The skilled undercover agents watch while the rank amateur bumbles around trying to make contact, then makes clandestine contact himself.

This is portrayed humoursly in the movie Mystery Men (deleted scenes/director’s cut) where the characters think that the way to contact The Sphynx is to order a specific combination of dishes at a certain Mexican restaurant. They make a specical of themselves ordering various combinations in an effort to guess the code. Meanwhile, a worker at the restaurant, later reveiled to be the civilian identity of The Sphynx, is watchin their antics with great mirth.

The skilled undercover agents watch while the rank amateur bumbles around trying to make contact, then makes clandestine contact himself.

This is portrayed humorously in the movie Mystery Men (deleted scenes/director’s cut) where the characters think that the way to contact The Sphynx is to order a specific combination of dishes at a certain Mexican restaurant. They make a spectacle of themselves ordering various combinations in an effort to guess the code. Meanwhile, a worker at the restaurant, later revealed to be the civilian identity of The Sphynx, is watching their antics with great mirth.