A role of enormous variety and nuance, and played by an actor of such versatility, such magnificent range, such Let me put it this way: I play the part. Oh, hello there. Were you looking for the trope But He Sounds Handsome?
Well, that's definitely not me. Sounds like a pretty great idea for a trope though! Often I The trope is frequently inverted by a character trying to deflect suspicion by insulting their other identity. What a dumb idea for a trope that is; I'm glad I'm not that trope. Or its inversion. Hang on, he's actually telling me right now What is it? Oh, okay. He says this occasionally overlaps with the trope Holding Both Sides of the Conversation , where one person pretends to be two people at once.
He also mentioned that it overlaps with Sock Puppet when the pretense uses a second Internet identity. It also applies to cases where a member of Group X in disguise defends Group X β a Sweet Polly Oliver objecting to an insult to women, for instance, or an undercover spy speaking up for his home country.
What a great trope. No, those aren't my examples of But He Sounds Handsome. I'm just So, ah, feel free to look at or add to them. But they're definitely not examples of me. Advertising The Sprint phone commercial featuring Peyton Manning with a wig and fake moustache. Disguised Peyton Manning If you like 6'5 pounds quarterback, laser rocket arms. Rie: Someone who saw the robot was telling my papa about it. The robot was really amazing, he said. Kantaro: Oh, really? Rie: He sticks his arms out like this, and yells "Ganger!
Kantaro: Yeah, that's a really awesome name! Rie: Huh? Ganger is his name? Kantaro: Uh Rie: You're right! It must be his name! He said Ganger looks super strong and he's just as big as the Tokyo Tower! Kantaro: He's not that big! Rie: Oh? You know about Ganger? You said you never saw him! Kantaro: W-well I was just guessing how tall he must be! Rie: Kantaro-kun. Kantaro: What?
