History Main / TotemPoleTrench

** In [[https://www.deviantart.com/powerpup97/art/Digimon-Digi-Mall-Shoppers-863607569 this fanfiction]], Patamon and Gatomon do this to sneak into the mall to do some Christmas shopping for the Digimon-Destend children.

** In [[https://www.deviantart.com/powerpup97/art/Madagascar-ALW-Poetry-in-Melman-917427368 this fanfic]], Alex, Melman and Gloria do this to pose as Kate’s secret admirer and go on a date with her as Melman (who was her real secret admirer) writes poetry about her.

* ''WesternAnimation/Bluey'':

* In a ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' [[https://www.deviantart.com/powerpup97/art/Spyro-the-Dragon-A-Tall-Order-827282184 fanfic, Spyro, Ember and Cynder disguise themselves as a bigger dragon to try to fool the other dragons with Spyro on top. It doesn’t go so well.

** This trope has become fairly popular in fan-art of this franchise.

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' [[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5312144 in these]] [[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5312150 two fan arts]] have two Gatomons use a [[MobileSuitHuman robot suit]] so they can be Kari for the night.

* In this ''Anime/SonicX'' [[https://powerpup97.deviantart.com/art/Sonic-X-Vectors-Awkward-Date-713728553 fanfic]], Cream, Tails and Amy disguise themselves as Vanilla and go on a date with Vector.

* A variation in ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'': the Goliath Biped {{Smash Mook}}s are actually colonies of smaller Machine Lifeforms each controlling one section of a massive body, as seen by the multiple machine heads sticking out of them.

* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Dipplin displays a variation of this trope, consisting of two "wyrms" inside a single apple that give off the appearance of a single being similar to its pre-evolution, Applin. Despite this, Dipplin isn't much bigger than Applin, being 1'4" to Applin's 0'8".

* The Wizard enemy in ''VideoGame/WarioLand2'' is really two Pirate Gooms wearing a robe.

* Discussed in ''Series/{{Castle}}''. One victim happens to have just run a con on a first-grade classroom; forensic evidence says that his murderer was between 5'3" and 6' tall, so the cops conclude that the first-graders probably couldn't have done it unless they were using this trope.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyMakeYourMark'':
** In [[https://www.deviantart.com/powerpup97/art/MLP-MYM-Crouching-Dragon-Hidden-Alicorn-932692920 this fanfic]], Opaline and Misty do this to sneak into Maretime Bay to try to capture Sparky. Misty stands on top of Opaline and wraps a trench coat around the two of them so that Opaline can stay hidden from the ponies in town. Misty continuously delays the mission by wanting to do other things, which drives Opaline insane.

* Website/DeviantArt Users:
** [[http://badboych.deviantart.com HalloranIllustraions]] is a huge fan of this trope, as it is evident in a lot of his artwork.
** [[http://msiafanwriter.deviantart.com MsiaFanWriter]], is also a huge fan of this trope, as it is evident in [[http://msiafanwriter.deviantart.com/gallery/9937173/FanWriter-Paint-Arts in]] [[http://msiafanwriter.deviantart.com/gallery/36520030/Other-Pencil-Sketches different]] [[http://msiafanwriter.deviantart.com/gallery/44140802/Johan-and-Melies-in-School folders]].
** Another user, [[http://http://homerboy4.deviantart.com Homerboy4]] had his [[http://homerboy4.deviantart.com/art/Sole-Male-of-Slaves-465069465 twin]] [[http://homerboy4.deviantart.com/art/Twin-of-Sole-Male-of-Slaves-468464176 characters]] doing [[http://homerboy4.deviantart.com/art/Trench-Coat-Pervs-495063888 this]]. He also did [[http://homerboy4.deviantart.com/art/Stealin-Sum-Dranks-495236895 it]] again to have them steal alcoholic drinks, but this time he had [[http://homerboy4.deviantart.com/art/Sole-Male-of-Slaves-465069465 Melvin]] on top. He also did [[http://homerboy4.deviantart.com/art/Karsap-Request-2-498005230 it]] a third time to have them breaking into a rated R film this time with [[http://homerboy4.deviantart.com/art/Twin-of-Sole-Male-of-Slaves-468464176 Mira]] on top and have [[http://homerboy4.deviantart.com/art/Twin-of-Sole-Male-of-Slaves-468464176 her]] dress as [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] and [[http://homerboy4.deviantart.com/art/Sole-Male-of-Slaves-465069465 Melvin]] dress as the [[Characters/PokemonGenerationVCobalionToGenesect Keldeo]] this also counted as a shout out as he picked [[http://homerboy4.deviantart.com/art/Sole-Male-of-Slaves-465069465 Melvin]] and [[http://homerboy4.deviantart.com/art/Twin-of-Sole-Male-of-Slaves-468464176 Mira]]'s voice actors as Creator/VicMignogna and Creator/TaraStrong.

* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': [[http://sharpie91.deviantart.com/art/Turtles-in-a-Trenchcoat-419872937 This fanart]] shows presumably younger versions of the Ninja Turtles attempting to do this. They don't seem to be cooperating very well.

* ''Literature/TheKingsStilts'': While hiding from Lord Droon and the guards, a disguised Eric asks if they are seeking "a small boy with no belt" and directs them toward the sea.

* In Season 5 of ''Series/FaceOff'', Roy turned his (normal-sized) model into a pair of undead midgets in a trench coat. It was so funny that the judges themselves laughed out loud.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

* In Film/TheThreeStooges short ''Malice in the Palace'', Moe, Larry, and Shemp make themselves into a very tall spirit in order to scare a guard into giving them the Rootentooten Diamond.

* In Campaign 2, Episode 53 of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', the Mighty Nein meet the mysterious Madam Musk, a potion merchant wearing a long cloak. It doesn't take long for the party to suss out that "she" is actually five kobolds working together under the cloak.

* A trio of Scarabs in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' track down Snake this way in the first half of the game's third act.
* ''[[VideoGame/DrMario Dr. Mario World]]'' has Dr. Goomba Tower, which is literally just three Goomba's on top of each other wearing an ill-fitting doctors coat and Otolaryngologists's mirror on top of the head of the top Goomba.

* Spoofed in a first-season episode of ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'' in a skit where Andre enters a car dealership as the top half of a two-adult TPT, complete with a fedora, asking to buy a car in an obviously fake low voice. When the dealer asks him to unbutton the coat, Eric considers the requests to be sexually inappropriate.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'':

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'':
** Mason and Phil, the two chimpanzees, are caught buying train tickets while doing this.

* At the beginning of ''[[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Piglet's Big Movie]]'', Tigger and Pooh dress up as a tree as part of their plan to steal honey from a bee hive.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry: Shiver Me Whiskers'' Paul (a short pirate) piles himself on some monkeys while wearing a large pirate's jacket to make himself look more threatening.

* ''VideoGame/IdleChampionsOfTheForgottenRealms'' features [[Hugh Mann Hew Maan]] who is actually three kobolds in a trenchcoat. He has the ability "Hello, fellow humans!" which gives him a bonus based on how many "other" humans are in the party. One of his upgrades is to [[VerbalBackspace correct himself]] that he ''meant'' to say he is a member of some other race, and count those instead.

** In the episode "[[Recap/PokemonS1E29ThePunchyPokemon The Punchy Pokémon]]", Jessie and James did this after stealing Giant's Coat (and his Hitmonlee) in order to enter a Fighting Pokémon Tournament. Eventually, James complains that Jessie is too heavy and collapses from exhaustion.