History Main / WallpaperCamouflage

* Played for horror in ''TheYellowWallpaper,'' at the end of which the narrator tries to disguise herself by rubbing up against the wallpaper, trying to incorporate herself in its pattern. Earlier, she thought she saw other women hiding in the paper.

* Recurring trope in ''ArrestedDevelopment''. Tobias, as an understudy for the Blue Man Group, is constantly camouflaged against blue backgrounds. A notable incident is [[spoiler: when Lucille hits Tobias with her car because she cannot see him against the blue sky]]. Tobias is also seen painting himself in his wife's 'diamond encrusted lotion' to camouflage himself against a glitter background.

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* Done by Holmes in ''[[Film/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows]]''. Twice.

* Mrs. Goadion from ''This is Jinsy'' wears a dress that blends into the background of her hut, leaving her looking much like a floating head.

* Done by Holmes in Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows. Twice.

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* In ''AddamsFamilyValues'', Wednesday does this, face paint included, to spy on the babysitter/black widow.

* Mrs. Goadion from ''This is Jinsy'' wears a dress that blends into the background of her hut, leaving her looking much like a floating head.

* The [[http://defensetech.org/2007/07/06/when-you-dont-want-to-take-out-the-trash/ US Army ACU Uniform]].

* Chinese artist Lin Bolin.

* On ''{{Futurama}}'' Leela criticizes bureaucrats as pencil pushers who just blend into the walls. Camera turns to Hermes, who happens to be wearing a shirt the exact same color as the wall behind it.

* Once on ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' Iolas hid from some {{Mooks}} by covering himself in mud and lying down, blending in with the mud patch which the mooks ran through while looking for him.

* On ''{{Futurama}}'' Bender criticizes bureaucrats as pencil pushers who just blend into the walls. Camera turns to Hermes, who happens to be wearing a shirt the exact same color as the wall behind it.

* Recurring trope in ''ArrestedDevelopment''. Tobias, as an understudy for the Blue Man Group, is constantly camouflaged against blue backgrounds. A notable incident is [[spoiler: when Lucille hits Tobias with her car because she cannot see him against the blue sky]]. Tobias is also seen painting himself in his wife's 'diamond encrusted lotion' to camouflage himself against a glitter background.

* On ''TheMuppetMovie'', the psychodelic paint job the Electric Mayhem gives Fozzie's Studebaker serendipitously matches a billboard for soda, enabling Kermit and Fozzie to elude Doc Hopper.

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Related to StandInPortrait, if they are impersonating a figure in a mural it is that trope not this one.

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Related to StandInPortrait.

* In ''{{Asterix}} and Cleopatra.''

* Serious example: A {{Mook}} hides in Indy's room this way in ''IndianaJones and the Temple of Doom''.