Tropescilloscope: Disguised in Drag

A man disguises himself by dressing up as a woman. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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More Tropes Character Development Crazy-Prepared Evil vs. Evil Italian Films Slasher Movie Sassy Black Woman Adorkable Cassandra Truth Deus ex Machina Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Country Matters And the Adventure Continues Nothing Is Scarier Riddle for the Ages Not So Different Death of a Child Re-Cut "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Vampire Fiction Department of Redundancy Department Chase Scene Spell My Name with an "S" Pragmatic Villainy Book-Ends Fingore Disney Death Crapsack World Market-Based Title Scenery Porn Eyepatch of Power Sequel Hook Cruel and Unusual Death Loads and Loads of Characters Flipping the Bird Moment Killer Catapult Nightmare Faking the Dead Big Eater French Films Interrupted Suicide Insane Troll Logic Fun with Acronyms Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Revenge Depraved Bisexual Unusually Uninteresting Sight Faux Affably Evil Green-Eyed Monster Expy Credits Gag Artistic License – Gun Safety Madness Mantra Title Drop As Himself Dropped a Bridge on Him Rasputinian Death Foregone Conclusion MacGuffin Older Than They Look The Ditz The Brute Coming-of-Age Story Reasonable Authority Figure Once More, with Clarity! Mind Screw Actually Pretty Funny Back from the Dead Mexican Standoff folderlabel The Chick Big Brother Instinct Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Age Lift The Bully Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Only Known by Their Nickname Suspiciously Specific Denial Gorn No Name Given Drugs Are Bad Eldritch Abomination Drill Sergeant Nasty Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Stalker with a Crush A.I. Is a Crapshoot N-Word Privileges Cool Old Guy My Beloved Smother Broken Pedestal Recycled IN SPACE! Pyrrhic Victory Distracted by the Sexy Disney Villain Death Plot Hole Dogged Nice Guy As the Good Book Says... Advertised Extra Unresolved Sexual Tension The End... Or Is It? Bury Your Gays Smug Snake And I Must Scream Horror Films Deadpan Snarker No-Sell Romantic Comedy Taking You with Me Black Dude Dies First Heroes Want Redheads No Antagonist Hero of Another Story Irony No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Babies Ever After Friend to All Children The Smurfette Principle Killed Mid-Sentence Badass Grandpa An Arm and a Leg Ungrateful Bastard Wretched Hive The Un-Reveal Animated Credits Opening Precision F-Strike Handicapped Badass Would Hurt a Child Epic Movie Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Adaptation Expansion Taking the Bullet Logo Joke Pretty in Mink Zombie Stories Russian Films As You Know Rule of Three Deconstruction Police are Useless Bunny-Ears Lawyer Grievous Bottley Harm Only a Flesh Wound Heroic BSoD Offscreen Teleportation Insistent Terminology Hoist by His Own Petard Danny Peary Cult Movies List Worthy Opponent Running Gag Accidental Misnaming Karmic Death Take a Third Option Male Gaze Adaptational Badass Made of Iron Genre Throwback The X of Y Adult Fear The Vamp Meet Cute Bad Boss Historical Villain Upgrade Adults Are Useless Fate Worse than Death Dumb Blonde Documentary Action Survivor Meaningful Echo Take That! Corrupt Corporate Executive Translation Convention Film Series Vomit Indiscretion Shot Kick the Son of a Bitch Cowboy Cop Bowdlerise No OSHA Compliance Shoot the Shaggy Dog Music Stories Heroic Sacrifice It's Personal Cain and Abel Half the Man He Used to Be The Big Guy Dark and Troubled Past Not Using the "Z" Word Laughing Mad Adaptation Dye-Job Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Defiant to the End Failed a Spot Check One Steve Limit Continuity Nod Same Language Dub Hypocritical Humor Ascended Extra Evil Is Hammy Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Femme Fatale Our Zombies Are Different The Smart Guy Bolivian Army Ending The '80s Historical Hero Upgrade Naïve Newcomer Curse Cut Short Even Evil Has Loved Ones Didn't Think This Through War Is Hell Real Life The Load Bittersweet Ending Blatant Lies Pimped-Out Dress Spanner in the Works The Hero Leaning on the Fourth Wall In the Back The Oner Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Extreme Doormat Thriller Action Prologue Good Is Not Nice Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Black Best Friend The Bad Guy Wins Reality Ensues Redemption Equals Death Even Evil Has Standards Rewatch Bonus All There in the Script Chekhov's Skill Shipper on Deck Very Loosely Based on a True Story Bar Brawl Tranquil Fury Those Two Guys Karma Houdini Awesome, but Impractical Jerkass Up to Eleven Last-Name Basis Well-Intentioned Extremist I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Animal Title Index Dramedy Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Demonic Possession Plucky Comic Relief Famous Last Words Malevolent Masked Men Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Foil Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Parental Abandonment Redshirt Army Composite Character Arch-Enemy Death by Sex Extremely Short Timespan Fanservice Extra My God, What Have I Done? Get Out! Gone Horribly Right Oh, Crap! Abhorrent Admirer The Cavalry Big Fancy House Unspoken Plan Guarantee Dwindling Party Arranged Marriage Off with His Head! Silent Movie Sports Stories Dramatic Irony Brick Joke Death by Irony Laser-Guided Karma Major Injury Underreaction Artistic License – Biology Rule of Cool Freudian Excuse Brutal Honesty Horror Comedy Public Domain Feature Films Unreliable Narrator Canadian Movies What the Hell, Hero? Creator Cameo Your Head A-Splode The Alleged Car Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Missing Mom Gold Digger Everyone Has Standards Dull Surprise Light Is Not Good Funny Foreigner Tap on the Head Evil Brit The Lancer Anachronism Stew Nice Hat Real Life Writes the Plot Cat Scare The '50s Japanese Films It's All About Me Bond Villain Stupidity '80s Hair Sacrificial Lion Sanity Slippage Crucified Hero Shot Dirty Coward German Films The Alcoholic Storming the Castle Bound and Gagged Large Ham Four-Temperament Ensemble Toplessness from the Back Badass Boast Freeze-Frame Bonus Soundtrack Dissonance Rich Bitch A Date with Rosie Palms Outrun the Fireball Too Dumb to Live Never Trust a Trailer Instant Death Bullet Pragmatic Adaptation Spiteful Spit Hero Antagonist Wounded Gazelle Gambit This Is Gonna Suck Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Improbable Weapon User Ambiguous Ending Dark Reprise Black Comedy Rape Film Noir Totally Radical Five-Man Band Stepford Smiler Action Girl Protagonist Title Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Due to the Dead Cold-Blooded Torture Villain Protagonist Playing Gertrude Bloody Hilarious Chiaroscuro Berserk Button Shell-Shocked Veteran Blood from the Mouth Alas, Poor Villain Grey and Gray Morality Early Installment Weirdness Easily Forgiven Would Hit a Girl Agony of the Feet The Quiet One He Who Fights Monsters Driven to Suicide Boom, Headshot! Does Not Like Shoes Darkest Hour The Film of the Book Conspicuous CG Science Fiction Films Sealed Evil in a Can Artistic License – Physics It Can Think Names to Run Away from Really Fast Refuge in Audacity "Awesome McCool" Name Evil Is Petty Sequel Escalation Damsel in Distress Sci-Fi Horror Break the Cutie Made of Explodium Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Dissonant Serenity The Hero Dies Cloudcuckoolander You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Determinator aka: The Determinator Monumental Damage Action Genre timeperiod Car Fu Married to the Job Auto Erotica Every Car Is a Pinto Big "NO!" The Mafia More Dakka Have a Gay Old Time Mad Scientist Film Noir Index Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Manchild Put on a Bus From Bad to Worse Annoying Younger Sibling Overprotective Dad Ghost Fiction Calling the Old Man Out Cool Shades The Atoner Rape as Drama Immune to Bullets My Greatest Failure Humiliation Conga Small Name, Big Ego Bullying a Dragon Disguised in Drag Not Even Bothering with the Accent Obstructive Bureaucrat Hollywood Darkness Chekhov's Gun Genre Shift Knight Templar Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Took a Level in Badass Hell Is That Noise Together in Death Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Obfuscating Stupidity Red Right Hand Let's Get Dangerous! Broken Aesop Artistic License – History Intergenerational Friendship The Sociopath Bi the Way Expository Hairstyle Change Dutch Angle Hollywood Law Anguished Declaration of Love Self-Deprecation Gory Discretion Shot Parental Neglect Belligerent Sexual Tension Men Are the Expendable Gender Breaking the Fourth Wall All Just a Dream Serial Killer No Celebrities Were Harmed Psycho for Hire And Starring Blackmail Lampshade Hanging Facial Horror Informed Ability Not So Above It All Mr. Fanservice Police Brutality I'm a Humanitarian Framing Device Here We Go Again! Anyone Can Die Adapted Out Unwitting Instigator of Doom Only in It for the Money Bilingual Bonus Jerk Jock True Companions Match Cut Morality Pet Contrived Coincidence The '90s Dying Moment of Awesome Slashed Throat Military and Warfare Films Diabolus ex Machina It Will Never Catch On Works Set in World War II Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass For the Evulz Motor Mouth Red Eyes, Take Warning Shout-Out Final Girl Ax-Crazy Drowning My Sorrows Arc Words Gainax Ending Beware the Nice Ones Parental Incest Historical-Domain Character Exact Words Award-Bait Song Kids Are Cruel Off-into-the-Distance Ending Card-Carrying Villain Romantic False Lead Love Triangle "The Reason You Suck" Speech Shown Their Work Creepy Child The Great Depression Be Careful What You Wish For Our Vampires Are Different Mighty Whitey Rule of Symbolism Curb-Stomp Battle Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Pretty Little Headshots Fanservice Vacation Films Hope Spot Dies Wide Open Call-Forward A Minor Kidroduction Hypocrite I Did What I Had to Do Despair Event Horizon Maybe Ever After Wrong Genre Savvy Death Glare British Films Shirtless Scene Make It Look Like an Accident Hooker with a Heart of Gold Not What It Looks Like Central Theme Kill It with Fire Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Your Cheating Heart Actor Allusion Bring My Brown Pants Line-of-Sight Name Deliberately Monochrome Artistic License – Military La Résistance Ass Shove Double-Meaning Title Fat Bastard Leave the Camera Running The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Celebrity Paradox Big Damn Heroes Hate Sink The Casanova Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Roaring Rampage of Revenge Villainous Breakdown The Reveal Spiritual Successor Soft Glass Fainting The Lost Lenore Catch-Phrase Chewing the Scenery All Men Are Perverts Amoral Attorney Setting Update The Power of Love There Is No Kill Like Overkill Whole Plot Reference Parental Substitute Say My Name Adaptational Villainy Smoking Is Cool Wham Line BFG Drives Like Crazy Man on Fire Accidental Murder The Dog Bites Back Destination Defenestration Villain Opening Scene The Remake Loophole Abuse The Voiceless Evil Sounds Deep May–December Romance Christmas Movies Index Leitmotif Camp Gay The Starscream Villain Song All There in the Manual Neck Lift Ambiguous Disorder Adaptational Attractiveness Dark Action Girl Never Found the Body Rousing Speech Abusive Parents Sadistic Choice Badass Longcoat Dual Wielding Disappeared Dad Sinister Minister Reality Has No Subtitles Neck Snap Wham Shot Big Applesauce In Medias Res "Well Done, Son!" Guy Epic Fail She's Got Legs Suspiciously Similar Substitute Badass Bookworm Cat Fight Exactly What It Says on the Tin Mr. Exposition Offscreen Moment of Awesome Earn Your Happy Ending I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Retcon Super Strength Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Betty and Veronica Undying Loyalty Noodle Incident Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Pre-Mortem One-Liner Attempted Rape Apocalypse How Bottomless Magazines Villain Ball Asshole Victim Sexy Discretion Shot Covers Always Lie Fire-Forged Friends You Killed My Father One-Man Army Rated M for Manly Evil Counterpart Ominous Latin Chanting Evil-Detecting Dog The Ghost Cool Guns From Nobody to Nightmare Mood Whiplash Random Events Plot Dirty Old Man Daylight Horror No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Badass Normal Skewed Priorities Flashback Sole Survivor Red Shirt Gender Flip Improvised Weapon Biopic Star-Crossed Lovers Beard of Evil Gilligan Cut Overly Long Gag Mercy Kill Throwing Your Sword Always Works Costume Porn The Musical Woman Scorned Death by Adaptation Beauty Is Never Tarnished Bland-Name Product What You Are in the Dark Bait-and-Switch Double Entendre The Mole Face–Heel Turn Frame-Up Closed Circle Ms. Fanservice Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Big-Bad Ensemble No Ending Bad "Bad Acting" Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! The Place Corpsing Historical In-Joke Foreshadowing Stealth Pun Did Not Get the Girl Time Skip Race Against the Clock Bavarian Fire Drill Batman Gambit Anti-Hero Pay Evil unto Evil Naked People Are Funny Dressing as the Enemy The Stinger World of Ham Deliberate Values Dissonance Honor Before Reason Video Credits Determinator Reckless Gun Usage Hong Kong Films Adaptation Distillation The Faceless All Girls Want Bad Boys Brainless Beauty Straight Gay Air-Vent Passageway Creative Closing Credits Early-Bird Cameo Henpecked Husband The Dreaded Death Seeker Red Herring Manic Pixie Dream Girl Evil Plan Not Quite Dead Mugging the Monster Homage Never My Fault I Have Your Wife A Father to His Men Reality Is Unrealistic Comically Missing the Point Product Placement Fantastic Racism Demoted to Extra The Stoic Downer Ending For Want of a Nail Token Minority Authority Equals Asskicking Slap-Slap-Kiss Cluster F-Bomb Alliterative Name Important Haircut Papa Wolf B-Movie Word of God Beta Couple A God Am I Fourth Date Marriage Big Bad Black Comedy Fish out of Water Those Wacky Nazis Punch-Clock Villain Insult Backfire The Stoner Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Mystery and Detective Films Anti-Villain Show Within a Show Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Affectionate Parody Darker and Edgier Dirty Cop Retired Badass Heel Realization Victoria's Secret Compartment Yandere In Name Only Scenery Gorn You Have Failed Me Evil Laugh You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Butt-Monkey Brother–Sister Incest Jerkass Has a Point How We Got Here Knife Nut Humans Are Bastards Retirony Fiery Redhead Race Lift Aluminum Christmas Trees Bloodier and Gorier Rule of Funny Those Two Bad Guys NO INDOOR VOICE Gratuitous English Narrator Author Avatar Body Horror Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Cool Car As Long as It Sounds Foreign Decoy Protagonist Meaningful Name 20 Minutes into the Future Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Aside Glance Mama Bear The '60s Superhero Big Bad Duumvirate Alpha Bitch Scary Black Man Hidden Depths Affably Evil Stuff Blowing Up Based on a True Story Only One Name Vitriolic Best Buds Does This Remind You of Anything? Groin Attack Posthumous Character Nice Guy Eye Scream Index of Film Westerns Broken Bird Deal with the Devil Canon Foreigner Properly Paranoid Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Peek-a-Boo Corpse Blood Knight Paper-Thin Disguise Trailers Always Spoil "Shaggy Dog" Story Novelization Australian Movies The Dragon Greater-Scope Villain Bare Your Midriff Cool Old Lady Fake Shemp Twist Ending Slasher Smile Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Male Frontal Nudity Fatal Family Photo Kill 'em All Meaningful Background Event Ship Tease Martial Arts Movie Unusual Euphemism Break the Haughty Room Full of Crazy Animal Motifs Fatal Flaw Camera Abuse Bald of Evil Lock and Load Montage Amusing Injuries I Need a Freaking Drink Almost Kiss Truth in Television Obviously Evil Woman in White Fantasy Films Improbable Aiming Skills Only Sane Man Jerk with a Heart of Gold Eureka Moment Manly Tears Villain with Good Publicity Better to Die than Be Killed Needs Wiki Magic Love Call-Back Chekhov's Gunman Left the Background Music On Television Movie Index One-Word Title Really Gets Around Training Montage Defrosting Ice Queen The Chessmaster Psychopathic Manchild Manipulative Bastard Mythology Gag Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Jump Scare Implacable Man Fan Disservice Children Are Innocent Silence Is Golden Wicked Cultured Punny Name O.O.C. Is Serious Business Developing Doomed Characters Serious Business The Cameo Empathic Environment Author Appeal Psychological Thriller Stealth Hi/Bye Tagline Ambiguously Gay Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Establishing Character Moment Ironic Echo Eiffel Tower Effect Ripped from the Headlines Imagine Spot Intrepid Reporter Evil Cannot Comprehend Good All for Nothing Guns Akimbo Bloodless Carnage Hair-Trigger Temper Suddenly SHOUTING! Becoming the Mask Red Oni, Blue Oni Anachronic Order Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Mooks Lighter and Softer Shut Up, Hannibal! An Aesop Heel–Face Turn Getting Crap Past the Radar Adaptational Heroism Shower Scene Genre Savvy Scare Chord Love at First Sight Guile Hero Disproportionate Retribution Antagonist Title Poor Communication Kills Combat Pragmatist After the End Dark Is Not Evil Kubrick Stare Eagleland Not So Stoic Jitter Cam Tempting Fate Pet the Dog Sir Swears-a-Lot Casting Gag Funny Background Event Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie He Knows Too Much Black and Gray Morality The Ace Stylistic Suck Kick the Dog Domestic Abuse Dramatic Gun Cock Stock Footage Adaptation Name Change Vomit Discretion Shot Idiot Ball Bond One-Liner Enemy Mine Non-Indicative Name Face Death with Dignity Crazy Jealous Guy Daddy's Girl Artistic License – Geography Mundane Made Awesome Mistaken for Gay Took a Level in Jerkass An Axe to Grind She Cleans Up Nicely Armor-Piercing Question Spared by the Adaptation Captain Obvious Politically Incorrect Villain Visual Pun Happily Married The '70s What Happened to the Mouse? Badass in a Nice Suit Captain Ersatz Heterosexual Life-Partners Artistic License – Law