who? Oh, I've never heard of her. But she's probably really cool." Then she takes a fall and admits the truth.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'': In "One-Upsman-Chip", Chip is playing a trick on Dale by making him think he conjured up some kind of spirit. When he is speaking as the spirit he mentions "your incredibly handsome friend, Chip".
* In ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'', Joan of Arc tries to use this on Abe while "disguised" as John D'Arc, to get him to like her while badmouthing Abe's girlfriend Cleo; it doesn't work, and Abe assumes that John is trying to steal Cleo for himself.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' episode "Family Reunion", Duckula, trying to get rid of his actually-vampiric relatives, disguises himself as a vampire hunter and joins forces with Dr von Goosewing. When von Goosewing says Castle Duckula is home to "the cunningest and cleverest being known to mankind", Duckula agrees and adds "And handsome too, I've heard." This confuses von Goosewing, who has never considered Igor to be handsome.
* Meta example in ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' where twice Jay Sherman comments that he thinks Creator/JonLovitz is very handsome or talented.
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
** In the episode "Pirate Radio", Danny, in ghost form, tells his fellow students that he saved the life of Danny Fenton. He then tells [[AlphaBitch Paulina]] "You should totally make out with him".
** Vlad Masters does it in "Eye for an Eye" when he is referring to his split Plasmius clone in public: "Oh, dear, it's a clearly evil - yet ''devastatingly handsome'' - ghost villain!"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes'' episode "[[Recap/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroesDoomed Doomed]]", Doctor Doom does this after body-swapping with Reed. He says that trying to understand Doom's motives and mental processes would be impossible for them.
* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticVoyage'' episode "The Master Spy". The title character infiltrates the team by posing as Professor Carter. While the team is discussing his true identity he says "Don't underestimate him...he's very clever."
* A character in the minigolf episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'' at one point appears in front of the Safety Patrol to deliver a rant about how the mysterious culprit leading the minigolf corruption ring was clearly really smart and badass and they should be afraid of him, shortly after they had confirmed that this particular fellow was the bad guy. Somehow, the Safety Patrol didn't immediately take him in, even though his speech was better evidence than most signed confessions.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
** Leela, in disguise as [[SweetPollyOliver "Lee Lemon"]], asks Fry about his girl back home and says, "Aww, she sounds sweet."
** In another episode, Bender pretends to be "Coilette" to compete in women's Olympic events, as he wasn't good enough for the men's. After winning his sixth gold, "Coilette" proclaims that all men can shove it, "except that guy Bender, he's ''really'' somthin'!"
** An entirely accidental example occurs in ''Bender's Big Score'' when [[spoiler:Fry expresses a desire to punch Lars in his "ruggedly good-looking face." He's unaware that "Lars" is an older version of himself from an alternate timeline.]]
* "You'll never get me, WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks! Even though you're such a cool and smart detective."
* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002'' played this straight once or twice. In the episode "Dragon's Brood", when He-Man first uses the excuse that Adam found him and told him what was going on, adds, "Nice kid."
* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has a slight variation: [[HeroAntagonist Dib]] is visited by a beat-up doppelganger claiming to be [[MyFutureSelfAndMe himself from a few hours in the future]], thrown backward in time after losing a battle with [[VillainProtagonist Zim]]. However, as he's recounting what happened to him, he says "[Zim's] INCREDIBLE power was too much for me!" and refers to Professor Membrane as "Membrane" instead of, you know, "Dad". It's blatantly obvious Zim is somehow behind it. "Future Dib" later turns out to be a robot spy made by Zim.
* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'':
** One episode has Heloise doing this while pulling a SweetPollyOliver.
** Another had Jimmy do this [[ItMakesSenseInContext while disguised as a sandwich.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Hego, in his civilian guise as a Bueno Nacho manager, refers to his Team Go identity as "that brave superhero".
* Shows up in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Lolirock}}'' when Iris gets a call from Mephisto, who has magically altered his voice to sound like Auriana:
-->'''"Auriana":''' The evil and very good-looking Mephisto and his super-annoying sister are attacking!\\
'''Iris:''' "Good-looking?"\\
'''"Auriana":''' Hurry, before the awesome handsomeness of Mephisto defeats us!
* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'': After Superman has a short interview with Lois, he comes back as Clark and asks Lois what she thought of the superhero. He calls Superman a "pretty awesome guy" and is taken aback when Lois calls Superman a liar. Conversely, Superman tells Lois that he likes Clark Kent.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** It has [[spoiler:three of the Mane Six characters]] sitting around talking and complimenting the town's newest hero The Mysterious Mare Do Well. [[spoiler:What they say could have easily tipped off Rainbow Dash on the heroine's identity(ies) and why she suddenly needed to appear (Twilight pointing out the Mare's magic required heavy studying, Fluttershy remarking on her compassion, and Rarity being complimentary her fashion sense and Applejack saying above all The Mare Do Well was humble) had she not been blind with jealousy at the time.]]
** In "Brotherhooves Social", when Sweetie Belle calls out "Orchard Blossom" as Big Mac in a dress, "she" responds with "Why, as... ''charmed'' as I am that you find me in the slightest resemblance to such a... uh, fine and noble product of the Apple clan, I am astonished in equal measure."
** In a more meta example, Pinkie Pie (voiced by Andrea Libman) complimenting Fluttershy's singing voice ([[ActingForTwo also performed]] [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall by Andrea Libman]]).
* ''Westernanimation/{{Ninjago}}'': In Season 7, [[LazyAlias Doctor Sanders Saunders]], the secret identity of the villain Krux, describes a painting of himself by saying "This handsome fellow? In the stories, he's called Krux."
* ''[[WesternAnimation/OhNoItsAnAlienInvasion Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion]]'': In "The Spandexter", Louis adopts a secret identity as the costumed Spandexter. When Nate invites the Spandexter back to their headquarters to meet Louis as they are both into science, the Spandexter says that Louis sounds "really, really, really cool. And handsome".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'' episode "I'm Still Super!", Penn assumes Captain Super Captain is doing this when he tells them the villain they're up against "is as diabolical as he is drop-dead handsome." He's actually talking about his [[EvilTwin twin brother]].
* {{Subverted|Trope}} in the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' ChristmasEpisode--after [[TheIntern Carl]] comments that [[AnimalSuperhero Perry]]'s SecretSanta had "exquisite taste" in music, [[DaChief Major Monogram]] says that it's obvious that Carl was the Secret Santa himself. Not only does Monogram refuse to believe Carl's objections, he's actually angry at Carl for "lying" when the Secret Santa's actual identity becomes a plot point later. (For the record, [[spoiler:it's SantaClaus himself]].)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'': While throwing his voice to make the villain think the place is surrounded by cops, Creator/JonathanWinters can't help but make the cops praise him.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In “Some Enchanted Evening”, Homer calls a babysitting service and is immediately hung up on due to past experiences with Bart and Lisa. He calls again, poorly masquerading as “Mr. Sampson”. After the babysitting service comments on how annoying The Simpsons are, Homer angrily replies that The Simpsons are neighbors of theirs and that he found them to be “quite a misunderstood and underrated family”.
** In "Lemon Of Troy", when Bart was infiltrating Shelbyville and Springfield moved against them: "Curse those handsome devils!"
** In "Girls Just Want To Have Sums", Springfield Elementary has the boys and girls separated and [[SweetPollyOliver Lisa disguises herself as a boy in order to be challenged more in math]]. She talks with Milhouse and when he tells her he does not miss having the girls around, she asks about Lisa while saying, "I hear she's pretty cool."
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** In "Toilet Paper", the kids are discussing a recent TP-ing, and Cartman, one of the perpetrators, comments, "Well, I understand the people who did it weren't caught, so it looks like nobody will ever know the geniuses who masterminded that perfect crime."
** When Cartman attempts to trick Butters by pretending to be AWESOM-O the robot, Butters talks about the things Cartman does to him, which results in "AWESOM-O" commenting that Cartman sounds pretty smart.
** DoubleSubversion in "The Coon", when [[TokenEvilTeammate Cartman]] takes a superhero identity:
--->'''Cartman:''' I believe the Coon is a menace.\\
'''Kyle:''' ...Yeah, and dressing up and running around at night is faggy anyway.\\
'''Cartman:''' ''({{beat}}) You're a fag, Kyle! Fuck you!''
** Later in the same episode:
--->'''[[TheCowl Mysterion]]:''' I assume you must be Cartman, [[PaperThinDisguise because you're fat]].\\
''(beat)''\\
'''The Coon:''' Well, you're ''wrong!'' I'm ''not'' Eric Cartman and ''[[IAmBigBoned he's not fat]]!'' Care to guess again?!
** {{Subverted|Trope}} when Cartman accuses Kenny of being Mysterion because he has a picture of him in his locker -- Stan immediately points out that he has one too. [[spoiler:DoubleSubversion -- in another episode, we find out that Kenny IS Mysterion.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'': In [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E11Bibo "Bibo"]], pirate spy Synara San learns from her boss that the pilots who unwittingly rescued her from a derelict freighter were members of the Resistance. Later, she asks Kazuda Xiono, one of the mechanics who brought her to the Colossus, about the pilots. Kaz, who of course ''is'' one of the pilots, and a spy for the Resistance, claims that he doesn't know anything about the pilots or who they are, but that one of them was "kind of handsome".
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E10TheNewLars "The New Lars"]], [[KidHero Steven]] accidentally [[GrandTheftMe possesses]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Lars]]:
-->'''Steven-in-Lars'-body:''' [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Would you say you hang out more like koalas or sloths?]] ...I'm asking for Steven.\\
'''[[TheStoic Buck]]:''' I like that kid.\\
'''Steven-in-Lars'-body:''' Yeah! He's the best! ''[giggles]''
* Actually serves to foreshadow TheReveal in ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters''. Whenever the topic of [[BigBad Stretch Monster]] comes up, there's a high chance that [[spoiler:Rook]] will praise his planning skills and/or genius, which makes a lot more sense when the first season finale reveals that they're one and the same.
* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries:'' Princess Rapunzel is using a PaperThinDisguise trying to discover why [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond Uncle Monty does not like her]].
-->'''Uncle Monty:''' I got that thing as a gift and I'm trying to find some use for it - let me tell you, it's not even useful as a doorstop! \\
'''Rapunzel:''' ...Yeeah, dumb and ''totally'' useless thing. I sure hope the foolish but clearly well-intentioned person who made it regrets it.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "Trust", [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Madam Rouge]] takes the form of ComicBook/{{Robin}} when trying to catch Hotspot. When Hotspot questions how they are going to stop Rouge as she's practically unstoppable, "Robin" replies, "Indeed.... I mean, yeah she is impressive but we're Titans."
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': In the episode "Where's Thy Sting?", Wasp tries to get revenge on Bumblebee for sending him to stockade by switching places with him and get Bumblebee sent to stockade in his place, doing so by exploiting the fact that they share the same mold by swapping paint jobs, voices and helmets, making others think that Bumblebee is Wasp and vice-versa. When Bulkhead comments on Wasp, saying that he's uglier than he remembers him to be, Wasp-as-Bumblebee defends himself by claiming that "Wasp not ''that'' ugly".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' episode "The Day," Sylvia has to break out of Lord Hater's prison with an [[DeepSleep unwakeably asleep Wander]] and makes the job easier by disguising him as a [[AdorableEvilMinions Watchdog]], [[OfCorpseHesAlive puppeting him]] while pretending to have been captured by him. Unfortunately, she runs into [[TheDragon Commander Peepers]] [[UncomfortableElevatorMoment on the elevator]] and almost blows her cover when he strikes up a chat with the disguised Wander:
-->'''Commander Peepers:''' I see we finally captured that hideous Zbornak. \\
'''Sylvia:''' ''(speaking for Wander)'' Actually, while she may not be conventionally beautiful, many people find her personality and strength of character to be very attractive! ''({{Beat}})'' Is...what she would say. She would totally say something dumb and corny like that.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'': In "Dreamscape," Rotwood schedules a quiz on "one of the greatest scientific minds of modern times" but won't tell Jake which scientist he needs to study. [[SmallNameBigEgo It turns out to be Rotwood himself.]]
* In "The Sugar Plum Fairy!" from ''WesternAnimation/ButterbeansCafe'', Ms. Marmalady dresses up as the Sugar Plum Fairy and tries to fool Butterbean and her friends. Cricket almost immediately calls her out as Ms. Marmalady and she replies "Who? Oh, I've never heard of her. But she's probably really cool." Then she takes a fall and admits the truth.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'': In "One-Upsman-Chip", Chip is playing a trick on Dale by making him think he conjured up some kind of spirit. When he is speaking as the spirit he mentions "your incredibly handsome friend, Chip".
* In ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'', Joan of Arc tries to use this on Abe while "disguised" as John D'Arc, to get him to like her while badmouthing Abe's girlfriend Cleo; it doesn't work, and Abe assumes that John is trying to steal Cleo for himself.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' episode "Family Reunion", Duckula, trying to get rid of his actually-vampiric relatives, disguises himself as a vampire hunter and joins forces with Dr von Goosewing. When von Goosewing says Castle Duckula is home to "the cunningest and cleverest being known to mankind", Duckula agrees and adds "And handsome too, I've heard." This confuses von Goosewing, who has never considered Igor to be handsome.
* Meta example in ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' where twice Jay Sherman comments that he thinks Creator/JonLovitz is very handsome or talented.
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
** In the episode "Pirate Radio", Danny, in ghost form, tells his fellow students that he saved the life of Danny Fenton. He then tells [[AlphaBitch Paulina]] "You should totally make out with him".
** Vlad Masters does it in "Eye for an Eye" when he is referring to his split Plasmius clone in public: "Oh, dear, it's a clearly evil - yet ''devastatingly handsome'' - ghost villain!"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes'' episode "[[Recap/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroesDoomed Doomed]]", Doctor Doom does this after body-swapping with Reed. He says that trying to understand Doom's motives and mental processes would be impossible for them.
* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticVoyage'' episode "The Master Spy". The title character infiltrates the team by posing as Professor Carter. While the team is discussing his true identity he says "Don't underestimate him...he's very clever."
* A character in the minigolf episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'' at one point appears in front of the Safety Patrol to deliver a rant about how the mysterious culprit leading the minigolf corruption ring was clearly really smart and badass and they should be afraid of him, shortly after they had confirmed that this particular fellow was the bad guy. Somehow, the Safety Patrol didn't immediately take him in, even though his speech was better evidence than most signed confessions.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
** Leela, in disguise as [[SweetPollyOliver "Lee Lemon"]], asks Fry about his girl back home and says, "Aww, she sounds sweet."
** In another episode, Bender pretends to be "Coilette" to compete in women's Olympic events, as he wasn't good enough for the men's. After winning his sixth gold, "Coilette" proclaims that all men can shove it, "except that guy Bender, he's ''really'' somthin'!"
** An entirely accidental example occurs in ''Bender's Big Score'' when [[spoiler:Fry expresses a desire to punch Lars in his "ruggedly good-looking face." He's unaware that "Lars" is an older version of himself from an alternate timeline.]]
* "You'll never get me, WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks! Even though you're such a cool and smart detective."
* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002'' played this straight once or twice. In the episode "Dragon's Brood", when He-Man first uses the excuse that Adam found him and told him what was going on, adds, "Nice kid."
* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has a slight variation: [[HeroAntagonist Dib]] is visited by a beat-up doppelganger claiming to be [[MyFutureSelfAndMe himself from a few hours in the future]], thrown backward in time after losing a battle with [[VillainProtagonist Zim]]. However, as he's recounting what happened to him, he says "[Zim's] INCREDIBLE power was too much for me!" and refers to Professor Membrane as "Membrane" instead of, you know, "Dad". It's blatantly obvious Zim is somehow behind it. "Future Dib" later turns out to be a robot spy made by Zim.
* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'':
** One episode has Heloise doing this while pulling a SweetPollyOliver.
** Another had Jimmy do this [[ItMakesSenseInContext while disguised as a sandwich.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Hego, in his civilian guise as a Bueno Nacho manager, refers to his Team Go identity as "that brave superhero".
* Shows up in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Lolirock}}'' when Iris gets a call from Mephisto, who has magically altered his voice to sound like Auriana:
-->'''"Auriana":''' The evil and very good-looking Mephisto and his super-annoying sister are attacking!\\
'''Iris:''' "Good-looking?"\\
'''"Auriana":''' Hurry, before the awesome handsomeness of Mephisto defeats us!
* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'': After Superman has a short interview with Lois, he comes back as Clark and asks Lois what she thought of the superhero. He calls Superman a "pretty awesome guy" and is taken aback when Lois calls Superman a liar. Conversely, Superman tells Lois that he likes Clark Kent.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** It has [[spoiler:three of the Mane Six characters]] sitting around talking and complimenting the town's newest hero The Mysterious Mare Do Well. [[spoiler:What they say could have easily tipped off Rainbow Dash on the heroine's identity(ies) and why she suddenly needed to appear (Twilight pointing out the Mare's magic required heavy studying, Fluttershy remarking on her compassion, and Rarity being complimentary her fashion sense and Applejack saying above all The Mare Do Well was humble) had she not been blind with jealousy at the time.]]
** In "Brotherhooves Social", when Sweetie Belle calls out "Orchard Blossom" as Big Mac in a dress, "she" responds with "Why, as... ''charmed'' as I am that you find me in the slightest resemblance to such a... uh, fine and noble product of the Apple clan, I am astonished in equal measure."
** In a more meta example, Pinkie Pie (voiced by Andrea Libman) complimenting Fluttershy's singing voice ([[ActingForTwo also performed]] [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall by Andrea Libman]]).
* ''Westernanimation/{{Ninjago}}'': In Season 7, [[LazyAlias Doctor Sanders Saunders]], the secret identity of the villain Krux, describes a painting of himself by saying "This handsome fellow? In the stories, he's called Krux."
* ''[[WesternAnimation/OhNoItsAnAlienInvasion Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion]]'': In "The Spandexter", Louis adopts a secret identity as the costumed Spandexter. When Nate invites the Spandexter back to their headquarters to meet Louis as they are both into science, the Spandexter says that Louis sounds "really, really, really cool. And handsome".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'' episode "I'm Still Super!", Penn assumes Captain Super Captain is doing this when he tells them the villain they're up against "is as diabolical as he is drop-dead handsome." He's actually talking about his [[EvilTwin twin brother]].
* {{Subverted|Trope}} in the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' ChristmasEpisode--after [[TheIntern Carl]] comments that [[AnimalSuperhero Perry]]'s SecretSanta had "exquisite taste" in music, [[DaChief Major Monogram]] says that it's obvious that Carl was the Secret Santa himself. Not only does Monogram refuse to believe Carl's objections, he's actually angry at Carl for "lying" when the Secret Santa's actual identity becomes a plot point later. (For the record, [[spoiler:it's SantaClaus himself]].)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'': While throwing his voice to make the villain think the place is surrounded by cops, Creator/JonathanWinters can't help but make the cops praise him.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In “Some Enchanted Evening”, Homer calls a babysitting service and is immediately hung up on due to past experiences with Bart and Lisa. He calls again, poorly masquerading as “Mr. Sampson”. After the babysitting service comments on how annoying The Simpsons are, Homer angrily replies that The Simpsons are neighbors of theirs and that he found them to be “quite a misunderstood and underrated family”.
** In "Lemon Of Troy", when Bart was infiltrating Shelbyville and Springfield moved against them: "Curse those handsome devils!"
** In "Girls Just Want To Have Sums", Springfield Elementary has the boys and girls separated and [[SweetPollyOliver Lisa disguises herself as a boy in order to be challenged more in math]]. She talks with Milhouse and when he tells her he does not miss having the girls around, she asks about Lisa while saying, "I hear she's pretty cool."
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** In "Toilet Paper", the kids are discussing a recent TP-ing, and Cartman, one of the perpetrators, comments, "Well, I understand the people who did it weren't caught, so it looks like nobody will ever know the geniuses who masterminded that perfect crime."
** When Cartman attempts to trick Butters by pretending to be AWESOM-O the robot, Butters talks about the things Cartman does to him, which results in "AWESOM-O" commenting that Cartman sounds pretty smart.
** DoubleSubversion in "The Coon", when [[TokenEvilTeammate Cartman]] takes a superhero identity:
--->'''Cartman:''' I believe the Coon is a menace.\\
'''Kyle:''' ...Yeah, and dressing up and running around at night is faggy anyway.\\
'''Cartman:''' ''({{beat}}) You're a fag, Kyle! Fuck you!''
** Later in the same episode:
--->'''[[TheCowl Mysterion]]:''' I assume you must be Cartman, [[PaperThinDisguise because you're fat]].\\
''(beat)''\\
'''The Coon:''' Well, you're ''wrong!'' I'm ''not'' Eric Cartman and ''[[IAmBigBoned he's not fat]]!'' Care to guess again?!
** {{Subverted|Trope}} when Cartman accuses Kenny of being Mysterion because he has a picture of him in his locker -- Stan immediately points out that he has one too. [[spoiler:DoubleSubversion -- in another episode, we find out that Kenny IS Mysterion.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'': In [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E11Bibo "Bibo"]], pirate spy Synara San learns from her boss that the pilots who unwittingly rescued her from a derelict freighter were members of the Resistance. Later, she asks Kazuda Xiono, one of the mechanics who brought her to the Colossus, about the pilots. Kaz, who of course ''is'' one of the pilots, and a spy for the Resistance, claims that he doesn't know anything about the pilots or who they are, but that one of them was "kind of handsome".
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E10TheNewLars "The New Lars"]], [[KidHero Steven]] accidentally [[GrandTheftMe possesses]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Lars]]:
-->'''Steven-in-Lars'-body:''' [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Would you say you hang out more like koalas or sloths?]] ...I'm asking for Steven.\\
'''[[TheStoic Buck]]:''' I like that kid.\\
'''Steven-in-Lars'-body:''' Yeah! He's the best! ''[giggles]''
* Actually serves to foreshadow TheReveal in ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters''. Whenever the topic of [[BigBad Stretch Monster]] comes up, there's a high chance that [[spoiler:Rook]] will praise his planning skills and/or genius, which makes a lot more sense when the first season finale reveals that they're one and the same.
* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries:'' Princess Rapunzel is using a PaperThinDisguise trying to discover why [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond Uncle Monty does not like her]].
-->'''Uncle Monty:''' I got that thing as a gift and I'm trying to find some use for it - let me tell you, it's not even useful as a doorstop! \\
'''Rapunzel:''' ...Yeeah, dumb and ''totally'' useless thing. I sure hope the foolish but clearly well-intentioned person who made it regrets it.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "Trust", [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Madam Rouge]] takes the form of ComicBook/{{Robin}} when trying to catch Hotspot. When Hotspot questions how they are going to stop Rouge as she's practically unstoppable, "Robin" replies, "Indeed.... I mean, yeah she is impressive but we're Titans."
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': In the episode "Where's Thy Sting?", Wasp tries to get revenge on Bumblebee for sending him to stockade by switching places with him and get Bumblebee sent to stockade in his place, doing so by exploiting the fact that they share the same mold by swapping paint jobs, voices and helmets, making others think that Bumblebee is Wasp and vice-versa. When Bulkhead comments on Wasp, saying that he's uglier than he remembers him to be, Wasp-as-Bumblebee defends himself by claiming that "Wasp not ''that'' ugly".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' episode "The Day," Sylvia has to break out of Lord Hater's prison with an [[DeepSleep unwakeably asleep Wander]] and makes the job easier by disguising him as a [[AdorableEvilMinions Watchdog]], [[OfCorpseHesAlive puppeting him]] while pretending to have been captured by him. Unfortunately, she runs into [[TheDragon Commander Peepers]] [[UncomfortableElevatorMoment on the elevator]] and almost blows her cover when he strikes up a chat with the disguised Wander:
-->'''Commander Peepers:''' I see we finally captured that hideous Zbornak. \\
'''Sylvia:''' ''(speaking for Wander)'' Actually, while she may not be conventionally beautiful, many people find her personality and strength of character to be very attractive! ''({{Beat}})'' Is...what she would say. She would totally say something dumb and corny like that.
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* The LemonyNarrator of ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}: ComicBook/{{The End|MarvelComics}}'' makes a joke about "God forbid the world ever had to do without [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]]], eh?" as they narrate how his {{Artificial Intelligence}}s were among the many to survive into the twilight days of biological life. At first this sounds like SelfDeprecation on Creator/{{Marvel}}'s part... until the end of the story, when it is revealed that [[spoiler:the narrator is an A.I. descended from Stark, and thus they were actually describing themselves]].
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* The LemonyNarrator of ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}: ComicBook/{{The End|MarvelComics}}'' ''ComicBook/VenomTheEnd'' makes a joke about "God forbid the world ever had to do without [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]]], eh?" as they narrate how his {{Artificial Intelligence}}s were among the many to survive into the twilight days of biological life. At first this sounds like SelfDeprecation on Creator/{{Marvel}}'s part... until the end of the story, when it is revealed that [[spoiler:the narrator is an A.I. descended from Stark, and thus they were actually describing themselves]].
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* In the first book of the ''Literature/LastHeraldMageTrilogy'' Herald-Trainee Tylendel's [[TwinTelepathy twin brother]] dies and he abandons Heraldic ethics to pursue RevengeOverReason, leading to his [[BondCreature Companion]] repudiating him and [[HeroicSacrifice dying to save the people he was trying to kill]]. Tylendel is DrivenToSuicide over this. The third book features his {{Reincarnation}} Stefan, who doesn't remember his past life, but is bothered by how Tylendel's community thinks about him as a fallen hero and refuses to say his name. At least in his head, Stefan defends him, saying he was a good person and not in his right mind.
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* In the first book of the ''Literature/LastHeraldMageTrilogy'' Herald-Trainee Tylendel's [[TwinTelepathy twin brother]] dies and he abandons Heraldic ethics to pursue RevengeOverReason, {{Revenge}}, leading to his [[BondCreature Companion]] repudiating him and [[HeroicSacrifice dying to save the people he was trying to kill]]. Tylendel is DrivenToSuicide over this. The third book features his {{Reincarnation}} Stefan, who doesn't remember his past life, but is bothered by how Tylendel's community thinks about him as a fallen hero and refuses to say his name. At least in his head, Stefan defends him, saying he was a good person and not in his right mind.
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** Dean is looking for Sam, who's been kidnapped. The cop he goes to looks Sam up in her computer and mentions that Sam's brother was recently reported dead and had been wanted for murder. He replies, "Yeah, Dean was always the black sheep of the family. Handsome, though."
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** Dean is looking for Sam, who's been kidnapped. The cop he goes to (while claiming to be his cousin) looks Sam up in her computer and mentions that Sam's brother was recently reported dead and had been wanted for murder. He replies, "Yeah, Dean was always the black sheep of the family. Handsome, though."
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** In ''Recap/OnTheOriginOfPCs'', Belkar escapes from prison with a false beard as a disguise. He tells his pursuers that the "ruggedly handsome and clean-shaven" halfling [[HeWentThatWay went that way]].
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** In ''Recap/OnTheOriginOfPCs'', ''[[Recap/TheOrderOfTheStickOnTheOriginOfPCs On the Origin of PCs]]'', Belkar escapes from prison with a false beard as a disguise. He tells his pursuers that the "ruggedly handsome and clean-shaven" halfling [[HeWentThatWay went that way]].
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* In ''WebVideo/{{Badman}}'', after Batman makes a MeaningfulEcho of something he said earlier as Bruce, Rachel asks him, point blank, if he is Bruce Wrayne under the mask. Batman immediately denies this, but he then adds that Bruce is actually one of his good friends that he sometimes hangs out with, and he thinks he is "kinda the coolest", and in his opinion she should go out with him, adding that he has heard he is available next friday.
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* In ''WebVideo/{{Badman}}'', after Batman makes a MeaningfulEcho of something he said earlier as Bruce, Rachel asks him, point blank, if he is Bruce Wrayne under the mask. Batman immediately denies this, but he then adds that Bruce is actually one of his good friends that he sometimes hangs out with, and he thinks he is "kinda the coolest", and in his opinion she should go out with him, adding that he has heard he is available next friday.Friday.
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* The LemonyNarrator of ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}: ComicBook/TheEnd'' makes a joke about "God forbid the world ever had to do without [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]]], eh?" as they narrate how his {{Artificial Intelligence}}s were among the many to survive into the twilight days of biological life. At first this sounds like SelfDeprecation on Creator/{{Marvel}}'s part... until the end of the story, when it is revealed that [[spoiler:the narrator is an A.I. descended from Stark, and thus they were actually describing themselves]].
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* The LemonyNarrator of ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}: ComicBook/TheEnd'' ComicBook/{{The End|MarvelComics}}'' makes a joke about "God forbid the world ever had to do without [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]]], eh?" as they narrate how his {{Artificial Intelligence}}s were among the many to survive into the twilight days of biological life. At first this sounds like SelfDeprecation on Creator/{{Marvel}}'s part... until the end of the story, when it is revealed that [[spoiler:the narrator is an A.I. descended from Stark, and thus they were actually describing themselves]].
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* In ''Literature/TheRaiders'', the disguised John Faa indignantly defends the honour of the Faa family when it is questioned.
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* The meta version is played with at the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars1}}'', when the cast goes to see car versions of previous Creator/{{Pixar}} films. Mack, voiced by John Ratzenberger, compliments several characters in the films (who were also voiced by Ratzenberger) until he realizes they're all the same guy, at which point [[SelfDeprecation he gets really upset]].
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* The meta version is played with at the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars1}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'', when the cast goes to see car versions of previous Creator/{{Pixar}} films. Mack, voiced by John Ratzenberger, compliments several characters in the films (who were also voiced by Ratzenberger) until he realizes they're all the same guy, at which point [[SelfDeprecation he gets really upset]].
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* The meta version is played with at the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', when the cast goes to see car versions of previous Creator/{{Pixar}} films. Mack, voiced by John Ratzenberger, compliments several characters in the films (who were also voiced by Ratzenberger) until he realizes they're all the same guy, at which point [[SelfDeprecation he gets really upset]].
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* The meta version is played with at the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars1}}'', when the cast goes to see car versions of previous Creator/{{Pixar}} films. Mack, voiced by John Ratzenberger, compliments several characters in the films (who were also voiced by Ratzenberger) until he realizes they're all the same guy, at which point [[SelfDeprecation he gets really upset]].
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** [[spoiler:Eugene Greenhilt]], while impersonating [[spoiler:his daughter Julia]], tries to get [[spoiler:his son Roy]] to admit that [[spoiler:Eugene]] wasn't "all bad, all the time".
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** Inverted in "The Husbands of River Song". River, not knowing who the Twelfth Doctor is, mentions that she's almost filled her diary, and that the man who gave it to her (the Eleventh Doctor) likely knew exactly how long a diary she would need. The Doctor mutters that "He sounds awful."
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** Inverted in "The "[[Recap/DoctorWho2015CSTheHusbandsOfRiverSong The Husbands of River Song".Song]]". River, not knowing who the Twelfth Doctor is, mentions that she's almost filled her diary, and that the man who gave it to her (the Eleventh Doctor) likely knew exactly how long a diary she would need. The Doctor mutters that "He sounds awful."
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%%* In the TV show ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', as in the books, Count Olaf does this quite often.
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* Inverted and PlayedForDrama the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Duet". Captured war criminal Gul Darhe'el is quick to [[EvilIsHammy gloat about the atrocities her ordered during the occupation]]. [[spoiler:When it's discovered that he's actually a mere filing clerk named Aamin Marritza, he denies it, raging that Marritza was a pathetic weakling who spent every night weeping at the very sounds of the atrocities going on around him. Finally, he breaks down, and admits that he'd assumed Darhe'el's identity so that a war crimes trial could finally be held, and the victims could see at least some accountability.]]
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Schizoid Man", aging cyberneticist Dr. Ira Graves implants his consciousness in Data's body and then gives himself a glowing eulogy supposedly from Data:
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Schizoid Man", aging cyberneticist Dr. Ira Graves implants his consciousness in Data's body and then gives himself a glowing eulogy supposedly from Data:
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* Inverted and PlayedForDrama the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Duet"."[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E19Duet Duet]]". Captured war criminal Gul Darhe'el is quick to [[EvilIsHammy gloat about the atrocities her ordered during the occupation]]. [[spoiler:When it's discovered that he's actually a mere filing clerk named Aamin Marritza, he denies it, raging that Marritza was a pathetic weakling who spent every night weeping at the very sounds of the atrocities going on around him. Finally, he breaks down, and admits that he'd assumed Darhe'el's identity so that a war crimes trial could finally be held, and the victims could see at least some accountability.]]
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode"The "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E6TheSchizoidMan The Schizoid Man", Man]]", aging cyberneticist Dr. Ira Graves implants his consciousness in Data's body and then gives himself a glowing eulogy supposedly from Data:
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* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Body and Soul", the Doctor is stuck in Seven's body after some hologram-persecuting aliens think they've killed him. He describes himself to one of the aliens like this:
-->If only you could have known him. Ruggedly handsome. A sharp wit, a towering intellect. ... Well, now we'll never know what heights he could have reached.
* In ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'', [[Comicbook/JimmyOlsen James]] and Winn do this a lot about James's heroic alter ego Guardian (Winn designed the suit and acts as Guardian's NumberTwo).
-->If only you could have known him. Ruggedly handsome. A sharp wit, a towering intellect. ... Well, now we'll never know what heights he could have reached.
* In ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'', [[Comicbook/JimmyOlsen James]] and Winn do this a lot about James's heroic alter ego Guardian (Winn designed the suit and acts as Guardian's NumberTwo).
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* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Body "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E7BodyAndSoul Body and Soul", Soul]]", the Doctor is stuck in Seven's body after some hologram-persecuting aliens think they've killed him. He describes himself to one of the aliens like this:
-->If -->''"If only you could have known him. Ruggedly handsome. A sharp wit, a towering intellect. ... Well, now we'll never know what heights he could have reached.
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* In''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'', [[Comicbook/JimmyOlsen James]] ''Series/Supergirl2015'', James and Winn do this a lot about James's heroic alter ego Guardian (Winn designed the suit and acts as Guardian's NumberTwo).
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'', just before initiating the heist for the Golden Dolphin, Mr. Wolf (disguised as "Oliver Poodleton") meets Governor Diane Foxington outside the museum. He complements her for fighting back against the dastardly Bad Guys, although ''unsuccessfully'' and comments on how they are bound to go down in criminal history. This ends up backfiring; Diane thinks he's joking and starts laughing, followed by her ''very'' detailed criticisms of their previous heist and correctly predicting [[ItsPersonal they would make things personal]], which would lead to their demise. Mr. Wolf is visibly rattled.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'', just before initiating the heist for the Golden Dolphin, Mr. Wolf (disguised as "Oliver Poodleton") meets Governor Diane Foxington outside the museum. He complements her for fighting back against the dastardly Bad Guys, although ''unsuccessfully'' and comments on how they are bound to go down in criminal history. This ends up backfiring; Diane thinks he's joking and starts laughing, followed by her ''very'' detailed criticisms of their previous heist and correctly predicting [[ItsPersonal they would make things personal]], which would lead to their demise. Mr. Wolf is visibly rattled.
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* A weird example in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' when Charlie Brown [[https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2002/10/06 consults his psychiatrist]] about a girl who keeps pulling a football away from him, and she says "She sounds like an interesting girl ... sort of a fun type." The weird part is that there's no disguise involved -- Charlie Brown knows perfectly well that his psychiatrist is Lucy, and for some reason doesn't see this as an issue.
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* Inverted in ''Film/BatmanBegins'', where Bruce Wayne openly makes fun of Batman while trying to develop a reputation as [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob an idiot playboy]]. Continued in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', when he questions who appointed Batman and what gives him the right to take the law into his own hands.
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* Inverted in ''Film/BatmanBegins'', where Bruce Wayne openly makes fun of Batman while trying to develop a reputation as [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob [[MillionairePlayboy an idiot playboy]]. Continued in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', when he questions who appointed Batman and what gives him the right to take the law into his own hands.
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** This is a RunningGag in [='s=] parody crossover ''Series/UndercoverBoss: [[Film/TheForceAwakens Starkiller Base]]'', in which [[NerdInEvilsHelmet Kylo Ren]] from ''Franchise/StarWars'' tries to goes undercover among his {{mooks}} as a radar technician named Matt. Key word being "[[EverybodyKnewAlready tries]]" -- he's quite the OvertOperative.
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** This is a RunningGag in [='s=] the parody crossover ''Series/UndercoverBoss: [[Film/TheForceAwakens Starkiller Base]]'', in which [[NerdInEvilsHelmet Kylo Ren]] from ''Franchise/StarWars'' tries to goes undercover among his {{mooks}} as a radar technician named Matt. Key word being "[[EverybodyKnewAlready tries]]" -- he's quite the OvertOperative.
-->'''"Matt the Radar Technician":''' A buddy of mine saw Kylo Ren take his shirt off in the shower and he said that Kylo Ren had an eight-pack, that Kylo Ren was shredded.\\[[note]]''Film/TheLastJedi'' will reveal that he's telling the truth.[[/note]]\\
-->'''"Matt the Radar Technician":''' A buddy of mine saw Kylo Ren take his shirt off in the shower and he said that Kylo Ren had an eight-pack, that Kylo Ren was shredded.
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* In ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', when Augusta tells Claire that she's a VirtualYouTuber and Clinton has already been on stream, Claire immediately wants to do it as well. Clinton, who's been asked not to tell anyone about it, is [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4656 watching the stream with his boyfriend]]:
-->'''"Bovinna Delavache"''': Who wants to hear some ''embarassing stories'' about my dumb little brother?\\
'''Clinton''': OH MY GOD, YOU FRIGGIN' BETTER NOT -- I mean, she's probably going to make up a bunch of stuff that her brother, who's actually ''super cool and smart'' in real life, never even ''did''.
-->'''"Bovinna Delavache"''': Who wants to hear some ''embarassing stories'' about my dumb little brother?\\
'''Clinton''': OH MY GOD, YOU FRIGGIN' BETTER NOT -- I mean, she's probably going to make up a bunch of stuff that her brother, who's actually ''super cool and smart'' in real life, never even ''did''.
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* Inverted in ''Literature/TheYoungDiana'', the titular middle-aged spinster drinks an elixir that turns her into a beautiful young woman. When a friend of her father's asks if she's any relation to his friend's daughter, Diana says, "Women over forty who have failed to get married shouldn't live! Don't you agree?"
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* Played with in the 1943 French film ''Le Corbeau'' (or "The Raven"). A small town is put under siege by the titular Raven, who torments the town by revealing everyone's secrets in anonymous notes. The true Raven, [[spoiler: Dr. Vorzet]], spends much of the early movie speculating that the Raven must be a genius who can't be outwitted. As the suspects start to narrow down towards the end, he quickly changes his tune to insist the Raven must be some kind of pervert, desperate to get the attention away from himself so he can keep his anonymity.
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* Inverted in ''Film/SuperMarioBros''. When Mario and Luigi meet up with their "attorney," the attorney tells them that they don't want to meet President Koopa, describing him as "one evil, egg-sucking son of a snake." When it is revealed that Koopa was the person who acted as their attorney, Luigi expresses shock, to which Koopa then repeats the above description and asks "[[CardCarryingVillain Did I lie]]?"
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* Inverted in ''Film/SuperMarioBros''.''Film/SuperMarioBros1993''. When Mario and Luigi meet up with their "attorney," the attorney tells them that they don't want to meet President Koopa, describing him as "one evil, egg-sucking son of a snake." When it is revealed that Koopa was the person who acted as their attorney, Luigi expresses shock, to which Koopa then repeats the above description and asks "[[CardCarryingVillain Did I lie]]?"
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* This was used pretty frequently in ''Franchise/TheFlash'', with him out of disguise saying something along the lines of "Now now, we can't all be The Flash".
* Franchise/{{Superman}} occasionally plays this trope straight (especially in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}}) but more often plays it in reverse, sometimes even using Clark to voice his regrets in the form of criticism. In the novelization of ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' in fact, having just learned Superman's secret, journalists everywhere are amazed at how balanced a presentation the Daily Planet gave of Superman given that most of the articles about him were written by him or his wife.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} occasionally plays this trope straight (especially in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}}) but more often plays it in reverse, sometimes even using Clark to voice his regrets in the form of criticism. In the novelization of ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' in fact, having just learned Superman's secret, journalists everywhere are amazed at how balanced a presentation the Daily Planet gave of Superman given that most of the articles about him were written by him or his wife.
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* This was used pretty frequently in ''Franchise/TheFlash'', ''ComicBook/TheFlash'', with him out of disguise saying something along the lines of "Now now, we can't all be The the Flash".
*Franchise/{{Superman}} ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' occasionally plays this trope straight (especially in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}}) but more often plays it in reverse, sometimes even using Clark to voice his regrets in the form of criticism. In the novelization of ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' in fact, having just learned Superman's secret, journalists everywhere are amazed at how balanced a presentation the Daily Planet gave of Superman given that most of the articles about him were written by him or his wife.
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* Both Comicbook/TheIncredibleHercules and Comicbook/TheMightyThor (though mostly Hercules) do a bit of this at each other's expense right before the [[CostumeCopycat Hercuthor vs. Thorcules]] fight.
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* Both Comicbook/TheIncredibleHercules ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules and Comicbook/TheMightyThor (though mostly Hercules) do a bit of this at each other's expense right before the [[CostumeCopycat Hercuthor vs. Thorcules]] fight.
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* In ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' Tim Drake mentions the former Robin looking more "graceful" and built like an athlete in comparison to [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Conner]] dressed as Robin when trying to convince Darla Aquista that said Robin (himself) is dead so she doesn't need to keep trying to kill him.
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* In ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' ''ComicBook/Robin1993'', Tim Drake mentions the former Robin looking more "graceful" and built like an athlete in comparison to [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Conner]] dressed as Robin when trying to convince Darla Aquista that said Robin (himself) is dead dead, so she doesn't need to keep trying to kill him.
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* ''ComicBook/VenomTheEnd'': The LemonyNarrator makes a joke about "God forbid the world ever had to do without [[spoiler:Tony Stark]], eh?" as they narrate how his {{Artificial Intelligence}}s were among the many to survive into the twilight days of biological life. At first this sounds like SelfDeprecation on Creator/{{Marvel}}'s part... until the end of the story, where it is revealed [[spoiler: the narrator is an ArtificialIntelligence descended from [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark]], and thus they were actually describing themselves]].
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]], ''ComicBook/SensationComics'', ''ComicBook/ComicCavalcade'' & ''ComicBook/AllStarComics'': During the Golden Age Di talked up Diana Prince as Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman as Di to ComicBook/SteveTrevor in order to try and figure out if he knew her secret identity, and if he loved her as both. His answers, which always had him claiming to love Wonder Woman, and conveniently timed distractions preventing his answers are a large part of why a subset of the fandom believes he always knew but didn't want to admit it at the time for a slew of reasons.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]], ''ComicBook/SensationComics'', ''ComicBook/ComicCavalcade'' & ''ComicBook/AllStarComics'': During the Golden Age Di talked up Diana Prince as Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman as Di to ComicBook/SteveTrevor in order to try and figure out if he knew her secret identity, and if he loved her as both. His answers, which always had him claiming to love Wonder Woman, and conveniently timed distractions preventing his answers are a large part of why a subset of the fandom believes he always knew but didn't want to admit it at the time for a slew of reasons.
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* ''ComicBook/VenomTheEnd'': The LemonyNarrator of ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}: ComicBook/TheEnd'' makes a joke about "God forbid the world ever had to do without [[spoiler:Tony Stark]], [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]]], eh?" as they narrate how his {{Artificial Intelligence}}s were among the many to survive into the twilight days of biological life. At first this sounds like SelfDeprecation on Creator/{{Marvel}}'s part... until the end of the story, where when it is revealed [[spoiler: the that [[spoiler:the narrator is an ArtificialIntelligence A.I. descended from [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark]], Stark, and thus they were actually describing themselves]].
*''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': During the Golden Age ([[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]], ''ComicBook/SensationComics'', ''ComicBook/ComicCavalcade'' & ''ComicBook/AllStarComics'': During the Golden Age and ''ComicBook/AllStarComics''), Di talked up Diana Prince as Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman as Di to ComicBook/SteveTrevor Steve in order to try and figure out if he knew her secret identity, and if he loved her as both. His answers, which always had him claiming to love Wonder Woman, and conveniently timed distractions preventing his answers are a large part of why a subset of the fandom believes he always knew but didn't want to admit it at the time for a slew of reasons.
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