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17	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deadringers.jpg]]
18	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Radicalism always begins with something small."'']]
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20	''Dead Ringers'' is a series for Creator/PrimeVideo, remaking the 1988 [[Film/DeadRingers film of the same name]] by Creator/DavidCronenberg. It premiered on April 21, 2023, and stars Creator/RachelWeisz in the title role(s).
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22	Not related to the BBC satirical sketch comedy ''Series/DeadRingers''.
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25	!!''Dead Ringers'' contains the following tropes:
26	* AdaptationalLocationChange: The original film was set in Toronto (with one scene near the beginning set in Massachusetts), while the series is set in New York City.
27	* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Beverly is seen smoking when she's stressed out.
28	* {{Expy}}: The Parkers, "the family responsible for the opioid crisis" is one for the Sackler family.
29	* FunctionalAddict: Elliot. She's seen snorting cocaine on multiple occasions but it doesn't stop her from being an excellent physician. As the show continues, she slides into AddledAddict territory as her mind erodes.
30	* GenderFlip: The twins in the series are female, as opposed to male in the original film, though their names haven't been changed.
31	* IdenticalTwinIDTag: ''Usually'', Beverly has her hair tied up while Elliot leaves hers open; unless they do a TwinSwitch. Moreover, their demeanor is ''so'' different that it's somewhat hard for either of them to impersonate the other. Later, [[spoiler:Beverly's pregnancy]] makes it even easier to distinguish the two.
32	* IncestSubtext: Like [[Film/DeadRingers its predecessor]], the series toes the line between this and just plain text, with Elliot suckling on Beverly’s neck, the twins gently caressing each others’ faces while staring deeply into the other’s eyes and such lines as “Every time you look at her, air gets punched out of your lungs” and “I keep looking for air. I keep looking for light. You’re it.” Music/SoftCell’s Tainted Love is even used as the trailer song.
33	* LipstickLesbian: Genevive, who's an elegant and feminine actress. Beverly is a downplayed example.
34	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Beverly is this to Elliot. A brief three-day separation when Beverly goes on a trip with Genevieve causes Elliot not only to throw a tantrum but causes her to go on a binge with HookersAndBlow.
35	* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate:
36	** Elliot is involved in some ethically questionable and very illegal research.
37	** Marion James (of the Parker family) used to "practice" on some of his patients.
38	** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Marion_Sims Marion Sims]], the "father of modern gynecology" is also shown as this (the topic is controversial in real life, to say the least), having operated without anesthesia, despite it being available, on enslaved black women.
39	* ReallyGetsAround: Elliot is a nympho who has sex with random men frequently in the six episodes she hooks up with two different men she meets at clubs, a man she meets at a church, a lawyer she bangs in a restaurant bathroom, and even a Korean investor in front of his translator who watches and gets a large erection.
40	* SanitySlippage: Elliot. Elliot gradually goes more and more insane as her separation from her sister and Genevive becomes more involved in Beverly's life.
41	* SiblingYinYang: To PolarOppositeTwins levels. Beverly is uptight, reserved, idealistic and a lesbian. By contrast, Elliot is uninhibited, outgoing, pragmatic and heterosexual.
42	* SirSwearsALot: Elliot has a very dirty mouth. Beverly to a lesser degree, especially when she's stressed.
43	* TomboyishName: Elliot has a traditionally male name and is the more assertive, caustic and foul-mouthed of the twins.
44	* TwinSwitch: The sisters do that occasionally.
45	* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: Discussed at dinner with the Parkers. Eating chicken is fine, but Rebecca's race horse is taboo?

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