Line #3 PlayingWith/LostInCharacter


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character (mostly an actor) ends up forgetting who they are.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob plays Emperor Evulz, but he begins to act like his character even off the set.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob becomes the villainous character he played in the movies.
5	** Everyone who played a part in the movie "The Chronicles of Troperman" believe that they are their characters.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** Bob thinks he's Emperor Evulz, InNameOnly, but still acts like Bob.
8	** Bob deliberately stays in character off set because it enhances his confidence, but he mostly maintains his grasp on reality.
9	* '''Justified''':
10	** Bob is a {{method act\|ing}}or and that is how he gets into character.
11	** Bob tries to improve his acting talent by taking illicit drugs, which make him believe he's Emperor Evulz.
12	** Bob is mentally ill. Reality and fiction [[CannotTellFictionFromReality blend together]] to him.
13	* '''Inverted''':
14	** A character believes himself to be merely an actor.
15	** Everyone believes Bob to be [[IAmNotSpock Emperor Evulz, despite insisting not to be]].
16	* '''Subverted''': Bob acts like Emperor Evulz off the set, but he was just practicing his lines, and immediately goes back to acting like Bob.
17	* '''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.
18	* '''Parodied''':
19	** Bob, Alice, Charlie and Dean all get lost in character, and fight across the city in mimicry of the movie they're shooting.
20	** Bob is playing the role of [[TheCape Captain Troper]] and [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve actually gains]] superpowers.
21	* '''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?
22	* '''Averted''': Bob is only the character on the screen, but acts normal everywhere else.
23	* '''Enforced''': [[EnforcedMethodActing The directors don't tell the actors that they're in a movie and let them really believe they are their characters]].
24	* '''Lampshaded''': This happens so often there's a specialized clinic that {{Deprogram}}s actors who believe they are their character.
25	* '''Invoked''': Bob Completely gets into his role, even hypnotizing himself in order to get his best performance.
26	* '''Exploited''': Alice hates Bob, and gets him the role of the Emperor because then she can goad him into committing a crime.
27	* '''Defied''': Bob has a SurvivalMantra that helps him wind down after acting.
28	* '''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!"
29	* '''Conversed''': "You'd think an actor who is so easily wrapped up in their role would take precautions against it."
30	* '''Implied''': A bottle of prescription anti-psychotic drugs can be seen in Bob's dressing room.
31	* '''Deconstructed''':
32	** Bob's delusions wind up getting the better of him and he ends up in a mental hospital, in jail or dead.
33	** Bob's delusions are disturbing his costars and they quit because he's making them uncomfortable. As a result, production is canceled.
34	* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's friends, loved ones, and colleagues help him keep grasp on reality.
35	* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': It was all a marketing stunt designed to make people read more about the show.
36	* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
37	* '''Played For Drama''': Bob suffers an identity crises once filming wraps up since he was so invested into his role.
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40	[[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe Forsooth! My noblest acquaintance, shalt thou not visiteth]] -- sorry, guess I got LostInCharacter.
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Context PlayingWith / LostInCharacter