History PlayingWith / DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest

* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob are lovers; however, Alice dies in a very abrupt and tragic fashion, leaving Bob heartbroken... until he meets Elica, Alice's counterpart from an alternate universe.

* '''Downplayed''': Erica is an ArtificialHuman, with Alice's DNA being used to be her genetic "mother".

* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob are lovers; however, Alice dies in a very abrupt and tragic fashion, leaving Bob heartbroken... until he meets Elica, Alice counterpart from an alternate universe.

'''Basic Trope''': A character loses their LoveInterest, only to meet another person who bears a striking physical resemblance to their lost love.
* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob are lovers; however, Alice dies in a very abrupt and tragic fashion, leaving Bob heartbroken... until he meets Elica, who looks exactly like Alice.
* '''Exaggerated''': Elica ''is'' Alice's twin sister.
* '''Downplayed''': Erica looks very similar to Alice, but there are a few differences.

* '''Subverted''': After Alice dies, Bob meets Elica, but shows no interest in her or in starting a relationship with her.

** "We've replaced Bob's normal Alice with Janet. Let's watch to see if he notices."

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** Bob meets Elica, who's a dead ringer for his very-much-alive companion Alice... and [[KilledOffForReal then Elica dies]], shaking Bob to his core and causing him to realize how much he cares for Alice.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice supposedly dies, so Bob finds a girl called Elica who looks exactly like her, but it turns out that [[HesJustHiding Alice was really alive,]] except Bob has fallen in love with Elica for real, and then [[KilledOffForReal Elica dies,]] and Alice is going out with Rob...

** See Exaggerateed

** Or: After Alice's death, Bob finds love with Zelda, who's as different from Alice as possible, because being with her helps distance him, if only briefly, from memories that have become too painful to bear.
** Or: After Alice's death, Bob falls in love with Carol, who looks nothing like Alice but has almost the exact same personality.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob latches onto Elica purely because of the physical resemblance, only to grow disallusioned with all the minor and major differences between his lost love and her lookalike. Elica, for her part, is less than thrilled upon learning Bob was attracted to her because she looked like Alice.
* '''Reconstructed''': While Bob is originally attracted to Elica because she looks like Alice, he ends up falling in love with her for who she ''is'', not who she resembles.

* '''Played For Laughs:'''

* '''Played For Drama:''' Bob accidentally refers to Elica as Alice during sex. That makes things rather awkward. The whole replacement issue creates issues for both of them.

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** See '''Exaggerateed'''

* '''Inverted''': Bob meets Elica, who's a dead ringer for his very-much-alive companion Alice... and [[KilledOffForReal then Elica dies]], shaking Bob to his core and causing him to realize how much he cares for Alice.

* '''Parodied''': The artist has OnlySixFaces in their repertoire, and Bob is instantly attracted to ''anyone'' with a face drawn like Alice's.

* '''Played For Laughs:''' Bob accumulates a whole harem of Alice-substitutes, and calls them all Alice.

* '''Played For Drama:''' Bob accidentally refers to Elica as Alice [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean during the action.]] That makes things rather awkward. The whole replacement issue creates issues for both of them.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob latches onto Elica purely because of the physical resemblance, only to grow disallusioned with all the minor and major differences between his lost love and her lookalike. Elica, for her part, is [[{{Understatement}} less than thrilled]] upon learning Bob was attracted to her because she looked like Alice.

** Or: Bob falls in love with Carol, who looks nothing like Alice but has almost the exact same personality.

* '''Played For Laughs:''' ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': ???