Half-Identical Twins: Difference between revisions

* {{spoiler|Kanba and Masako}} in [[Mawaru Penguindrum]].

* [[Subverted]] in ''[[Case Closed]]''. There's a pair of twins who look rather different, but have almost identical genes, to the point where {{spoiler|the female twin's suicide is blamed on her brother/fiance due to skin found stuck under a false nail; she'd only just found out that they were related, and he didn't find out until after she was dead}}. It's explained as the girl having been born with Turner Syndrome, where she was born with only one X chromosome. Presumably, this explains why they look so different.

 

== Comic Books ==

** This is formalized as a useful legal fiction by ''the Emperor of Japan'' in ''[[Relatively Absent]]'', providing Ranma with separate paperwork and legal existences for each form.

 

* Widget and Sludge from the 2009 film of ''[[Astro Boy (film)|Astro Boy]]''.

* Tuffnut and Ruffnut Thorston from the film adaptation of ''[[How to Train Your Dragon]]''.

* In ''Jack and Jill'', [[Adam Sandler]] plays the title twins. This is even unintentionally lapshaded when one of Jack's co-workers asks if they are "identical or fraternal".

* Prince Nuada and Princess Nuala from ''[[Hellboy (film)|Hellboy]] II: The Golden Army''.

* Viola and Sebastian in ''[[She's the Man]]'' (which is [[Suggested By|loosely based]] on Shakespeare's ''[[Twelfth Night]]''—see below) look so alike that Viola can pass for a young version of Sebastian.

 

== Literature ==

* [[Butch Lesbian]] "Walter" from German series ''[[Hinter Gittern Der Frauenknast]]'' ("''Behind Bars - the Women's Prison''") has a twin brother who's apparently indistinguishable from her without his beard. Which they used in one episode to change roles, allowing her to escape and him to get closer to several female prisoners.

 

 

* [[Older Than Steam]]: Sebastian and Viola from [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', are so much alike that people mistake Sebastian for Viola (who for reasons of plot has disguised herself as a man).

* Siegmund and Sieglinde from ''[[The Ring of the Nibelung|Die Walkuere]]''.

* Coricopat and Tantomile from ''[[Cats]]''. Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer also count if they're siblings and not [[Alternative Character Interpretation|mates]].

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Eagle Eye Mysteries]]'': The title protagonists, Jake and Jennifer Eagle. Besides the obvious gender differences, he's a red-head and she's brown-haired.

 

* Averted and [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[Ever 17]]''. You is confused as to why {{spoiler|Sara and the Kid}} don't have the same abilities or look similar despite being twins, at which point it's explained with some amusement that biology doesn't work like that.

* In the [[Murder Mystery]] [[Visual Novel]] ''[[Jisei]]'', one of the main characters has an identical twin sister who you don't see until the end of the game. It turns out that {{spoiler|she and her brother were private investigators, and she deliberately sent her brother in as a mole to check out the murder scene. She was [[The Voice|the telepathic voice]] helping the protagonist to solve the crime all along}}.

* {{spoiler|John and Jade}} from ''[[Homestuck]]''. Even before [[The Reveal]], they are very similar in appearance and behavior (much more so than {{spoiler|Rose and Dave}}).

* Warrick and Selva, from [[Namesake (webcomic)|Namesake]]. This is also literally true since their mother Adora was half green and half purple, and the twins are respectively green and purple.

 

== Web Original ==

* Pictured above, ''[[Vocaloid]]'''s Rin and Len Kagamine are often portrayed this way; for example, in "The Daughter of Evil" series.

 

== Western Animation ==

* Before the [[Retcon]] in ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Peggy and her brother Hoyt were stated to look very much alike, however because of the retcon they look nothing like each other.

* The [http://knd.wikia.com/wiki/Interesting_Twins_From_Beneath_the_Mountain Interesting Twins from Beneath the Mountain] in ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''.

 

== Real Life ==

 

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