Opening a Can of Clones: Difference between revisions

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* Played with in ''[[Gunnm|Battle Angel Alita: Last Order]]'', with all the Desty Nova and Gally/Alita clones. Yukito Kishiro basically runs with the [[Brain Uploading]] and turns it into as ridiculous a situation as he can manage.

 

* ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' introduced cloning in the form of "Project Helix", a process by which identical [[Doppelganger]]s of people could be produced. The first double was a one-off character, but the [[Title Drop|second double]] was a complete shocker: {{spoiler|it was Sydney's [[Black Best Friend|best friend]] [[The Scrappy|Francie]].}} The double was a very unique twist . . . at first. Then, they brought back the double-switch when {{spoiler|someone cloned Arvin Sloane - and the double was, of course, promptly [[Fan Nickname|nicknamed]] "Arvin Cloane"}}, again later in season four when it was revealed that {{spoiler|the woman Jack killed in Vienna wasn't Irina Derevko, it was a double of her}} and ''again'' in season five when {{spoiler|Anna Espinosa became a double of ''Sydney''}}. It got to the point where a common saying in regards to the show was "they're not dead even if we've seen a body - it's probably a clone".

** Number Six: Caprica Six, Head!Six, Gina Inviere, Natalie Faust, Shelly Godfrey, the Six on the Armistice Station, LabCoat!Six, the Six who headed "The Farm", the dying Six on the basestar, Lida, Sonja, and Prostitute!Six from "The Plan".

** Number Eight: Sharon "Boomer" Valerii, Sharon "Athena" Agathon, the Eight on Ragnar, WhiteCoat!Eight that Athena kills, the many naked tai chi Eights, the dying Eight on the basestar, the unplugged!Eight Anders talks to, the dying Eight Saul Tigh forgives, the Eight who resurrects D'Anna, Cynical!Eight from "Face of the Enemy", Sweet!Eight who betrays Gaeta, and the Eight who {{spoiler|connects Anders to the data stream so that he can become Galactica's hybrid}}.