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* ''Film/ANightInCasablanca'' (1946). When a pompous and wealthy married couple by the name of Smythe turns up demanding a suite, [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho]]'s character assumes this trope is in play and sends them packing.
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* ''Film/ANightInCasablanca'' ''[[Creator/MarxBrothers A Night in Casablanca]]'' (1946). When a pompous and wealthy married couple by the name of Smythe turns up demanding a suite, [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho]]'s Groucho's character assumes this trope is in play and sends them packing.
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* ''Series/DcotorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror The Crimson Horror]]", the Doctor and Clara encounter this issue when the Doctor tries to join Sweetville using his GoToAlias of 'Dr. John Smith'.
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* ''Series/DcotorWho'': ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror The Crimson Horror]]", the Doctor and Clara encounter this issue when the Doctor tries to join Sweetville using his GoToAlias of 'Dr. John Smith'.
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* ''Film/SupermanII'': Clark and Lois do this for their Niagara Falls expose. This doesn't help Clark, who is [[UnresolvedSexualTension already sweet on Lois]].
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* ''Film/SupermanII'': Clark and Lois do this for their Niagara Falls expose.expose, pretending to be the newlywed couple, Mr. and Mrs. Smith. This doesn't help Clark, who is [[UnresolvedSexualTension already sweet on Lois]].
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* ''Film/{{Whipsaw}}'': Since they’re technically on the run, Vivian and McBride pretend to be married to get a hotel room.
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* ''Film/{{Whipsaw}}'': Since they’re technically on the run, Vivian and McBride [=McBride=] pretend to be married to get a hotel room.
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* ''Literature/BloodOnBiscayneBay'': People cared about stuff like this in 1946, which is why faithless TrophyWife Estelle Morrison and the man she was cheating on her husband with had to register in a motel as Mr. and Mrs. D.G. Hays.
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''James Bond:''' No it doesn't. I'd rather stay at a morgue. Come on.\\
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* ''Series/{{Manhattan}}'': Invoked by the US Army as a necessary cover identity for Charlie Isaacs and Helen Prins, who travelled to Tennessee to sign off on a breeder reactor to generate plutonium.
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* ''Series/PerryMason2020'': The hotel clerk who delivers devastating testimony in "Chapter 6" reveals that George Gannon checked himself and Emily into the hotel as "Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kelly."
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* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'': The classic adventure "A Rough Night at the Three Feathers" involves a couple checking into the inn under the name "[[FantasyCounterpartCulture Herr and Frau Johann Schmidt]]". [[spoiler:They're actually [[BlueBlood a count's heir]] and the [[UptownGirl daughter of a wealthy family of boatbuilders]] carrying on an affair.]]
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* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'': The classic adventure "A Rough Night at the Three Feathers" involves a couple checking into the inn under the name "[[FantasyCounterpartCulture Herr and Frau Johann Schmidt]]". [[spoiler:They're actually [[BlueBlood a count's heir]] and the [[UptownGirl daughter of a wealthy family of boatbuilders]] carrying on an affair.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': In "[[Recap/HarleyQuinn2019S3E1Harlivy Harlivy]]", Harley and Ivy check into a resort under Mrs. and Mrs. Gordon, billing the entire thing to Jim Gordon's credit card that they scammed out of him.
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* ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
** In "[[Recap/AngelS01E12Expecting Expecting]]", Wesley takes the pregnant Cordelia to a clinic for an exam, and they use the alias "Mr. and Mrs. Pangborn".
** In "[[Recap/AngelS02E05DearBoy Dear Boy]]", Darla and her paramour use "Kramer" as an alias when the check into a hotel for tryst.
** In "[[Recap/AngelS01E12Expecting Expecting]]", Wesley takes the pregnant Cordelia to a clinic for an exam, and they use the alias "Mr. and Mrs. Pangborn".
** In "[[Recap/AngelS02E05DearBoy Dear Boy]]", Darla and her paramour use "Kramer" as an alias when the check into a hotel for tryst.
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* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'':
** Alluded to by Sam in "[[Recap/CheersS1E6AnyFriendOfDianes Any Friend Of Diane's]]". After Diane says that she and her boyfriend stayed at an inn where John Adams slept, Sam says "Yeah, lots of guys sign the register that way."
** In "[[Recap/CheersS9E12 Woody Interruptus]]", Woody and Kelly check into the hotel as Mr. and Mrs. Malone.
** Alluded to by Sam in "[[Recap/CheersS1E6AnyFriendOfDianes Any Friend Of Diane's]]". After Diane says that she and her boyfriend stayed at an inn where John Adams slept, Sam says "Yeah, lots of guys sign the register that way."
** In "[[Recap/CheersS9E12 Woody Interruptus]]", Woody and Kelly check into the hotel as Mr. and Mrs. Malone.
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* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'': In "[[Recap/ColumboS09E06 Murder in Malibu]]", Wayne's sex partner returns to him the fake wedding ring they used for a tryst in a hotel.
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* ''Series/DcotorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror The Crimson Horror]]", the Doctor and Clara encounter this issue when the Doctor tries to join Sweetville using his GoToAlias of 'Dr. John Smith'.
-->''"Dr. and Mrs. Smith. Oh, yes, you'll do very nicely."''
-->''"Dr. and Mrs. Smith. Oh, yes, you'll do very nicely."''
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* In ''Film/DoctorAtLarge'', Dr. Sparrow gives his last name as "Phillimore" when staying at the Judges Arms with Nurse McPherson. The only problem is he still signs his own surname in the book, leading Mrs. Digby to give them two separate rooms.
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* In ''Film/DoctorAtLarge'', Dr. Sparrow gives his last name as "Phillimore" when staying at the Judges Arms with Nurse McPherson.[=McPherson=]. The only problem is he still signs his own surname in the book, leading Mrs. Digby to give them two separate rooms.
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* In ''Film/AboutElly'', Sepideh claims that Ahmad and Elly are married, as it is illegal in Iran for unmarried couples to holiday together.
* Invoked in ''Film/BlueCrush'': Anne Marie doesn't bother correcting the room service attendant who calls her "Mrs. Tollman" on the phone.
* ''Film/CallHerSavage'': When Larry Crosby dumps his girlfriend Sunny, he tells her that he caught her checking into a hotel with another man under the name "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".
* Invoked in ''Film/BlueCrush'': Anne Marie doesn't bother correcting the room service attendant who calls her "Mrs. Tollman" on the phone.
* ''Film/CallHerSavage'': When Larry Crosby dumps his girlfriend Sunny, he tells her that he caught her checking into a hotel with another man under the name "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".
* In ''Film/DoctorAtLarge'', Dr. Sparrow gives his last name as "Phillimore" when staying at the Judges Arms with Nurse McPherson. The only problem is he still signs his own surname in the book, leading Mrs. Digby to give them two separate rooms.
* In ''Film/ElevatorToTheGallows'', Louis and his girlfriend sign the register as Mr. and Mrs. Julien Tavernier, which proves relevant late when the police focus on Julien for the murder of the Germans.
* Occurs ''en masse'', in the "Honeymoon Hotel" number in ''Film/FootlightParade''.
* In ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'', Peter and Ellie have to pretend to be married to get a room in a motel.
* In ''Film/LaserMission'', Gold and Alissa check into the Swakop hotel as a married couple.
* In ''Film/ElevatorToTheGallows'', Louis and his girlfriend sign the register as Mr. and Mrs. Julien Tavernier, which proves relevant late when the police focus on Julien for the murder of the Germans.
* Occurs ''en masse'', in the "Honeymoon Hotel" number in ''Film/FootlightParade''.
* In ''Film/ItHappenedOneNight'', Peter and Ellie have to pretend to be married to get a room in a motel.
* In ''Film/LaserMission'', Gold and Alissa check into the Swakop hotel as a married couple.
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* ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'': Bond and Fields check into a hotel under the cover of a married pair of teachers on
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'''Strawberry Fields:''' We're teachers on sabbatical. This fits our cover.\\
''James Bond:''' No it doesn't. I'd rather stay at a morgue. Come on.\\
''[they go to a nicer hotel]''\\
'''James Bond:''' ''[to the hotel receptionist]'' Hello. We're teachers on sabbatical and we've just won the lottery.
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* ''Film/{{Whipsaw}}'': Since they’re technically on the run, Vivian and McBride pretend to be married to get a hotel room.
