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* In ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange: The Oath'', Doctor Strange encounters a demonic entity who tries to convince Strange that he is facing one of his most powerful foes, Dormammu. Strange, suspicious of Dormammu's sudden arrival, asks him, "So where is Umar, your rapscallion of a brother?" When Dormammu answers, "He is none of your concern," Strange has his answer; Umar is Dormammu's ''sister''.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour1961'': When Doctor Doom pulls a FreakyFridayFlip with Mr. Fantastic, Reed is unable to prove it, until Johnny stages an explosion, knowing the real Doctor Doom will try to save his own skin first. Which he does.
* In ''ComicBook/InfiniteFrontier'', DEO agent Cameron Chase confronts a returning Captain Atom on working with the DEO. Atom refuses as Chase brings up their past working together and Atom says he remembers it well but they've both changed since then.

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* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'': In ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange: The Oath'', ''ComicBook/DoctorStrangeTheOath'', Doctor Strange encounters a demonic entity who tries to convince Strange that he is facing one of his most powerful foes, Dormammu. Strange, suspicious of Dormammu's sudden arrival, asks him, "So where is Umar, your rapscallion of a brother?" When Dormammu answers, "He is none of your concern," Strange has his answer; Umar is Dormammu's ''sister''.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour1961'': When ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': In ''ComicBook/FantasticFour1961'', when Doctor Doom pulls a FreakyFridayFlip with Mr. Fantastic, Reed is unable to prove it, until Johnny stages an explosion, knowing the real Doctor Doom will try to save his own skin first. Which he does.
* In ''ComicBook/InfiniteFrontier'', ''ComicBook/InfiniteFrontier'': DEO agent Cameron Chase confronts a returning Captain Atom on working with the DEO. Atom refuses as Chase brings up their past working together and Atom says he remembers it well but they've both changed since then.



* In ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' #25, Logan stops at a diner he frequents. He notices the staff is different, and asks the waitress what happened to Lexi. After the waitress responds by saying Lexi took the day off, Logan grabs her and reveals nobody named Lexi has ever worked there. It's then revealed that the real staff has been [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] by members of the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk Gang]].
* Katie Power from ''ComicBook/PowerPack'' once attempted this with her future self.

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* In ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' #25, Logan stops at a diner he frequents. He notices the staff is different, and asks the waitress what happened to Lexi. After the waitress responds by saying Lexi took the day off, Logan grabs her and reveals nobody named Lexi has ever worked there. It's then revealed that the real staff has been [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] by members of the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk Gang]].
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''ComicBook/PowerPack'': Katie Power from ''ComicBook/PowerPack'' once attempted this with her future self.



* In ''ComicBook/Ronin1983'', Peter's suspicions of "Taggart" not being what he seems are confirmed when he doesn't react when Peter claims that his wife Casey accompanied the two on a trip, when she did not. [[spoiler:And when Virgo doesn't react either, he knows she's in on it too]].
* ''ComicBook/SecretWarps:'' While Soldier Supreme and Iron Hammer are fighting, their enemies show up to attack, as does Madame Hel, Iron Hammer's girlfriend. Soldier wants to attack, but Iron Hammer instead calls on Hel to simply take off her mask. At which point Deathstrique drops her disguise, since only Iron Hammer knows what Hel looks like unmasked.
* In a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' story from when the Parker family lived in [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers Tower]], Chameleon walks in disguised as Peter. Aunt May notices something is off right from the start, and hits him with three of these, starting by offering him oatmeal cookies ([[DoesNotLikeSpam which Peter hates]]). Once he's eaten the (drugged) cookies, she explains how badly he screwed up just before he passes out.

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* In ''ComicBook/Ronin1983'', ''ComicBook/Ronin1983'': Peter's suspicions of "Taggart" not being what he seems are confirmed when he doesn't react when Peter claims that his wife Casey accompanied the two on a trip, when she did not. [[spoiler:And when Virgo doesn't react either, he knows she's in on it too]].
* ''ComicBook/SecretWarps:'' ''ComicBook/SecretWarps'': While Soldier Supreme and Iron Hammer are fighting, their enemies show up to attack, as does Madame Hel, Iron Hammer's girlfriend. Soldier wants to attack, but Iron Hammer instead calls on Hel to simply take off her mask. At which point Deathstrique drops her disguise, since only Iron Hammer knows what Hel looks like unmasked.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' story from when ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSpiderMan'' Vol. 2 #31, while the Parker family lived in [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers Tower]], Chameleon walks in disguised as Peter. Aunt May notices something is off right from the start, and hits him with three of these, starting by offering him oatmeal cookies ([[DoesNotLikeSpam which Peter hates]]). Once he's eaten the (drugged) cookies, she explains how badly he screwed up just before he passes out.



* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': ComicBook/WonderWoman and ComicBook/CaptainAtom are out to rescue ComicBook/SteveTrevor from shape-shifting Durlans. They're separated and "Atom" comes to Diana to say he found Trevor. Suspicious, Diana asks if he also found Captain Nate Adam." When "Atom" says he did, Diana knows this is a Durlan...as Nate Adam ''is'' Captain Atom.
* ''Franchise/XMen'': Visiting the X-Mansion, Banshee starts to sense something is wrong. Seeing Bishop and Gambit, he makes an offhand remark of how "now that the Professor is walking again," he's been busy. When both men agree, Banshee knows they're imposters as Professor X is still in his wheelchair.

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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': ComicBook/WonderWoman ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': In ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' #25, Logan stops at a diner he frequents. He notices the staff is different, and asks the waitress what happened to Lexi. After the waitress responds by saying Lexi took the day off, Logan grabs her and reveals nobody named Lexi has ever worked there. It's then revealed that the real staff has been [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] by members of the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk Gang]].
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Vol. 2]]: Wonder Woman
and ComicBook/CaptainAtom are out to rescue ComicBook/SteveTrevor Steve Trevor from shape-shifting Durlans. They're separated and "Atom" comes to Diana to say he found Trevor. Suspicious, Diana asks if he also found Captain Nate Adam." When "Atom" says he did, Diana knows this is a Durlan...as Nate Adam ''is'' Captain Atom.
* ''Franchise/XMen'': ''ComicBook/XMen'': Visiting the X-Mansion, Banshee starts to sense something is wrong. Seeing Bishop and Gambit, he makes an offhand remark of how "now that the Professor is walking again," he's been busy. When both men agree, Banshee knows they're imposters as Professor X is still in his wheelchair.
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* ''ComicBook/SecretWarps:'' While Soldier Supreme and Iron Hammer are fighting, their enemies show up to attack, as does Madame Hel, Iron Hammer's girlfriend. Soldier wants to attack, but Iron Hammer instead calls on Hel to simply take off her mask. At which point Deathstrique drops her disguise, since only Iron Hammer knows what Hel looks like unmasked.
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* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour1961'': When Doctor Doom pulls a FreakyFridayFlip with Mr. Fantastic, Reed is unable to prove it, until Johnny stages an explosion, knowing the real Doctor Doom will try to save his own skin first. Which he does.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Ronin}}'', Peter's suspicions of "Taggart" not being what he seems are confirmed when he doesn't react when Peter claims that his wife Casey accompanied the two on a trip, when she did not. [[spoiler:And when Virgo doesn't react either, he knows she's in on it too.]]

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* In ''ComicBook/{{Ronin}}'', ''ComicBook/Ronin1983'', Peter's suspicions of "Taggart" not being what he seems are confirmed when he doesn't react when Peter claims that his wife Casey accompanied the two on a trip, when she did not. [[spoiler:And when Virgo doesn't react either, he knows she's in on it too.]]too]].
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[[BluffTheImpostor Bluffing the Imposter]] in ComicBooks.
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* ''ComicBook/BuckDanny'': One story has Buck shot down deep in enemy territory, stuck in a tree in the middle of a swamp. A plane is sent out to rescue him, but the enemy commander can hear their transmissions, and instructs his men accordingly (when Buck shines a light to mark his position for pickup, the soldiers do the same). After the Vietcong show they're listening in by flashing their lights as often as Buck, Sonny tells Buck to use the winning score of the last basketball game played on the Entreprise.
* In ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange: The Oath'', Doctor Strange encounters a demonic entity who tries to convince Strange that he is facing one of his most powerful foes, Dormammu. Strange, suspicious of Dormammu's sudden arrival, asks him, "So where is Umar, your rapscallion of a brother?" When Dormammu answers, "He is none of your concern," Strange has his answer; Umar is Dormammu's ''sister''.
* In ''ComicBook/InfiniteFrontier'', DEO agent Cameron Chase confronts a returning Captain Atom on working with the DEO. Atom refuses as Chase brings up their past working together and Atom says he remembers it well but they've both changed since then.
-->'''Chase''': Yeah, but that's the thing...''(raises her gun)'' You and I have never met before.\\
'''"Atom"''': Dammit. Oldest trick in the book.
* In ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' #25, Logan stops at a diner he frequents. He notices the staff is different, and asks the waitress what happened to Lexi. After the waitress responds by saying Lexi took the day off, Logan grabs her and reveals nobody named Lexi has ever worked there. It's then revealed that the real staff has been [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] by members of the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk Gang]].
* Katie Power from ''ComicBook/PowerPack'' once attempted this with her future self.
-->'''Past Katie:''' Who was my first boyfriend?\\
'''Future Katie:''' [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Franklin Richards]].\\
'''Past Katie:''' Wrong! It was a trick question. [[GirlsHaveCooties Boys are gross!]]\\
'''Future Katie:''' Give it a few years, honey. You'll change your mind.\\
'''Past Katie:''' Ewww.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Ronin}}'', Peter's suspicions of "Taggart" not being what he seems are confirmed when he doesn't react when Peter claims that his wife Casey accompanied the two on a trip, when she did not. [[spoiler:And when Virgo doesn't react either, he knows she's in on it too.]]
* In a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' story from when the Parker family lived in [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers Tower]], Chameleon walks in disguised as Peter. Aunt May notices something is off right from the start, and hits him with three of these, starting by offering him oatmeal cookies ([[DoesNotLikeSpam which Peter hates]]). Once he's eaten the (drugged) cookies, she explains how badly he screwed up just before he passes out.
* In the ''ComicBook/Team7[=/=]ComicBook/{{Weapon X|1991}}'' crossover, the two squads meet in an underground base they were both tasked with blowing up. At gunpoint, they ask each other sports questions to find out if they are Soviets. Amusingly, Wolverine (a Canadian) asks a hockey question, which would probably be more easily answered by a Russian than an American.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': ComicBook/WonderWoman and ComicBook/CaptainAtom are out to rescue ComicBook/SteveTrevor from shape-shifting Durlans. They're separated and "Atom" comes to Diana to say he found Trevor. Suspicious, Diana asks if he also found Captain Nate Adam." When "Atom" says he did, Diana knows this is a Durlan...as Nate Adam ''is'' Captain Atom.
* ''Franchise/XMen'': Visiting the X-Mansion, Banshee starts to sense something is wrong. Seeing Bishop and Gambit, he makes an offhand remark of how "now that the Professor is walking again," he's been busy. When both men agree, Banshee knows they're imposters as Professor X is still in his wheelchair.

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