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** The imposter [[PaperThinDisguise is incredibly obvious]], but [[WhatAnIdiot Bob still can’t tell the difference]].

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** The imposter [[PaperThinDisguise is incredibly obvious]], but [[WhatAnIdiot Bob still can’t tell the difference]].difference.
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'''Basic Trope''': Trying to determine the imposter from the person they're impersonating.

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'''Basic Trope''': Trying The characters try to determine the an imposter from the person they're impersonating.

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* '''Subverted''': Turns our neither of them are imposters, but a LiteralSplitPersonality.

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** Turns out both of them are imposters.
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No! I am SpotTheImposter! The other one is a fake!

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* '''Exaggerated''': Carol is a shapeshifter so she has made herself look ''exactly'' like Alice, so spotting the real Alice will be hard.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Carol is a shapeshifter so she Bob has made herself look ''exactly'' like Alice, so spotting to pick out the real Alice will be hard.from a ''whole crowd'' of perfect imposters.



* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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Turns our neither of them are imposters, but a LiteralSplitPersonality.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Then a ''third'' one joins in amen bob has to tell that one from the two real ones.



** Bob sets up an impromptu "game show" called "Are You Alice?" that's full of tests to spot the real Alice.
** The imposter is a perfect visual doppelganger of Alice... [[VocalDissonance but speaks in a ludicrously deep, masculine voice.]] The plot is resolved in five seconds.

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** [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario Bob sets up an impromptu "game show" called "Are You Alice?" that's full of tests to spot the real Alice.
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** The imposter is a perfect visual doppelganger of Alice... [[VocalDissonance but speaks in a ludicrously deep, masculine voice.]] voice]]. The plot is resolved in five seconds.
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** The imposter [[PaperThinDisguise is incredibly obvious]], but [[WhatAnIdiot Bob still can’t tell the difference]].
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* '''Parodied''': Bob sets up an impromptu "game show" called "Are You Alice?" that's full of tests to spot the real Alice.
** The imposter is a perfect visual doppelganger of Alice...[[VocalDissonance but speaks in a ludicrously deep, masculine voice.]] The plot is resolved in five seconds.

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Bob sets up an impromptu "game show" called "Are You Alice?" that's full of tests to spot the real Alice.
** The imposter is a perfect visual doppelganger of Alice... [[VocalDissonance but speaks in a ludicrously deep, masculine voice.]] The plot is resolved in five seconds.
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** The imposter is a perfect visual doppelganger of Alice...[[Vocal Dissonance but speaks in a ludicrously deep, masculine voice.]] The plot is resolved in five seconds.

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** The imposter is a perfect visual doppelganger of Alice...[[Vocal Dissonance [[VocalDissonance but speaks in a ludicrously deep, masculine voice.]] The plot is resolved in five seconds.
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** The imposter is a perfect visual doppelganger of Alice...[[Vocal Dissonance but speaks in a ludicrously deep, masculine voice.]] The plot is resolved in five seconds.
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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???'''Invoked''': Carol runs this gambit to distract from [[KansasCityShuffle an entirely different scheme. ]]
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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???Alice and Carol both claim to be Carol in disguise as Alice.

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* '''Implied''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': Trying to determine the imposter from the person they're impersonating.
* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob are a couple who possess something very valuable (like money or something worth a lot of money). In order to get those valuables, Carol poses as Alice. Only trouble is, both Carol and the real Alice insist they are Alice, so Bob has to figure out who is the real Alice.
* '''Exaggerated''': Carol is a shapeshifter so she has made herself look ''exactly'' like Alice, so spotting the real Alice will be hard.
* '''Downplayed''': Carol is a pretty bad actress, so Bob is pretty sure she's not Alice, but he feels he has to be sure.
* '''Justified''': Carol and Alice look kinda similar already and Carol practised acting like Alice. However, there is a way to tell them apart as only Alice can truly be Alice.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Bob sets up an impromptu "game show" called "Are You Alice?" that's full of tests to spot the real Alice.
* '''Zigzagged''': Bob flips between guessing right, thinking Alice is Carol, thinking Carol is Alice, and not being sure.
* '''Averted''': Carol doesn't pose as Alice.
* '''Enforced''': To show how devoted towards Alice, cunning, imaginative, or clueless Bob is.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You can't '''both''' be Alice!"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob teaches Alice a secret password that only she knows.
* '''Discussed''': "How can I tell which one of you is Alice?"
* '''Conversed''': "Remember that episode where Bob had to tell the difference between Alice and Carol who was pretending to be Alice?"
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* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': Carol doesn't know squat about some of the things Alice does and says, but has to try and do and say them anyway.
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob nearly gets it wrong and risks losing the valuables and Alice's love/trust.
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