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* In ''HeatGuyJ'', Kia does this to find inspiration for his music. Subverted in that Kia was not rich, [[spoiler: at least not since his parents' messy divorce.]]

* Bruce does this in ''[[TheDarkKnightSaga Batman Begins]].''

* In ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', Rin poses as an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary public high school student]] despite being wealthy enough to do whatever she wants.

** All over ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub''. The "commoner" Haruhi is so fascinating to everyone else because they're all so rich and high society that a normal middle class lifestyle is like a different world.

* In Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''Cinderella'', this is how the prince and Cinderella meet for the first time. [[spoiler:Most of the conversation gets a MeaningfulEcho at the end.]]
* In ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', Jasmine tries this, and very quickly learns that she knows nothing about life on the streets. Later, when she sees through Aladdin's "Prince Ali" disguise, Aladdin claims that he's a prince who makes a habit of going about the streets dressed as a commoner.

* Mentioned in ''[[{{Discworld}} Witches Abroad]]'': Nanny Ogg says that those princes dressing up as paupers always make sure the peasants don't get too close.
** In ''[[{{Discworld}} Pyramids]]'', Teppic reflects that peasants have more freedom, before correcting himself with "yeah, freedom to be starve, to be worked to death, to die of a horrible plague..."

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* The RealityShow ''TheSimpleLife'' featured ParisHilton and her friend Nicole abandoning their pampered lifestyles to live less-wealthy lives (for example, DownOnTheFarm) and seeing how well [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense (or rather, poorly) they'd cope.]]

* {{Music/Pulp}}'s "Common People" (the page quote) describes a student from Greece who does this - and then [[TakeThat skewers her mercilessly for thinking "that poor is cool"]]:

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* The Dethklok band members in ''{{Metalocalypse}}'' attempt to be "regular jackoffs", before they realize they liked it better when they were basically gods.

** Let's not forget that her brother Nozomu doesn't have any reason to be a teacher.

* In ''{{Camelot}}'', King Arthur meets Guenevere in this way, intending to avoid an ArrangedMarriage to her. It turns out to be a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage, but all the same they find themselves singing "What Do The Simple Folk Do?" in the second act.

Compare KingIncognito, SecretlyWealthy, and PrinceAndPauper. A character doing this may or may not be RichInDollarsPoorInSense.

* In SayonaraZetsubouSensei, Rin poses as an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary public high school student]] despite being wealthy enough to do whatever she wants.

* The idle rich have never even heard of instant coffee crystals in OuranHighSchoolHostClub. One of them tries it and is delighted. "So this is why commoners drink it all the time!"
** All over OuranHighSchoolHostClub. The "commoner" Haruhi is so fascinating to everyone else because they're all so rich and high society that a normal middle class lifestyle is like a different world.

* Bruce does this in BatmanBegins.

* Mentioned in [[{{Discworld}} Witches Abroad]]: Nanny Ogg says that those princes dressing up as paupers always make sure the peasants don't get too close.
** In [[{{Discworld}} Pyramids]], Teppic reflects that peasants have more freedom, before correcting himself with "yeah, freedom to be starve, to be worked to death, to die of a horrible plague..."

* Miss Dorothy [[spoiler:and Jimmy]] does this in ''ThoroughlyModernMillie''. She even has an IWantSong about it, titled "How The Other Half Lives.

* The Dethklok band members in {{Metalocalypse}} attempt to be "regular jackoffs", before they realize they liked it better when they were basically gods.
* In ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', Jasmine tries this, and very quickly learns that she knows nothing about life on the streets. Later, when she sees through Aladdin's "Prince Ali" disguise, Aladdin claims that he's a prince who makes a habit of going about the streets dressed as a commoner.

* Historically, it was fashionable [[strike:during the Renaissance]] before the French Revolution for nobility to have picnics in which they dressed up as peasants and shepherds or for paintings to depict a romanticized version of the peasant.
** Marie Antoinette also did this, and said (or was said having said): "The peasants don't know how lucky they are!"
*** We all know how that turned out...

* {{Music/Pulp}}'s "Common People" (the page quote) describes an exchange student from Greece who does this - and then [[TakeThat skewers her mercilessly for thinking "that poor is cool"]]:

* {{Music/Pulp}}'s "Common People" (the page quote) describes an exchange student from Greece who does this - and then [[TakeThat skewers her mercilessly for thinking "that poor is cool."]]

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* {{Music/Pulp}}'s "Common People" (the page quote) describes an exchange student from Greece who does this - and then [[TakeThat skewers her ''mercilessly'' for thinking "that poor is cool."]]

* {{Music/Pulp}}'s "Common People" describes an exchange student from Greece who does this - and then [[TakeThat skewers her ''mercilessly'' for thinking "that poor is cool."]]

** Let's not forget that his brother Nozomu doesn't have any reason to be a teacher.

* [[spoiler:Jimmy and Miss Dorothy]] are revealed to be doing this at the end of the play ThoroughlyModernMillie.

* In Disney.{{Aladdin}}, Jasmine tries this, and very quickly learns that she knows nothing about life on the streets. Later, when she sees through Aladdin's "Prince Ali" disguise, Aladdin claims that he's a prince who makes a habit of going about the streets dressed as a commoner.

* In TheMusical ''Camelot'', King Arthur meets Guenevere in this way, intending to avoid an ArrangedMarriage to her. It turns out to be a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage (until Lancelot's CourtlyLove gets out of hand some years later).

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, and SlummingIt, where this is done [[JustForFun for fun]]