Yeah, show have so much potential like was with Harley Queen / Quinn, but sadlyrufusluciusivan wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2026 10:51 am Episode 6 of Season 3 of the My Adventures with Superman cartoon features a nice scene with two museum guards (one man and one woman) being knocked out and dragged away by two crooks disguised as delivery men who intend to hijack a gala.
It is however triply disappointing. First, obviously, because the crooks don't actually steal the outfits of the guards. Second, because both crooks are male - at first glance I thought one was a woman due to his hairstyle, but his voice is male. Third, I skimmed through the episode, and there appears to be no discovery shot of the female guard - which is especially infuriating because the male guard is shown unconcious and bound and gagged later. Presumably, his female colleague is trussed up nearby offscreen. Such a bummer.
Still a great knock out + dragging combo, so I think it's worth mentioning.
The official trailer contains all the interesting content, at the very beginning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U93GIkp1ub0
The various clips showing the different bits of the episode are for the moment quite easy to find on YouTube, but I expect them to be copyright-claimed at some point...
Scenes that seem like a set up for a uniform steal but aren't
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Mr. Peaky Blinder
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Incredible Mama (2015)
Episode 9. It begins building up perfectly with a Hong Kong policewoman. Please note, despite a massive library of films, this would be a first.
About 2 minutes in. Turns out it's all done through a mask and specially prepared uniform.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3zw1tb
Episode 9. It begins building up perfectly with a Hong Kong policewoman. Please note, despite a massive library of films, this would be a first.
About 2 minutes in. Turns out it's all done through a mask and specially prepared uniform.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3zw1tb
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can you translate please ?
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Mr. Peaky Blinder
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Sorry, I don't speak Chinese. It was about breaking into the evidence room to steal something though.
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Re: Scenes that seem like a set up for a uniform steal but aren't
Did like the knockout and dragging the unconscious cop into a toilet stall, at least.Mr. Peaky Blinder wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2026 12:18 pm Incredible Mama (2015)
Episode 9. It begins building up perfectly with a Hong Kong policewoman. Please note, despite a massive library of films, this would be a first.
About 2 minutes in. Turns out it's all done through a mask and specially prepared uniform.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3zw1tb
And the mask. Just wish they'd taken her uniform!
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Re: Scenes that seem like a set up for a uniform steal but aren't
The Chinese drama Rebirth for You, episode 33, has a scene that is purposely designed to make you believe a woman has been mugged for her clothes, but then pulls a twist.
The story involves a princess who is held captive on palace grounds, and devises a plan to escape. She asks her guards to bring a female musician to her private quarters. Before long, a woman dressed in a fancy outfit (complete with face-covering veil) arrives and enters the princess' room. A while later, we see a woman dressed in the musician's clothes exiting the princess' room; she gets on a carriage and departs. Immediately, the head guard suspects something is off. He searches the princess' room and finds it empty - no sign of her, but also no sign of the musician she purportedly mugged and replaced.
Then in the next episode, we get the twist - the princess never mugged the musician or took her clothes! She remained hidden in her room after the musician left, and the paranoid guards simply believed she had pulled the USB card and escaped in disguise. After they had sent out a search party to find "her," the princess escaped from what the guards believed was a now-empty room.
What could have been a perfect USB scene is instead, sadly, an intentional subversion.
Scene starts at 48:50, continues at 57:05.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYq1lvEsCyo
Flashback showing what happened in the next episode at 9:50.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDZUyvuPO2s
The story involves a princess who is held captive on palace grounds, and devises a plan to escape. She asks her guards to bring a female musician to her private quarters. Before long, a woman dressed in a fancy outfit (complete with face-covering veil) arrives and enters the princess' room. A while later, we see a woman dressed in the musician's clothes exiting the princess' room; she gets on a carriage and departs. Immediately, the head guard suspects something is off. He searches the princess' room and finds it empty - no sign of her, but also no sign of the musician she purportedly mugged and replaced.
Then in the next episode, we get the twist - the princess never mugged the musician or took her clothes! She remained hidden in her room after the musician left, and the paranoid guards simply believed she had pulled the USB card and escaped in disguise. After they had sent out a search party to find "her," the princess escaped from what the guards believed was a now-empty room.
What could have been a perfect USB scene is instead, sadly, an intentional subversion.
Scene starts at 48:50, continues at 57:05.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYq1lvEsCyo
Flashback showing what happened in the next episode at 9:50.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDZUyvuPO2s
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Re: Scenes that seem like a set up for a uniform steal but aren't
If nothing else it is funny to see them acknowledge how frequently the "Princess mugs a servant or performer to escape the palace disguised as them" trope appears in Chinese period dramas that they can fool the audience with an intentional subversion.tirepanted3 wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2026 7:26 pm The Chinese drama Rebirth for You, episode 33, has a scene that is purposely designed to make you believe a woman has been mugged for her clothes, but then pulls a twist.
The story involves a princess who is held captive on palace grounds, and devises a plan to escape. She asks her guards to bring a female musician to her private quarters. Before long, a woman dressed in a fancy outfit (complete with face-covering veil) arrives and enters the princess' room. A while later, we see a woman dressed in the musician's clothes exiting the princess' room; she gets on a carriage and departs. Immediately, the head guard suspects something is off. He searches the princess' room and finds it empty - no sign of her, but also no sign of the musician she purportedly mugged and replaced.
Then in the next episode, we get the twist - the princess never mugged the musician or took her clothes! She remained hidden in her room after the musician left, and the paranoid guards simply believed she had pulled the USB card and escaped in disguise. After they had sent out a search party to find "her," the princess escaped from what the guards believed was a now-empty room.
What could have been a perfect USB scene is instead, sadly, an intentional subversion.
Scene starts at 48:50, continues at 57:05.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYq1lvEsCyo
Flashback showing what happened in the next episode at 9:50.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDZUyvuPO2s
There's probably a treasure trove of replacement scenes in Chinese/HK films and TV we've still yet to unearth.
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tirepanted3
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Re: Scenes that seem like a set up for a uniform steal but aren't
Indeed, the list of USB scenes in Chinese media seems almost endless. I'm always surprised when I stumble on a new one. Women disguising themselves and infiltrating/sneaking out of places seems to be a staple of their pop culture!Disguisedagent wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2026 7:43 pmThere's probably a treasure trove of replacement scenes in Chinese/HK films and TV we've still yet to unearth.
Unfortunately, this does mean there are a lot of missed opportunities as well - many Chinese scenes where a woman is disguised as a maid or dancer, but it's never explained how she obtained the uniform (or simply got it by borrowing it).
