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But who pretender is, or who is King--<br />
God bless us all--that's quite another thing.''|'''John Byrom'''}}
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Combination of [[Swapped Roles]], [[Identical Stranger]], [[Princess for
Comes from the story "The Prince and the Pauper" by [[Mark Twain]], and is regularly used in Disney TV movies, but not commonly in TV episodes, unless twins are involved.
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** And, in all versions ''except'' the Olsen Twin one (which was titled ''It Takes Two''), the protagonists were related. Incidentally, the only film versions to actually have twins playing twins were the original ''Das doppelte Lottchen'', and the 1953 UK version ''Twice Upon A Time''.
** And there's also the [[Adaptation Displacement|original book]] ''Das doppelte Lottchen'', published in English as ''Lottie and Lisa''.
* ''The [[Lizzie
* ''[[The Little Rascals]]'' short "Alfalfa's Double" has a rich kid named Cornelius from another neighborhood who looks just like Alfalfa. When he bumps into Alfalfa they decide to swap roles. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* ''[[The Great Dictator]]'', where Charlie Chaplin plays both a Hitler-esque dictator and a Jewish barber, naturally ends up like this.
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* Used/spoofed in the ''[[Tripping the Rift]]'' episode "Nature vs. Nurture".
* Happens in the ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' episode "Warrior... Princess", where Xena (a commoner, despite her nickname) temporarily switches places with an [[Identical Stranger|identical-looking princess]] at the local king's request.
* In the third season ''[[The Man
* This concept is used in a [[Wishbone]] episode where he is telling the story.
* ''[[The Monkees]]'' episode "The Prince and the Paupers", where Davy impersonates a prince to help him get married.
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Under my own volition<br />
I took a change of position!"'' }}
* Used in [[Vocaloid|The Story of Evil]] when {{spoiler|[[Meaningful Name|Rillianne]], who was a [[God Save Us From the Queen|terrible ruler]] switches places with her servant and [[Twin Switch|twin brother]], Allen. A bit unusual in that this is not the beginning of the plot, but rather the dramatic climax of it and that Allen himself organizes the whole thing to save her from an uprizing. Under the Princess' guise he gets captured and promptly [[Off
== Newspaper Comics ==
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'''Prince:''' Am I really that transparent?<br />
'''Johnny:''' Naw, I just seen a lot of TV. }}
* In the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
* Done in ''[[The Simpsons]]'', with Bart swapping places with a rich kid... whose siblings are trying to kill him.
* [[Mickey Mouse]] starred in an adaption of the Twain story.
* Candace did it in the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Make Play".
* The ''[[
* In an episode of The Hub's ''[[Pound Puppies]]'', team member Squirt and high society pooch Mr. Cuddlesworth switch places after meeting at the shelter when the latter chihuahua runs away from his home.
* [[Open Season|''Open Season 3'']], where Boog the bear is accidentally mistaken for a Russian circus bear who looked exactly like him, while the real Russian bear simultaneously traded places with him so that he can live in the wild.
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* ''[[The Proud Family]]'': [[As Himself|Mariah Carey]]'s pet monkey and Oscar's Mr. Chips had this forced onto each other when Oscar, while distracted by Carey's presence at the vet's office, threw an injured Mr. Chips into a sick room that was already occupied by Carey's monkey (who was sick due to eating Proud Snacks). Things go uphill for Mr. Chips (who is mistaken by Carey for her pet), and downhill for her pet, with the latter experiencing something close to slave labor regarding meals, and later having its piano playing skills exploited for cash. Things end up back to normal after the pet finds Mr. Chips and takes back his identity forcefully and returns to his rightful owner, and Chips to his.
* Done in an episode of ''[[Popeye|Popeye & Son]]'' with Junior and a prince.
* In an episode of ''[[Fish Hooks]]'', Oscar gets mistaken for the Queen of Fish England when he impersonates her [[It Makes Sense in Context|and almost ends up getting married to Mr. Muscles]]. At the end the real Queen of Fish England shows up and we find out that she was at Freshwater High impersonating Oscar... [[Makes Just
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