Tropescilloscope: Paper-Thin Disguise

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

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