History ClarkKenting / LiveActionTV

* ''{{Series/Ripley}}'': Inspired by the Caravaggio paintings he's been seeing, Tom, in an effort to trick Ravini (who had previously seen him [[spoiler:impersonating Dickie Greenleaf]]) into not recognising him, uses a wig and subtle fake beard, wears a suit and uses his own mannerisms. Combined with the Caravaggio-esque dim and misleading lighting, he actually manages to succeed in tricking him.

* ''Series/Stargirl2020'': Tigress, unlike the other ISA members (including her husband), she only has less than a half mask covering just her left eye. Still, Stargirl and her fellow teenage superheroes don't recognize her as being their gym teacher (though it was also dark when they first met).

** But PlayedStraight in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E14GoodbyeIowa Goodbye Iowa]]" when Buffy infiltrates the Initiative disguised as a scientist in NerdGlasses and a LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine. As an attractive female teenager working in an all-male military unit, Buffy must have gotten a lot of covert checking out -- it's surprising none of the guards recognize her.

* Played straight in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' with Gina Inviere, the Number Six model Cylon who [[spoiler: assassinates Admiral Cain]] and later hides out on the ''Cloud Nine'', hidden only by a hairstyle change and glasses. RDM admitted in the podcast that it wasn't one of their best moments. There are no critical plot points hinging on Gina not being recognized by someone who already knows a Six well, but we ''do'' see a picture of the Six known as Shelly Godfrey in Roslin's desk in the same episode, which may have been shown to the Fleet when Shelly was exposed last season (given that pictures of Two and Five were shown to the public at a press conference earlier on).
** There is also the movie ''[[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003ThePlan The Plan]]'' where two Sixes, Shelly Godfrey and "Tough Six" appear side by side, yet don't seem to be noticed. Somewhat justified in that they do look and act differently. Godfrey wears a suit and glasses and has blonde, fluffy hair and an insecure demeanor. Tough Six was wearing leather with chains, had brown, straight hair with blonde streaks, and acted far more aggressively. [[FauxAffablyEvil Cavil]] lampshades it, noting the effort Sixes take to differentiate themselves. Also, this was before it became public knowledge that humanoid Cylons (a) existed and (b) had copies. A human observer would have thought they were normal twins at that point.

* Played straight in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' with Gina Inviere, the Number Six model Cylon who [[spoiler: assassinates Admiral Cain]] and later hides out on Cloud Nine, hidden only by a hairstyle change and glasses. RDM admitted in the podcast that it wasn't one of their best moments. There are no critical plot points hinging on Gina not being recognized by someone who already knows a Six well, but we ''do'' see a picture of the Six known as Shelly Godfrey in Roslin's desk in the same episode, which may have been shown to the Fleet when Shelly was exposed last season (given that pictures of Two and Five were shown to the public at a press conference earlier on).

* Played straight in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' with Gina Inviere, the Number Six model Cylon who [[spoiler: assassinates Admiral Cain]] and later hides out on Cloud Nine, hidden only by a hairstyle change and glasses. RDM admitted in the podcast that it wasn't one of their best moments. There are no critical plot points hinging on Gina not being recognized by someone who already knows a Six well, but we ''do'' see a picture of the Six known as Shelly Godfrey in Roslin's desk in the same episode, which may have been shown to the Fleet when Shelly was exposed last season (given that pictures of Leoben and Doral were shown to the public at a press conference earlier on).

* Played straight in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' with Gina Inviere, the Number Six model Cylon who [[spoiler: assassinates Admiral Cain]] and later hides out on Cloud Nine, hidden only by a hairstyle change and glasses. RDM admitted in the podcast that it wasn't one of their best moments. There are no critical plot points hinging on Gina not being recognized by someone who already knows a Six well, but we ''do'' see a picture of Shelly Godfrey in Roslin's desk in the same episode, which may have been shown to the Fleet when Shelly was exposed last season.
** There is also the movie ''[[[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003ThePlan The Plan]]'' where two Sixes, Shelly Godfrey and "Tough Six" appear side by side, yet don't seem to be noticed. Somewhat justified in that they do look and act differently. Godfrey wears a suit and glasses and has blonde, fluffy hair and an insecure demeanor. Tough Six was wearing leather with chains, had brown, straight hair with blonde streaks, and acted far more aggressively. [[FauxAffablyEvil Cavil]] lampshades it, noting the effort Sixes take to differentiate themselves. Also, this was before it became public knowledge that humanoid Cylons (a) existed and (b) had copies. A human observer would have thought they were normal twins at that point.

** All the Arrowverse series have, at one time or another, made use of facial recognition software that can scour security feeds to locate a specific person in a city of half a million. Why no one ever uses similar software to track down the heroes' real identities is never explained. In one episode of ''The Flash'' where Frost is on trial, the prosecutor does mention that facial recognition software has her as a near-match for Caitlin Snow, but at point Frost and Caitlin have become a LiteralSplitPersonality and Caitlin is in the same courtroom, so it's just used as proof that they're related.

* Played straight in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' with Gina, the Number Six Cylon who [[spoiler: assassinates Admiral Cain]] and later hides out on Cloud Nine, hidden only by a wardrobe change and glasses. RDM admitted in the podcast that it wasn't one of their best moments.
** There are no critical plot points hinging on Gina not being recognized by someone who already knows a Six well.
** There is also ''The Plan'' where two Sixes, Shelly Godfrey and "Tough Six" appear side by side, yet don't seem to be noticed. Somewhat justified in that they do look and act different. Godfrey wears a suit, glasses, has blonde, fluffy hair, and an insecure demeanor. Tough Six was wearing leather, chains, had brown, straight hair with blonde streaks, and acted far more aggressively. [[FauxAffablyEvil Cavil]] lampshades it, noting the effort Sixes take to differentiate themselves. Also, this was before it became public knowledge that humanoid Cylons (a) existed and (b) had copies. A human observer would think they were normal twins.

** All the Arrowverse series have, at one time or another, made use of facial recognition software that can scour security feeds to locate a specific person in a city of half a million. Why no one ever uses similar software to track down the heroes' real identities is never explained. In one episode of ''The Flash'' where Frost is on trial, the prosecutor does mention that facial recognition software has her as a near-match for Caitlin Snow, but at point Frost and Caitlin have become a LiteralSplitPersonality and Caitlin is in the same courtroom, in the audience, so it's just used as proof that they're related.

** All the Arrowverse series have, at one time or another, made use of facial recognition software that can scour security feeds to locate a specific person in a city of half a million. Why no one ever uses similar software to track down the heroes' real identities is never explained. In one episode of ''The Flash'' where Frost is on trial, the prosecutor does mention that facial recognition software has her as a near-match for Caitlin Snow, but at point Frost and Caitlin have become a LiteralSplitPersonality and Caitlin is in the same room, in the audience, so it's just used as proof that they're related.

** All the Arrowverse series have, at one time or another, made use of facial recognition software that can scour security feeds to locate a specific person in a city of half a million. Why no one ever uses similar software to track down the heroes' real identities is never explained.
** In one episode of ''The Flash'' where Frost is on trial, the prosecutor does mention that facial recognition software has her as a near-match for Caitlin Snow, but at point Frost and Caitlin have become a LiteralSplitPersonality and Caitlin is in the same room, in the audience, so it's just used as proof that they're related.