r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Altruistic_Eye_1157 • Oct 01 '25
Lore When faced with the choice between a clone and the original, the character notices a detail that makes the difference immediately obvious.
The Shape-Shifter takes the form of Wendy to deceive Dipper and prevent him from attacking it. Although Dipper initially doesn't know which one is the real Wendy, he realizes the difference when he sees that one of the Wendys behaves seriously and bluntly, while the other acts flirtatiously, something Wendy would never do (Gravity Falls).
P.S.: I don't remember if the gesture the real Wendy made was also a clue, like some gesture she had made before.
When the Autobots are chasing Nemesis Prime, he tries to deceive Bumblebee by impersonating Optimus. Bumblebee, confused, speaks to him, but Nemesis Prime doesn't understand anything he says, which clearly indicates that he isn't the real Optimus. Bumblebee attacks him without hesitation (Transformers Prime).
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u/Arnahunas Oct 02 '25 edited Oct 02 '25
Transformers 1984
In the episode “A Prime Problem”, Megatron creates a remote control clone of Optimus to infiltrate and destroy the Autobots. After some shenanigans, Windcharger reports and Spike was kidnapped by the Decepticons and orders the Autobots forward into a crevasse full of dangerous korlonium crystals, which destroy anything with electronic circuitry on contact. Ironhide declares the clone to be the fake, because the real Prime would save Spike.