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%% ''Manga/Touch1981'' has this as its premise.




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* ''Manga/Touch1981'' has this as its premise, with ChildishOlderSibling Tatsuya having to step up and become a great baseball player after a tragedy prematurely ends the promise of his twin brother Kazuya.
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* In ''Film/EagleEye'', Shia LeBeouf plays a set of identical twins, but the main character is a 'failure' whose twin brother works on a top secret AI project called ARIIA. The brother was killed in an accident in the film. The main character is mysteriously 'activated' by the AI as his identical DNA is crucial to unlocking the AI from a state of inability to act.

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* In ''Film/EagleEye'', Shia LeBeouf Creator/ShiaLaBeouf plays a set of identical twins, but the main character is a 'failure' whose twin brother works on a top secret AI project called ARIIA. The brother was killed in an accident in the film. The main character is mysteriously 'activated' by the AI as his identical DNA is crucial to unlocking the AI from a state of inability to act.
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* In ''Film/EagleEye'', Shia Lebouf plays a set of identical twins, but the main character is a 'failure' whose twin brother works on a top secret AI project called ARIIA. The brother was killed in an accident in the film. The main character is mysteriously 'activated' by the AI as his identical DNA is crucial to unlocking the AI from a state of inability to act.

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* In ''Film/EagleEye'', Shia Lebouf LeBeouf plays a set of identical twins, but the main character is a 'failure' whose twin brother works on a top secret AI project called ARIIA. The brother was killed in an accident in the film. The main character is mysteriously 'activated' by the AI as his identical DNA is crucial to unlocking the AI from a state of inability to act.
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Also, this is usually a perspective flip of BackupTwin shown from the perspective of the people who knew the original and received the back up. This is where the backup is the main character.

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Also, this is usually a perspective flip of BackupTwin shown from the perspective of the people who knew the original and received the back up. This is where the backup is the main character. Compare YoungestChildWins.
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* ''VideoGame/BrothersATaleOfTwoSons'': [[spoiler:The more headstrong elder brother dies as a result of injuries sustained in battle with a [[SpiderPeople spider-girl]] that [[TheFarmerAndTheViper they previously saved]], forcing the meek younger brother to finish the quest to cure their father alone]].
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* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' features a LighterAndSofter take on the trope, Mario, of course, isn't dead, or even hurt, but he is [[BadassInDistress indisposed]], and Luigi, who is more cowardly and timid than his heroic older brother, has to save him from King Boo. [[spoiler:In ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'', Luigi ends up having to save Mario again, along with the whole space-time continuum.]]

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* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' features a LighterAndSofter take on the trope, Mario, of course, isn't dead, or even hurt, but he is [[BadassInDistress indisposed]], and Luigi, who is more cowardly and timid than his heroic older brother, has to save him from King Boo. [[spoiler:In ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'', Luigi In ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'' and ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'', [[spoiler:Luigi ends up having to save Mario again, along with the whole space-time continuum.]]
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* ''Manga/BlackButler'' actually serves as a deconstruction of this trope. [[spoiler:The protagonist is actually Ciel Phantomhive's twin brother]] and, while he has managed to achieve quite some things [[spoiler:with and without Sebastian's help]], he is still weak in his initially weak areas.

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* ''Manga/BlackButler'' actually serves as a deconstruction of this trope. [[spoiler:The protagonist is actually Ciel Phantomhive's twin brother]] and, while he has managed to achieve quite some a few things [[spoiler:with and without Sebastian's help]], he is still weak in his initially weak areas.
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* ''Manga/BlackButler'' actually serves as a deconstruction of this trope. [[spoiler:The protagonist is actually Ciel Phantomhive's twin brother]] and, while he has managed to achieve quite some things [[spoiler:with, and without Sebastian's help]], he is still weak in his initially weak areas.

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* ''Manga/BlackButler'' actually serves as a deconstruction of this trope. [[spoiler:The protagonist is actually Ciel Phantomhive's twin brother]] and, while he has managed to achieve quite some things [[spoiler:with, [[spoiler:with and without Sebastian's help]], he is still weak in his initially weak areas.
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* ''Manga/BlackButler'' actually serves as a deconstruction of this trope. [[spoiler:The protagonist is actually Ciel Phantomhive's twin brother]] and, while they have managed to achieve quite some things [[spoiler:with, and without Sebastian's help]], they are still weak in their initially weak areas.

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* ''Manga/BlackButler'' actually serves as a deconstruction of this trope. [[spoiler:The protagonist is actually Ciel Phantomhive's twin brother]] and, while they have he has managed to achieve quite some things [[spoiler:with, and without Sebastian's help]], they are he is still weak in their his initially weak areas.
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%% ''Manga/{{Touch}}'' has this as its premise.

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%% ''Manga/{{Touch}}'' ''Manga/Touch1981'' has this as its premise.
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* In ''[[Anime/{{K}} K: Return of Kings]]'', there's a [[ThinkTwins scientist]] example with Adolf K. Weismann, who worked with his twin sister Claudia on the superpower-giving Slates decades ago - she died in a bombing, but the Slates made him immortal. He now has to solve an issue using his sister's notes on the Slates, and says that she was the smarter one, and that it's hard for him to understand her thinking. But he does end up figuring out what needs to be done.

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* In ''[[Anime/{{K}} K: Return of Kings]]'', there's a [[ThinkTwins scientist]] scientist example with Adolf K. Weismann, who worked with his twin sister Claudia on the superpower-giving Slates decades ago - she died in a bombing, but the Slates made him immortal. He now has to solve an issue using his sister's notes on the Slates, and says that she was the smarter one, and that it's hard for him to understand her thinking. But he does end up figuring out what needs to be done.
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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' had a variation of this. [[spoiler:Dipper and Mabel's Great-Uncle Stanley was always TheUnfavorite in comparison to his super-genius twin brother Stanford, who'd been introduced to the show in the mid-season finale. However, it's Stanley who ends up saving the day, by tricking [[BigBad Bill Cipher]] into entering his mind and then [[LaserGuidedAmnesia having Stanford erase his memories]] to destroy Bill once and for all.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' had a variation of this. [[spoiler:Dipper and Mabel's Great-Uncle Stanley was always TheUnfavorite in comparison to his super-genius twin brother Stanford, who'd been introduced to the show in the mid-season finale. However, it's Stanley who ends up saving the day, by tricking [[BigBad Bill Cipher]] into entering his mind and then [[LaserGuidedAmnesia having Stanford erase his memories]] to destroy Bill once and for all. Journal #3 shows him admit that Stanley is a hero, he is a hero's brother, and he's okay with that.]]
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* In the Chris Rock vehicle ''Film/BadCompany'', a CIA agent dies in the middle of an important undercover operation, and the CIA call on his separated-at-birth twin brother, an immature hustler, to keep the cover identity alive.

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* In the Chris Rock Creator/ChrisRock vehicle ''Film/BadCompany'', ''Film/BadCompany2002'', a CIA agent dies in the middle of an important undercover operation, and the CIA call on his separated-at-birth twin brother, an immature hustler, to keep the cover identity alive.
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* ''Manga/BlackButler'' actually serves as a deconstruction of this trope. [[spoiler:The protagonist is actually Ciel Phantomhive's twinbrother]] and, while they have managed to achieve quite some things [[spoiler:with, and without Sebastian's help]], they are still weak in their initially weak areas.

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* ''Manga/BlackButler'' actually serves as a deconstruction of this trope. [[spoiler:The protagonist is actually Ciel Phantomhive's twinbrother]] twin brother]] and, while they have managed to achieve quite some things [[spoiler:with, and without Sebastian's help]], they are still weak in their initially weak areas.



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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' had a variation of this. [[spoiler: Dipper and Mabel's Great-Uncle Stanley was always TheUnfavorite in comparison to his super-genius twin brother Stanford, who'd been introduced to the show in the mid-season finale. However, it's Stanley who ends up saving the day, by tricking [[BigBad Bill Cipher]] into entering his mind and then [[LaserGuidedAmnesia having his memories erased]] to destroy Bill once and for all.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' had a variation of this. [[spoiler: Dipper [[spoiler:Dipper and Mabel's Great-Uncle Stanley was always TheUnfavorite in comparison to his super-genius twin brother Stanford, who'd been introduced to the show in the mid-season finale. However, it's Stanley who ends up saving the day, by tricking [[BigBad Bill Cipher]] into entering his mind and then [[LaserGuidedAmnesia having Stanford erase his memories erased]] memories]] to destroy Bill once and for all.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' had a variation of this. [[spoiler: Dipper and Mabel's Great-Uncle Stanley was always TheUnfavorite in comparison to his super-genius twin brother Stanford, who'd been introduced to the show in the mid-season finale. However, it's Stanley who ends up saving the day, by tricking [[BigBad Bill Cipher]] into entering his mind and then [[LaserGuidedAmnesia having his memories erased]] to destroy Bill once and for all.]]

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