Evil Twin: Difference between revisions

** 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 the Clones|Invasion]] arc introduced this concept very quickly, with many of the captains, vice-captains and a few of the highly seated officers that act at the vice-captain level being cloned by a [[Mad Scientist]]. They are stronger than the originals and much more aggressive... and often with quite a twisted outlook.

* ''[[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-Serial Movie|movie]] (''Tree of Might''), looks and (in the original Japanese, where he was voiced by [[Masako Nozawa]]) sounds just like Goku. His goals are slightly more sophisticated versions of what Goku likes to do: enjoy fine foods and engage in battles. It's possible he was meant to represent what Goku would have grown up to be like had it not been for Grandpa Gohan.

* 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.

'''Jester''': Scary, ain't it? }}

* Played straight in the ''[[Squadron Supreme]]'' limited series, when Hyperion is replaced by his [[Evil Twin]] as part of a larger [[Evil Plan]].

** "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.

'''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:

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.

* ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' had a hilarious inversion. Dewey is finding people who are just giving him money for no reason. At first he doesn't question it, but Reese finds out that there's another kid who looks just like Dewey. He then [[Genre Savvy|surmises]] that for every person there is an evil opposite. When Dewey is worried that he's met his evil twin, Reese points out the kid is virtually a saint and that Dewey is the [[Evil Twin]]. Reese then recruits Dewey to do a lot of bad things and get the other kid blamed, but by the end of the episode, Dewey tells the other kid's older brother on what's going on and gets Reese beaten up.

* ''[[Friends]]'' gives us [[Granola Girl|Phoebe]]'s [[Evil Twin]], Ursula. Or rather, ''[[Mad About You]]'' gave us Ursula, and ''Friends'' revealed she was Pheobe's [[Evil Twin]]. Parodied in another episode, when Joey was dating someone who honestly believed he was the character he played on TV. When she saw him on TV while Joey was in the room...

* The final ''[[Space Cases]]'' episode to air, "Trouble With Doubles":

* ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' had Dick temporarily replaced as high commander by another alien who takes on the same human form and identity. This replacement (called simply "New Dick") is not only an evil [[Take Over the World|megalomaniac]], he is also "extremely unpleasant." Even more than the original.

* ''[[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 ''[[Father Dowling Mysteries]]'', the eponymous priest had and evil twin who was a criminal and would pop in and cause trouble.

* ''[[Community]]'' Season 3, Episode 4, [[Community/Recap/S3 E04 Remedial Chaos Theory|"Remedial Chaos Theory"]], features seven alternate timelines. The Abed in Timeline 1 recognises it as the darkest timeline (Pierce is dead, Annie's crazy, Jeff lost an arm, Shirley's a drunk, Troy lost his larynx and Britta [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|dyed a strip of her hair blue]]) and suggests the group embrace their role as evil versions of the Main Timeline group.

* Lord John Roxton gets one in one episode of ''[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World]]'' after he is cursed for disturbing a graveyard's peace. The protector takes the ruthless and violent part - basically the hunter part - out of him andd gives him a life of his own. Evil!Roxton tries to kill the good one, using Marguerite as bait. It ends in a [[Mirror Match]].

* [[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.}}

** 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 (animation)|Earthworm Jim]]''. In an episode when Evil Jim, the titular character's Evil Twin, tired of being the only Evil Twin in the universe, used a [[Applied Phlebotinum|Negative Synthesizer]] to create evil versions of Earthworm Jim's sidekicks. However, halfway through the episode the Synthesizer accidentally creates good twins of all of the series' recurring villains, including this most humourous exchange:

'''Good The Cat:''' Kisses! }}

* ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' has the Crimson Chin's (voiced by Jay Leno) evil [[Mirror Universe]] twin Nega Chin (also voiced by Jay Leno), who appeared in the episodes ''Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad Meet The Crimson Chin'' and ''The Big Superhero Wish''. In the ''Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad'' episode he brought all his villain pals out of the comic, at the end he gets defeated by several versions of the Chin (all voiced by Jay Leno).

* Rikochet from ''[[Mucha Lucha]]'' had his leprechaun-esque evil twin, Rick O'Shay. The fact that the two names are homophonous leads to a [[Who's on First?]] situation when Rikochet tries to deny the crimes that he's being framed for.

* Played with in ''[[Sealab 2021]]'', where a pair of characters gets displaced in time, and Captain Murphy is convinced they are doppelgangers.

* 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).

* The Mondays from ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]''.

* Not a real 'evil twin' per se, but an alternate [[Batman]]. Owlman (in ''[[Justice League Crisis On Two Earths]]'') is exactly like Batman, except a sociopath. To be honest most of the JLA counterparts are like that, but especially Owlman.

* An inversion in ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'': crime boss Jackie Subtract has a twin brother, Aiden. Aiden is a harmless inventor with a squeaky-clean criminal record who is mistaken for his brother far too often for his liking.

* Played with in ''[[Re Boot]]''. While the "second Bob" is truly evil {{spoiler|he's really Megabyte in disguise}}, he acts like a good character and even convinces a few people that the first Bob is fake. [[Up to Eleven|He even convinced the real Bob that he was a fake]]. Like the [[Gargoyles]] example earlier, this show averted the "switching good twin with bad twin" bit, since "second Bob"'s only claim to being real was that he looked normal while "first Bob" was Web degraded.