History Main / CostumeCopycat

** ''ComicBook/{{Superman|1939}} (Volume 1)'' #169 (1964) featured a story in which a criminal (who, thanks to MagicPlasticSurgery, actually has Superman's face as well) dressing as Superman to gain access to a top secret prototype.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsClintBaron Clint Barton]] also dressed up as Captain America for a bit after his real death, at Tony Stark's urging. He was shouted out of the idea by his own namesake.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** ''ComicBook/{{Superman}} (Volume 1)'' #169 (1964) featured a story in which a criminal (who, thanks to MagicPlasticSurgery, actually has Superman's face as well) dressing as Superman to gain access to a top secret prototype.

** Superman lampshades it in ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies'':

* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Issue #86 (1954) featured a story in which Bruce (Batman) Wayne and Dick (Robin) Grayson, on a road trip across the US, discover an Indian reservation protected by Chief Man-of-the-Bats and Little Raven. Not only were these heroes' costumes exactly like those of Batman and Robin except for the addition of feather headdresses, the physical resemblance was so close (despite Chief Man-of-the-Bats and Little Raven being, you know, Indians) that Batman and Robin were able to [[EmergencyImpersonation stand in for them]] when they were injured. The two reappeared in a 2007 arc (''Batman'' #667-669) dedicated to the ''many'' tribute heroes Batman and Robin had met over the world: Knight and Squire (England), the Legionnaire (Italy), etc.

* ''ComicBook/{{The Warlord|DC}}'': At Desaad's bidding, Y'Smalla disguises herself as Morgan and conducts a series of bandit raids in order to destroy the Warlord's heroic reputation.

* During ''Literature/TheExecutioner'''s Washington D.C. crusade, the Mafia has someone dress up in Bolan's blacksuit and carry out various assassinations.

** Downplayed when the Dark Archer first appears. Pressure is put on Detective Lance to blame the Vigilante for the murders, but even though Lance hates him he can tell it's not the same person and refuses to do so.

* ''Film/ThePhantom1943'': One of the villain's attempts to gain control of the jungle tribes involves getting one of his henchmen to impersonate the Phantom. The impersonation fools everybody -- including one of the villain's allies who's belatedly enacting an earlier attempt to gain control of the jungle tribes by getting one of his henchmen to ''assassinate'' the Phantom.

** In ''Trials and Tribulations'', Furio Tigre manages to successfully impersonate Phoenix and even ''stand trial'' as him simply by wearing his spiky hairstyle, blue suit, and an attorney badge (made of ''cardboard'') despite not resembling him ''at all'' in terms of height, build, face, voice or even ''skin tone''. Phoenix is repeatedly flabbergasted as to how apparently no one pays attention to anything about him other than the way he dresses.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': In season 3, Wilson Fisk dresses [[Characters/MCUBenjaminPoindexter Agent Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter]] up in a Daredevil costume and has him commit terrorist attacks in public to discredit the real Daredevil's reputation. Ironically Matt Murdock has actually given up wearing that costume and reverted to his BetaOutfit from the start of the series.

* In the ComicBook/New52, [[Characters/DCComicsLobo Lobo]] gets dramatically reinvented. Since "Classic Lobo" had already appeared in ''ComicBook/Stormwatch2011'', it was explained that the existing character was a fake Lobo.

** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' did it again, but DarkerAndEdgier. Some random immigrant wore a Spider-Man suit and started robbing banks with a gun. Needless to say, this was not good for Spidey's reputation. As expected, he gets beaten up by the angsty superhero. But not before the real Spider-Man gets shot by the police when he attempts to stop the impersonator during a bank robbery. OW.

* During Judd Winick's run on ''[[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders The Outsiders]]'', Arsenal is getting info from a mysterious figure. He finally tells Nightwing, it's Batman with Nightwing upset at first. He and Batman talk with Nightwing saying that the info Batman has been giving has panned out. Batman states he hasn't talked to Arsenal in a year. Nightwing calls up Roy, who's meeting Batman on a roof...and it turns out this entire time "Batman" has actually been Deathstroke using the Outsiders for his own means.

* This applied to ComicBook/IronMan when Tony Stark had become a drunken wreck thanks to [[TheChessmaster Obadiah]] [[ManipulativeBastard Stane]]. With Tony in no condition to pilot the Iron Man armor, his buddy [[Characters/IronManHeroes Jim Rhodes]] took over as Iron Man until Stark got back on his feet.

* This trope was used to retcon away the severe VillainDecay of supervillain Prometheus, who had gone from a veritable force of nature capable of putting nearly the entire ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica on the ropes single-handed, to being a {{Mook|s}} for various Franchise/{{Batman}} villains. It was eventually revealed that the Mook version had been merely an impostor Prometheus using his costume and weapons, while the real Prometheus was trapped in a telepathically-induced catatonic state. After escaping and killing his imposter, Prometheus returned to his rightful place on the power scale, appearing as the BigBad in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice''. [[spoiler:He died at the end of it, making the whole impostor reveal a ShaggyDogStory.]]

* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Hercules has sometimes impersonated Thor.

* [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]] and Characters/{{Daredevil|MattMurdock}} have been known to dress as each other to protect their secret identities. In one issue, Peter did it because he didn't have a spare costume available and wanted to borrow one of Matt's. Peter may have a special suit just for him, or Daredevil's eye pieces are removable so he can see.

* While not a true copycat, the CloudCuckooLander Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}'s costume is very similar to Spider-Man's, as is his sense of humor and [[YouFightLikeACow mastery of insult fighting]]. Various bystanders throughout the years, especially in Spider-Man's New York turf, comment on the resemblance and mistake Deadpool for Spider-Man. In an issue where the two met, they [[LampshadeHanging hung a lampshade]] on it. Also lampshaded in an issue of ''Deadpool'' which reveals how Deadpool got his costume: he found it in a costume shop, with a note saying, "Thanks but no thanks. -Spider-Man". Deadpool was loosely based on Characters/{{Deathstroke}} of DC Comics, right down to his real name-- Deadpool is ''Wade'' Wilson, while Deathstroke is ''Slade'' Wilson. They actually appeared in a crossover together and noted their similarities.

*** What's more, that team was led by the second Comicbook/BlackWidow, secretly [[spoiler:the original Black Widow wearing a wig]].

** [[Characters/HawkeyeClintBaron Clint Barton]] also dressed up as Captain America for a bit after his real death, at Tony Stark's urging. He was shouted out of the idea by his own namesake.

* In the ''ComicStrip/SpiderMan'' comic strip, there was this random guy who started going around in a Spider-Man suit with the mask off. Unusually, when the real Spider-Man finally appeared with him in public, he made up a story to cover for the impostor.

* During Judd Winick's run on ''The Outsiders'', Arsenal is getting info from a mysterious figure. He finally tells Nightwing, it's Batman with Nightwing upset at first. He and Batman talk with Nightwing saying that the info Batman has been giving has panned out. Batman states he hasn't talked to Arsenal in a year. Nightwing calls up Roy, who's meeting Batman on a roof...and it turns out this entire time "Batman" has actually been Deathstroke using the Outsiders for his own means.

* ''Fantomen'': A 1980 issue, "Flame", featured a woman inspired to fight injustice by tales of ComicStrip/ThePhantom. She adopted a costume that somehow managed to look just like the Phantom's (apart from the necessary concessions to body shape), despite her never having seen the Phantom herself nor met anybody who had.

* ''Webcomic/LoveAndCapes'': Crusader finds out someone was doing this to him. Turns out, it was fellow hero Windstar - the latter was at a Halloween party ''as'' Crusader when someone arrived to take hostages at the party. Windstar used his powers to fake being Crusader to stop them -- Crusader noted how dangerous this was, as one of the powers that he had that Windstar lacked was being [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' #86 (1954) featured a story in which Bruce (Batman) Wayne and Dick (Robin) Grayson, on a road trip across the US, discover an Indian reservation protected by Chief Man-of-the-Bats and Little Raven. Not only were these heroes' costumes exactly like those of Batman and Robin except for the addition of feather headdresses, the physical resemblance was so close (despite Chief Man-of-the-Bats and Little Raven being, you know, Indians) that Batman and Robin were able to [[EmergencyImpersonation stand in for them]] when they were injured. The two reappeared in a 2007 arc (''Batman'' #667-669) dedicated to the ''many'' tribute heroes Batman and Robin had met over the world: Knight and Squire (England), the Legionnaire (Italy), etc.
* A 1980 issue of ''Fantomen'', "Flame", featured a woman inspired to fight injustice by tales of ComicStrip/ThePhantom. She adopted a costume that somehow managed to look just like the Phantom's (apart from the necessary concessions to body shape), despite her never having seen the Phantom herself nor met anybody who had.
* Following the return of [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]] in the 1960s, his appearances through the mid-'50s were {{RetCon}}ned into tribute heroes--the Spirit of '76, the Patriot, and a nameless history professor who went so far as to re-invent the supersoldier formula and get plastic surgery to look like Steve Rogers. Eventually this last fellow [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity lost his mind due to an unrecognized side-effect]] and slipped into the other version of the trope.
** ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} Clint Barton also dressed up as Captain America for a bit after his real death, at Tony Stark's urging. He was shouted out of the idea by his own namesake.
* Spider-Man once met an imitator from The Netherlands (in a comic actually produced there.)
* In ''Webcomic/LoveAndCapes'', Crusader finds out someone was doing this to him. Turns out, it was fellow hero Windstar - the latter was at a Halloween party ''as'' Crusader when someone arrived to take hostages at the party. Windstar used his powers to fake being Crusader to stop them -- Crusader noted how dangerous this was, as one of the powers that he had that Windstar lacked was being [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]].
* ''ComicBook/TheWarlordDC'': At Desaad's bidding, Y'Smalla disguises herself as Morgan and conducts a series of bandit raids in order to destroy the Warlord's heroic reputation.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', while Matt Murdock is imprisoned, an impostor runs around Hell's Kitchen dressed in his suit, and was eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:[[Characters/IronFist Danny Rand]]]]. In the past, Spider-Man has also masqueraded as Daredevil [[IdentityImpersonator when Matt Murdock and Daredevil needed to be in the same place at the same time]].

** Not to mention the maniac hired to impersonate Daredevil in the ''[[ComicBook/DaredevilBornAgain Born Again]]'' storyline. Matt ends up kicking his ass and stealing his costume before going to defeat Nuke.

* In the lead-up to ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}'', Dark Beast, the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' counterpart to [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam the normal Beast]], captured his 616 counterpart, dyed his grey fur blue, and infiltrated the ComicBook/XMen to avoid Mr. Sinister (who recognized his own theories in use with Dark Beast's experiments on the Morlocks and instigated the events of ''ComicBook/MutantMassacre'' to destroy them[[note]]Dark Beast studied under his reality's Sinister[[/note]]) revealing himself when he went to work for Onslaught.

* In the lead-up to ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}'', Dark Beast, the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' counterpart to [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam the normal Beast]], captured his 616 counterpart dyed his grey fur blue, and infiltrated the ComicBook/XMen to avoid Mr. Sinister, revealing himself when he went to work for Onslaught.

* This happens in the ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' episode "The Impostors". Two men pose as International Rescue, having copied the uniform, so they can commit crimes for which International Rescue will be blamed.

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* In ''Webcomic/LoveAndCapes'', Crusader finds out someone was doing this to him. Turns out, it was fellow hero Windstar - the latter was at a Halloween party ''as'' Crusader when someone arrived to take hostages at the party. Windstar used his powers to fake being Crusader to stop them - Crusader noted how dangerous this was, as one of the powers that he had that Windstar lacked was being [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]].
* ''ComicBook/TheWarlord'': At Desaad's bidding, Y'Smalla disguises herself as Morgan and conducts a series of bandit raids in order to destroy the Warlord's heroic reputation.

* Towards the end of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', the two MalevolentMaskedMen usurp Nanoha and Fate's appearances [[spoiler:[[BreakTheCutie to spectacularly execute the Wolkenritter in front of Hayate's eyes]]]]. This also served as {{Foreshadowing}} to their identities, since [[spoiler:they got the color of the outfits wrong due the fact that cats are colorblind.]]

* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' (Volume 1) #5 (1961) had the League infiltrated by an impostor wearing [[spoiler:Franchise/GreenLantern]]'s outfit and using gadgets to imitate his powers.

** In ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'' #392, the Stanhope College dedicates one day to honor ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} for all she has done for the place, and want all students to war Supergirl's costumes. Ironically, Linda Danvers is the only one who cannot wear one because someone is trying to find out her secret identity.

** ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Kon-El/Conner Kent also did not claim to be the real thing. Rather, he admitted and was even proud of being a clone--he just wanted to be called Super''man'' and not Super''boy''.
* Jason Todd, the second ComicBook/{{Robin}}, after coming BackFromTheDead [[FaceHeelTurn as a villain]], adopted the identity of the hero ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} (who had been the first Robin), much to the real Nightwing's annoyance.

** Damian (Bruce's son with Talia Al Ghul) showed up at Wayne Manor, wearing an approximation of the Robin costume, although there were notable differences that were easy to spot, and he wasn't really trying to impersonate current Tim Drake, so much as make the point that he felt that he should be Robin instead.

* A number of people had dressed up as Batman at one time or another. However, because of his mythological nature of being mysterious, it's easy for someone to think that another version of Batman is actually him and it would take a very skilled detective (or at least someone in-the-know) to realize that Batman isn't the real one. Gordon knew right away though. How? He turned around [[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} one time]] and ''[[StealthHiBye Batman was still there.]]'' It was [[ComicBook/{{Azrael}} Jean-Paul Valley]] filling in.

** An early issue had JerkJock Flash Thompson putting on a store-bought Spidey costume to play a prank on Peter, only to be confused for the real Spider-man by Doctor Doom.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', while Matt Murdock is imprisoned, an impostor runs around Hell's Kitchen dressed in his suit, and was eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/IronFist Danny Rand]]]]. In the past, Spider-Man has also masqueraded as Daredevil [[IdentityImpersonator when Matt Murdock and Daredevil needed to be in the same place at the same time]].
** There was also a storyline where the assassin ComicBook/{{Bullseye|MarvelComics}} pretended to be Daredevil (unsurprisingly, this was bad for DD's public image) while the real Daredevil was missing due to amnesia.

* Franchise/SpiderMan and ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} have been known to dress as each other to protect their secret identities. In one issue, Peter did it because he didn't have a spare costume available and wanted to borrow one of Matt's. Peter may have a special suit just for him, or Daredevil's eye pieces are removable so he can see.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' #655 (2006) opens with Batman apparently at the mercy of the Joker. Then Batman pulls out a gun. And then the ''real'' Batman shows up...
* It has happened to supervillains too. For instance, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} has been wrongly implicated for crimes Catman committed.

* While not a true copycat, the CloudCuckooLander ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s costume is very similar to Spider-Man's, as is his sense of humor and [[YouFightLikeACow mastery of insult fighting]]. Various bystanders throughout the years, especially in Spider-Man's New York turf, comment on the resemblance and mistake Deadpool for Spider-Man. In an issue where the two met, they [[LampshadeHanging hung a lampshade]] on it. Also lampshaded in an issue of ''Deadpool'' which reveals how Deadpool got his costume: he found it in a costume shop, with a note saying, "Thanks but no thanks. -Spider-Man". Deadpool was loosely based on ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} of DC Comics, right down to his real name-- Deadpool is ''Wade'' Wilson, while Deathstroke is ''Slade'' Wilson. They actually appeared in a crossover together and noted their similarities.

* A ''part'' of the ComicBook/DarkAvengers team was made up of supervillains given the costumes of heroes under the orders of ComicBook/NormanOsborn, with the government's backing.
** Then Osborn [[VillainWithGoodPublicity took over S.H.I.E.L.D.]], renaming it H.A.M.M.E.R, and led a team of Avengers consisting of himself, a bunch of villains in disguise, one [[FaceHeelTurn hero gone bad]] and whatever Comicbook/{{Ares|Marvel}} is.

* This applied to ComicBook/IronMan when Tony Stark had become a drunken wreck thanks to [[TheChessmaster Obadiah]] [[ManipulativeBastard Stane]]. With Tony in no condition to pilot the Iron Man armor, his buddy [[ComicBook/WarMachine Jim Rhodes]] took over as Iron Man until Stark got back on his feet.
* After James Rhodes retired in the 90's, his Comicbook/WarMachine armor was found by a man named Parnell Jacobs. Jacobs used the War Machine identity to become a criminal mercenary, and clashed with Iron Man a few times before being defeated.
* This trope was used to retcon away the severe VillainDecay of supervillain Prometheus, who had gone from a veritable force of nature capable of putting nearly the entire Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica on the ropes single-handed, to being a {{Mook|s}} for various Franchise/{{Batman}} villains. It was eventually revealed that the Mook version had been merely an impostor Prometheus using his costume and weapons, while the real Prometheus was trapped in a telepathically-induced catatonic state. After escaping and killing his imposter, Prometheus returned to his rightful place on the power scale, appearing as the BigBad in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice''. [[spoiler:He died at the end of it, making the whole impostor reveal a ShaggyDogStory.]]
* The 1990s Creator/MarvelComics hero ''ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}}'' gained his powers from a special amulet that allowed him to summon a suit of special PoweredArmor to help him fight crime. When protagonist Chris Powell needed time to get his head together after a very unpleasant trauma, his [[HeelFaceTurn former enemy Portal]] briefly took Chris's amulet and filled in for him as Darkhawk, taking on an AxCrazy superhuman [[MadArtist snuff artist]] named Shaper.

* The Reverse Flash in ''Franchise/TheFlash'' comics. The only difference is that the suit colors are usually different.

* In the ComicBook/New52, ComicBook/{{Lobo}} gets dramatically reinvented. Since "Classic Lobo" had already appeared in ''ComicBook/Stormwatch2011'', it was explained that the existing character was a fake Lobo.
* Mikado and Mosha once released a super soldier called "Patriot" SHIELD had in stasis and brainwashed him into believing he was Comicbook/{{Blade}}, believing SHIELD had brainwashed Blade into thinking he was a super soldier after capturing him.
* ComicBook/NormanOsborn once mocked this trope by impersonating his rival the Hobgoblin and tricking Hobbie's minions into giving him their loot, simply by throwing a hooded cloak over his Green Goblin outfit.

* In the lead-up to ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}'', Dark Beast, the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' counterpart to [[ComicBook/BeastMarvelComics the normal Beast]], captured his 616 counterpart dyed his grey fur blue, and infiltrated the ComicBook/XMen to avoid Mr. Sinister, revealing himself when he went to work for Onslaught.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: The first time the Earth-Two Wonder Woman meets the Earth-One version she believes her to be someone wearing her costume in an attempt to imitate her and considers it more likely that she's a villain than a hero from another earth, but does stop trying to turn her in to the authorities and hear her out however skeptical Di may be.

* In a case of a villain doing this with another criminal, ComicBook/TheKingpin and ComicBook/BaronZemo's version of the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} sees Jigsaw, the archenemy of ComicBook/ThePunisher, dress like Paladin. Jigsaw also at times dressed like Frank Castle himself.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' #86 (1954) featured a story in which Bruce (Batman) Wayne and Dick (Robin) Grayson, on a road trip across the US, discover an Indian reservation protected by Chief Man-of-the-Bats and Little Raven. Not only were these heroes' costumes exactly like those of Batman and Robin except for the addition of feather headdresses, the physical resemblance was so close (despite Chief Man-of-the-Bats and Little Raven being, you know, Indians) that Batman and Robin were able to [[EmergencyImpersonation stand in for them]] when they were injured. The two reappeared in a 2007 arc (''Batman'' #667-669) dedicated to the ''many'' tribute heroes Batman and Robin had met over the world: Knight and Squire (England), the Legionnaire (Italy), etc.

* Following the return of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica in the 1960s, his appearances through the mid-'50s were {{RetCon}}ned into tribute heroes--the Spirit of '76, the Patriot, and a nameless history professor who went so far as to re-invent the supersoldier formula and get plastic surgery to look like Steve Rogers. Eventually this last fellow [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity lost his mind due to an unrecognized side-effect]] and slipped into the other version of the trope.

* In ''Webcomic/LoveAndCapes'', Crusader finds out someone was doing this to him. Turns out, it was fellow hero Windstar - the latter was at a Halloween party ''as'' Crusader when someone arrived to take hostages at the party. Windstar used his powers to fake being Crusader to stop them - Crusader noted how dangerous this was, as one of the powers that he had that Windstar lacked was being {{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le.

* An ''Series/AllThat'' sketch had citizens confused as both Kenan Thompson and Amanda Bynes were wearing a Superdude outfit. And for those not in on the joke: Kenan is a fat black guy; Amanda is a thin white girl.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': In season 3, Wilson Fisk dresses [[ComicBook/{{Bullseye|MarvelComics}} Agent Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter]] up in a Daredevil costume and has him commit terrorist attacks in public to discredit the real Daredevil's reputation. Ironically Matt Murdock has actually given up wearing that costume and reverted to his BetaOutfit from the start of the series.

** At the end of "The Offer", ComicBook/RasAlGhul shows up in the Arrow's costume and kills the gang Oliver Queen fought earlier in the episode, [[SpareAMessenger leaving one of them alive to spread the word]]. (At this point Oliver has a no-kill rule, so the news of a murder committed by the Arrow will publicly discredit him.) When Oliver tries to clear his name, he discovers the League of Assassins has duplicated his costume and arrows so perfectly even forensic analysis can't reveal the difference.

* Maria Maria, a {{masked luchador}}a on the Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}/SHINE "SPARKLE" dark matches, who existed primarily for [[StealthPun pun]](a ''Santana'' is a more prominent wrestler), made a sudden reappearance after a nine show absence when Wrestling/AllysinKay and Brandi Lauren realized that anyone with a similar build, skin tone and hairstyle could pose as her so long as they could speak a few sentences in Spanish (though Lauren's [[EvilRedHead red lockes]] kinda [[PaperThinDisguise gave her away]]). Dressing as her also meant being credited with the undefeated streak she "left"...

* The downloadable multiplayer title ''VideoGame/GothamCityImpostors'' allows players to join either a group of Franchise/{{Batman}}-inspired vigilantes or a [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]]-aping crime gang and battle each other across Gotham City.

** The episode "Night of the Batmen!" played this for laughs. ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, ComicBook/GreenArrow, [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], and ComicBook/PlasticMan all dress up like Batman after the real one is injured. The costumes are more their own costumes modified to look like Batman's. [[RecursiveAdaptation The comic the episode was based on, which tied into the show]], featured more people joining in at the end, including ComicBook/BlueBeetle and ComicBook/BlackCanary.

* The Franchise/{{Superman}} dressing as Franchise/{{Batman}} example was used in the episode "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS3E2KnightTime Knight Time]]" of ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. Batman being ''invincible'' served to spook the villains of Gotham even more, enhancing Batman's legendary status.

* One of the classic ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons'', "Showdown", revolves around this trope. A gangster has his henchman dress up as Superman to commit crimes around Metropolis, and true to form, everyone at first thinks that Superman has gone bad (the short handwaves that no one has gotten a good look at the imposter's face, but doesn't touch that he's also way scrawnier than the real Superman, and, of course, doesnt have superpowers.)

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' had the Joker dressing up as Batman. His real identity was obvious to ''everyone'' as the costume was completely different ([[{{Homage}} being based on a completely different Batman's design]]) and did nothing to cover up Joker's imhuman features. The real problem was that he decided to take up "crime fighting"-- as in he finds people who make [[FelonyMisdemeanor incredibly minor misdeeds]], [[AllCrimesAreEqual gasses them]], and then tries to force the Mayor into ''paying him for it''.