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* '''Justified''': ???Alistair was cursed "to bear the mark of my wrath forever" when Marduk slew him.
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** The identifying purple eyes winds up an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom as Alistair is reincarnated into a different culture with no context of him. At best it results in Alix being mistaken for the child of an affair, at worst regarded as cursed. Regardless [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Alix takes a far darker path]] [[TheDogBitesBack after being mistreated his whole life.]]
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* '''Downplayed''': Alix has the exact same personality and purple eyes as Alistair.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alix has the exact same some personality and purple eyes as cues that remind them of Alistair.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alix has the exact same personality and purple eyes as Alistair.
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* '''Inverted''': ???Alix has the very opposite traits of Alistair.
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* '''Invoked''': ???Pulling from what he knows of the great heroes of yore, Alistair makes TheUnderworld ensure that his reincarnation can be identified somehow.
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* '''Straight''': On their search for the reincarnation of Alistair, the hero of Troperia whose reincarnation would be Troperia's rightful king, Bob and his fellow adventurers find Alix, who has Alistair's trademark PurpleEyes and a birthmark in the place where Alistair was fatally stabbed. They conclude that Alix is the reincarnation of Alistair.
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* '''Straight''': On their search for the reincarnation of Alistair, the hero of Troperia whose reincarnation would be Troperia's rightful king, Bob and his fellow adventurers find Alix, who has Alistair's trademark PurpleEyes purple eyes and a birthmark in the place where Alistair was fatally stabbed. They conclude that Alix is the reincarnation of Alistair.
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Inspired by The Rise Of Kyoshi
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* '''Deconstructed''': In their desperation to locate Alistair's reincarnation, Bob and company project similarities onto all the kids they meet who could fit the bill, and end up [[ThePoorlyChosenOne choosing the wrong person]] as the reincarnation.
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'''Basic Trope''': A physical or personality trait used to identify someone as the reincarnation of another character.
* '''Straight''': On their search for the reincarnation of Alistair, the hero of Troperia whose reincarnation would be Troperia's rightful king, Bob and his fellow adventurers find Alix, who has Alistair's trademark PurpleEyes and a birthmark in the place where Alistair was fatally stabbed. They conclude that Alix is the reincarnation of Alistair.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alix is the spitting image of Alistair, right down to sharing his favorite food.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': It's a complete coincidence. The real incarnation of Alistair turns out to be Carl, a completely normal guy with no resemblance to Alistair...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...or so he wanted them to think. Carl has been covering up his purple eyes and DistinguishingMark so people wouldn't target him, and he really is Alistair's reincarnation.
* '''Parodied''': Upon his death, Alistair is asked by his {{psychopomp}} to choose which of his traits would be used to identify his reincarnation down the line.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': No reincarnations are present in the work, and if there are, there are no overt resemblances to their previous lives.
* '''Enforced''': The writers wanted Alix to be a normal guy with no resemblance to Alistair, but the editors didn't think this was dramatic enough.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Alistair's reincarnation has purple eyes like him? Why didn't we see that coming?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Alix's parents gave him purple contacts and used makeup to replicate Alistair's stab wound to [[PuppetKing install their son]] as the king of Troperia.
* '''Defied''': Alix suspects he is the reincarnation of Alistair and [[RefusalOfTheCall refuses the call]], disguising Alistair's trademarks so he doesn't stand out.
* '''Discussed''': "Okay, Bob, think. If this were a fantasy novel, Alistair's reincarnation would share ''something'' with him -- maybe his eye color?"
* '''Conversed''': "Haven't you noticed that reincarnations in fantasy tend to share traits with their previous lives?"
* '''Implied''': When Alistair dies, [[BirthDeathJuxtaposition the scene cuts to]] a newborn baby opening its eyes, which are a suspiciously similar shade of purple to Alistair's...
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alix doesn't share any resemblance to Alistair, but what ultimately identifies him as Alistair's reincarnation is...his skill at yodeling. (Alistair was a legendary yodeler, among other things.)
* '''Played for Drama''': Fearing the reincarnation of his nemesis, Alistair's killer orders a purge on all babies who share physical traits with Alistair...[[NiceJobBreakingItHerod except for one...]]
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%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
* '''Straight''': On their search for the reincarnation of Alistair, the hero of Troperia whose reincarnation would be Troperia's rightful king, Bob and his fellow adventurers find Alix, who has Alistair's trademark PurpleEyes and a birthmark in the place where Alistair was fatally stabbed. They conclude that Alix is the reincarnation of Alistair.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alix is the spitting image of Alistair, right down to sharing his favorite food.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': It's a complete coincidence. The real incarnation of Alistair turns out to be Carl, a completely normal guy with no resemblance to Alistair...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...or so he wanted them to think. Carl has been covering up his purple eyes and DistinguishingMark so people wouldn't target him, and he really is Alistair's reincarnation.
* '''Parodied''': Upon his death, Alistair is asked by his {{psychopomp}} to choose which of his traits would be used to identify his reincarnation down the line.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': No reincarnations are present in the work, and if there are, there are no overt resemblances to their previous lives.
* '''Enforced''': The writers wanted Alix to be a normal guy with no resemblance to Alistair, but the editors didn't think this was dramatic enough.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Alistair's reincarnation has purple eyes like him? Why didn't we see that coming?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Alix's parents gave him purple contacts and used makeup to replicate Alistair's stab wound to [[PuppetKing install their son]] as the king of Troperia.
* '''Defied''': Alix suspects he is the reincarnation of Alistair and [[RefusalOfTheCall refuses the call]], disguising Alistair's trademarks so he doesn't stand out.
* '''Discussed''': "Okay, Bob, think. If this were a fantasy novel, Alistair's reincarnation would share ''something'' with him -- maybe his eye color?"
* '''Conversed''': "Haven't you noticed that reincarnations in fantasy tend to share traits with their previous lives?"
* '''Implied''': When Alistair dies, [[BirthDeathJuxtaposition the scene cuts to]] a newborn baby opening its eyes, which are a suspiciously similar shade of purple to Alistair's...
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alix doesn't share any resemblance to Alistair, but what ultimately identifies him as Alistair's reincarnation is...his skill at yodeling. (Alistair was a legendary yodeler, among other things.)
* '''Played for Drama''': Fearing the reincarnation of his nemesis, Alistair's killer orders a purge on all babies who share physical traits with Alistair...[[NiceJobBreakingItHerod except for one...]]
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%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
