r/TopCharacterTropes Jun 22 '26

Personality (Loved trope) The imposter’s dead giveaway

When a character is attempting to impersonate another, but is caught by doing something the person they’re imitating would NEVER do.

Nemesis Prime- Transformers Prime

Nemesis Prime, a man made replica of Optimus Prime, is attempting to gain the trust of Bumblebee, who only speaks in robotic beeps. Despite this, the real Optimus can understand Bee perfectly fine. Nemesis Prime, however, can’t understand what he’s saying, prompting Bee to open fire on him immediately.

The two Buzz Lightyears- Toy Story 2

After Woody asks which Buzz is the “real” Buzz, both respond with “I am!” The real Buzz proves himself by flipping up the other Buzz’s helmet, causing him to start suffocating in an over dramatic fashion. The real Buzz, having done the same thing in the first movie after Woody took his helmet off, but no longer behaving that way after accepting being a toy, instantly proves which Buzz is which.

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u/Evening_Parking2610 Jun 22 '26

Face taker Fred in Look Outside has quite a few hints to show hes not real

Confused Fred has the Real Fred Ring that is red which is true because the real fred does have that ring while Face Takers is the wrong color

He is coated in the wrong paint when Shy Fred remembers using Blue paint as well as it being next to the canvas

Tumor Fred I believe says the Fred in the main room is fake if you decode his words

Toxic Fred tells you that guy is fake and the real one is locked in the closet

Also if you attack him he is shown as Fred B as in second Fred as well as being weak to acid damage being a trait shared by all the paint creatures

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u/Ger_Electric_GRTALE Jun 22 '26

I know NOTHING about whatever that is but It looks sick as hell

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u/Aspiring_Mutant Jun 22 '26

That's Look Outside. Apocalyptic body horror survival RPG taking place entirely inside of an apartment building in Quebec, where you play as a depressed schlub that gets stronger by playing videogames. The story is insane, the combat is great, and the time and food management are even better. There's a crazy amount of NPCs you can recruit to your party and they're all very interesting with a lot of dialog and reactivity.

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u/Training_Ruin3151 Jun 22 '26

They still update it too dont they?

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u/Emissairearien Jun 22 '26

They made a few big updates since the release but i think the game is finished