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emeriin
Since: Jan, 2001
SeptimusHeap
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lordGacek
Since: Jan, 2001
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DragonQuestZ
Since: Jan, 2001

Which trope it is, when a character faces an enemy who forms several illusions of himself, so the character has to decide which one is the real deal to (for example) shoot? It's certainly related to Spot the Impostor, Spotting the Thread, and similar tropes, but I can't quite pick the right one.
An example: in one episode of Texas Ranger, Walker had to deal with a shaman doing this trick and he had only a knife. Then he noticed that only one of the visages sweats, and threw the knife into his guts.