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Tropes that surround Twins. |
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* [[Alleged Lookalikes]]<br />Two characters look ''awfully'' alike to the cast, but the audience doesn't believe they're any different than anybody else. |
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* [[Always Identical Twins]]<br />When twins are mentioned in fiction, they are almost always identical, not fraternal. |
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* [[Angsty Surviving Twin]]<br />One twin dies so the other can be angsty (and [[Uniqueness Value|more unique]]). |
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* [[Backup Twin]]<br />[[Killed Off for Real]]? A twin or clone shows up from nowhere to pick up where you left off. |
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* [[Conjoined Twins]]<br />Conjoined twins are far more likely to appear in fiction than in [[Real Life]]. |
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* [[Creepy Twins]]<br />[[Single-Minded Twins]], with the creepiness factor played up. |
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* [[Evil Twin]]<br />Introducing... the evil version of you! |
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* [[Fake Twin Gambit]]<br />Pretending to be one's own identical twin, whether such person exists or not. |
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* [[Fearful Symmetry]]<br />Identical combatants with identical attacks will cancel each other out. |
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* [[Finishing Each Other's Sentences]]<br />Due to [[Twin Telepathy]] or [[Twin Banter]], twins can carry on one side of a conversation no matter which one is speaking. |
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* [[Half-Identical Twins]]<br />Brother-sister (i.e., fraternal) twins act identical in all ways other than sex. |
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* [[I Am He As You Are He]]<br />A character is pretending to be his [[Evil Twin]], usually badly. |
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* [[Identical Twin ID Tag]]<br />Twins make themselves distinguishable with hairstyles, costumes, or scars. |
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* [[Making Use of the Twin]]<br />If an actor has an identical twin, bring them into the cast! |
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* [[Non-Identical Twins]]<br />Take actors/characters who look nothing alike and call them twins, typically for comedy. |
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* [[Polar Opposite Twins]]<br />When the [[Odd Couple]] happen to be twins. |
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* [[Separated At Birth]]<br />Siblings (usually twins) get separated at birth and meet for the first time later in life. |
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* [[Sibling Seniority Squabble]]<br />Twins arguing over who has seniority due to being the oldest, even if it's a difference of minutes. |
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* [[Single-Minded Twins]]<br />They have identical appearance and personality and may as well be one person in two bodies. |
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* [[Synchronization]]<br />Twins share injuries or other metaphysical traits. |
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* [[Tag Team Twins]]<br />Twins used as a tag team duo in [[Professional Wrestling]]. |
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* [[Theme Twin Naming]]<br />Twin names follow a theme: rhyme, alliteration, named after famous twins, etc. |
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* [[Trickster Twins]]<br />A pair of twins who are up to no good. |
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* [[Think Twins]]<br />Two brains are [[The Smart Guy|smarter]] than one. |
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* [[Twincest]]<br />Twins getting it on with each other. |
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* [[Twin Banter]]<br />The snappy patter and unique speech patterns that twins form with each other. |
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* [[Twin Desynch]]<br />Twins start to look and act differently after they've been separated for a while. |
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* [[Twin Switch]]<br />Twins swap roles with each other, such as with a [[Two-Timer Date]]. [[Hilarity Ensues]] if they are [[Different As Night and Day]]. |
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* [[Twin Telepathy]]<br />Twins share a [[Psychic Link]], from simple telepathy to full-on [[Synchronization]]. |
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* [[Twin Threesome Fantasy]]<br />What's hotter than a threesome? A threesome where two of them are twins! |
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* [[Two Siblings in One]]<br />A twin absorbs the soul, [[Life Energy]], or other metaphysical properties of their deceased sibling. |
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* [[Unto Us a Son And Daughter Are Born]]<br />When twins are ''born'' in a series, and aren't just there from the start, they are almost always fraternal male/female. |
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* [[Weaker Twin Saves the Day]]<br />Where one twin is weaker but ends up reluctantly saving the day when his stronger brother dies. |
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