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* ''Literature/TheBiggerTheyCome'': Private eye Donald Lam listens to Bleatie, who is locked into the bathroom between Donald's hotel room and the next one, have an argument with Morgan Birks who is in the room on the other side of the shared bath. Later Donald figures out that Bleatie and Morgan [[TwoAliasesOneCharacter are the same person]] and that Morgan--that's his real identity--was pretending to hold a conversation as part of his tricky identity-faking scheme.

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* In the first ''Comicbook/{{Venezia}}'' album, the painter finds himself having to mimic being assaulted and knocked out by The Eagle, all the while changing into his costume, to rescue the diva without arousing suspicion.



* In the first ''Comicbook/{{Venezia}}'' album, the painter finds himself having to mimic being assaulted and knocked out by The Eagle, all the while changing into his costume, to rescue the diva without arousing suspicion.



* The [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Pixar short]] ''WesternAnimation/GerisGame'': Geri plays both sides of a game of Chess, getting up and switching sides of the table to do so. He acts out both parts, including feigning a heart attack and tricking the other into thinking he's lost. The [[PaperThinDisguise difference between them]] is one has glasses and the other doesn't.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Megamind has a disguise hologram that makes him look like a normal human. At one point, though, he's in a situation where he has to pretend to be both simultaneously. There's a "fight sequence" between the two, where Megamind ends up repeatedly switching back and forth between his normal appearance and the hologram, all the while opening and closing a door over and over to give the appearance that that two are fighting each other.



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Megamind has a disguise hologram that makes him look like a normal human. At one point, though, he's in a situation where he has to pretend to be both simultaneously. There's a "fight sequence" between the two, where Megamind ends up repeatedly switching back and forth between his normal appearance and the hologram, all the while opening and closing a door over and over to give the appearance that that two are fighting each other.
* The [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Pixar short]] ''WesternAnimation/GerisGame'': Geri plays both sides of a game of Chess, getting up and switching sides of the table to do so. He acts out both parts, including feigning a heart attack and tricking the other into thinking he's lost. The [[PaperThinDisguise difference between them]] is one has glasses and the other doesn't.



* In ''Film/TheStoryOfRobinHoodAndHisMerrieMen'', Friar Tuck is doing this when Robin Hood first meets him. He even sings the male and female verses of a love song!
* In the final segment of ''Film/KnowhutimeanHeyVernItsMyFamilyAlbum'', Ernest P. Worrell recounts the experiences of his ancestor, Davy Worrell, who is chased by Indians into a high-walled fort...that happens to be empty. Realizing that the Indians now have him surrounded, and will kill him if they get through the gate, Davy attempts to scare them off by pretending the camp is fully defended, doing multiple voices and holding several conversations among himself. HilarityEnsues.
* ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'': Daniel receives an unexpected[[labelnote:*]]She had an appointment, but he obviously forgot[[/labelnote]] visit from his caseworker, whilst dressed as Mrs. Doubtfire. Mrs. Doubtfire claims to be Daniel's older sister, says she'll go get Daniel, and then runs into a backroom. While getting out of his Mrs. Doubtfire costume and makeup, Daniel loudly holds both sides of their conversation, and then calls to the caseworker that he just got out of the shower.
* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'' has an inverse example: in order to disguise a dead body, the title character pretends the arm of the dead man is his own.



* ''Film/CaptainPhillips'': In the first attempt by the pirates to board the ship, the titular captain uses the radio and talks to himself, alternating between his natural voice and a deep voice to pretend that they're calling in air support, scaring off one of the two boats of pirates (who have a radio that can hear what he and the supposed Coast Guard are saying).
* In the final segment of ''Film/KnowhutimeanHeyVernItsMyFamilyAlbum'', Ernest P. Worrell recounts the experiences of his ancestor, Davy Worrell, who is chased by Indians into a high-walled fort...that happens to be empty. Realizing that the Indians now have him surrounded, and will kill him if they get through the gate, Davy attempts to scare them off by pretending the camp is fully defended, doing multiple voices and holding several conversations among himself. HilarityEnsues.



* ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'': Daniel receives an unexpected[[labelnote:*]]She had an appointment, but he obviously forgot[[/labelnote]] visit from his caseworker, whilst dressed as Mrs. Doubtfire. Mrs. Doubtfire claims to be Daniel's older sister, says she'll go get Daniel, and then runs into a backroom. While getting out of his Mrs. Doubtfire costume and makeup, Daniel loudly holds both sides of their conversation, and then calls to the caseworker that he just got out of the shower.



* ''Film/CaptainPhillips'': In the first attempt by the pirates to board the ship, the titular captain uses the radio and talks to himself, alternating between his natural voice and a deep voice to pretend that they're calling in air support, scaring off one of the two boats of pirates (who have a radio that can hear what he and the supposed Coast Guard are saying).

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* ''Film/CaptainPhillips'': In the ''Film/TheStoryOfRobinHoodAndHisMerrieMen'', Friar Tuck is doing this when Robin Hood first attempt by meets him. He even sings the pirates male and female verses of a love song!
* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'' has an inverse example: in order
to board disguise a dead body, the ship, title character pretends the titular captain uses the radio and talks to himself, alternating between his natural voice and a deep voice to pretend that they're calling in air support, scaring off one arm of the two boats of pirates (who have a radio that can hear what he and the supposed Coast Guard are saying). dead man is his own.



* The BritCom ''Series/{{Sykes}}'' has an episode where the eponymous Eric pretends to be his own sister to try and fool a criminal uninvited guest (played by Creator/PeterSellers) who claims she once promised to marry him. There are a couple of scenes where Eric has to hold rapid-fire conversations with himself while changing clothes out of sight.


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* The BritCom ''Series/{{Sykes}}'' has an episode where the eponymous Eric pretends to be his own sister to try and fool a criminal uninvited guest (played by Creator/PeterSellers) who claims she once promised to marry him. There are a couple of scenes where Eric has to hold rapid-fire conversations with himself while changing clothes out of sight.
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* A variant occurs in an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' where Frasier has found himself spending a lot of time with [[Series/{{Cheers}} Diane]], the woman who pulled a RunawayBride on him many years ago, and is getting a little conflicted about it. At one point he meets up with Niles for a coffee and proceeds to rant about the situation in a way where he has a conversation that turns into a full-on argument, in which he goes from sunny (if slightly delirious) happiness to defensive fury to storming off in a huff. All without letting Niles say an actual word.
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* Ventriloquism is an entire profession based on this.
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Can involve a PaperThinDisguise, OfCorpseHesAlive, and BadBadActing. When done while on the phone, this is a PhoneyCall. Can overlap with ButHeSoundsHandsome (where Bob is actually pretending to be Alice, and then talks about himself). Not related to TalkingToThemself (which involves a character literally having a conversation with split parts of their personality) or ActingForTwo (which refers to RealLife actors playing multiple characters).

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Can involve a PaperThinDisguise, OfCorpseHesAlive, and BadBadActing. When done while on the phone, this is a PhoneyCall. Can overlap with ButHeSoundsHandsome (where Bob is actually pretending to be Alice, and then talks about himself). Not related to TalkingToThemself (which involves a character literally having a conversation with split parts of their personality) or ActingForTwo (which refers to RealLife actors playing multiple characters).

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