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* '''Zigzagged''': [[MultilayerFacade Lost count of how many layers of costume were removed from the guy/creature or whatever]] before the heroes gave up.
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* '''Defied''': The Cshorkians just do an AlienInvasion [[ApocalypseWow the old-fashioned way.]]

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* '''Defied''': One of the Cshorkian commanders suggests invoking this trope after [[AliensStealCable seeing it done in a human TV show.]] The other Cshorkians call him an idiot and proceed to just do an AlienInvasion [[ApocalypseWow the old-fashioned way.]]
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* '''Played For Drama:''' Bob discovers that his girlfriend, Alice, is actually a Cshorkian. Either one of them has to choose their allegiance - either Bob is [[EmergencyTransformation forced to become a Cshorkian to stay with Alice]] or Alice [[YouCantGoHomeAgain has to betray her race.]]

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* '''Played For Drama:''' Bob discovers that his girlfriend, Alice, is actually a Cshorkian. Either one of them has to choose their allegiance - either Bob is [[EmergencyTransformation forced to become a Cshorkian to stay with Alice]] or Alice [[YouCantGoHomeAgain has to betray her race.species.]]

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Huh, she was a Cshorkian all along. [[SarcasmMode Who could have seen that coming?]]"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Huh, she was a Cshorkian "The aliens were hiding under masks all along. [[SarcasmMode Who could have seen that coming?]]"this time...TV didn't lie to me after all..."



* '''Discussed''': "The aliens were hiding under masks all this time...TV didn't lie to me after all..."

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* '''Discussed''': "The aliens '''Discussed''':
-->'''Bob:''' What if, hypothetically, there
were hiding under masks all this time...TV didn't lie to me after all..."Cshorkians in disguise among us?
-->'''Alice:''' Like me?
-->'''Bob:''' OhCrap

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Huh, she was a Cshorkian all along. [[SarcasmMode Who could have seen that coming?]]"



* '''Discussed''': "This show I'm watching has aliens that look just like people. Wouldn't that be extremely hard to pull off convincingly?"
* '''Conversed''': "Yeah, I guess it would, but if it did happen, that'd be pretty freaky."

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* '''Discussed''': "The aliens were hiding under masks all this time...TV didn't lie to me after all..."
* '''Conversed''':
"This show I'm watching has aliens that look just like people. Wouldn't that be extremely hard to pull off convincingly?"
* '''Conversed''': "Yeah, I guess it would, but if it did happen, that'd be pretty freaky."
convincingly?"
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* '''Enforced''': RuleOfScary

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[FlockOfWolves Most alleged "humans" are actually disguised monsters.]] Real humans are hard-pressed to find each other.
* '''Inverted''': A group of space-faring adventurers use holo-suits to match the appearance of whatever the dominant species is of the region they are researching.
* Downplayed: The monsters look almost exactly like humans, but their [[GlamourFailure glowing eyes]] give them away.
* '''Averted''': Monsters have no way to look like humans convincingly.
* '''Conversed''': "This show I'm watching has aliens that look just like people." "Wouldn't that be extremely hard to pull off convincingly?" "Yeah, I guess it would, but if it did happen, that'd be pretty freaky."
* '''Parodied''': The human costumes that the monsters wear are laughably bad, but the humans inexplicably fall for it anyway.

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* '''Straight:''' Cshorkians walk among humanity in LatexPerfection disguises.
* '''Exaggerated''': [[FlockOfWolves Most alleged "humans" are actually disguised monsters.Cshorkians.]] Real humans are hard-pressed to find each other.
* '''Downplayed''': Disguised Cshorkians look almost exactly like humans, but their [[GlamourFailure glowing eyes]] give them away.
* '''Subverted''': A Cshorkian disguised as a human turns out to [[MultiLayerFacade actually be a different human in a Cshorkian suit...]]
* '''Double Subverted''': ...until another disguise layer is ripped off to reveal a Cshorkian once again.
* '''Inverted''': A group of space-faring adventurers use holo-suits [[FullBodyDisguise full-body disguises]] to match the appearance of whatever the dominant species is of the region they are researching.
* Downplayed: '''Parodied''': The monsters look almost exactly like humans, human costumes that the Cshorkians wear are [[HughMann laughably bad]], but their [[GlamourFailure glowing eyes]] give them away.
the humans inexplicably fall for it anyway.
* '''Averted''': Monsters Cshorkians have no way to look like humans convincingly.
* '''Conversed''': '''Defied''': The Cshorkians just do an AlienInvasion [[ApocalypseWow the old-fashioned way.]]
* '''Discussed''':
"This show I'm watching has aliens that look just like people." "Wouldn't people. Wouldn't that be extremely hard to pull off convincingly?" convincingly?"
* '''Conversed''':
"Yeah, I guess it would, but if it did happen, that'd be pretty freaky."
* '''Parodied''': '''Played For Laughs:''' The human costumes that the monsters wear are laughably bad, but the Cshorkians call off their invasion because they [[BecomingTheMask enjoyed being humans inexplicably fall for it anyway.too much.]]
* '''Played For Drama:''' Bob discovers that his girlfriend, Alice, is actually a Cshorkian. Either one of them has to choose their allegiance - either Bob is [[EmergencyTransformation forced to become a Cshorkian to stay with Alice]] or Alice [[YouCantGoHomeAgain has to betray her race.]]
* '''Played For Horror:''' The usual usage of this trope.

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Basic Trope: A monster looks exactly like a human for some reason.

Exaggerated: [[FlockOfWolves Most alleged "humans" are actually disguised monsters.]] Real humans are hard-pressed to find each other.
Inverted: A group of space-faring adventurers use holo-suits to match the appearance of whatever the dominant species is of the region they are researching.
Downplayed: The monsters look almost exactly like humans, but their [[GlamourFailure glowing eyes]] give them away.
Averted: Monsters have no way to look like humans convincingly.
Conversed: "This show I'm watching has aliens that look just like people." "Wouldn't that be extremely hard to pull off convincingly?" "Yeah, I guess it would, but if it did happen, that'd be pretty freaky."

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Basic Trope: '''Basic Trope''': A monster looks exactly like a human for some reason.

Exaggerated: * '''Exaggerated''': [[FlockOfWolves Most alleged "humans" are actually disguised monsters.]] Real humans are hard-pressed to find each other.
Inverted: * '''Inverted''': A group of space-faring adventurers use holo-suits to match the appearance of whatever the dominant species is of the region they are researching.
* Downplayed: The monsters look almost exactly like humans, but their [[GlamourFailure glowing eyes]] give them away.
Averted: * '''Averted''': Monsters have no way to look like humans convincingly.
Conversed: * '''Conversed''': "This show I'm watching has aliens that look just like people." "Wouldn't that be extremely hard to pull off convincingly?" "Yeah, I guess it would, but if it did happen, that'd be pretty freaky.""
* '''Parodied''': The human costumes that the monsters wear are laughably bad, but the humans inexplicably fall for it anyway.
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Basic Trope: A monster looks exactly like a human for some reason.

Exaggerated: [[FlockOfWolves Most alleged "humans" are actually disguised monsters.]] Real humans are hard-pressed to find each other.
Inverted: A group of space-faring adventurers use holo-suits to match the appearance of whatever the dominant species is of the region they are researching.
Downplayed: The monsters look almost exactly like humans, but their [[GlamourFailure glowing eyes]] give them away.
Averted: Monsters have no way to look like humans convincingly.
Conversed: "This show I'm watching has aliens that look just like people." "Wouldn't that be extremely hard to pull off convincingly?" "Yeah, I guess it would, but if it did happen, that'd be pretty freaky."

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