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* In''Film/FreakyFriday2003'', Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, while body-switched, use this as an excuse as to why they're behaving so oddly.

* It happened with Tenma and Harima in ''SchoolRumble''. She even put on his sunglasses and added whiskers to show him how to confess.

-->'''Alice:''' "[[BrutalHonesty I'm Bob. I have no fashion sense and I don't know what I want to do with my life.]]"\\

* In the ''CabinPressure'' episode "Ipswich", Dr. Duncan has Douglas roleplay as a nervous first officer trying to bring up a potential problem with an intimidating captain. As Douglas is a very confident first officer and Martin is not remotely an intimidating captain, snark ensues.

* In ''AsYouLikeIt'', Rosalind ([[SweetPollyOliver disguised as Ganymede]]) helps her love interest Orlando practice talking to the woman he's in love with-- who is, of course, Rosalind.

* ''RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead'':

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' special "Flintstones on the Rocks" begins with Fred and Wilma in couple's therapy. When they try role play, it quickly devolves into VolleyingInsults, and finally an all out fight.

Not related to {{Role Playing Game}}s. (Or [[AGodAmI Cosmic Role Play]].)

Related to the TrialBalloonQuestion and IHaveThisFriend.

* In the Workaholics episode "Stop! Pajama Time" Blake and Adam do a scrimmage firing for Jillian's benefit, so she can be ready to fire people while filling in for Alice. It goes off the rails very quickly, with Adam using a hotgun as a pretend gun to threaten Blake, Blake having removed the gun's bullets, Adam throwing a banana peel (as a butterfly knife) at Blake, which he catches. Blake then pretends to put on sunglasses (Adam even asks "are those sunglasses?") and "kills" Adam with a flamethrower (Actually a lighter).

* In the ''{{Friends}}'' episode "TheOneWith The Stoned Guy", Ross doesn't know how to talk dirty to his new girlfriend, so he practices with Joey, leading to a HoYay NotWhatItLooksLike moment when Chandler walks in on them.
* ''GilmoreGirls'' did this with Rory and her mother. Lorelai was pretending to be Rory's then-boyfriend, Dean, when Rory was trying to figure out how to tell him she'd kissed another guy. But Lorelai was having too much fun making fun of Dean's hair.

* ''PushingDaisies'': Olive tells Aunt Lily [[spoiler:(who's been revealed to be Chuck's mother)]] to say to her what she wants to say to Chuck. Unbeknownst to Lily, Olive's brooch is bugged and the real Chuck is listening in.

* Mindy stages one of these in an episode of ''DrakeAndJosh'' to help Drake practice breaking up with his girlfriend:

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', Elinor is upset by her daughter Merida's behavior, so Fergus suggests she talk to him as if he were Merida. As Fergus is a bear of a man with a gravelly voice, his impression of her isn't very convincing.

* On ''BoyMeetsWorld'', Topanga suddenly breaks up with Cory after he tells her he loves her, and Shawn gets Cory to re-enact the moment he said those words to figure out what got Topanga upset. Thinking they're alone, he gets Cory to pretend he's Topanga and [[HoYay hold his hand and say "I love you"]], only to realize there are a bunch of students looking at them through the doorway.

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* In ''InuYasha'', Kagome's little brother Sota has a crush on a girl in his class. He asks Inuyasha to let him practice on him, and Inuyasha reluctantly agrees. [[{{HilarityEnsues}} Then Kagome walks in.]]

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-->'''Fay''': Okay, pretend that I'm your parents, say what you're going to say.
-->'''Beverly''': Okay, Mom, Pop?
-->'''Fay''': Yeah?
-->'''Beverly''': I don't know how to say this...
-->'''Fay''': But?
-->'''Beverly''': I'm pregnant.
-->'''Fay''': My daughter's a tramp! My daughter's a tramp! You're 15 years old, how could you do this to me? Why don't you just take my gun. Take my gun and shoot me in the head with it, tramp! I wish that you were never born! How was that?

* On ''{{Film/Brave}}'', Elinor is upset by her daughter Merida's behavior, so Fergus suggests she talk to him as if he were Merida. As Fergus is a bear of a man with a gravelly voice, his impression of her isn't very convincing.

* In ''{{Havemercy}}'', Thom attempts to instill manners in the Airmen by setting up a roleplaying game in which they have to put themselves in the shoes of people they've wronged. Needless to say, HilarityEnsues.

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* In YuuWatase's manga ''EpotoransuMai'', the genie inside Mai's digital organizer has the power of VoluntaryShapeshifting, and he takes the form of Mai's LoveInterest so she can practice her LoveConfession on him. When she finally spits it out, his response is a deadpan "I hate you." (He explains that he was just trying to help her be prepared for the worst...)

* In {{Shakespeare}}'s ''Henry IV'', young tearaway Prince Hal and Falstaff take turns playing the role of Hal's father, the titular king, asking him to account for his dissolute ways. It begins comically, but takes a bitter turn...

* The most recent film incarnation of ''Film/FreakyFriday'', Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, while body-switched, use this as an excuse as to why they're behaving so oddly.

* In HappyEndings, Brad and Jane are often discussed roleplaying in their sex life, seen twice in Boys II Menorah, first when Jane is dressed as a police officer and pulls Brad over.

'''Brad:''' This is outrageous. I'm writing down your vag number.

'''Dave:''' And "I'm old Alex, I constantly wear sweatpants and phone it in when its my turn to go downstairs."
'''Alex:''' What?

* The original version of ''TheOffice'': A training coach puts off a little role playing exercise, to show the right and wrong way to deal with customers. Unfortunately, he asks Brent to be his partner. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JMvD1_fuPg#t=2m44s Painfully awkward hilarity ensues]].

* In [[Shakespeare]]'s ''Henry IV'', young tearaway Prince Hal and Falstaff take turns playing the role of Hal's father, the titular king, asking him to account for his dissolute ways. It begins comically, but takes a bitter turn...