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** Naturally, in "[[Avatar: The Last Airbender the Ember Island Players/Recap|The Ember Island Players]]," a kid tells Zuko his "Zuko costume" is great, but his scar's on the wrong side of his face. |
** Naturally, in "[[Avatar: The Last Airbender the Ember Island Players/Recap|The Ember Island Players]]," a kid tells Zuko his "Zuko costume" is great, but his scar's on the wrong side of his face. |
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{{quote| ''The scar's '''not''' on the wrong side!''}} |
{{quote| ''The scar's '''not''' on the wrong side!''}} |
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* In ''[[American Dragon Jake Long]]'': Jake finds himself out in the street in his dragon form. [[For Halloween I Am Going As Myself|Luckily it was Halloween so no-one freaked out]], but a passerby did call his "dragon costume" unconvincing. Likewise when Hans Rotwood offered a reward for photos of a real dragon Jake gave him some photos of himself that Rotwood decried as fakes, but this time because they were ''too good'', as most other Cryptozoology photos (e.g. [ |
* In ''[[American Dragon Jake Long]]'': Jake finds himself out in the street in his dragon form. [[For Halloween I Am Going As Myself|Luckily it was Halloween so no-one freaked out]], but a passerby did call his "dragon costume" unconvincing. Likewise when Hans Rotwood offered a reward for photos of a real dragon Jake gave him some photos of himself that Rotwood decried as fakes, but this time because they were ''too good'', as most other Cryptozoology photos (e.g. [[wikipedia:Image:Smalfut.jpg|Big Foot]], [[wikipedia:Image:Lochnessmonster.jpg|Nessie]]) are blurry and taken from distance. |
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** Justified, actually. Would something mythical actually stay still long enough for you to photograph it except if it was used to people? |
** Justified, actually. Would something mythical actually stay still long enough for you to photograph it except if it was used to people? |
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* ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' was told he was much too short and his costume could never be confused for the "real Darkwing Duck" when attending a costume party with his neighbors. It's always been established that they aren't too bright. |
* ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' was told he was much too short and his costume could never be confused for the "real Darkwing Duck" when attending a costume party with his neighbors. It's always been established that they aren't too bright. |
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{{quote| '''Adam:''' I ''might'' be that guy from that show, but he ''is'' that guy from that show.}} |
{{quote| '''Adam:''' I ''might'' be that guy from that show, but he ''is'' that guy from that show.}} |
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** Jamie ''does'' have his rather distinct mustache as beacon of his identity, not to mention his [[Nice Hat|beret]], [[Nerd Glasses|glasses]], and dirt-shielded white shirt. |
** Jamie ''does'' have his rather distinct mustache as beacon of his identity, not to mention his [[Nice Hat|beret]], [[Nerd Glasses|glasses]], and dirt-shielded white shirt. |
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* An inversion of the trope so weird it's actually true: [ |
* An inversion of the trope so weird it's actually true: [[wikipedia:Alan Conway|Alan Conway]], a travel agent from Muswell Hill, London, spent time in the 90's impersonating reclusive director [[Stanley Kubrick]]. Even though Conway looked ''nothing'' like Kubrick and knew nothing about any of his movies, he completely fooled interviewers and critics. |
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* In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY_sl1R3KJQ an Australian TV interview], puppeteer Kevin Clash told an anecdote about how he performed Elmo's voice in a store... and other people there said they could do a better job. |
* In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY_sl1R3KJQ an Australian TV interview], puppeteer Kevin Clash told an anecdote about how he performed Elmo's voice in a store... and other people there said they could do a better job. |
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* Virtuoso concert violinist Joshua Bell in 2007 [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9521098 busked in a DC Metro station] and made a grand total of $59. Possibly justified since a metro station is generally noisy, the acoustics are lousy for a violin and it was during rush hour, so many people probably couldn't stop. The low income generated may be less about mistaking him for a lesser performer, and more about completely not noticing him. |
* Virtuoso concert violinist Joshua Bell in 2007 [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9521098 busked in a DC Metro station] and made a grand total of $59. Possibly justified since a metro station is generally noisy, the acoustics are lousy for a violin and it was during rush hour, so many people probably couldn't stop. The low income generated may be less about mistaking him for a lesser performer, and more about completely not noticing him. |