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{{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]]''}} |
{{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]]''}} |
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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]]. |
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]]. |
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Often, in science fiction, the |
Often, in science fiction, the '''Evil Twin''' is created from the original character by [[Applied Phlebotinum]]. Most of the time, this results in a "Good Twin" and "Evil Twin", neither of which are complete entities on their own. See [[Starfish Character]] for examples of this. |
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[[Beard of Evil|A goatee or other beard]] is a staple of |
[[Beard of Evil|A goatee or other beard]] is a staple of '''Evil Twins''' everywhere. This comes from the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode "Mirror, Mirror", in which the evil duplicate of Spock is distinguished only by the fact that he has a beard. It is common for parodies of '''Evil Twin''' to use a [[Good Hair, Evil Hair|beard]] as a distinguishing characteristic, in some cases even when they shouldn't be able to grow facial hair - for example, Flexo in [[Futurama]] or Cartman in [[South Park]]. Some evil twins use [[Identical Twin ID Tag]]s to differentiate from their good counterpart such as [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|scars]] and [[Evil Makeover|evil costuming.]] |
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Sci-Fi versions usually wind up playing [[Spot the Imposter]]. |
Sci-Fi versions usually wind up playing [[Spot the Imposter]]. |
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Compare [[Criminal Doppelganger]], [[Evil Counterpart]], and [[Enemy Without]], and see also [[Doppelganger]]. For the situation where the original character pretends to be the |
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 Twins''' team up, they become [[The Psycho Rangers]]. |
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If they are [[Different As Night and Day|literal twins]], they might be [[Cain and Abel]] and/or [[Separated at Birth]], but an |
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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If the two end up fighting, it is always a [[Mirror Match]]. |
If the two end up fighting, it is always a [[Mirror Match]]. |
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* ''[[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}}. |
* ''[[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}}. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* 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 |
* 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.}} |
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* 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 |
* 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]]. |
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* 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.}} |
* 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.}} |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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** 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 a Bottle|Shen Long]] to his [[Jackass Genie|Black Star counterpart]]. |
** 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 a Bottle|Shen Long]] to his [[Jackass Genie|Black Star counterpart]]. |
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* 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.}} |
* 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.}} |
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* Zeon from ''[[Gash Bell]]'', |
* Zeon from ''[[Gash Bell]]'', Evil Twin to the title character. Angry at not being able to have a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]], which was given to his [[Idiot Hero]] of a brother. Has a [[Redemption Equals Death]] moment |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* Zero's evil twin Ichiru in ''Vampire Knight''. |
* Zero's evil twin Ichiru in ''Vampire Knight''. |
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== Comic Books == |
== Comic Books == |
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* The entire [[Bizarro Universe|Bizarro World]] in the [[Pre Crisis]] [[Superman]] mythos can be considered a form of |
* 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". |
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** 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]]. |
** 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]]. |
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** In ''[[All-Star Superman]]'', there's Zibarro, who's the most intelligent man on Bizarro World. |
** In ''[[All-Star Superman]]'', there's Zibarro, who's the most intelligent man on Bizarro World. |
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* 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|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 |
* 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|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]]s). And finally, there's his alternate universe counter part [[Superboy|Superboy Prime]], who began life as a sort of [[Sidekick]] by way of [[Retcon|Ret Con]], but was eventually transitioned into a villain. |
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* [[Supergirl]] too. In the [[Silver Age]] there was her [[Enemy Without]] Satan Girl in ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'', created by Red Kryptonite. Supergirl (pre-DCnU reboot) went through a similar story which created "Dark Supergirl", although she ended up as more of an [[Enemy Within]]. And then there's Bizarrogirl, who causes chaos on Earth because she's just as confused as Kara but doesn't deal with it as well. Before that, Earth-Angel Supergirl had her own Bizarro-Supergirl, and also fought Matrix, her own ''former body''! In fact, the shapeshifting Matrix-Supergirl, in one of her more confused periods, was ''also'' an evil twin of Superman... (A [[Mirror Universe]] Ultragirl has also been seen, but thus far Kara hasn't had to deal with her). |
* [[Supergirl]] too. In the [[Silver Age]] there was her [[Enemy Without]] Satan Girl in ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'', created by Red Kryptonite. Supergirl (pre-DCnU reboot) went through a similar story which created "Dark Supergirl", although she ended up as more of an [[Enemy Within]]. And then there's Bizarrogirl, who causes chaos on Earth because she's just as confused as Kara but doesn't deal with it as well. Before that, Earth-Angel Supergirl had her own Bizarro-Supergirl, and also fought Matrix, her own ''former body''! In fact, the shapeshifting Matrix-Supergirl, in one of her more confused periods, was ''also'' an evil twin of Superman... (A [[Mirror Universe]] Ultragirl has also been seen, but thus far Kara hasn't had to deal with her). |
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* The [[Marvel Comics]] series ''[[Exiles]]'' inverts this. The reality-hopping team of the title need to defeat the evil Hyperion... so they fetch two ''good'' versions of him from other universes. |
* The [[Marvel Comics]] series ''[[Exiles]]'' inverts this. The reality-hopping team of the title need to defeat the evil Hyperion... so they fetch two ''good'' versions of him from other universes. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* 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." |
* 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." |
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* [[The DCU]] has Earth-3, a [[Mirror Universe]] of |
* [[The DCU]] has Earth-3, a [[Mirror Universe]] of Evil Twins, including Alexander Luthor, the good twin of [[Lex Luthor]]. President John Wilkes Booth was assassinated by Union sympathizer Abraham Lincoln and Benedict Arnold is on the dollar bill, too. It also has the anti-matter universe, /another/ [[Mirror Universe]] of Evil Twins. The main visible difference between the two? The anti-matter universe is home to the Crime Syndicate of Amerika [sic], while Earth-3 is home to the Crime Society of America. |
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* Subverted in the comic book ''[[Hellblazer]]'', in which it is revealed that the series's star, John Constantine ''is'' the 'evil' twin, having strangled his brother in the womb with his own umbilical cord. He later crossed over to a parallel universe, where his brother had become an incredibly powerful and celebrated magus. |
* Subverted in the comic book ''[[Hellblazer]]'', in which it is revealed that the series's star, John Constantine ''is'' the 'evil' twin, having strangled his brother in the womb with his own umbilical cord. He later crossed over to a parallel universe, where his brother had become an incredibly powerful and celebrated magus. |
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* 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 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'}} |
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* In Archie ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', as well as having Shadow, and various Metal Sonics, there is the alternate world known as Moebius, home to kindly Dr. Kintobor (Robotnik's "evil twin") and the Suppresion Squad, the evil twins of the Freedom Fighters. Their leader was Anti-Sonic, the evil twin of Sonic himself, who proved to be very inept - despite helping Alicia (the evil Sally) depose of her father, he hadn't won a single fight since. Amongst his failures were accidentally giving the Sonic Underground Robotnik the Bio Borg instead of Robo-Robotnik and getting struck down by Antoine ''by accident''. Compare this to Patch, Antione's evil twin, who successfully replaced Antoine, nearly ruined his relationship with Bunnie, poisoned King Acorn, killed Antoine's father and nearly took the throne before Sonic stepped in. Thankfully, Anti-Sonic got better after he [[Took a Level In Badass]] by becoming Scourge. |
* In Archie ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', as well as having Shadow, and various Metal Sonics, there is the alternate world known as Moebius, home to kindly Dr. Kintobor (Robotnik's "evil twin") and the Suppresion Squad, the evil twins of the Freedom Fighters. Their leader was Anti-Sonic, the evil twin of Sonic himself, who proved to be very inept - despite helping Alicia (the evil Sally) depose of her father, he hadn't won a single fight since. Amongst his failures were accidentally giving the Sonic Underground Robotnik the Bio Borg instead of Robo-Robotnik and getting struck down by Antoine ''by accident''. Compare this to Patch, Antione's evil twin, who successfully replaced Antoine, nearly ruined his relationship with Bunnie, poisoned King Acorn, killed Antoine's father and nearly took the throne before Sonic stepped in. Thankfully, Anti-Sonic got better after he [[Took a Level In Badass]] by becoming Scourge. |
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* [[The Flash]] (Barry Allen version) had an |
* [[The Flash]] (Barry Allen version) had an Evil Twin in the form of Eobard Thawne, who had plastic surgery to resemble him, and then traveled back from the 25th century to become Professor Zoom, the Reverse Flash. A later [[Retcon]] would reveal that Zoom was descended from Malcolm Thawne, aka Cobalt Blue, who really ''was'' Barry's estranged twin brother but had completely different powers. |
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** 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. |
** 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. |
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** 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. |
** 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. |
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** 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. |
** 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. |
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** 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. |
** 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. |
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** 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 |
** 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 Evil Twin of an extremely powerful psychic, she managed to survive as a mass of miscarried fetal tissue and reconstruct herself to the point where she could enact revenge. |
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** [[Cable]] and Stryfe, although Cable seems to be the Good Twin. [[Tangled Family Tree|It's confusing.]] |
** [[Cable]] and Stryfe, although Cable seems to be the Good Twin. [[Tangled Family Tree|It's confusing.]] |
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* 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''. |
* 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''. |
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'''Arkham''': The ''Joker's'' evil twin? |
'''Arkham''': The ''Joker's'' evil twin? |
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'''Jester''': Scary, ain't it? }} |
'''Jester''': Scary, ain't it? }} |
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* Played straight in the ''[[Squadron Supreme]]'' limited series, when Hyperion is replaced by his |
* Played straight in the ''[[Squadron Supreme]]'' limited series, when Hyperion is replaced by his Evil Twin as part of a larger [[Evil Plan]]. |
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* ''[[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". |
* ''[[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". |
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* In ''[[Tintin|King Ottokar's Sceptre]]'', the conspiracy to steal the sceptre involves {{spoiler|kidnapping Professor Alembick and replacing him with his twin brother}}. |
* In ''[[Tintin|King Ottokar's Sceptre]]'', the conspiracy to steal the sceptre involves {{spoiler|kidnapping Professor Alembick and replacing him with his twin brother}}. |
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== Fan Works == |
== Fan Works == |
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Hoo boy. Let's say it's popular, and even more so if the base subject has a [[Mirror Universe]] or an |
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. |
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* 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.}} |
* 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.}} |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* 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?" |
* 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?" |
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* [[The Movie]] of ''[[The Magic Roundabout]]'' introduces Zebedee's |
* [[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. |
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* 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." |
* 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." |
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* Carmen and Juni's robot doubles in ''[[Spy Kids]]''. |
* Carmen and Juni's robot doubles in ''[[Spy Kids]]''. |
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* "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.}} |
* "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.}} |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* In ''[[The Mysterious Benedict Society]]'' series, the villain Ledroptha Curtain is the |
* In ''[[The Mysterious Benedict Society]]'' series, the villain Ledroptha Curtain is the Evil Twin of the protagonist Nicholas Benedict. The two were [[Separated at Birth]]. When the Society first meets Mr. Curtain, they don't realize this, and don't figure it out until they receive a message from Benedict warning them to "Beware the Gemini." |
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* 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 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}}. |
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* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "A Witch Shall Be Born", Salome to Queen Taramis. |
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "A Witch Shall Be Born", Salome to Queen Taramis. |
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* Played straight in the short story ''The poet and her double'' in the book ''Women and Ghosts'' by Alison Lurie. Karo McKay, a young and gifted poet, finds out that she is followed by her |
* Played straight in the short story ''The poet and her double'' in the book ''Women and Ghosts'' by Alison Lurie. Karo McKay, a young and gifted poet, finds out that she is followed by her Evil Twin, the anti-Karo. |
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* [[Word of God]] has described Gellert Grindelwald of ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' as Albus Dumbledore's (spiritual, not literal) evil twin. |
* [[Word of God]] has described Gellert Grindelwald of ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' as Albus Dumbledore's (spiritual, not literal) evil twin. |
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* 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}}. |
* 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}}. |
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* ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'': Two instances, both involving the series' two main villians (one each per episode): |
* ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'': Two instances, both involving the series' two main villians (one each per episode): |
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** 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 "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". |
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** In "Too Many Roscoes," the real Rosco is kidnapped by a band of bank robbers while the |
** In "Too Many Roscoes," the real Rosco is kidnapped by a band of bank robbers while the ringleader—an impersonator named Woody (James Best in a dual role) -- takes to the streets assuming Rosco's identity ... all to help his two criminal associates gain control of an armored truck delivering a $1 million shipment to Hazzard Bank. (Incidentally, the main characters fail to call Woody on his fake identity when "Rosco" bungles simple facts about his friends but remembers facts about the expected bank shipment in exact detail.) |
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* Played with in ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''. Boomer and Athena are a pair of Sharons/Eights who are set up as [[For Want of a Nail]] equivalents. Initially, Boomer seems to be more moral and Athena inclines towards the Dark Side, but both sway in both directions in the course of the series. By the end, Boomer has spent more time doing bad things (some of them very bad) whilst Athena is the nobler twin. |
* Played with in ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''. Boomer and Athena are a pair of Sharons/Eights who are set up as [[For Want of a Nail]] equivalents. Initially, Boomer seems to be more moral and Athena inclines towards the Dark Side, but both sway in both directions in the course of the series. By the end, Boomer has spent more time doing bad things (some of them very bad) whilst Athena is the nobler twin. |
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* 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]. |
* 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]. |
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** 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. |
** 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. |
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** 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.) |
** 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.) |
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** In ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek Voyager]]'', the Emergency Medical Hologram on the [[Evil Counterpart]] ship U.S.S. ''Equinox'' has had his "ethical subroutines" removed, making him an |
** In ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek Voyager]]'', the Emergency Medical Hologram on the [[Evil Counterpart]] ship U.S.S. ''Equinox'' has had his "ethical subroutines" removed, making him an Evil Twin of the Doctor on ''Voyager''. |
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** Lots of evil twins in the [[Mirror Universe]], of course, but [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Intendent Kira Nerys]] deserves special mention for being the only one who's actually met her counterpart. And got [[Screw Yourself|the hots for her]]. |
** Lots of evil twins in the [[Mirror Universe]], of course, but [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Intendent Kira Nerys]] deserves special mention for being the only one who's actually met her counterpart. And got [[Screw Yourself|the hots for her]]. |
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** 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. |
** 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. |
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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. |
** 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. |
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** 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. |
** 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. |
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* 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 |
* 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 Evil Twin Jezebelda, an evil [[Mad Scientist]] Witch who, amongst other things, created ''the Black Plague''. For some reason, Hilda's evil twin doesn't appear, but was mentioned. Hilda was the good twin that came closest to offing her evil twin during the tests. |
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* ''[[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). |
* ''[[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). |
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* ''[[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? |
* ''[[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? |
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* ''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. |
* ''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. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* ''[[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 |
* ''[[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]]worthy if you think too hard about it. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* Subverted in ''[[Farscape]]'''s third season, where a second John Crichton is created... yet is absolutely the same as the first Crichton. However, it was essentially played straight in the episode ''My three Crichtons,'' which featured John being duplicated into {{spoiler|a caveman and a future-brain-man-thing}}. Strangely enough, only ''one'' was actually evil. |
* Subverted in ''[[Farscape]]'''s third season, where a second John Crichton is created... yet is absolutely the same as the first Crichton. However, it was essentially played straight in the episode ''My three Crichtons,'' which featured John being duplicated into {{spoiler|a caveman and a future-brain-man-thing}}. Strangely enough, only ''one'' was actually evil. |
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* ''[[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 |
* ''[[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. |
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* ''[[Friends]]'' gives us [[Granola Girl|Phoebe]]'s |
* ''[[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... |
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{{quote|'''Ross''': He's ''Hans'' Ramore, Drake's evil twin!}} |
{{quote|'''Ross''': He's ''Hans'' Ramore, Drake's evil twin!}} |
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* The final ''[[Space Cases]]'' episode to air, "Trouble With Doubles": |
* The final ''[[Space Cases]]'' episode to air, "Trouble With Doubles": |
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* In the 2002 revival of ''The Basil Brush Show'' there's Basil's cousin Mortimer who is a criminal mastermind. |
* In the 2002 revival of ''The Basil Brush Show'' there's Basil's cousin Mortimer who is a criminal mastermind. |
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* ''[[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). |
* ''[[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). |
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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 |
* 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). |
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* 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 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. |
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* ''[[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. |
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* In ''[[Lidsville]]'' the villain Hoodoo had a good twin, Bruce, the White Sheep of the family. |
* In ''[[Lidsville]]'' the villain Hoodoo had a good twin, Bruce, the White Sheep of the family. |
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* ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'' did it with Venus Flytrap being suspected of crimes that were committed by a pimp-dressed |
* ''[[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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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' has had three shapeshifter episodes: |
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' has had three shapeshifter episodes: |
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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. |
* 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. |
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* 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 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. |
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* 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 |
* 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 in—well pretty much everything—her comic book counterpart is a vindictive bitch with creepy [[Mismatched Eyes]], [[Tattooed Crook|evil tattoos]], and a plethora of [[Kick the Dog]] moments. She's hyper-aggressive to Sage's shyness, enjoys playing mind games with Lance, and looses a poisonous snake on a pair of girls who defaced her locker. It takes a near-death experience to bring the real Sage back. |
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* ''[[Charmed]]'' had to deal with a few evil twins. |
* ''[[Charmed]]'' had to deal with a few evil twins. |
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** Paige had an evil past incarnation travel to the present who looks just like her. |
** Paige had an evil past incarnation travel to the present who looks just like her. |
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== Tabletop Games == |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* In ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', Hextor, the god of Tyranny and War, is the |
* In ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', Hextor, the god of Tyranny and War, is the Evil Twin of Heironeous, the god of Chivalry and Justice. |
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** ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' has a variation: There's an entire ''race'' called dopplegangers, who can shapeshift into any similarly sized humanoid-including other people. |
** ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' has a variation: There's an entire ''race'' called dopplegangers, who can shapeshift into any similarly sized humanoid-including other people. |
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** D&D loves this trope. It also had the Mirror Of Opposition, which spawned an |
** 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''. |
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* 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 |
* 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. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* [[Magic: The Gathering]]: [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=229965 Like so] |
* [[Magic: The Gathering]]: [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=229965 Like so] |
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== Video Games == |
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* In the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' video games, Sonic has had a number of evil robotic |
* 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]]. |
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** 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. |
** 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. |
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** 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). |
** 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). |
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** In the manga adaptation, Dark Mega Man is its own standalone character. |
** In the manga adaptation, Dark Mega Man is its own standalone character. |
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** 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. |
** 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. |
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* ''[[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 |
* ''[[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 Evil Twin makes the Shadow Mirrors look like good guys. Thus far, he's only made a brief appearance during a cut-scene at the beginning of ''Original Generations'', though fans have speculated that he may become a a prominent villain sometime in the future. |
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* Mona Sax, the "knockout [[Femme Fatale]]" of ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'', introduces herself as the "evil twin" of Lisa Punchinello, the Don's wife. Lisa is killed by the Don near the end of the second act, and Mona shows up later during the [[Storming the Castle|final assault on the Aesir building]], where she does a [[Heel Face Turn]] and apparently dies, only to show up again in the sequel, in which she plays a major role as Max's partner/love interest. |
* Mona Sax, the "knockout [[Femme Fatale]]" of ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'', introduces herself as the "evil twin" of Lisa Punchinello, the Don's wife. Lisa is killed by the Don near the end of the second act, and Mona shows up later during the [[Storming the Castle|final assault on the Aesir building]], where she does a [[Heel Face Turn]] and apparently dies, only to show up again in the sequel, in which she plays a major role as Max's partner/love interest. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* 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.}} |
* 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.}} |
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* ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' sequel Banjo-Tooie had the Jinjos' evil twins the Minjos, and one of the bosses in the game was Mumbo Jumbo's evil robotic twin Mingy Jongo. |
* ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' sequel Banjo-Tooie had the Jinjos' evil twins the Minjos, and one of the bosses in the game was Mumbo Jumbo's evil robotic twin Mingy Jongo. |
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* 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 |
* 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 character—hero and villain—can run a story arc featuring multiple iterations of his or her own Evil Twin. Heroes will also encounter a good doppleganger during their arc. |
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* In ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'', actors-turned-robbers Vize, Anita, and Faina appear as [[Palette Swap |
* In ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'', actors-turned-robbers Vize, Anita, and Faina appear as [[Palette Swap]]s to heroes Vyse, Aika, and Fina, which has unfortunate results for the silhouettes on the Wanted poster (even though the heroes are already wanted as pirates, [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|sort of]]). Turns out they even mirror several of the heroes' moves. When you beat them {{spoiler|they make a legitimate business out of looking like you.}} |
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* One of ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'s'' plot twists was that {{spoiler|Basch, a leading soldier in the home nation's army, was framed by his evil twin brother in the murder of the king, resulting in Basch's imprisonment and nationwide condemnation.}} |
* One of ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'s'' plot twists was that {{spoiler|Basch, a leading soldier in the home nation's army, was framed by his evil twin brother in the murder of the king, resulting in Basch's imprisonment and nationwide condemnation.}} |
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* In the [[Nancy Drew (video game)|Nancy Drew]] game ''Stay Tuned For Danger'', actor (and suspect) Rick Arlen plays good and evil twins on the [[Show Within a Show|soap opera]] ''Light Of Our Love''. |
* In the [[Nancy Drew (video game)|Nancy Drew]] game ''Stay Tuned For Danger'', actor (and suspect) Rick Arlen plays good and evil twins on the [[Show Within a Show|soap opera]] ''Light Of Our Love''. |
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== Webcomics == |
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* [[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. |
* [[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. |
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* ''[[Kid Radd]]'' features an |
* ''[[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. |
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* The ''Sister'' arc of ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has main character Elliot get "cursed"<ref> |
* 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...] |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* Subverted in ''[http://www.melonpool.com [[Melonpool]]]'', in which the duplicate, Ralphie, is the good one. Also, the ''Melonpool''/''[http://www.itswalky.com It's Walky!]'' [[Crossover]] used the Dup-o-matic on an opposing army, who then immediately began fighting amongst each other. This crossover led to the creation of 'Anti-Joyce', who was the opposite of Joyce in that she was sexually active, rather than prudish. Interestingly, the storylines would have long-term consequences in both series: Ralphie joining the crew in [[Melonpool]], while the murder of Anti-Joyce in ''It's Walky!'' would lead to serious psychological (and later, legal) problems for the original. |
* Subverted in ''[http://www.melonpool.com [[Melonpool]]]'', in which the duplicate, Ralphie, is the good one. Also, the ''Melonpool''/''[http://www.itswalky.com It's Walky!]'' [[Crossover]] used the Dup-o-matic on an opposing army, who then immediately began fighting amongst each other. This crossover led to the creation of 'Anti-Joyce', who was the opposite of Joyce in that she was sexually active, rather than prudish. Interestingly, the storylines would have long-term consequences in both series: Ralphie joining the crew in [[Melonpool]], while the murder of Anti-Joyce in ''It's Walky!'' would lead to serious psychological (and later, legal) problems for the original. |
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* 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... |
* 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... |
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* {{spoiler|Cloney}} from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' is eventually revealed as {{spoiler|Aylee}}'s |
* {{spoiler|Cloney}} from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' is eventually revealed as {{spoiler|Aylee}}'s Evil Clone. There's also Alt-Alt-Torg compared to regular Torg. |
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* 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.}} |
* 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.}} |
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* ''[[Casey and Andy]]'' has an entire parallel universe of Hackneyed Opposites, most notably Quantum Crook, the evil twin and nemesis for Quantum Cop. The same universe also features the Mime Plumber, arguably the ''good'' twin for the Mime Assassin. |
* ''[[Casey and Andy]]'' has an entire parallel universe of Hackneyed Opposites, most notably Quantum Crook, the evil twin and nemesis for Quantum Cop. The same universe also features the Mime Plumber, arguably the ''good'' twin for the Mime Assassin. |
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** Don't forget Galatea, [[Lawful Evil]] pawn of the Cadmus project. |
** Don't forget Galatea, [[Lawful Evil]] pawn of the Cadmus project. |
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** [[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-Out]] to him.) |
** [[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-Out]] to him.) |
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** ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' "Deep Cover for Batman" features a version of the alternate-universe evil Batman counterpart Owlman who's appeared |
** ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' "Deep Cover for Batman" features a version of the alternate-universe evil Batman counterpart Owlman who's appeared elsewhere—he doesn't match any recognized iteration, though; is not Thomas Wayne Jr. or the [[Nietzsche Wannabe|existentialist type]]. Brave and the Bold isn't really in Earth-1, so presumably its Mirror World isn't really Earth-3. Also features a ''good'' Joker who wears something like the Red Hood costume from one of his back stories and goes by that name. Somewhat cracked, but a good guy. Slight Mid-Atlantic accent. |
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** ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' had [[Satan|Trigon the Terrible]] basically do the same thing as Brainithor. They were beaten by the Titans [[Opponent Switch|switching opponents]]. |
** ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' had [[Satan|Trigon the Terrible]] basically do the same thing as Brainithor. They were beaten by the Titans [[Opponent Switch|switching opponents]]. |
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* In ''[[Gargoyles]]'', Xanatos had Goliath cloned as one of his attempts to get his very own gargoyle underling. The clone proved to be one of the most evil villains on the show, and it's telling that the normally unflappable Xanatos was visibly bothered by what a cunning and amoral Goliath was capable of, and it put him off the "personal gargoyle" idea for good. The clone - whose main motivation was an [[Oedipus Complex]] coupled with a desire for personal power - was unoriginally named "[[Sdrawkcab Name|Thailog]]"; when asked why they didn't name him "Htailog" the writers joked that [[Keith David]] (voice actor for both) was a scary guy, and they didn't want to see his reaction at having to pronounce it. |
* In ''[[Gargoyles]]'', Xanatos had Goliath cloned as one of his attempts to get his very own gargoyle underling. The clone proved to be one of the most evil villains on the show, and it's telling that the normally unflappable Xanatos was visibly bothered by what a cunning and amoral Goliath was capable of, and it put him off the "personal gargoyle" idea for good. The clone - whose main motivation was an [[Oedipus Complex]] coupled with a desire for personal power - was unoriginally named "[[Sdrawkcab Name|Thailog]]"; when asked why they didn't name him "Htailog" the writers joked that [[Keith David]] (voice actor for both) was a scary guy, and they didn't want to see his reaction at having to pronounce it. |
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** Notably, the show averted the common " |
** Notably, the show averted the common "Evil Twin switches for Good Twin" trope; thanks to a flaw in the cloning process, Thailog's pigmentation is different enough from Goliath's that the two couldn't be mistaken for each other except in very poor lighting. |
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* 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). |
* 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). |
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* In ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', there's the the recurring villain Negaduck (II), his evil [[Mirror Universe]] counterpart. (Negaduck (I), DWD's "evil side" who was merged back into him by the end of the episode, is more of an [[Enemy Without]].) |
* In ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', there's the the recurring villain Negaduck (II), his evil [[Mirror Universe]] counterpart. (Negaduck (I), DWD's "evil side" who was merged back into him by the end of the episode, is more of an [[Enemy Without]].) |
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** Reportedly, both versions were [[Aborted Arc|meant to be]] explained/[[ |
** Reportedly, both versions were [[Aborted Arc|meant to be]] explained/[[retcon]]ned to be the same character, though it's hard to imagine how that would have happened. |
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** 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]]. |
** 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]]. |
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** 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. |
** 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. |
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== Real Life == |
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* 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, and anyone with half a brain could see that all of the evidence pointed towards Lesurques being innocent. The real murderer was later caught, and he did indeed look exactly like Lesurques. (His name was Dubosq, and he was obviously no [[Les Misérables|Jean Valjean.]]) In keeping with the "slight tweak" aspect of this trope, the resemblance was only complete when Dubosq wore a blond wig (as he did the day of the robbery). |
* 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, and anyone with half a brain could see that all of the evidence pointed towards Lesurques being innocent. The real murderer was later caught, and he did indeed look exactly like Lesurques. (His name was Dubosq, and he was obviously no [[Les Misérables|Jean Valjean.]]) In keeping with the "slight tweak" aspect of this trope, the resemblance was only complete when Dubosq wore a blond wig (as he did the day of the robbery). |
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* The [[wikipedia:Han twins murder conspiracy|Han twin murder conspiracy]] |
* The [[wikipedia:Han twins murder conspiracy|Han twin murder conspiracy]]—Jeena Han tried to have her identical twin sister Sunny murdered. |
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* 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]]. |
* 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]]. |
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* 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... |
* 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... |
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** 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 |
** 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 Evil Twin. |
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** 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. |
** 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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