1 | Tropes that deal with identity, be it changes in identity, revelations of a character's identity, identity clash, loss of identity, etc. |
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5 | '''Subcategory:''' |
6 | * DisguiseTropes |
7 | * IndividualityIndex |
8 | * LegacyTropes |
9 | * SecretIdentity |
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11 | * ActuallyIAmHim: A character meets an individual on their quest to meet someone and ends up discovering that this person is the person they're looking for. |
12 | * AlternateIdentityAmnesia: A character with an alter ego has no memory of their other self when they've changed. |
13 | * AmnesiacCostumeIdentity: A character with amnesia makes assumptions about their previous identity based on the costume they find when they wake up. |
14 | * AmnesiacLover: When a person gets amnesia, the memories lost include who they are in love with. |
15 | * AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: A character tells another person a story that they reveal to be about themselves. |
16 | * AssimilationPlot: A type of ploy where the end goal is the elimination of all individual identity |
17 | * BecomingTheMask: What was supposed to be the infiltrator's cover ends up becoming their real personality. |
18 | * BeneathTheMask: A character's true self is very different from how they act in public. |
19 | * BluffTheImpostor: Weeding out an impersonator by tricking them into saying or doing something the real person would never say or do. |
20 | * CollectiveIdentity: An alias is used by more than one person at the same time. |
21 | * ConfrontingYourImposter: An impersonator is thwarted when they are confronted by the person they are impersonating. |
22 | * ADarkerMe: The DarkerAndEdgier version of someone's personality. |
23 | * DeadPersonImpersonation: Using the name of a dead person as an alias. |
24 | * DeathBySecretIdentity: Someone learns the superhero's secret identity, but dies before they can do anything with the information. |
25 | * DeducingTheSecretIdentity: Someone logically deduces a SecretIdentity, using clues, process of elimination, etc. |
26 | * DeliriousMisidentification: Someone in a state of delirium mistakes one character for another. |
27 | * DelusionsOfDoghood: A human character thinks they're an animal. |
28 | * DoubleConsciousness: A character has two or more social identities that conflict with each other. |
29 | * DramaticUnmask: Someone pulls a character's mask off to reveal their identity. |
30 | * DrPsychPatient: A patient in a psychiatric ward or mental asylum is mistaken for a doctor. |
31 | * EnemyWithin: An evil force inside of a character struggles to gain control of them. |
32 | * FalseInnocenceTrick: The imprisoned villain tricks a kindhearted character into thinking they're innocent and letting them out. |
33 | * FreakyFridayFlip: Two or more characters get their minds switched with one another. |
34 | * FreakyFridaySabotage: A character switches their mind with another character, intending to cause them negative consequences. |
35 | * FriendOfMaskedSelf: Someone claims to be friends with their own SecretIdentity. |
36 | * FrightBesideThem: A character realizes they're in danger when the friend or loved one who they thought was right next to them is actually revealed to be somewhere else. |
37 | * FutureSelfReveal: A character is revealed to be another character's future self. |
38 | * GenuineImposter: A character who is supposedly impersonating someone else turns out to be who they were impersonating. |
39 | * GoToAlias: Someone consistently uses the same name as an alias. |
40 | * HisQuirkLivesOn: A character adopts the trait of a deceased character as a way of keeping the dead character alive. |
41 | * IAmWhatIAm: A character learns to accept a part of their identity they previously rejected. |
42 | * IAmWho: Someone is unaware of their status as TheChosenOne. |
43 | * IdentityAbsorption: Someone absorbs the personality and memories of someone else. |
44 | * IdentityAmnesia: Someone ends up thinking they're someone else. |
45 | * IdentityBreakdown: A character suffers a mental break because of issues or revelations regarding who or what they are. |
46 | * IdentityDenial: Someone is recognized, but denies that they are that person or alter ego. |
47 | * IdentityImpersonator: The superhero protects their secret identity by appearing in public with someone pretending to be their alter ego. |
48 | * IJustWantToBeYou: Somebody doesn't just want to ''be like'' another character, they want to ''be'' that character. |
49 | * ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: All or almost all knowledge of a character is gained through their impersonator. |
50 | * ImposterForgotOneDetail: Going undercover, but forgetting an essential part of your disguise or cover identity that gets you blown. |
51 | * IndividualityIsIllegal: A society controlled by a HiveMind is not compatible with any individualized identities. |
52 | * TheKillerInMe: A character that is chasing or is chased by a rampant killer is revealed to the audience (and sometimes to themself) to be the killer in question. |
53 | * JekyllAndHyde: A good person has an evil alter-ego. |
54 | * TheJekyllIsAJerk: The alter-ego might be bad, but the original persona isn't much better. |
55 | * LegacyCharacter: An identity is taken on by a new character after the original holder of the identity stops using it for whatever reason. |
56 | * LegacyImmortality: Multiple people assume the identity of one person over the years, creating the illusion of immortality. |
57 | * LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman: Someone is friends with a superhero's alter ego, but despises the superhero. |
58 | * LossOfIdentity: Someone struggles with their sense of identity after a major event or change. |
59 | * LostInCharacter: A character becomes so immersed in acting as their InUniverse character, they stop acting like themselves or forget who they are. |
60 | * LouisCypher: Satan disguises himself using an alias that fails to be subtle. |
61 | * MistakenFromBehind: Someone mistakes a stranger for someone they know because the stranger resembles the person they know when viewed from the back. |
62 | * MistakenIdentity: A character is mistaken for someone else. |
63 | * MultilayerFacade: A person wears multiple disguises over each other. |
64 | * MultipleIdentityIDs: Someone has multiple passports, licenses, or other [=IDs=], each with different information. |
65 | * MyCard: A character hands someone their business card, or a similar card with identifying information. |
66 | * MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: Someone takes on the identity of a deceased relative. |
67 | * MyselfMyAvatar: Someone's mind is "implanted" into a physical or virtual body, often while their original body is unconscious or "asleep." |
68 | * NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe: A character is virtually unrecognizable after a long absence. |
69 | * NoPlaceForAWarrior: A veteran struggles to adapt to daily peacetime life. |
70 | * NotHimself: A character's OutOfCharacter behavior is central to the plot. |
71 | * OldFriendNewGender: A character discovers that their ChildhoodFriend is UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} when they meet after many years apart. |
72 | * PainfulPersona: Someone is forced to adopt a personality that is at odds with their true self. |
73 | * PersonalHorror: A character's internal conflict, betrayal of their self-image, or personal failure or flaw is PlayedForDrama. |
74 | * PersonalitySwap: People swap personality traits, but not minds. |
75 | * PhotoDoodleRecognition: Doodling details on a photograph of a person reveals the identity of said person. |
76 | * PreferableImpersonator: The imposter is more liked than the original. |
77 | * QuestForIdentity: Someone with amnesia tries to rediscover their true self. |
78 | * RealNameAsAnAlias: A character's real name serves as the basis for their alias. |
79 | * RediscoveringRootsTrip: Someone was raised in another culture, but returns to their family's motherland in a quest for self-identity. |
80 | * SecondSuperIdentity: A superhero who already has an alter-ego creates another alter-ego. |
81 | * SecretIdentityIdentity: It's called into question on whether the alias or the secret identity is the real person. |
82 | * SharedIdentity: Without trying to impersonate each other, multiple characters simultaneously use the same identity. |
83 | * SelfPerceptionShapeshifting: Shapeshifting to match your self-identity. |
84 | * SelfProclaimedKnight: Someone claims to be a knight when they aren't. |
85 | * ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis: A character that can shapeshift loses their sense of self, and thus control of their abilities. |
86 | * SplitPersonality: One character is "host" to two or more entirely separate personalities. |
87 | * SplitPersonalityMerge: The conflicting personalities merge into a single stable personality, often with traits from both. |
88 | * SplitPersonalityTakeover: The crazier personality either completely erases or puts into submission the weaker, sane personality to become the dominant personality. |
89 | * SpotTheImposter: The character is seen with their impersonator, resulting in their friends having to figure out which is the real person and which is the phony. |
90 | * StartingANewLife: A character, unable to return to their previous life, decides to start anew (possibly with a new identity). |
91 | * SweetPollyOliver: A woman disguises herself as a man. |
92 | * ThatManIsDead: Upon taking a new identity, the person regards their original identity as dead. |
93 | * ThemedAliases: Someone has multiple aliases, all of which share a similar pattern or theme. |
94 | * ThisIsMyNameOnForeign: A character uses a foreign language version of their name as an alias. |
95 | * ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: Someone's diminished mental capacity or delusions cause them to believe a character is someone else. |
96 | * TomatoInTheMirror: A person's true nature is revealed and it turns out that even they were unaware of the secret. |
97 | * TwinTest: A character is tasked with differentiating between identical siblings by at least one of those siblings. |
98 | * TwoAliasesOneCharacter: Two characters are revealed to be the same person. |
99 | * UnPerson: All evidence and records of a person's existence gets eliminated or revised to make it seem as if the person never did exist. |
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