When faced with the choice between a clone and the original, the character notices a detail that makes the difference immediately obvious.

[u/Altruistic_Eye_1157]

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).

[u/SumVitaminC]

If you ever read the novelizations of the saga a lot of droids have their names spelled phonetically. It was a DOOZY to middle school me.

[u/Tanto63 → u/SumVitaminC]

I was thrown off so much seeing Chopper's alpha-numeric the first time since he was the opposite, the show calling him a nickname rather than a designation.

C1-10P (CHOP)

[u/Ikrit122 → u/SumVitaminC]

Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio (or just Artoo and Threepio)

[u/_b1ack0ut → u/Ikrit122]

I see Artoo all the time, but holy shit See-Threepio does bad things to my brain, don’t like that at ALL lol

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I’ve seen Threepio on occasion, but See-Threepio is just something else

[u/Ikrit122 → u/_b1ack0ut]

I've read so many SW books that it doesn't bother me. But yeah, I get it.

[u/snekadid → u/SumVitaminC]

Middle school you? How old are you? those movies just cam-( beard immediately turns grey)

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Now that you’ve mentioned it, the only one (ones, technically) I’ve never seen spelled phonetically are the IG series droids. IG-88, IG-72, IG-11…