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** In real life, seniority is serious business. My department had to lay off two people, and one day of seniority was going to determine who stayed. (In the end, it was averted by the ''most'' senior employee taking early retirement instead.)
* Data and Lore in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', androids created with the same physical template, both argue that seniority gives them precedence. (Lore had lied and said Data was the older twin.)
* And a rare non-twin example: On ''[[Soap]]'', there is an exchange between Jessica and Mary where they're trying to decide which one is the older sister. They definitely remember that they're a year apart, but each one seems to think that they're the younger one. (Remember, they're at a point in their lives where younger is
* On ''[[All Together Now]]'', Anna comments on how she is fifteen minutes older than Thomas and wonders if she kicked him in the head on the way out.
* An entire episode of ''[[Pair of Kings]]'' plays with this; Brady claims to be the older twin, prompting Boomer to go to an oracle to find proof.
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