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** Alice notices that Bob's reflection has a pair of [[HornedHumanoid horns]]. Bob [[GenreSavvy starts wearing a]] NiceHat, which nets him a free pass in most day-to-day situations.
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** Alice notices that Bob's reflection has a pair of [[HornedHumanoid horns]]. Bob [[GenreSavvy starts wearing a]] NiceHat, a hat]], which nets him a free pass in most day-to-day situations.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice seeing Bob's true form is a massive DramaBomb and ShockingSwerve that triggers a GenreShift for the remainder of the story.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice seeing Bob's true form is a massive DramaBomb and ShockingSwerve that triggers a GenreShift for the remainder of the story.
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** The [[MagicMirror mirror is enchanted]] to [[TrueSight show the true nature of anything reflected in it]].
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'''Basic Trope''': A reflective surface (most commonly a [[Index/MirrorTropes Mirror]]) reveals the {{ShapeShifter}}'s [[GlamourFailure true identity]].
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'''Basic Trope''': A reflective surface (most commonly a [[Index/MirrorTropes [[MirrorTropes Mirror]]) reveals the {{ShapeShifter}}'s ShapeShifter's [[GlamourFailure true identity]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is non-human of some nasty race, polymorphed into human and forced to live in human society. Alice knows, that her mirror causes GlamourFailure and tries Bob with it, but mirror shows him in human form. Later, she discovers the truth from different source and decides, that Bob isn't acting human anymore, but became one.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is non-human of some nasty race, polymorphed into human and forced to live in human society. Alice knows, knows that her mirror causes GlamourFailure and tries Bob with it, it out on Bob, but the mirror shows him in human form. Later, she discovers the truth from a different source and decides, decides that Bob isn't acting human anymore, but became one.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice sees true form of Bob, but remarks, that it's obvious to anyone, who knows Bob.
* '''Double Subverted''': But then she notices, that Bob not only looks older, but also hides tail, that she didn't know about before.
* '''Double Subverted''': But then she notices, that Bob not only looks older, but also hides tail, that she didn't know about before.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice sees the true form of Bob, but remarks, remarks that it's obvious to anyone, anyone who knows Bob.
* '''Double Subverted''': But then shenotices, notices that Bob not only looks older, but also hides tail, a tail that she didn't know about before.
* '''Double Subverted''': But then she
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** Alice has taken over Bob's body. She thinks of herself as Alice, and thus we see her that way on screen, but her reflection shows Bob because that's the physical body she's wearing.
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* '''Subverted''': ???
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* '''Double Subverted''': ???
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* '''Subverted''': ???
Alice sees true form of Bob, but remarks, that it's obvious to anyone, who knows Bob.
* '''Double Subverted''':???But then she notices, that Bob not only looks older, but also hides tail, that she didn't know about before.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob is non-human of some nasty race, polymorphed into human and forced to live in human society. Alice knows, that her mirror causes GlamourFailure and tries Bob with it, but mirror shows him in human form. Later, she discovers the truth from different source and decides, that Bob isn't acting human anymore, but became one.
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** [[TheSnowQueen The mirror reflects (and magnifies) Bob's worst qualities]]. For example, if he's a {{Jerkass}}, the mirror shows him as a CompleteMonster.
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** [[TheSnowQueen [[Literature/TheSnowQueen The mirror reflects (and magnifies) Bob's worst qualities]]. For example, if he's a {{Jerkass}}, the mirror shows him as a CompleteMonster.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice doesn't realize that Bob is an [[HumanoidAbomination Avatar of Nyarlathothep]] until she glimpses his reflection in a puddle of water and goes [[GoMadFromTheRevelation hopelessly insane]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice doesn't realize that Bob is an [[HumanoidAbomination Avatar of Nyarlathothep]] until she glimpses his reflection in a puddle of water and goes [[GoMadFromTheRevelation hopelessly insane]].
** Alice doesn't realize that Bob is an [[HumanoidAbomination Avatar of Nyarlathothep]] until she glimpses his reflection in a puddle of water and goes [[GoMadFromTheRevelation hopelessly insane]].
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice notices that Bob's reflection has a pair of [[HornedHumanoid horns]]. Bob [[GenreSavvy starts wearing a]] NiceHat, which nets him a free pass in most day-to-day situations.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** Alice notices that Bob's reflection has a pair of [[HornedHumanoid horns]]. Bob [[GenreSavvy starts wearing a]] NiceHat, which nets him a free pass in most day-to-day situations.
** Alice notices that Bob's reflection has a pair of [[HornedHumanoid horns]]. Bob [[GenreSavvy starts wearing a]] NiceHat, which nets him a free pass in most day-to-day situations.
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* '''Justified''': Bob is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] with a [[WeaksauceWeakness weakness]] to silver, which won't even deign to reflect him. However, his reflection appears normal on any non-silver surface.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Bob is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] with a [[WeaksauceWeakness weakness]] to silver, which won't even deign to reflect him. However, his reflection appears normal on any non-silver surface.
** Bob is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] with a [[WeaksauceWeakness weakness]] to silver, which won't even deign to reflect him. However, his reflection appears normal on any non-silver surface.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob is a normal human, but his reflection always looks monstrous.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Bob is a normal human, but his reflection always looks monstrous.
** Bob is a normal human, but his reflection always looks monstrous.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob has a pathological (but entirely justified) aversion to mirrors. His would-be dupes become suspicious at his odd behavior and strange choice of meeting places, causing otherwise airtight gambits to [[DidntThinkThisThrough fail spectacularly]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice, however, [[WrongGenreSavvy decides that Bob just has a strange phobia]] and kindly tells Bob that she'll do her best to avoid his triggers. [[AffablyEvil Bob offers his deepest thanks]] and coyly asks [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse if she's told anyone else]]...
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice, however, [[WrongGenreSavvy decides that Bob just has a strange phobia]] and kindly tells Bob that she'll do her best to avoid his triggers. [[AffablyEvil Bob offers his deepest thanks]] and coyly asks [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse if she's told anyone else]]...
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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob has a pathological (but entirely justified) aversion to mirrors. His would-be dupes become suspicious at his odd behavior and strange choice of meeting places, causing otherwise airtight gambits to [[DidntThinkThisThrough fail spectacularly]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice, however, [[WrongGenreSavvy decides that Bob just has a strange phobia]] and kindly tells Bob that she'll do her best to avoid his triggers. [[AffablyEvil Bob offers his deepest thanks]] and coyly asks [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse if she's told anyone else]]...
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice, however, [[WrongGenreSavvy decides that Bob just has a strange phobia]] and kindly tells Bob that she'll do her best to avoid his triggers. [[AffablyEvil Bob offers his deepest thanks]] and coyly asks [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse if she's told anyone else]]...
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* '''Straight''': Alice takes Bob the TricksterGod for a normal human until she that his reflections depicts him as [[FaunsAndSatyrs a Satyr]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice takes Bob the [[HumanoidAbomination Avatar of Nyarlathothep]] for a normal human until she glimpses his reflection in a puddle of water. A splitsecond's view drives her [[GoMadFromTheRevelation hopelessly insane]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice takes Bob the [[HumanoidAbomination Avatar of Nyarlathothep]] for a normal human until she glimpses his reflection in a puddle of water. A splitsecond's view drives her [[GoMadFromTheRevelation hopelessly insane]].
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* '''Straight''': Alice takes doesn't realize that Bob the is a TricksterGod for a normal human until she notices that his reflections depicts him as reflection looks like [[FaunsAndSatyrs a Satyr]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Alicetakes doesn't realize that Bob the is an [[HumanoidAbomination Avatar of Nyarlathothep]] for a normal human until she glimpses his reflection in a puddle of water. A splitsecond's view drives her water and goes [[GoMadFromTheRevelation hopelessly insane]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice
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* '''Invoked''': Bob is under [[ThePunishment a curse]], part of which is that he must be alone forever. How long can a friendship, business relationship or sexual relationship last if a glance in the mirror will make every viewer run away screaming "MONSTER!"?
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* '''Invoked''': Bob is [[WickedWitch Alice]] placed [[TheWoobie Bob]] under a [[ThePunishment a curse]], part of which is that he must condemning him to be alone forever. [[LonersAreFreaks alone]] [[DyingAlone forever]]. [[YankTheDogsChain How long can a friendship, business relationship friend/co-worker/business partner/neighbor/lover go without seeing his reflection or sexual relationship last if a glance in the mirror will make every viewer run away screaming "MONSTER!"? meeting someone else who has?]]
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* '''Conversed''': "How did Dracula get away with it for so long? Wouldn't an [[OminousOperaCape someone see a disembodied opera cape walking around in the mirror]] and start asking questions?"
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* '''Conversed''': "How did Dracula get away with it for so long? Wouldn't an [[OminousOperaCape someone see a disembodied opera cape walking around in the mirror]] and start asking questions?"
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** [[TheSnowQueen The mirror reflects (and magnifies) Bob's worst qualities]] (ie if he's a {{Jerkass}}, the mirror shows him as a CompleteMonster.
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** [[TheSnowQueen The mirror reflects (and magnifies) Bob's worst qualities]] (ie qualities]]. For example, if he's a {{Jerkass}}, the mirror shows him as a CompleteMonster.
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** Bob's reflection looks exactly like he does... until Alice notices that it's not reflected like everyone else's.
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** Bob's reflection looks exactly like he does... until Alice notices that it's not reflected reversed like everyone else's.
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'''Basic Trope''': A reflective surface (most commonly a [[Index/MirrorTropes Mirror]]) reveals the {{ShapeShifter}}'s [[GlamourFailure true identity]].
* '''Straight''': Alice takes Bob the TricksterGod for a normal human until she that his reflections depicts him as [[FaunsAndSatyrs a Satyr]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice takes Bob the [[HumanoidAbomination Avatar of Nyarlathothep]] for a normal human until she glimpses his reflection in a puddle of water. A splitsecond's view drives her [[GoMadFromTheRevelation hopelessly insane]].
** Alice's mirror [[FlockOfWolves reveals that Bob, Charlie, Diana and everyone else she knows are monsters]] and that she's [[LockedOutOfTheLoop the only normal human in the bunch]].
* '''Downplayed''': Alice notices that Bob's reflection has a pair of [[HornedHumanoid horns]]. Bob [[GenreSavvy starts wearing a]] NiceHat, which nets him a free pass in most day-to-day situations.
** Bob's reflection looks exactly like he does... until Alice notices that it's not reflected like everyone else's.
* '''Justified''': Bob is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] with a [[WeaksauceWeakness weakness]] to silver, which won't even deign to reflect him. However, his reflection appears normal on any non-silver surface.
** Bob is a MasterOfIllusion whose magic [[SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic directly manipulates the perception centers within his victims' brains]]. However, as the effect is purely [[PsychicPowers psychic]] and he is neither an actual ShapeShifter nor actually changing either sound reverberation or light refraction, he cannot affect anything that displays reality objectively. Mirrors, [[PowerEchoes sound echoes]], [[MagicalCamera audio/video recordings]] and [[ShapeshifterBaggage deep footprints]] are still reliable giveaways and Bob actively avoids leaving any of these.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is a normal human, but his reflection always looks monstrous.
** Bob is a [[OurMonstersAreDifferent monster]], but his reflection always looks human [[MindScrew for some odd reason]].
** [[TheSnowQueen The mirror reflects (and magnifies) Bob's worst qualities]] (ie if he's a {{Jerkass}}, the mirror shows him as a CompleteMonster.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Shapeshifter Bob steps into a roomful of Funhouse Mirrors. HilarityEnsues.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob's actual appearance perfectly matches his reflection, or the mirror's reflection is always inaccurate.
* '''Enforced''': The writers want to [[TraitorShot reveal Bob's true identity]] [[DramaticIrony to the viewer and not to Alice]]. His demonic reflection is there [[RuleOfPerception for their sake and does not (presumably) appear so in-universe]].
* '''Lampshaded''': "People say I've got a nice face. [[TimeAbyss I never knew how right they were until they invented the photograph.]]"
* '''Invoked''': Bob is under [[ThePunishment a curse]], part of which is that he must be alone forever. How long can a friendship, business relationship or sexual relationship last if a glance in the mirror will make every viewer run away screaming "MONSTER!"?
* '''Exploited''': Alice is out to expose Bob to the world, so she makes sure to carry at least three mirrors with her at all times.
* '''Defied''': Bob studies and labors long and hard until he can craft a spell to ensure that his reflections look perfectly fine.
* '''Discussed''': "Funny how a guy as vain as Bob doesn't have a mirror in his bathroom or bedroom..."
* '''Conversed''': "How did Dracula get away with it for so long? Wouldn't an [[OminousOperaCape someone see a disembodied opera cape walking around in the mirror]] and start asking questions?"
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob's reflection [[TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack has a life of its own]] and [[CannotTellALie cheerfully reveals]] [[TalkativeLoon Bob's every thought]].
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice seeing Bob's true form is a massive DramaBomb and ShockingSwerve that triggers a GenreShift for the remainder of the story.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob has a pathological (but entirely justified) aversion to mirrors. His would-be dupes become suspicious at his odd behavior and strange choice of meeting places, causing otherwise airtight gambits to [[DidntThinkThisThrough fail spectacularly]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice, however, [[WrongGenreSavvy decides that Bob just has a strange phobia]] and kindly tells Bob that she'll do her best to avoid his triggers. [[AffablyEvil Bob offers his deepest thanks]] and coyly asks [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse if she's told anyone else]]...
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* '''Straight''': Alice takes Bob the TricksterGod for a normal human until she that his reflections depicts him as [[FaunsAndSatyrs a Satyr]].
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice takes Bob the [[HumanoidAbomination Avatar of Nyarlathothep]] for a normal human until she glimpses his reflection in a puddle of water. A splitsecond's view drives her [[GoMadFromTheRevelation hopelessly insane]].
** Alice's mirror [[FlockOfWolves reveals that Bob, Charlie, Diana and everyone else she knows are monsters]] and that she's [[LockedOutOfTheLoop the only normal human in the bunch]].
* '''Downplayed''': Alice notices that Bob's reflection has a pair of [[HornedHumanoid horns]]. Bob [[GenreSavvy starts wearing a]] NiceHat, which nets him a free pass in most day-to-day situations.
** Bob's reflection looks exactly like he does... until Alice notices that it's not reflected like everyone else's.
* '''Justified''': Bob is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] with a [[WeaksauceWeakness weakness]] to silver, which won't even deign to reflect him. However, his reflection appears normal on any non-silver surface.
** Bob is a MasterOfIllusion whose magic [[SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic directly manipulates the perception centers within his victims' brains]]. However, as the effect is purely [[PsychicPowers psychic]] and he is neither an actual ShapeShifter nor actually changing either sound reverberation or light refraction, he cannot affect anything that displays reality objectively. Mirrors, [[PowerEchoes sound echoes]], [[MagicalCamera audio/video recordings]] and [[ShapeshifterBaggage deep footprints]] are still reliable giveaways and Bob actively avoids leaving any of these.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is a normal human, but his reflection always looks monstrous.
** Bob is a [[OurMonstersAreDifferent monster]], but his reflection always looks human [[MindScrew for some odd reason]].
** [[TheSnowQueen The mirror reflects (and magnifies) Bob's worst qualities]] (ie if he's a {{Jerkass}}, the mirror shows him as a CompleteMonster.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Shapeshifter Bob steps into a roomful of Funhouse Mirrors. HilarityEnsues.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob's actual appearance perfectly matches his reflection, or the mirror's reflection is always inaccurate.
* '''Enforced''': The writers want to [[TraitorShot reveal Bob's true identity]] [[DramaticIrony to the viewer and not to Alice]]. His demonic reflection is there [[RuleOfPerception for their sake and does not (presumably) appear so in-universe]].
* '''Lampshaded''': "People say I've got a nice face. [[TimeAbyss I never knew how right they were until they invented the photograph.]]"
* '''Invoked''': Bob is under [[ThePunishment a curse]], part of which is that he must be alone forever. How long can a friendship, business relationship or sexual relationship last if a glance in the mirror will make every viewer run away screaming "MONSTER!"?
* '''Exploited''': Alice is out to expose Bob to the world, so she makes sure to carry at least three mirrors with her at all times.
* '''Defied''': Bob studies and labors long and hard until he can craft a spell to ensure that his reflections look perfectly fine.
* '''Discussed''': "Funny how a guy as vain as Bob doesn't have a mirror in his bathroom or bedroom..."
* '''Conversed''': "How did Dracula get away with it for so long? Wouldn't an [[OminousOperaCape someone see a disembodied opera cape walking around in the mirror]] and start asking questions?"
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob's reflection [[TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack has a life of its own]] and [[CannotTellALie cheerfully reveals]] [[TalkativeLoon Bob's every thought]].
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice seeing Bob's true form is a massive DramaBomb and ShockingSwerve that triggers a GenreShift for the remainder of the story.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob has a pathological (but entirely justified) aversion to mirrors. His would-be dupes become suspicious at his odd behavior and strange choice of meeting places, causing otherwise airtight gambits to [[DidntThinkThisThrough fail spectacularly]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice, however, [[WrongGenreSavvy decides that Bob just has a strange phobia]] and kindly tells Bob that she'll do her best to avoid his triggers. [[AffablyEvil Bob offers his deepest thanks]] and coyly asks [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse if she's told anyone else]]...
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