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1Tropes relating to substitution and replacement. See also ThisIndexIsCopypasted, where something is copied and may stand in for it.
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7* AssetActor: It's understood that even though something was already something else, it stands in for something that couldn't be used.
8* BedTrick: A form of rape by deception where one tricks another into sleeping with them by impersonating that person's significant other.
9* BorrowingFromTheSisterSeries: A creator copies a successful feature in one of their series to use in another.
10* CaptureAndReplicate
11* ClothingSwitch
12* ContrastingReplacementCharacter
13* ContrastingSequelAntagonist
14* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter
15* ContrastingSequelSetting
16* ConvenientReplacementCharacter
17* DisguisedHostageGambit
18* DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment
19* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest
20* FreakyFridayFlip: Two or more characters switch minds and now have to find out how to get their brains back to their proper bodies.
21* FreakyFridaySabotage
22* HotlinkedImageSwitch: After an image is hotlinked, its creator replaces it with a different one to expose the hotlinker.
23* IMadeCopies: Bob destroys or takes a piece of paper from Alice, who would’ve used it to incriminate Bob, but Alice has made copies of said paper.
24* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter
25* KillAndReplace: A character gets murdered and then has their identity usurped by an imposter.
26* LameRhymeDodge: A character is overheard saying something that could get them in trouble and covers their ass by lying that they said something rhyming with what they really said.
27* LastSecondWordSwap
28* LiteralChangeOfHeart
29* MidfightWeaponExchange
30* MidseasonReplacement
31* MorePopularReplacement
32* NewBodyOldAbilities
33* NinjaLog
34* OpponentSwitch
35* OutfitDecoy
36* ParentalSubstitute
37* PersonalitySwap: People swap personality traits, but not [[FreakyFridayFlip minds]].
38* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo: A character thwarts an attempt at poisoning them by switching drinks with the one trying to poison them.
39* PrinceAndPauper
40* RegimeChange: One government forcibly removes another government's leader to install their own proxy.
41* ReplacedWithReplica
42* ReplacementGoldfish
43* ReplacementScrappy
44* RottenRoboticReplacement
45* SatchelSwitcheroo
46* ScriptSwap
47* SecondEpisodeSubstitute
48* SleepingDummy
49* StandInParents
50* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A character gets replaced with a character similar enough that their name is the only major difference between the two.
51* SwapFighter
52* SwapTeleportation
53* SwitchOutMove
54* ThrowingOutTheScript
55* TwinSwitch: Twins decide to switch places.
56* UnfortunateItemSwap
57* WeightAndSwitch
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