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* MistakenForBadVision: Characters think something they see accurately is distorted or otherwise wrong.
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* MistakenForBadVision: Characters think something they see accurately is distorted or otherwise wrong.
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* SeekingTheIntangible: Someone thinks an intangible thing or concept (such as a voice or a sense of humour) is missing and searches for it like you might search for your hat.
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* IAmNotShazam: A name in the title of a work, which may or may not be an actual character, is mistakenly assumed to be a name belonging to a character within the work.
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* IAmNotShazam: A name in the title of a work, which may or may not be an actual character, is mistakenly assumed to be a name belonging to a prominent character within the work.
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* IAmNotShazam: A name in the title of a work, which may or may not be an actual character, is mistakenly assumed to be the name of the work's main protagonist or other prominent character(s).
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* IAmNotShazam: A name in the title of a work, which may or may not be an actual character, is mistakenly assumed to be the a name of belonging to a character within the work's main protagonist or other prominent character(s).work.
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* IAmNotShazam: A name in the title of a work, which may or may not be an actual character, is mistakenly assumed to be the name of the work's main protagonist.
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* IAmNotShazam: A name in the title of a work, which may or may not be an actual character, is mistakenly assumed to be the name of the work's main protagonist.protagonist or other prominent character(s).
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* IAmNotShazam: A name in the title of a work, which may or may not be an actual character, is mistakenly assumed to be that of the work's main protagonist.
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* IAmNotShazam: A name in the title of a work, which may or may not be an actual character, is mistakenly assumed to be that the name of the work's main protagonist.
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* IAmNotShazam: A character's name (which may or may not be an actual character) in the title of a work is mistakenly assumed to be the same as that of the work's main protagonist.
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* IAmNotShazam: A character's name (which in the title of a work, which may or may not be an actual character) in the title of a work character, is mistakenly assumed to be the same as that of the work's main protagonist.
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* IAmNotShazam: A character's name in the title of a work (which may or may not be an actual character within the work) is mistakenly assumed to be the same as that of the work's main protagonist.
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* IAmNotShazam: A character's name in the title of a work (which may or may not be an actual character within character) in the work) title of a work is mistakenly assumed to be the same as that of the work's main protagonist.
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* IAmNotShazam: A character's name in the title of a work (who may or may not be an actual character within the work) is mistakenly assumed to be the same as that of the work's main protagonist.
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* IAmNotShazam: A character's name in the title of a work (who (which may or may not be an actual character within the work) is mistakenly assumed to be the same as that of the work's main protagonist.
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* IAmNotShazam: A character's name in the title of a work (who may or may not be an actual character within the work) is mistakenly assumed to be the same as that of the work's main protagonist.
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* VirtualAssistantBlunder: Your smart device doesn't understand exactly what it is being asked.
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* PossessionPresumesGuilt: Someone is presumed guilty of something just because they have something from or associated with the crime/incident.
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* AccidentalBargainingSkills: A character is offered a deal and his reaction is mistaken for an attempt to drive the price up.
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* MistakenForDisease: A character assumes a series of strange experiences are the symptoms of a disease.
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* AllPartOfTheShow: Something unexpected happens during a performance and the audience assumes that what's happening is an intended part of the show.
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* NoMoreForMe: A character who is drinking sees something and believes they're drunk and hallucinating.
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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with]] the Music/BritneySpears song of the [[NamesTheSame same name.]]
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The original name [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has has nothing to do with]] the Music/BritneySpears song of the [[NamesTheSame same name.]]
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* MistakenForAfterlife: A character thinks they've died and gone to the afterlife.
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Indenting subtropes under supertropes is not allowed. Accidental Innuendo is on here, so I'm pretty sure out-of-universe examples are allowed.
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* ActuallyFourMooks: What appears to be one enemy is actually multiple once engaged in battle.
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* ActuallyFourMooks: What appears to be one enemy is actually multiple once ones engaged in battle.battle.
* ActuallyNotAVampire: A person with vampire-like characteristics and habits is mistaken for an actual vampire.
* ActuallyNotAVampire: A person with vampire-like characteristics and habits is mistaken for an actual vampire.
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* DiscriminateAndSwitch: Someone is mistaken for discriminating a person for a particular reason, but it turns out there's a different reason they don't like this person.
** MistakenForMisogynist: A man (usually) accidentally says or does something that can be interpreted as sexist against women.
** MistakenForRacist: A person accidentally says or does something that can be interpreted as racist.
** MistakenForMisogynist: A man (usually) accidentally says or does something that can be interpreted as sexist against women.
** MistakenForRacist: A person accidentally says or does something that can be interpreted as racist.
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* DiscriminateAndSwitch: Someone is mistaken for discriminating against a person for a particular reason, but it turns out there's a different reason they don't like this person.
** MistakenForMisogynist: A man (usually) accidentally says or does something that can be interpreted as sexist against women.
** MistakenForRacist: A person accidentally says or does something that can be interpreted as racist.person.
** MistakenForMisogynist: A man (usually) accidentally says or does something that can be interpreted as sexist against women.
** MistakenForRacist: A person accidentally says or does something that can be interpreted as racist.
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** LadyLooksLikeADude: Mistaking a masculine-looking woman for a man.
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* GassyScare: Someone thinks they're sick/dying, but actually just have gas or need to go to the bathroom.
* {{Gesundheit}}: Someone uses an unusual word and another character thinks they sneezed.
* {{Gesundheit}}: Someone uses an unusual word and another character thinks they sneezed.
* IAteWhat: A character eats or drinks something that isn't food, having mistaken it for food.
* LadyLooksLikeADude: Mistaking a masculine-looking woman for a man.
* LiteralMinded: Someone takes an idiom literally.
* LiteralMinded: Someone takes an idiom literally.
* MistakenForAfterlife: A character thinks they've died and gone to the afterlife.
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** MistakenForAfterlife: A character thinks they've died and gone to the afterlife.
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** MistakenNationality: Someone is assumed to be a member of an ethnicity or nationality they're not part of.
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** MistakenForOwnMurderer: A transformed or disguised person is mistaken for having killed their true identity.
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* MistakenForOwnMurderer: A transformed or disguised person is mistaken for having killed their true identity.
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** SeeminglyProfoundFool: A person is thought to be a genius but isn't.
* MistakenForRacist: A person accidentally says or does something that can be interpreted as racist.
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* MistakenForSpecialGuest: Someone's expecting a guest who's special in some way (an inspector, a celebrity), etc, and mistakes a random person for the special guest.
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* MistakenForSpecialGuest: Someone's expecting a guest who's special in some way (an inspector, a celebrity), etc, celebrity, etc), and mistakes a random person for the special guest.
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** ActuallyNotAVampire: A person with vampire-like characteristics and habits is mistaken for an actual vampire.
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* MistakenNationality: Someone is assumed to be a member of an ethnicity or nationality they're not part of.
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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Someone thinks they're saying one thing in a language, but really they're saying another, silly thing.
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* SeeminglyProfoundFool: A person is thought to be a genius but isn't.
* SeriesFauxnale: The viewers think this episode is the end of the show, but it isn't.
* SeriesFauxnale: The viewers think this episode is the end of the show, but it isn't.
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* ThisIsntHeaven: A character goes to Hell and mistakes it for Heaven.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: The viewers get the gender of a character wrong.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: A character is GenreSavvy but in an irrelevant way.
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* YoureDrinkingBreastMilk: A character drinks breast milk, mistaking it for cow's milk.
* YourTomcatIsPregnant: An animal is mistaken for the opposite sex (usually involving a female animal being mistaken for male but then getting pregnant or laying eggs).
* YourTomcatIsPregnant: An animal is mistaken for the opposite sex (usually involving a female animal being mistaken for male but then getting pregnant or laying eggs).
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* FrightBesideThem: A character realizes they're in danger when the friend or loved one who they thought was right next to them is actually revealed to be somewhere else.
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* AccidentalProposal: Somebody fasely thinks that another person is proposing to them.
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* AccidentalProposal: Somebody fasely falsely thinks that another person is proposing to them.them.
* ActuallyFourMooks: What appears to be one enemy is actually multiple once engaged in battle.
* ActuallyFourMooks: What appears to be one enemy is actually multiple once engaged in battle.
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* MistakenlyAttackedMole: A mole in an enemy organization is attacked by someone on their own side who mistakes them for an actual traitor.
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* TragicMistake: That one mistake that brings everything crashing down for a TragicHero, brought about by the character's FatalFlaw.
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Let's not imply sexism only hurts women, or that only men can be sexist.
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** MistakenForMisogynist: A man accidentally says or does something that can be interpreted as sexist.
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** MistakenForMisogynist: A man (usually) accidentally says or does something that can be interpreted as sexist.sexist against women.
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* AbuseMistake
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* AbuseMistake
AbuseMistake: Either non-abuse is mistaken for abuse, or abuse is mistaken for non-abuse.
*AccidentalDanceCrazeAccidentalDanceCraze: Someone is moving about for a different reason (PottyDance, SquirrelsInMyPants, feeling itchy, etc) but is mistaken for dancing and the "dance" catches on.
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* AccidentalProposal
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* AccidentalProposalAccidentalProposal: Somebody fasely thinks that another person is proposing to them.
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* AndYouThoughtItWasAGame
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* BaitAndSwitchSentiment
* AndYouThoughtItWasReal
* BaitAndSwitchAccusation
* BaitAndSwitchSentiment
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* AndYouThoughtItWasAGame
AndYouThoughtItWasAGame: A character thinks an event is staged but it's not.
*AndYouThoughtItWasReal
AndYouThoughtItWasReal: A fake situation (such as a roleplay, a work of fiction, or a simulation) or some people practising for something gets mistaken for something real.
*BaitAndSwitchAccusation
BaitAndSwitchAccusation: Someone thinks they're about to be accused of the thing they're keeping secret, but in reality, they're being accused of something different.
*BaitAndSwitchSentimentBaitAndSwitchSentiment: Somebody thinks another character is being sentimental when they're not.
* ABloodyMess: A red liquid is mistaken for blood.
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* CelebrationMiscalculation
* CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise
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* CelebrationMiscalculation
CassandraTruth: Somebody is mistaken for lying.
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CelebrationMiscalculation: One or more characters think it's a special occasion but it isn't.
*DeliriousMisidentificationCoincidentalAccidentalDisguise: A character accidentally ends up looking like something (such as a ghost, a particular monster, etc) and being mistaken for it.
* DeliriousMisidentification: Someone is "not all there" (high, seriously injured, etc) and mistakes someone else for a different, specific person.
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* DeliriousMisidentification: Someone is "not all there" (high, seriously injured, etc) and mistakes someone else for a different, specific person.
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* FakeHigh
FakeHigh: Someone eats or drinks something they think is a drug but it isn't, which leads to them mistakenly believing themselves to be drunk or high.
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FakeRabies: A character (usually a dog) is mistaken for being rabid because of something frothy on their mouth.
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FauxDeath: A character is in suspended animation and mistaken for dead.
*FileMixupFileMixup: Somebody's files get mixed up with someone else's.
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* HelpMistakenForAttack
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* HelpMistakenForAttackHelpMistakenForAttack: A character is trying to help someone, but a third person thinks they're attacking the one being helped.
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* MacGuffinBlindness
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* MacGuffinBlindnessInnocentInaccurate: A naive character mistakes a dark or adult scenario for an innocuous one.
* MacGuffinBlindness: Two opposing factions are both looking for a particular object. The object is right in front of them, but they don't realise.
* MacGuffinBlindness: Two opposing factions are both looking for a particular object. The object is right in front of them, but they don't realise.
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* MistakenConfession
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* MistakenConfessionMistakenConfession: A character confesses to something because they wrongly believe the person they're talking to is trying to get that secret out of them.
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* MistakenForDog
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* MistakenForDogMistakenForDog: A character thinks they've gotten a dog or cat or whatever, but instead it's (literally) a different beast.
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* MistakenForDying: A misunderstanding results in a person coming to the conclusion that they're going to die soon.
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* MistakenForDying: A misunderstanding results in a person coming to the conclusion that they're they, or someone they know, is going to die soon.
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* MistakenForEvidence
MistakenForEvidence: A suspect in an investigation has something that looks like a clue but isn't.
*MistakenForExhibitMistakenForExhibit: A character at a museum/art gallery/etc mistakes a mundane thing for art.
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* MistakenForObjectOfAffection
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* MistakenForObjectOfAffectionMistakenForObjectOfAffection: Someone tries to romance someone else but does it to the wrong person.
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* MistakenForPrankCall
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* MistakenForPrankCallMistakenForPrankCall: Someone phones someone else for a bizarre/unlikely, but sincere, reason (such as "There are monsters attacking" or "You've won a competition") and the person on the other end of the line mistakes it for a PrankCall.
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MistakenForProfound: Something is mistaken for being deep or intelligent when it isn't.
**SeeminglyProfoundFoolSeeminglyProfoundFool: A person is thought to be a genius but isn't.
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* MistakenForQuakeMistakenForQuake: A large object or creature is shaking the ground and the shaking is mistaken for an earthquake.
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MistakenForServant: A character gets mistaken for hired help.
*MistakenForSpecialGuestMistakenForSpecialGuest: Someone's expecting a guest who's special in some way (an inspector, a celebrity), etc, and mistakes a random person for the special guest.
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* MistakenForSubculture
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* MistakenForSubcultureMistakenForSubculture: Somebody mistakes someone else for being in a subculture they're not because of their clothes, hair (or lack thereof) or behaviour.
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* MistakenMessage
MistakenMessage: Someone writes someone else a note, but another person reads the note and makes a wrong assumption about it.
*MistookTheDominantLifeformMistookTheDominantLifeform: Aliens think that we're the ones who aren't sapient and a different species is.
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* NotActuallyTheUltimateQuestion
NotActuallyTheUltimateQuestion: A character asks a question that's mistaken for a big one, but is quite mundane.
*NotHisBloodNotHisBlood: A character is mistaken for bleeding but is actually covered in someone else's blood.
* NotSoForgottenBirthday: A character thinks another character [[ForgottenBirthday forgot their birthday]] but actually they were planning a SurpriseParty.
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OutOfContextEavesdropping: Someone overhears something or intentionally eavesdrops and gets the wrong idea.
*PleaseWakeUpPleaseWakeUp: A dead person is mistaken for sleeping.
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* RealJokeNameRealJokeName: Someone's name is mistaken for a joke name.
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* SuggestiveCollisionSuggestiveCollision: Two characters bump into each other and look like they're having sex.
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* ThirdActMisunderstanding
ThirdActMisunderstanding: Someone is keeping a secret from someone else, but then genuinely develops a crush on them, then the character finds out the secret, assumes that they're faking the crush, and rejects them.
*ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity
ThisBillboardNeedsSomeSalt: A monster eats a food-shaped object, mistaking it for food.
*TragicallyMisguidedFavor
ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: Sub-trope of Delirious Misidentification, when the person is senile or insane and mistakes someone for a different specific person.
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TotallyNotAWerewolf: A character is mistaken for a mythical creature and they ''were'' using magic but weren't that creature.
*WrongAssumptionTragicallyMisguidedFavor: Someone accidentally causes a lot of trouble by doing an unwarranted favour.
* UnwantedFalseFaith: A normal person is accidentally mistaken for a messiah.
* WrongAssumption: A character believes a trope applies to them when it doesn't.
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* WrongAssumption: A character believes a trope applies to them when it doesn't.
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** From the episode when the main characters met the British {{Ventriloquis|m}}t Leslie and his puppet Pamela. Because he kept Pamela a secret for certain reasons (she was kept in a large suitcase that he would not let anyone touch), several misunderstandings came out. First Pamela was mistaken by Jack as Leslie's [[OutlawCouple crime partner]] after reading a news article on the "Duke and Duchess" (Leslie was mistaken for being the "Duke"), then she's mistaken for being Leslie's girlfriend when Jack lets Janet and Terri hear Pamela's (actually Leslie's) voice through his bedroom wall. The SugarWiki/{{Funny|Moments}} of the episode was a case of MistakenForMurderer when the trio break into Leslie's apartment, and Jack opens the suitcase thinking that's where Leslie kept the stolen money in, only to pull out Pamela's hand. Cue the trio screaming in terror and fleeing the scene in the most [[HilarityEnsues hilarious fashion.]]
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** From the episode when the main characters met the British {{Ventriloquis|m}}t Leslie and his puppet Pamela. Because he kept Pamela a secret for certain reasons (she was kept in a large suitcase that he would not let anyone touch), several misunderstandings came out. First Pamela was mistaken by Jack as Leslie's [[OutlawCouple crime partner]] after reading a news article on the "Duke and Duchess" (Leslie was mistaken for being the "Duke"), then she's mistaken for being Leslie's girlfriend when Jack lets Janet and Terri hear Pamela's (actually Leslie's) voice through his bedroom wall. The SugarWiki/{{Funny|Moments}} of the episode was There's a case of MistakenForMurderer when the trio break into Leslie's apartment, and Jack opens the suitcase thinking that's where Leslie kept the stolen money in, only to pull out Pamela's hand. Cue the trio screaming in terror and fleeing the scene in the most [[HilarityEnsues hilarious fashion.]]
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* NotTheirBirthday
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* ActuallyNotAVampire: A person with vampire-like characteristics and habits is mistaken for an actual vampire.
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* ActuallyNotAVampire: A person with vampire-like characteristics and habits is mistaken for an actual vampire.
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** ActuallyNotAVampire: A person with vampire-like characteristics and habits is mistaken for an actual vampire.
