History Main / ConspicuousTrenchcoat

* In an issue of ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' where four of the heroes are [[CowboyEpisode are transported back to the old West]], Franchise/TheFlash is first seen in a saloon wearing a duster and a Stetson over his distinctive scarlet costume.
* A ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' tie-in issue of ''[[ComicBook/SpiderMan Sensational Spider-Man]]'' features a story where both The Chameleon and Electro are dressed in a trenchcoat and fedora stalking Mark Raxton's son at a little league game full of children and their parents, in the heat of the summer and no-one seems at all concerned or suspicious. Made especially "wha?" when you consider that the Chameleon's whole hat is incredibly effective disguises.

* In ''[[ComicBook/XMen Uncanny X-Men]]'' #111, the new furry Beast uses this disguise to enter a crowded carnival. Jean Grey lampshades how strange his outfit looks.

* In TheFifties MI5’s surveillance unit, A4, were expected to wear trilby hats and raincoats, which might have been good for rainy Britain but made them look exactly like surveillance agents when seen standing on street corners. As this getup was even more conspicuous in the countryside, they were seldom deployed outside London, and the KGB also noticed these raincoat-wearing men were never hanging around the Soviet Embassy at night or over the weekend. So when Donald Maclean came under suspicion of being TheMole, the KGB waited until the A4 unit had knocked off for the weekend, then arranged for Maclean (along with Guy Burgess) to do a flit from Maclean's rural home to the midnight ferry across the English Channel. By the time the alert was given on Monday, they were already in Moscow.

* The killer in Film/BloodAndBlackLace sports one, completing his CoatHatMask ensemble.