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* '''Parodied''': Alice finds out that "Bob" isn't Bob by offering him some dishwashing liquid. Alice knows that Bob hates drinking dishwashing liquid, and so exposes the fake.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Alice finds out that "Bob" isn't Bob by offering him some dishwashing liquid. Alice knows that Bob hates drinking dishwashing liquid, and so exposes thefake.fake.
** It takes a clever bluff to discern the imposter's identity, even though it was [[PaperThinDisguise someone wearing a photo of Bob's face over a piece of cardboard]].
** Alice finds out that "Bob" isn't Bob by offering him some dishwashing liquid. Alice knows that Bob hates drinking dishwashing liquid, and so exposes the
** It takes a clever bluff to discern the imposter's identity, even though it was [[PaperThinDisguise someone wearing a photo of Bob's face over a piece of cardboard]].
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* '''Inverted''': Bob's disguise is exposed when Alice gives him his favorite drink.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Bob's disguise is exposed when Alice gives him his favoritedrink. drink.
** A shapeshifter lures Alice into their trap by impersonating as Bob.
** Bob's disguise is exposed when Alice gives him his favorite
** A shapeshifter lures Alice into their trap by impersonating as Bob.
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* '''Defied''': The impersonator studies Bob thoroughly (maybe stealing his memories) to complete the ruse.
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* '''Defied''': The impersonator studies studied Bob thoroughly (maybe stealing his memories) to complete do the ruse.
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* '''Zig Zagged''':…Except that they are different aunts, Sadie being Bob's maternal aunt [[note]]who they met last year[[/note]] and Sally being his paternal aunt [[note]]who he hasn't seen since he moved away from his parents[[/note]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''':…Except that they are different aunts, Sadie being Bob's maternal aunt [[note]]who they met last year[[/note]] and Sally being his paternal aunt [[note]]who he hasn't seen since he moved away from his parents[[/note]]. Though the impostor is tricked anyway due to expressing shock, when the real Bob would obviously already know this.
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* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???"I know a good trick to spot an impostor... ask them to answer a question that only the real Bob would know the answer to!"
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* '''Played For Laughs''': The shapeshifter thinks that their ability to disguise themself is flawless, but they get duped by this trope [[RunningGag every single time.]]
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* '''Justified''': Alice wants to figure out if "Bob" is really Bob without making a fuss if it's unnecessary.
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* '''Justified''': Alice wants to figure out if "Bob" is really Bob Bob, without either making a fuss if it's unnecessary.unnecessary or finding out and retaining an element of surprise if it is to get a jump on the imposter when she makes her move.
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* '''Subverted''': The suspicious Alice tells Charlie she'll figure out if "Bob" is really Bob and gets an orange soda, calling it his favorite... And the shapeshifter refuses it, saying she should know he hates orange soda.
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** The suspicious Alice tells Charlie she'll figure out if "Bob" is really Bob and gets an orange soda, calling it his favorite... And the shapeshifter refuses it, saying she should know he hates orange soda.
** Alice hasn't done her homework. Bob once declined an orange soda, and Alice assumes that Bob hates it.
** The suspicious Alice tells Charlie she'll figure out if "Bob" is really Bob and gets an orange soda, calling it his favorite... And the shapeshifter refuses it, saying she should know he hates orange soda.
** Alice hasn't done her homework. Bob once declined an orange soda, and Alice assumes that Bob hates it.
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* '''Averted''':
** There is no impostor.
** [[EverybodyKnewAlready Everyone knew]] that Bob is an impostor, so there is not point in using this trope
** There is no impostor.
** [[EverybodyKnewAlready Everyone knew]] that Bob is an impostor, so there is not point in using this trope
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* '''Averted''':
**'''Averted''': There is no impostor.
** [[EverybodyKnewAlready Everyone knew]] that Bob is an impostor, so there is not point in using this tropeimpostor.
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** [[EverybodyKnewAlready Everyone knew]] that Bob is an impostor, so there is not point in using this trope
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Okay, okay, I'll send you back to the main page; [[Laconic/BluffTheImpostor here's the link]]...Aha! No real troper would have made a mistake like that -- they all know the main page is [[BluffTheImposter here!]]
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Okay, okay, I'll send you back to the main page; [[Laconic/BluffTheImpostor here's the link]]...Aha! No real troper would have made a mistake like that -- they all know the main page is [[BluffTheImposter [[BluffTheImpostor here!]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Zagged''':…Except that they are different aunts, Sadie being Bob's maternal aunt [[note]]who they met last year[[/note]] and Sally being his paternal aunt [[note]]who he hasn't seen since he moved away from his parents[[/note]].
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-->'''Alice''': "Bob" drank it; what do you think?
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-->'''Alice''': "Bob" drank it; what What do you think?
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* '''Straight''': Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. However, Alice becomes suspicious and offers "Bob" an orange soda, calling it his favorite. Alice knows Bob can't stand orange soda. "Bob" happily accepts the offered soda, confirming Alice's suspicion.
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* '''Straight''': Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. However, Alice becomes suspicious and offers "Bob" an orange soda, calling it his favorite. Alice knows Bob can't stand orange soda. "Bob" happily accepts the offered soda, confirming Alice's suspicion.suspicions.
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* '''Subverted''': The suspicious Alice tells Charlie she'll figure out if "Bob" is really Bob and gets an orange soda, calling it his favorite...And the shapeshifter refuses it, saying she should know he hates orange soda.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, then Alice tells him his Aunt Sally wants to talk to him. Bob says he'll talk to her later...confirming Alice's suspicions, because Bob's aunt is actually called Sadie.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, then Alice tells him his Aunt Sally wants to talk to him. Bob says he'll talk to her later...confirming Alice's suspicions, because Bob's aunt is actually called Sadie.
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* '''Subverted''': The suspicious Alice tells Charlie she'll figure out if "Bob" is really Bob and gets an orange soda, calling it his favorite... And the shapeshifter refuses it, saying she should know he hates orange soda.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, then Alice tells him his Aunt Sally wants to talk to him.Bob "Bob" says he'll talk to her later...later... confirming Alice's suspicions, because Bob's aunt is actually called Sadie.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, then Alice tells him his Aunt Sally wants to talk to him.
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* '''Straight''': Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. However, Alice becomes suspicious and offers Bob an orange soda, calling it his favorite. Alice knows Bob can't stand orange soda. "Bob" happily accepts the offered soda, confirming Alice's suspicion.
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* '''Straight''': Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. However, Alice becomes suspicious and offers Bob "Bob" an orange soda, calling it his favorite. Alice knows Bob can't stand orange soda. "Bob" happily accepts the offered soda, confirming Alice's suspicion.
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* '''Straight''': Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. However, Alice becomes suspicious and offers Bob an orange soda, calling it his favorite. Alice knows Bob can't stand orange soda.
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* '''Straight''': Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. However, Alice becomes suspicious and offers Bob an orange soda, calling it his favorite. Alice knows Bob can't stand orange soda. "Bob" happily accepts the offered soda, confirming Alice's suspicion.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. The suspicious Alice offers the shapeshifter an orange soda, calling it his favorite. Bob is a HumanAlien with a lethal allergy [[WeaksauceWeakness to orange soda]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. The suspicious Alice offers the shapeshifter an orange soda, calling it his favorite. Bob is a HumanAlien with a lethal allergy [[WeaksauceWeakness to orange soda]].
** Bob is impersonated by an alien. Alice offers the alien a glass of drain cleaner, who chugs it down without ever considering that it is inedible.
** Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. The suspicious Alice offers the shapeshifter an orange soda, calling it his favorite. Bob is a HumanAlien with a lethal allergy [[WeaksauceWeakness to orange soda]].
** Bob is impersonated by an alien. Alice offers the alien a glass of drain cleaner, who chugs it down without ever considering that it is inedible.
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* '''Invoked''': To prove he's not an imposter, Bob gives intimate details about his life that only he could possibly know.
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* '''Invoked''': To prove he's not an imposter, impostor, Bob gives intimate details about his life that only he could possibly know.
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* '''Invoked''': ???
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* '''Invoked''': ???To prove he's not an imposter, Bob gives intimate details about his life that only he could possibly know.
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** There is no imposter
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** EverybodyKnows that Bob is an imposter, so there is not point in using this trope
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** There is no imposter
impostor.
**EverybodyKnows [[EverybodyKnewAlready Everyone knew]] that Bob is an imposter, impostor, so there is not point in using this trope
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Aha! The real Bob ''hates'' orange soda! You're an imposter!"
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Aha! The real Bob ''hates'' orange soda! You're an imposter!"impostor!"
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* '''Conversed''': "Here we go, the 'trip-up-the-imposter' scene."
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* '''Conversed''': "Here we go, the 'trip-up-the-imposter' 'trip-up-the-impostor' scene."
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** EveryoneKnows that Bob is an imposter, so there is not point in using this trope
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** EveryoneKnows EverybodyKnows that Bob is an imposter, so there is not point in using this trope
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* '''Parodied''': ???
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* '''Parodied''': ???Alice finds out that "Bob" isn't Bob by offering him some dishwashing liquid. Alice knows that Bob hates drinking dishwashing liquid, and so exposes the fake.
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* '''Averted''': ???'''Averted''':
** There is no imposter
** EveryoneKnows that Bob is an imposter, so there is not point in using this trope
** There is no imposter
** EveryoneKnows that Bob is an imposter, so there is not point in using this trope
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* '''Lampshaded''':'''Lampshaded''': "Aha! The real Bob ''hates'' orange soda! You're an imposter!"
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* '''Inverted''': ???Bob's disguise is exposed when Alice gives him his favorite drink.
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'''Basic Trope''': Rooting out an impostor by revealing he doesn't know something he should (or does know something he shouldn't), usually by tricking him into repeating an obvious mistake.
* '''Straight''': Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. However, Alice becomes suspicious and offers Bob an orange soda, calling it his favorite. Alice knows Bob can't stand orange soda.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. The suspicious Alice offers the shapeshifter an orange soda, calling it his favorite. Bob is a HumanAlien with a lethal allergy [[WeaksauceWeakness to orange soda]].
* '''Downplayed''': Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. The suspicious Alice offers the shapeshifter an orange soda, saying it's his favorite. His favorite soda is actually cherry cola.
* '''Justified''': Alice wants to figure out if "Bob" is really Bob without making a fuss if it's unnecessary.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': The suspicious Alice tells Charlie she'll figure out if "Bob" is really Bob and gets an orange soda, calling it his favorite...And the shapeshifter refuses it, saying she should know he hates orange soda.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, then Alice tells him his Aunt Sally wants to talk to him. Bob says he'll talk to her later...confirming Alice's suspicions, because Bob's aunt is actually called Sadie.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': The author wants a [[ShowDontTell non-verbal]] way to show Alice has gotten suspicious.
* '''Lampshaded''':
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': The impersonator studies Bob thoroughly (maybe stealing his memories) to complete the ruse.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Here we go, the 'trip-up-the-imposter' scene."
* '''Implied''': Alice takes an orange soda and goes to talk to "Bob". She comes back later with an empty bottle.
-->'''Charlie''': They got him?
-->'''Alice''': "Bob" drank it; what do you think?
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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played for Drama''': ???
* '''Straight''': Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. However, Alice becomes suspicious and offers Bob an orange soda, calling it his favorite. Alice knows Bob can't stand orange soda.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. The suspicious Alice offers the shapeshifter an orange soda, calling it his favorite. Bob is a HumanAlien with a lethal allergy [[WeaksauceWeakness to orange soda]].
* '''Downplayed''': Bob gets kidnapped and replaced by a shapeshifter. The suspicious Alice offers the shapeshifter an orange soda, saying it's his favorite. His favorite soda is actually cherry cola.
* '''Justified''': Alice wants to figure out if "Bob" is really Bob without making a fuss if it's unnecessary.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': The suspicious Alice tells Charlie she'll figure out if "Bob" is really Bob and gets an orange soda, calling it his favorite...And the shapeshifter refuses it, saying she should know he hates orange soda.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, then Alice tells him his Aunt Sally wants to talk to him. Bob says he'll talk to her later...confirming Alice's suspicions, because Bob's aunt is actually called Sadie.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': The author wants a [[ShowDontTell non-verbal]] way to show Alice has gotten suspicious.
* '''Lampshaded''':
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': The impersonator studies Bob thoroughly (maybe stealing his memories) to complete the ruse.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Here we go, the 'trip-up-the-imposter' scene."
* '''Implied''': Alice takes an orange soda and goes to talk to "Bob". She comes back later with an empty bottle.
-->'''Charlie''': They got him?
-->'''Alice''': "Bob" drank it; what do you think?
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