De echte film en TV serie kijkers weten dat er altijd een aantal clichés gebruikt worden, de 'Evil Twin' of mensen die een mega grote som met geld na laten aan een totaal onbekend familielid. Deze verhaallijnen lijken soms ver gezocht, maar er zijn een paar voorbeelden dat dit soort clichés echt zijn gebeurd. De website Cracked.com heeft tien van deze gevallen voor ons op een rij gezet, waaronder ook hoe soldaten in een uniform van de vijand een basis in lopen.

The Cheesy Plot:

Oh no! The Bad Guy Army (an army comprised entirely of men recruited from the Bad Guy province of Evilistan) has captured some character that you are emotionally attached to despite being absolutely useless! What are you going to do?! Easy: Beat up some guards, steal their uniforms (which will of course fit you perfectly) and sneak into the fortress. Because, naturally, evil people are incapable of facial recognition and won't notice random idiots they don't recognize charging around their workplace suspiciously murdering their fellow Bad Guys.

Shit Gets Real:

And then there was Friedrich Wilhelm Voight. Voight was screwed coming AND going, and not just because he lived in 19th century Germany. Voight didn't have a passport, so he couldn't get a job, and he didn't have a job, so he couldn't get a passport. In literary circles, that's what's known as a Catch-fuckthisisbullshit. At his wit's end, Voight decided to capitalize on Germany's love for mindlessly following authority, scrounged up a little cash and bought a captain's uniform. He stopped five soldiers on their way to their barracks and ordered them to follow him, which they did--because he's wearing the special pants, so he's got to be an officer, right? Voight got them to arrest the mayor and treasurer, and ship them off to Berlin, then walked off with four thousand marks. Nobody at any point questioned his credentials or even asked why they'd never seen this captain before.