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* In the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-set ''Film/BlackBook'', in order to pass a German checkpoint, Jewish woman Rachel Stein (Creator/CariceVanHouten) passes as a dead from an epidemic (with makeup) [[CoffinContraband inside a coffin]]. The German soldier orders to open the coffin nonetheless, but the ruse works.
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* ''Film/VonRyansExpress'' is probably the best-known example, in which a British chaplain who speaks German fluently puts on a German officer's uniform. At the checkpoint, he criticizes the checkpoint commander for not wearing his uniform properly, and threatens to send him to the eastern front.
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* ''Film/VonRyansExpress'' is probably the best-known example, in which a British chaplain who speaks German fluently puts on a German officer's uniform. At the checkpoint, he criticizes the checkpoint commander for not wearing his uniform properly, and threatens to send him to the eastern front. Once he's safely back on the train, the chaplain faints.
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* ''Film/AtomicBlonde''. Lorraine's cover has been blown and she has visible facial injuries, so she gets her contact in East Berlin to smuggle her through CheckpointCharlie. He poses as a foreign ambassador, driving a Mercedes with a [[PunkInTheTrunk secret compartment beneath the floor of the trunk]].
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* The team of journalists who recorded the footage for ''Film/TwentyDaysInMariupol'' during the early phase of the UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}n invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} had to go through 15 checkpoints in Russian-occupied zones and hide the footage and cameras that they used under their car's seats until they reached a [[UsefulNotes/TheRedCross Red Cross]] convoy.
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* As recounted in his memoir, ''Those Devils in Baggy Pants'', American paratrooper Ross Carter was part of a night patrol caught behind enemy lines at Anzio. In order to return to friendly lines, the group decided to stand upright and goosestep straight past the Germans, figuring that any sentries would be looking for people trying to sneak back and that at the very least, the German-style marching would confuse any observers long enough for the patrol to get the drop on them. ''It worked.''
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* A UsefulNotes/WorldWarII example: As recounted in his memoir, ''Those Devils in Baggy Pants'', American paratrooper Ross Carter was part of a night patrol caught behind enemy lines at Anzio.Anzio in UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}. In order to return to friendly lines, the group decided to stand upright and goosestep straight past the Germans, figuring that any sentries would be looking for people trying to sneak back and that at the very least, the German-style marching would confuse any observers long enough for the patrol to get the drop on them. ''It worked.''
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** ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'': As the heroes arrive at Ludendorff's castle party, Steve and Sameer bluff their way in, Steve pretending to be a German general and Sameer his driver. At the security checkpoint, they put on an act of Sameer having "lost their tickets", bickering so obnoxiously that the guard gets fed up and lets them drive through.
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** ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'': As the heroes arrive at Ludendorff's castle party, Steve and Sameer bluff their way in, Steve pretending to be a German general and Sameer his [[FunnyForeigner silly]] {{sycophantic|Servant}} driver. At the security checkpoint, they put on an act of Sameer having "lost their tickets", bickering so obnoxiously that the guard gets fed up and lets them drive through.
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%% * In ''Film/AceOfAces'', Jo Cavalier (Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo) attempts an ObfuscatingStupidity variant at a road checkpoint in UsefulNotes/NaziGermany in 1936. It doesn't work, and a car vs motorcycles chase ensues.
* In ''Film/Godzilla1998'', Phillipe Roache and the other French secret agents disguise themselves as American soldiers by donning the right uniforms and drive a humvee up to a military checkpoint to get into the city. They convince the guard that they're "[[FakeAmerican real Americans]]" by putting on an Elvis Presley accent and all of them chewing gum to look casual.
* In ''Film/Godzilla1998'', Phillipe Roache and the other French secret agents disguise themselves as American soldiers by donning the right uniforms and drive a humvee up to a military checkpoint to get into the city. They convince the guard that they're "[[FakeAmerican real Americans]]" by putting on an Elvis Presley accent and all of them chewing gum to look casual.
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** ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'': As the heroes arrive at Ludendorff's castle party, Steve and Sameer bluff their way in, Steve pretending to be a German general and Sameer his driver. At the security checkpoint, they put on an act of Sameer having "lost their tickets", bickering so obnoxiously that the guard gets fed up and lets them drive through.
** In ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' and ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', Barry Allen is driving the military truck that the team is using to get into the Kryptonian ship with Superman's body. As he gives the guard his ID, Cyborg is hacking their system to validate it. Cyborg ''just'' manages to complete the task when the guard checking is about to flag the ID as fake.
* In ''Film/Godzilla1998'', Phillipe
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* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': As the heroes arrive at Ludendorff's castle party, Steve and Sameer bluff their way in, Steve pretending to be a German general and Sameer his driver. At the security checkpoint, they put on an act of Sameer having "lost their tickets", bickering so obnoxiously that the guard gets fed up and lets them drive through.
* In ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' and ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', Barry Allen is driving the military truck that the team is using to get into the Kryptonian ship with Superman's body. As he gives the guard his ID, Cyborg is hacking their system to validate it. Cyborg ''just'' manages to complete the task when the guard checking is about to flag the ID as fake.
* In ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' and ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', Barry Allen is driving the military truck that the team is using to get into the Kryptonian ship with Superman's body. As he gives the guard his ID, Cyborg is hacking their system to validate it. Cyborg ''just'' manages to complete the task when the guard checking is about to flag the ID as fake.
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When faced with an enemy checkpoint ahead, there are several courses of action that can be taken; one can try to bypass the checkpoint, go through it when it's unmanned (or when they're changing shifts), bribe the guards, use false papers, try to create a distraction, and so on. Another course of action is possible, but this requires a certain amount of bravado: bluffing your way through the checkpoint, often involving DressingAsTheEnemy.
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When faced with an enemy checkpoint ahead, there are several courses of action that can be taken; one can try to bypass the checkpoint, go through it when it's unmanned (or when they're changing shifts), bribe the guards, use false papers, try to create a distraction, and so on. Another course of action is possible, but this requires a certain amount of bravado: bluffing your way through the checkpoint, often involving DressingAsTheEnemy.
DressingAsTheEnemy. May or may not involve a degree of MacGuffinBlindness, especially if the checkpoint is there to find something.
