Identity Impersonator/Playing With

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Basic Trope: A ruse to protect a character's Secret Identity by showing both character's identities in the same place together at the same time.

  • Straight: Alex records a video of himself as Emperor Evulz and plays it to the people of the world claiming it to be live, while Alex makes a personal appearance in front of the people he wants to fool.
    • Alex hires Steven to dress up as Emperor Evulz and crashing a high profile event which Alex would be attending as himself.
  • Exaggerated: Alex hires Steven to dress up as Emperor Evulz, and then hires Daniel to dress up as Alex, and Alex will dress up as Steven's secret identity, Captain Good, while a robot is made to look like Steven.
  • Downplayed: ???
  • Justified: Alex wants people to think that he and Emperor Evulz are separate people.
  • Inverted: Alex crashes an event as Emperor Evulz and Steven impersonates Alex.
  • Subverted: ???
  • Double Subverted: ???
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Alex and Emperor Evulz are never made to appear together.
  • Enforced: ???
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: Alex constructs the plan to fool Charlie, who is getting a little too nosy lately.
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

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