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* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': Deliberately used by Jotaro against D'Arby in their poker game. Jotaro is able to successfully bluff him through a straight poker face, using Star Platinum's SuperSpeed to grab various objects to plant the idea that he successfully switched out his bad hand under D'Arby's nose, and his willingness to bet his mother's soul against learning the secret of DIO's Stand made D'Arby too terrified to call the match.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJoJoLands The JoJoLands]]'': While visiting a registry building, Usagi pretends to study the land deeds by staring at them while Dragona uses the [[GreenRocks lava rock]] to touch all the other documents as part of the [[APlotInDeed deed plan]].
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* ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop''. When DaChief is chewing out Axel Foley, his partner pretends to be engrossed with a nearby locker before admitting it's not his locker in the first place.

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* ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop''. ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'': When DaChief is chewing out Axel Foley, his partner pretends to be engrossed with a nearby locker before admitting it's not his locker in the first place.






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* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': Early on, Holtz is seemingly busy with personal work on his computer, only to be shown playing a computer game instead, prompting Ann to [[CutTheJuice pull the plug]] to cut off his distraction.



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E5TheDuhVinciCode The Duh Vinci Code]]": Robot Animatronio pretends to be selling ice-cream while he's spying on Fry, Professor Farnsworth and others who try to find out some big secret about Leonardo da Vinci. Animatronio wants to stop them.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Wendy and Mabel are goofing around in the Mystery Shack's gift shop while Dipper supposedly is doing inventory. He really is keeping an eye on his crush (Wendy) and he is literally writing "I am pretending to write something down" on his clipboard.
** A separate episode has Wendy ducking out of an uncomfortable conversation by reading a magazine entitled "Avoiding Eye Contact Weekly".
* In the "Part V: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side Something," (of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball''), as Darth Stewie strides onto the command deck of the Imperial Star Destroyer, the officers and men in the pit suddenly start doing "Empire stuff, lots of Empire stuff to do here..."

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E5TheDuhVinciCode The Duh Vinci Code]]": Code]]", Robot Animatronio pretends to be selling ice-cream while he's spying on Fry, Professor Farnsworth and others who try to find out some big secret about Leonardo da Vinci. Animatronio wants to stop them.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Wendy and Mabel are goofing around in the Mystery Shack's gift shop while Dipper supposedly is doing inventory. He really is keeping an eye on his crush (Wendy) and he is literally writing "I am pretending to write something down" on his clipboard. \n** A separate episode has Wendy ducking out of an uncomfortable conversation by reading a magazine entitled "Avoiding Eye Contact Weekly".
* In the "Part V: Something, "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side Something," (of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball''), Side" of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball'', as Darth Stewie strides onto the command deck of the Imperial Star Destroyer, the officers and men in the pit suddenly start doing "Empire stuff, lots of Empire stuff to do here..."

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei and her friends rush to look busy studying when Ming comes to check up on them.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei and her friends rush to look busy studying when Ming comes to check up on them.
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* ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'' is the first game in the series that allow Agent 47 to do so, as new to the game, there's always some characters in any of the missions that can look past your disguise. ''VideoGame/WorldOfAssassinationTrilogy'' continues to follow suit.

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* ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'' is the first game in the series that allow Agent 47 to do so, as new to the game, there's always some characters in any of the missions that can look past your disguise.disguise, while being looking busy makes you pretty much invisible. ''VideoGame/WorldOfAssassinationTrilogy'' continues to follow suit.
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[[caption-width-right:349:If the book doesn't give it away her attitude will.]]

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[[caption-width-right:349:If the book doesn't give it away away, her attitude will.]]

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}:'' Wally shares with Asok his way of getting out of being asked to do stuff; wander around holding a piece of paper and growling at it.

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* ''Radio/OldHarrysGame:'' Sometimes Scumspawn will do this when Satan's approaching and he's supposed to be tormenting Thomas, but has instead gotten caught up asking Thomas for advice. Scumspawn is also a BadLiar, which never helps.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei and her friends rush to look busy studying when Ming comes to check up on them.
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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Ross and Emily's wedding reception is very awkward because Ross said "Rachel" during their wows. Ross tries to change the atmosphere by encouraging people to start dancing. It doesn't quite work.

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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Ross and Emily's wedding reception is very awkward because Ross said "Rachel" during their wows.vows. Ross tries to change the atmosphere by encouraging people to start dancing. It doesn't quite work.
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* Some computer games of the early 1980's knew that many folks only had a computer at work to play games on, and so had a "The boss is coming" option in the menus which would pause your game and splash a fake spreadsheet on your screen.

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* Some computer games of the early 1980's knew that many folks only had a computer at work to play games on, and so had a "The boss is coming" option in the menus which would pause your game and splash a fake spreadsheet on your screen. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_key Wikipedia even has a page about it.]]
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* Some computer games of the early 1980's knew that many folks only had a computer at work to play games on, and so had a "The boss is coming" option in the menus which would pause your game and splash a fake spreadsheet on your screen.
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* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': In the pilot episode, Dr. Cox tells J.D. that if you put a dead person in a wheelchair and push them around, no one will ask you to do anything (the patient wasn't actually dead).
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* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': During the lead-up to the third Palace, Makoto follows the protagonist around while trying to look inconspicuous by hiding her face in a book. It fails to convince anyone.

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* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': During the lead-up to the third Palace, Makoto follows the protagonist around while trying to look inconspicuous by hiding her face in a book. It fails to convince anyone.anyone, especially when she starts ''running'' with her nose in the book if you get too far away from her.

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