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* In the first season of ''Manga/SailorMoon'', Zoisite went around town [[CreepyCrossdresser dressed as a blue version of the title character]], setting up disasters to "save" people from immediately after. "She" is then "captured" by Kunzite, leaving the real Sailor Senshi to come to the rescue and promptly get caught themselves. Especially amusing as the only major giveaway should be Zoi being about a foot taller than the original... and you know... [[ShesAManInJapan Male]].
** ''SailorMoonS'' had a moment like this. Kaolinite had captured Usagi and even pegged her as Sailor Moon. When the Sailor Senshi appear, she's shocked to see Sailor Moon there, blowing her theory to hell and back. What's so funny is that it was actually Minako using the [[ChekhovsGun Disguise Pen]] and even then, she flubbed Usagi's trademark hairstyle!

* 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.

* In ''{{Daredevil}}'', while the real Daredevil was imprisoned, an impostor ran around Hell's Kitchen dressed in his suit, and was eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]]]]. 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 ''[[DaredevilBornAgain Born Again]]'' storyline. Matt ends up [[Awesome/MarvelComics kicking his ass and stealing his costume before going to defeat Nuke]].
* Franchise/SpiderMan and 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.

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

*** One episode ("Kimitation Nation") even had it turning into a fashion craze called "Kim-Style" that everyone was into, even pets like Rufus and guys ("Kim For Him"). When Kim was persuaded to go out in the style she originated [[AlphaBitch Bonnie]] criticized her for ''not making the look work on her''. By the end of the episode Kim Style goes out of fashion in order to make way for the new [[spoiler: Ron Style]].

* In ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', everyone thought that Supernova was {{Superman}} in disguise. [[spoiler:Actually, it was BoosterGold from the future all along.]]

** {{Superboy}} (Kon-El, Conner) 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''.

* The ''{{Superboy}}'' TV series had an episode, "The Beast and Beauty", with a criminal dressing as Superboy and trading on Superboy's reputation to get access to stuff he could steal. This impostor didn't look anything like Superboy (apart from the costume), and relied on the fact that more people knew of Superboy than really knew what he looked like.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Night of the Batmen!" played this for laughs. Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}, GreenArrow, [[Comicbook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], and 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 BlueBeetle and BlackCanary.

* {{Spider-Man}} and 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.

* In the ComicStrip/{{Spider-Man}} 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.

* That wasn't even the first time someone did that to Sting. During the Sid Vicious vs. Sting match at ''Halloween Havoc'' 1990, Sid and Sting brawled to the backstage area where the cameras could not see the action. Sting and Sid would reappear, with Sting looking like he suddenly gained 40 lbs. Sid would then pin "Sting" to win the World title. As Sid was being announced the victor, the real Sting appeared with a rope hanging from his wrist. As the announcers figured out that Sid's Four Horsemen stablemate Wrestling/BarryWindham was the impostor, Sting would hit the Stinger Splash on Sid to retain the title for real.

* Wrestling example: When the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder nWo]] first formed, they started claiming they'd turned Wrestling/{{Sting}} to their side, which Sting vehemently denied... but then somebody in Sting's tights and facepaint started attacking the WCW guys. Sting went to Lex Luger, supposedly his best friend in the whole world, and pleaded his case... and not even Lex Luger believed him (keep in mind, the fake Sting was ''not'' exactly identical, just had a similar build and wore the same hairstyle, facepaint, and tights). The whole thing led to a [[GimmickMatches War Games]] match, in which the WCW team was supposedly a man down, as "Sting" would be on the nWo team... but who should come out as WCW's fourth man but the real Sting! He pulled a LookWhatICanDoNow, then ''walked out of the cage'', angry because the WCW wrestlers were so distrustful that they'd actually believe the nWo's little con game.

* That wasn't even the first time someone did that to Sting. During the Sid Vicious vs. Sting match at ''Halloween Havoc'' 1990, Sid and Sting brawled to the backstage area where the cameras could not see the action. Sting and Sid would reappear, with Sting looking like he suddenly gained 40 lbs. Sid would then pin "Sting" to win the World title. As Sid was being announced the victor, the real Sting appeared with a rope hanging from his wrist. As the announcers figured out that Sid's Four Horsemen stablemate Barry Windham was the impostor, Sting would hit the Stinger Splash on Sid to retain the title for real.

* Before he formed Right To Censor, this was Stevie Richards' entire gimmick, imitating The Brood, the Dudleyz, [[Wrestling/MickFoley Dude Love]], Val Venis, among others. [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes]] also had a similar gimmick with "The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust" a couple years earlier, coming out as "[[Wrestling/TripleH Hunterdust]]", "Dustydust", "Chynadust", "Dust Lovedust", and "Sabledust".

* Before he formed Right To Censor, this was Wrestling/StevieRichards' entire gimmick, imitating The Brood, the Dudleyz, [[Wrestling/MickFoley Dude Love]], Val Venis, among others. [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes]] also had a similar gimmick with "The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust" a couple years earlier, coming out as "[[Wrestling/TripleH Hunterdust]]", "Dustydust", "Chynadust", "Dust Lovedust", and "Sabledust".

A [=Superhero=]-specific version of the IdenticalStranger (often, but not always, the CriminalDoppelganger): a not-necessarily-identical stranger wearing an identical costume.

* Before he formed Right To Censor, this was Stevie Richards' entire gimmick, imitating The Brood, the Dudleyz, [[Wrestling/MickFoley Dude Love]], Val Venis, among others. [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes]] also had a similar gimmick with "The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust" a couple years earlier, coming out as "[[Wrestling/TripleH Hunterdust]]", "Dustydust", "Chynadust", "Dust Lovedust", and "Sabledust".

A SuperHero-specific version of the IdenticalStranger (often, but not always, the CriminalDoppelganger): a not-necessarily-identical stranger wearing an identical costume.

* Normally, protagonist Sam Collins became bonded with the Servo program in ''{{Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad}}''. On one occasion when Sam wasn't available, [[TeenGenius Sydney]] convinced Sam's best friend [[BoisterousBruiser Tanker]] to become Servo in Sam's place. Although rather reluctant at first, Tanker proved to actually be pretty good at the job.

* In ''{{Daredevil}}'', while the real Daredevil was imprisoned, an impostor ran around Hell's Kitchen dressed in his suit, and was eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:[[ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]]]]. 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]].

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