This trope name is confusing. From the description it seems to be The Main Characters Do Everything applied to Police Procedural starring non-cop, but many of the example are about people actually pretending to be policemen, since that exactly what you'd assume this trope is about from the name.
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So where did all the material about impersonating military officers get moved to? I assumed this was a perfectly valid extension of this definition, as the title and description did not specifically state this was limited to impersonating police officers only. As there are plenty of fictional and real examples of the military crime of impersonating an officer, this appeared a perfectly reasonable category to add under the appropriate headings.
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^Probably just got forgotten. Feel free to add it as a common variant.
Keep in mind, some were probably cut because they were Dressing as the Enemy, which is something else.
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Trope redefined per TRS.
Old definition will be at No Badge? No Problem! after I get done crosswicking.
On the face of it Clark is not impersonating a police officer hence this isn't an example of the trope.
- Smallville: Clark Kent has become so respected as an investigative reporter that police officers started granting him access that he really should not have. However, his superhero persona as The Blur has been getting a lot of publicity as well so it is only a matter of time before his secret is discovered by someone who will make it public. He has to tone down his actions as Clark Kent so people stop thinking about him as a crusading crime fighter.
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Not what it sounds like
, started by GGCrono on Nov 19th 2010 at 8:16:43 AM
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