History Main / StripperCopConfusion

* An episode of ''{{Series/Seinfeld}}'' featured the stripper and real cop getting their wires crossed -- the bachelorette party gets an actual officer showing up expecting a robbery, while the actual robbery has the "cop" show up and start taking his clothes off.

* [[http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/seriously_ladies_there_have Seriously, Ladies, There Have Been Noise Complaints.]]

* [[http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/seriously_ladies_there_have Seriously, Ladies, There Have Been Noise Complaints]]

* And there's at least one case of a poor sod who assumed (with good reason in the time and place) that the policewoman turning up on official business was a stripper. And jollying things on by helping her off with her skirt. [[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/paul-harbord-drunk-does-del-3090795#.UuxF_D1dXIc Something like this happened in Durham]].

* Even ''Series/DoctorWho'' got in a (mild) version of this. The adult Amy Pond debuts in a police uniform, which she winds up revealing is a costume for her job as a "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissogram kissogram]]".

* ''{{Series/Frasier}}'': The title character ends up handcuffed to the lovely Officer Nasty (hired for Donnie's bachelor party) while he is demonstrating to her how she can make her dancing sexier.

* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' shows Booth running into this problem once when trying to bring in a male stripper for questioning - said stripper was working a bachelorette party at the time, and the guest of honor thought Booth was a second stripper. His attempts at asserting his actual identity as an FBI agent [[CassandraTruth are ignored by the party-goers]], and by the time the actual stripper realizes Booth's identity, the ladies have already pulled down Booth's pants have have started stuffing money down his clothes.

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. In "A More Perfect Union", Reese and a stripper hired for the bachelorette party assume the other shares their profession. Reese spends the rest of the episode pretending to be the stripper's security.

* Inverted in the ''Series/InsideNo9'' episode "Nana's Party." When elderly Nana begins choking at her birthday party, her daughter Angela screams for someone to call an ambulance - and a paramedic shows up at the door moments later. Everyone's confused, because they hadn't had time to make the call yet, but it turns out he's a stripper who was hired for the party as a prank.[[/folder]]

* In ''Series/LondonsBurning'' Geoff Pearce, a fireman rather than a policeman, is mistaken for a stripper by a group of rowdy women at a hen party, who proceed to start undressing him. Moment later, a policeman appears, much to Pearce's relief, though he turns out to be the stripper they hired.

* And there's at least one case of a poor sod who assumed(with good reason in the time and place) that the policewoman turning up on official business was a stripper. And jollying things on by helping her off with her skirt. [[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/paul-harbord-drunk-does-del-3090795#.UuxF_D1dXIc Something like this happened in Durham]].

* Reversed in a strip by Sergio Aragones in ''[[{{Magazine/Mad}} Mad Magazine]]'' A female police officer storms into a room full of bad guys--and is woefully outnumbered. She then backpedals, pretends to be a stripper, gets a tip, waves goodbye, then runs to the police car and radios for more backup.

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* A sketch on ''[[Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook That Mitchell & Webb Sound]]'' involves two play-writes struggling to find inspiration for a new farce, while the typical events of one unfold around them. This includes mistaking a policeman for a stripper (and then vice versa).
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* Implied in ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' when [[MisterBig Mr. Big]] sees Judy Hopkins in clearly a police uniform and asks if she's "some kind of performer" hanging around with Nick Wilde.

* In the 1988 ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' Christmas special "Dates", a stripper dressed as a naval officer is hired for Uncle Albert's birthday party. Much to Del's horror, she turns out to be the woman he's dating, Raquel Turner, who told him she was an actress. Later in the episode, a policewoman tries to question Del about his dodgy van, and he assumes this is Albert getting back at him.

* Discussed in ''Series/BeingHuman'': when Mitchell wonders how Herrick knew about a criminal allegation against him, Herrick looks down at the police uniform he's wearing and sarcastically asks "all this time, have you been thinking I'm a stripogram?"

* And there's at least one case of a poor sod who assumed(with good reason in the time and place) that the policewoman turning up on official business was a stripper. And jollying things on by helping her off with her skirt.

* Happens in ''TheNewAdventuresOfOldChristine''. A muscular young cop named Officer Johnson arrives on Christine's doorstep to warn her of a prowler in the neighbourhood. However, it happens to be Christine's birthday and she thinks Barb has sent her a stripper. Cue one increasingly confused conversation between Christine and Officer Johnson.

* ''{{Ellen}}'': In "Go Girlz," during the slumber party, Ellen mistakes a cop for a stripper, who in turn enjoys the mix-up and plays along.

* ''TheGlades'' The whole substation rushes out to a report of an officer found dead. No-one recognizes him and Daniel is trying to run his badge number. Jim reveals the man's actual profession by stripping the pants off him.