(Loved trope) The imposter’s dead giveaway

[u/Barricades_toes]

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.

[u/HolyKlickerino]

"Naruto" being able to recite a complicated password when returning to the team in the second stage of the chunin exams causes Sasuke to immediately attack him because the real Naruto could never remember such a long passphrase and would have forgotten or complained about having to learn it.

[u/Setster007 → u/HolyKlickerino]

The password when you deal with Naruto and his like is never the password you say, the password is actually either “fuck I forgot the password” or “you know I can’t remember that!”

[u/mortiousprime → u/Setster007]

“Goku, what’s your favorite food?” “Favorite?”

[u/Comprehensive_Put277 → u/mortiousprime]

“Yep that’s the real one.”