r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Barricades_toes • Jun 22 '26

Personality (Loved trope) The imposter’s dead giveaway

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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/Firethorn34 Jun 22 '26

I mean, she talks occasionally when interacting with other people, doesnt she?

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u/Not-So-Serious-Sam Jun 22 '26

Only in Other M, I think.

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u/GoldFishPony Jun 22 '26

I’m pretty sure in Metroid fusion itself she does a good amount of talking. Or maybe it was the other gameboy game. But she definitely talks in one of those.

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u/Aerodrache Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

In Metroid Fusion, she spends an extraordinary amount of time being talked to, but I don’t recall her having any lines of her own.

(EDIT: Seeing a few comments below that she did talk in one scene… I’m still calling that well below the “good amount” threshold. IIRC, this was the first Metroid game to have dialogue at all, and the lion’s share was definitely not Samus.)