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1'''Basic Trope''': Two of the same character fight each other. May or may not have ties to the story.
2* '''Straight''': Two identical Alices exist for some reason. They fight.
3* '''Exaggerated''':
4** It's very common to see fights breaking out between the exact same person.
5** 100 identical Alices have a free-for-all.
6* '''Downplayed''': Alice faces another trainee using her moves, and they look pretty similar but it's clear this other girl has a life of her own.
7* '''Justified''':
8** One of the Alices is her EvilTwin from the MirrorUniverse.
9** One of the Alices is a clone deliberately designed by the BigBad to defeat the other Alice since all their EliteMooks are incapable.
10** One of the Alices is Future!Alice from TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture who has had to travel back to stop her past self from screwing up by whatever means necessary.
11* '''Inverted''': ScrewYourself.
12* '''Subverted''': One Alice turns out to actually be Carol wearing [[LatexPerfection an Alice mask]].
13* '''Double Subverted''': So does the other.
14* '''Parodied''':
15** Alice beats up somebody wearing a [[PaperThinDisguise Paper Thin Alice disguise]]. They do a FearfulSymmetry anyway.
16** [[PlayingWithFire Alice the pyromancer]] winds up fighting a DuelBoss with her clone despite both being healed by fire and only having fire attacks. No matter who "wins"they will leave in frustration after either is redundantly healed for twice their full health.
17* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
18* '''Averted''':
19** The two Alices get along quite well.
20** Or Alice fights against a completely different person that has no significant similarity to herself.
21* '''Enforced''': "People like to use their character for a fighting game, let's just make them able to do that."
22* '''Lampshaded''': "Seems there's a clone of Alice running around. Bet you ten bucks they get into a fight."
23* '''Invoked''': "Hey Alice, I made a clone with your moves."
24* '''Exploited''': Alice decides to clone herself in order to better understand her fighting style and improve it.
25* '''Defied''':
26** When Alice finds out they're making a clone of her with all her fighting abilities, [[ShootTheDog she decides to kill her]] [[ThePlotReaper before they finish her development.]]
27** Alice believes that ClonesArePeopleToo and refuses to fight hers, instead treating her with kindness and adopting her as a sister.
28* '''Discussed''': "I can't help but wonder why it's like fighting yourself in these games, I mean, it's a bit unnerving."
29* '''Conversed''': "Man, Alice is so [[GameBreaker broken]], it's common to see her fight herself."
30* '''Deconstructed''': The two Alices get into a FearfulSymmetry match, ending in a DoubleKnockout. Repeatedly.
31* '''Reconstructed''':
32** One Alice catches on after the second or so round, and makes a backwards move that causes the other Alice to stumble over a curb that wasn't present on the first Alice's side. With the symmetry broken, the match proceeds.
33** But when that's all done, the two Alices strangely developed feelings for each other, with the clone feeling to become her own person...thus cue the music as they engaged in some...[[ScrewYourself Bonus Rounds of fun]]
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35Back to [[MirrorMatch the other version of this trope]]. They'll do battle later.
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37%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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39%%* '''Implied''': ???
40%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
41%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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