Evil Twin: Difference between revisions

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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 [[Evil Twin]], see [[I Am He ~~as You Are He~~]]. When multiple characters' [[Evil Twin|Evil Twins]] team up, they become [[The Psycho Rangers]].

Compare [[Criminal Doppelganger]], [[Evil Counterpart]], and [[Enemy Without]], and see also [[Doppelganger]]. For the situation where the original character pretends to be the [[Evil Twin]], see [[Impersonating the Evil Twin]]. When multiple characters' [[Evil Twin|Evil Twins]] team up, they become [[The Psycho Rangers]].

If they are [[Different As Night and Day|literal twins]], they might be [[Cain and Abel]] and/or [[Separated at Birth]], but an [[Evil Twin]] need not be a relative of the original, and a separated pair doesn't necessarily include an evil one.

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* ''[[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 ''[[Tekkaman Blade]]'' quite literally has an evil twin. His twin brother Shinya succesfully completed the Tekkaman conversion process, becoming Tekkaman Evil and the main villain's [[The Dragon|dragon]]. At one point, he gets in close to Space Knight HQ in order to launch a surprise attack by dressing up as his brother and playing on his celebrity status amongst the human troops.

* Ranma from [[Ranma ~~One Half~~]] gets a mischievous copy of his female self from a [[Magic Mirror]], who is incapable of gender-bending and [[Screw Yourself|happy to learn that Ranma is a guy]]. They almost manage to seal the copy in another magic mirror, but instead a ''second'' copy of Ranma is created, this one male. The two copies then hook up, which at least keeps them out of trouble.

* Ranma from [[Ranma ½]] gets a mischievous copy of his female self from a [[Magic Mirror]], who is incapable of gender-bending and [[Screw Yourself|happy to learn that Ranma is a guy]]. They almost manage to seal the copy in another magic mirror, but instead a ''second'' copy of Ranma is created, this one male. The two copies then hook up, which at least keeps them out of trouble.

* Arguably, Suboshi from ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', Amiboshi's [[Hot-Blooded]] younger twin brother.

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== Film ==

* 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 Twin]], the ice-wizard Zeebad who was imprisoned under the Roundabout itself. This would probably qualify it for [[Canon ~~Dis Continuity~~]] were it not for Tom Baker's wonderful [[Large Ham]] voice role. And then he became [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]] in the [[Cultural Translation|American]] version.

* [[The Movie]] of ''[[The Magic Roundabout]]'' introduces Zebedee's [[Evil Twin]], the ice-wizard Zeebad who was imprisoned under the Roundabout itself. This would probably qualify it for [[Canon Discontinuity]] were it not for Tom Baker's wonderful [[Large Ham]] voice role. And then he became [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]] in the [[Cultural Translation|American]] version.

* 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]]''.

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* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' classic series adventure ''Inferno'', the Third Doctor is sent into an [[Alternate Universe]] where he encounters evil-fascist-twin versions of his friends in UNIT -- the evil Brigadier has in fact ''lost'' his facial hair, but gained an eyepatch in response. Bizzaro Liz is a brunette instead of a redhead. Curiously enough, there's no evil version of the Doctor himself (although the [[Expanded Universe]] novels did suggest that the evil tyrant ruling this fascist alternative Britain was in fact an alternative version of the Third Doctor with a different body who went evil after his forced regeneration by the Time Lords).

* 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.

* ''[[~~ICarly~~]]'' in the episode ''iTwins''. Essentially, the main character Sam is the ''evil'' twin, and Melanie is the ''good'' twin.

* ''[[iCarly]]'' in the episode ''iTwins''. Essentially, the main character Sam is the ''evil'' twin, and Melanie is the ''good'' twin.

* 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 [[Evil Twin]] complete with the obligatory goatee.

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* 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 ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' where an evil "Shadow Mario" is ruining Mario's good name by spreading graffiti and monsters with his magic paintbrush. He is shaped exactly like Mario, but his body is made of liquid and he has glowing red eyes. However, he turns out to simply be a child of Bowser's in disguise.

** Speaking of Bowser, in ''[[~~Mario and Luigi Bowsers Inside Story|~~Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', an [[Artifact of Doom]] known as the Dark Star invaded his body and copied his DNA in order to take a form of an eviler looking Bowser. [[Evil Versus Evil|Bowser doesn't like the idea of an eviler twin ruling the Mushroom Kingdom.]]

** Speaking of Bowser, in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', an [[Artifact of Doom]] known as the Dark Star invaded his body and copied his DNA in order to take a form of an eviler looking Bowser. [[Evil Versus Evil|Bowser doesn't like the idea of an eviler twin ruling the Mushroom Kingdom.]]

** Also, a being similar to Shadow Mario, Cosmic Mario, appears to race his red counterpart for a Power Star in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', as long as a Cosmic Comet appears near the galaxy Mario is in. Luigi also has a cosmic clone that he can race. Another of Mario's clones appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', similar to Cosmic Mario, except these clones just race around copying Mario's moves and vanishing when they hit the red plumber.

* ''[[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}}.