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* The Golden Age ''[[Flash]]'' story "Anything Can Happen!" shows four Flashes on the cover. The story delivers, though they're never all in one place. Jay Garrick is the first; a banker who happens to look just like him is the second; a substitute who wears a mask to impersonate this banker at boring functions is the third; and a mannequin wearing that same mask to fool the bad guys is the fourth.

* The white-haired [[The Warlord|Warlord]], Travis Morgan, ends up in Seattle, home of blonde [[Green Arrow]]. Morgan is mistaken for the persona-non-grata Arrow and is consequently attacked by half of Seattle's criminal population, leading to a confrontation with his double to find out why everyone in town hates him.

** And in Morgan's own series, Morgan had a double who was used by his foes to attempt to take over the kingdom.

** And Shakira turned out to be a dead ringer for a kidnapped princess, leading to an [[Emergency Impersonation]] scenario.

* The Koriani entchantresses in Janny Wurts' ''War of Light and Shadow'' series find a random baby with green eyes, who looks as though he might grow up to look sort of like Arithon...and cast a spell on him as he grows up so that he looks exactly like Arithon. As Arithon is considered rather like the Antichrist...things do not work out well for that kid.

* In [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''The Mad King'', Barney Custer of Beatrice, Nebraska, U.S.A, is taken for the title king. In their defense, the king had been imprisoned for ten years, while a boy, and so they were going by the description. Still...

Whereupon the storekeeper turned hastily back into his shop, leaving Barney Custer of Beatrice, Nebraska, U.S.A., to wonder if all the inhabitants of Lutha were afflicted with a mental disorder similar to that of the unfortunate ruler. '' }}

* In ''[[Gaunt's Ghosts]]'' novel ''Only in Death'', an allied regiment's Major Berenson bears a startling resemblance to {{spoiler|the now-dead}} Caffran.

* Similarly to the ''[[Friends]]'' example, on an episode of ''[[Frasier]]'', Daphne goes out with essentially a clone of Niles. Like Rachel, Daphne doesn't notice; unlike Ross, Niles ''does'' and is very pissed.

** Actually, Niles doesn't notice for some time and goes around noting what a pretentious fop the clone is - it takes Martin and Frasier to point out the obvious to him before he gets it. Even then, it takes a time. THEN he's pissed.

** Likewise, Frasier himself once goes out with a woman who very strongly resembles his late ''mother,'' in both the way she looks and the way she acts. He is the only one who doesn't notice: when he finally does, he breaks it off because it's all just too damn awkward.

* ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''. In "Two Petes in a Pod," Peter meets his exact double in school. Wacky hijinx ensue.

* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', the medieval warlord [http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/19980924 Lord Torgamous] looks exactly like modern day Torg (except for the beard).

** [[Subverted]] another time (perhaps also hinting at [[Identical Grandson]]). [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20011125\]

"Makes the story more dramatic, don't it?" }}

* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'': Diane is physically identical to Susan. The two are distinguishable only by hair color<ref>Susan ''used'' to dye hers dark blue, being a natural blonde just like Diane, until magical shenanigans made her hair permanently the same shade as her hair dye.</ref> and fashion sense. Despite this it appears that they have never met. Considering the amount of lampshade hanging around this one, as well as the fact that we know of at least one way for this to be perfectly possible (not counting identical twins separated at birth), this is probably going to become important later.