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* ''Film/TheMermaid'' has a non-verbal variant when Shan, the titular mermaid disguised as a human girl tasked with killing a land developer whose project is destroying marine life, attempts to bypass a metal detector to infiltrate the developer's office. Said metal detector suddenly goes off and for a while Shan thought her hidden, supposedly detector-proof dagger, has been spotted... but turns out there's a nail stuck in her shoe.

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc.'':

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfTianding'' have one such moment in the Jiangyue-lou Restaurant stage. Your titular GentlemanThief is DisguisedInDrag as a waitress, when [[InspectorJavert Inspector Matsumoto]] suddenly tells you to stop. For a moment you thought your cover's blown, but turns out Matsumoto is telling you to get him another ''sake''.

Our heroine has talked her way past a security checkpoint on her way to uncovering the government's dirty secrets... almost. Just as she's about to round the corner, though, the guard cries, "Hey, wait!" Our hearts pound — she's been caught!

But no — the guard just wanted to tell her she left her keys on his desk. Or she's to report to DrillSergeantNasty for a potato-peeling MiniGame. Or it's past time for her shift guarding the Easily Rescued Prisoner's cell. A CatScare for TheInfiltration, if you will.

* {{Subverted}} in ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'': In Albert's {{Backstory}}, he was trying to pass the Berlin Wall. Everything checks out, but as he starts driving through, the guard realizes he still has Albert's wallet and calls out "Hey, wait!" Albert panics and floors it; [[TearJerker it didn't end well]].

* ''[[Fanfic/StarWarsVsWarhammer40K Star Wars vs Warhammer 40K]]'': In Episode 19, R2-D2 has gotten separated from Anakin and is wandering alone through the Inquisitor's ship while [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguised as a servitor]]. He finds Anakin's lightsaber on the floor, picks it up, and places it inside his storage compartment. This catches the attention of some nearby guards, who give chase to the droid and corner him in a hallway. R2-D2 freezes, thinking he's just been found out, only for one of the guards to try to open up his chassis so she can dispose of a broken lasgun, revealing that the guards saw R2 place the lightsaber hilt inside himself and took this to mean that he was some sort of robotic trashbin.

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* In ''Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember'':

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E08AnInsideMan "An Inside Man"]] has an inversion. A [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguised]] Kanan and Ezra are attempting to get out of the Imperial complex while the Imperials are checking everyone's [=IDs=], searching for the infiltrators. An elevator opens and [[spoiler:Agent Kallus]] orders them inside. They get in, assuming their cover is still intact, only for [[spoiler:Kallus]] to reveal he knows who they are — because he's turned TheMole.

->'''Emperor Palpatine:''' Wait! I sense a disturbance in the force...!\\

* In ''Film/MurderByProxy'', Casey checks out of his hotel and tries to leave before the police investigating Phyllis' disappearance notice he matches the description of the man they are looking for. As he sneaks away towards the door, one of the bellhops sees him and calls out to him. He thinks he's been caught, but the bellhop only wanted to tell him he had forgotten his back.

* On one episode of ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', Mike sneaks into the Madrigal warehouse. He goes past the breakroom and an employee yells out to him--to come sign another employee's birthday card.

* The Dentist Trailer for VideoGame/Payday2 has [[TheLeader Dallas]] in the waiting room of a dentist office when he leaves for his appointment. He is stopped by a cop who is tries to give Dallas his wallet back (Dallas insists it is not his). Of course given what happens during the appointment, [[ProperlyParanoid his jumpiness is well justified.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "A Pal For Gary", [=SpongeBob=] cries out, "Fluffy! Fluffy, waiiiit!" as Puffy Fluffy runs away before he punishes Gary for sending away his "friend", even though Gary literally saved him from getting eaten.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', while Jasper and Horace are watching "What's My Crime?", afterwhich they'd start popping off and skinning the puppies, Seargeant Tibbs leads the puppies to escape through a small hole in the wall. As they're sneaking toward the hole, Horace cries out "Hey, Jasper! Look!", prompting Tibbs to hide. Turns out though that Horace was actually talking about a criminal he and Jasper were familiar with being on the show.

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* ''[[Fanfic/StarWarsVsWarhammer40K Star Wars vs Warhammer 40K]]'': In Episode 19, R2-D2 has gotten separated from Anakin and is wandering alone through the Inquisitor's ship while disguised as a servitor. He finds Anakin's lightsaber on the floor, picks it up, and places it inside his storage compartment. This catches the attention of some nearby guards, who give chase to the droid and corner him in a hallway. R2-D2 freezes, thinking he's just been found out, only for one of the guards to try to open up his chassis so she can dispose of a broken lasgun, revealing that the guards saw R2 place the lightsaber hilt inside himself and took this to mean that he was some sort of robotic trashbin.

* ''[[Fanfic/StarWarsVsWarhammer40K Star Wars vs Warhammer 40K]]'': In Episode 19, R2-D2 has gotten separated from Anakin and is wandering alone through the Inquisitor's ship while disguised as a servitor. He finds Anakin's lightsaber on the ground, picks it up, and places it inside his storage compartment. This catches the attention of some nearby guards, who give chase to the droid and corner him in a hallway. R2-D2 freezes, thinking he's just been found out, only for one of the guards to try to open up his chassis so she can dispose of a broken lasgun, revealing that the guards saw R2 place the lightsaber hilt inside himself and took this to mean that he was some sort of robotic trashbin.

* ''Franchise/{{DCAU}}'':

* ''Film/JamesBond''
** In ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', Bond is breaking into the office of a Swiss lawyer while he's out to lunch. Once outside the building however, the lawyer is shown doing the "lost wallet" patdown. Has he left it in his office? No, it's in his coat pocket after all.
** ''Film/AViewToAKill''. Bond and [[BondGirl Stacey Sutton]] are using a [[MuggedForDisguise stolen truck]] to enter Zorin's mine, when they're pulled up by a security guard. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Not because there's a beautiful woman in the cab]] with Bond, but because he's not wearing a hard hat as required.

* A DeletedScene from ''Franchise/StarWars'' ''Film/TheLastJedi'' features Finn, Rose, and DJ, who are disguised as First Order officers to infiltrate a Star Destroyer, sharing an elevator with a stormtrooper squad. [[Creator/TomHardy One of the troopers]] recognizes Finn by his old First Order numerical designation, and very seriously apologizes to him... For making small talk with an officer. He goes on to congratulate Finn (a former stormtrooper) on his promotion. Perhaps an example of FridgeBrilliance: the First Order might have tried to prevent stories of FN-2187's defection from spreading in order to suppress similar dissent from the other troopers.
* When Han is escaping from prison at the beginning of ''Film/RomeoMustDie'', he tells a guard he passes that he's leaving early because he got a tip for a race at the track. Just as he starts leaving the alarm goes off to alert the prison that somebody has escaped, and the guard he was speaking too runs after him and stops him - then gives him some money so he can get a bet placed too.

* Inverted in ''Medalon'', in which one of the heroes calls the guards back to make another innocent remark to make their situation seem more plausible.

* ''Who Dares Wins'' (1982) aka ''The Final Option''. Terrorists in disguise as a military band are walking into the front entrance of the US Embassy, when a security officer stops them...to say they're supposed to enter through the servants entrance.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': Detective Yin tells Bruce Wayne, "I know your secret." It turns out that the "secret" she's figured out is that he's actually an intelligent and caring person rather than [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob the shallow playboy]] he pretends to be.