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* In ''Manga/{{BECK}}'', Koyuki and Maho were spending time together, thinking they were alone in the fishing hole. [[MomentKiller Cue Chiba and Taira's arrival]]. They then quickly clothed themselves while all sweaty along with forced expressions (Koyuki is reading a book upside down and Maho is wearing her shirt inside out.) Hilarity ensues.

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* In ''Manga/{{BECK}}'', ''Manga/{{BECK|1999}}'', Koyuki and Maho were spending time together, thinking they were alone in the fishing hole. [[MomentKiller Cue Chiba and Taira's arrival]]. They then quickly clothed themselves while all sweaty along with forced expressions (Koyuki is reading a book upside down and Maho is wearing her shirt inside out.) Hilarity ensues.

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** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban,'' when Hermione tells Professor [=McGonagall=] about Harry getting a Firebolt for Christmas and then the teacher goes to temporarily confiscate it so that it can be checked for jinxes/hexes (on the chance that Sirius Black sent it), Hermione hides her face behind a book that she holds upside down.



** When Hermione tells Professor [=McGonagall=] about Harry getting a Firebolt for Christmas and then the teacher goes to temporarily confiscate it so that it can be checked for jinxes/hexes (on the chance that Sirius Black sent it), Hermione hides her face behind a book that she holds upside down.
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This is a surefire way for someone to blow their cover ([[LamePunReaction sorry]]) for an attempted NewspaperThinDisguise or BookAndSwitch.


* In ''[[Film/HillTwentyFourDoesntAnswer Hill 24 Doesn't Answer]]'', Finnegan accidentally does this with his NewspaperThinDisguise while being an IncrediblyObviousTail to Miriam. He doesn't notice because he doesn't read Hebrew, so she comes over and turns it right side up for him.

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* In ''[[Film/HillTwentyFourDoesntAnswer Hill 24 Doesn't Answer]]'', ''Film/Hill24DoesntAnswer'', Finnegan accidentally does this with his NewspaperThinDisguise while being an IncrediblyObviousTail to Miriam. He doesn't notice because he doesn't read Hebrew, so she comes over and turns it right side up for him.
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* ''Film/FiveCardStud'': When Van confronts the killer, the killer asks to finish reading a psalm from the Bible: intending to pull a derringer from the BookSafe. However, in his hurry to get to the gun, he opens the Bible upside down and Van realises what is happening.
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* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. tries to hide himself from the Nazi Colonel Vogel [[NewspaperThinDisguise using his newspaper]]. Unfortunately, he's holding it upside down, which is presumably how Vogel sees right through this.

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* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. tries to hide himself from the Nazi Colonel Vogel [[NewspaperThinDisguise using his newspaper]]. Unfortunately, he's holding it upside down, down and [[BlindWithoutEm doesn't notice without his glasses on]], which is presumably how Vogel sees right through this.
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* Sara with ''Forbes'' magazine while waiting for Frank at the CIA building in ''Film/{{Red}}''.

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* Sara with ''Forbes'' magazine while waiting for Frank at the CIA building in ''Film/{{Red}}''.''Film/Red2010''.
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* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. tries to hide himself from the Nazi Colonel Vogel [[NewspaperThinDisguise using his newspaper]]. Unfortunately, he's holding it upside down, which is how Vogel sees right through this.

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* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. tries to hide himself from the Nazi Colonel Vogel [[NewspaperThinDisguise using his newspaper]]. Unfortunately, he's holding it upside down, which is presumably how Vogel sees right through this.
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* In ''{{Literature/Goldfinger}}'', Bond is deliberately left by Goldfinger alone in his estate to see if he'll snoop around. Bond, obviously, ignores the risk on purpose to snoop around. When he finds at the last moment that he's being recorded, he quickly throws the nearby cat into the film reels and rushes downstairs to pretend he's reading a magazine. He barely notices he's holding it upside-down.

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* Happened in the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Time's Arrow: Part 2". In his defense, Geordi had his VISOR removed at the time and is completely blind without it.

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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Happened in the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Time's Arrow: Part 2". In his defense, Geordi had his VISOR removed at the time and is completely blind without it.it.
* A variation in the ''Series/DeepSpaceNine'' episode "Rejoined". Jadzia Dax cheerfully assures Commander Sisko she's fine about her upcoming meeting with her former host's wife Lenara. Sisko wordlessly turns her commbadge the right way up, because she's pinned it on upside-down.

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* In ''FanFic/TheApprenticeTheStudentAndTheCharlatan'', Twilight Sparkle does this once to hide her face while she endures teasing from her AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents over the cute colt she's brought home.

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* In ''FanFic/TheApprenticeTheStudentAndTheCharlatan'', ''Fanfic/TheApprenticeTheStudentAndTheCharlatan'', Twilight Sparkle does this once to hide her face while she endures teasing from her AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents over the cute colt she's brought home.home.
* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': When Jaune visits Team RWBY's dorm to ask Weiss out to the Beacon Dance, he starts off by asking Weiss if they can speak in private. Weiss' teammate Ruby eavesdrops on their conversation and tries to hide it by pretending to read a magazine, unaware that she's holding the magazine upside down.

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