Doppelgänger: Difference between revisions

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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.

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]].

 

 

'''Specific types of Doppelgängers include'''

* [[Surgical Impersonation]]—When the doppelganger used [[Magic Plastic Surgery]] to impersonate someone.

 

* [[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?

* [[I Say What I Say]]—Doppelgangers speaking in unison.

* [[Identity Impersonator]]—A ploy heroes use to throw off people are snooping their [[Secret Identity]].

* [[Imposter Forgot One Detail]]—An impersonator fails to to be convincing.

* [[Kill and Replace]]

 

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[[Category:The Trickster]]

[[Category:Acting for Two]]

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