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* ''ComicBook/{{Commando}}''. Two Free Dutch pilots are accused of being spies because they've been secretly flying over Holland and dropping a parachute cannister. When the British pilots force them to open the cannister, it turns out to be full of food supplies for the starving civilians. However their CO is still angry at their unauthorised actions and grounds them, whereupon they draw guns and try to make for their aircraft. Turns out they really are German spies.
* ''ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra''. Aphra is being subjected to a MindProbe. Given that she has plenty of secrets ranging from Darth Vader plotting to usurp the Emperor to TheMissusAndTheEx trying to free her, she blurts out a fact that she's just discovered--there's a [[OhCrap highly virulent pathogen]] loose on the PrisonShip. Her Imperial interrogators promptly decide to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere cut things short]] and AbandonShip.
* Classic ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' villain the Prankster has actually started hiring out his services as a distraction. So while you're pulling off whatever crime you've got planned, Superman is busy dealing with Prankster. Naturally, it didn't take Superman long to figure this out.
* ''ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra''. Aphra is being subjected to a MindProbe. Given that she has plenty of secrets ranging from Darth Vader plotting to usurp the Emperor to TheMissusAndTheEx trying to free her, she blurts out a fact that she's just discovered--there's a [[OhCrap highly virulent pathogen]] loose on the PrisonShip. Her Imperial interrogators promptly decide to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere cut things short]] and AbandonShip.
* Classic ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' villain the Prankster has actually started hiring out his services as a distraction. So while you're pulling off whatever crime you've got planned, Superman is busy dealing with Prankster. Naturally, it didn't take Superman long to figure this out.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Commando}}''. ''ComicBook/CommandoComics'': Two Free Dutch pilots are accused of being spies because they've been secretly flying over Holland and dropping a parachute cannister. When the British pilots force them to open the cannister, it turns out to be full of food supplies for the starving civilians. However However, their CO is still angry at their unauthorised actions and grounds them, whereupon they draw guns and try to make for their aircraft. Turns out they really are German spies.
*''ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra''. ''ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra'': Aphra is being subjected to a MindProbe. Given that she has plenty of secrets ranging from Darth Vader plotting to usurp the Emperor to TheMissusAndTheEx trying to free her, she blurts out a fact that she's just discovered--there's a [[OhCrap highly virulent pathogen]] loose on the PrisonShip. Her Imperial interrogators promptly decide to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere cut things short]] and AbandonShip.
* Classic ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' villain the Prankster has actually started hiring out his services as adistraction. So distraction, so while you're pulling off whatever crime you've got planned, Superman is busy dealing with Prankster. Naturally, it didn't doesn't take Superman long to figure this out.
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* ''The Boy Who Knew Too Much'' by Roderic Jeffries. A youth breaks into an abandoned factory on a bet and finds himself pursued by masked thugs. He has trouble getting anyone to believe him, but a few days later the criminals steal the copper piping from the building, so the police think that's what it was all about. It's only when the boy remembers that he saw one of the men looking through a telescopic sight that the police realise the building overlooks a nearby prison, and the criminals are planning a jailbreak.
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* In ''The Boy Who Knew Too Much'' by Roderic Jeffries. A Jeffries, a youth breaks into an abandoned factory on a bet and finds himself pursued by masked thugs. He has trouble getting anyone to believe him, but a few days later the criminals steal the copper piping from the building, so the police think that's what it was all about. It's only when the boy remembers that he saw one of the men looking through a telescopic sight that the police realise the building overlooks a nearby prison, and the criminals are planning a jailbreak.
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* In ''Literature/ADeepnessInTheSky'', Pham Trinly pretends to secretly be an old slave-trader he knew once, letting the villain currently in charge 'discover' it and think he therefore has Pham squarely under his thumb. This "small lie to cover the big one" hides the fact that he is actually Pham Nuwen, the legendary trader, space navigator, and politician, and by far the most dangerous person in the fleet and easily the greatest threat to the villain's rule.
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* ''Literature/{{Flashman}}'': An accidental version happens in ''Flashman and the Great Game''. Flashman is posing as a recruit for a native cavalry unit in India. Despite claiming that he has no previous military experience, the OldSoldier quickly spots him as a fraud because Flashman is unconsciously standing the correct distance from his desk, and has bridled his pony in the regulation manner. Fortunately everyone assumes he's an ex-soldier on the run from a tribal blood feud, rather than a British officer in disguise.
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* ''Literature/{{Flashman}}'': An accidental version happens in ''Flashman and the Great Game''. Flashman is posing as a recruit for a native cavalry unit in India. Despite claiming that he has no previous military experience, the OldSoldier quickly spots him as a fraud because Flashman is unconsciously standing the correct distance from his desk, and has bridled his pony in the regulation manner. Fortunately Fortunately, everyone assumes he's an ex-soldier on the run from a tribal blood feud, rather than a British officer in disguise.
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* In Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/MakingMoney'', Moist uses SuspiciouslySpecificDenial to imply he's in bed with a woman, to cover up that he's the man who broke into the Post Office. What makes being in bed with a woman an example of this trope is the fact that his girlfriend was currently out of town.
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* ''Literature/JohnRain'': In ''Redemption Games'', Rain [[NotSoAboveItAll gleefully mocks Dox]] when he almost takes a [[DudeLooksLikeALady Thai ladyboy]] back to his hotel. Rain realises almost too late that [s]he was separating them for a kidnapping team, the idea being that if the ProperlyParanoid Rain suspected something was off-key, he'd just assume his GutFeeling was reacting to her actually being a man.
* InCreator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/MakingMoney'', Moist uses SuspiciouslySpecificDenial to imply he's in bed with a woman, to cover up that he's the man who broke into the Post Office. What makes being in bed with a woman an example of this trope is the fact that his girlfriend was currently out of town.
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* In ''Redemption Games'', Literature/JohnRain [[NotSoAboveItAll gleefully mocks Dox]] when he almost takes a [[DudeLooksLikeALady Thai ladyboy]] back to his hotel. Rain realises almost too late that [s]he was separating them for a kidnapping team, the idea being that if the ProperlyParanoid Rain suspected something was off-key, he'd just assume his GutFeeling was reacting to her actually being a man.
* In Mary Stewart's ''This Rough Magic'', [[spoiler:Godfrey]] admits to smuggling to distract from his actual attempts at [[spoiler:destabilizing nations with counterfeit currency]] and attempted murder.
* There is a variation in Creator/IsaacAsimov's short story "The Singing Bell", where a policeman mentions every crook tries to get caught ''and'' [[MindProbe Probed]] for a pocket theft. Said Probe is a somewhat risky procedure, and no man can be subjected to it more than once. You do the math.
* In Mary Stewart's ''This Rough Magic'', [[spoiler:Godfrey]] admits to smuggling to distract from his actual attempts at [[spoiler:destabilizing nations with counterfeit currency]] and attempted murder.
* There is a variation in Creator/IsaacAsimov's short story "The Singing Bell", where a policeman mentions every crook tries to get caught ''and'' [[MindProbe Probed]] for a pocket theft. Said Probe is a somewhat risky procedure, and no man can be subjected to it more than once. You do the math.
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* ''Literature/TheQuestForKarla'': In ''Redemption Games'', Literature/JohnRain [[NotSoAboveItAll gleefully mocks Dox]] when he almost takes a [[DudeLooksLikeALady Thai ladyboy]] back to his hotel. Rain realises almost too late that [s]he was separating them for a kidnapping team, the idea ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'', [[spoiler:Bill Hayden has an affair with Smiley's wife, so if Smiley ever accused him of being that if the ProperlyParanoid Rain suspected something TheMole, people would think Smiley was off-key, he'd just assume acting out of personal dislike. Smiley too would distrust his GutFeeling was reacting to her actually being a man.
* In Mary Stewart's ''This Rough Magic'', [[spoiler:Godfrey]] admits to smuggling to distract from his actual attempts at [[spoiler:destabilizing nations with counterfeit currency]] and attempted murder.
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* There is a variation in Creator/IsaacAsimov's short story "The SingingBell", where Bell" when a policeman mentions that every crook tries to get caught ''and'' [[MindProbe Probed]] for a pocket theft. Said Probe is a somewhat risky procedure, and no man can be subjected to it more than once. You do the math.
* In Mary Stewart's ''This Rough Magic'', [[spoiler:Godfrey]] admits to smuggling to distract from his actual attempts at [[spoiler:destabilizing nations with counterfeit currency]] and attempted murder.
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* ''Literature/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy''. [[spoiler:Bill Hayden has an affair with Smiley's wife, so if Smiley ever accused him of being TheMole, people would think Smiley was just acting out of personal dislike. Smiley too would distrust his own instincts for this reason.]]
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* ''Literature/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy''. [[spoiler:Bill Hayden has an affair In Creator/MaryStewart's ''This Rough Magic'', [[spoiler:Godfrey]] admits to smuggling to distract from his actual attempts at [[spoiler:destabilizing nations with Smiley's wife, so if Smiley ever accused him of being TheMole, people would think Smiley was just acting out of personal dislike. Smiley too would distrust his own instincts for this reason.]]counterfeit currency]] and attempted murder.
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** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''Literature/TheWarriorsApprentice'' when Miles and Co. are attempting to smuggle weapons to the Felicians past a blockade by the Oseran mercenaries. After Miles winds up capturing Captain Auson's own ship, Auson figures that Miles had to be smuggling something, particularly with the way that Miles was acting so cowed and meek in order to avoid suspicion. He wonders if Miles is smuggling the ship itself, then wonders who could possibly want such an old, outmoded transport.
** In ''Labyrinth,'' when caught trying to break into a genetic engineering facility, Ensign Murka quickly creates the story that he and his fellows were a bunch of horny soldiers on leave who thought it was the brothel (the company is known for its bordellos). He was booted out with a warning and fine (i.e. the guards stole all his money), but no alarm was raised over a commando raid and Miles, overhearing the exchange, made a mental note to praise and reward the soldier for his quick thinking (In a following story, the same soldier returns as a now-promoted Lieutenant).
** In ''Literature/MirrorDance'', Miles tells a story about one of his Vorkosigan ancestors who used the "smuggling bicycles" version of the trope to smuggle horses into a besieged city. Though we do not see the mission itself, Miles was telling the story because they were about to do the same thing with ''warships''.
* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' novel ''Forest of Secrets'', [[BigBad Tigerclaw]] wants to kill [[BigGood Bluestar]], leader of [=ThunderClan=], so that he can take her position. To do this, he lures a large pack of rogues into [=ThunderClan=] camp, then sneaks into Bluestar's den to kill her with nobody interfering.
* In ''Literature/WingsOfFire'', the [[FugitiveArc fugitive]] main characters are having a secret meeting with three members of [[LaResistance The Chrysalis]] in a library when some [=HiveWing=] guards discover them and decide to search for them. [[BigBad Queen Wasp]], while [[HiveQueen controlling one of the guards]], threatens to burn down the library if they don't reveal themselves, at which point the Chrysalis members come out of hiding and claim they were only servants who were secretly reading after hours, accepting the relatively lesser punishment for this "crime" so they won't get caught for their true actions and the fugitives they were harboring will be safe.
** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''Literature/TheWarriorsApprentice'' when Miles and Co. are attempting to smuggle weapons to the Felicians past a blockade by the Oseran mercenaries. After Miles winds up capturing Captain Auson's own ship, Auson figures that Miles had to be smuggling something, particularly with the way that Miles was acting so cowed and meek in order to avoid suspicion. He wonders if Miles is smuggling the ship itself, then wonders who could possibly want such an old, outmoded transport.
** In ''Labyrinth,'' when caught trying to break into a genetic engineering facility, Ensign Murka quickly creates the story that he and his fellows were a bunch of horny soldiers on leave who thought it was the brothel (the company is known for its bordellos). He was booted out with a warning and fine (i.e. the guards stole all his money), but no alarm was raised over a commando raid and Miles, overhearing the exchange, made a mental note to praise and reward the soldier for his quick thinking (In a following story, the same soldier returns as a now-promoted Lieutenant).
** In ''Literature/MirrorDance'', Miles tells a story about one of his Vorkosigan ancestors who used the "smuggling bicycles" version of the trope to smuggle horses into a besieged city. Though we do not see the mission itself, Miles was telling the story because they were about to do the same thing with ''warships''.
* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' novel ''Forest of Secrets'', [[BigBad Tigerclaw]] wants to kill [[BigGood Bluestar]], leader of [=ThunderClan=], so that he can take her position. To do this, he lures a large pack of rogues into [=ThunderClan=] camp, then sneaks into Bluestar's den to kill her with nobody interfering.
* In ''Literature/WingsOfFire'', the [[FugitiveArc fugitive]] main characters are having a secret meeting with three members of [[LaResistance The Chrysalis]] in a library when some [=HiveWing=] guards discover them and decide to search for them. [[BigBad Queen Wasp]], while [[HiveQueen controlling one of the guards]], threatens to burn down the library if they don't reveal themselves, at which point the Chrysalis members come out of hiding and claim they were only servants who were secretly reading after hours, accepting the relatively lesser punishment for this "crime" so they won't get caught for their true actions and the fugitives they were harboring will be safe.
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''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'':
**[[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''Literature/TheWarriorsApprentice'' ''The Warrior's Apprentice'' when Miles and Co. are attempting to smuggle weapons to the Felicians past a blockade by the Oseran mercenaries. After Miles winds up capturing Captain Auson's own ship, Auson figures that Miles had to be smuggling something, particularly with the way that Miles was acting so cowed and meek in order to avoid suspicion. He wonders if Miles is smuggling the ship itself, then wonders who could possibly want such an old, outmoded transport.
** In''Labyrinth,'' ''Labyrinth'', when caught trying to break into a genetic engineering facility, Ensign Murka quickly creates the story that he and his fellows were a bunch of horny soldiers on leave who thought it was the brothel (the company is known for its bordellos). He was booted out with a warning and fine (i.e. the guards stole all his money), but no alarm was raised over a commando raid and Miles, overhearing the exchange, made a mental note to praise and reward the soldier for his quick thinking (In a following story, the same soldier returns as a now-promoted Lieutenant).
** In''Literature/MirrorDance'', ''Mirror Dance'', Miles tells a story about one of his Vorkosigan ancestors who used the "smuggling bicycles" version of the trope to smuggle horses into a besieged city. Though we do not see the mission itself, Miles was telling the story because they were about to do the same thing with ''warships''.
* In the''Literature/WarriorCats'' ''Literature/WarriorCatsTheOriginalSeries'' novel ''Forest ''[[Recap/WarriorCatsForestOfSecrets Forest of Secrets'', Secrets]]'', [[BigBad Tigerclaw]] wants to kill [[BigGood Bluestar]], leader of [=ThunderClan=], so that he can take her position. To do this, he lures a large pack of rogues into [=ThunderClan=] camp, then sneaks into Bluestar's den to kill her with nobody interfering.
* In ''Literature/WingsOfFire'', the [[FugitiveArc fugitive]] main characters are having a secret meeting with three members of [[LaResistanceThe the Chrysalis]] in a library when some [=HiveWing=] guards discover them and decide to search for them. [[BigBad Queen Wasp]], while [[HiveQueen controlling one of the guards]], threatens to burn down the library if they don't reveal themselves, at which point the Chrysalis members come out of hiding and claim they were only servants who were secretly reading after hours, accepting the relatively lesser punishment for this "crime" so they won't get caught for their true actions and the fugitives they were harboring will be safe.
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* ''Literature/ZonesOfThought'': In ''A Deepness in the Sky'', Pham Trinly pretends to secretly be an old slave-trader he knew once, letting the villain currently in charge 'discover' it and think he therefore has Pham squarely under his thumb. This "small lie to cover the big one" hides the fact that he is actually Pham Nuwen, the legendary trader, space navigator, and politician, and by far the most dangerous person in the fleet and easily the greatest threat to the villain's rule.
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* ''Literature/ZonesOfThought'': In ''A Deepness in the Sky'', Pham Trinly pretends to secretly be an old slave-trader he knew once, letting the villain currently in charge 'discover' it and think he therefore has Pham squarely under his thumb. This "small lie to cover the big one" hides the fact that he is actually Pham Nuwen, the legendary trader, space navigator, and politician, and by far the most dangerous person in the fleet and easily the greatest threat to the villain's rule.
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* As well as this joke, which also has many various permutations, about a driver who takes this to a ludicrous extreme against a traffic cop:
-->A lady gets pulled over by a police officer. "You were speeding," he says, "Can I see your license please?"\\
"I don't have one," says the lady. I lost it four times for drunk driving."\\
The police officer is shocked. "Then I need to see your vehicle registration papers!"\\
"I don't have any," she says. "I stole this car to escape after murdering my husband."\\
"You what?!"\\
"His body is in the trunk if you'd like to see."\\
The policeman backs away and calls fore backup. A senior officer arrives and demands the driver exit the vehicle.\\
"Is there a problem, sir?" she asks.\\
"One of my officers told me that you stole this car after murdering your husband! I need you to open your trunk!"\\
She opens the trunk and there's nothing inside.\\
"Is this your vehicle, ma'am?" asks the senior officer.\\
"Yes it is," the lady replies, as she hands over her license and registration.\\
The senior officer is confused. "Ma'am, one of my officers told me you had no license or registration, you stole this car, and that you murdered your husband and stashed his body in the trunk!"\\
"Wow," says the lady, "I bet that lying bastard told you I was speeding too!"
-->A lady gets pulled over by a police officer. "You were speeding," he says, "Can I see your license please?"\\
"I don't have one," says the lady. I lost it four times for drunk driving."\\
The police officer is shocked. "Then I need to see your vehicle registration papers!"\\
"I don't have any," she says. "I stole this car to escape after murdering my husband."\\
"You what?!"\\
"His body is in the trunk if you'd like to see."\\
The policeman backs away and calls fore backup. A senior officer arrives and demands the driver exit the vehicle.\\
"Is there a problem, sir?" she asks.\\
"One of my officers told me that you stole this car after murdering your husband! I need you to open your trunk!"\\
She opens the trunk and there's nothing inside.\\
"Is this your vehicle, ma'am?" asks the senior officer.\\
"Yes it is," the lady replies, as she hands over her license and registration.\\
The senior officer is confused. "Ma'am, one of my officers told me you had no license or registration, you stole this car, and that you murdered your husband and stashed his body in the trunk!"\\
"Wow," says the lady, "I bet that lying bastard told you I was speeding too!"
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Impersonating terrorists is too severe of a crime to be reagarded as an Infraction. What this example is, is Smokescreen Crime, which already has these examples on that page.
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* ''Franchise/DieHard'':
** Hans Gruber's plan in the first ''Film/DieHard'' follows this pattern, [[spoiler:disguising a bank robbery as an act of terrorism so the FBI would treat it as one and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero cut the power so they could break into the vault]]. They even counted on the whole "The United States Does Not Negotiate With Terrorists" thing, and planned on suckering them into strafing the rooftop full of hostages with helicopter gunships - that and the explosives they planted would mean that by the time they figured out that they weren't among the casualties, they'd be "sitting on a beach, earning twenty percent".]] Too bad that [=McClane=] didn't care about the plan and was just trying to [[SpannerInTheWorks screw things up any way he could]].
** Simon's plot in ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance'' is another example of this, [[spoiler:detonating bombs around New York City, forcing [=McClane=] personally to jump through hoops to find the others, then convincing the police there's a bomb planted in an unspecified NYC school - all so the Federal Reserve Bank on Wall Street will be relatively free of emergency services]].
** Hans Gruber's plan in the first ''Film/DieHard'' follows this pattern, [[spoiler:disguising a bank robbery as an act of terrorism so the FBI would treat it as one and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero cut the power so they could break into the vault]]. They even counted on the whole "The United States Does Not Negotiate With Terrorists" thing, and planned on suckering them into strafing the rooftop full of hostages with helicopter gunships - that and the explosives they planted would mean that by the time they figured out that they weren't among the casualties, they'd be "sitting on a beach, earning twenty percent".]] Too bad that [=McClane=] didn't care about the plan and was just trying to [[SpannerInTheWorks screw things up any way he could]].
** Simon's plot in ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance'' is another example of this, [[spoiler:detonating bombs around New York City, forcing [=McClane=] personally to jump through hoops to find the others, then convincing the police there's a bomb planted in an unspecified NYC school - all so the Federal Reserve Bank on Wall Street will be relatively free of emergency services]].
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* ''[[Fanfic/StarWarsVsWarhammer40K Star Wars vs Warhammer 40K]]'': In Episode 40 Part 1, Ahsoka is trying to gain the trust of servo-skull Bofin-337 when Rex spots a mob of anti-Imperial freedom fighters heading their way. Not wanting the mob to destroy Bofin, Ahsoka hides it in a sack. When the leader of the rebel mob [[spoiler:(secretly an undercover Inquisitor)]] notices how she's acting suspiciously with a bag, he inquires as to what is inside. Ahsoka is able to satisfy his curiosity and keep him from looking inside by lying that it contains the decapitated head of an Imperial that she was planning to eat, even showing off her fangs to make it more convincing.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Mr. Plow":
-->'''Insurance Agent''': Now this place you were at, Moe's, is this a business of some sort?\\
'''Homer's Brain''': Don't tell him you were at a bar! (gasps) But what else is open at night?!\\
'''Homer''': It's a pornography store. I was buying pornography.\\
'''Homer's Brain''': Heh heh heh. I would'a never thought of that.
-->'''Insurance Agent''': Now this place you were at, Moe's, is this a business of some sort?\\
'''Homer's Brain''': Don't tell him you were at a bar! (gasps) But what else is open at night?!\\
'''Homer''': It's a pornography store. I was buying pornography.\\
'''Homer's Brain''': Heh heh heh. I would'a never thought of that.
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* ''Fanfic/VowOfTheKing'': Orihime and Tatsuki avoid a confrontation with Komamura during the Soul Society arc by ducking into an alleyway and [[FakeOutMakeOut making out]]. Between that and their stolen uniforms, Komamura chastises them for dereliction of duty and promises proper punishment once the current crisis is over, allowing them to be on their way without fighting.
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* ''Series/ATouchOfFrost''. In "Conclusions", the son of a politician decides to cover his gambling debts by robbing the casino, so as an alibi he gets his girlfriend to drive around at night in his car, knocking into things so he can plead guilty to a Driving Under the Influence charge. [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections He's used to getting away with this kind of thing]], but unfortunately his girlfriend backs into someone in the dark and kills them, leaving him facing a far more serious charge.
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* ''Series/ATouchOfFrost''. In "Conclusions", the son of a politician decides to cover his gambling debts by robbing the casino, so as an alibi he gets his girlfriend to drive around at night in his car, knocking into things so he can plead guilty to a Driving Under the Influence charge. [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections He's used to getting away with this kind of thing]], this]], but unfortunately his girlfriend backs into someone in the dark and kills them, leaving him facing a far more serious charge.
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* ''Series/ATouchOfFrost''. In "Conclusions", the son of a politician decides to cover his gambling debts by robbing the casino, so as an alibi he gets his girlfriend to drive around at night in his car, knocking into things so he can plead guilty to a Driving Under the Influence charge. [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections He's used to getting away with this kind of thing]], but unfortunately his girlfriend backs into someone in the dark and kills them, leaving him facing a far more serious charge.
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* In Creator/KurtBusiek's ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', downplayed. Marella Cowper, helping at the disaster scene, realizes that the people there think she has black market connections. Since she's really using the Honor Guard's teleportation system, she lets them.
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* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': "Chuck Versus The First Bank of Evil" has Chuck and Sarah enlisting the help of Vivian [=McArthur=], the daughter of [[ArcVillain Alexei Volkoff]], to attain information on several international criminals from a corrupt bank. There plan involves Chuck and Sarah [[RobbingTheMobBank staging a bank robbery]] while Vivian, using her position as a client in the bank, downloads information off the server.
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* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': "Chuck Versus The First Bank of Evil" has Chuck and Sarah enlisting the help of Vivian [=McArthur=], the daughter of [[ArcVillain Alexei Volkoff]], to attain information on several international criminals from a corrupt bank. There Their plan involves Chuck and Sarah [[RobbingTheMobBank staging a bank robbery]] while Vivian, using her position as a client in the bank, downloads information off the server.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Moonshadow}}'': In chapter 29 Adrian, having succeed in his [[TheCaper plan]], attempts to get Raine in trouble for having the Collector’s disc. Raine manages to turn the accusation around by saying that Adrian fell for his and Eda’s [[BatmanGambit plan]] but that’s just a fabrication to hide the fact [[NiceJobFixingItVillain that Adrian’s actions forced them to free The Collector which is what Adrian was trying to prevent]].
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* In ''Film/SpidermanHomecoming'', Ned is tracking the Vulture's cronies' van and giving directions to Peter from his laptop in school. Partway through a teacher comes in and, surprised, demands to know what he's doing. Ned's response is 'I was... looking... at porn'.
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* In ''Film/SpidermanHomecoming'', ''[[Film/SpidermanHomecoming Spider-Man: Homecoming]]'', Ned is tracking the Vulture's cronies' van and giving directions to Peter from his laptop in school. Partway through a teacher comes in and, surprised, demands to know what he's doing. Ned's response is 'I was... looking... at porn'.
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* During the ColdWar, the US Air Force hid the development of the F-117 stealth fighter by running a different top secret program (using actual captured [=MiGs=] to train Air Force and Navy pilots how to fight them) at the same airfield, so that any hostile spy trying to unravel the secret of what was going on would find the [=captured-MiG=] program and stop there.
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* During the ColdWar, UsefulNotes/ColdWar, the US Air Force hid the development of the F-117 stealth fighter by running a different top secret program (using actual captured [=MiGs=] to train Air Force and Navy pilots how to fight them) at the same airfield, so that any hostile spy trying to unravel the secret of what was going on would find the [=captured-MiG=] program and stop there.
