I Am Not Spock/Playing With

Basic Trope: An actor becomes solely identified by his most well-known role

• Straight: Bob, who plays "Captain Nebula", has difficulty getting hired to play other roles because of his association with the character
• Exaggerated: The media insists on referring to Bob as "Captain Nebula"
• Justified: "Captain Nebula" is Bob's first role on screen and the show is an enormous hit
• Inverted: I Am Not Leonard Nimoy
• Subverted: When Bob gets a new show, people stop calling him "Captain Nebula"
• Double Subverted: Everyone starts associating Bob with his new role, Detective Jim Heart
• Parodied: Your Secret's Safe With Me, Superman
• Deconstructed: The constant association with the Captain Nebula role makes Bob feel that he is being underestimated as an actor, and he comes to hate the role with a passion.
• Reconstructed: He decides that it's what makes his fans happy.
• Zig Zagged: Fans of Captain Nebula call Bob by that name, but fans of Jim Heart call him by his actual name
• Averted: Everyone recognizes Bob as a versatile actor who's played many different roles
• Lampshaded: "This is Bob, not to be confused with Captain Nebula"
• Invoked: When addressing fans, Captain Bob pretends that his is actually Captain Nebula
• Defied: Bob refuses to do a Captain Nebula movie because he's afraid people begin equating him with the character
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???

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