doppelgangers in film and tv!

[such_heights]

So I'm organising some files and such to get a vid project ticking away in the background for later this summer, and I am in search of source! Specifically, I am thinking of making a multi-fandom vid about doppelgangers and clones etc for my 'mirrors and doubles' kink_bingo square. Originally I was going to keep it in Doctor Who, but really, this is one of my faaaaavourite tropes, so why stick to just one show?

Source already on my radar:

- Battlestar Galactica
- Buffy
- Doctor Who
- Farscape
- Fringe
- Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Stargate Atlantis
- The Vampire Diaries

Star Trek too, but I can only think of the Mirror!verse episodes in TOS and DS9 and am probably missing other examples.

So! I am looking for footage that has doppelgangers/clones/evil twins/parallel universe selves/robot copies/holographic projects/any other variants I can't think of interacting with their original selves. Any show/film, any genre, though I will probably lean more towards more fannish media. Bonus points for canonical instances of characters hitting on themselves (thank you in advance for your services to this cause, mirrorverse!Kira!).

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[monanotlisa]

Friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinge! ♥

[monanotlisa]

Also, yay, Stargate Atlantis!

[monanotlisa]

And

[monanotlisa]

Not to mention

[monanotlisa]

Or of course

[monanotlisa]

plus, naturally,

[coffeesuperhero]

I feel like Legend of the Seeker maybe had something like that? I haven't watched it, I've only seen picspams, mind. Everything else I can think of you have covered! Awesome vid idea, btw.

[such_heights]

Ohhhh you're totally right, it does! How could I forget the hotness of Kahlan x2?! Thanks!

[such_heights]

Hahaha, so glad you approve on many counts! :D

[pocketmouse]

There's a couple Star Trek episodes where the transporters create duplicates. There's the Kirk one that splits him into good and evil (or wimpy and evil, really), and there's a TNG one that splits Riker. That one is awesome, because it's one of the few examples of the duplicate not dying that I can think of, ever, in life. He goes on to become a Maquis and is in later episodes as himself, it's awesome.

[coffeesuperhero]

Whee! I thought I remembered seeing a bunch of gorgeous pictures of Two Kahlans! I really need to watch those episodes, they're sitting forlornly on Mary's computer, alone and unwatched.

[such_heights]

Oh yeah, Tom Riker, that's a good one! I had forgotten about him.

[lorax]

Fringe, as already stated!

The Xena timeline had at least three different other versions of Xena at one point. And one of them might well have hit on the other, given the show. I can't remember exactly though.

Buffy does it multiple times, with The Buffybot and the two-Xanders episodes.

Dark Angel is full of it, since the main characters are all clones. You've got Max interacting with her Clone in an episode or two, and shots of baby clones all identical. Alex/Ben are clones, but they never interact on-screen that we see. Joshua also has a clone.

I believe the new Camelot is doing Morgan(a) in Igraine's body at some point. That's more polyjuice type situation, so I dunno if it applies?

Sarah Connor Chronicles had Allison/Cameron, who were face to face a few times, and Ellison/Terminator Ellison.

That's all I can think of!

Oh wait, Legend of the Seeker had two Kahlan's once, I think?

And there has to be some instances in the X-Men movies, with Mystique running around.

[theleaveswant]

Dark Angel had a few moments like this.

[futuransky]

DOPPELGANGERS AND CLONES ARE MY FAVOURITE.

Having trouble thinking beyond your list offhand, but I am so excited for this. (You've seen rhoboat's I think I'm a clone now of course...

[pocketmouse]

I was thinking about him because after the episodes with the Flesh I was trying to think of incidences of both clone and original surviving, and he was the only good example I could think of.

[acari]

There's also Roswell. Children of Dune has a clone but the original version is already dead so no interaction.

[such_heights]

Seeker is amazing sparkly brain candy. :D Whenever I try and encourage people to watch it I link to ignipes's amazing recruiter post.

[such_heights]

Awesome, thanks a lot! Sounds like I'm going to have to check out Dark Angel in particular.

[such_heights]

I will investigate, thanks! :D

[xtricks]

Star Trek TOS also had an episode where Kirk was split into 'good' but passive and indecisive kirk and 'bad', agressive out of control kirk. Lots of overacting by Shatner there.

[pocky_slash]

Harry Potter!

I know SPN is a can of worms that a lot of fandom doesn't like to open, but I know there are a couple episodes with multiple Deans. Ic an't tell you which ones, but Becca would know and I could ask her.

Hm. I think you've got all the others I would know. I feel like Eureka has an episode with two Jacks, but maybe I'm mistaking...

[thefourthvine]

Red Dwarf! There's an episode with two Rimmers, and there's an episode where they split into the good and evil versions of themselves, and there's also an episode where they go to an alternate universe and meet the female versions of themselves, if that's not too far off your remit.

And, uh, is the Matrix too obvious? ALL THOSE SMITHS.

And SG1 has clone Jack and the robot duplicates, though I could not tell you where.

...I notice I incline towards the robots and other mechanical copies. I BELIEVE MY ID IS SHOWING.

[such_heights]

ME TOO. :D

Yes, I love that vid so much omg. <3

[such_heights]

Oh wow, I had forgotten about the existence of Rowell, hahaha. I loved that show so much, thanks for the tip!