Basic Trope: A character doesn't understand the difference between fiction and reality.
- Straight: Charlie is an actor who believes that he's Troperman, a superhero character he plays.
- Exaggerated:
- Charlie has been told many times that he's not Troperman, but he still doesn't understand.
- Every character in the work is vehemently convinced that they live in a Show Within a Show.
- Downplayed:
- Charlie has a tendency to get Lost in Character from time to time.
- Charlie does something because he Saw It in a Movie Once, even if it's unrealistic.
- Justified:
- Charlie has become amnesiac and/or has gone off the deep end, and all he remembers about himself is that he played a superhero in a movie.
- Charlie was subject to a lot of Enforced Method Acting and has completely forgotten that he's a real person.
- Charlie is The Ditz and/or a Cloudcuckoolander and legitimately doesn't seem to understand that fiction isn't real.
- Inverted: ???
- Subverted: Charlie seems to think he's Troperman... but it turns out he's just practicing for his next film role.
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Charlie understands the difference between fiction and reality.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: "Come on, Charlie, This Is Reality!"
- Conversed: ???
Fear not, citizens! Troperman will show you the way back to Cannot Tell Fiction from Reality!
