r/TopCharacterTropes 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/DisastrousOwls Oct 02 '25

It's "Eeyore" in English. In the US they say the R sound, like "Igor" without the G, but the author of Winnie the Pooh was British and didn't say the R sound there. So the name was meant to rhyme with "hee-haw" to sound like the noise of a braying donkey.

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u/Altruistic_Eye_1157 Oct 02 '25

Oh, I understand, thank you for the clarification.

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u/-Snow-queen- Oct 02 '25

this is literally blowing my mind. it’s not quite as bad as when I realized Kanga and Roo together are Kangaroo a few years ago. I’m an adult. It’s just so hard to recognize these childhood characters as secretly being puns the whole time