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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "The Fat Guy Strangler," Peter skips out on his physical to go eat steaks with his friends. For no particular reason, he insists that he and Brian "fool" Lois by leaving the house dressed in a horse costume. Lois doesn't notice them wearing it, and Brian is very confused.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' short "WesternAnimation/AGruesomeTwosome" combines this with PaperThinDisguise, when the two cats disguise themselves this way in a very cheap, unrealistic horse costume, as an attempt to catch [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Tweety Bird]], who decides to [[BeeAfraid put an angry bumblebee in the back of the costume]] and ride the "horse" ala Franchise/TheLoneRanger.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: In the very first issue, Diana and Etta wear a two-person baby elephant suit while trying to figure out what is killing some circus elephants. Their act almost works, but the other elephants treat them like something odd and they're figured out by the villains.

-->-- '''Johnny Byrne''', scriptwriter for ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Warriors of the Deep"

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: In the very first issue Diana and ComicBook/{{Etta|Candy}} wear a two person baby elephant suit while trying to figure out what is killing some circus elephants. Their act almost works, but the other elephants treat them like something odd and they're figured out by the villains.

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* A ''[[ComicStrip/TheFarSide Far Side]]'' comic has two pantomime actors arguing. One (whose ass is a good three or four times wider than him) demands to know why he's always the rear end of the horse.
* [[Creator/{{Loriot}} Loriot]] has a subversion - the pantomime horse doing all the impossible gags only possible by two pantomimes is played -- by a horse.
* [[Magazine/{{Mad}} Don Martin]] shows a bullfight. The bull in reality are two pantomimes. Of course, this is no gag and is topped: The bullfighter is a bull in a bullfighter costume.

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* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. Bryan the Spider from "The Harvest of Kairos". The actor operated the GiantSpider by sitting in the costume backwards, operating the front legs with his feet. Unfortunately this resulted in a [[NightmareFail very slow walk]].

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* George the horse in the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "I Had an Accident," who shows up at the end to ride into the sunset with the gorilla when Spongebob questions how a gorilla is underwater in the first place.

* Two [[Film/TheThreeStooges Three Stooges]] shorts, "What's the Matador?" and its remake "Sappy Bullfighters," revolve around a gag identical to that in ''The Bold Caballero''; Moe and Larry stage a comedy bullfight by dressing up in a costume, with Curly (Joe in the later short) acting as their matador, but end up facing off against the genuine article.
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* In ''Film/TheBoldCaballero'', the Commandante holds a bullfight for Isabella's birthday. It at first appears to be burlesque bullfight with a 'bull' consisting of two men in a costume. However, he later releases a real bull into the ring. The first thing it does is attack the fake bull.
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1545 SCP-1545]], Larry the Loving Llama. Once people get inside the costume, they adopt the personality of Larry, and the person in the back starts dancing with the intention of entertaining people, never stopping until the people inside die or are forcefully removed.

* The theatre adaptation of ''Literature/{{Warhorse}}''.

* The Creator/{{Disney}} cast members in character costumes who roam the Ride/DisneyThemeParks aren't supposed to speak, so they pantomime everything they want to communicate. Note that this doesn't include "face characters", like Alice or Snow White, who aren't wearing anything over their heads. Or the newest model of Mickey, who has some elaborate mechanisms that allow him to speak.

A traditional feature of British Theatre/{{Pantomime}} occasionally also seen elsewhere, the Pantomime Animal is a non-[[TalkingAnimal talking]] animal played by a human actor wearing an animal suit. For obvious reasons this is most often seen on stage; the most common animal given this treatment in pantomime is a horse. Larger quadrupeds (such as horses) may require two actors. Children or dwarfs, on the other hand, may be needed to play smaller creatures. Though pantomime animals don't talk (at least, [[TheVoiceless they're not supposed to talk]]), they may make appropriate animal noises on cue and often can dance as well -- pantomime is a highly stylised, non-realistic theatrical form where RuleOfFunny is the norm. Having a pantomime animal avoids all the hassle of [[NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals working with real live animals]] -- although sometimes real animals, usually ponies, appear briefly for the effect.

* The Creator/{{Disney}} cast members in character costumes who roam the park aren't supposed to speak, so they pantomime everything they want to communicate. Note that this doesn't include "face characters", like Alice or Snow White, who aren't wearing anything over their heads. Or the newest model of Mickey, who has some elaborate mechanisms that allow him to speak.

* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. [[FanNickname Bryan the Spider]] from "The Harvest of Kairos". The actor operated the GiantSpider by sitting in the costume backwards, operating the front legs with his feet. Unfortunately this resulted in a [[NightmareFail very slow walk]].

[[caption-width-right:350:"Shhh! It's me! I'm the horse's head! Ha-cha-cha-cha!"]]