1 | '''Basic Trope''': Character A and Character B, from wildly different backgrounds, swap roles. |
2 | * '''Straight''': People believe that working-class cafe waitress Wanda is wealthy socialite Wendy and that Wendy is Wanda. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Wendy and Wanda do a perfect job of pretending to be each other, even knowing things they cannot possibly know. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Wanda spills coffee on Wendy, and lets Wendy use her uniform apron while her blouse is washed. Wendy is briefly mistaken for a waitress. |
5 | * '''Justified''': Wendy and Wanda are SeparatedAtBirth, clones, one's a doppelganger... |
6 | * '''Inverted''': ??? |
7 | * '''Subverted''': Wanda has a large scar that distinguishes herself from Wendy. |
8 | * '''Double Subverted''': Wendy gives herself the same scar. |
9 | * '''Parodied''': Wanda and Wendy look wildly different but no one seems to notice. |
10 | * '''Zig Zagged''': The two switch places constantly as people try to tell them apart. |
11 | * '''Averted''': Wanda and Wendy never consider pretending to be one another. |
12 | * '''Enforced''': "Our plot puts the main character in two places at once, let's give him a twin or something." |
13 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Should I even care which one you are?" |
14 | * '''Invoked''': "Hey Wanda, there is something we can do, Mark Twain wrote this one book..." |
15 | * '''Exploited''': Wendy is getting married in London while Wanda (as Wendy) is attending a stockholder's meeting in Paris. |
16 | * '''Defied''': Wanda and Wendy intentionally distinguish themselves so they can't be misidentified. |
17 | * '''Discussed''': "You just know those two are going to try swapping places." |
18 | * '''Conversed''': "I'd love to see things from your point of view. Why don't we swap?" |
19 | * '''Deconstructed''': Wanda has no idea how to act like Wendy and is identified as an impostor quickly. |
20 | * '''Reconstructed''': So Wendy teaches Wanda how to act like her. |
21 | * '''Played For Drama''': Wendy and Wanda lose each other's jobs and/or completely ruin each other's lives. |
22 | * '''Implied''': In one episode, "Wanda" is unusually incompetent at her job and "Wendy" acts rougher than usual for some reason, and it seems they might have switched places. [[AbortedArc This is not brought up again.]] |
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24 | Quit pretending you're someone you're not and go back to PrinceAndPauper. |
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26 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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29 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
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