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* ''Femforce'' #43 contains a scene where Tara infiltrates a Gammazon base after stealing the uniform from one of the gargantuan soldiers. The woman she mugs is left bound and gagged inside a locked room. As Tara is herself a giant, the uniform fits like a charm.

* In ''ErrantStory'', Ian sucker-punches a priest and steals his robes so that he can get into a restricted library. He later [[http://errantstory.com/comic.php?date=2006-02-01 mugs another man for his travel ticket]]. He even {{lampshades}} this:

* In a 1999 ''Black Widow'' book, the titular heroine follows a young flight attendant into a restroom in order to steal her uniform. The attendant is shown taped up and gagged and stowed away in a stall marked "OUT OF ORDER". After wishing her victim "Sweet dreams", the Widow takes her place on a flight in order to spy on her intended target.

* ''Femforce'' #43 contains a scene where Tara infiltrates a Gammazon base after stealing the uniform from a soldier, whom she leaves bound and gagged in a locked room. Thanks to her size-changing abilities, the uniform fits perfectly.

* In one of GregRucka's ''Black Widow'' books, the titular heroine tapes up and gags a young flight attendant in order to steal her uniform. She then takes the woman's place on a flight in order to spy on her intended target.

* {{Sunset Beach}} has an episode where Annie disguised herself as an airline stewardess so she could sneak aboard a flight. When she is asked what happened to the regular stewardess, Annie replies with a knowing smile that she "got a little tied up". We then cut to a woman, minus her uniform, bound and gagged inside a dark closet.
* Occurs once on ''Adam Adamant Lives!'', when Georgina shadows Adam to Japan in hopes of helping him with a case. At one point in the episode, a geisha is pulled off-screen, and Georgina appears shortly after, dressed in her clothes.

* ''Femforce #43'' contains a scene where Tara infiltrates a Gammazon base after stealing the uniform from a soldier, whom she leaves bound and gagged in a locked room. Thanks to her size-changing abilities, the uniform fits perfectly.

* ''{{Femforce}}'' #43 contains a scene where Tara infiltrates a Gammazon base after stealing the uniform from a soldier, whom she leaves bound and gagged in a locked room. Thanks to her size-changing abilities, the uniform fits perfectly.

* ''{{Femforce}}'' #43 contains a scene where Tara infiltrates a Gammazon base after stealing the uniform from a soldier whom she leaves bound and gagged in a locked room. Thanks to her size-changing abilities, the uniform fits perfectly.

** In ''The Last Crusade'', Indy knocks out a Nazi officer and steals his uniform at the book burning rally and follows a zeppelin attendant to an off-screen area to get his uniform as Nazi agents approach him and his dad.

* In ''RaidersOfTheLostArk'', IndianaJones drags a Nazi guard offscreen and steals his uniform, but [[SubvertedTrope it's too small]], so when another guard berates him for his slovenly appearance, he beats that guard up and steals ''his'' ([[DoubleSubversion better fitting]]) uniform.
** Indy follows a zeppelin attendant to an off-screen area to get his uniform as Nazi agents approach him and his dad in ''The Last Crusade''.

* ''Oblivion'' - This troper was once imprisioned and upon killing the Jailor and donning the full gaurd attire, was able to leave both the prison and town without gaurd confrontation.

* ''[[TheStainlessSteelRat The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge]]''. Jim [=diGriz=] and his [[DarkActionGirl wife Angelina]] mug two police officers for their uniforms in order to escape a dragnet, only to find that they're wearing ladies underwear. After knocking out two more policeman Angelina suggests taking a peek at their underwear too, but Jim prefers that some illusions should remain untarnished.

* In {{Thunderbolts}} 25 Crimson Cowl decided to take revenge against the Thunderbolts by creating her own Masters of Evil (the group that the bolts were originally part of) with 25 super-villains. After she captured Moonstone, five bolts decided to infiltrate the group by knocking out five members and stealing their costumes. Charcoal puts on M’Baku the Man-Ape’s suit. Songbird is dressed as Lodestone. Jolt is dressed as Joystick. Atlas is Shatterfist, and Hawkeye pulls up the Constrictor’s mask. You can see a picture of the fallen masters of evil at the top of the page, revealing that Man-Ape wears GoofyPrintUnderwear and that Joystick was GoingCommando.
* During an issue of {{Deadpool}}, Wade and his team of mercenaries are hired to sabotage a satellite by hijacking a space shuttle. At one point, one of Wade's teammates complains about her suit being too bulky. The scene shifts to the cargo hold, where the real astronauts are shown tied up with their mouths taped shut.

* GothamCitySirens features a scene where the gals [[http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt74/Larrson777/Gotham%20City%20Sirens%20-%2010/GothamCitySirens10011.jpg take out some henchwomen]] and [[http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt74/Larrson777/Gotham%20City%20Sirens%20-%2010/GothamCitySirens10014.jpg jack their gear]].
* An issue of BirdsOfPrey features a scene where BlackCanary finds a nurse tied up and stripped of her uniform. Turns out that the "nurse" that her partner passed in the hallway was an escaped lunatic wearing the stolen uniform.

* GothamCitySirens features a scene where the gals take out some henchwomen and jack their gear.[[http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt74/Larrson777/Gotham%20City%20Sirens%20-%2010/GothamCitySirens10011.jpg]][[http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt74/Larrson777/Gotham%20City%20Sirens%20-%2010/GothamCitySirens10014.jpg]]

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* GothamCitySirens features a scene where the gals take out some henchwomen and jack their gear.[[http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt74/Larrson777/Gotham%20City%20Sirens%20-%2010/GothamCitySirens10011.jpg]]

* In one of GregRucka's ''Black Widow'' books, the titular heroine tapes up and gags a young flight attendant in order to steal her uniform. She then takes the woman's place on a flight in order to spy on her intended target.[[http://vault.sleepycomics.com/archive002/BlackWidow_WebofIntrigue.jpg]]

* In the {{GothamCitySirens ''Batman: Harley and Ivy''}} collection, there is an issue where the girls try to sneak into a museum opening by posing as members of an entourage. After someone jokes about the entourage being too large for anyone to keep track of the real members, two young women (presumably the groupies Harley and Ivy replaced) are shown bound and gagged in a dark room.

* During an issue of Deadpool, Wade and his team of mercenaries are hired to sabotage a satellite by hijacking a space shuttle. At one point, one of Wade's teammates complains about her suit being too bulky. The scene shifts to the cargo hold, where the real astronauts are shown tied up with their mouths taped shut.
* In the ''Batman: Harley and Ivy'' collection, there is an issue where the girls try to sneak into a museum opening by posing as members of an entourage. After someone jokes about the entourage being too large for anyone to keep track of the real members, two young women (presumably the groupies Harley and Ivy replaced) are shown bound and gagged in a dark room.

* In ''ScaryMovie 4'' two female characters try to do this to two "village" girls only to be beaten up by them instead.