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-->-- '''Michael Westen''', ''Series/BurnNotice'', "Seek and Destroy"

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* ''Literature/UndeadGirlMurderFarce'': Lupin pulls this trick on Watson when he dresses up as Sherlock after he goes home to Baker Street. However, Mycroft and the real Sherlock arrive, blowing Lupin's cover when Mycroft points out the flaws in his disguise. Later on, Lupin does this again during the detectives' mission to guard Phineas Fogg's diamond where he [[spoiler:dresses up as his arch-enemy, Inspector Ganimand. However, Sherlock exposes his cover when he points out that Ganimand's weight doesn't sound like an overweight man when they are walking on the planks]].

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* In a recent ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' episode, a mercenary hired to rob a CIA warehouse told a guard she was an agent sent there to assist him as they'd received word someone was going to try to rob the warehouse. Of course, her success here may have been due in large part to his fascination with [[DistractedByTheSexy her cleavage]].

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* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': In a recent ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' an episode, a mercenary hired to rob a CIA warehouse told a guard she was an agent sent there to assist him as they'd received word someone was going to try to rob the warehouse. Of course, her success here may have been due in large part to his fascination with [[DistractedByTheSexy her cleavage]].


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* ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage'': Inspector Chelmey claims to be the one leading the investigation of the murder of Henry Reinhold, and while at first he only sees Hershel Layton as an annoyance, he eventually frames him for the crime. Layton later discovers that [[spoiler:this person isn't the real Inspector Chelmey, but BigBad Don Paolo who is impersonating him]].

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** In a much more awesome variation, in RealLife the actual Frank Abagnale conned his way out of prison by impersonating an undercover FBI agent that was investigating the prison system (there were really FBI agents doing that at the time).



* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', [[spoiler:Judge Doom]] claims to be after Marvin Acme's murderer, when in fact it was [[spoiler:he]] who committed it.

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* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', [[spoiler:Judge Doom]] claims to be after Marvin Acme's murderer, when in fact it was [[spoiler:he]] [[spoiler:him who committed it.it]].



* This is a favorite tactic of Michael Westen on ''Series/BurnNotice''. In the episode that provides the page quote, he persuades a mark to give him access to his stolen painting by telling him that he's trying to protect it from a spy. (Accompanied by frequent {{Sarcastic Confession}}s, no less.) This is a rare non-villanous example. Westen will often go to extremes in these efforts by faking "attacks" by the invisible enemies.
** This was once played for comedy with Sam impersonating a CSI, with all the LampshadeHanging necessary.

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* This is a favorite tactic of Michael Westen on ''Series/BurnNotice''. In the episode that provides the page quote, he persuades a mark to give him access to his stolen painting by telling him that he's trying to protect it from a spy. (Accompanied by frequent {{Sarcastic Confession}}s, no less.) This is a rare non-villanous example. Westen will often go to extremes in these efforts by faking "attacks" by the invisible enemies.
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enemies. This was once played for comedy with Sam impersonating a CSI, with all the LampshadeHanging necessary.
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* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': When Tyrion investigates Euron's sabotage of the gates of King's Landing ([[spoiler:actually one of the Wolf's men magically disguised as Euron]]), he gets quite close to the truth, discovering that Euron was wearing a helmet very similar to the Norscans. Unfortunately, Tyrion mention this to the Wolf, and what Tyrion think is him struggling to control his anger at being accused is actually him stalling for time until he comes up with a plausible explanation (that Euron ambushed and killed some of his men).
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'', the Glitch detective Hewlett Deckard specializes in tracking down rogue "heretic" Glitches who have broken free from the Simulation. Deckard actually hunt them so he can help them escape to freedom, and is a free-thinking rogue himself.

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* ''Film/TerminalVelocity1994''. A sympathetic Assistant District Attorney [[MyCard leaves his card]] with Ditch Brodie, when he looks like he's facing manslaughter charges after a woman died during a skydiving accident. When Brodie discovers the woman faked her death, he contacts the ADA only to find he's actually one of the villains who are trying to track down the woman and kill her. Anyone can get a card printed up, after all.

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