History Main / InexplicablyIdenticalIndividualS

* [[StarWars Clonetroopers?]]
** Only for the first three movies. [[StarWarsBattlefront Battlefront II]] stated that after an incident regarding the DNA used to create each of the troopers more DNA was acquired to create the troopers.

* In ''TheMuppetShow: On The Road'', the Muppets, on tour following the destruction of the theatre, keep encountering [[StatlerAndWaldorf familiar-looking elderly hecklers]]. Two farmers (one of whom is apparently Waldorf's cousin); Mitch Wacky's gagwriters Stadler and Waltorf; the entire population of Little Statwald...

* In their original appearance (and thus prior to at least two RetCons), the Zamarons, a race of Amazon-like Warriors InSpace! (later revealed as female [[spoiler:counterparts of the Guardians of the Universe of GreenLantern [[TheChosenMany Corps]] fame]]) always chose their queens from humanoid females who met an ideal physical model, and thus always looked alike. They would take a prospective candidate from her home planet, explain that she was going to be their new Queen, and then give her super-powers by playing some kind of alien musical instrument at her (!) and presenting her with the gem that gave her a name -- the Star Sapphire. Naturally, Earth had a candidate for the role -- [[spoiler:GreenLantern's then would-be girlfriend, Carol Ferris]].

* Literary example: Mr. Presto in Alfred Bester's 1956 novel ''TheStarsMyDestination'' (aka ''Tyger! Tyger!''), who is very creepy in that these used to be individual people until they were surgically altered and reconditioned to be identical in every way.

* Want to ride a chocobo in {{FinalFantasyXII}}? If you're in a city, look for a pink Moogle named Gurdy running the chocobo stables. Starting town Rabanastre actually has ''three'' Gurdys, one at each gate.

* The Ursula K. Le Guin short story ''Nine Lives'' involves a "family" of nine clones, both male and female, all of whom were made from a particular genius and who are all accordingly also geniuses, highly trained in a variety of fields. The other two non-clone characters are fascinated by them and by the fact that none of them can ever be truly alone. They're all [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean very close]].

Why bother with UncannyFamilyResemblance, when you can have have every member of a family or even perfect strangers as the exact same person! Same taste in food, same way they style their hair, same profession, same mannerisms, and they all probably share the same hive mind as well. They may even [[PlanetOfSteves all have the same name.]] This isn't just a RecurringCharacter -- every town has their own. These are InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals; there's no ''reason'' for them to be perfectly identical-- though the series may try to HandWave it as them being related-- they simply are.

* In ''{{Joe Versus the Volcano}}'', MegRyan plays three different characters. Two of them are [[UncannyFamilyResemblance sisters]], but the third is someone completely unrelated.

* The various members of the [[MeaningfulName Hardthrasher, Sternbeater and Whackwallop]] extended family in ''BleakExpectations'', all voiced by Geoffrey Whitehead.

--> {{Concerned}}

*** Although it should be noted that both are very much Archetypal characters [[hottip:* :Colon is described as one of "Nature's Sergeants", almost the Platonic Ideal of the type of person who gravitates into that rank. Nobby, similarly embodies every semi-shady officer who ever ran a backroom betting pool.]], so the fact that you could find equivalents to both wherever you go is not that surprising given that the Discworld runs on the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality.

--> [[Concerned]]

-->''"Wait, don't I know you?"\\
"No, you must mean my sister. Or my cousin, or my granny... Maybe half of the east coast, I don't know -- there are a lot of me."''

--> ''"Ain't it funny how we all seem to look the same?"''
--> TheWho, "The Dirty Jobs"

** They hung a lampshade once in IAmWeasel and occasionally in CowAndChicken more than one Red Guy would appear in the same scene together (Journalist "Rearviewer" meets warden "Ben Pantsed").

** There was even a subversion, with a buff, tanned Joy that desired to stand out from her kin, as well as amother time with a tough-acting CowboyCop Jenny who loves to take out criminal scum by.... bowling.
** The Magikarp Sales Man, a recurring con-artist who tries to sell useless Pokemon to James (and has done so more than once), tries to pass himself off as a family of one of these to assure wary marks, but he's the same guy each time.

*** For everyone else in the world (and the audience,) the Jennies are told apart by having a different insignia on their hat to represent the town they're from. Joy on the other hand, [[http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h245/DRCEQ2/Anime/Pokemon/HordeofNurseJoys.jpg all have different colored crosses on their hats]] -- Any color except Red at the request/demand of the Red Cross.

** ''Best Wishes'' shows Isshu has somewhat different Jennys and Joys. Both have different uniforms compared to the other regions, and Jenny's hair is a lot shorter.
** Isshu also has runners of the Battle Clubs named Don George.

* The RPG ''{{Exile}} III''/''{{Avernum}} III'' had an enormous amount of towns, and did a good job in making [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters all the NPCs and shopkeepers unique]] with the exception of the fletchers, dressmakers, provisioners, and... Pat, who were all alike and had all the the same exact dialogue. They just had a lot of cousins.

* In ''MyWorldMyWay'', this is subverted; all the minor NPCs in each town claim to be different people despite looking exactly the same. The subversion is that they really ''are'' the same people; they're in fact [[AllPartOfTheShow actors hired by someone to fool the protagonist]].