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* HeroAntagonist: The good guy who is also the antagonist, that gets in odds with the protagonists, driving the plot forward.
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* JewsPlayingNazis: A Nazi or anti-Semitic character is portrayed by a Jewish actor.
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** PredecessorCastingGag: When an actor who played a certain character is cast as that character's InUniverse forebearer, usually a parent or mentor.
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* MajorCharacterMainstreamAccent: The main character inevitably speaks in a neutral modern accent.

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* CreatorChosenCasting: The cast of an adaptation is chosen by the creator of the work being adapted.

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* CreatorChosenCasting: The cast of an adaptation is chosen by the creator of the work being adapted.work.
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trope about IU colorism


* ButNotTooBlack: A character ''is'' black, but their skin tone is light.

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* ChildrenVoicingChildren: A character is played by an age-appropriate actor.



* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: A character replaces another character and has opposite or contrasting atributes.

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* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: A character replaces another character and has opposite or contrasting atributes.attributes.



** FakeMixedRace: A mixed race character played by an actor who isn't really mixed race.

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** FakeMixedRace: A mixed race mixed-race character played by an actor who isn't really mixed race.mixed-race.



* FakeShemp: Actor not available? Use archived footage, archived audio and/or obscured body doubles to simulate their presence!

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* FakeShemp: Actor not available? Use archived footage, archived audio audio, and/or obscured body doubles to simulate their presence!



* MakingUseOfTheTwin: When an actor who has a twin is hired, it's made so that the twin also gets to play a role for the work.

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* MakingUseOfTheTwin: When an actor who has a twin is hired, it's made so that the twin also gets to play a role for in the work.



* RealPersonCameo: A work with a character based on a real person has a cameo by that person.

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* RealPersonCameo: A work with a character based on a real person who has a cameo by that person.



* RetroactiveRecognition: Actors featured in a work before they were popular.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Actors featured in a work before they were popular.



* SecondEpisodeSubstitute: A character featured in the pilot is replaced by a similar character for the rest of the series' run.

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* SecondEpisodeSubstitute: A character featured in the pilot is replaced by a similar character for the rest of the series' series run.



* UglyGuyHotWife: A married couple consisting of an ugly husband and attractive wife.

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* UglyGuyHotWife: A married couple consisting of an ugly husband and an attractive wife.



* WrittenInInfirmity: An actor gets injured during filming and the creators simply change it so that the actor's character suffers the injury as well in order to prevent production being delayed by waiting for the actor to recover.

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* WrittenInInfirmity: An actor gets injured during filming and the creators simply change it so that the actor's character suffers the injury as well in order to prevent production from being delayed by waiting for the actor to recover.
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* TransCharacterCisActor: A transgender or non-binary character being played by a cisgender performer.

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* QuestionableCasting: Audiences feel that they cast the wrong actor to play the part.



* WTHCastingAgency: Audiences feel that they cast the wrong actor to play the part.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: One actor plays numerous roles in a single work.

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