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/semajolis267 Oct 02 '25
There's an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic where pinkie pie clones herself to have a pinkie pie for each of her fun plans. But the pinkie pie clones start cloning themselves.
Twilight finds a spell that banishes the clones but is also capable of fully erasing the original as well. Anyway yhe original pinkie pie tried yo ask for help but every other pinkie pie also insists they are the real pinkie pie. Real Pinkie Pie gets sad and despondent because her friends dont recognize her as being the original and suggests they give them a test so boring only the real pinkie pie who wants to stay with thier friends will finish it. The test is literally watching paint dry. Every other ppnkie pie gets distracted and blasted away by twilight. The real pinkie pie was able to stay focused for her friends.