Does "Playing Their Own Twin" also apply for voice actors?

There are examples listed on Playing Their Own Twin for animations (Manga/Film/TV). Does this trope really apply here or should those examples be moved to Talking To Himself?

Those are Talking To Himself.

I've added a bit on the Playing His Own Twin page that all Voice actors go on Talking To Himself

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Okay, cool.

They would have to talk to themselves on camera to be that, the trope does not require that at all and those moments would be on Double Vision and/or Talking To Himself.

Things like a Backup Twin or something like it where they never meet would not be that. IE I dont think Gundam 00 Neil and Lyle Dylandy ever interact on screen however both are voiced by Shinichiro Miki / Alex Zahara in the same tone and voice, the only big difference is he says his catch phrase a leaning on a different syllable which is noted in universe.

Also I wanna note that Talking To Himself is not restricted to anything like that, it includes things like say Negima Second Season where there are so many characters and not enough V As to go around so the same VA takes multiple roles that can be completely unrelated to each other but end up talking to each other and not sounding like the same voice.

edited 16th May '17 4:52:29 PM by Memers

Bumping cause I heavily disagree with restricting this to just live action examples only...

I don't think it's the same thing if you only have voices. There's nothing specific about playing a twin compared to another character in voice acting. If you have to physically act as if you're two on the same set, it's a different matter to make one actor play two characters, especially if they appear in the same shot.

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If they appear in the same shot it is Double Vision and that applies to animation as well as Live Action, the page image is from animation btw.

If a character has a twin and its played by the same VA doing the exact same voice and has the exact same look there isn't anything different from that and a Live Action example. They don't even have to ever talk to each other to be an example as Live Action hence why it confuses me that all of those are being shoved into Talking To Himself when it is only tangibly related.

Talking To Himself applies to any VA that doubles up on roles and has a line between himself. Which can be literally any role, not just twins, like Laura Bailey singing a duet with herself. It can be related Playing Their Own Twin but only if they ever talk to each other.

edited 18th May '17 9:43:15 PM by Memers

It... really doesn't; not the way you mean here. Yes the page image is from an animated work, but it's also a parody example of Double Vision. The trope didn't need to be used, but it was used anyway for comedic effect.

In the same way, I don't believe Playing Their Own Twin works as a straight example in animated works, and especially not when it's considered a trivia trope.

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