History Main / OverlyStereotypicalDisguise

* In ''Literature/TheManWhoWasThursday'', Lucian Gregory repeatedly tries to infiltrate non-anarchist society by disguising himself as capitalists, priests, or military men. It fails each time because he's an over-the-top anarachist stereotype of these groups.

Probably the best-known instance of this: The spy/secret agent who [[ConspicuousTrenchcoat wears a grey trenchcoat and black hat (as an effort to "blend in" with the general populace) decades after these went out of fashion]].

* Marty's flamboyant cowboy attire in ''Film/BackToTheFuture III'', which he did lampshade, but (1950s) Doc insisted it was fine to wear. Marty switched to more reasonable clothes as soon as he could.
* Gene Wilder's pathetic attempt to pass for African-American in the movie ''SilverStreak''.

* In ''HighAnxiety'', Richard is wanted for murder and he and Victoria need to bypass airport security, so they disguise themselves as a loud, bickering elderly Jewish couple. Their reasoning is that the louder and more obnoxious they are, the more they'll be ignored.

* ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'': The Baron's two spies attempt to blend in as Englishmen by putting on plaid coats, deerstalker caps, holding a pipe aloft, and calling each other "Basil". A nearby family sees them pass and looks at each other in confusion. The scene is partly based on an incident during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII when two German spies were arrested in Norfolk while dressed in spats and top-hats, both unsuitable to the terrain and hopelessly out of fashion by the 1940s.

* In ''HighAnxiety'', Richard is wanted for murder and he and Victoria need to bypass airport security, so they disguise themselves as a loud, bickering elderly Jewish couple. Their reasoning is that the louder and more obnoxious they are, the more they'll be ignored.

* Sergeant Colon does this in a downright racist manner in ''DiscWorld/{{Jingo}}'' (as well as {{Malaproper}}, calling the Klatchians "brothers of the ''dessert''" rather than the ''desert'' and asking "[[IsItSomethingYouEat Had any baksheesh lately?]], to the point that onlookers assume he's a spy for a country other than the one he seems to be from, since no actual spy would be so obvious.

* Sergeant Colon does this in a downright racist manner in ''DiscWorld/{{Jingo}}'', to the point that onlookers assume he's a spy for a country other than the one he seems to be from, since no actual spy would be so obvious.

** He also acts like a stereotype of retarded people to get into the Special Olympics.

* In the ''Franchise/Tintin'' comics, bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson would often attempt to go undercover by wearing ridiculously stereotypical disguises of whatever country they were in. One early book has them dress up in garish Chinese garb on a visit to Shanghai. They end up with a large crowd of pointing and laughing people following them. Another had them wearing traditional ceremonial garbs while undercover in Syldavia. As it turns out, they're wearing Greek costumes anyway.

* Ben Haggerty (AKA Music/{{Macklemore}}) caused controversy when he put on a disguise that included [[AmbiguouslyJewish a dark colored wig with long sideburns and a large nose]] (to get to a club undetected) and then performed the song "Thrift Shop"... [[GreedyJew which wasn't exactly a good idea]]. Though it is worth mentioning that he [[WordOfGod denies that he was intending to promote]] any sort of anti-Semitic caricature when he came up with the outfit.

* In the ''Franchise/Tintin'' comics, bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson would often attempt to go undercover by wearing ridiculously stereotypical disguises of whatever country they were in. One early book has them dress up in garish Chinese garb on a visit to Shanghai. They end up with a large crowd of pointing and laughing people following them. Another had them wearing traditional ceremonial garbs while undercover in Syldavia.

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* ''TheAdventuresOfTintin'': Bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson would often attempt to go undercover by wearing ridiculously stereotypical disguises of whatever country they were in. One early book has them dress up in garish Chinese garb on a visit to Shanghai. They end up with a large crowd of pointing and laughing people following them. Another had them wearing traditional ceremonial garbs while undercover in Syldavia.

* In ''TheHebrewHammer'', the main character and his love interest try to arrest the BigBad at a Kmart by posing as a Gentile couple, complete with Southern accents, Christian paraphernalia, and American flags.
* Admiral Aladeen in ''TheDictator'' dresses head to toe in the American flag posing as an American tourist during a helicopter tour scene, where he and his cohort are MistakenForTerrorist.

* Marty's flamboyant cowboy attire in ''BackToTheFuture III'', which he did lampshade, but (1950s) Doc insisted it was fine to wear. Marty switched to more reasonable clothes as soon as he could.

* In the "Honey Pot" episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Archer}}'', Sterling Archer attempts to seduce a gay man by dying his hair blond and wearing roller skates, skin-tight short shorts, and a shirt that says "Got Dick?"
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Cartman goes undercover with Butters into a Chinese restaurant wearing a dǒulì, false buck teeth, and slanty eyes so that he can get secret plans for PRC world domination.

* Ben Haggerty (AKA Macklemore) caused controversy when he put on a disguise that included [[AmbiguouslyJewish a dark colored wig with long sideburns and a large nose]] (to get to a club undetected) and then performed the song "Thrift Shop"... [[GreedyJew which wasn't exactly a good idea]]. Though it is worth mentioning that he [[WordOfGod denies that he was intending to promote]] any sort of anti-Semitic caricature when he came up with the outfit.

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[[caption-width-right:311:Ahh, herro preeze! Bing-bong ching-chong!]]

* Sergeant Colon does this in a downright racist manner in ''{{Discworld}}.{{Jingo}}'', to the point that onlookers assume he's a spy for a country other than the one he seems to be from, since no actual spy would be so obvious.

* Sergeant Colon does this in a downright racist manner in ''{{Discworld}}/{{Jingo}}'', to the point that onlookers assume he's a spy for a country other than the one he seems to be from, since no actual spy would be so obvious.

* Sergeant Colon does this in a downright racist manner in ''{{Discworld}}/Jingo'', to the point that onlookers assume he's a spy for a country other than the one he seems to be from, since no actual spy would be so obvious.

* Sergeant Colon does this in a downright racist manner in {{Jingo}}, to the point that onlookers assume he's a spy for a country other than the one he seems to be from, since no actual spy would be so obvious.

* ''TheAdventuresOfTintin'': Bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson would often attempt to go undercover by wearing ridiculously stereotypical disguises of whatever country they were in. One early book has them dress up in garish Chinese garb on a visit to Shanghai. They end up with a large crowd of pointing and laughing people following them.

[[quoteright:311:[[WesternAnimaiton/SouthPark http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1208_butters_cartman_chinese_outfit_5135.jpg]]]]

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* Peter Griffin in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' gets beat up after trying to disguise himself as a Jew, and doing this trope.

* [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Cartman]] goes undercover with Butters into a Chinese restaurant wearing a dǒulì, false buck teeth, and slanty eyes so that he can get secret plans for PRC world domination.

Probably the best-known instance of this: The spy/secret agent who wears a grey trenchcoat and black hat (as an effort to "blend in" with the general populace).

[[caption-width-right:210:Ahh, herro preeze! Bing-bong ching-chong!]]

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