History Main / BlackTieInfiltration

** ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'' has Ethan infiltrating a party at the Doge's Palace in UsefulNotes/{{Venice}} in the second act when following the trail of Grace, and once there he finds out several factions (Gabriel, the White Widow etc) are interested in the MacGuffin that can allow to either deactivate or control the [[AIIsACrapshoot rogue AI]] known as "The Entity", which Gabriel serves. A chase in the city's streets and a dramatic fight on one of its bridges ensues.

* In Saturday Night Live character as Adam Sandler in Opera Man, he did wear a black bow tie, black tuxedo with a white shirt, white handkerchief in his hands, and black-red lined cape, similar to a stereotypical vampire, and his hair wig. He was a Italian operatic singer.

*** "The Meat King's Party", in which a [[FatBastard wealthy and morbidly obese]] meat magnate throws a party in one of his abattoirs to celebrate his recent acquittal. 47 must assassinate both the magnate and his lawyer. Although, in that case 47 infiltrates the party disguised as a butcher, not dressed with a suit and tie.

*** "A Dance with the Devil", in which 47 must assassinate two guests at an elaborate costume party in Las Vegas.

*** "The Meat King's Party", in which a [[FatBastard wealthy and morbidly obese]] meat magnate throws a party in one of his abattoirs to celebrate his recent acquittal. 47 must assassinate both the magnate and his lawyer.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': The Spider-Gang needs to infiltrate the reception given by Wilson Fisk in order to gain access to the elevators. It turns out to be super-easy, barely an inconvenience because all the waiters are dressed in Spider-Man masks. So, they don't have to hide their costumes, Peter B. just adding a necktie to his. Peni and SP//dr serve as a bus table since they don't have suits; Spider-Ham doesn't appear in the scene, but a deleted scene shows that he was hiding inside the cloche.

* In the ''Series/{{Castle}}'' episode "[[Recap/CastleS4E20TheLimey The Limey]]", while investigating arms traffickers, Beckett infiltrates a gala at the British consulate alongside a detective inspector from UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard. She remarks that it must be easy for him being among his own people, and he comments that "my people are the ones serving the drinks."

* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': Tom O'Bedlam's "Phoenix Party" to celebrate [[TheNthDoctor Glamorax's transformation]] is infiltrated by [[spoiler:agents of [[EldritchAbomination the Oubor,]] who use talismans to disrupt Glamorax's rebirth]].

* The Season 5 premier of ''Series/GetSmart'' features the lead BattleCouple and another agent infiltrate a KAOS cocktail party this way -- 99 is disguised as a server, Agent Rosa La Costa as a singer, and Max as her pianist. They succeed in rescuing the prisoner they came to free, albeit [[CuttingTheKnot not in the way they planned]].

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries'':

** The original ''Film/{{Mission Impossible|1996}}'' opens with the team breaking into a social event in Germany to steal intelligence. [[spoiler:Turns out the information they were after was bait to smoke out TheMole, who saw it coming and pinned it on Ethan.]]
** ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'' has Hunt's team infiltrate a secure black-tie event at the Vatican in order to abduct an arms dealer IMF has been after for a while who killed one of Ethan's proteges.

** ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'' has Hunt and Dunn infiltrate a [[AtTheOperaTonight high-society performance]] of the {{opera}} ''Theatre/{{Turandot}}'' to try and foil the Syndicate's assassination of the Chancellor of Austria at the same event. [[spoiler:They foil the three snipers by killing one and then [[TakeAThirdOption shooting the chancellor nonfatally themselves]], but the Syndicate plant a bomb in the Chancellor's limo and blow him up on his way to the hospital.]]
** ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'' has Ethan infiltrating a party at the Doge's Palace in UsefulNotes/{{Venice}} in the second act, where he finds out several factions are interested in the MacGuffin that can allow to either deactivate or control the [[AIIsACrapshoot rogue AI]] known as "The Entity".

** ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'' has Hunt and Dunn infiltrate a high-society performance of ''Theatre/{{Turandot}}'' to try and foil the Syndicate's assassination of the Chancellor of Austria at the same event. [[spoiler:They foil the three snipers by killing one and then [[TakeAThirdOption shooting the chancellor nonfatally themselves]], but the Syndicate plant a bomb in the Chancellor's limo and blow him up on his way to the hospital.]]

* Several examples from the ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' franchise:

* ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'': Lady Boyle's party, ran by a wealthy and elusive target of the protagonist who just so happens to have decided to make it a Masquerade ball. Very convenient for an assassin who always wears a mask.

* In ''VideoGame/DeceiveInc'', Operation: Silver Reef and Operation: Hard Sell are executed in the middle of an underwater hotel's fashion show and a formal house party, respectively.

* In ''Film/Film/OperationFortuneRuseDeGuerre'', Orson and Sarah take advantage of Greg Simmonds' obsession with movie star Danny Francesco by recruiting Francesco to allow them to infiltrate the black tie charity auction being held aboard Simmonds' luxury yacht in Cannes.

* In ''Film/TheCrimeDoctorsCourage'', David Lee [[JanitorImpersonationInfiltration gets a job as a waiter to infiltrate Gordon and Kathleen Carson's dinner party, where he [[DinnerAndAShow creates a scene]] by accusing Gordon of having murdered his first two wives.

* In ''Film/MajorGromPlagueDoctor'', Igor Grom and Yulia Pchelkina infiltrate the opening night party in a casino, concealing their identities as a police detective and a journalist respectively. Amusingly, they do it separately and only bump into each other inside. Grom has to borrow the suit from his criminal friend, along with an expensive car which just happens to match one stolen a while back.