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A stock phrase to invoke and/or parody "Spot the Imposter" game, that is, happens when someone seems to act out of character. For comedy purpose, usually it's said when the "impostor" performs better.

Occasionally even happens to an actual impostor.

Occasionally, this phrase can be used as a playful compliment, when a character has undergone a makeover, either minor or radical.

Seen It a Million Times.

Examples of Who Are You and What Did You Do to X? include:

Fanfiction

Frequently used in Harry Potter fanfics whenever Hermione Granger does anything that defies the Flanderized "homework martinet" characterization she gained in earlier fics.

Film - Live Action

From the 1997 Fran Drescher film The Beautician and the Beast:

Joy Miller: Who are you and what did you do with the little Nazi kid?

Periodicals

Who are you, and what did you do with my spouse?, an article in the March 2013 issue of the American Psychological Association's gradPsych magazine.

Web Comics

Vexxarr with Minionbot and Vexxarr himself. "We need to make sure you're really you..."
Schlock Mercenary had this one:

Ennesby: In a TUX? Where's Tagon, and what have you done with him?

Television

From the Gossip Girl episode "Hi, Society":

Nate: Who are you and what did you do with Blair Waldorf?

Real Life

A common phase related to this trope is "Who died (or left) and put you in change?"

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 == Web Comics ==
 * ''[[Vexxarr]]'' with [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=031207 Minionbot] and [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=012611 Vexxarr himself]. "[http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=030212 We need to make sure you're really ''you''...]"
+* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' had [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-06-27 this one]:
+{{quote|'''Ennesby''': {{spoiler|In a TUX?}}  Where's Tagon, and what have you done with him?}}
 == Television ==