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*** PlayedWith with the T-1000 robot. When it first appears, it attacks a police officer and is later seen apparently wearing a police officer's uniform, implying that it stole the uniform from the officer. It's later revealed that it copied the uniform using its own body.

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*** PlayedWith Subverted with the T-1000 robot. When it first appears, it attacks a police officer and is later seen apparently wearing a police officer's uniform, implying that it stole the uniform from the officer. It's later revealed that it copied the uniform using its own body.

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** In ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' when the Terminator walks into a biker bar to steal his clothes, we see a RoboCam view of him scanning the bikers [[RuleOfFunny and the waitresses]] until he finds one whose clothes match his size.

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*** PlayedWith with the T-1000 robot. When it first appears, it attacks a police officer and is later seen apparently wearing a police officer's uniform, implying that it stole the uniform from the officer. It's later revealed that it copied the uniform using its own body.
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* In the last episode of ''Anime/TheStoryOfCinderella'', the BigBad attempts to have [[spoiler:the Prince]] poisoned. One conspirator ambushes a maid of the castle, steals her outfit, and locks the bound-and-gagged woman in a cellar. It's also a case of DisguisedInDrag, but not played for laughs and portrayed in a plausible manner, as the man keeps his head low all the time to conceal his face with the maid bonnet.

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* In the last episode of ''Anime/TheStoryOfCinderella'', the BigBad attempts to have [[spoiler:the Prince]] poisoned. One conspirator ambushes a maid of the castle, steals her outfit, and locks the bound-and-gagged woman in a cellar.cellar, then uses her guise to deliver the poisoned drink. It's also a case of DisguisedInDrag, but not played for laughs and portrayed in a plausible manner, as the man keeps his head low all the time to conceal his face with the maid bonnet.

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* In ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', when Ban escapes from Baste Dungeon, he ends up in a fight with apprentice Holy Knight Jericho, whom he quickly curb-stomps and overpowers. Ban then decides to steal her armour, as he himself is currently shirtless, leaving a flustered Jericho to be found in her underwear by the other guards. Unfortunately for Ban, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome when he tries to put the armour on and realizes that the armour made for a woman shorter than him is too tight and he can't put it on.

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* In ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', when Ban escapes from Baste Dungeon, he ends up in a fight with apprentice Holy Knight Jericho, whom he quickly curb-stomps and overpowers. Ban then decides to steal her armour, as he himself is currently shirtless, leaving a flustered Jericho to be found in her underwear by the other guards. Unfortunately for Ban, there's a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome when he tries to put the armour on and realizes that the armour made for a woman shorter than him is too tight and he can't put it on.


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* In the last episode of ''Anime/TheStoryOfCinderella'', the BigBad attempts to have [[spoiler:the Prince]] poisoned. One conspirator ambushes a maid of the castle, steals her outfit, and locks the bound-and-gagged woman in a cellar. It's also a case of DisguisedInDrag, but not played for laughs and portrayed in a plausible manner, as the man keeps his head low all the time to conceal his face with the maid bonnet.
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* ''Literature/UrikohimeAndTheAmanojaku'': This happens to Urikohime at the hands of the Amanojaku. Whether or not she's merely attacked and robbed or outright killed varies.

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* ''Literature/UrikohimeAndTheAmanojaku'': This happens to Urikohime at the hands of the Amanojaku. Whether or not she's merely attacked and robbed or outright [[KillAndReplace killed and impersonated]] varies.
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* ''Literature/UrikohimeAndTheAmanojaku'': This happens to Urikohime at the hands of the Amanojaku. Whether or not she's merely attacked and robbed or outright killed varies.
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* ''Literature/TheBookOfMormon'': After cutting Laban's head off, Nephi strips him and puts on all his clothes, "yea, even every whit," so as to impersonate Laban and get access to his treasury where the scriptures are kept. Laban's sword later becomes a family heirloom.
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* In ''Fanfic/ThePrinceAndTheThief'', Striker, Verosika and Robo-Fizz easily knock out three servants to steal their uniforms, but they don't fit. They have to try again twice to get properly fitting ones.
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* In ''Film/DisturbingThePeace'', the bikers kill a state trooper, and steal his uniform and squad car as part of their heist plans.
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** Played with in an episode where Stan and a few other CIA agents infiltrate the king of Thailand's palace by disguising themselves as guards. They point out that they've needed to knock out so many to get four uniforms in each of their sizes that they're not even sure if there are any active guards left to fool.
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* ''[[Film/BillAndTed Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey]]'': "Dude, we're in ''heaven'' and we just mugged three people!" While the outfits would fit the three of them, [[RuleOfFunny they don't wear the outfits that would personally fit]].

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* ''[[Film/BillAndTed Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey]]'': ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'': "Dude, we're in ''heaven'' and we just mugged three people!" While the outfits would fit the three of them, [[RuleOfFunny they don't wear the outfits that would personally fit]].
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* In ''Film/TheHitList'', Jonas Arbor murders the two police officers sent to collect Mike Dodd, then steals the uniform from one of them and poses as a cop to ambush Dodd.
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* ''ComicStrip/ModestyBlaise'': In "The Killing Game", Modesty knocks out the female EgomaniacHunter Ms. Roper and takes her fatigues. She also cuts off her blonde hair and wears it tucked under her cap to allow her to get close to the helicopter using Willie as a TrojanPrisoner.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'', the episode "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus", Rutherford and Tendi (along with holographic members of the ''Cerritos'' bridge crew) are ambushed by Australian punks before two of them are knocked out and the rest beat a hasty retreat. Rutherford decides to try and jack their outfits to blend in, but he finds out their pants are too small for his body.
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* In Christianna Brand's "The Jeminney Crickets Case" Giles tied up a policeman and stole his uniform so he could kill his guardian in a sealed room, make a faked call to the police and then pretend to come ''into'' the room with the actual officers, giving everything the appearance of a LockedRoomMystery. He later killed the policeman after faking another distress call.

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* In Christianna Brand's "The Jeminney Jemminy Crickets Case" Giles tied up a policeman and stole his uniform so he could kill his guardian in a sealed room, make a faked fake distress call to the police and then pretend to come ''into'' the room with the actual officers, giving everything the appearance of a LockedRoomMystery. He later killed the policeman after faking another distress call.
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* In Christianna Brand's ''The Jeminney Crickets Case" Giles tied up a policeman and stole his uniform so he could kill his guardian in a sealed room, make a faked call to the police and then pretend to come ''into'' the room with the actual officers, giving everything the appearance of a LockedRoomMystery. He later killed the policeman after faking another distress call.

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* In Christianna Brand's ''The "The Jeminney Crickets Case" Giles tied up a policeman and stole his uniform so he could kill his guardian in a sealed room, make a faked call to the police and then pretend to come ''into'' the room with the actual officers, giving everything the appearance of a LockedRoomMystery. He later killed the policeman after faking another distress call.
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* In Christianna Brand's ''The Jeminney Crickets Case" Giles tied up a policeman and stole his uniform so he could kill his guardian in a sealed room, make a faked call to the police and then pretend to come ''into'' the room with the actual officers, giving everything the appearance of a LockedRoomMystery. He later killed the policeman after faking another distress call.

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