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== Anime & Manga ==

* ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma ~~One Half~~]]'': Both the manga and anime explored this, though in different manners:

* ''[[Ranma ½|[[Ranma Â½]]'': Both the manga and anime explored this, though in different manners:

** The anime [[Filler]] story, which came first, created a female-only (and ''demonic'') copy of Ranma that tried to seduce him to steal his life force, causing him to stumble around zombie-like during the day.

** The manga version centered on a haunted mirror, which created identical copies of whoever looked into it. Since the mirror had [[Soul Jar|trapped the spirit of a girl who had longed to have a boyfriend]], any resulting copies would then chase anyone of the opposite sex, and try to date them. When a mirror-copy of girl-Ranma was made, she was immediately smitten with boy-Ranma, and she tried to bed him on her very first night of existence. At the end of the story, a male clone was created accidentally, and both copies happily hooked up (since it would take another week for the seal on the mirror to be fixed, whatever they did afterwards belongs [[Power Perversion Potential|in the realm of imagination]].

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* Once he discovers that {{spoiler|the Jaeger-monster}} is {{spoiler|the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of his anger}}, ''[[Finder]]'''s Magri White declares that he can do as he pleases with him, and proceeds to play tonsil hockey with him.

* In ''[[Cerebus]]'', the title character learns about halfway through the series that he is a hermaphrodite whose [[You Fail Biology Forever|genital arrangement could have led to him impregnating himself]] if his uterus had not been permanently damaged when he was a child.

* [[Deadpool]] recently went into another dimension where he encountered a female version of himself and they made out. He then declares [[Squick]].

* In ''[[Little Ego]]'' (an erotic parody of ''[[Little Nemo]]''), Ego has a dream where her reflection steps out of the mirror and starts to have sex with her. Then the reflections of both of them step out of the mirror and join them. And then the reflections of all four. And then she wakes up.

* In ''[[Green Lantern]]'' comics, the title character's girlfriend, Carol Ferris, was once possessed by a creature made entirely out of love called the Predator. He gave her a [[Literal Split Personality]], in this case separating her masculine side from her feminine side. His ultimate plan was to achieve this trope, but it didn't work out, largely because the male version of Carol turned out to be a creepy stalker.

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* Lavi and Deak from ''[[D.Gray-man|D Gray Man]]''. Also, {{spoiler|Allen and the Fourteenth Noah}}. And I've actually seen a fic where Allen was paired with his innocence.

* The title character of ''[[Naruto]]'' is technically able to create a clone of himself -- of the [[Opposite Sex Clone|opposite gender]] to top -- and the fans haven't ignored its [[Power Perversion Potential|potential]]. It's called the Harem Jutsu for a reason.

* ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma ~~One Half~~]]'' lemon fics use this with Ranma's male and female sides. Some would say [[Squick|far too often]]; others would say not often enough.

* ''[[Ranma ½|[[Ranma Â½]]'' lemon fics use this with Ranma's male and female sides. Some would say [[Squick|far too often]]; others would say not often enough.

** And it's not always strictly with Ranma(s); [[Shameless Self Promoter|for example]], there is this {{spoiler|Nabiki×Nabiki}} lemon fanfiction entirely about this trope: ''[http://stfan.free.fr/OneShots/N.htm Narcissism]''.

** There is one [[Mind Screw]] fanfic where it is revealed that, thanks to some [[Time Travel]], Ranma is both is own father ''and'' his own mother....

*** There's two actually. One where he's actually both Genma and Nodoka... and another where he gives himself up for adoption to the Saotomes.

* This can be argued as the case of the fanshipping of Luc and Sasarai in ''[[Suikoden]]''. While they are in most ways [[Different As Night and Day]] in terms of personality and their Canon relationship more closely resembles the [[Cain and Abel]], the fact that they are cloned [[Artificial Humans]] of their father means that they are genetically identical, making any pairing with them riding the line with this trope.

* Youko Kurama×Shuuichi Kurama is seen occasionally in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' fanfic, but they're not usually portrayed as the same person.

* There is a really bizarre (pun completely intended) ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' lemon which included Will×Gyro and Jonathan×Johnny pairings. May or may not count though as Gyro and Johnny are their alternate universe incarnations, but look and act very different.

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** And in the grand tradition of people × their alternate identities, we now have {{spoiler|Calisto Yew×Shih-na.}}

** Those watching the Takarazuka musical often ship Miles Edgeworth×The Miles Edgeworth Backup Dancers, all of whom dress and look exactly like him.

** [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|Phoenix]], [[Older and Wiser|Hobo Phoenix]] and [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Feenie]]. Sometimes they also throw [[Adorably Precocious Child|Kid Nick]] into the mix.

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''

** ''Sheik×Zelda is popular. Tetra×Zelda, less so for some reason. Tetra×Sheik practically doesn't exist (and [[Generation Xerox|technically]] doesn't count).

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** Dark Link and regular Link (of any game/universe) are paired together so often it long ago stopped being funny.

** There is fanart of ''Wind Waker'' Link and young ''Ocarina of Time'' Link. Also of ''Twilight Princess'' Link and adult ''Ocarina of time'' Link. And for the ones who want to cross over to [[Shotacon]] territory, there's always a combination of the two... including both versions of ''Ocarina of Time'' Link together. However, the only one of those that is Screw Yourself is the ''Ocarina of Time'' Links, as the others are just expies, [[Identical Grandson|identical great-great-(etc)-grandson]], or [[Generation Xerox]].

* The 2012 movie version of ''[[The Lorax (film)|The Lorax]]'' just opened into theaters less than a month ago, and already the internet is swarmed with fanart/fanfiction/fanWHATEVER between the Young!Once-ler and The Onceler, nicknamed "The Greedler" (after he becomes successful). The cute little pairing name for it? [http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/oncest Oncest].

* There is a hella lot of Prince×Dark Prince from ''[[Prince of Persia]]: The Two Thrones''.

* In ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' we have [[Cloning Blues|Asch and Luke]]. There are plenty of fanfics pairing them together. And then there's {{spoiler|Sync×Ion×Florian}}... Fandom has affectionately dubbed this particular brand of [[Screw Yourself]] "Replicacest."

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* Subverted on ''[[Scrubs]]'': J.D. thinks that his girlfriend, Dani, moaned her own name during sex, but it was actually the guy she was seeing at the time, whose name is Danny. He's also [[Seinfeld|the Soup Nazi]].

* In ''[[Sliders]]'', Quinn once discusses his adventures on a talk show, and mentions having met a female version of himself. He is immediately asked, "Did you have sex with her?" (We never really found out if he did, though they did kiss. She was [[Ax Crazy]], anyway.)

* ''[[Doctor Who]]''

** At the end of the new series' season 4, {{spoiler|1=three versions of the same Doctor are formed: the Doctor proper, the Clone Doctor and the DoctorDonna}}. [[Anything That Moves|Captain Jack]], when finding out that "there are three of you now?", says "I can't tell you what I'm thinking right now."

** And speaking of Captain Jack, it was hinted at in "Utopia" that, as a result of his immortality, he could find a version of himself even at the end of the universe... and then when Jack seems to consider this, followed up with the line that it would be the "only person you'll ever be happy with..."

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* Robin from ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' honors this trope as well. Once she gets back from Argentina, she undergoes an identity crisis while talking a lot, in her dreams, to her vacation double. When Robin is finally herself again, she mentions that "vacation Robin" popped up in her dreams again and they went all the way.

* On ''[[That 70s Show]]'', an episode revolves around [[Homoerotic Dream|Fez having a dream where Kelso gives him a sponge bath.]] At the end of the episode, Kelso has the same dream (himself giving himself a spongebath). And likes it.

* On ''[[That '70s Show]]'', an episode revolves around [[Homoerotic Dream|Fez having a dream where Kelso gives him a sponge bath.]] At the end of the episode, Kelso has the same dream (himself giving himself a spongebath). And likes it.

* Tony has sex with Beth in his series 2 episode of ''[[Skins]]''. Possibly. Beth is either a figment of his imagination, an aspect of his personality (his long-lost ''anima''), his sister, himself, a completely random person, or -- most likely -- [[Mind Screw|all of the above]].

* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]''

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* Mentioned in the [[GTA Radio|radio and newspaper sources]] in ''[[Grand Theft Auto|Grand Theft Auto 4]]''. A scientist has cloned several copies of himself for sexual purposes. And one of his copies is [[Shotacon|underage]].

* When a Spy dominates an enemy Spy in ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', he will frequently say lines that border on [[Ho Yay]]... but it is important to remember that they are essentially [[Palette Swap|the same person.]]

* Breeding with Ditto in the ''[[Pokémon]]'' games ''may'' invoke this trope. (We don't know for sure because, if anyone's actually seen the [[~~Hot~~ ~~Skitty-On-Wailord~~ ~~Action~~]] in person, they aren't admitting it to the protagonists.)

* Breeding with Ditto in the ''[[Pokémon]]'' games ''may'' invoke this trope. (We don't know for sure because, if anyone's actually seen the [[Improbable Species Compatibility]] in person, they aren't admitting it to the protagonists.)

* In ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]'' it is almost casually mentioned how Sera was {{spoiler|conceived of Jenna Angel's egg AND sperm. This is supposedly possible because she is a [[Hermaphrodite]].}}

* Adding onto the Atlus, ''[[Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army|Raidou's]] [[Raidou Kuzunoha VS King Abaddon|series]]'' have a dimensional rift, allowing Raidou to meet {{spoiler|another version of himself: Raido Kuzunoha XIV -- whose differences include scars on his face and speaking like a normal character}}. While they don't stay together all that long (because their meetings always end in {{spoiler|one sending the other back to his original dimension}}) fanon sometimes persists in shipping the two, mainly played for drama.

* Played with in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358 Days ~~Over 2~~|Kingdom Hearts 358 Days Over 2]]''. Roxas and Xion become quite close, and Xigbar even [[Shipper on Deck|gives Roxas dating advice to impress Xion.]] This quickly turns disturbing when it is revealed {{spoiler|Xion is a Sora clone. Oh, and she's been sucking the life out of Roxas the whole time, and she doesn't even know it.}} It gets even more ridiculous when you learn that Xigbar at some point sees Xion as {{spoiler|Ventus of ''Birth by Sleep'' -- and while not the same person as Roxas the two do look ''suspiciously alike''}}.

* Played with in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days|Kingdom Hearts 358 Days Over 2]]''. Roxas and Xion become quite close, and Xigbar even [[Shipper on Deck|gives Roxas dating advice to impress Xion.]] This quickly turns disturbing when it is revealed {{spoiler|Xion is a Sora clone. Oh, and she's been sucking the life out of Roxas the whole time, and she doesn't even know it.}} It gets even more ridiculous when you learn that Xigbar at some point sees Xion as {{spoiler|Ventus of ''Birth by Sleep'' -- and while not the same person as Roxas the two do look ''suspiciously alike''}}.

** Ridiculous is not quite the word I'd use.

* In ''[[The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police|Sam and Max Season 2 Episode 1]]'', ghosts of Sam and Max [[A Christmas Carol|travel to the Christmas of the Future]] to save their future selves from dying a horrible death on a river of lava. If Sam suggests haunting their future selves, Max says that they should, only if ''he'' haunts Future Sam and Sam haunts Future Max -- "otherwise, it'd just be gross". However, he also hits on his future self -- "Hey, sexy! I'll be back to pick you up later!"

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== Web Comics ==

* ''[[Xkcd]]'' has [http://xkcd.com/105/ touched upon this] enough for the author to bring up the possibility that it's now "an official xkcd theme". And [http://xkcd.com/267/ Here too...]

* Well, it doesn't involve time travel but Black Mage of ''[[8-Bit Theater ~~(Webcomic)~~|Eight Bit Theater]]'' has an [[Enemy Without]] moment, but ends up killing the embodiment of his sins (himself) and re-absorbing all of his evil. Then he decides he needs to do something that makes self-love into an atrocity. Thief then [[Rule of Funny|somehow]] gets pictures and blackmails him.

* Well, it doesn't involve time travel but Black Mage of ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'' has an [[Enemy Without]] moment, but ends up killing the embodiment of his sins (himself) and re-absorbing all of his evil. Then he decides he needs to do something that makes self-love into an atrocity. Thief then [[Rule of Funny|somehow]] gets pictures and blackmails him.

* ''[[Homestuck]]''

** Karkat has wondered whether he could be his own [[Foe Yay|kismesis]], although in practice that doesn't really work, even considering troll biology. In fact, this seems to be something of a recurring theme with him -- when he sees {{spoiler|Jade arguing with her Dreamsprite}}, he fantasizes about them making out and accidentally mistypes "make myself out to be" as [[Freudian Slip|"make out with myself to be"]] in the connecting log with her.

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{{quote|'''Swaim:''' You slept with your exact duplicate. The clone bone. Sixty-sixing. Dopplegangbang. Mirrorbation. The big auto-erotic enchilada. Twins with benefits.}}

* In the Funny or Die video "Go Fuck Yourself with Dave Franco", the titular Franco goes to a bar, hooks up with himself, and eventually fucks himself. The [http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f211d50fbc/go-f-ck-yourself-with-dave-franco?rel=player link] is slightly NSFW.

* ''[[Orion's Arm]]''

** House Stevens is made up of clones who only have sex with those they share their genotype with. This was originally to prevent inbreeding as the 47 original founders were the only humans on their planet and they were all related, so basically incest is okay as long as it's with yourself.

** Also implied to be happening at the end of ''Betrayals'' between Gus and a copy who had been living in a virch for years.