Just a Face and a Caption: Prince And Pauper

More like two faces and no caption, it just looks like two people who happen to look similar to each other; there is nothing in the image, or at least a caption, that suggests they are actually exchanging each others' roles. Can anyone come up with a better image?

I'd vote for coming up with some sort of explanatory caption instead of a new pic, but if anyone's got a better pic idea, go for it.

Not really JAFAAC. It at least shows two girls of different classes. A bit weak on the other stuff, though.

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They look close enough and have opposing clothing. It's fine.

Keep Until Better Image Suggested, barely.

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edited 29th Sep '15 1:17:55 AM by Morgenthaler

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We have the trope namer for Twin Switch already. It might be easier to find a sub for that one and user the ones above here.

edited 29th Sep '15 2:45:28 AM by eroock

The image is better for this trope.

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Since are not twins, the Mickey image is better moved to this trope.

Seconded.

Thirded.

As for this page, I vote Keep Until Better Image Suggested.

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For the record, here's the thread that put the current pic on Twin Switch...the current pic on Prince and Pauper may have come from that thread, I can't look at all the links right now.

Current is fine. We've got two identical people, clearly of different classes, and one of them looks to be either taking off/putting on part of her outfit.

That said, the image for Twin Switch seems a better fit because on that page, it seems actively misleading. I would've thought Twin Switch was this trope, but it's encouraging misuse.

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edited 29th Sep '15 7:41:32 AM by eroock

I support that move to Prince and Pauper. As a replacement for Twin Switch, the original OP suggestion from that thread can work. I also came across this example◊ of Betty and Veronica impersonating each other. Not sure how much it's an example, though. Depending on the Artist their faces can look either identical aside from their hairstyles or more noticeably divergent.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

Their classes don't look that distinct by their clothes, and Dawn (or rather, Princess Salvia) looked more like she was surprised than she was putting on a hat. In fact, I didn't even think of the latter until I saw that post.

I support the Mickeys; they are clearly giving each other a new outfit, and as you said, it's better for this trope than Twin Switch, as they aren't actually twins. As for what to replace that image with, I'm not sure.

edited 30th Sep '15 3:19:02 PM by Josef5678

Guys, read the description on Twin Switch. The Mickeys not being twins is not a point against using the picture on that page. If anything, it's a point for it, as the name might mislead people into thinking the trope is twins-only and a picture illustrating that it's not can help fight that.

In that case, it sounds to me like we have two duplicate tropes. Both of them involve two Doppelgangers who exchange roles, and the two characters learn some kind of lesson at the end. Other than different comparisons and contrasts, I don't see a difference between these two. Also, it's worth mentioning that Twin Switch has 486 wicks, while Prince and Pauper only has 144 wicks. As much as I would like to take this to the TRS to solve this, there's currently a backlog there.

edited 30th Sep '15 4:37:24 PM by Josef5678

^ I would agree that the two tropes are not well contrasted. I still support using Mickey for Prince and Pauper as it illustrates the involvement of different social ranks which is irrelevant for Twin Switch.

I like the Mickey pic for both these pages that sound like the same concept.

Would Prince and Pauper be a sub-trope of Twin Switch?

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^ Apparently so, going by the current definitions.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

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What about this one (6th panel from here) for Twin Switch and 6.2 for Prince and Pauper?

edited 9th Nov '15 10:44:09 AM by eroock