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11->''"You idiots! These are not them! You've captured their stunt doubles!"''
12-->-- '''Captain of the Guard''', ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''
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14When you want to film a dangerous stunt without risking your leads, you call in these people. You dress them up as the characters, give them a wig, and try to avoid having their face on camera.
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16There are also non-stunt doubles -- for instance, the anonymous girl who played the back of Creator/PattyDuke's head in ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow'' whenever the cousins needed to be in the same shot together. Non-stunt doubles are usually called stand-ins or body doubles, and are also used to block and light scenes when the main actors are busy elsewhere, or in the case of child actors, are used to fill in for the main actor in some scenes (particularly those where the main actor's face isn't visible) as young performers could only work for a limited amount of time per child labour laws. The TalentDouble appears in instances where the required action is simply too difficult for the actor: complicated ice-skating or dancing, for instance.
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18This is actually a ''lot'' more common than most would expect; though many films have actors ''appear'' to engage in highly athletic yet low-risk tasks - lifting and carrying moderately heavy objects, running for more than a few seconds, jumping over small obstacles, climbing fences, ladders and stairs - anyone who actually ''thinks'' about doing such things themselves will realize that all but the most athletic would tire very, very quickly, yet actors ''only'' appear strained, exhausted, or even out-of-breath [[RuleOfDrama when it would be dramatic]]. Such scenes are in many cases [[RealityIsUnrealistic the bulk of a stuntman's work]] - especially on repeated takes.
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20Traditionally, female actors were often doubled by [[CrossCastRole small male stunt artists]], due to no woman with the required skills being available, or the stunts being considered "[[MenAreTheExpendableGender too dangerous]]" for a woman. This still happens on occasion, but the increasing number of female stunt artists makes it much rarer than in the past.
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22Nowadays it's common for stunt doubles' faces to [[DigitalHeadSwap be replaced with the stars' faces in post production]]. An early example is ''Film/EventHorizon'': they didn't realise until they sat down to edit the film that Creator/LaurenceFishburne's stunt double's face was showing clearly for a couple of seconds in the finale (in his defense, ''he was on fire''). So, the star's face was crudely but effectively pasted over the double's. An earlier example of the same occurs in ''Film/JurassicPark''. This has opened the door to more flexible use of stuntmen.
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24The inverse of this is, of course, NoStuntDouble.
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26Supertrope of the SpecialEffectFailure version - ObviousStuntDouble.
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29!!Examples:
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34* Stuntman Stan Barrett is also known as the driver of the Budweiser Rocket car, which unofficially hit 739.666 mph in 1979.
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38* In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} comic book feature ''Comicbook/JetDream'', Jet and her "Stunt-Girl Counterspies" worked as "Hollywood Stunt-Girls" when not on counter-espionage missions.
39* When he couldn't find work as an actor, ComicBook/WonderMan put his invulnerability to good use by becoming a stuntman.
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46* [[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0533456/ Erin Mackey,]] who played the back of Creator/LindsayLohan's head in Disney's 1998 remake of ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1998}}''.
47* [[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0585050/ Shelley Michelle,]] whose legs and body have been seen in numerous films under the guise of being someone else's, including ''Film/PrettyWoman'' (as Creator/JuliaRoberts -- it's her body in the movie's well-known poster, and her legs in the "boot scene" at the beginning), ''Film/ThePrinceOfTides'' (as Music/BarbraStreisand's legs) and ''Film/MyStepmotherIsAnAlien'' (doubling for Creator/KimBasinger, especially in the dressing scene at the start).
48* Creator/JackieChan is a notable exception. He started off his career as a stuntman, and having become a lead actor since then, he still does many of his own stunts instead of enlisting a stunt double (although this is less common due to his age and past injuries as of late). Jackie Chan had stopped doing all of his major stunts by the time North American audiences knew who he was, though his publicists have continued the illusion.
49* Creator/MoniqueGanderton, Canadian stunt performer and actress who has doubled for actresses Creator/TriciaHelfer, Creator/BridgetMoynahan, Creator/DarylHannah, among others.
50* Creator/KaneHodder, before he landed the role of Jason in the latter ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' movies, was a well-known stunt double. After ''Friday'', he's a well-known stunt double and stunt coordinator.
51* Various difficulties lead to stunt doubles and quick cuts being used in fights in ''Film/BatmanBegins'' (which almost suited the movie's style). In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', pains were taken to ensure that not only could they get long action shots, but that the actors could perform their own stunts if they wanted to. For example, [[spoiler:in the scene where The Joker blows up a hospital, the explosion actually occurs with him where it looks like he is in the shot--inside a bus outside the building; and Christian Bale, aside from fighting, also did wire work on top one of Chicago's skyscrapers]].
52* Creator/MichaelPapajohn, American actor and stuntmen who has done stunt work on ''Film/StarshipTroopers'', ''Film/MoneyTalks'', ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'', and ''Film/StarskyAndHutch''.
53* Most of the Film/JamesBond actors did some of their own stunts, except for Creator/RogerMoore. However, Moore was a former trucker, and used this to great effect with a fire truck in ''Film/AViewToAKill''.
54** Creator/DanielCraig and Creator/PierceBrosnan claim to have multiple scars from their stuntwork. Brosnan in fact busted his ankle during filming the pre-titles sequence for ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', requiring production to be shut down for a week while he had surgery. Craig forced the production of both ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' and ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' to be shut down for weeks as well due to leg injuries (knee in the former, ankle in the latter).
55** While filming ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', Creator/MieHama (Kissy) was unable to film the scenes where she was swimming (some sources say she didn't know how to swim, some say she was ill). Creator/SeanConnery's then wife, Diane Cilento, volunteered to film the scenes, disguising herself with a black wig.
56** Renowned French stuntman and stunt coordinator Creator/RemyJulienne did most of the car stunts of the [[TheEighties 1980s]] films of the franchise. The apex of them has to be the [[CarSkiing tanker truck "skiing"]] in ''Film/LicenceToKill''.
57** The 007 in the first BondGunBarrel is actually stunt double Bob Simmons, who worked in most of the series until ''A View to a Kill''. Amusingly, Creator/SeanConnery actually takes over the gunbarrel in ''Film/{{Thunderball}}''... and the cold open afterwards has him fighting Simmons, who played SPECTRE agent Jacques Bouvar.
58* Creator/DanaHee has done stuntwork on ''Film/{{Species}}'', ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'', among other films and tv shows.
59* ''Film/RoboVampire'' has, among other things, "the most obvious stunt double ever". A blonde woman's stunt double is a short dark-skinned guy with short grey wig and a moustache.
60* According to an unpublished story for SPIN Magazine that was released online in 2009, nearly every scene of Creator/WesleySnipes in ''Film/BladeTrinity'' is his stunt double. Snipes was allegedly unhappy with the director and script, so he only fulfilled the bare minimum his contract required and was only on set to shoot close-ups and dialogue scenes. None of the cast or crew have verified the story, however, so take it with a grain of salt.
61* An equine variant in ''Film/TheBlackStallion.'' Cass Ole was a champion showhorse and exceptionally valuable, so his owners restricted what he was allowed to do on camera. When the Black is shown galloping full-out, for example, it's always a double...and the double may or may not be an Arabian.
62* In ''Film/SoulSurfer'', Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb plays real-life surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack. While there's a regular stunt double who performs the surfing scenes prior to the attack, the producers had a hard time finding a one-armed stunt double who could surf, so they cast... Bethany Hamilton. Incidentally, this means that the scenes of Hamilton [[spoiler:riding the huge wave in the end competition]] were performed by Bethany herself.
63* Creator/StevenSeagal is notorious for this in his direct-to-video films, where noticeably younger and lighter men dressed like him are in almost every shot where he isn't in close-up or talking. One particularly notorious example is the obvious switch to a double ''to get into a car''. [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] even started a counter.
64* ''Film/EpicMovie'' employed this for laughs when Aslan (a middle-aged white man) is suddenly replaced by a young Asian guy in a bad wig for a fight scene.
65* During filming of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Creator/HarrisonFord injured his back and was out for several weeks. His stunt double, the legendary Vic Armstrong, was [[http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/07/11/indiana-jones-superman-and-bond-vic-armstrongs-life-in-stunts/ very similar in appearance to Harrison]] (even for a stunt double) and the two could be mistaken for brothers. Creator/StevenSpielberg continued work on the film by using Vic to perform the actions filmed from behind and then later filmed a few token close ups of Harrison to keep the illusion. The resemblance was so great, Ford's son would approach and talk to who he thought was his father before discovering it was Armstrong.
66** Armstrong also doubles Ford in ''Film/BladeRunner'' in the scene where Deckard is searching Leon's bathroom and finds the snake scale in the tub.
67* In one scene in ''Film/MenInBlack'', Agent K drives the car up the walls and onto the ceiling of a tunnel, and J, not wearing a seatbelt, flips over--and in a rather infamous blooper, briefly gets a stunt-double-induced RaceLift.
68* Another infamous stunt double RaceLift happens in ''Film/KissMeetsThePhantomOfThePark'', where a few scenes make clear Ace Frehley's double is Black.
69* Soviet comedy/drama ''Two Arrows: A Stone Age Murder Mystery'' has a rare case of a non-stuntman doubling for stuntman. A cavemen tribe is being attacked by another tribe [[NothingIsScarier with faces covered]], in the heat of the battle one attacker falls off a cliff on a [[MrsRobinson sex-starved widow]], she tears his clothes off (offscreen), he runs away in fear (shot from the back). All attackers were played by stuntmen. The guy falling off a cliff didn't want his family to see him filmed naked. Rather than have the scene cut, one of the actors volunteered to replace him in the "running away" part.
70* In ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' one was used for certain parts of the motorcycle chase when the T-1000 tried to crush the T-800 between the tow truck and the concrete barrier barely missing.
71* When filming ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', Creator/MartinSheen needed a double to do all his shots for a few weeks after he had a heart attack. Rather than shut down production until he recovered, the crew elected to film as much as possible with a double standing in for Sheen (the double having his back turned to the camera) and then doing the close-ups after Sheen was well enough to return. This, and much more from the TroubledProduction, is shown in the making-of documentary ''Film/HeartsOfDarknessAFilmmakersApocalypse''.
72* ''Film/HolidayOnTheBuses'': The shot of Olive's bare bum in the pool didn't use Creator/AnnaKaren's, but rather an arse double's.
73* Two in ''Film/ConfessionsFromAHolidayCamp'' - Blackbird's full-frontal scenes were done with a body double, while Creator/RobinAskwith doubles for Creator/LancePercival during Lionel's water-skiing scene.
74* ''Film/CarryOnSeries'':
75** ''Film/CarryOnCruising'': Creator/EsmaCannon, who couldn't swim, had one standing by for the filming of the swimming pool scenes just in case Cannon couldn't do it.
76** ''Film/CarryOnCleo'': The famous scene where Cleopatra is unrolled from a carpet was actually performed by double Nikki Van der Zyl doubling for Creator/AmandaBarrie.
77** ''Film/CarryOnCowboy'': Diana [=MacNamara=] doubles for Creator/AngelaDouglas in the riding scenes.
78** ''Film/CarryOnUpTheJungle'':
79*** Creator/JoanSims was set to do Lady Bagley's ShowerScene herself but got cold feet after feeling insecure about her body and a body double was brought in instead. Creator/JackiPiper said later on:
80---->Joan was roaring with laughter during her body shots. She had a stand-in for the body shot scenes and she kept saying "Doesn't my body look wonderful".
81*** Billy Cornelius did many of Ug's stunts for Creator/TerryScott.
82** ''Film/CarryOnLoving'': One is used for Creator/RichardOCallaghan when Creator/BernardBresslaw throws him around Esme's apartment.
83** ''Film/CarryOnMatron'': Creator/KennethCope had a female stand-in for some scenes.
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87* ''Film/TheStuntMan'', of course. It's right there in the title.
88* Perhaps somewhat ironically, the 1978 Creator/BurtReynolds movie ''Hooper'', about stuntmen, features a very obvious stuntman, when Hooper is riding a horse.
89* Parodied in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' by having the heroes use their stunt doubles for a DecoyGetaway: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwV61t_Tec8 You've captured their stunt doubles!]]" Princess Vespa's double is a man with a moustache and chomping a cigar, just for extra RuleOfFunny.
90* The protagonist of ''L'Animal'' (played by Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo, who was also another example of NoStuntDouble in real life) is a stunt double who's somehow a perfect lookalike of the actor he's doing the stunts for ([[ActingForTwo who's also played by Belmondo]]).
91* In ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'', the character Damian Drake Jr. is Creator/BrendanFraser's stunt double. The thing is, he's played by Creator/BrendanFraser.
92* In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'', Creator/BradPitt plays Cliff Booth, the stunt double of actor Rick Dalton (Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio) in the discontinued TV show ''Bounty Law''.
93* In ''Film/InstructionsNotIncluded'' the protagonist is a stunt man (doubling for Johnny Depp in the ShowWithinAShow), which his daughter thinks is just awesome. However, having such a dangerous occupation causes problems when his custody of her is challenged.
94* In ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', Lucas Lee, being a A-list Hollywood actor, has multiple stunt doubles that he sics on Scott during their fight.
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98* In ''Literature/WhoCensoredRogerRabbit'', Toons are able to create dopples, exact copies of themselves that normally last for a few minutes before crumbling into dust. Those Toons who work in the performing arts use dopples as stunt doubles - who cares if a safe is dropped on someone who will dissolve once the take is over anyway?
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102* ''Series/TheFallGuy'' was a series about a stunt double, who was also a bounty hunter on the side. Its ThemeTune plays tribute to the guys who make the stars look good, but never get to kiss the girl. Ironically, the lead in this series, Creator/LeeMajors, used a stunt double himself.
103* ''Series/SecretGarden'': InUniverse, Ra-im works for the Action Sports Company as a stuntwoman, usually doing difficult action sequences. When male lead Joo-won falls for her her, he arranges for the department store that he owns to be used as a set for action movies, just so he can see her more often.
104* The original ''Series/{{Star Trek|TheOriginalSeries}}'' is somewhat infamous for using {{Obvious Stunt Double}}s.
105* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' used stunt doubles whenever the cast had to do anything more strenuous than sit in a chair. The stunt doubles weren't always completely obvious in standard definition, but the blu-ray releases in full high definition make a majority of them stick out quite noticeably.
106* Parodied in ''Literature/LessonsForAPerfectDetectiveStory'' when Tenkaichi realises he forgot to warn Fujii she was going to be attacked, Banzo tells him to calm down as the stunt double would be the one fighting not her. The scene changes to Fujii, who is watching her stunt double fight the attacker. She takes over when the attacker makes a run for it.
107* ''Series/StargateSG1'': Siler, the technician who is known for always managing to get injured in increasingly ridiculous ways, was played by the stunt coordinator for the series.
108* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
109** Even with steps taken to hide the doubles' faces, the switches are still sometimes obvious. Creator/JossWhedon points this out in the commentary for the "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E10Hush Hush]]" episode:
110---> "Oh, looks like Buffy's got her fightin' boobs on!"
111** They had it easier with Creator/NicholasBrendon, who had a twin brother who did stunt work (and played as his double during "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E3TheReplacement The Replacement]]", where Xander gets split into two parts of his personality).
112* Patricia Tallman, best known as telepath Lyta Alexander of ''Series/BabylonFive'', is also a stuntwoman. In an overlap with what was at the time seen as B5's main rival, she spent time as Creator/NanaVisitor's regular combat and stunt double in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.
113* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' started using suit actors (stuntmen wearing the hero and villain costumes) back with [[Series/KamenRider the original series]], after an infamous incident where Creator/HiroshiFujioka broke his leg when a stunt went wrong[[note]]The franchise wouldn't see another instance of NoStuntDouble until 2013's ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', when stuntwoman Minami Tsukui was cast as Yoko Minato (Kamen Rider Malika)[[/note]]. ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' spoofs its own usage: in a web-exclusive short, Kirihiko "interviews" the bad guys' cat Mick, eventually getting so mad that he attacks it, at which point Mick is replaced by an obvious plush. Then Mick changes into his monster form and gets revenge, at which point Kirihiko is replaced by a dummy in a suit with a photo of his face taped to the head, all while "he" continues to scream in pain.
114* The ''Series/{{Blackadder}} the Third'' episode "[[Recap/BlackadderS3E4SenseAndSenility Sense and Senility]]" had Baldrick mention that his father [[PlayingATree played second codpiece]] in ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', worn by Macbeth in the fight scenes. To this, Blackadder asks "So he was a stunt codpiece, then?"
115* This creates some problems for ''Franchise/PowerRangers.'' They always use a large number of ''Franchise/SuperSentai's'' stunt team each year. The problem lies with ''Rangers'' always using a multicultural FiveTokenBand, whereas the ''Sentai'' stunt team is almost exclusively Japanese men. Sometimes this is painfully (or hilariously) awful. In a recent episode of ''Samurai,'' Kevin (who's African American) jumps into a battle and suddenly becomes Asian.
116** The Disney seasons became more notorious for this than the Fox seasons; this becomes blatant in the Operation Overdrive episode that teams up Creator/JohnnyYongBosch and four Disney rangers. When the five have an unmorphed fight in a warehouse, Bosch is the only one whose face can be clearly seen at all times.
117** Also, see ShesAManInJapan for another problem.
118** On the other hand, ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' often gives stunt doubles actual characters to play like [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Sharkie & George]][[note]]The other two punks that originally hung out with Bulk & Skull[[/note]], [[Series/PowerRangersZeo Tritor]], [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Eric Myers]], [[Series/PowerRangersSPD A-Squad Pink]], extra Kung fu students from ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'', criminals from ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' and [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Jayden's dad]].
119* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' occasionally uses stunt doubles. Fans poked fun at a scene where Creator/TomWelling's double clearly has a beard.
120* One episode of ''Series/GhostWriter'' featured a deranged stunt-woman who was terrorizing the actress who'd become famous by her hard work.
121* ''Series/DoctorWho'' uses them often, with varying degrees of success.
122** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase The Chase]]" is notorious for having Creator/WilliamHartnell's stunt double, Edmund Warwick, appear onscreen with his face clearly visible for ''minutes''.
123** Perhaps the most prolific stunt double was Terry Walsh, who doubled for both Creator/JonPertwee and Creator/TomBaker.
124*** Walsh ended up playing the Doctor in many scenes in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E3TheSontaranExperiment The Sontaran Experiment]]" as Creator/TomBaker broke his collarbone while recording. The cinematography of the serial is therefore rather weird, especially by ''Doctor Who'' standards, showing Tom mostly in head-and-shoulders closeup with his scarf covering his neck brace, and Terry in extremely long shots where the Doctor's face is pointedly avoided.
125*** Due to the dangerousness of the garment, the Fourth Doctor also had a 'stunt scarf' which was much shorter than the main one used. Both Tom Baker and Terry Walsh can be seen wearing the stunt scarf in various scenes where it would be dangerous to wear the full-length one, and both can be seen on screen at once in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E4TheAndroidInvasion The Android Invasion]]" (when the Doctor confronts his EvilKnockoff). At one point Tom Baker successfully petitioned the costume designers to get the stunt scarf sewn onto the main scarf to extend it to a monstrous 19'1".
126*** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin The Deadly Assassin]]", it's quite easy to spot Terry in the fistfight scene in the river - Tom Baker's fine hair hangs down almost straight when wet, but Terry's synthetic wig repels water and remains in QuirkyCurls.
127** Another prolific stuntman was Stuart Fell, whose small size meant he often doubled for the Doctor's companions, including Creator/KatyManning and Creator/LouiseJameson, in a wig and dress. It's also he who very nearly falls into a swimming pool while playing a Sontaran in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime "The Invasion Of Time".]]
128* Creator/EricChristianOlsen (Marty Deeks) in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' has his own brother Daniel as a stunt double... ironically enough Daniel married Creator/DanielaRuah, who plays Kensi!
129* ''Series/TheMandalorian'':
130** The title character, played mainly by Creator/PedroPascal, has multiple stunt doubles. Among others, gunslinger Brendan Wayne (grandson of Creator/JohnWayne) specializes in shootouts and hand-to-hand combat; ''Mandalorian'' creator Creator/JonFavreau previously directed him in ''Film/CowboysAndAliens''. Martial artist Creator/LateefCrowder tackles the most physically demanding stunts and fight scenes; he previously worked with Pascal on such projects as ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle''. [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vulture.com/amp/2019/12/the-mandalorian-double-brendan-wayne-interview.html Backstage]], all of Mando's performers collaborate to keep his movement consistent. Wayne and Crowder also doubled for Pascal in ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett''.
131** Lauren Mary Kim substitutes for several actresses during fight scenes, including the Armorer's actress, Creator/EmilySwallow.
132* ''Series/{{Ghostwriter}}'': In the "Who's Who" arc, Rob explains to Gaby how all the impressive stunts that Lana Barnes did in her movies were actually done with camera tricks and performed by her stunt double. [[spoiler:Said stunt double, Roberta Halton, turns out to be the one who's been sending her threatening notes, as she's bitter that Lana Barnes got all the fame and glory that she feels she deserved]].
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136* In the video for Music/FatboySlim's song "Weapon of Choice", Creator/ChristopherWalken does most of his own dancing (he actually trained as a tap dancer early in his career), but the flips, the more strenuous jumps and at least some of the [[WireFu wire work]] was done by a stunt double who was thinner and hadn't gone gray yet. It's filmed, edited and choreographed quite cleverly to disguise it, but it becomes obvious once you know what to look for. The 4K remaster released in 2021 also makes it easier to see when the double's face is blurred.
137** Fatboy Slim himself was supposed to do the wire work, but his wife went into labour the same weekend the video was filmed.
138* Music/LindseyStirling has a $40 violin used for scenes in rain, rolling in dirt, etc.; as a good violin costs thousands, this saves it getting ruined. [[ICallHerVera She's named it Ingrid.]]
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142* [[Wrestling/{{CMLL}} EMLL]] and LLI Luchador Black Man served as a stunt double for Wrestling/ElSanto during a movie starring the latter. Black Man's greatest success in Lucha came off the heels of the Santo-Los Misioneros de la Muerte feud, where the resulting spike in tercias matches lead to Los Tres Fantasticos (Black Man, Kung Fu, Kato Kung Lee) to become the top draws in Mexico following Santo's retirement.
143* Wrestling/{{WCW}} had Wrestling/{{Sting}} use a stunt double for his inferno match with Vampiro.
144* Former Altar Boy Luke Hawx insists he wasn't chasing Wrestling/AJStyles for fifteen years out of any sense of [[TheResenter resentment]], no no, his career as a stuntman has kept him too happy for those kind of feelings.
145* Trinty, mostly seen in former Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA members Cyberspace, Ohio Valley and [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], had {{the gimmick}} of a wrestling stunt woman.
146* Leva Bates has a surplus of props and outfits from being the stunt woman of her own ([[ShowWithInAShow nonexistent]]) film studio(in reality she and rival Andrea worked for Universal).
147* To emphasize how much of a loser The Intellectual "Savior Of The Unwashed Masses" Wrestling/DamienSandow had become since cashing in "Money In The Bank" on [[Wrestling/WWERaw Monday Night Raw]] and failing, he ended up being reduced to a stunt double...of ''Wrestling/TheMiz''.
148* This is Danger Jameson's gimmick in Wrestling/ExcellenceProfessionalWrestling.
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152* The somewhat obscure tabletop RPG ''It Came From The Late, Late, Late Show'' (which, as its name might indicate, is all about the genre of hilariously bad movies) allows its ''player characters'' to call in stunt doubles who then take damage in their stead as one way to avoid being 'written out', although the doubles' ability to soak up abuse is limited in turn.
153* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', the definitively non-{{Canon}} and PlayedForLaughs '[[CutscenePowerToTheMax movie marines]]' included 10 pt 'stunt doubles' that would absorb a single hit for a marine before dying, but were just as hard to kill as the regular kind.
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157* ''VideoGame/{{Bug|1995}}'': This is how the "Stunt Bug" InvincibilityPowerUp works, since Bug is actually an actor in a movie and the levels are part of said movie. When Bug takes this powerup, he's replaced with his stunt double who's invulnerable and destroys any mooks he touches.
158* The characters in ''VideoGame/ChromaSquad'' were stuntmen before deciding that hey, they could do their own {{Sentai}} show.
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162* In the appropriately titled [[WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail Sbemail]] "stunt double", Strong Bad denies that he employs one for his role as ''[[ShowWithinAShow Dangeresque]]''. This is proven incorrect by the Sbemail's RunningGag of forcing Strong Sad ([[PaperThinDisguise poorly dressed as Strong Bad with a paper bag mask]]) to go through with leaping off Bub's Concession Stand and getting socked by Strong Mad.
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166* WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries: Roxy Rocket, who was added to Batman's RoguesGallery in the final season of the show, was a stuntwoman who became so obsessed with seeking out dangerous stunts for the sheer thrill of it that she became uninsurable. She then turned to robberies involving dangerous escape routes, and ultimately began calling Batman to her robberies because she found she loved the thrill of trying to escape him.
167* In addition to the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' example, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' parodied incredibly obvious stunt doubles in another episode: Stewie jumps out a window, and the next scene shows a grown man in a (terrible) Stewie costume falling into a dumpster before one last cut shows the real Stewie climb out of it.
168* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "A Star Is Bored", WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck gets a job as WesternAnimation/BugsBunny's stunt double, getting all the AmusingInjuries in Bugs' stead. Interestingly, almost none of the scenes Daffy is doubling for happen in a regular Bugs Bunny cartoon. Why, it's almost as if they were written [[ButtMonkey just to screw over Daffy!]]
169-->'''Daffy''': [[RunningGag MAKEUP!!]]
170* On the TV version of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldHis9Lives'', one of the lives is as a stunt double for ComicStrip/KrazyKat. It was very short.
171* The pilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' has a scene where Sheep swings on a thread and hits a wall. The scene cuts from sheep jumping off a building before cutting to a low-quality clip of stuntman in a sheep suit hitting the wall and falling painfully to the ground.
172* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' has the gang filming a Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy movie. One scene has Mermaid Man preparing to fight before the film cuts to Sandy dressed as Mermaid Man doing the fighting.
173* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' called "Fool Me Twice" has Luan's siblings and parents hire stunt doubles to get out of being pranked by Luan on April Fools' Day. The differences regarding most of them is subtle, but Lynn Sr.'s stunt double is muscular and has a full head of hair, while Lincoln's stunt double is a [[MiniatureSeniorCitizens Miniature Senior Citizen]]. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for the Loud family, Luan turns out to be [[SmarterThanYouLook smarter than she looks]], [[MagnificentBitch and she uses the stunt doubles against them]].]]
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