History Main / ImpersonationGambit

* ''LightNovel/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign'' has a villainous example where [[spoiler:the [[BigBad White Queen]] impersonates Aoi, the person who [[TheHero Kyousuke]] was planning on binding a contract with. Though it turns out that Kyousuke figures it out early on, and deliberately led the White Queen around until he had what he needed]].

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'', [[spoiler: Eva isn't really your contact]].
** Also in Snake Eater, Snake impersonates Major Raikov in order to get to the west wing of Grozni Grad.

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** ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' has Bond impersonate a nuclear physicist trying to steal a warhead scheduled for decommissioning. When the HotScientist becomes suspicious of him, he passes a language test, but still gets caught because of the age discrepancy between Bond and the physicist.

* In the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}} Escape from L.A.]]'', Eva and Tom plan to get back home by pretending that they're still [[PuppeteerParasite Controllers]] in order to sneak into a Yeerk Pool, then crash a couple of bug fighters into each other in an attempt to undo the [[NegativeSpaceWedgie Sario Rip]] that sent them two years into the past.

* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' pulls this off in "Chuck vs the Fake Name" by taking an assassins indentity to find out who the ring wants to kill.

* In ''Film/{{Ultraviolet}}'' Violet impersonates a courier in order to get inside the Archminstry's headquarters and steal the weapon that will wipe out the hemophages.

* ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'': In "What if Tom's yeerk got the morphing cube from David first?", [[spoiler:Tom pretends that he's still a Controller when Chapman spots him and Jake in the hallway. Then, Jake morphs Tom so he can ask the other two Controllers to give him the Escafil device. It works, even though Jake-as-Tom was oddly polite.]]

* This happens in the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' story, "Beneath the Viscoid", wherein [[VillainProtagonist the Master]] pretends to be [[TheHero the Doctor]] in order to fool a group of friendly aliens to help pull off his plan [[EvilVsEvil against the Daleks]].

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* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' - Tony and Ziva pose as an assassin couple in order to sniff out who they were taking orders from.
* Happened in an episode of the new ''Series/KnightRider''.
* In ''[[Series/{{Jake20}} Jake 2.0]]'', Jake infiltrates a meeting of a group of hackers (who had previously only communicated online) by impersonating a group member who has been arrested by the NSA.

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* At ''Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} Young Lions Cup II'', Night II, July 31, 2004, there was a trios match where the Dark Breed (Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}} and Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}}) and DJ Skittles defeated the Sweet 'n' Sour International team of Spyrazul, Mobius and Flex Fenom. At ''Retribution Rumble of Revenge and Rumble to Remember'', August 27th, there was an ''atomicos'' (8-man tag match) with Jigsaw[=/=]Jolly Roger[=/=]Men @ Work (Mister ZERO and Wrestling/ShaneStorm) vs. the Sweet 'n' Sour International team of Wrestling/LarrySweeney, Spyrazul, Rorschach and Wrestling/{{Crossbones|TheWrestler}}, which Jigsaw's team won. Before the match, Sweeney was asking where Wrestling/MikeQuackenbush was. Shane Storm defeated Spyrazul at ''Beware of Barely Badd Blasts and/or Blood Brawls on the Beach'' on September 25th. At ''The Cibernetico Cometh'' on October 30th, there was the first-ever Torneo Cibernetico match, with Jigsaw's team (Jigsaw[=/=]Men @ Work[=/=]F.I.S.T. [Icarus & Wrestling/GranAkuma][=/=]Jolly Roger and Private Eye[=/=]DJ Skittles) vs. Sweet 'n' Sour International (Sweeney/Spyrazul/Sharecropper/The Dark Breed/Crossbones/Mano Metallico/Rorschach.) When the match was down to Jigsaw vs. Sweeney/Spyrazul/Rorschach, Spyrazul hit a Black Tornado Slam on Rorschach and allowed Jigsaw to pin Rorschach. Spyrazul removed his mask to reveal, of course, Quackenbush. Quack threw the mask at Sweeney, wished Jigsaw luck and got himself counted out. This led to Jigsaw pinning Sweeney to win the match.

* At ''Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} Young Lions Cup II'', Night II, July 31, 2004, there was a trios match where the Dark Breed (Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}} and Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}}) and DJ Skittles defeated the Sweet 'n' Sour International team of Spyrazul, Mobius and Flex Fenom. At ''Retribution Rumble of Revenge and Rumble to Remember'', August 27th, there was an ''atomicos'' (8-man tag match) with Jigsaw[=/=]Jolly Roger[=/=]Men @ Work (Mister ZERO and Shane Storm) vs. the Sweet 'n' Sour International team of Wrestling/LarrySweeney, Spyrazul, Rorschach and Wrestling/{{Crossbones|TheWrestler}}, which Jigsaw's team won. Before the match, Sweeney was asking where Wrestling/MikeQuackenbush was. Shane Storm defeated Spyrazul at ''Beware of Barely Badd Blasts and/or Blood Brawls on the Beach'' on September 25th. At ''The Cibernetico Cometh'' on October 30th, there was the first-ever Torneo Cibernetico match, with Jigsaw's team (Jigsaw[=/=]Men @ Work[=/=]F.I.S.T. [Icarus & Wrestling/GranAkuma][=/=]Jolly Roger and Private Eye[=/=]DJ Skittles) vs. Sweet 'n' Sour International (Sweeney/Spyrazul/Sharecropper/The Dark Breed/Crossbones/Mano Metallico/Rorschach.) When the match was down to Jigsaw vs. Sweeney/Spyrazul/Rorschach, Spyrazul hit a Black Tornado Slam on Rorschach and allowed Jigsaw to pin Rorschach. Spyrazul removed his mask to reveal, of course, Quackenbush. Quack threw the mask at Sweeney, wished Jigsaw luck and got himself counted out. This led to Jigsaw pinning Sweeney to win the match.

* At ''Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} Young Lions Cup II'', Night II, July 31, 2004, there was a trios match where the Dark Breed (Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}} and Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}}) and DJ Skittles defeated the Sweet 'n' Sour International team of Spyrazul, Mobius and Flex Fenom. At ''Retribution Rumble of Revenge and Rumble to Remember'', August 27th, there was an ''atomicos'' (8-man tag match) with Jigsaw[=/=]Jolly Roger[=/=]Men @ Work (Mister ZERO and Shane Storm) vs. the Sweet 'n' Sour International team of Wrestling/LarrySweeney, Spyrazul, Rorschach and Crossbones, which Jigsaw's team won. Before the match, Sweeney was asking where Wrestling/MikeQuackenbush was. Shane Storm defeated Spyrazul at ''Beware of Barely Badd Blasts and/or Blood Brawls on the Beach'' on September 25th. At ''The Cibernetico Cometh'' on October 30th, there was the first-ever Torneo Cibernetico match, with Jigsaw's team (Jigsaw[=/=]Men @ Work[=/=]F.I.S.T. [Icarus & Gran Akuma][=/=]Jolly Roger and Private Eye[=/=]DJ Skittles) vs. Sweet 'n' Sour International (Sweeney/Spyrazul/Sharecropper/The Dark Breed/Crossbones/Mano Metallico/Rorschach.) When the match was down to Jigsaw vs. Sweeney/Spyrazul/Rorschach, Spyrazul hit a Black Tornado Slam on Rorschach and allowed Jigsaw to pin Rorschach. Spyrazul removed his mask to reveal, of course, Quackenbush. Quack threw the mask at Sweeney, wished Jigsaw luck and got himself counted out. This led to Jigsaw pinning Sweeney to win the match.

* On ''Series/{{Charmed}},'' an assassin tries to kill the sisters, only to be killed by Prue. She then impersonates the assassin to meet her client, who had apparently never met the assassin in person before.

** ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' has Bond impersonate a nuclear physicist trying to steal a warhead scheduled for decommissioning.

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* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': In a rare VillainProtagonist case, [[spoiler:Shion]] [[MuggedForDisguise kidnaps and impersonates]] [[spoiler:[[ImpersonatingTheEvilTwin her twin sister]] Mion]] throughout [[spoiler:the second halves of ''Watanagashi-hen'' and ''Meakashi-hen''. She]] does this [[spoiler:[[MotivationalLie falsely believing]] [[WeUsedToBeFriends the latter was partly responsible for]] [[TheLostLenore her love interest Satoshi's disappearance]]; and [[LoveMakesYouEvil taking an opportunity]] [[ThisMeansWar to avenge him]]]]. However, [[spoiler:Shion's]] judgment is clouded by [[spoiler:Mion's position as their {{yakuza}} family's [[TheFavorite favorite]] and successor--[[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask which sometimes requires her to pose as]] DaddysLittleVillain--as well as by Shion's ''own'' position as the [[TheUnFavorite Un-Favorite]]; thus {{justif|ied trope}}ying her [[CainAndAbel Cain-and-Abel]] [[SiblingRivalry rivalry]]. After she [[SiblingMurder offs the "evil" twin]], her gambit [[ZigZaggedTrope zig-zags]] as she reassumes her true identity, and becomes a DisguisedHostageGambit / FakeoutEscape / FalseInnocenceTrick]].
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* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': In a rare VillainProtagonist case, [[spoiler:Shion]] [[MuggedForDisguise kidnaps and impersonates]] [[spoiler:[[ImpersonatingTheEvilTwin her twin sister]] Mion]] throughout [[spoiler:the second halves of ''Watanagashi-hen'' and ''Meakashi-hen''. She]] does this [[spoiler:[[MotivationalLie falsely believing]] [[WeUsedToBeFriends the latter was partly responsible for]] [[TheLostLenore her love interest Satoshi's disappearance]]; and [[LoveMakesYouEvil taking an opportunity]] [[ThisMeansWar to avenge him]]]]. However, [[spoiler:Shion's]] judgment is clouded by [[spoiler:Mion's position as their {{yakuza}} family's [[TheFavorite favorite]] and successor--[[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask which sometimes requires her to pose as]] DaddysLittleVillain--as well as by Shion's ''own'' position as the [[TheUnFavorite Un-Favorite]]; thus {{justif|ied trope}}ying her [[CainAndAbel Cain-and-Abel]] [[SiblingRivalry rivalry]]. After she [[SiblingMurder offs the "evil" twin]], her gambit {{invert|ed trope}}s as she reassumes her true identity, and becomes a DisguisedHostageGambit / FakeoutEscape / FalseInnocenceTrick]].