History Main / MostDefinitelyNotAVillain

* In ''{{Thief}}: Deadly Shadows'', Garrett has the option on listening in on an illicit deal under negotiation. One of the parties is a thug pretending to be him, who fulfils this trope to the letter.

* [[http://failblog.org/2009/07/22/telemarketing-fail/ This]] picture. Definitely, absolutely not a telemarketer.

*** Visiting the Capitol and the monuments. DC people will go to the Smithsonian museums though, especially young locals--with free admission, they're a cheap date.

*** Doing anything other than passing by Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell while on Market or Chestnut between 5th and 6th (or on 5th or 6th between Walnut and Market). If you catch sight of Independence Hall for any reason other than looking for traffic, or even see the Liberty Bell at all...you're a tourist.

*** The cable cars. You'd be surprised how many locals have never ridden on one. Most locals instead get around on the local bus system and the Muni light rail, as well as the ever-popular Bay Area Rapid Transit.

* An episode of ''ReBootTheAbridgedSeries'' has this with Cyrus/Syrus/however his name is spelled.

* In the first episode of season 3 of ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'', O'Neill uses this to try and convince SG-1's captors that he was still implanted by Hathor's Goa'uld larva. Although in this case he knew it wouldn't work for very long, he just needed to buy time for TheCavalry to arrive.

* ''DannyPhantom'': Danny does this when overshadowing his father in "Parental Bonding".

* Not a villain, in ''SuperRobotWars'' the pilot Rastel Feinschmecker is Most Definitely Not Elzam Branstien or Rai's brother. May overlap with The GogglesDoNothing, as he tries to use them to {{Clark Kent|ing}}. No one is fooled.

-->-- '''The Flash''' ([[FreakyFridayFlip in Lex Luthor's body]]), ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', "The Great Brain Robbery"

** Nale disguising himself as his twin brother Elan. Though his repeated statements of "I'm Elan" don't raise any eyebrows since that is deemed [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} in character]] for Elan. Nale's high bluff skill also helps. Example:

:::On the other hand, immediately after that exchange, Vaarsuvius reveals that he's noticed that the two had been making out (incidentally, Sabine's "police officer" form was male).[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0364.html Also...]]
-->'''Nale-as-Elan:''' I'm Elan!\\
'''Vaarsuvius:''' Yes, so you have told me no less than seven times in the last hour.
** Previously, Belkar the halfling got on stilts to disguise himself as a human.
-->'''Belkar:''' Hello, fellow Medium-sized creature! How are you enjoying being Medium-sized, like me, on this lovely day?\\
'''Paladin:''' Just fine, thanks for asking!
** Celia as [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0538.html Darkblood Gloomgloom]] qualifies too.

** And just to add another one, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0743.html Haley pretending to be a Thor worshiper]].
** Elan's illusions have a bunch of these in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0455.html this]] strip.
---->'''Illusion of Belkar''': We are all here right now, and definitely not somewhere else.

* ''MadTV'' ran a series of sketches centering on "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLSlGmVrmuM Smith Comma John, Human Being for President]]."

-->'''O'Neill:''' Jaffa! Cree!
-->'''Hathor's First Prime''': Tel'mak Goa'uld, cree tak?
-->'''O'Neill:''' You heard me! I said cree, dammit!

* In one issue of ''SuicideSquad'', Captain Boomerang manages to do this while playing ''himself'' in an operation to lure in a local vigilante.

* In ''FanFic/AnEntryWithABang!'', no-one seems duly concerned with the Wolfnet agent named [[HarryPotter Remus Lupin]], even though such a name should be more than a mite suspicious to the GenreSavvy.

** ''Most'' Japanese cuisine you'd find outside of Japan isn't really all that popular back at home. And vice versa, almost nowhere could you find such perennial favorites as gyudon, nikujaga, curry rice, broiled saury, etc.

->''"My fellow bad guys. I, LexLuthor, your leader, will speak now about my, Lex Luthor's, plan. [[CardCarryingVillain My villainous, villainous plan.]] Question the plan at your peril! Uh... any questions?"''

* A rare non-comedic example in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Garak, an ex-member of the secret police of a facist state (who feels no guilt about what he did) is [[BlatantLies nothing more than a simple tailor.]] Given his talents Garak could avert this trope and easily fool everyone around him about who he is, but he simply doesn't care to. He never comes right out and explains why he bothers with the facade, but the most likely explanation is so that he can maintain plausible deniability while keeping himself available should anyone wish to use his talents.
** Of course, he's also made it clear that [[ForTheEvulz he just likes screwing with people basically for the fun of it.]]
** Garak can't fool people about what he is, as Cardassians are so hated on Bajor that anyone living there is either a dissident or on official business.

*** The cable cars. You'd be surprised how many locals have never ridden on one. Most locals instead get around on the MUNI buses and light rail, as well as the ever-popular Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system.

** The Wintersmith never denied he was the Wintersmith, though; he just wanted to be human so Tiffany would love him.

** On the other hand, the Scoobies were completely oblivious to the true nature of the [=BuffyBot=] in her first appearance, despite stilted dialogue along the lines of "I wouldn't keep a secret from you, Willow. You're my best friend. You're recently gay." Buffy was understandably irritated.