Basic Trope: A character pretends that they're friends with their own alter-ego.
- Straight: Bob claims that he and his superhero identity, Super Robert, hang out all the time.
- Exaggerated: Bob stages fake conversations with himself to make it really seem like he and Super Robert are best friends.
- Downplayed: Super Robert says he knows "that Bob kid" when prompted, but doesn't say they're friends.
- Justified: Bob pretends this is the case so no one thinks he and Super Robert are the same person.
- Inverted: Super Robert says he hates Bob.
- Subverted: "Super Robert? Yeah, I know him... he's that superhero on the news."
- Double Subverted: "And we're also best friends."
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: Super Robert sometimes says he's friends with Bob, sometimes says he hates him and other times pretends he doesn't know him.
- Averted: Bob keeps his civilian and superhero identities completely separate.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Bob thinks pretending he and Super Robert are buddies is a stupid idea.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "Does JJJ really believe that Spidey just lets some photographer take his pictures?"
- Deconstructed: Bob is taken hostage by those who believe Super Robert would come to rescue his best friend.
- Reconstructed: ???
- Played For Laughs: Super Robert does nothing but compliment his "friend" Bob.
- Played For Drama: ???
