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UmLovely
Since: Apr, 2011
27th Jan, 2012 03:10:51 PM
Ah, like Maybe-Terra from the Teen Titans animated series? I have no idea what it is, I'm just trying to add another example.
RISE
FuzzyWulfe
Since: Nov, 2010
there's this trope... it is a specific kind of dubious Not Quite Dead. It goes more or less like this: Alice and Bob are going through the quest in the plot, but then at the finale, Alice dies. Bob gets struck by the death and all, but then goes on with his life. But, some time later, he meets someone who looks just like Alice, then the thing ends with a doubt in the air, did Alice survive? is that an illusion? is she just a lucky doppelganger? does she possess/rettain any trait from Alice?
the problem is, right now, off the top of my head, I can't think of any good straight examples. There's Senna from the first Bleach movie, but I can't really remember if the doppelganger part fits correctly. And Lain from Serial Experiments Lain, but considering the non-standard scenario, (erasing herself from reality, but still existing in the Wired, and as a projection. Maybe), the trope may only apply for Arisu's perception. Or not. Anyway, as I said, not a good example for demonstration.