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[[Bruce Wayne Held Hostage]] is a specific variation. See also [[We Need a Distraction]]. If the hero isn't very good at it, he may claim [[I Need to Go Iron My Dog|he needs to go iron his dog]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Done oh-so-often in ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', but most notoriously in the unusually humorous and self-aware episode 184, where the entire team, as well as the villains, happened to gather in Usagi's house, and she had to run through the rooms looking for a place to transform without revealing her secret identity to the Three Lights. (Who, in turn, had to find a way to transform without revealing theirs.)
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== [[Film]] ==
* The first Christopher Reeve ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'' film—Clark has to change into Superman, but there seems to be no place to hide to do it. However, Clark finds and runs through a revolving door at superspeed, fast enough to be invisible as he changes clothes and comes out as Superman. This sequence includes a [[Mythology Gag]] where Clark first stops and stares at a then-modern "bubble on a pole" public telephone, in obvious evocation of the older comics and cartoons where he would change in an old-fashioned wooden phone booth.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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** In another episode, aliens have landed in a field. Steve Trevor, Diana Prince, and a bunch of soldiers are sent out to meet with them. When Diana realizes she could do more as Wonder Woman, she casually walks away only to return to the exact same spot dressed as Wonder Woman. No one realizes that this tall, attractive brunette walked away, changed clothes and returned.
** Despite Diana's cowardice, she never gets in trouble for running away from danger, essentially abandoning her job and endangering civilians at the same time.
* ''[[Lois and Clark]]'' had fun with this one, and Clark's inability to come up with a good excuse for why he had to leave. The epitome of this being "I have to go pick up my cheese of the month package." Sometimes his parents—and later {{spoiler|Lois}}—would have to cover for him with equally lame excuses.
* This was why David Banner constantly had to walk away from the love interest of the week down a long dirt road to the sounds of [[Lonely Piano Piece|sad, sad piano music]] in ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' TV show in the Eighties. If he'd stayed in one town for more than a few days, eventually he'd transform multiple times and people would realise that David Banner was there every time the Hulk appeared. Also, although David Banner didn't do this part on purpose, he would usually get conveniently shoved out of sight somewhere, leaving everyone to wonder where he went and where the big, green monster came from.
* In the ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' sketch "Bicycle Repairman", the title character uses a ridiculously transparent version of [[We Need a Distraction]] to get everyone to look away so he can change without revealing his secret identity.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Breanna Mae Siegert, better known as Bungie of the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe|Global Guardians]]'', once used the excuse "I've got to take my poodle to the post office. She's expecting a very important package" in order to get away so she could change into her costume. The other players thought this was so funny they started using it as a [[Stock Phrase]] everytime ''their'' character needed to get away to change into their [[Secret Identity]].
* In Act I of ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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