Tropescilloscope: Dressing as the Enemy

Wearing the uniforms of the Evil Army to sneak around their base. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Lock and Load Montage Badass in a Nice Suit O.O.C. Is Serious Business Extremely Short Timespan Insistent Terminology "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Lampshade Hanging Smug Snake Fat Bastard Half the Man He Used to Be No-Sell May–December Romance Fiery Redhead Left the Background Music On Chiaroscuro Villainous Breakdown Funny Foreigner Guile Hero No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Mad Scientist Unusually Uninteresting Sight Rule of Funny Men Are the Expendable Gender Character Development Did Not Get the Girl Blatant Lies Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Soundtrack Dissonance Cold-Blooded Torture Together in Death Man on Fire Hypocrite Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Big Applesauce Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Sealed Evil in a Can Zombie Stories Central Theme Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Despair Event Horizon Bowdlerise Cool Old Lady BFG Suddenly SHOUTING! 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