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== Literature ==
* The Opera Ghost in ''[[Discworld/Maskerade|Maskerade]]'' is multiple people. ("You recognize him ''because'' he's wearing a mask? Think about what you're saying!") {{spoiler|There was no agreement involved, however - the villain of the book co-opts the "Ghost" persona, planning to let the real Ghost take the fall for his crimes.}}
* In [[Ben Bova]]'s novel ''[[The Multiple Man]]'' {{spoiler|the President of the United States}} is actually a set of seven cloned siblings. {{spoiler|Each of the clones is a specialist in one area of the job; the one who specialized in how to get elected is the one most often seen in public.}}
* ''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]'' by Agatha Christie. {{spoiler|Everybody dun it.}}
* {{spoiler|Chip Livingstone}} in ''[[Bimbos of the Death Sun]]''.
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* Travis Tea, author of ''[[Atlanta Nights]]'' , in reality [[w:Atlanta Nights#Authors|a group of some forty different authors]] [[And Zoidberg|plus a random text-generating program]].
 
== Live -Action TV ==
* Used in one episode of ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'' where the mention of a character being {{spoiler|"not Superman"}} leads Creek to realise that there are two men with one identity, the logical inverse of {{spoiler|Superman's identity tactic}}.
* In ''[[Human Target]],'' it turns out that Chance's name isn't Chance: the identity of Christopher Chance has been handed down for years.
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** In the ''[[Horus Heresy]]'' novel ''Legion'' Alpharius {{spoiler|was revealed to be one Primarch in twin bodies. His twin's name is Omegon.}}
 
== Theater Theatre ==
* ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'': Both Jack and Algernon use the alias Earnest Worthing. Each proposes to a girl while using this identity and [[Hilarity Ensues]] when the two Earnests' two fiancees meet each other.
 
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