History PlayingWith / CoverIdentityAnomaly

* '''Played for Laughs''': The Mole only knows that Alice has a father, but doesn't even know his name or what he looks like. He just goes under the fake name of "Alice's Dad", [[PaperThinDisguise slaps on a fake mustache]], and [[WhatAnIdiot that's his "foolproof" disguise]].

* '''Played for Laughs''': The Mole doesn't even know Carl's name or what he looks like. He just goes under the fake name of "Alice's Dad", [[PaperThinDisguise slaps on a fake mustache]], and [[WhatAnIdiot that's his "foolproof" disguise]]

** The Mole is a SmugSnake who really [[{{DidntThinkThisThrough}} did not think his plan through]]

* '''Subverted''': Alice reveals she was trolling “Carl”, which she regularly did with the real person.

* '''Straight''': [[TheMole A Mole]] working for TheEmpire infiltrates LaResistance by donning a [[MasterOfDisguise near-perfect disguise]] as Carl, resistance-member Alice’s Father. However, he completely fails to recognize Bob (Alice’s Brother and Carl’s Son), know who he is, or even knew that Carl has a son. Once this is exposed his ruse quickly falls apart.

** The Real Carl is also an amputee missing one arm, whereas the Mole has both arms intact, and writes with the one that should be missing. Obviously, this doesn’t go unnoticed to Alice or Bob.
** The Mole can't/doesn’t even speak the same language as Carl, or for that matter Alice & Bob.

** It’s not widely known, even among other Resistance Members, that Alice & Bob are siblings. As such the mole is infiltrating to the best of his knowledge.

* '''Subverted''': Alice reveal she was trolling “Carl”, which she regularly did with her real father. She doesn’t have a brother; Bob is simply the newest recruit whom others barely recognize.
* '''Double Subverted''': That is until Bob speaks to “Carl” to ask about a health problem, since the real Carl was a doctor. The Mole doesn’t know anything about medicine, so his cover is blown.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The Mole in question is constantly improvising his responses to the various oversights on the spot. While they do make (some) sense to Alice & Bob, they simply make them ask more questions that the mole also has to improvise further, which creates more questions. And so on...

* '''Lampshaded''': Alice says to the Mole: “You went through all this trouble to disguise yourself as our dad, but you didn’t even know a single thing about Bob? [[EpicFail What kind of failure-of-a-spy are you?]]”

* '''Defied''': The Mole contemplates but ultimately decides not to infiltrate the Resistance as Alice’s Father since he realizes he doesn’t know that much about him to begin with.

** The Mole is still a threat to have around, competent or not, so Bob [[PragmaticHero shoots the him]] on the spot [[{{ShootTheDog}} to ensure the safety of the Resistance.]]

* '''Played for Drama''': It turns out the Mole killed Carl before getting all information and donning the disguise. So Alice & Bob are distraught upon learning that their father is dead, and kill the mole in retaliation.

* '''Played for Laughs''': The Mole doesn't even know what Carl looks like, or even his name; he just goes under the fake name of "Alice's Dad", slaps on a fake mustache, and that's his complete disguise.

* '''Played for Laughs''': The Mole doesn't even know what Carl looks like, or know anything about Alice other than her name. So when Alice asks the [[{{PaperThinDisguise}} (poorly) disguised]] mole what her mother's name is, he simply replies: ''[Beat]''..."I don't know."

* '''Straight''': [[TheMole A Mole]] working for TheEmpire infiltrates LaResistance by donning a [[MasterOfDisguise near-perfect disguise]] as Carl, resistance-member Alice’s Father. However, he completely fails to recognize Bob, Alice’s Brother and Carl’s Son, know who he is, or even knew that Carl has a son. Once this is exposed his ruse quickly falls apart.

* '''Straight''': [[TheMole A Mole]] working for TheEmpire infiltrates LaResistance by donning a [[MasterOfDisguise near-perfect disguise]] as Carl, resistance-member Alice’s Father. However, he completely fails to recognize Bob, Alice’s Brother and Carl’s Son, or even know who he is. Once this is exposed his ruse quickly falls apart.

** The fact that a mole couldn't get such basic information about Carl correct is simply a symptom to a much bigger problem for the Empire, and by extension its Intelligence Service: It is a FascistButInefficient Nation. The infrastructure is completely mired in corruption and general incompetence, and now it verges on collapse. The Resistance realizes this from the turn-of-events with the Mole that they now take a more action in bringing down the Empire.

* '''Played for Laughs''': The Mole doesn't even know what Carl looks like, or know anything about Alice other than her name. So when Alice asks the (poorly) disguised mole what her mother's name is, he simply replies: ''[Beat]''..."I don't know."

** Bob [[PragmaticHero shoots the Mole]] disguised as his father on the spot [[{{ShootTheDog}} to ensure the safety of the Resistance.]]

* '''Exploited''': One of Imperial Intelligence's methods of weeding out incompetent spies to send them to infiltrate resistance cells. If a mole overlooks even basic information/research that ultimately results in capture/exposure, the Empire [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness has no use]] for such a [[SpannerInTheWorks useless pawn]], and if the mole manages to return unscathed, [[YouHaveFailedMe they are executed]].

** The Mole is a SmugSnake, so he really [[{{DidntThinkThisThrough}} did not think through his plan.]]

* '''Subverted''': Alice reveal she was trolling “Carl”, which Alice regularly did with her real father. She doesn’t have a brother; Bob is simply the newest recruit whom others barely recognize.

* '''Exploited''': One of Imperial Intelligence's methods of weeding out incompetent spies to send them to infiltrate one of the smaller resistance cells. If a mole overlooks even basic information/research that ultimately results in capture/exposure, the Empire [[YouHaveFailedMe has no use]] for such a [[SpannerInTheWorks useless pawn]].

* '''Played for Laughs''': The Mole doesn't even know what Carl looks like, or know anything about Alice other than her name. So when Alice asks the disguised mole what her mother's name is, he simply replies: ''[Beat]''..."I don't know."

* '''Inverted''': [[{{INeverSaidItWasPoison}} The Mole talks about a lot of information that the real Carl shouldn’t know.]]

'''Basic Trope''': A character disguises or pretends to be someone else, but he/she doesn’t know a basic, rather major detail of the person he/she is pretending to be.

** Bob [[ShootTheDog shoots the Mole]] disguised as his father on the spot [[{{PragmaticHero}} to ensure the safety of the Resistance.]]

* '''Played for Drama''': It turns out the Mole killed Carl before getting all information and donning the disguise. So Alice & Bob are distraught upon learning that their father is dead, and execute the Mole on the spot.

* '''Exaggerated''': The Real Carl is also an amputee missing one arm, whereas the Mole has both arms intact, and writes with the one that should be missing. Obviously, this doesn’t go unnoticed to Alice or Bob.
** The Mole doesn’t even speak the same language as Carl, or for that matter Alice & Bob.

* '''Double Subverted''': That is until Bob speaks to “Carl” to ask about a health problem, since the real Carl was a doctor. The Mole doesn’t know anything about medicine, or even anatomy, so his cover is blown.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The Mole in question is constantly improvising his responses to oversights on the spot. While they do make (some) sense to Alice & Bob, they simply make them ask more questions that the mole also has to improvise. And so on.

* '''Lampshaded''': Alice says to the Mole: “You went through all this trouble to disguise yourself as our dad, but you didn’t even know a single thing about Bob? What kind of failure-of-a-spy are you?”
* '''Exploited''': One of Imperial Intelligence's methods of weeding out new spies to send them to infiltrate one of the smaller resistance cells. If a mole overlooks even basic research that results in capture/exposure, the Empire has no use for such a useless pawn.

* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''':

* '''Exaggerated''': The Real Carl is an amputee missing one arm, whereas the Mole has both arms intact. Obviously, this doesn’t go unnoticed to Alice or Bob.

** The Mole was a SmugSnake, so he really [[{{DidntThinkThisThrough}} did not think through his plan.]]

* '''Zig Zagged''': The Mole in question is constantly improvising his responses on the spot. While they do make (some) sense to Alice & Bob, they simply make them ask more questions that the mole also has to improvise. And so on.

* '''Exploited''': One of Imperial Intelligence's methods of weeding out new spies to send them to infiltrate one of the smaller resistance cells. If a mole fails to do or overlooks even basic research which results in capture/exposure, the Empire has no use for such a useless pawn.

* '''Exaggerated''': The Mole in question doesn’t even know what Carl looks like, so his disguise is WAY off the mark once he meets Alice & Bob. Hell, he doesn’t even know anything about them other than their names.

'''Basic Trope''': A character disguises or pretends to be someone else, but he/she doesn’t know a basic, major detail the person he/she is pretending to be.

* '''Justified''': It’s not widely known, even among other Resistance Members, that Alice & Bob are siblings. As such the mole is infiltrating to the best of his knowledge.
* '''Subverted''': Alice & Bob reveals they were both trolling “Carl”, which Alice regularly did with her real father. She doesn’t have a brother; Bob is simply the newest recruit whom others barely recognize.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The Mole in question is constantly improvising his responses on the spot. While they do make sense to Alice & Bob, they simply make them ask more questions that the mole also has to improvise. And so on.

* '''Lampshaded''': Alice says to the Mole: “You go through all this trouble to disguise yourself as our dad, but you didn’t even know a single thing about Bob? What kind of failure-of-a-spy are you?”