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A senile or crazy character has the unshakable conviction that a character is someone else they
[[Hilarity Ensues]]. Or else a horrific depiction of how far gone this person is.
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* In the final scene of ''Smoke,'' Augie poses as a blind old lady's grandson rather than let her spend Christmas alone. Subverted in that she probably realizes that he isn't actually her grandson but goes along with the act rather than admit that she has been abandoned.
* In ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'', senile old Grandma Norris calls both of her grandsons "Thomas". Strangely enough, she does remember their names in some capacity, as she tells Ritchie that "Ritchie" was always her favorite... while still calling him Thomas.
* In the [[Madonna/Sean Penn|Sean Penn]] movie ''Shanghai Surprise'', when Penn's character, Glendon, goes to a fancy restaurant he's mistaken by all and sundry for another character named
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== Literature ==
* In a [[Hoka]] story by [[Poul Anderson]] and [[Gordon R. Dickson]], the Hoka [[Sherlock Holmes]] persists in calling Alex Jones "Watson"
** The Hoka stories are a particular variation on this trope. The basic premise of the Hoka stories is that the Hokas (a highly intelligent race that just happen to resemble teddy bears) have trouble distinguishing fact from fiction, so whenever they come across a human novel they end up acting it out and [[Hilarity Ensues]]. It's never entirely clear when they do so whether they are conscious of the fact that it's just a re-enactment.
* Professor Binns in ''[[Harry Potter]]'' is constantly mistaking everyone for the students of centuries past. It's implied that he's so out of it, he doesn't even realize he died.
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