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** Bob has mental problems. Reality and fiction blend together to him.

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** Bob has mental problems. is mentally ill. Reality and fiction [[CannotTellFictionFromReality blend together together]] to him.



* '''Parodied''': Bob, Alice, Charlie and Dean all get lost in character, and fight across the city in mimicry of the movie they're shooting.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Bob, Alice, Charlie and Dean all get lost in character, and fight across the city in mimicry of the movie they're shooting.shooting.
** Bob is playing the role of [[TheCape Captain Troper]] and [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve actually gains]] superpowers.



* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob suffers an identity crises once filming wraps up since he was so invested into his role.



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** Everyone who played a part in the movie "Tales of Troperia" believe that they are their characters.

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** Everyone who played a part in the movie "Tales "The Chronicles of Troperia" Troperman" believe that they are their characters.
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Back to LostInCharacter.

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Back to [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe Forsooth! My noblest acquaintance, shalt thou not visiteth]] -- sorry, guess I got LostInCharacter.

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob thinks he's Emperor Evulz, InNameOnly, but still acts like Bob.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob thinks he's Emperor Evulz, InNameOnly, but still acts like Bob.Bob.
** Bob deliberately stays in character off set because it enhances his confidence, but he mostly maintains his grasp on reality.

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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': It was all a marketing stunt designed to make people read more about the show.



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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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%%* * '''Reconstructed''': ???Bob's friends, loved ones, and colleagues help him keep grasp on reality.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character (mostly an actor) ends up forgetting who he/she is.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character (mostly an actor) ends up forgetting who he/she is.they are.



%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???



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** Bob becomes the CompleteMonster character he played in the movies.

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** Bob becomes the CompleteMonster villainous character he played in the movies.

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* '''Implied''': A bottle of prescription anti-psychotic drugs can be seen in Bob's dressing room.



** Bob's delusions are disturbing his costars and they quit because he's making them uncomfortable. As a result, production is cancelled.
* '''Implied''': A bottle of prescription anti-psychotic drugs can be seen in Bob's dressing room.

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** Bob's delusions are disturbing his costars and they quit because he's making them uncomfortable. As a result, production is cancelled.
* '''Implied''': A bottle of prescription anti-psychotic drugs can be seen in Bob's dressing room.
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* '''Deconstructed''':
** Bob's delusions wind up getting the better of him and he ends up in a mental hospital, in jail or dead.
** Bob's delusions are disturbing his costars and they quit because he's making them uncomfortable. As a result, production is cancelled.
* '''Implied''': A bottle of prescription anti-psychotic drugs can be seen in Bob's dressing room.



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** Bob is a [[MethodActing method actor]] and that is how he gets into character.
** Bob tries to improve his acting talent by taking elicit drugs making him believe he's Emperor Evulz.

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** Bob is a [[MethodActing method actor]] {{method act|ing}}or and that is how he gets into character.
** Bob tries to improve his acting talent by taking elicit drugs making illicit drugs, which make him believe he's Emperor Evulz.

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* '''Justified''': Bob is a [[MethodActing method actor]] and that is how he gets into character.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob is a [[MethodActing method actor]] and that is how he gets into character.character.
** Bob tries to improve his acting talent by taking elicit drugs making him believe he's Emperor Evulz.
** Bob has mental problems. Reality and fiction blend together to him.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ... except it was a publicity stunt, only it turns out the actors really ''do'' believe they're the characters, or is it still a publicity stunt?

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ... except Except it was a publicity stunt, only it turns out the actors really ''do'' believe they're the characters, or is it still a publicity stunt?



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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob becomes the CompleteMonster character he played in the movies.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Bob becomes the CompleteMonster character he played in the movies.



* '''Inverted''': A character believes himself to be merely an actor.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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A character believes himself to be merely an actor.
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* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???
Bob, Alice, Charlie and Dean all get lost in character, and fight across the city in mimicry of the movie they're shooting.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Zagged''': ... except it was a publicity stunt, only it turns out the actors really ''do'' believe they're the characters, or is it still a publicity stunt?



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???This happens so often there's a specialized clinic that {{Deprogram}}s actors who believe they are their character.



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* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???
Alice hates Bob, and gets him the role of the Emperor because then she can goad him into committing a crime.
* '''Defied''': ???
Bob has a SurvivalMantra that helps him wind down after acting.
* '''Discussed''': ???
"If we can talk to Bob while he thinks he's the emperor, we may be able to convince him to help us bring down the corrupt director by convincing him he's a rival villain!"
* '''Conversed''': ???"You'd think an actor who is so easily wrapped up in their role would take precautions against it."
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* '''Straight''': Bob plays Emperor Evulz, but he begins to act like his character.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob becomes the CompleteMonster character he played in the movies.

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* '''Straight''': Bob plays Emperor Evulz, but he begins to act like his character.
character even off the set.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob becomes the CompleteMonster character he played in the movies.movies.
** Everyone who played a part in the movie "Tales of Troperia" believe that they are their characters.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob thinks he's Emperor Evulz, InNameOnly, but still acts like Bob.
* '''Justified''': Bob is a [[MethodActing method actor]] and that is how he gets into character.
* '''Inverted''': A character believes himself to be merely an actor.
** Everyone believes Bob to be [[IAmNotSpock Emperor Evulz, despite insisting not to be]].
* '''Subverted''': Bob acts like Emperor Evulz off the set, but he was just practicing his lines, and immediately goes back to acting like Bob.
* '''Double Subverted''': But that was just an act. Bob really believes he's Emperor Evulz, who must pretend to be Bob in order to keep his cover.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob is only the character on the screen, but acts normal everywhere else.
* '''Enforced''': [[EnforcedMethodActing The directors don't tell the actors that they're in a movie and let them really believe they are their characters]].
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Bob Completely gets into his role, even hypnotizing himself in order to get his best performance.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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