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* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Subverted. Francine is threatening Stan with a gun for trying to ditch her at her high school reunion with his CIA body double, Bill. One of them gives a heartfelt speech about how he was selfishly putting her down while trying to make up for his past inadequacies. Francine determines that the real Stan would never say something so sincere and shoots the opposite [[spoiler:who, [[AccentRelapse reverting to his Southern accent]], turns out to be Bill the double, after all. Stan [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold really was apologizing]]]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Subverted. Francine is threatening [[Characters/AmericanDadStanSmith Stan Smith]] with a gun for trying to ditch her at her high school reunion with his CIA body double, Bill. One of them gives a heartfelt speech about how he was selfishly putting her down while trying to make up for his past inadequacies. Francine determines that the real Stan would never say something so sincere and shoots the opposite [[spoiler:who, [[AccentRelapse reverting to his Southern accent]], turns out to be Bill the double, after all. Stan [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold really was apologizing]]]].



** In [[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS3E2KnightTime "Knight Time"]], [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]] arrives in Gotham, as Batman has gone missing. During the investigation, Robin shows a video message of Bruce Wayne calling Lucius Fox about going away for a while. When Supes asks what's wrong with it, Robin points out that Bruce chuckles at the end. Bruce Wayne ''never'' smiles, much less laughs. Turns out he's under Brainiac's mind control, but not because he's Batman (which Brainiac doesn't know) but because he needs access to Wayne Enterprises resources.

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** In [[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS3E2KnightTime "Knight Time"]], [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]] arrives in Gotham, as Batman [[Characters/DCAUBatman Batman]] has gone missing. During the investigation, Robin shows a video message of Bruce Wayne calling Lucius Fox about going away for a while. When Supes asks what's wrong with it, Robin points out that Bruce chuckles at the end. Bruce Wayne ''never'' smiles, much less laughs. Turns out he's under Brainiac's mind control, but not because he's Batman (which Brainiac doesn't know) but because he needs access to Wayne Enterprises resources.



* In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' episode "Perfect Day", Ben is trapped in a {{Lotus Eater Machine}} by the Forever Knights where he is seen having "the best day ever". He then encounters a dream version of Vilgax who is ''completely'' out of character, as he only tried to send Ben to the Null Void and wasn't even after the Omnitrix. Ben didn't notice this until it was pointed out by the real Gwen (who, along with Grampa Max, entered the dream world to rescue Ben using special helmets from the Rust Bucket).

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' episode "Perfect Day", Ben is trapped in a {{Lotus Eater Machine}} by the Forever Knights where he is seen having "the best day ever". He then encounters a dream version of Vilgax [[Characters/Ben10Vilgax Vilgax]] who is ''completely'' out of character, as he only tried to send Ben to the Null Void and wasn't even after the Omnitrix. Ben didn't notice this until it was pointed out by the real Gwen (who, along with Grampa Max, entered the dream world to rescue Ben using special helmets from the Rust Bucket).



* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E16LawAndOracle Law and Oracle]]", Fry is able to tell that Pickles is deceiving him when he shows Bender sharing strong malt liquor with the crew of Planet Express (which, though harmless to robots, is deadly to humans). As Bender is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist, he would not share it with anyone.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E16LawAndOracle Law and Oracle]]", Fry is able to tell that Pickles is deceiving him when he shows Bender [[Characters/FuturamaBenderBendingRodriguez Bender]] sharing strong malt liquor with the crew of Planet Express (which, though harmless to robots, is deadly to humans). As Bender is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist, he would not share it with anyone.



* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E3MidnightTowboy Midnight Towboy]]", when Homer is kidnapped and calls his family.

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* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E3MidnightTowboy Midnight Towboy]]", when [[Characters/TheSimpsonsHomerSimpson Homer Simpson]] is kidnapped and calls his family.
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* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'', J instantly realized that a robot was impersonating K, because K never laughs at any of J's jokes.

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* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'', ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'', J instantly realized that a robot was impersonating K, because K never laughs at any of J's jokes.
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* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'', J instantly realized that a robot was impersonating K, because K would never laughs at any of his jokes.

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* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'', J instantly realized that a robot was impersonating K, because K would never laughs at any of his J's jokes.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': In the episode "Clayfaces", Joker's two goons, Punch and Judy, call out his latest scheme as being terrible. Joker notes they've ''never'' talked back to him like that before, and they've never talked before... [[TheVoiceless at all]]! Sure enough, the pair are actually Clayface in disguise, come to get revenge on Joker.
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-->'''Frylock:''' The real Master Shake thinks the blood drive is a pyramid scheme. Perpetrated by Franchise/{{Dracula}} and his night slaves.

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-->'''Frylock:''' The real Master Shake thinks the blood drive is a pyramid scheme. Perpetrated by Franchise/{{Dracula}} {{Dracula}} and his night slaves.
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** There's a parody that then switches to being played straight. In the "Operation: P.O.O.L." episode, all of Numbuh Four's friends get replaced by doubles from a MirrorUniverse, the Destructively Nefarious Kids (or DNK for short). Being the idiot he is, Numbuh Four doesn't catch on at first, even when negative Numbuh One is acting ''wildly'' out of character, being cowardly to Eizzil (negative Lizzie) and even revealing some parts of their evil plan. That's the "parody" part. The "playing straight" part comes into play because Numbuh Four does eventually figure out the switch... because of negative Numbuh Three's slip-up, not negative Numbuh One's. Specifically, negative Numbuh Three has a mean and nasty look in her eyes, which Numbuh Four knows, as her ''friend'', is something that would never happen with the real, sweet-hearted Numbuh Three (even when Numbuh Three gets ''angry'' it's out of hurt feelings and not cruelty). Ergo, Numbuh Four correctly concludes, they must be from a negative universe or something! Earlier in the same episode, when Numbuh One first enters the world of the DNK and encounters Eizzil, he quickly realizes that she's NOT Lizzie via the same method.

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** There's a parody that then switches to being played straight. In the "Operation: P.O.O.L." episode, all of Numbuh Four's friends get replaced by doubles from a MirrorUniverse, the Destructively Nefarious Kids (or DNK for short). Being the idiot he is, Numbuh Four doesn't catch on at first, even when negative Numbuh One is acting ''wildly'' out of character, being cowardly to Eizzil (negative Lizzie) and even revealing some parts of their evil plan. That's the "parody" part. The "playing straight" part comes into play because Numbuh Four does eventually figure out the switch... because of negative Numbuh Three's slip-up, not negative Numbuh One's. Specifically, negative Numbuh Three has a mean and nasty look in her eyes, which Numbuh Four knows, as her ''friend'', is something that would never happen with the real, sweet-hearted Numbuh Three (even when Numbuh Three gets ''angry'' it's out of hurt feelings and not cruelty). Ergo, Numbuh Four correctly concludes, they must be from a negative universe or something! Earlier in the same episode, when Numbuh One first enters the world of the DNK and encounters Eizzil, he quickly realizes that she's NOT Lizzie via the same method. He later manages to [[SpottingTheThread spot the thread]] again by ''invoking'' this trope on himself against his own double, realizing that, if Negative Numbah Four is intelligent and ''the'' leader of the DNK as opposed to Four's own dimwittedness and wannabe-leadership, this also means Negative Numbah Four is a DirtyCoward because Four ''never'' backs away from a fight.

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