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* '''Conversed''': "Oh, I know what happens next. Alice is gonna kill Bob so she can impersonate him and steal the money."

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* '''Conversed''': "Oh, I know what happens next. Alice is gonna kill Bob so she can impersonate him and steal the money.""
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* '''Straight''': Alice, a shapeshifter, kills Bob and assumes his form to impersonate him.

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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
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Alice, a shapeshifter, kills Bob and assumes his form to impersonate him.



* '''Justified''': Alice needs money, so she kills and impersonates Bob, a guard, to steal the money.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Alice needs money, so she kills and impersonates Bob, a guard, to steal the money.money.
** Clyde is Bob from an alternative universe and wants to kill Bob to reclaim his life.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice doesn't kill Bob, [[CaptureAndReplace just knocks him out]], and [[MuggedForDisguise impersonates him through a disguise]] rather than shapeshifting.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice doesn't kill Bob, [[CaptureAndReplace [[CaptureAndReplicate just knocks him out]], and [[MuggedForDisguise impersonates him through a disguise]] rather than shapeshifting.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice doesn't kill Bob, just knocks him out, and impersonates him through a disguise rather than shapeshifting.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice doesn't kill Bob, [[CaptureAndReplace just knocks him out, out]], and [[MuggedForDisguise impersonates him through a disguise disguise]] rather than shapeshifting.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice doesn't kill Bob, just knocks him out, and impersonates him through a disguise rather than shapeshifting.



* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???'''Inverted''':
** Alice kills Bob and [[CloneByConversion turns his body into a copy of her own]] (living or dead).
** Alice kills Bob and Bob's mind overwrites Alice's.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???Alice attempts to kill Bob, but then Bob reveals himself to also be a shapeshifter. He kills Alice and assumes her identity.
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* '''Discussed''': Alice corners Bob, shapeshifts into his doppelganger, and Bob complains, ''Are you gonna do that thing where you kill me and replace me like in those horror movies?'' Alice responds yes, and kills him.

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* '''Discussed''': Alice corners Bob, shapeshifts into his doppelganger, and Bob complains, ''Are "Are you gonna do that thing where you kill me and replace me like in those horror movies?'' movies?" Alice responds yes, and kills him.
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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???Alice corners Bob, shapeshifts into his doppelganger, and Bob complains, ''Are you gonna do that thing where you kill me and replace me like in those horror movies?'' Alice responds yes, and kills him.

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* '''Exploited''': Bob is aware Alice is a shapeshifter, so he prepares accordingly by teaching his friends to ask certain questions only he would know the answer to if he was acting strange or suspicious.

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* '''Exploited''': Bob is aware Alice is a shapeshifter, shapeshifter and is planning to kill him, so he prepares accordingly by teaching his friends to ask certain questions only he would know the answer to if he was acting strange or suspicious.suspicious.
**Bob also knows Clyde is in town, so takes similar precautions.

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* '''Subverted''': Clyde, Bob's lookalike, appears in town and begins to impersonate him, but reveals he's doing it for a prank.

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* '''Subverted''': Clyde, Bob's lookalike, appears in town and begins to impersonate him, but reveals he's doing it for a prank.



* '''Lampshaded''': "It's always typical for shapeshifters to try and replace someone."

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* '''Lampshaded''': "It's always typical for shapeshifters and doppelgangers to try and replace someone."


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**Or Clyde undergoes surgery so he looks like Bob so the former can impersonate the latter.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character kills someone and takes on their form and likeness.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character kills someone and takes on their form and likeness.identity.


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**Alternatively, Clyde, Bob's lookalike, kills the latter and replaces him.
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* '''Straight''': Alice kills Bob and assumes his form to impersonate him.

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* '''Straight''': Alice Alice, a shapeshifter, kills Bob and assumes his form to impersonate him.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Alice kills and impersonates Bob, but her acting is really bad and everyone can immediately tell Bob's been replaced.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"It's always typical for shapeshifters to try and replace someone."
* '''Invoked''': ???Alice undergoes a ritual to turn into a shapeshifter so she can kill and replace Bob.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"Oh, I know what happens next. Alice is gonna kill Bob so she can impersonate him and steal the money."
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* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???
Clyde, Bob's lookalike, appears in town and begins to impersonate him, but reveals he's doing it for a prank.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Clyde claims it's a prank, but then really kills Bob and impersonates him.



* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???Alice doesn't kill Bob and replace him.



* '''Defied''': Alice doesn't kill Bob and replace him.

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* '''Defied''': Alice doesn't kill Bob and replace him.???
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'''Basic Trope''': A character kills someone and takes on their form and likeness.
* '''Straight''': Alice kills Bob and assumes his form to impersonate him.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice kills Bob, assumes his form, and repeats the process to go on a murder spree.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Alice needs money, so she kills and impersonates Bob, a guard, to steal the money.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Bob is aware Alice is a shapeshifter, so he prepares accordingly by teaching his friends to ask certain questions only he would know the answer to if he was acting strange or suspicious.
* '''Defied''': Alice doesn't kill Bob and replace him.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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