History Main / BackupTwin

** Actually, this was a DeconstructedTrope. The first thing he made sure to his teammates in Celestial Being is he's not his older twin Neil's ReplacementGoldfish, even preferring to put on a JerkAssFacade than leading Feldt on, since she was who's in-love with his deceased brother. He also prefers to use a different style of gun fighting to contrast Neil's sniping method, although he also uses it frequently. Basically, both twins are Lockon Stratos, but they are at the same time their very own persons with different views on life, love, and revenge.

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* In ''MortalKombat II'', it is revealed that the original Sub-Zero was killed by Scorpion during the events of the previous game and replaced by his younger brother, who adopted his identity. A bit of a subversion, since Sub-Zero's death was only barely implied in Scorpion's ending, which was one of seven possible outcomes in the game. Noob Saibot, a character also introduced in ''II'', would later be revealed to be the original Sub-Zero.

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Genetically identical to TwinSwitch and CloningGambit. Not to be confused with MakingUseOfTheTwin. Compare ActuallyADoombot.

* Presea in ''MagicKnightRayearth'', by her twin sister Sierra. A case of {{Schrodingers Cat}}, she was killed off in the anime but not the manga, but the plot needed her later.

* Mark Gor was killed near the end of ''A Better Tomorrow'' but thanks to Mark being insanely popular, Chow Yun-Fat returned as Mark's twin brother Ken in ''A Better Tomorrow 2''.

* James Spader's character is killed halfway through the movie ''Jack's Back'' and Spader shows up in the next scene as the twin brother who goes on to solve the case, catch the bad guy, and (unless I'm misremembering) get the girl.

** Jean Claude Van Damme did ''exactly'' the same thing in one of his action films.
*** MaximumRisk, ladies and gentlemen.

* The movie ''TimeChasers'' (''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode) features a [[TimeyWimeyBall time-travel-created duplicate]] of the hero, and is the source of the page quote.

* Laura Palmer is found dead in the Pilot of {{Twin Peaks}}, Shortly after her cousin arrives to stay some time and she is played by the same actress as Laura (but with raven hair instead of blond).

* In the 1980s ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]],'' in a rare exception to StatusQuoIsGod, Baxter Stockman got permanently turned into a fly monster, and stayed that way for the rest of the series. The show did briefly try an AssPull, however,
by introducing Baxter's still-human twin brother ''Barney'' Stockman. Perhaps thankfully, Barney only appeared once, though.

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* In the 1980s ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]],'' in a rare exception to StatusQuoIsGod, Baxter Stockman got permanently turned into a fly monster, and stayed that way for the rest of the series. The show did briefly try an AssPull, however, by introducing Baxter's still-human twin brother ''Barney'' Stockman. Perhaps thankfully, Barney only appeared once, though.

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* Preemptive example (as in, the twin is introduced ''before'' the character death): Data and B-4 in ''StarTrek Nemesis''.

* Mark Gor was killed near the end of ''A Better Tomorrow'' but Chow Yun-Fat returned as Mark's twin brother Ken in ''A Better Tomorrow 2''.

*** MaximumRisk, ladies and gentlemen.

*** But it happened to him in Deep Space Nine, where commander William Riker comes and visits Deep Space Nine, steals the Defiant, and reveals he is actually lt. Thomas Riker the [[PhlebotinumBreakdown Transporter Malfunction]]-created double.

* In ''[[{{V}} V The Series]]'', Martin's brother Phillip appeared several episodes after Martin was killed off, and more or less filled Martin's role.
* Laura Palmer is found dead in the Pilot of {{Twin Peaks}}, Shortly after her cousin arrives to stay some time and she is played by the same actress as Laura.
* In ''DoctorWho'', the Doctor's companion Leela leaves at the end of "The Invasion of Time", and RobotBuddy K-9 decides to go with her. It is then revealed that the Doctor has built another K-9, which continues as a regular character for several more years.

* In "''Heroes of Lesser Earth''", Martin's Elf Rogue Cohort "fleece" has an unlimited number of twin sisters, each more in love with Martin than the last, who instantly replace the previous one if she's killed... [[spoiler: because he wrote that on the back of her character sheet.]]

* In ''VTheSeries'', Martin's brother Phillip appeared several episodes after Martin was killed off, and more or less filled Martin's role.

* Parodied in the sequel to ''TheLostSkeletonOfCadavra'', ''The Lost Skeleton Returns Again'', with the character of Peter Fleming, the heretofore unknown twin brother of the late villain Roger Fleming. There's also Jungle Brad, brother of the late Ranger Brad. When it's remarked upon that both twins were named "Brad', Jungle Brad explains that their ''last'' names were different.

* Averted in the VorkosiganSaga, where [[spoiler: Miles' clone-twin Mark refuses to replace him after his death, and purposely gains weight to lessen the resemblance. And Miles comes back to life before the end of the book anyway.]]

* Parodied in the sequel to ''TheLostSkeletonOfCadavra'', ''The Lost Skeleton Returns Again'', with the character of Peter Fleming, the heretofore unknown twin brother of the late villain Roger Fleming.
** They're also bringing in Ranger Brad's identical twin brother, Jungle Brad, which implies that "Ranger" and "Jungle" are their first names. Perhaps their parents were friends with Mr. and Mrs. Phoenix.

* In the 1980s ''[[WesternAnimationTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]],'' in a rare exception to StatusQuoIsGod, Baxter Stockman got permanently turned into a fly monster, and stayed that way for the rest of the series. The show did briefly try an AssPull, however, by introducing Baxter's still-human twin brother ''Barney'' Stockman. Perhaps thankfully, Barney only appeared once, though.

* In ''VTheSeries'', Martin's brother Phillip appeared several episodes after Martin was killed off, and more or less filled Martin's role.
* No mention of Ali Larter's characters in {{Heroes}}? When Niki dies ForReal in the second season, Ali Later returns in the third season as a new character, Tracy. Turns out Niki didn't just have a twin, but was part of a triplet set.

* A literal, real life example comes from BuffyTheVampireSlayer. Nicholas Brendon's identical twin brother Kelly Donovan served as Brendon's stunt/body double throughout the show, but also appeared as Xander's double in "The Replacement" and played Xander when Brendon fell ill in "Intervention".