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* On ''[[Perfect Strangers]]'', following his break-up with Mary Ann, Balki happily declared to Larry and Jennifer that he was over her because he had met the woman of his dreams...and then promptly introduced them to a woman who ''looked exactly like Mary Ann''. The trope is then played twice when the foursome go out to dinner and encounter Mary Ann, who of course, is dating someone who looks just like Balki. Interestingly, they both immediately notice the similarities in each others partners, although of course, they don't see the similarities in their own—although Balki realizes it after slipping up and calling the new woman "Mary Ann".

* A strange case cropped up on ''[[All My Children]]''. Tad got [[Easy Amnesia]] and ended up in California, where he met Nola Orsini, who instantly recognized him as her long-lost son Ted. Ted had disappeared as a child, but Nola saw Tad and knew this was what Ted would grow up to look like. After a few years, Tad returned to Pine Valley and got his memory back. The following year, it turned out Nola was right. The real Ted showed up, and he looked ''exactly'' like Tad.

* On ''[[Community]]'', Abed is coerced into approaching a girl he's attracted to because one of her old textbooks has a sketch of him in it - which turns out to be a sketch of her boyfriend, a caucasian Abed-lookalike.

* When Diana Rigg left ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', it was stated that Emma Peel's husband had finally turned up alive. He looked exactly like Steed, leaving viewers to wonder how she dealt with ''that'' emotionally all the time they worked together.