Tropescilloscope: Paper-Thin Disguise

Obvious disguise to the audience, not to the characters. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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