'''Basic Trope''': Two women wear the same dress, causing embarrassment for both of them.
* '''Straight''': Alice goes to a dance and sees Betty wearing the same dress as her. Alice is humiliated.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice sees Betty wearing the same dress as her. Alice flies into an insane rage and needs to be restrained.
** Alice and Betty are annoyed that their dresses have the same shade even though they otherwise look different.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice just sighs when she sees Betty.
* '''Justified''': Alice's dress was a gift from her husband, who told her he had it custom-made just for her. By seeing Betty in the same dress, she found out he was lying.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is upset when she sees Betty wearing a ''different'' dress than her, because they agreed to [[CoordinatedClothes dress alike]].
* '''Subverted''': Alice sees Betty wearing the same dress, but doesn't mind.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But when she sees that Betty has the same earrings as her, she's pissed.
** When they are at work… not much you can change about the uniform, but in private, that's a different matter.
* '''Parodied''':
** Adam can't find a suit to wear to the dance, so he wears one of his sister's dresses. At the dance, he sees Bob wearing an identical dress, and is humiliated.
** Frustrated by Betty always showing up in the same outfit as her, Alice throws together [[RummageSaleReject the most outlandish clothes' combination]] she can assemble with the items in her wardrobe, and she shows up to the party wearing that... Only to discover that Betty is wearing exactly the same crazy combination!
** Alice is mad at EVERYONE for wearing the same ''uniform'' as her.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
* '''Averted''': Alice and Betty wear two totally different dresses.
* '''Enforced''': The producer is using both dresses as ProductPlacement for a designer, and that designer really wants to showcase his flagship outfit.
* '''Lampshaded''':
--> '''Bob:''' So what if you're wearing the same dress? Why the hell are you getting so worked up?
* '''Invoked''': Alice is mad at Betty for some reason, so to get even, she deliberately wears the same dress as Betty in order to humiliate her.
* '''Exploited''': Alice sees Betty in the dress, but it flatters Alice better, so she gets to show off the weight she lost that summer.
* '''Defied''': Alice and Betty go dress-shopping together to make sure they don't end up wearing the same dress.
* '''Discussed''': "Isn't this the time of the dance that I'm supposed to see someone else wearing the same dress as me?"
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': When they see each other wearing identical dresses, Alice and Betty begin arguing, dredging up every petty difference they've ever had, and eventually breaking apart their friendship.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice's and Betty's husbands, Chuck and Dave, end up buying the same truck as each other and have a similar fight. When the women see how silly the men are acting, they come to their senses and settle their differences.
* '''Played For Horror''': Betty is a stalker, trying to take over Alice's life. Wearing the same clothes is just one way she shows her intentions.
* '''Implied''': Alice keeps her jacket on to remain different from Betty.
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->'''Alice''': Back to DressesTheSame.\\
'''Betty''': Back to DressesTheSame.\\
'''Alice''': You bitch, that's ''my'' hyperlink!
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