History Main / CelebrityMasquerade

* When not fighting crime, ComicBook/Funnyman1948 is Larry Davis, a famous Creator/DannyKaye-type comedian in his own right.

* When not fighting crime, ComicBook/{{Funnyman}} is Larry Davis, a famous Creator/DannyKaye-type comedian in his own right.

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* ''ComicBook/NewGods''. By day, [[ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017 Mister Miracle]] is Scott Free, the world's greatest escape artist, and does a lot of work for charity.
* ''ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers'': Ashley Crawford/Big Bertha is actually a famous [[FanserviceModel swimsuit model]] in her civilian form. This is due to her having complete control over her body mass, so her overweight superhero form looks very different from her civilian form.
* A SpyFiction example occurs with Creator/OniPress' ''The Leading Man''. The story is about Nick Walker, a successful Hollywood movie actor is also a superspy working for ''[[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction The Agency]]'', a secret security organization, as a DoubleAgent.

* ComicBook/{{Vixen}} is secretly the well-known fashion model Mari Jiwe [=McCabe=]. Now that her mask is rarely included in her costume Mari has publicly announced that she's a superhero in several of her incarnations.
* Janet van Dyne, ComicBook/TheWasp, made her living as a fashion designer.
* Various superheroines had a double life as {{Fanservice Model}}s for swimsuits and lingerie as ComicBook/JeanGrey, [[Franchise/GreenLantern Jennifer-Lynn Hayden (Jade), Arisia Rrab]] and ComicBook/{{Starfire}} (under the name of Kory Anderson).
* As ''ComicBook/{{Shi}}'', she's a martial artist and a {{vigilante|Man}} who goes into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. As Ana Ishikawa (her civilian alter-ego), she's famous enough being an art historian and the director of Oiko Art Gallery.

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* In ''Film/{{Eternals}}'', Kingo poses as a Bollywood actor - to be precise, he's posed as [[MyGrandsonMyself five generations]] of actors by the time Sersi, Ikaris, and Sprite approach him while [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether trying to assemble the full team of Earth-based Eternals]].

* Minako Aino from ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'' is the IdolSinger of the moment. At the peak of her career as one of the trendiest pop stars of Japan, she still has to fight the forces of evil under her Sailor V persona and later as Sailor Venus.

* Jacky Bryant from ''Videogame/VirtuaFighter'' (and GuestFighter in ''Videogame/DeadOrAlive5'') is a JackOfAllStats: A famous race car driver and model from a rich family who also uses Jeet Kune Do as his fighting style.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls'' version of Bruce Wayne isn't just a philanthropist, he stars in a ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians''-style reality TV show, playing his useless rich man persona to the hilt.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', Chat Noir is actually Adrien Agreste, son of a fashion tycoon and part-time model. [[spoiler: Said fashion tycoon also happens to be the show's BigBad]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': Though the character Jet Fusion is more of a Celebrity Superspy, he fits the trope for the most part. Fusion is an actor who plays a [[TuxedoAndMartini James Bond-alike]] in [[ShowWithinAShow in-series films]] and gets recruited by a Spy organization [[ComicBooksAreReal to work as an actual spy]]. Fusion is able to justify his espionage activities under the guise of preparing or shooting of a new movie. For incidents that can't be easily covered up the United States government, he'll easily claim that they are [[AllPartOfTheShow stunts that are being recorded for an upcoming film]].

** ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperGlobetrotters'' has five of WesternAnimation/TheHarlemGlobetrotters be superheroes fighting evil with both StockSuperpowers and their basketball skills.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheGovernator'' was ''supposed'' to be about Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger as a superhero.

With [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob a few exceptions]], superheroes need day jobs. After all, those wonderful toys don't just grow on trees. Some can make it big as {{Intrepid Reporter}}s, while others can fulfill their need to help people round the clock as {{Military Superhero}}es. The average KidHero [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld goes to school]] instead of a day job. But sometimes, your alter ego is someone who's in the public eye.

See also StockSuperheroDayJobs, in which being famous is a "job" to hide his/her superhero life. MagicIdolSinger (when the IdolSinger in question is a MagicalGirlWarrior) and RichIdiotWithNoDayJob (when the public identity is a MillionairePlayboy) are sub-tropes. Inverted by AntiClimacticUnmasking, where a hero is unmasked and other characters are surprised by the fact that they aren't already famous.

* Oliver Queen is this towards the beginning of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', of the RichIdiotWithNoDayJob variety.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls'' version of Bruce Wayne isn't just a philanthropist, he stars in a ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians''-style reality TV show, playing his RichIdiotWithNoDayJob persona to the hilt.

** [[IdolSinger Callie and Marie]] in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' are two of Inkopolis's premier pop singers, and also Agents 1 and 2 of the New Squidbeak Splatoon.

** Deep Cut, consisting of Shiver the Octoling, Frye the Inkling and Big Man the Manta Ray, are Splatsville's most famous idol singers and performers who also run the Anarchy Splatcast on battling stages. They also moonlight as bandits who steal treasure. [[spoiler:This causes them to run into the New Squidbeak Splatoon and mistakenly believe they're trying to find treasure before them. However, the trio's banditry is to help out the less fortunate in Splatsville.]]

* [[IdolSinger Callie and Marie]] in ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' are two of Inkopolis's premier pop singers, and also Agents 1 and 2 of the New Squidbeak Splatoon.

* [[IdolSinger Callie and Marie]] in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' are Inkopolis's premier pop singers, and also Agents 1 and 2 of the New Squidbeak Splatoon.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}: Jackpoint personality Kat O' Nine-Tails has a day job as a famous musician that she uses as cover for her 'Runner activity. She points out the trouble with trying to maintain a lifestyle in the public eye while simultaneously operating below the radar, and suggests that other 'Runners who want to work in the entertainment industry would be better off working as roadies, backup dancers, or special effects team members as those get you the same traveling options without nearly as much risk of being recognized.

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** WesternAnimation/TheSuperGlobetrotters has five of WesternAnimation/TheHarlemGlobetrotters be superheroes fighting evil with both StockSuperpowers and their basketball skills.
** WesternAnimation/MaryKateAndAshleyInAction makes the Olsen Twins Celebrity Superspies.
** WesternAnimation/ProStars makes Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson and Wayne Gretzky superheroes who use gadgets themed to their particular sports.
** WesternAnimation/TheGovernator was ''supposed'' to be about Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger as a superhero.

With [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob a few exceptions]], superheroes need day jobs. After, all those wonderful toys don't just grow on trees. Some can make it big as {{Intrepid Reporter}}s, while others can fulfill their need to help people round the clock as {{Military Superhero}}es. The average KidHero [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld goes to school]] instead of a day job. But sometimes, your alter ego is someone who's in the public eye.