Prince and Pauper: Difference between revisions

 

* This happens in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam|Turn-A Gundam]]'' when the queen of the Moonrace decides to switch places with a lookalike on a whim. This has severe repercussions on both characters and on the war between the Moonrace and Earthrace, ultimately culminating in {{spoiler|the lookalike going to be Queen of the Moonrace in the actual queen's place}}

* A recent ''[[Pokémon]]'' episode had Dawn trade places with a princess who wanted to participate in a Pokemon contest, who then gave her Togekiss to Dawn to gain experience as she traveled.

 

* Quoted, played straight, subverted, lampshaded, deconstructed, and reconstructed in ''[[Duumvirate|Billy and Howard]]''. Repeatedly.

* This is the main plot element of Anthony Hope's 1894 novel "[[The Prisoner of Zenda]]" (and the subsequent film)

* Parodied and subverted all to heck in ''Split Heirs'' by [[Lawrence Watt-Evans]] and [[Esther Friesner]], in which there are '''three''' physically identical people (though one is a [[Half-Identical Twins|girl raised as a boy]]).

* Happens in the ''[[Narnia]]'' book ''The Horse and His Boy'', with Shasta and Corin. It turns out, though, that {{spoiler|the "pauper" is actually the rightful prince, and the "prince" is just his few-minutes-younger identical twin. Said twin is ''happy'' to find this out because it means he doesn't have to bother with the responsibility of being king.}}

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