The TVTropes Trope Finder is where you can come to ask questions like "Do we have this one?" and "What's the trope about...?" Trying to rediscover a long lost show or other medium but need a little help? Head to Media Finder and try your luck there. Want to propose a new trope? You should be over at You Know, That Thing Where.
Totally Radical, or related
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
@OP: That's not being terrible at slang, that's being bad at his job period.
Most likely a Hero with an F in Good and Idiot Hero since he's blowing his own cover.
I wouldn't mind failure so much, if I didn't fail so much.
I can see a trope here of a character not being able to shake a personal trait even under duress. Somehow related to Damn You, Muscle Memory!.
^ Nope. That one is for actors intentionally acting poorly. Like Stylistic Suck for acting.
Most Definitely Not a Villain (Most Definitely Not An Imposter is a redirect if the villain part would be distracting)
Seconding Totally Radical, though, for "smoking marijuanas, sometimes as many as three a day"-type failures within the larger failure.
Edited by Scorpion451
Yup, Most Definitely Not An Imposter fits, thanks, all.
A character has to go undercover, and, even if the disguise is not Paper Thin, he exposes himself by the awkard and stilted way he describes himself, getting slang wrong and being overly formal. For instance:
"Not a Cop": Hello, fellow crime-commiters. Boy, I sure do enjoy breaking the law, and disrespecting police officers, despite all the hard work they do. I, much like yourselves, enjoy smoking marijuanas, sometimes as many as three a day. Come, fellow evil friends, let us continue to menace society with our disregard for rules!
Criminal: You're obviously a cop.
Edited by Mac_R