History Main / MasterOfDisguise

* Sedusa from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. In her first appearance, she posed as a woman named Ima Goodlady (the words "I am a good lady" mixed together). She also disguised herself as Ms Bellum and disguised Ms Bellum as herself.

** ''Franchise/DocSavage'', which is pretty amazing when you consider his extraordinary physical appearance -- roughly 6'6" (2 meters) tall, perfectly muscled, bronze skin and eyes, and yet he frequently fools his closest associates.

* The Spanish character [[ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon Mortadelo]] takes this trope UpToEleven.

** This is taken to [[UpToEleven Up to eleven]] in some episodes, as Roger has even managed to disguise himself as inanimate objects such as a bedroom safe.

They may rely on [[ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction extensive training]] and a [[UnlimitedWardrobe vast collection of wigs, clothing, and stage makeup]] to pull off the fakery. Or, their powers could be [[AppliedPhlebotinum Phlebotinum]]-driven, in that they have the [[{{Shapeshifting}} physical ability to alter their very shape]] and size to perfectly match that of the person they are duplicating. In animation, this is often done by having said master of disguise go into a [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning tornado-like spin]] to don or doff the disguise.

* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': Big M. and Little M. frequently take on a number of {{paper thin disguise}}s - from salesmen to a mother and child to ''Manga/SailorMoon[[note]]or rather, a lookalike of her[[/note]] of all people in Big M.'s case - to perpetrate their evil plans, and they have a tendency to work, convincing even the Supermen.

* The ''[[WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw Snooper and Blabber]]'' short "Person to Prison" has criminal Quick-Change Quentin, who can perfectly disguise himself as anybody and any''thing''.

** [[Characters/BatmanHarleyQuinn Harley Quinn]] was remarkably successful at this, fooling the police by disguising herself as another police officer in "The Joker's Favor", a lawyer in "The Man Who Killed Batman", and a security guard in "Joker's Millions". (One of many reasons that has led some fans to believe [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation she's faking the insanity]] and can "turn it off" whenever she wants to.)

** Franchise/{{Batman}} sometimes disguises himself infiltrate places, gather intel he couldn't acquire in his costumed identity or his civilian identity as Bruce Wayne, plant listening devices in criminals' lairs, etc. He's been everything from BeneathNotice janitors and security guards to a streetwise thug nicknamed "Matches Malone."

** Franchise/{{Batman}}

** ''Radio/TheShadow'' was a disguise master in his magazine adventures; made slightly easier in his case considering how few people ever [[PerceptionFilter truly saw]] his [[CoatHatMask face]].

* With the appropriate stunt in ''TabletopGame/SpiritOfTheCentury'', characters can disguise themselves thoroughly enough that they don't even have to declare in advance ''what'' they are disguising themselves as. They simply declare that they are going undercover and leave the party. At any later point, they can declare that any of the background [=NPCs=] is ''really'' the player in disguise.

** ''Literature/TheSpider'': unsurprising in that he was a FollowTheLeader of ''TheShadow''.

** The title character of the opera ''Il Truccatore'' in the ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' pastiche ''Literature/{{Maskerade}}''. The title actually means "The Master of Disguise" (on the Disc; in reality, it means "The Make-up Artist"), and is sometimes loosely translated as "The Man with a Thousand Faces" (as a ShoutOut to Creator/LonChaney ... who of course, [[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925 played the Phantom of the Opera]]).

** Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger's Shurikenger made his own version. He has no name or human appearance. As a result, he has [[TheOtherDarrin no]] [[MythologyGag definite]] actor other than his voice actor. His human form is always that of some passerby, played by a past sentai hero until he reveals himself by transforming -- with the past hero's transformation pose! (Except Battle Kenya's; since they didn't have transformation poses, Creator/KenjiOhba's Shurikenger awesomely, hilariously does his ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'' pose, which is ''much'' more elaborate than any Sentai one, and not counting that he also does [[Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman Daigorou Oume/Denzi Blue]] and chose to skip that one to add more surprise.)

* Akko from ''Manga/HimitsuNoAkkoChan'' thanks to magical mirror that allows her to transform into anything and anyone she wants, sometimes copying their abilities too.

See also ConvenientColorChange; LatexPerfection; MasterOfIllusion; ShapeShifting; WigDressAccent; WeWillNotUseStageMakeupInTheFuture; ThePowerOfActing; AnimalDisguise. Compare ClarkKenting. MasterActor is a subtrope that covers only the acting. ManOfAThousandFaces is when an ''Actor'' is a Master of Disguise. Someone may be CastAsAMask. Contrast MasterOfDisguiseDisasterOfAnActor.

See also ConvenientColorChange; LatexPerfection; MasterOfIllusion; ShapeShifting; WigDressAccent; WeWillNotUseStageMakeupInTheFuture; ThePowerOfActing; AnimalDisguise. Compare ClarkKenting. MasterActor is a subtrope that covers only the acting. ManOfAThousandFaces is when an ''Actor'' is a Master of Disguise. Someone may be CastAsAMask.

* [[spoiler:[[BigBad Frank Fontaine]]]] from ''[[VideoGame/Bioshock1 BioShock]]''. Or as you might know him, [[spoiler:''[[MissionControl Atlas]]'']]. After revealing his identity he brags somewhat about his skill at disguising himself and taking on new personas, recounting the time he successfully passed as Chinese for six months. This might not sound so impressive when you consider that Rapture's local [[AppliedPhlebotinum phlebotinum]] makes MagicPlasticSurgery possible and easy, but ''Literature/BioshockRapture'' clarifies that all of those transformations were ''before'' he ever heard of Rapture.

* ''Five'' in ''Manga/DetectiveConan'': Shinichi's mother Yukiko, former prize-winning actress and Black Organization member Vermouth who actually trained with Yukiko; the Kaitou Kids who [[CanonWelding also starred in]] ''Manga/MagicKaito'' -- [[LikeFatherLikeSon Kuroba Kaito currently]] and Kuroba Toichi formerly (who trained Vermouth and Yukiko), and Phantom Lady who trained Kuroba Toichi -- and married him.
** Some of the above five have helped other characters out with their disguises: [[spoiler: Shuichi Akai, who has been posing as Subaru Okiya to keep an eye on the Black Organization and protect Ai as he promised to her dead sister. Yukiko is the one who trained him, too. And Bourbon, probably trained by Vermouth.]]

* Prof. Moriarty is given this ability (more typically assigned to Franchise/SherlockHolmes himself) in ''Film/TheSleepingCardinal'': with Holmes saying he has a 100 aliases and 100 identities.