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{{trope}}
[[File:Evil Kermit.jpg|link=The Muppets|frame|It's not easy bleeding green!]]
{{quote|''You can always tell the evil one by the dagger he's sticking in you.''
|'''[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=evil%20twin Evil Twin]''', ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic the Gathering]]''}}
Take a popular character and introduce us to the evil version of this character. Naturally, it's a favorite [[Soap Opera]] device. It's also very prevalent in genre shows, where the events may happen in an [[Alternate Universe]]: for example, the [[For Want of a Nail|Wishverse]] in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', or the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Mirror Universe]]. Typically the '''Evil Twin''' will be [[Acting for Two|portrayed by the same actor]] as the regular character.
It's worth noting that in the overwhelming majority of cases the twin is evil; only rarely does an evil character suddenly find themselves contending with a good twin, and in those cases the good version is often simpleminded or purely comic. See [[Good Is Impotent]].
Often, in science fiction, the
[[Beard of Evil|A goatee or other beard]] is a staple of
Sci-Fi versions usually wind up playing [[Spot the Imposter]].
Compare [[Criminal Doppelganger]], [[Evil Counterpart]], and [[Enemy Without]], and see also [[Doppelganger]]. For the situation where the original character pretends to be the
If they are [[Different As Night and Day|literal twins]], they might be [[Cain and Abel]] and/or [[Separated
If the two end up fighting, it is always a [[Mirror Match]].
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See Also: [[Mirror Morality Machine]]. Compare [[Evil Twin (Darth Wiki)|Evil Twin]], but don't trust anything he says.
If you were looking for the videogame ''Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles'', it can be found [[Evil Twin:
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* One Priceline advert includes the appearance of the company's spokesman's Evil Twin, complete with the [[Beard of Evil]], the spokesman? William Shatner!
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The evil twin was actually a major plot point for ''[[Blue Seed]]''. Momiji's twin, Kaede, was called in first to deal with the evil plant monsters, due to her family's bloodline power, and ended up faking her death to join them.
* Yuuna's evil twin in ''[[Maburaho]]'' was magic-derived.
* Evil robotic Angels appeared in ''[[Galaxy Angel (
* ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' featured Rau Le Creuset, an unstable clone of secondary character Mu La Flaga's father. While they initially don't seem similar, when Rau removes his mask, he reveals his identical face. Rau's feelings that his existence was an abomination and nihilism about humanity in general led him to attempt to wipe out all of humanity, Coordinator and Natural both. Considering that he got his last name from the french word of [[The Crucible]]...Yeah, he's [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|a very screwed up guy]].
* The entire premise of ''[[Blood
* ''[[Monster (
* ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]] 2'' has Nova, evil twin to titular protagonist Shidou Hikaru. Extremely bi-polar (which is putting it kindly as she switches constantly back and forth between cutesy, loving little child and homicidal psychopath personalities), and bat-shit insane. Created at the very instant that Hikaru and her fellow Knights were transported back to earth at the end of the first story, {{spoiler|1=Nova is actually a small portion of Hikaru's soul given a separate existence and consciousness of its own. Hikaru couldn't cope with all the crushing negative emotions and thoughts brought on by the trauma induced by the first story's ending, and thus her body expelled them all along with a bit of her being, which was given a life of its own via Cefiro's "willpower=reality" system of existence}}.
* Subverted in a stand-alone episode of ''[[The Slayers]]''. A villain uses an enchanted mirror to create dark duplicates of his victims, including main characters Lina and Naga. The clones are supposed to be the "reverse" of the originals - which, to the bad guy's surprise, means the copies are meek, modest and peaceful, not evil.
** [[Fan Art]] ''[https://www.deviantart.com/mrscorax/art/Slayers-Mirror-Mirror-123865379 Mirror Mirror]'' by MrsCorax reused it on the main series' cast:
{{quote|'''real Zelgadis''': (after listening to the mirror twins) Amelia... I think I just realised something very disturbing about you and me... }}
* Throughout ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'', there are sinister flashes of another Syaoran floating in a tank of water in the villain's base, who seems to be "influencing" the Syaoran who is traveling with the good guys. In the manga, the truth is revealed. {{spoiler|The Syaoran in the tank is the "original" Syaoran, and the one traveling with them is really a [[The Heartless|heartless]] clone whose emotions were inspired by psychic connection. Upon the good Syaoran's release, our Evil Twin Syaoran succumbs to his programming.}}
* Knives in ''[[Trigun]]'', Cain in ''[[Trinity Blood]]'', and Aion in ''[[Chrono Crusade]]''. Apparently, being a guy who's the hero's evil twin means being a genocidal psycho and having a brother complex the size of the Empire State Building. Knives, Cain and Aion are anime's unholy trinity of Evil Twins. The three of them are practically [[Expy|expies]] of whomever came first. Roshel/Rociel in ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'' is very much like them too, with the difference that Alexiel is female and his non-identical twin. Also a partial subversion in that [[Dark Is Not Evil|Rociel is a supreme angel and Alexiel, a fallen one]].
* Subverted in ''[[Chobits]]''. {{spoiler|Freya, Chii's sister, at first glance appears to be Chii's dark side/evil twin/dark thoughts, The [[Enemy Within]] or just the highly-knowledgable [[Split Personality]] to Chii's innocence, but actually turns out to be looking out for Chii's safety, supplying her with information and intervening in preserving Chii when necessary.}}
* Evil twins of the [[Saiyuki|Sanzo-ikkou]] were created by a demon who rationalized that the best chance of beating them was pitting them against themselves. Turned into comedy when Hakkai, Gojyo, and Goku imagine beating up on a Sanzo-lookalike. Also used as [[An Aesop]], as when they win against their clones - who are wearing their clothes from the first season - they explain to the confused demon that they are not the same people as they were when the clones were created and they grow and learn as blah blah blah.
* Subverted in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* Averted in ''[[One Piece]]''. Luffy and his older brother Ace are on opposing pirate crews, and Ace has a sinister air about him, but the two actually have a good relationship.
** Not that this really matters, considering that they're not twins {{spoiler|or related by blood, for that matter}}.
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* Fran of ''[[Franken Fran]]'' was built by Dr. Madaraki to serve as his apprentice. When one of her assistants is killed in a way that she can't prevent, she discovers the existence of her "sister" Veronica, built to serve as Madaraki's bodyguard. Unlike Fran, who will not condone a person's death if it can be prevented, Veronica will quite enthusiastically kill someone if it benefits her. Fran very quickly shoves a [[Restraining Bolt]] into Veronica's brain, and she settles into being a devil's advocate for her sister.
** Slightly subverted in that "evil" assassin Veronica also believes in giving people quick and merciful deaths (she ''is'' a [[Cold Sniper]]) while the "good" Fran will keep people [[Fate Worse Than Death|alive at any cost,]] whether she has to [[And I Must Scream|reduce a human being to a head attached to a hand by cramming as many organs as she can into their skull or connect an entire family (that Victoria blew up in the first place) into one giant organism.]]
** It is even more subverted if you realize that Veronica isn't that evil - her problem is that she has a very twisted sense of morality. Not entirely her fault since she was created to be an assassin bodyguard in the first place.
** Theeeenn we get Gavrill. She seems to be older than Fran, but in appearance she's Fran gone the path of killing, drugs, crime and cannibalism, with only the clothes, a different hair cut and fangs making the two of them different. Different from her sister, she's a punk Tomboy who roams about the world, killing and stealing. Also, she is a shapeshifter, able to turn herself into a giant wolf-like creature. In recent manga, she's shown to have a soft spot for Amatsuka, so...
* ''[[Shaman King]]:'' {{spoiler|Yoh's evil twin and the series' [[Big Bad]], Asakura Hao (changed to ''Asakura Zeke'' in the American Translation)}}.
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* In ''[[Bleach]]'', {{spoiler|Ichigo's Inner Hollow}} could probably be considered this. And if that's not enough, Szayel Aporro Granz makes evil clones of {{spoiler|Renji and Ishida}} to fight, though they're mindless.
** Earlier in the series, Ichigo acquires a special pill that lets him take on his Shinigami form while leaving a temporary artificial soul in his human body. The artificial soul turns out to have a will of its own, and is quite the [[Delinquent]].
** The [[Send in
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* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' has Gemini Saga and Gemini/Sea Dragon Kanon, each of them is the evil twin to the other in different parts of the story. The Black Saints not only shares the same armor as the protagonists except theirs is black but for unexplained reasons also share the exact same physical appearance as their good counterparts. This is all the most jarring in the case of the Black Phoenix mooks that come in mass and all look exactly the same, that is to say like the main Phoenix. All the attacks of the evil counterparts also are reminiscent of the good ones albeit more evil. For example the attack of Black Pegasus, Ankoku Ryu Sei Ken, is similar to the Ryu Sei Ken of the main Pegasus except it slowly contaminates its victims eventually making them suffocate to death. Likewise, the Black Andromeda's attack has its chains turning into snakes feeding on the victim's blood.
* While not an actual twin, Tullece, from the third ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' [[Non
** In the same vein, Majin Boo's two forms. The thin Boo, the one formed out of steam seems to act entirely evil, while the 'original' Fat Boo (aka Mr. Boo) often makes the 'good' choice, especially after the split. Though they don't look all that much alike until the reabsorption.
** We can't discuss evil twins in Dragon Ball without bringing up the original's! [[God Job|Kami]] and [[Our Demons Are Different|Great Demon King Piccolo]], anybody? Furthermore, you could compare [[Genie in
* Hana from ''[[Papillion Hana To Cho]]'' is glamorous, popular, and the decided [[Parental Favoritism|favorite]] over her [[Country Mouse]] twin sister Ageha until Ageha discovered tiny bit of confidence after reuniting with an old (male) friend. Hana then steals said friend by using Ageha's weak stomach to get her out of the way with a little [[Hidden Depths]] sweettalk. Things get worse after Ageha gets over the guy, improves her relationship with her [["Well Done, Son" Guy|Well Done Daughter Mom]] and hooks up with another guy: {{spoiler|''Hana disguises herself as Ageha'' while Ageha is sick and is so irritating that he breaks up with Ageha the next day he's a psych major and he couldn't tell Ageha was acting a bit off? C'mon, they're not Cylons!). Due to said guy being [[Hot for Student|her school counselor]] and offlimits in the first place it's unlikely Ageha will ever know the real reason they broke up.}}
* Zeon from ''[[Gash Bell]]'',
* In ''[[Ninin ga Shinobuden]]'', Onsokumaru creates an evil duplicate when he attempts to use a Ninja Clone technique. Of course, Onsokumaru being Onsokumaru, the twin isn't really any worse than the original.
* Zero's evil twin Ichiru in ''Vampire Knight''.
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' tries to play Gerard up as Siegrain's evil(er) twin. The former reveals by the end of the arc he's introduced in, however, that {{spoiler|Siegrain was an illusion created to slip into the council and use their magic. They are actually one and the same. In truth he is actually inversion with Mystogan.}}
* Subverted in an episode of the second season of ''[[Duel Masters]]''... In a town populated entirely by sets of twins, it's suggested that one group is the evil twins... Until it's revealed that they're ''all'' evil.
* ''[[Vampire Game]]'' plays around with this trope. In the kingdom of Razenia, twins are considered bad luck, and so when twins are born, one of them is chosen as "evil" and is abandoned. In this case, the "good" twin is the crown prince... and the "bad" twin turns out to be {{spoiler|Vord}}, one of the nicest characters in the series.
* Takaya from ''[[
* Ranma from [[Ranma
* Arguably, Suboshi from ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', Amiboshi's [[Hot
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The entire [[Bizarro Universe|Bizarro World]] in the [[Pre Crisis]] [[Superman]] mythos can be considered a form of Evil Twin by [[Applied Phlebotinum]], though it slowly changed from "evil opposite" to "goofy opposite".
** Eh? Bizarro STARTED as a "goofy opposite". Oddly, ''he'' arguably had an Evil Twin, in the form of Bizarro-Bizarro, who looked like Superman, spoke like Bizarro, and acted like a [[Jerkass]].
** In ''[[All
* In addition to Bizarro, Superman has at least four other evil twins, each by way of a different trope. There is his [[Evil Counterpart]] [[Kneel Before Zod|General Zod]]. There's Hank Henshaw, who went from being a [[Take That]] parody of [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Reed Richards]] to an evil Superman by way of [[Grand Theft Me]]. There's his [[Mirror Universe]] double Ultraman (in fact, there are currently two Ultramen, from two similar but distinct [[Mirror Universe
* [[Supergirl]] too. In the [[Silver Age]] there was her [[Enemy Without]] Satan Girl in ''[[Legion of Super
* The [[Marvel Comics]] series ''[[
* In the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass]]'' comic series, Cliffjumper is transported to a [[Bizarro Universe]] where the Autobots are evil and the Decepticons are good. In a bit of parody/lampshading, evil Rodimus even got himself a ''goatee'', saying that he feels it makes him feel distinguished.
* Newspaper comic inversion: In ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', Calvin once made a perfect copy of himself to do his work for him, only to find out that his double was even more troublesome than the original, since he realized that he could commit any mischief and the original would get all the blame. A later storyline had Calvin making a duplicate of only his ''good'' side... who among other things starts trying to make friends with the girl next door Calvin's always trying to humiliate. Calvin confronts his good counterpart and provokes him into a fight. Angered, Calvin's Good Side decides that he's going to "tear [Calvin] limb from-", and promptly disappears with the exclamation "Oops, I had an evil thought!" Hobbes then declares: "Another casualty of Applied Metaphysics."
* [[The DCU]] has Earth-3, a [[Mirror Universe]] of
* Subverted in the comic book ''[[
* In the comic book ''[[Gold Digger (Comic Book)|Gold Digger]],'' the two main characters (Gina and her adopted were-cheetah sister, Brittany) accidentally create a clone of themselves that shares traits from both of them, including their memories, in an attempt to remove a curse from themselves. After several battles with the clone, Gina realizes that the reason the clone is trying to kill them is because the curse is inhabiting the clone, motivating its irrational desire to kill them. Her father, an arch-mage, happens to show up in time to dispel the curse, and the clone is invited to join the family and given the name ''Brianna'' (a portmanteau of ''Brittany'' and ''Gina''). Later on, the Djinn Madrid uses magics to disguise herself as Gina so well she can fool empaths. This backfires though, erasing her original form, and since then, Madrid has been slowly overwritten by Gina, to the point {{spoiler|that a future version of herself traveled to the edge of existence and beyond to save her 'baby sister'}}
* In Archie ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (
* [[
** In the 30th century Eobard's descendant created Inertia, a clone of Barry's ([[Tangled Family Tree|and his own]]) grandson Impulse, and sent him back in time to fight his counterpart.
** For a while after he reformed, Dr. Alchemy (Albert Desmond) seemed to have a psychic twin named Alvin who took up his tools and identity, only becoming the evil twin after Albert became the good one. "Alvin" turned out to be the Philosopher's Stone's physical manifestation of his subconscious desire to continue a life of crime.
* Pretty much every member of the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' has had at least one Evil Twin at some point, thanks to any or all of alternate realities, android duplicates, Skrulls and insane geneticists with a thing about cloning. Among the more notable examples...
** Beast's evil twin from an alternate dimension, known as the Dark Beast, made his way into the mainstream universe and has been a recurring villain since the 1990s. Beast also had at least two other Evil Twins, but they didn't last.
** Joseph was a much younger 'copy' of Magneto. Since at the time Magneto was villainous and Joseph was an X-Man, he counts as a ''Good'' Twin.
** At one point half the team was replaced by the shape-shifting aliens known as Skrulls (this was back before everyone was doing it). While most of them remained in captivity while their doubles were running around making trouble, the story culminated in Professor X handing a simultaneous physical and mental beatdown to his double. While naked.
** Professor X has an actual evil twin, Cassandra Nova. It's later explained that ''everyone'' has an evil twin, a psychic construct the Shi'ar call the ''mummudrai'' that they face off with before birth. Xavier killed Nova in the womb, but, because she was the
** [[
* During the Marvel [[Crisis Crossover]] with the entity called the Magus trying to snuff reality, he distracted all the superheroes by simultaneously creating Evil Twins of ''every superhero in the Marvel Universe''.
** Likewise the ''Avengers Forever'' series ends with a no punches pulled battle between every good Avenger that can exist, and every evil Avenger that can exist.
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* Inverted in [[The DCU]] comic series ''Kobra'', whose eponymous [[Villain Protagonist]] ''was'' the Evil Twin. His wicked schemes were always foiled by his Good Twin, from whom he'd been separated at birth. Shortly after the series was canceled, Kobra killed off his twin. Recently, however, Kobra himself was [[Killed Off for Real]] by a rogue superhero, and his minions have resurrected the good twin, brainwashed him to become evil, and made him the new Kobra.
* In the final issue of the latest ''Arkham Asylum'' miniseries, Jeremiah Arkham meets the Jester. It transpires that the "Jester" is just a projection of what Jeremiah imagines himself to be, under influence of a psychotropic drug given to him by... the Joker.
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'''Arkham''': The ''Joker's'' evil twin?
'''Jester''': Scary, ain't it? }}
* Played straight in the ''[[Squadron Supreme]]'' limited series, when Hyperion is replaced by his
* ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' loves this trope. Dredd himself is a clone of Judge Fargo. Dredd may or may not be considered "evil", but {{spoiler|he is definitely far more fascist than his clone father}}. His clone brother Rico and Rico's identical [[Mirror Universe]] double are straight examples. The Judda are a ''whole group'' of evil clones of him and other judges. His supposedly rehabilitated clone Kraken gets [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]. His [[Mirror Universe]] counterpart is a comically liberal counterpart to the fascist we know. And finally, his evil future self gets killed and dragged back to the present before getting up and going on a rampage. Dredd frequently [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshades]] this by worrying if it's "something in the blood".
* In ''[[Tintin|King Ottokar's Sceptre]]'', the conspiracy to steal the sceptre involves {{spoiler|kidnapping Professor Alembick and replacing him with his twin brother}}.
* [[The Smurfs]] deal with evil duplicates of themselves in ''The Smurf Threat'' that were created by Papa Smurf in order to get the Smurfs to stop fighting with each other.
* In the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] comic ''The Forgotten'', a brain parasite attacking the Tenth Doctor takes on the appearance of an evil twin version of him, complete with beard and black pinstripe suit, and claims to be the Valeyard. The real Doctor immediately mocks the parasite's complete lack of originality.
* The ''[[Secret Empire]]'' storyline put an odd twist on this. [[The Red Skull]] convinced [[Goo-Goo Godlike| Kobic]] (the evolved form of the [[Artifact of Doom| Cosmic Cube]] he used to own, who now had the appearance, personality, and naivete of a little girl) to [[Rewriting Reality|Rewrite Reality]] so that [[Captain America]] was - and always was - his apprentice, changing reality so that Cap was a villain and a sleeper agent. [[The Starscream| Evil!Cap turned against the Skull]] (who clearly [[Didn't Think This Through]] when he assumed turning Cap evil would ensure loyalty) and proceeded to take over the United States, and then the world, with the clear intent of turning the whole universe into the Fourth Reich. Kobic, however, came to her senses and was terrified at the world she had created, but because she had no idea what Cap’s original history was (she was born long after World War II and had, in effect purged history from that point) she couldn’t simply undo it. So she created an [[Eldritch Location]] called the Vanishing Point, a repository for memories that have been [[Ret-Gone]] away. <ref>Yeah, this is sort of an [[Author's Saving Throw]] sort of thing for just such an occasion.</ref> Long story short, the real Captain America emerges from the Vanishing Point, and after an epic battle (using Thor’s hammer, no less) beats the crud out of his evil self, and the true reality is restored.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
Hoo boy. Let's say it's popular, and even more so if the base subject has a [[Mirror Universe]] or an Evil Twin as part of its own canon.
* Case in point: [[Darkwing Duck]] fanfic writers take trips to the Negaverse every so often. A popular subject is 'NegaGosalyn' and her relationship with the Friendly Four ([[Hurt/Comfort Fic]] pops up here). {{spoiler|One story even explains why Gosalyn wasn't evil there--the ''normal'' one would've turned rotten.}}
* Conversed in a [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4302297/9/In_His_Shoes one-shot] within the [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|ATLA]] [[Another Brother]] [[Alternate Universe|universe,]] where Sokka believes an evil twin was the reason that[[Laser-Guided Amnesia|Zuko]] was banished.
* ''[[Turnabout Storm]]'': [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Pinkie Pie]] suggests that Rainbow Dash has one of these, called [[Sdrawkcab Name|Wob Niar]], as a possible explanation of how the murder of [[Original Character|Ace Swift]] went down. [[Ace Attorney|Phoenix]] insists on it being a stupid idea, but Pinkie being [[Cloudcuckoolander|Pinkie]], she sticks with it.
==
* In the superhero comedy ''[[Sky High]]'', one of the teachers tries to set up a colleague on a blind date with his girlfriend's sister. "What if I said it's not just her twin? It's her evil twin." "This Friday, you say?"
* [[The Movie]] of ''[[The Magic Roundabout]]'' introduces Zebedee's
* Evil Robot Bill and Evil Robot Ted from ''[[Bill and Ted]]'s Bogus Journey''. If nothing else, it gave us the classic line (when E.R.Ted first sees Ted's girlfriend)..."I got a full-on robot chubby."
* Carmen and Juni's robot doubles in ''[[Spy Kids]]''.
* ''[[The Avengers (1998
* In the film adaptation of ''[[The High Crusade]]'' the aliens create a genetically superior clone to fight Sir Roger.
* Also Ash's evil twin in the third ''[[Evil Dead]]'', Army of Darkness, though later on he's easier to distinguish and no longer identical after one of Ash's more gory actions.
* The Bette Davis movie ''Dead Ringer'': After the funeral of her brother-in-law (who had died of a heart attack), Edith Phillips learns that Margaret de Lorca, her rich identical twin sister, tricked the man Edith loved into marrying her (Margaret) instead. Edith kills Margaret and assumes her identity and life-style. Turns out things are [[Twist Ending|not quite what they seem]] at the de Lorca household. Edith discovers {{spoiler|that Margaret and her sleazy lover in fact murdered Mr. de Lorca}} and, realizing {{spoiler|she will be charged with Margaret's crime}}, learns that [[You Can't Fight Fate]].
* La Davis previously played a fairly similar story in ''A Stolen Life'': Mousy painter Kate Bosworth is attracted to brooding lighthouse keeper Bill Emerson, but then her sexy twin Patricia shows up and nabs Bill. After they're wed, Bill leaves the country on a new job and Pat and Kate go sailing, when {{spoiler|a storm sinks the boat, Pat is drowned, and Kate is mistaken for her sister}}. Assuming Pat's identity, Kate eventually realizes that things at the Emerson manse are [[Twist Ending|not quite what they seem]]. In fact, {{spoiler|Pat had been cheating on Bill and they were planning a divorce}}, but after much soul-searching {{spoiler|Bill realizes Kate is Kate and she is the one he really loved all along}}.
* Olivia de Haviland in ''Dark Mirror'': A woman suspected of murdering her doctor boyfriend has an identical twin sister. When both twins have an alibi for the night of the murder, a psychiatrist is called in to assist a detective in solving the case. Through a series of tests, he discovers which twin actually committed the crime and in the course of his investigation he falls in love with the normal twin.
* The Noxious Offender a.k.a. Noxie, is Amortville's evil counterpart to Tromaville's [[Toxic Avenger]] a.k.a. Toxie.
* Agent Smith of the Matrix Trilogy, starting with The Matrix Reloaded, essentially becomes Neo's evil twin as a consequence of Neo destroying him shortly after becoming The One.
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* Avatar and Black Wolf in [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s ''[[Wizards]]'', although they look nothing alike. Avatar is short, portly, friendly, and fairy-like (minus the wings). Black Wolf is tall, thin, evil, and mutated. The only thing they have in common is that they're both bearded.
== [[Literature]] ==
* In [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Vorkosigan]]'' book series: After the ''very'' distinctive-looking Miles Vorkosigan claims (as a coverup for his secret identity) that he has a clone running around, it turns out he does have one. Who's been trained to take his life over. Turns out the twin, Mark, isn't necessarily born evil, just brainwashed (plus has [[Split Personality]], with the personalities generally being pretty dark). Lampshaded in Mirror Dance: "Some people have evil twins. I am not so lucky. I have an ''idiot'' twin."
* In [[William Sleator]]'s ''[[
* In ''[[Haunted
* In Jasper Fforde's ''[[Thursday Next]] : First Among Sequels'', Thursday is asked to train two fictional versions of herself as Jurisfiction agents. {{spoiler|One of them, being from an adaptation that emphasized sex and violence, is a scheming, sarcastic bitch.}}
* Oddly doubled variation: the twins from ''[[Sweet Valley High]]'' were menaced by another pair of twins who looked just like them, who wanted to take over their lives.
* In Matt Ruff's ''Sewer, Gas, and Electric'', the villains attempt to replace a hero with a robotic copy of himself. His assistant is able to distinguish the two when {{spoiler|the robot looks up and exclaims how worried he was that she'd be hurt, while the real version, despite the firefight going on outside, keeps playing a video game.}}
* The ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch]]'' novel ''Fearful Symmetry'' is all over this trope. You may want to draw diagrams for this. Back in the episode "Second Skin", Major Kira was surgically altered to look like a Cardassian and told she was Iliana Ghemor, an Obsidian Order agent who'd been given [[Fake Memories]] as a [[Deep
* Harry Dresden of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' has an entity that fits the evil-twin bill (based on Harry's wiseass and slightly lowbrow nature): more cultured, better groomed, more thoughtful, goatee. The catch is, the guy's neither evil, twin, nor real-he's a representation of Harry's subconscious, who takes the opportunity to lecture Harry whenever he's really on the ropes and unconscious.
* [[Older Than Print]]: The "false Guenevere" in [[King Arthur]], who is the true Guenevere's identical ''half''-sister (somehow), and plots to take her sister's place as queen.
* Happens literally in ''[[
* Unusually, [[
* "One Lonely Night" by [[Mickey Spillane]]. An up-and-coming politician campaigning against corruption and [[Dirty Communists]] hires Mike Hammer to catch his insane twin brother who committed a murder in public in apparent attempt to destroy his reputation (fortunately the politician was giving a speech before hundreds of people at the time). {{spoiler|Inverted in that Mike discovers the brother is a fraternal twin who doesn't look anything like the politician, who hired a look-alike actor to give the speech and commited the murder himself.}}
* The novella ''The Wife of Martin Guerre'' subverts this: Bertrande's husband goes off to adventure and avoid farm life. 8 years later he returns and is noticeably kinder and softer in manner. When she questions him he responds that [[War Is Hell]], that life is to be enjoyed. She feels troubled about this as she [[Sarcasm Mode|Loves]] him, but feels he is not her real husband and cannot stand to live a pleasant lie. Despite having a child with him, she eventually has him put on trial for impersonating Martin Guerre. The real [[Jerkass|Martin]] [[Blood Knight|Guerre]] shows up at the end of the trial, confirms that the man is an imposter and calls her out for betraying both him as her husband, and the other guy whom she had admitted to loving. Doubles as [[Real Life]] as it is a fictionalization of a court case that did really occur in medieval France.
* In ''[[The Mysterious Benedict Society]]'' series, the villain Ledroptha Curtain is the
* In the ''Lightbringer'' trilogy, a major part of the backstory lies in the fact that instead of there only being one person with the power to become Prism in that generation, there had been two, brothers named Gavin and Dazen Guile. There was a civil war over which one would take the throne, in which the 'good' brother, Gavin, was victorious. Of course, what only a handful of people know is that {{spoiler|although Gavin's ''army'' won the war, the man on the throne is actually Daven, who imprisoned his brother (who he closely resembled even before he made the effort to make himself his brother's double) and took his place. Also, even though the general population believes that Gavin was good and Daven evil, Daven has been a competent and fairly benevolent ruler, while some evidence suggests that Gavin might not have been as nice as the people believe}}.
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "A Witch Shall Be Born", Salome to Queen Taramis.
* Played straight in the short story
* [[Word of God]] has described Gellert Grindelwald of ''[[Harry Potter (
* In ''[[The Grimnoir Chronicles]]'', Sullivan's brother Madi is the [[The Dragon|right-hand man]] to the Chairman. The two of them look enough alike that it gets Sullivan {{spoiler|shot}}.
* The trope is referenced in [[
* Charles Dickens' ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' introduce two spirit-children who cling close to the Ghost of Christmas Present, named "Ignorance" and "Want". Ignorance symbolizes Scrooge's hatred towards others, while Want represents his greed for money. The Ghost tells him to beware them both (especially Ignorance) before vanishing while quoting his own words back to him:
{{quote|"Are there no Prisons? Are there no Workhouses?"}}
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]'': One episode had Festus jailed on charges of murder and robbery ... only someone who [[Identical Stranger|looked just like him]] was the actual criminal.
* ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'': Two instances, both involving the series' two main
** In "Baa Baa White Sheep", viewers meet Boss Hogg's good twin, Abraham Lincoln Hogg (Sorrell Booke in a dual role), who dresses in a black outfit, complete with stovepipe hat, that matches Boss Hogg's white one. It helps to know that Boss's given initials stand for "Jefferson Davis".
** In "Too Many Roscoes," the real Rosco is kidnapped by a band of bank robbers while the
* Played with in
* In one subplot of ''[[Soap]]'', Burt is kidnapped by space aliens, one of who is transformed into an exact duplicate of him, who's not so much evil as horny for Burt's wife. Burt gets the aliens to return him to Earth, leading to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8laJD6yZS8w this touching yet funny scene of Richard Mulligan acting with himself].
* The episode "Mirror Image", on ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', has the protagonists haunted by apparent malevolent doubles. Somewhat averted, as the seeming evil doubles do little more than watch their counterparts, sometimes smiling darkly.
* From ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
** Vampire Willow and Vampire Xander in "The Wish". Vampire Willow returned in "Doppelgangland" and actually met her good counterpart, making her a bigger example.
** The trope was later subverted in ''The Replacement''. A demon's spell, meant for Buffy, hits Xander instead, splitting him in two. He spends the rest of the episode tracking his twin while the twin interacts with his friends and makes various changes to his life. At the end its revealed {{spoiler|That the blast doesn't split you into Good/Bad but only into Strong/Weak. The Xander that the audience thought was the "Good" Xander was actually the "Weak" one and the "Strong" one wasn't doing anything harmful to his life and was actually improving it. The demon's plot hinged on the fact that if one of the twins was killed, both would die. He'd planned to split Buffy into a Slayer powered version and a valley girl version, then kill the latter.}} In this case the special effects crew had an easy time getting both Xanders in the same shot. Xander's twin was played by Nicholas Brendon's identical twin brother, Kelly Donovan (who may or may not be evil).
* The Channel Four comedy-drama ''[[Shameless]]'' had the Good Twin variety: homophobic villain Paddy Maguire turns out to have a homosexual and non-villainous twin brother.
* ''[[Lois and Clark]]'' had Lois's evil twin, who was a clone. And Superman's misguided-and-sees-Lex-as-his-father twin, who was also a clone.
* [[Averted Trope|Averted]] in ''[[
* Data has an evil twin, Lore, in ''[[Star Trek:
** William Riker has one, thanks to a [[Phlebotinum Breakdown|transporter malfunction]], that's at first just missing some social niceties after being stranded on a planet alone for the better part of a decade.
** And then "Thomas" Riker shows up in ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'', impersonates his brother, and steals the Defiant for a mission with the Maquis, making him at least seriously misguided. (He's right about the hidden Cardassian fleet.)
** In ''[[Star Trek
** Lots of evil twins in the [[Mirror Universe]], of course, but [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
** Spock's "evil twin" was terrifyingly cold and ruthless; however, apart from the beard, he actually was identical to his regular universe counterpart, and was simply behaving logically for someone living in an evil empire. When he realizes what's happening, he helps Kirk return to his original universe so he can get his (evil) captain back. Kirk is even able to persuade him to rebel from the empire on moral grounds.
** As well as having a double in the Mirror Universe, Kirk also had an android duplicate (''What Are Little Girls Made Of?'') and an evil double created by a transporter accident. (''The Enemy Within'')
** The transporter double was an interesting case, as it actually split Kirk into a "Good" ''and'' "Evil" version of himself; the "Good" version was unable to command the ''Enterprise'' without the qualities of his "Evil" half.
** In the original show, Spock detects the evil Kirk almost immediately and confines him, whereas the good Kirk is able to blend in without arousing suspicion. Spock later speculates that a civilized man can masquerade as a barbarian by simply reverting, but that a barbarian has no core of civilization to draw on.
** In the expanded universe novels by [[William Shatner]], Kirk (who was revived after his on-screen death in ''[[
* Similarly, ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' once revealed that Mr. Roarke and Tattoo had their own evil (non-identical) twins, who wore black suits with white ties, and had British Accents. Perhaps ironically, the 1998 reboot of ''Fantasy Island'' starred British actor Malcolm McDowell, complete with a black suit, as Mr. Roarke. In a seperate episode of the original series called "Look Alikes", a guest (Ken Berry) wishes to meet and exchange places with his (non related) twin (Ken Berry) who he has never met, and who of course turns out to be wanted by some bad guys.
* The 1970s science fiction parody series ''[[Quark]]'' also hit this trope in an episode called "The Good, The Bad, and the Ficus". [[The Spock|Spock-like]] Ficus, being a plant, had no morality to invert when the crew of the ship was duplicated.
* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'':
** "Frankenstein, Tonto, and Tarzan" sketch, Frankenstein is kidnapped and replaced by his evil brother. The big joke of that was Frankenstein was played by Phil Hartman and was inarticulate while his evil twin was played by Mel Gibson could speak proper English and Tonto and Tarzan still couldn't tell them apart.
** This trope is parodied in another ''Saturday Night Live'' skit one which is titled Jay's Evil Twin, in it....Leno uses a fake moustache to determine if his date (Joan Cusack) will put out- his evil twin Wade.
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'''Kate''': Oh, uh.. I don't want that beer.. I.. no, thank you, Jay.
'''Jay's Evil Twin''': ''[releases an evil laugh]'' Wet t-shirt contest, baby? ''[pulls the tab on the beer can, gushing beer all over Kate's clothes]''
'''Kate''': Why! You're not Jay! You're Wade, his evil twin!
'''Jay's Evil Twin''': ''[releases an evil laugh]'' Jay - that little weasel! That sniveling druid! What kind of a man would read "Our Bodies Ourselves"? I've got my own version of that book, baby - it's called "Your Body Myself!" ''[releases an evil laugh]''
'''Kate''': Ohhh, that's evil! You're an evil, evil man! ''[runs quickly out of the apartment]''
'''Jay Leno''': ''[releases an evil laugh, as he peels the fake moustache off his upper lip]'' You know.. I had a hunch that dame wasn't going to come across on the first date. You know, this evil twin thing works every time - I could have blown three hours and who knows how much dough on that girl. But, anyway.. ''[checks his watch]'' My God, it's still early.. I can still go to Hef's place, maybe meet somebody else there. See you later. ''[releases evil laugh as he exits the apartment]'' }}
* ''[[Knight Rider]]'', a show with only three regular human characters, featured four evil twins; KITT, whose prototype KARR appeared in "Trust Doesn't Rust" and "KITT vs KARR", Michael, whose surgically reconstructed face was revealed to be based on the long-lost Garth in "Goliath" and "Goliath Returns", Bonnie has an imposter wearing a [[Latex Perfection]] disguise in "KITTnapped", and Devon, who had a surgically reconstructed duplicate in "Knight of the Juggernaut". A script commissioned but never produced was to introduce yet another "evil twin", Devon's unscrupulous, though not actually evil, twin brother.
* ''[[Lexx]]'', presumably due to casting limitations, featured an endless supply of twins, some good, some evil. In a bit of [[Lampshade Hanging]], the characters theorized that there were only a finite number of archetypes for human appearances.
* In a ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' episode, Alex gets her replica out of a picture, using a special machine. Their lines suggests the fact Alex is actually [[Jerkass|the]] [[Manipulative Bastard|bad]] [[Magnificent Bastard|one]] of the two:
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'''Alex's replica:''' No! I like this dress...
'''Alex(turns to her replica):''' Alex, can I talk to you over there for a second?
'''Alex's replica:''' Sure! (she walks away)
Alex grabs a heavy object from a shelf, then follows her, with a dark scowl on her face. }}
* ''[[Sliders]]'' featured numerous evil twins, including one case where there is a [[No Ending]] in which one of the regulars may have been permanently replaced by his twin.
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** Bizarro Clark, of course, whose distinguishing characteristic was that he'd wear the opposite jacket/shirt combo (red jacket/blue shirt if Clark's got a blue jacket/red shirt, etc.) and [[Idiot Plot|no one noticed.]] Also, in the episode "Onyx", [[Lex Luthor]] is split into a Good Lex and a Crazy/Evil Lex.
** There's also Clark Luthor/Ultraman, an [[Alternate Universe]] version of Clark who was raised by Lionel Luthor. To say he's an utter [[The Sociopath|psychopath]] would be an understatement. Proving how much [[Genre Savvy]] they've picked up over the years, Lois, Tess, and Oliver all immediately realise that this isn't their Clark and proceed to deal with him accordingly.
* The season-long "Family Secret" arc on ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' ends with the revelation that every member of the Spellman family has an evil twin. Sabrina is then subjected to a series of tests to determine whether she or "Katrina" is the evil one. {{spoiler|Hint: It's Katrina}}. The loser is sent off to the Other Realm Twin Cities. She returned in a later episode where she took Sabrina's place while the latter took Katrina's place in an Other Realm jail. There, Sabrina met Zelda's
* ''[[So Weird]]'': "Pen Pal": Random supernatural occurrences cause Annie to come face-to-face with a parallel universe counterpart who has fallen in with a bad crowd, and thereby turned "evil" (Well, goth and rebellious. This being a Disney show, the two are more or less synonymous).
* ''[[Popular]]'' had Bobbi and Jessie Glass working at Kennedy High (as well as their brother Rock). Bobbi and Rock were notoriously mean and unpleasant, while Jessie the nurse seemed a bit nicer, comparatively speaking. And yet, in the first season finale, Jessie plotted to kill her twin and frame all of Bobbi's sophomore biology class for the murder. Who's the mean one now?
* ''The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'' in the 90's had Jay playing different characters such as Iron Jay and Beyondo. The character of his that fits right in this trope is Evil Jay who appears at every full moon. Years before that, Jay Leno satirized the entire 'evil twin' trope when a guest on Johnny Carson's ''Tonight Show''. Leno had a marked-up ''TV Guide'' and showed what seemed like a dozen 'evil twin' themed shows for that one week. There was one on ''Hawaii Five-O''. The bit wrapped with ''[[Dynasty]]'', which had Crystal replaced with her 'scheming lookalike', with Jay shouting, "Scheming lookalike? Scheming lookalike? It's an '''EVIL TWIN'''!". This trope is so endemic in television that perhaps we should be asking which shows never did it.
* A two-part episode of ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' introduced viewers to another Hulk, created by a similar process to the one that transformed David Banner - but even more wild than the one we know, and actively malevolent and murderous.
* ''[[Out of This World]]'': Evie splits herself in order to attend a party while also writing a speech about the evils of school uniforms (Specifically, bright yellow dresses with blue baseball caps, and breeches for the boys). Unsurprisingly, the process results in a serious Evie and a reckless Evie. The serious Evie is portrayed as the "real" one, at least until Serious-Evie tries to give her speech and discovers that she's now ''in favor'' of the dress code. Troy attributes their eventual recombination to [[The Power of Love]], which is kind of [[Squick
* Stick Stickly, the stick puppet host of Nickelodeon's ''Nick in the Afternoon'', had a diabolical lookalike, Evil Stick, who once tried to take over the summer programming block.
* Subverted in ''[[
* ''[[Malcolm in
* ''[[Friends]]'' gives us [[Granola Girl|Phoebe]]'s
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* The final ''[[Space Cases]]'' episode to air, "Trouble With Doubles":
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* ''[[3rd Rock
* ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' gives us this trope via Project Helix. Two major characters (Francie and later Sydney) had evil versions, and several minor characters as well.
* In the 2002 revival of ''The Basil Brush Show'' there's Basil's cousin Mortimer who is a criminal mastermind.
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' has begun this trope as an "evil" character {{spoiler|Sylar}} gained shapeshifting abilities and has begun taking on the roles of a "good" character {{spoiler|Nathan Petrelli }}. (Though their good and evil roles seem to change episode by episode).
* In the ''[[
* In the New World ''[[Zorro]]'' series, Don Diego has an evil (though not identical) twin. Also, the evil Alcalde is at one point replaced by his identical twin, who raises the suspicion of the other characters by being somewhat less evil than the real Alcalde.
* ''[[
* In ''[[Lidsville]]'' the villain Hoodoo had a good twin, Bruce, the White Sheep of the family.
* ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'' did it with Venus Flytrap being suspected of crimes that were committed by a pimp-dressed
* The renewed series of ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' had its own unique take on this, thanks to [[Latex Perfection]]. An IMF agent who'd gone insane after a head injury was carrying out murders while disguised as Jim Phelps. Naturally he had all the training and skills that Phelps had, making him an Evil Twin in all but name. Well, that explains the first movie.
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' has had three shapeshifter episodes:
** "Skin", "Nightshifter", and "Monster Movie". The latter two don't really use this trope, but "Skin" prominently features a shapeshifter who becomes an Evil Twin of Dean.
** Then there's the ''actual'' evil twin in "Simon Said." Sam and Dean are investigating a case where someone is using mind control to make people commit suicide. They find a guy named Andy who has mind control powers, but it turns out that the one who's actually making people off themselves is his long lost twin brother, who has the same powers. Andy's response when he finds out? [[Lampshade Hanging|"I have an evil twin."]]
* The Evil Twin is a common trope for Brazilian soap operas to this day.
* ''[[General Hospital]]'' once had an interesting take on this. There was once a character named Grant Putnam who was revealed to [[The Mole]] for the Soviet Union. [[The Power of Love]] redeems him and after helping to dispense with his comrades, continues his life. Eventually the [[Not Quite Dead]] real Grant Putnam recovers from amnesia. At first it seems he's evil due to the trauma of nearly dying and spending years in an asylum, but it's revealed that he was [[Evil All Along]] and had originally murdered his brother in order to have his brother's fiance, who's now married to the Russian.
** ''[[One Life to Live]]'' had an aversion with Mortimer Bern, the good twin to crime lord Carlo Hesser. However, he didn't stay good once Carlo's lover Alex propped him up to take over Carlo's criminal empire (although he did get better)...
** Another well-known American soap opera example is Andre [[Di Mera]] from ''[[Days of Our Lives]].'' Andre was given plastic surgery to make him look like his cousin Tony at the contrivance of the man Tony grew up believing was his father, crime lord/practical supervillain Stefano [[Di Mera]]. At Stefano's behest and while Tony was kept secretly imprisoned, Andre while impersonating Tony became a serial killer just to frame an enemy of Stefano's, although Stefano ended up betraying him once Andre's killing spree included Stefano's own daughter (although that didn't stop Stefano many years later getting Andre to pretend to be Tony ''again''!).
* The short lived TV series ''[[Two]]'' was based on this concept. A man is [[Wrongly Accused]] of a murder committed by his [[Separated
* Of course we can't forget ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' featuring the Evil Twin as a major plot point where George consistently traded places with his luxuriously hirsute good twin Oscar. Dot com.
* On ''[[Fringe]]'', all of the characters have specific counterparts in the [[Alternate Universe]]. Whether or not they're evil is up to debate.
** Interestingly, there is one prominent alternate universe character who did not have a counterpart in "our" universe for the longest time. Finally, a "good" version (who looks a little nerdy in glasses) shows up... for a single episode. He returns as a regular in the following season.
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* An episode of the usually extremely down-to-earth ''[[Route 66]]'', "I'm Here to Kill a King", features an assassin who looks exactly like lead character Tod and is played by Martin Milner.
* In Chinese TV series 神医大道 (English title: "God Of Medicine") a maid-servant is magically transformed into the princess' evil twin. Then the princess is transformed into a duplicate of the maid, becomming her ''good'' twin. It's almost a [[Grand Theft Me]], except that the changes happen separately.
* In ''[[Dark Oracle]]'' the major antagonists, Blaze and Violet fall somewhere between this and [[Evil Counterpart]]. [[No Name Given|Evil Sage]] (Season 2, Episode 3, "Through A Glass Darkly") on the other hand, plays this absolutely straight, being the [[Dark World]] twin of Lance's girlfriend, Sage, and her complete opposite in terms of personality. Whereas real-world Sage is a geekily-cute girl, with low self-esteem and very odd taste
* ''[[
** Paige had an evil past incarnation travel to the present who looks just like her.
** And later on in the Sixth Season, there was a revelation of a mirror universe where everyone who is good is evil and everyone who is evil is good. The whitelighters are darklighters and the Police Station looks more like a strip club.
* The Law and Order episode "Brother's Keeper."
* The ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit|SVU]]'' episode "Double Strands", where the rapist and his wrongfully-accused twin brother were played by T.R. Knight.
* Robert and Cameron Robinson from [[Neighbours]], in a rare example of the evil twin being introduced first, albeit while [[Twin Switch|pretending to be the good twin.]]
* What, no reference to [[The Middleman]] episode "The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome"? That's the entire point of the episode.
* In ''[[Father Dowling Mysteries]]'', the eponymous priest had and evil twin who was a criminal and would pop in and cause trouble.
* ''[[
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* Lord John Roxton gets one in one episode of ''[[Sir Arthur Conan
* [[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Starsky and Hutch]] each had one. {{spoiler|These evil twins were pinning crimes on the original duo under orders of a corrupt attorney.}}
* In the Fox TV movie ''Dark Reflection'' (aka, ''Natural Selection''), C. Thomas Howell plays a dual role. In one, he is a successful computer programmer named Ben with a great house and an awesome sports car but is neglectful of his wife and son. In the other role, he is Adam, a clone of Ben who has been running around the country killing his other clones and taking over their lives. (There were seven clones all together). Well, Ben is last on the list. So, Adam gets a job at Ben's company, charms the wife and kid, and infiltrates Ben's life to learn all the little details he will need to accomplish his evil pan. Along the way, {{spoiler|Adam kills a private detective who has figured it all out and Ben's mother who is the only one who know that Ben has a clone. He also has sex with Ben's wife, who can't tell the difference.}} In the climax, Ben and Adam fight on the roof and one kills the other. At the end, we find out that {{spoiler|evil Adam survived and that he's a better father to Ben's son and wife, neither of whom know they're now living with a murderous clone who has killed.}}
* In ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'', Jeannie's sister (also named Jeannie, [[Acting for Two|also played by Barbara Eden]], but with a brunette wig) was not truly her twin, but could easily pass for her sister and was clearly evil, trying many times to steal Tony for herself. Jeannie's sister wore a green version of Jeannie's pink harem girl outfit, but with a skirt rather than pantaloons.
* In ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', one episode has the musical virtuoso Chandell, who is being blackmailed by his mobster twin brother Harry. Both brothers were played by [[Special Guest]] celebrity [[Liberace]].
== [[New Media]] ==
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''{{'}}s [http://www.wizards.com/magic/ official site] did a theme week where most of the weekly articles were written by "evil twins" of their usual writers. Even the writer that's supposedly a supervillain; the twin is such a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]], he makes [[Death Note|Light Yagami]] look like a [[Technical Pacifist]].
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' info site Thottbot.com allows you to switch between ''Classic'' and ''Evil Twin'' themes (white background vs. black background, among other color changes), and the loading screen when switching to ''Evil Twin'' mode says "Growing goatee..." (while the loading page to get back to ''Classic'' mode says "Shaving...").
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In ''[[GURPS]]'', "Evil Twin" is a disadvantage a character can take for additional points. The disadvantage makes the PC have to take the fall for things his evil twin does, as well as other characters thinking that the PC is crazy, or has a split personality. Interestingly, the Evil Twin has this disadvantage as well, and occasionally the Evil Twin will be blamed for something the PC did. And if you play an evil character with this disadvantage, you have to worry about getting the credit for your "Good" Twin doing things like saving orphanages.
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'',
** Hextor, the god of Tyranny and War, is the Evil Twin of Heironeous, the god of Chivalry and Justice, although in this case, they look nothing alike. One myth claims Hextor was once a strikingly handsome deity - like his brother - but his violent nature and jealously towards his brother [[Evil Makes You Ugly| caused him to degenerate into an ugly, bestial monstrosity]].
** ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' has a variation: There's an entire ''race'' called dopplegangers, who can shapeshift into any similarly sized humanoid-including other people.
** D&D loves this trope. It also had the Mirror Of Opposition, which spawned an Evil Twin of anyone who looked at it (the twin then mmediately tried to kll and replace the original), the spell Simulacrum (a physically identical but less-powerful duplicate of the target, absolutely loyal to the caster), and at least two different takes on the "magically created copy of you trying to kill you" in monster form, the nastier of which had the horrifying combination of being more powerful than the original and ''totally invulnerable to anyone else's attacks''.
** In the ''[[Ravenloft]]'' setting, one of the functions of the Alchemist Apparatus is to create an Evil Twin of a subject by separating the subject into Good and Evil versions. This twin is so evil that it is automatically adopted by the Land itself and becomes a minor Darklord. The Apparatus can also combine two beings into one body, meaning it could theoretically reverse the process, though it is unlikely either twin would want to.
* In ''[[Changeling: The Lost]]'', when [[The Fair Folk]] kidnap mortals they leave behind Fetches, magical duplicates of their victims, right down to their memories. All Fetches are incomplete, though, meaning they lack ''something'' of the original. When that something is empathy or a sense of right and wrong, then you've got an Evil Twin. Things get more complicated if they merely lack your alcoholism or bitterness, though. It works both ways. Fetches don't know they're not the original person, so when someone shows up who looks like a monsterous version of them (and nobody else can see the monsterous things, and thinks it looks ''exactly'' like them, but a different age), who hates their guts and has strange magical powers, they are perfectly justified to think they are the victim of this trope.
* In ''[[Exalted]]'', [[Anti Christ|Infernals]] can obtain an Ebon Dragon charm, Black Mirror Shintai, that lets them shapeshift into an exact duplicate of the target, from obtaining their abilities right down to having the exact same fate, along with developing Intimacies and a Motivation antithetical to their target's.
* [[Magic: The Gathering]]: [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=229965 Like so]
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* A few variants used in ''[[Bionicle]]''. First, we have ''an army'' of corrupted Alternate-universe versions of Takanuva, and then we have an inversion with {{spoiler|"White Teridax", a "good" version of the main [[Big Bad]]}}.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' video games, Sonic has had a number of evil robotic duplicates—the number of ''characters'' involved is unclear, but at least five different bodies have been used. In addition, the sometimes-evil character Shadow is [[Evil Counterpart|very similar to Sonic in appearance and abilities]].
** Character-wise, there are at least two. Metal Sonic, who debuted in ''[[Sonic CD]]'', is the most popular and consistent of Sonic's mecha-twins. Then there's Silver Sonic from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' (both the Game Gear and the Genesis version) and Mecha Sonic from ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles]]'', but neither of them showed any personality.
** Doctor Eggman has an eviler twin in Eggman Nega, an alternate dimension version/descendant of Eggman. He has Eggman's desire for power and brilliant mind, but he has none of Eggman's quirkiness or hamminess, instead being thoroughly evil and cold (but with an eerily polite demeanor). Eggman Nega also created an eviler twin of Metal Sonic called Metal Sonic 3.0 (with a black and gold color scheme similar to G-mel).
** The Archie comics Sonic has an evil duplicate from an alternate universe who's been in the comics for a long time. Originally referred to as Evil Sonic, he renamed himself "Scourge" after absorbing energy from the Master Emerald.
* ''[[
* ''[[Disgaea 4:
* This was the whole point of the series ''Two'' : The evil one is the first to discover he has a twin, and frames him for his own crimes.
* Wario from the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' games is Mario's evil twin, a malicious, greedy egotist to Mario's more peaceful, fair and modest nature. His origin is not known other than him being a childhood friend of Mario, but the most commonly accepted story is that he was jealous of Mario's fame and bullied him as a child. Wario has since moved away from being one of Mario's antagonists and instead wants to gather fame and fortune for himself.
** Another evil twin of sorts appears in ''[[
** Speaking of Bowser, in ''[[
** Also, a being similar to Shadow Mario, Cosmic Mario, appears to race his red counterpart for a Power Star in ''[[
* ''[[Body Harvest]]'': The Man in the Black Suit. {{spoiler|Revealed to be ''literally'' your evil twin at the end of the game. The invading aliens sampled a droplet of Adam's blood that was shed during the game's intro sequence, and used it to create a perfect copy of him}}.
* The plot of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' is all about this. The protagonist and his maniacal twin are the products of research into "soldier genes". The hero, Snake, was supposedly modified to have the strongest possible soldier phenotype, and the maniacal Liquid Snake was meant to be the weakest. It's subverted twice:
** At the end of the first game, it's revealed that Liquid was actually the superior twin.
** And ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' {{spoiler|reveals a third 'twin', also not very nice.}}
** Well, it's not a clear-cut Evil Twin, more like Liquid's just more evil than Solid Snake, since Solid Snake himself is technically an evil twin in his own respect, given the fact that he was a clone of Big Boss, and that it was heavily implied in Metal Gear Solid that he does actually enjoy war and all the killing, and the implications came from Psycho Mantis, Liquid Snake, and even one of his own allies, Meryl Silverburgh. However, even Liquid being more evil is completely debatable, given the fact that Psycho Mantis also mentioned that Solid Snake was true evil, and that he was even worse than Liquid Snake.
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', players that use a transporter to Gadgetzan can be turned into their evil twin. Blizzard neglected to add goatees to the character models, unfortunately. As a [[Brick Joke]], there's a female gnome imprisoned in Talramas in Borean Tundra, and when she attempts to escape she accidentally releases her Evil Twin. Said twin can later be fought in Hrothgar's Landing near Icecrown as part of a quest given by The Leaper after the Knights of the Ebon Blade take control of the Shadow Vault.
* A common theme in ''[[Zone of the Enders]]'': The main player's [[Humongous Mecha]] with a decidedly intelligent AI whose cockpit [[Falling Into the Cockpit|he ends up in]] is always part of a pair created for a specific purpose. Guess where the other one ends up?
* In ''[[Silent Hill 3]]'', Heather meets and fights her twin, which appears to be {{spoiler|incarnate ''Memories of Alessa'', as Heather and Alessa are basically the same person (nuances exist, however)}}.
* A bit of a reversal from the ''[[
* Done in ''[[No More Heroes]]'' {{spoiler|when the well dressed Irish-brogue accented swordsman Henry says he's your twin brother...in the last three minutes of the game. Plus, considering how the Touchdown/Crystel/Whatever brothers behave it's hard to tell which one is evil. Also, it is probably the greatest parody of [[Devil May Cry|Dante and Vergil]] you'll ever see.}}
* Samus Aran of the ''[[Metroid]]'' series has had two, both resulting from having her suit invaded by evil alien substances: the SA-X of ''Metroid Fusion'', and Dark Samus of the ''[[Metroid Prime|Prime]]'' trilogy. Technically, Samus has 12. Due to the SA-X asexually reproducing, there were 11 of them in ''Metroid Fusion''. She never meets the same one twice.
* Even [[Kirby]] was a victim of this trope, when he and his three good twins traveled to the mirror world, they met Dark Kirby, which actually was a good guy! However, they also met Meta Knight's counterpart, Dark Meta Knight, which was truly evil.
* In the ''[[F
** The machine change is justified: The scientists that cloned Falcon realized Blood would have no chance against the Captain if they had identical machines: Captain Falcon is just way too skilled with his vehicle.
* In ''[[
** In the sequel, ''Battle Network 5'', DarkMega is Mega Man himself, just tainted.
** In the manga adaptation, Dark Mega Man is its own standalone character.
** In addition, several boss characters in Battle Network 4 and 5 have "DS" versions, dark versions of themselves that stray from their attacking pattern to bombard you with any Battlechip you've used, even Program Advances.
* ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'' example: Beowulf, Kyosuke's Shadow Mirror counterpart. In OG 2, he is portrayed to be pretty much identical and as heroic as Kyosuke. But in Original Generations, it's revealed that he's a total sociopath obsessed with the world's destruction and rebirth, implied to be assimilated by the Einst, and just plain evil, perhaps as an after effect that Kyosuke in the Shadow Mirror Universe has no Excellen to balance it out ( {{spoiler|Excellen was killed in the dimension and rebuilt into Lemon}}). Needless to say, this
* Mona Sax, the "knockout [[Femme Fatale]]" of ''[[Max Payne (
* In all three episodes of Apogee's ''Monster Bash'' you end up having to fight Johnny Dash's evil twin. These fights are somewhat harder than most enemies partly because the evil twin can take more damage than most monsters and partly because the evil twin uses the exact same sprite graphics as the player's character, making things confusing at times.
* Subverted in ''[[
* Played straight ''and'' inverted in the third installment of ''[[Phoenix Wright]]''. {{spoiler|Partway through the final case, good twin Iris is replaced and impersonated by evil twin Dahlia, though you don't realize this until later. And at the end, you learn that six years prior, Iris pretended to be Dahlia for several months.}}
** Also given a workout in another case in the same game, where Phoenix must track down his evil twin (nicknamed "Xin Ehop" by Maya) who has gotten a client found guilty with a laughable defence.
** ...And then you ''find'' said Evil Twin, and discover that he [[Jerkass|really]] [[Yakuza|doesn't]] [[Obviously Evil|pass]] [[Boisterous Bruiser|for]] [[Large Ham|Phoenix]] [[Hot
* Every few ''[[
* About halfway through ''Up You Arsenal'', the third "[[Ratchet and Clank]]" game. {{spoiler|Clank gets kidnapped by [[Big Bad]] Dr. Nefarious and replaced by a Dr. Nefarious built duplicate, Klunk. Ratchet even plays a few levels with Klunk on his back before finding the real Clank and defeating Klunk in a boss battle.}}
* ''[[Banjo
* Statesman, the resident [[Alternate Company Equivalent|Superman equivalent]] and [[Big Good]] of ''[[City of Heroes]]'', has ''two'' evil twins: Tyrant, the [[Dimension Lord]] of the [[Mirror Universe]], and Reichsman, the little-seen [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi version]] from the [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|dimension where the Nazis won]]. Naturally, pretty much every high-profile hero in the game has an evil counterpart in Tyrant's dimension, as the Praetorians. And as of Issue 17, every player
* In ''[[
* One of ''[[
* In the [[Nancy Drew (
* In ''[[Persona 4]]'', ''every single person in existance'' - except, it seems, the Protoganist - has an evil twin called a "Shadow" born of their repressed feelings and thoughts. Get stuck in the TV world, and you'll end up meeting it.
* ''[[Persona 2]]'' also had evil Shadows based off people's inner selves, though their abilities and the circumstances behind their appearance are somewhat different.
* Sega's other mascot,[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Jet Set Radio|Jet Set Radio: Future]]'' has NT-3000, a robotic doppleganger of Yoyo that infiltrates the [[G Gs]] when the Rokakku kidnap the real Yoyo ("NT" being short for "Noise Tanks", a rival gang).
* In ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' & ''[[Tomb Raider]] Anniversary'', Lara's Doppelganger has no skin. In ''Underworld,'' she gets better, blows up Lara's mansion, kicks her ass inside of her burning mansion, and kills {{spoiler|Allister}}. Later, [[Ensemble Darkhorse|the Doppelganger]] gets her own [[Video Game]] on [[X Box Live]].
* The [[Big Bad]] of the ''[[
* [[
* ''[[Evil Twin:
* The boss of the fourth level in ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'' is "Another Joe", who looks just like Joe to the point the original makes a deal with him: loser has to wear a yellow outfit. His boss theme is even a [[Boss Remix]] of "Joe the Hero". {{spoiler|It's actually Alastor.}}
* [[Borderlands
* In [[Space Ace]], Dexter has a clone named Hexter. He energizes into a bigger form when Dexter energizes into Ace.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Life of Riley]]'' features an early villain in Evil Dan, opposite of the main character Dan. Slightly subverted in that Evil Dan is even more of a moron than Good Dan, and has no real skills as an evil opposite.
* ''[[Kid Radd]]'' features an Evil Twin as one of a [[Goldfish Poop Gang]] duo - he serves as the titular character's [[Shadow Archetype]] later in the story.
* The ''Sister'' arc of ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has main character Elliot get "cursed"<ref>i.e. being zapped by a [[Transformation Ray]] gun</ref> into a [[Gender Bender|female form]], then touch a [[Green Rocks|magical diamond]] which separates him into his normal male self, and a female version, named Ellen, who has all of the same memories, experiences, etc. Believing that she's the embodiment of his "curse", and thus will disappear when it wears off in less than a month, she goes crazy and tries to become his evil twin in a desperate attempt to gain ''some'' sort of identity. {{spoiler|She was wrong about disappearing, and wasn't so good at the evil twin thing. She now lives as Elliot's twin sister, joins the cast, and is accepted by Elliot's friends and family against the initial predictions of others. An extremely rare case of a "clone" getting a happy ending.}} All that stuff you saw in that spoiler? [http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2003-07-27 May not have been Dan Shive's plan to begin with...]
* Subverted in ''[[Pandect]]'' - Ice and a man who is like a father to him bear a striking physical resemblance, leading Ice to self-consciously dub Rocko his evil twin.
* Ginger from ''[[Sugar Bits]]''(pictured above) is a moody, sarcastic, rather abrasive princess, who lives in a realm undisturbed by humanity known as Harmonia. She also has a seemingly malicious twin sister, Licorice, who suddenly appeared in Hansel(one of Ginger's friends)'s dream. While Ginger seems to be more calm and introvert, Licorice is dynamic and fierce.
* Good old-fashioned separated-at-birth actual twin Nale in ''[[The Order of the Stick
* In ''Gaming Guardians'', Ultima was a [[Shape Shifter|doppelganger-demon]] who was permanently empowered by Scarlet Jester with a copy of Radical's powers, which also caused her default form to become a duplicate of Radical.
* Depending on how you look at things, {{spoiler|April}} in ''[[
* Subverted in ''
* Subverted in ''[[Concerned]]'', as protagonist Gordon Frohman's twin brother Norman Frohman is a highly-effective special ops agent working for the resistance. Since Gordon Frohman is Dr. Breen's biggest fan, wants to join the Combine, and is bitterly jealous towards Gordon Freeman, that makes him...
* {{spoiler|Cloney}} from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' is eventually revealed as {{spoiler|Aylee}}'s
* Galatea in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' may not be so much an ''evil'' duplicate of Molly, as just an extremely [[Cloning Blues|angsty, volatile one.]] She did try to [[Take Over the World]] once, {{spoiler|but Bob appealed to her better nature and talked her out of it.}}
* ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[Basic Instructions]]'' helps us to distinguish the good and the evil twin [http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2006/7/9/how-to-prove-which-of-you-is-the-evil-twin.html in this strip]
* [http://www.instantclassic.net Instant Classic's] arc, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090220110418/http://www.instantclassic.net/story.php?comicID=125 Brothers Donathan], introduces us to {{spoiler|Xauthor, Author's evil twin, complete with [[Beard of Evil|a goatee]].}}
* ''[[Dead of Summer]]'' has an {{spoiler|evil clone of [[The Protomen
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' features the good alternate-universe version of colonel Haken.
* ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' put a [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/7/2/ Twisp & Catsby twist on it].
* The False Guenevere in ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]''. In the baseline arc, she's the same as in the mythology; Guenevere's identical half-sister plotting to take Arthur and the throne. In the contemporary arc she's Guenevere's full sister Fasha, and probably isn't exactly ''evil'', although she may be a [[Stalker
* Alexis of ''[[A Magical Roommate]]'' considers her sister Alexandra ([[Only Known
== [[Web Original]] ==
* The '''Bert is Evil''' websites: Featuring images of the Muppet character Bert (of ''[[Sesame Street]]'') [[Photo Shopped]] into pictures with the world's most evil people, including [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Osama Bin Laden]], [[Saddam Hussein]] and others. Played up as Internet humor.
* Arglwydd in ''[[
* The ''[[League of Intergalactic Cosmic Champions]]'' had interdimensional evil twins in the King's Interstellar Lethal Legionnaires, occasionally recurring group The Frank Conspiracy had a Dark Side & a Light Side, and the hero, Mr. Obvious, had a crazy twin brother, the hero, Mr. Absurd.
* Parodied in the [[Whateley Universe]]. In one novel, Jade Sinclair tries to fix her [[Hand Wave|Exemplar problem]] that's keeping her looking like an eleven-year-old ''boy''. She uses massively superpowered Tennyo as a model. Jinn Sinclair gets the upgrade.. even though Jinn is only a PK copy of Jade, currently inhabiting some ground chalk. In a rare [[Genre Savvy]] moment for the Sinclair girls, Jinn pretends to be a clone of Tennyo, and (of course) insists that she is real and the real Tennyo is fake. No one is fooled. She is physically composed of ground chalk at the time.
* The parody website ''Sev Trek'' subverted this in a cartoon where the crew of ''[[Voyager]]'' are duplicated by Yet Another Transploder Accident. However the duplicated crew are not evil, they're just more interesting.
* But at least [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|You can always tell them apart]] by their clothes, right? [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/File:MPost5023-b53f3a9139_o%2Ejpg Right?..]
* [[I Wanna Be the Guy]] and [[You Have to Burn The Rope]]. The former, of course, is the evil one.
* From the ''[[SCP Foundation]]'', one of [[Long List| the many things]] Dr. Bright is not allowed to do is blame an Evil Twin (or a ''Good'' Twin, for that matter) on something bad that he does. Of course, stranger things have happened at the Foundation, but that is the point; if ''he'' is allowed to use such an excuse, more researchers and SCPs would probably start doing so.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Family Guy]]'', Lois confronts two Peters on a rooftop. They both make claims to be the genuine article, and she finally shoots one. As she hugs the injury-free Peter his face pops off to reveal robotic insides. She asks "What was that?" to which he quickly replies "Nothing", and the scene cuts away.
** See also Peter's evil brother Thaddeus, who is [[Dastardly Whiplash|ridiculously over-the-top.]]
** Tom Tucker, the news anchor, tried (rather unconvincingly) to invoke this when he was caught with a prostitute.
** Stewie creates an evil clone of himself accidentally. No goatee, but a clothing-color inversion.
* ''[[
** Of course, from Gemini's point of view, this makes him even ''more'' his sister's [[Evil Counterpart]], as he is her opposite in every way.
** When Private Dobbs, with whom Dr. Drakken swapped bodies to gain access to a weapon, contacted Kim Possible for help and explained he wasn't Drakken, Ron accused him of being Drakken's evil twin and Kim replied ''Drakken'' is the evil twin.
* ''[[Transformers Armada]]'' had a black version of Optimus Prime appear when they briefly jumped dimensions for...some reason. {{spoiler|Actually it was Sideways, but still an evil twin.}}
** In a number of canons, "Scourge" and "Nemesis Prime" are an evil, black repaint of Optimus Prime.
** A Botcon ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' comic features the Stunticons, destructive Decepticon clones from miscellaneous Autobots (and Lockdown, who's ''already'' pretty slaggin' evil.) Toxitron, the one based on Optimus, is a pastiche of Bizarro.
* The ''[[Codename
** The Delightful Children From Down The Lane and their Father are evil twins of their counterparts from that universe. It's implied but not confirmed the same applies to the other villains from the mainstream universe.
* In one of ''[[The Simpsons (
** Mr. Burns also fits the trope, even if the only thing known about his twin (who never appeared in the series) is that he/she died from being shot. It's heavily implied Burns was behind his twin's death (and the deaths of all their other siblings) to inherit his parents' whole fortune as he told the tales of their demises to Bart Simpson, who was masquerading as Simon Woosterfield as part of a [[Prince and Pauper]] plot.
* This was effectively parodied in the ''[[
** Another episode had Stan cloned. Despite having one arm longer than the other, a giant head, and only saying, "Me Stan, bah-chewy-chomp, bah-chewy-chomp, bah-chewy-chomp," [[Hugh Mann|everyone thought it was him when it escaped and went on a rampage.]]
* In the ''[[
* ''[[
** In "The Farnsworth Parabox," Professor Farnsworth creates a box containing a whole other universe, which is identical, except for everyone's color schemes and the outcomes of coin tosses. When the group from Universe A (ours) enter Universe 1 (theirs), each is convinced the other is their evil twins. Bender laments that he tries his hardest, and therefore it hurts that there's a Bender more evil than he.
** Futurama's spoof soap opera "[[Soap Within a Show|All My Circuits]]" also lampshades this with dialogue about the main hero Calculon's ''4th evil identical septuplet''.
** ''Evil Lincoln''
* The animated [[The DCU|DC Comics universe]], particularly ''[[Superman:
** In ''Superman'', Superman encounters his "Bizarro" counterpart, a degenerate clone created by [[Lex Luthor]]. In another episode, Lois Lane finds herself in an alternate universe where her death resulted in Superman becoming an [[Knight Templar|unhinged tyrant.]]
** ''Justice League'' featured another good-guys-turned-bad alternate universe where, after Flash's death, the "Justice Lords" crossed the line by executing Luthor and taking over the world.
** Batman faced a ''robotic'' evil twin of himself in ''[[Batman:
** Robotic, yes. Twin, yes. Evil? Batman himself wondered at the end of the episode if it had managed to develop a soul, since it was in anguish at the thought that it might've accidentally killed him(the Bat). So evil - not so much, no.
** Yeah, for half the episode you feel nothing but sorry for the poor guy, and pissed with Bats and Alfred for being all [[What Measure Is a Non
** Don't forget Galatea, [[Lawful Evil]] pawn of the Cadmus project.
** [[Brainiac|Braini]][[Lex Luthor|thor]] created evil Justice Leaguers to battle the real team once. They were based on the Justice Lords. Since there wasn't a Justice Lord Flash (since the Flash's death was [[For Want of a Nail|the nail in that universe]]), Flash gets a duplicate based on Professor Zoom (heretofore unseen in the [[DCAU]], so more like a [[Shout
** ''[[Batman:
** ''[[Teen Titans (
* In ''[[
** Notably, the show averted the common "
* The short lifespan of ''[[Megas XLR]]'' still had enough time to introduce Coop to an evil [[Alternate Universe]] version of himself and one of Kiva, in the two-parter "Rearview Mirror, Mirror". The weird thing is that Evil Coop was supposed to be competent (as opposed to good Coop's idiocy) but for no reason decided to trade Megas in for a "better" bot (guess he forgot that Megas can shoot FREAKING BLACK HOLES OUT OF ITS CHEST).
* In ''[[Darkwing Duck (
** Reportedly, both versions were [[Aborted Arc|meant to be]] explained/[[
** Interestingly, Darkwing's evil side - Negaduck (II), but also his non-galvanized [[Enemy Without]], who acts almost identically - seems to bring out his ''good'' sides in a non-moral sense. The original is so conceited and bumbling he often can't get anything done until he really [[Let's Get Dangerous|gets dangerous]], but Negaduck is simply constantly angry and doesn't stop to pose or fool around. Because of this, the Evil Twin in this case has more attitude and is much more [[Badass]] much of the time. Of course, he does have the drawback of being compulsively evil for its own sake and [[Ax Crazy]].
** In a visit to the Negaverse (Negaduck (II)'s place of origin) DW meets the Good Twins of Megavolt, Quackerjack, The Liquidator, and Bushroot, a superhero team identified as the Friendly Four.
** And, in same Negaverse, evil versions of Launchpad and Honker; Tank (pretty rotten in reality) is good. Oddly, Gosalyn in the Negaverse isn't evil.
* Averted in ''[[Frisky Dingo]]''. When the Xtacles find Xander Crews' mentally retarded twin brother and cure his condition with "brain chemical", he quickly becomes evil and swears revenge on Xander Crews until he is promptly shot in the head by one of the Xtacles. The Xtacle then explains that the entire "evil twin" thing made the plot far too complicated for its own good and the rest of the Xtacles agree.
* Ranger Smith of ''[[
* In ''[[
** He even tries and fails to kill a successful, non bald doppelganger of himself from an alternate reality.
** Though it does seem to rattle Dr. Venture when Henry Killinger (and his magic murder bag) assume he'd make a good supervillain/arch-nemesis for his brother. He turns it down when he realizes it, despite that his compound is so much more efficient that way.
* Comically subverted in the cartoon ''[[Earthworm Jim (
{{quote|
'''Evil The Cat:''' I think not. Instead, I will destroy you with an acid furball.
'''Good The Cat:''' Then I will neutralize it with an antacid furball.
'''Evil The Cat:''' Curses!
'''Good The Cat:''' Kisses! }}
* ''[[The Fairly
** Don't forget the Anti-Fairies.
* ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' has Mucus Tick, an evil clone created by inter-dimensional horror Thrakkazog from a tissue, or rather Kleenex, sample taken from The Tick when he had a cold. Mucus Tick was, appropriately, green and amorphous. The sample was taken from a clone of Arthur, which among its most telling features is that it could only say, "I Arthur." The Tick considered that a rather compelling argument when it came time to determine which one was real.
** Furthermore, Arthur seems to have an entire race of evil clones in an alien species called the Hey that coincidentally dresses exactly like him, has a language consisting entirely of the word "Hey," and literally worship nothing to the point of wanting to destroy everything.
** Hey propaganda is patently hilarious to hear, because to the human ear it sounds less like inspiring prose and more like [[Jade
** Arguably, Tick also has "Barry Tick," who is similar only in theme and wind up fighting each other over who gets to use their name.
* In one episode of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
** And it should be noted that Mandy turns her good double evil, so at the end Grim is unable to tell them apart.
* Gadget's lookalike, Lahwhinie, from the ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (
** Fan fiction has given Gadget ''another'' (literal) evil twin in the form of fan favorite OC [[The Nowakverse
* The ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' episode "Switcheroo" (the one in season 3, not 4) introduces Space Ghost's Evil Twin brother Chad... who, of course, has a [[Beard of Evil|goatee]].
** The original ''[[Space Ghost]]'' series had a straight example of this, with the evil "Space Spectre" crossing over for one episode from a parallel universe. No evil twins of Space Ghost's friends, however, since Space Spectre works alone, {{spoiler|a fact pointed out by Space Ghost as the reason he was able to defeat Spectre}}.
* In the ''[[Bounty Hamster]]'' episode "Twin Cheeks", Cassie comes across the roughest, toughest bounty hunter around - her alternative universe self! While certainly meaner, she actually turns out to be not quite as bright, and loses to the Real Cassie in a game of spaceship chicken.
* ''[[
** Zurg also creates a whole team of evil counterparts to the heroes via cloning (and building them a robot counterpart to XR when they insist). Said clones were not aged to adulthood, however.
* [[
** More accurately, later on in the comics (from a planned episode) come the Powerpunk Girls
* ''[[
** In a later episode, they face the People-Busters, ghostly versions of themselves from an alternate universe. The "Evil" aspect is open to discussion, however.
* Lucius and Wayne Cramp, from ''[[The Cramp Twins]]''. Though it's more of a good twin, annoyingly bully and ridiculously filth loving twin. With purple skin.
* Rikochet from ''[[Mucha Lucha]]'' had his leprechaun-esque evil twin, Rick O'Shay. The fact that the two names are homophonous leads to a [[
* Played with in ''[[Sealab 2021]]'', where a pair of characters gets displaced in time, and Captain Murphy is convinced they are doppelgangers.
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* The titular character in [[Widget, the World Watcher]] had an evil twin from another dimension, Ratchet the World Trasher.
* On ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'', Stimpy makes a formula which splits people into good and evil versions of themselves. Or in Ren's case, Indifferent Ren and Evil Ren. And his evil half takes more of the formula to become Evil Ren and Hideously Evil Ren (not that Indifferent Ren cares).
* One episode of ''[[Jacob Two Two]]'' introduced Principal Greedyguts' ''good'' twin, who immediately became popular with the kids. {{spoiler|And then subverted it, [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|showing him to be]] ''even worse'' than the principal. [[Sadist Teacher|And that's saying something]].}}
* The Mondays from ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]''.
* Not a real 'evil twin' per se, but an alternate [[Batman]]. Owlman (in ''[[Justice League: Crisis
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* An inversion in ''[[
* Played with in ''[[
* ''[[Freakazoid
* [[Samurai Jack]] vs. Mad Jack.
* One episode of ''
* One episode of ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' featured Stinky Davis disguising himself as Binky the Clown, after which he starts a crime wave for which the real Binky is falsely accused and is almost imprisoned for it until Garfield saves the day.
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Garfield when he reads up on Davis disguising himself and exclaims, "Oh, no! It's an evil twin story! It's come to that!"
* In the cartoon version of ''[[Space Ace]]'', besides Hexter in the games, Dexter has a ''second'' evil clone named Baby Face Nerks, who looks like Dexter, but does not energize, and also wears a cowboy hat and wears a bandana around his neck. He appears in ''Wanter Dexter!''.
* Spider-Carnage of ''[[Spider
* ''[[
* A ''[[Midnight Patrol]]'' episode featured the Night Mirror, that creates evil twins of good people who look at it. When the ones who look at it are evil, they're the evil twins to their good duplicates. The duplicates (be they good or evil) disappear when they look at the mirror.
* ''[[He
* An interesting example in one episode of ''[[
* The cartoon version of ''[[
* In the first season finale of ''[[
* ''[[Edgar and Ellen]]'' are identical twin siblings that cause mischief and mayhem to the peaceful town of Nod's Limbs through the use of pranks. They live in a tower mansion located at the outskirt forest near the town where they plan all their schemes to terrorize the citizens and the mayor's daughter Stephanie.
== [[Other Media]] ==
* In ''[[Where's Waldo]]'' Odlaw acts as Waldo's evil twin, being a criminal, and having a black and yellow colour scheme. Just as Waldo makes a journey to the "Land of Waldos" which is filled with Waldos, it is later reveled that Odlaw comes from "Odlaw's Swamp" which is filled with Odlaws.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* In France, during the time of the Directory, a man named Joseph Lesurques was guillotined for ostensibly being the leader of a vicious highway attack on the Lyon Mail carriage. Despite the fact that boatloads of character witnesses vouched for him, everyone knew him as nothing but a decent citizen, he had a valid (if not airtight) alibi, circumstances allowed for it to have easily been someone else, another criminal involved in the murders even confessed his own guilt and denied that of Lesurques
* The [[wikipedia:Han twins murder conspiracy|Han twin murder conspiracy
* Everyone loves dolphins. They are always happy and cheerful and help people at sea. And then there's the [[Jerkass|Bottlenose Dolphin]]. They don't look significantly different from other species of dolphins, but are well known to rape and kill all kinds of weaker dolphins. And then they play with the corpses. The best explanation for this behavior marine biologist have come up with is that they do it [[For the Evulz|just for fun]].
* A scary bit of truth in television when it comes to forensics. Seeing as identical twins have the same DNA profile, one twin could commit a crime, frame the other, and unless there are fingerprints corroborating the innocent twin's story or a really good alibi...
** Anyone born in the developed world who has a twin can probably prove it by referring to birth records or something. Anyone implicated in a serious crime who happens to have a twin and never tells the police about it is [[Too Dumb to Live]], so there's no reason to worry ''too'' much about being framed by your own
** This has actually happened in the past. However, at least one case concluded that only the "evil" twin could have committed the crime since he had a motive and was in the area.
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