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* In ''[[The Talisman]]'' people in our world tend to have a twinner in the Territories. Fundamentally the two people will be at least similar. |
* In ''[[The Talisman]]'' people in our world tend to have a twinner in the Territories. Fundamentally the two people will be at least similar. |
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* The premise of the short story "The Wheels of If" by [[L. Sprague de Camp]] is that, as part of a ploy to discredit a political rival, someone in an [[Alternate Universe]] comes up with a way to cycle the consciousnesses/souls of seven people in seven universes who happen to be similar enough to count as Alternate Selves. The rival is one of these, ending up with the mind of a man from our timeline. Unfortunately for the villain, the man from our timeline is himself a capable political operator and knows tricks that haven't yet been thought of in the alternate universe. |
* The premise of the short story "The Wheels of If" by [[L. Sprague de Camp]] is that, as part of a ploy to discredit a political rival, someone in an [[Alternate Universe]] comes up with a way to cycle the consciousnesses/souls of seven people in seven universes who happen to be similar enough to count as Alternate Selves. The rival is one of these, ending up with the mind of a man from our timeline. Unfortunately for the villain, the man from our timeline is himself a capable political operator and knows tricks that haven't yet been thought of in the alternate universe. |
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* A few examples from ''[[Discworld]]'': in ''[[ |
* A few examples from ''[[Discworld]]'': in ''[[Thief of Time]]'' {{spoiler|the characters Jeremy Clockson and Lobsang Ludd turn out to be the same person, but duplicated due to the unusual circumstances of their birth, being the son of the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Time}}; in ''[[Jingo]]'' Vimes makes an important choice as he goes to pick up his "Dis-organiser", which normally tracks what appointments he is due to have in the day — he picks it up as his two selves diverge, and each of them get the wrong one, meaning Vimes gets to find out [[Bad Future|what would have happened]] if he had made the other choice. |
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* Most of the characters in the sixth season of ''[[Lost]]'' are presented this way: Living very different lives in the two timelines while still being the same persons. Subverted in [[Esoteric Happy Ending|the season finale]], but presented this way throughout the season non the less. |
* Most of the characters in the sixth season of ''[[Lost]]'' are presented this way: Living very different lives in the two timelines while still being the same persons. Subverted in [[Esoteric Happy Ending|the season finale]], but presented this way throughout the season non the less. |
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* Ace Rimmer (and his entire timeline) in ''[[Red Dwarf]]''. |
* Ace Rimmer (and his entire timeline) in ''[[Red Dwarf]]''. |
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