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{{quote|''Talk about being your own worst enemy.''|[[Tomb Raider|Lara Croft]] after she sends a mutant copy of herself into a lava pit}}
Twin. Doppelgänger, with an umlaut and a majuscule, is the German word for a ghostly double of a living person or more commonly simply a word for someone looking exactly like someone else, i.e. an impostor or double. It means "double (walker)", in the original. It is often said that one who sees their own Doppelgänger will die soon.
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For twins related by blood, see [[Twin Tropes]]. See also [[Disguise Tropes]]. If a good character has an evil Doppelgänger, the Doppelgänger is an [[Evil Twin]].
Not to be confused with [[Doppelganger (novel)|the novel]], [[Doppelganger (web video)|the web video]], [[Doppelgänger (1969 film)|the movie sometimes called ''Journey to the Far Side of the Sun'']], [https://doppelganger-ru.bandcamp.com/ the gothic band from Russia], [https://www.doppelgangerband.com/ the Houston-based wedding and events band], [https://www.facebook.com/DoppelgangerMusik the Philadelphia-based German/Irish oompah/rock band], or [[w:Doppelganger (disambiguation)|any other Doppelganger]]. Unless, of course, they happen to look ''just like them''.
'''Specific types of Doppelgängers include'''
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* [[Surgical Impersonation]]—When the doppelganger used [[Magic Plastic Surgery]] to impersonate someone.
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* [[Actually a Doombot]]—When the person is revealed to be a robotic duplicate.
* [[Ambiguous Clone Ending]]—Did the original kill the clone, or is the clone the survivor?
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* [[I Say What I Say]]—Doppelgangers speaking in unison.
* [[Identity Impersonator]]—A ploy heroes use to throw off people are snooping their [[Secret Identity]].
* [[Impostor
* [[Imposter Forgot One Detail]]—An impersonator fails to to be convincing.
* [[Kill and Replace]]
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[[Category:Trope Names from German]]
[[Category:The Trickster]]
[[Category:Acting for Two]]
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