History Main / DisguisedInDrag

* How Hope uses Cradock to get Magawisca out of jail in ''Literature/HopeLeslie''.

** In ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' #626 (2004), Tim Drake has to disguise himself as a female medical student to obtain samples from a hospital. Alfred explains that Tim is too young to pull off a male med student. Tim is not happy about it:

** Batman himself got into the act in ''Batman'' #266 (1975). Behold: [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/qa4Cup2ZeM3YWCyilsGuQXIMV9ijWwsNqcxVhHNlnMlO3sVfG4Kbvb3mbt6DBMKX0OXe_lqOyr260z5BuPntTqlIcloo92xXTWbH2HkFnfZGL-9ygwunHBbRrCuVvxREAl4GNFHqTg=s0 Bertha]] [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/PdjEzpbb8WgINjzJpVlBgTryBj73Fin5H9W-YlpTC5l0DK_aUmsJj-QIytmr79bWRL_i4p8TVFAChGxXu4HD3xSa3tHR3RP24ONxzU2St6Vo8FKnxvX-1IUJWTkgrZeNu0nR1AECNw=s0 Carrington]]-[[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/VW6PfJhi-qqlhHBvlFw33gj1HVWYI_Yrs_1He1U_RI9roX9xrmQ_vCUGZFUxr87t1lLaK7XL96GIuVT6oZ-PAd6VHf57ipDO2b0Sm6XcvIAVvq-mDEagJR6hlBq0mBzGpzBwdn82ww=s0 Bridgewater]], in all her splendour.

* In ''Shounen Oujo'' (literally ''Boy Princess''), Albert is a peasant child in a matriarchal society who is bought by the princess Alexia (whom he greatly resembles), in order to serve as her decoy while she sneaks out to see the queendom she will one day rule. [[spoiler:The twelve-year-old Alexia is assassinated at her coming-of-age ceremony and Albert steps in to take her place on the spur of the moment, leading to him spending the next two years posing as a girl in every aspect of his lifestyle, going so far as to use herbal and beauty treatments to stave off puberty.]]

* All three dragon knights do this in the first volume of ''Manga/DragonKnights'', as they're trying to infiltrate a castle that keeps stealing female sacrifices from a nearby village.

** In “Seein’ Red, White, ‘n’ Blue”, Popeye and Bluto are both Navy men -- Bluto feigns illness to get out of work and asks a sympathetic Popeye for "a pretty nurse"... Popeye then sees he's perfectly fine and disguises himself as a nurse. Bluto is horrified.

* ''Film/AceVenturaPetDetective'' raises this up to borderline Disguised as UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}}, as Lt. Einhorn is actually disgraced NFL player Ray Finkle, [[DeadPersonImpersonation who took on the identity of a missing hiker]] to exact his revenge plot.

* In ''Film/{{Armed and Dangerous|1986}}''[[note]]not to be confused with [[VideoGame/ArmedAndDangerous the game]][[/note]], John Candy's character and his best friend disguise themselves- John Candy's character dresses like Divine and his best friend (played by Eugene Levy) dresses like the cop from the Music/VillagePeople.
* ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'' has Austin spotting a club employee as one of Dr. Evil's mooks in drag.

* In one episode of ''Series/TheSweeney'' a character played by Warren Mitchell escapes from villains by dressing up in his girlfriend's clothes and a wig. Regan and Carter turn up. "Ooh Mr Wardle, you do look nice!"

* ''Film/{{Nighthawks}}'': [=DaSilva=] has a penchant for this. In an early scene, he disguises himself as a woman to lure in some muggers. [[spoiler:During the finale, he ambushes and kills Wulfgar while pretending he's his wife, who Wulfgar's targeting in revenge for [=DaSilva=] foiling his terrorist plot.]]

* In ''Film/{{Paddington}}'', Mr Brown disguises himself as a female cleaner to infiltrate the Geographer's Guild.

** Loid attempts to disguise Frankie as a woman so he can play the wife role in Eden academy's family interview. It doesn't turn out well.

** ComicBook/JimmyOlsen does it so often he keeps an extensive wardrobe of women's clothing and accessories in his "disguise trunk." Strictly because it's necessary for his job as an investigative reporter. Or at least that's what he ''says''. CrazyPrepared reporter or WholesomeCrossdresser who found a way to write off his female wardrobe as a business expense? You make the call!

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': Timon disguises himself as a [[HulaandLuaus hula dancer]] with Pumbaa as a 'dish' to distract the hyenas so Simba can stand up to Scar.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** In the first season of the anime, Ash had to disguise himself as a girl to gain access into the Celedon City Gym, as he had offended Erika, the Gym Leader, earlier in the episode. It went on to become a RunningGag OnceASeason, though usually it's not a disguise.
** In Unova Ash, Pikachu, and Cilan had to crossdress in order to get into an all-girls club. Iris (the only actual girl of the group at this point in time) instigated it.
** The aforementioned RunningGag reversed itself in Kalos in one episode when it's ''Serena'' who has to masquerade as Ash while he's incapacitated.

** The minor recurring villain Brodie is a MasterOfDisguise, and he's able to pretend to be people of either gender with ease. Notably, in his first appearance, he spent most of his time disguised as a female scientist; the only time his cover came close to being blown before he revealed himself was when [[CasanovaWannabe Brock]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness actively stopped himself from flirting with "her"]], much to everyone's confusion.

* In ''LightNovel/DateALive'' Shido has to seal, Miku a spirit who DoesNotLikeMen and has a controlling voice, and the only way to do that is to make her fall in love with him then kiss her. In order to do this, he disguises himself as Shiori, then tries to do just that. While Miku doesn't see through his disguise until the climax (with an unintentional CrotchGrabSexCheck), it doesn't work out, and he only convinces her to let her powers be sealed after she sees him rescue Tohka from her [[SuperpoweredEvilSide inversion]].

* ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'':

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'':

*** A non-Bugs Bunny example occurs in ''WesternAnimation/CornOnTheCop''. Set on [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween]], a robber [[CriminalDoppelganger disguises himself as Granny]] after she had recently visited a grocery store for treats to give out to trick-or-treaters, and he would rob the same store after the fact, prompting a pursuit by incompetent policemen Porky and Daffy as they try to arrest either the real robber. Granny becomes aggravated with what's going on, thinking the robber and the two cops were kids in costumes.

* The ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' short "Mickey's Big Break" is about Mickey and Donald accidentally breaking a picture of Minnie and Daisy while playing football inside, so they had to go out and [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdress as their own girlfriends to replace the photo]] and get Goofy to take a picture of them once they get back so Minnie and Daisy don't find out. [[spoiler:At the end of the short, Minnie and Daisy do find out, and reveal they've always hated that photo and replace it with a One-Millionth Customer photo they got at the department store.]]

* The ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' short "Mickey's Big Break" is about Mickey and Donald accidentally breaking a picture of Minnie and Daisy while playing football inside, so they had to go out and [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdress as their own girlfriends to replace the photo]] and get Goofy to take a picture of them once they get back so Minnie and Daisy don't find out. [[spoiler:Minnie and Daisy do find out, and reveal they've always hated that photo and replace it with a One-Millionth Customer photo they got at the department store.]]

* The ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' short "Mickey's Big Break" is about Mickey and Donald accidentally breaking a picture of Minnie and Daisy while playing football inside, so they had to go out and [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdress as their own girlfriends to replace the photo]] and get Goofy to take a picture of them once they get back so Minnie and Daisy don't find out.

*** A non-Bugs Bunny example occurs in ''WesternAnimation/CornOnTheCop''. Set on [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween]], a robber disguises himself as Granny after she had recently visited a grocery store, and he would rob the same store after the fact, prompting a pursuit by incompetent policemen Porky and Daffy as they try to arrest either the real robber. Granny becomes aggravated with what's going on, thinking the robber and the two cops were kids in costumes.

* It's easier to name every ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short where Bugs Bunny ''doesn't'' dress as a female to deceive Elmer Fudd, who becomes instantly smitten with the disguised Bugs.
** Played particularly weirdly in ''WesternAnimation/RabbitOfSeville'': The climactic battle between Elmer and Bugs degenerates into them alternating chasing each other with more and more deadly weapons...until Bugs abruptly comes up with a series of courting gifts (flowers, chocolates, and so forth, finishing with a diamond ring) and Elmer runs off and comes back in a ''wedding dress.''

* ''Literature/JPBeaumont'': As part of a scheme to frame a female singer in ''Taking the Fifth'', the male killer dresses in one of her performance outfits of evening gown, OperaGloves, and long blonde wig to commit a murder: known that at a distance, that is all a witness will be able to identify.

Frequently, but not invariably, [[PlayedForLaughs Played for ]][[ValuesDissonance Laughs]]. If the character is a man dressing as a woman, this trope will often result in AnAesop about [[InAnotherMansShoes walking a mile in women's shoes]].