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* Inverted in ''[[Spirited Away (Anime)|Spirited Away]]'', where the protagonist's parents have been transformed into pigs; to rescue them, she must pick them out of a line-up of several dozen other pigs. {{spoiler|She correctly determines that ''none'' of the pigs are her parents}}.
* Inverted in ''[[Spirited Away (Anime)|Spirited Away]]'', where the protagonist's parents have been transformed into pigs; to rescue them, she must pick them out of a line-up of several dozen other pigs. {{spoiler|She correctly determines that ''none'' of the pigs are her parents}}.
* ''[[Stardust (Film)|Stardust]]'': Una and Yvaine are captured by the witches. Tristan, trying to rescue Yvaine, mistakes Una for one of the captors and is about to attack her when she identifies herself, having recognized him even though the last time she saw him was when he was an infant.
* ''[[Stardust (Film)|Stardust]]'': Una and Yvaine are captured by the witches. Tristan, trying to rescue Yvaine, mistakes Una for one of the captors and is about to attack her when she identifies herself, having recognized him even though the last time she saw him was when he was an infant.
* ''[[Changeling (Film)|Changeling]]'', a 2008 movie based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wineville_Chicken_Coop_Murders true events], is kick-started when a missing boy is returned to his mother--but she immediately realizes it's an imposter. She is committed to a mental institution when she refuses to acknowledge the boy as hers. {{spoiler|It's a ploy by [[Corrupt Cop|the kidnapping case's lead investigator]] to cover up the police department's incompetence and corruption}}.
* ''[[Changeling (Film)|Changeling]]'', a 2008 movie based on [[wikipedia:Wineville Chicken Coop Murders|true events]], is kick-started when a missing boy is returned to his mother--but she immediately realizes it's an imposter. She is committed to a mental institution when she refuses to acknowledge the boy as hers. {{spoiler|It's a ploy by [[Corrupt Cop|the kidnapping case's lead investigator]] to cover up the police department's incompetence and corruption}}.


== Literature ==
== Literature ==