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* Combined with VehicleVanish in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights''. A KGB agent is watching Kara from across the street as she enters a phone booth. A trolley car rumbles past, blocking his view of the booth. As it passes, he sees a black Aston-Martin driving away, and Kara still in the booth. After watching the booth for a while longer, he gets suspicious and goes and opens the booth. Inside is Kara's hat and coat hanging over her cello case, with her having pulled the switch and jumped into Bond's car while the trolley was passing.

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* Combined with VehicleVanish in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights''. A KGB agent is watching Kara from across the street as she enters a phone booth. A trolley car rumbles past, blocking his view of the booth. As it passes, he sees a black Aston-Martin driving away, and Kara still in the booth. After watching the booth for a while longer, he gets suspicious and goes and opens the booth. Inside is Kara's hat and coat hanging over her empty cello case, with her having pulled the switch and jumped into Bond's car while the trolley was passing.
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* In ''Film/GodsGun'', Lewis and Johnny hang Father John's cassock and hat on a candelabra; tricking two of the Clayton Gang into emptying their revolvers into it.
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Compare DisguisedHostageGambit and DecoyGetaway, where an actual person is used. Contrast StrippingTheScarecrow. SisterTrope to PaperThinDisguise. Sometimes used to set up a SleepingDummy. See also JettisonJetpackAttack for when jetpacks or fuel tanks are used in a similar manner.

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Compare DisguisedHostageGambit and DecoyGetaway, where an actual person is used. Compare GivingThemTheStrip, where a character discards clothing to escape an opponent's grip. Contrast StrippingTheScarecrow. SisterTrope to PaperThinDisguise. Sometimes used to set up a SleepingDummy. See also JettisonJetpackAttack for when jetpacks or fuel tanks are used in a similar manner.
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* This is a favored tactic of Franchise/{{Batman}}'s from time to time, using his cape as a disguise. For instance, in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'', Bruce Wayne launches his cape and cowl at Zombie, who stabs it in confusion as he thought it was the real Batman, leading to Bruce taking him out by sweeping him off his feet. Jean-Paul Valley does something similar in his fight with the Tally Man during ''Knightquest'' by disguising a barrel with his cloak and chest gear.

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* This is a favored tactic of Franchise/{{Batman}}'s ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s from time to time, using his cape as a disguise. For instance, in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'', Bruce Wayne launches his cape and cowl at Zombie, who stabs it in confusion as he thought it was the real Batman, leading to Bruce taking him out by sweeping him off his feet. Jean-Paul Valley does something similar in his fight with the Tally Man during ''Knightquest'' by disguising a barrel with his cloak and chest gear.



* In the ''[[ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC Marvel vs. DC]]'' crossover event, Comicbook/{{Robin|Series}} (Tim Drake) uses this method to defeat ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics (specifically, he hangs his cape in a shadowed corner so she'll look the other way as he ties her up), showing his experience and skills over her raw mutant power.

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* In the ''[[ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC Marvel vs. DC]]'' crossover event, Comicbook/{{Robin|Series}} ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}} (Tim Drake) uses this method to defeat ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} (specifically, he hangs his cape in a shadowed corner so she'll look the other way as he ties her up), showing his experience and skills over her raw mutant power.

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