History Main / AlwaysIdenticalTwins

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* [[GundamSEED Kira and Cagalli]], being largely based on [[StarWars Luke and Leia]].

* TsubasaReservoirChronicle has [[spoiler: Fai and Yuui]] , the "twins of misfortune" who are practically the same child made twice.

* Wendy and Goldie, twin prostitutes from Frank Miller's [[SinCity Sin City]]. According to Marv, they even [[TheNoseKnows smell identical]].

* Wendy and Goldie, twin prostitutes from Frank Miller's [[SinCity Sin City]]. According to Marv, they even smell identical.

* OuranHighSchoolHostClub has the Hitachiin twins, who are so alike that no one had ever been able to tell them appart until they met Haruhi. Of course they use that similarity for their own amusement.

* Either version of ''TheParentTrap''.

* Alexander and Rosella from ''KingsQuest''

* ''WeeklyWorldNews'' once ran a CoverStory on a set of [[ConjoinedTwins conjoined septuplets]]: 5 male, 2 female.

* ''HighSchoolMusical'': Sharpay and Ryan are twins but look nothing alike, and are never described to be identical.
* [[spoiler: Kid and Sara]] from ''{{Ever17}}'' are fraternal twins.
* Palom and Porom, ''FinalFantasyIV''.
* [[spoiler:Miss Parker and Mr Lyle]] in ''ThePretender''.

* Kirio and Kirika from ''KamichamaKarin''.
* In ''{{Corsair}}'', fraternal twins Aura and Leti are clearly related yet distinct, with Leti taking much more after their father's side and Aura taking more after their mother's side.
* Brenda and Brandon Walsh "{{Beverly Hills 90210}}" are fraternal twins.
* Alex and Dan in TheDreamlandChronicles are a rare case of fraternal twins of the same gender. This is likely inspired by the creator's fraternal twin sons.

* OuranHostClub has the Hitachiin twins, who are so alike that no one had ever been able to tell them appart until they met Haruhi. Of course they use that similarity for their own amusement.
* TsubasaReservoirChronicles has [[spoiler: Fai and Yuui]] , the "twins of misfortune" who are practically the same child made twice.

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* ''TheOrderOfTheStick'': Nale and [[EvilTwin Elan]].

* [[spoiler: Borden and Fallon in ''The Prestige''.]]

So why are fictional twins always identical? Well, for starters, identical twins are visually striking. They allow for [[TwinSwitch comic plots]], and they add [[PlotParallel symmetry]] and [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolism]] to a story. An EvilTwin is almost always an Identical Twin. Fraternal twins, for all intents and purposes, are just regular siblings, and [[RuleOfDrama regular doesn't cut it in fictionland]].

* Mary Kate and Ashley Oslen in everything they've done (except ''FullHouse'', where the twins both played the same one character to stretch limits on how long very young child actors are allowed to work).

So why are fictional twins always identical? Well, for starters, identical twins are visually striking. They allow for [[TwinSwitch comic plots]], and they add [[PlotParallel symmetry]] and [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolism]] to a story. Fraternal twins, for all intents and purposes, are just regular siblings, and [[RuleOfDrama regular doesn't cut it in fictionland]].

* Zach and Cody on ''{{The Suite Life of Zach and Cody}}'', also played by RL twins.

* Mary Kate and Ashley Oslen in everything they've done (except, oddly, ''FullHouse'', where the twins both played the same one character).

* Zach and Cody on ''The Suit Life of Zach and Cody'', also played by RL twins.
* Late in the series, ''7th Heaven'' introduced twins as the newest members of the family. The "twins" were actually played by infant ''quadruplets''.

* [[OrderOfTheStick Nale]] and [[EvilTwin Elan]].

* [[spoiler: Kid and Sara]] from {{Ever17}} are fraternal twins...
* Palom and Porom, FinalFantasyIV.

* LiveActionTV: Subverted for laughs by Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques in the Brit Com ''{{Sykes}}'', who played identical twin brother and sister despite bearing no resemblance to each other.