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* ''[[Film/SkyHigh1922 Sky High]]'' is about a Border Patrol agent who infiltrates a human trafficking gnmg that smuggles Chinese immmigrants over the border from Mexico.

* In ''SleepingDogs'', Weng is an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads in Hong Kong.

* ''InfernalAffairs'', played by Tony Leung Chiu-Wai.

* The ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Off the Grid" requires a member of SG1 to go undercover as a drug smuggler. After a hilarious argument about who would be the most convincing, Colonel Mitchell pulls rank and decides he's going to do it. The scene immediately cuts to the team running away from the bad guys and Teal'c saying "I did advise you were a most unlikely drug smuggler, Colonel Mitchell."

-->-- A review of ''The Molly Maguires''

* ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' has JamesBond infiltrating a diamond-smuggling operation.

* Played out with lots of tension in ''TrueDetective'': Rust, a former undercover cop, decides to go back into his undercover persona "off the books" in order to get to a specific person of interest. Although he's done the infiltration before, the tests he has to run through [[spoiler: such as doing drugs that have been previous shown to mess with his head and sense of awareness to varying degrees]] to prove his bona fides, and the [[spoiler: massive mess that erupts when things fall apart]], make it harrowing to watch.

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' [[spoiler:Artemis is this as of "Depths", as is Kaldur/Aqualad]]

* This was The UnknownSoldier's whole career. Impersonate someone, get inside the target area, terminate the target (officer, secret weapon, intelligence gatherer, Etc). Sometimes he could get the target's protectors to terminate the target for him.

-->''Because, after all is said and done, an infiltrade must make an investigation on his own conscience'' A review about ''"The Molly Maguires"''

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Taylor, after being mistaken for a supervillain on her first night out in costume, decides to infiltrate the supervillains that she helped with the intention of betraying them to the local superheroes once she's gathered information on the group. As time goes on, however, she finds herself BecomingTheMask and becoming real friends with the [[VillainProtagonist Undersiders]].

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* Everyone in TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}} is trying to do this at all times, due to a combination of GrayAndGreyMorality and CityOfSpies. Swapping sides is not uncommon.

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* In ''Fanfic/ThePrayerWarriors Battle With the Witches'', Michael sneaks into [[HarryPotter Hogwarts]], posing as a student, in order to find out if Hogwarts is connected with the English government and whether it is planning any attacks on Christians. He's also told that if he's ever forced to do anything un-Christian, he must pray for forgiveness.

-->''Because, after all is said and done, an infiltrade must make an investigation on his own conscience'' A review about ''"The Molly Maguires''

* In SleepingDogs, Weng is an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads in Hong Kong.

* In the ''{{Thief}}: The Dark Project'' mission "Undercover", Garrett infiltrates the Hammerites by passing as a novice.
* In ''MassEffect2'', in order to recruit "Archangel" for their mission, Shepard has to first pose as a freelance mercenary, joining the other mooks-for-hire hired by the three major mercenary groups on Omega, hellbent on taking Archangel out. After taking a moment to subtly sabotage the mercenaries efforts and equipment, Shepard heads across the bridge to Archangel's compound, before immediately turning around and begin taking out their former "allies".
* In ''StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', the Imperial Agent does this on multiple occasions, [[spoiler: for an entire chapter at one point.]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' [[spoiler:Artemis is this as of "Depths"]]