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** King of Dinosaurs, the "new" MaskedLuchador in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIV'' is quite obviously [[VideoGame/FatalFury Tizoc]] in a new costume--one that mostly retains his red color scheme, at that--trying to be a Heel (he's pretty prone to slipping into Face thinking during his attacks). Terry, for one, isn't remotely fooled by the getup and compliments him on his new outfit and gimmick. It doesn't help that, despite his moveset being overhauled, two of Tizoc's trademark moves are still employed by King of Dinosaurs: Justice Hurricane and Big Fall Griffon (though they've been renamed Zetsumetsu Hurricane and Super Zetsumetsu Hurricane). Tizoc is basically doing this due to an off-screen loss to newcomer Nelson: he wants a grudge match, but that's not [[{{Kayfabe}} appropriate behavior]] for a Face.
** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXV'' introduces us to Krohnen: a blue-haired, yellow-wearing man with ties to NESTS. Hey, remember K9999, a blue-haired, yellow-wearing [[CaptainErsatz blatant ripoff]] of ''Manga/{{AKIRA}}'''s Tetsuo Shima with ties to NESTS that showed up in ''2001'' and ''2002'' before never being heard from since? Turns out they're one and the same; Ángel outright calls him K9999 in their team ending with Kula. Justified by the fact that in-universe NESTS agents want him dead for secession and out-universe his original design was grounds for a lawsuit.

* King of Dinosaurs, the "new" MaskedLuchador in ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters The King of Fighters XIV]]'' is quite obviously [[VideoGame/FatalFury Tizoc]] in a new costume--one that mostly retains his red color scheme, at that--trying to be a Heel (he's pretty prone to slipping into Face thinking during his attacks). Terry, for one, isn't remotely fooled by the getup and compliments him on his new outfit and gimmick. It doesn't help that, despite his moveset being overhauled, two of Tizoc's trademark moves are still employed by King of Dinosaurs: Justice Hurricane and Big Fall Griffon (though they've been renamed Zetsumetsu Hurricane and Super Zetsumetsu Hurricane). Tizoc is basically doing this due to an off-screen loss to newcomer Nelson: he wants a grudge match, but that's not [[{{Kayfabe}} appropriate behavior]] for a Face.

* ''3 Count Bout'' has two of these. One is [[VideoGame/FatalFury Raiden/Big Bear's]] rival Big Bomberder, a brutish heel who tried to turn face by wearing a mask and calling himself Gochack Bigbomb. The other is the sadistic [[KnifeNut knife-wielding]] Blubber Man, whose face persona is the masked Blues Hablam (who is still not above pulling out a knife).

** Lee Chaolan is nowhere to be found in ''Tekken 3'' or ''4'', but in ''4'' there ''is'' a guy named Violet who looks almost exactly like him, only with [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair dark purple hair]]. He also wears sunglasses that can be knocked off during a fight. And he has Lee as an unlockable alternate costume. Lee wasn't fooling anybody, and dropped the act for ''Tekken 5''. This particular case is justified in that Lee had been exiled from the Mishima Zaibatsu on the threat of death in ''2'' after being defeated by Heihachi. Though he abided by this for ''Tekken 3'', his curiosity was piqued by a recent attack on G Corporation by the Zaibatsu in ''4'' and he decided to investigate, leading to the creation of his Violet alias to protect his identity. It's ''still'' a pretty terrible "disguise", and Lee decided to say "screw it" for all games after.

* Comicbook/{{Spider Man}} got in on the act too when he was accused of murder; Peter Parker temporarily retired Spider-Man and took on no less than ''four'' new superpowered personas with technology to fake new powers (a brilliant move, as he realized a "new" superhero with similar powers showing up so soon would be blatantly suspicious, and using four identities meant that if one of them was exposed[[note]]and sure enough, one was[[/note]] he'd have others to fall back on) - superheroes Prodigy and Hornet and, in a rarity for this trope, super''villains'' Dusk and Ricochet. [[StickySituation The Trapster]] was heartbroken when he found out the real identity of his new BFF Dusk.
** Which has an added bit of trope, [[FanNickName ol' Webhead]] was able to fight two of Wolverine's rogues, Roughouse the half-Troll and pseudo vampire Bloodscream, whilst [[ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction changing outfits]] in between attacks, making them think [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome they were fighting all four]].

* In the inverse of a hero taking up new identity, Tony Stark, as part of his SecretIdentity at the time, claims that the guy in the ComicBook/IronMan armor is a different after FakingTheDead in ''ComicBook/ArmorWars''. He even goes as far as to rejoins the Avengers by posing as this someone else in the armor after the team kicked him out due to his actions during the story.

* In the inverse of a hero taking up new identity, ComicBook/IronMan rejoins the Avengers by posing as someone else in the armor after the team kicked him out due to his actions during the ''ComicBook/ArmorWars'' story.

* Parodied in ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo Tsu'', where if the player does well enough, the FinalBoss, Satan, is replaced by the TrueFinalBoss, Masked Satan. The first thing Arle does in the pre-battle cutscene is point out that he’s just Satan wearing a CoolMask, to which he insists otherwise.

The TropeNamer is presumably ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', but no relation otherwise. Compare TheRealRemingtonSteele, which is when the "Charlie Brown" persona returns as a LegacyCharacter coexisting with the original.

->''"I'm not Wrestling/HulkHogan, [[CatchPhrase BROTHER!]]"''

* In the state of Florida (reprised in Jim Crockett's WTBS-based Wrestling/{{N|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA territory from a suspension), Wrestling/DustyRhodes lost a "LoserLeavesTown" match to Wrestling/KevinSullivan. Just as Rhodes had left, a mysterious new superstar, The Midnight Rider, came onto the scene, looking awfully similar to Rhodes. Sullivan and heel manager Wrestling/JamesJDillon were not impressed, and tried to get Bob Geigel (the NWA president} to suspend Rhodes, using a promo as videotaped evidence. Sadly for them, Geigel told them to get better proof, and the Rider would team with good friend Wrestling/{{MagnumTA}} to win the tag team titles, only losing them after the Rider had to unmask. The Rider even won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Title]] (at a time when that meant something) from Wrestling/RicFlair, but had to forfeit it after Geigel informed Rider that he would have to choose the mask or the title. Eventually, Rhodes was reinstated after the stipulation had expired, and brought several Midnight Riders to ringside for one of his many matches with Flair.

*** This was quietly dropped after Daniels and Suicide appeared in the ring at the same time, and the mask was passed to a third person (Kiyoshi) and many others. It would finally be played straight again when Wrestling/AustinAries ''stole'' the mask, leading the "legit" at that time Suicide to go by Manik to distance himself from Aries.

* In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueElite'', in order to infiltrate an alien gang, Vera Lynn Black, the Flash, and the Mist adopt fake identities as "Miss Morphine", "Supersonic", and "The Nothing", respectively.

** {{Discussed}} early on, when Tiger Mask recollects the story of a Tiger's Cave wrestler who didn't want to pay the organization 50% of his earnings used a different mask to wrestle and SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occured: Tiger's Cave identified him ''immediately'' from his build and style and sent wrestlers with orders to hit him exclusively in the head [[DrivenToSuicide until he threw himself under a train]]. That's why, when he rebelled, he didn't bother to use a different mask.

** Efficiently {{Deconstructed}} in the same tournament with Great Zebra, alias [[spoiler:Giant Baba]]: [[GenreSavvy knowing how hard it is to pull it off]], [[spoiler:Baba]] wore a costume that completely concealed his body ''and'' subtly altered his voice and refrained from using the one distinctive part of his style, namely [[spoiler:kicking with his giant feet]], but Tiger Mask, [[AwesomenessByAnalysis who is formidable at analyzing and recognizing moves]], recognized him anyway from his awesome strength and skill and [[DamnYouMuscleMemory the moment when he nearly]] [[spoiler:kicked]].

** {{Justified}} in the manga with the fake Tiger Mask: for the impersonation Tiger's Cave picked a wrestler with identical build (to the point that, during their training, the coaches couldn't tell them from each other from behind) and trained him for ''years'' until he could mimick the original's style and ''voice'' to perfection, with even their ''weight'' when they finally fought being the same. And given Tiger Mask hides his identity from everyone, when Giant Baba claims Tiger Mask was with him when the fake crippled a wrestler it was pointed out that he couldn't be sure which one was the imposter.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' did a similar subversion, where [=SpongeBob=] is trying to get into a tough guy bar. Shortly after someone tells him that only people with cool haircuts get in, somebody looking just like [=SpongeBob=] shows up with a pompadour and a leather jacket, claiming that he's a drifter who just blew into town. After the bouncer Reg tries to pull off the drifter's pompadour, thinking that he's [=SpongeBob=] in disguise, the real [=SpongeBob=] shows up wearing a rainbow-colored clown wig.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' did a similar subversion, where [=SpongeBob=] is trying to get into a tough guy bar. Shortly after someone tells him that only people with cool haircuts get in, somebody looking just like [=SpongeBob=] shows up with a pompadour and a leather jacket. After the bouncer tries to pull his wig off, the real [=SpongeBob=] shows up wearing a rainbow-colored clown wig.
** They repeated that gag again in the episode with Pearl's slumber party.

* The SoBadItsGood b-movie ''Grunt!: The Wrestling Movie'' after Mad Dog accidentally takes Skull Crusher Johnson's head off during a match (yeah, it's that kind of movie), he disappears for several years, only for the creatively-named masked wrestler The Mask to show up looking nearly identical and wrestling in the same style. Subverted in the movie's climax, when Mad Dog shows up to interfere in a Battle Royal being held to fill the vacant championship, to stop The Mask from taking Captain Carnage's head off the same way. The end of the movie features [[LampshadeHanging the filmmakers trying to figure out who the hell The Mask was if he wasn't Mad Dog.]]

** {{Discussed}} early on, when Tiger Mask recollects the story of a Tiger's Cave wrestler who didn't want to pay the organization 50% of his earnings used a different mask to wrestle and [[RealityEnsues Reality Ensued]]: Tiger's Cave identified him ''immediately'' from his build and style and sent wrestlers with orders to hit him exclusively in the head [[DrivenToSuicide until he threw himself under a train]]. That's why, when he rebelled, he didn't bother to use a different mask.

* The SoBadItsGood b-movie ''Grunt!: The Wrestling Movie'' subverts the trope, as after Mad Dog accidentally takes Skull Crusher Johnson's head off during a match (yeah, it's that kind of movie), he disappears for several years, only for the creatively-named masked wrestler The Mask to show up looking nearly identical and wrestling in the same style. The subversion comes in the movie's climax, when Mad Dog shows up to interfere in a Battle Royal being held to fill the vacant championship, to stop The Mask from taking Captain Carnage's head off the same way. The end of the movie features [[LampshadeHanging the filmmakers trying to figure out who the hell The Mask was if he wasn't Mad Dog.]]

* In ''Manga/SkipBeat'' Kyouko and Maria are planning their 'Happy Grateful Party' for Christmas Eve; right at the start, Lory enthusiastically volunteers to help them. Knowing his... propensity (understatement) for taking over events, they firmly ban him from doing ''anything'' connected to the party. After brief period of sulking, a mysterious masked figure calling himself 'Daddy Long Legs' appears and volunteers to fund the entire enterprise and provide a venue. It's fairly obvious that Kyouko and Maria know perfectly well who it is, but accept this as a compromise to both keep Lory under control (as much as anyone ever can!) and actually be able to afford to throw the party, since Maria's in grade school and Kyouko's supporting herself with part-time work.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kiwami'', Kiryu can occasionally encounter a mysterious fighter known as Hannya-Man, a fearsome figure that stalks West Park. It's obviously [[EvilCounterpart Goro Majima]] wearing a hannya mask and a tuxedo, with the only difference that he's ''far'' [[TheQuietOne less talkative]] than usual. Sure enough, Kiryu recognizes him, but is legitimately creeped out by his behavior.

So, the {{heel}} cheated in a LoserLeavesTown match, or he got in the ear of an authority figure, and now a popular {{face}} has found himself unceremoniously ousted from the promotion. The fans of the face are screaming for justice. But never fear, Charlie Brown From Outta Town, the mysterious [[PaperThinDisguise masked]] wrestler with an oddly familiar build and wrestling style, is here...

* In ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'', one of the targets moonlights as a pit fighter who is scheduled to face an out-of-state challenger, "The Patriot." The Patriot can be subdued as he's taking a powder, allowing 47 to don his luchador mask and tights. No one will be the wiser.
** This also allows 47 to [[RefugeInAudacity beat the target to death in the ring, in front of a cheering crowd, and simply walk out of there]].

* Ditto ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', when Peter took a free sample of sausages, followed by 3 lookalikes who also take samples. The exasperated employee explains that they're free, and he doesn't have to keep disguising himself to get more. Of course, at this point, all of the others, including the real Peter show up for more samples.