History Main / BodyDouble

* ''OrderOfTheStick'' has several for Xykon [[spoiler:one of whose head Belkar uses as a weapon for a short time]]. This is also something of a subversion, as the doubles simply look like Xykon because they're all skeletons.

* In ''SamuraiDeeperKyo'' has two: One for TokugawaIeyasu (the real ones turns out to be [[spoiler:HattoriHanzo]]) and one for Sanada Yukimura, who is actually a woman (the body double, not the guy, though it's an [[EvenTheGuysWantHim easy enough mistake to make]]).

* The film ''The Eagle Has Landed'' is about a group of Nazi paratroopers who sneak into England in an attempt to assassinate Winston Churchill. The last member of the team succeeds in doing so before being shot, but after he dies, it is revealed that the Prime Minister was out of the country at a secret conference - the man who was just killed was a double.

* One episode of ''Golgo 13'' had a situation where Golgo was hired to kill a client's double so he could fake his death. The double arranges for the real man to take his place, taking over the mob boss's life after his death. Unfortunately, he makes the mistake of turning Golgo into an enemy.

* ''[[HonorHarrington Crown of Slaves]]'' by DavidWeber opens with Berry Zilwicki being offered the job of body double for Princess Ruth of Manticore.

* Played for laughs in ''{{Bangai-O}}'', with one boss character. A few levels after [[BigBad Gai]] is defeated, Riki and Mami encounter a doppelganger of him that was raised to fill in as the Cosmo Gang's substitute leader, to the point that no one remembers who he is anymore. Said "doppelganger" happens to be a furry, green creature that sports [[PaperThinDisguise a hairstyle vaguely resembling Gai's, glowing eyes, and a cigar]]. [[HilarityEnsues Naturally, Riki isn't fooled]].

* Parodied in ''{{Bangai-O}}'', with one boss character. A few levels after [[BigBad Gai]] is defeated, Riki and Mami encounter a doppelganger of him that was raised to fill in as the Cosmo Gang's substitute leader, to the point that no one remembers who he is anymore. Said "doppelganger" happens to be a furry, green creature that sports [[PaperThinDisguise a hairstyle vaguely resembling Gai's, glowing eyes, and a cigar]]. [[HilarityEnsues Naturally, Riki isn't fooled]].

* ''StarWars Episode I'' had one for Amidala when she switched into her Padme persona, and admittedly it wasn't until this troper read the novelization that she understood who was what where. That said, Padme seems to masquerade as a handmaiden so much that her double really does handle a fair bit of actual governmental concerns.
** Amidala keeps this up when she's a senator in Episode II, and the double is killed early in the film, in a scene which would be shocking for anyone who hadn't seen the first one. Padme is ''extremely'' distressed that the person whose entire job was to be killed in her place was killed in her place.

* In ''VantagePoint'', [[spoiler:it turns out that the President who was assassinated was actually his body double, which sucks for the guy, but is good news for the rest of the American population.]]

* ''CallOfDuty: Black Ops''' first level has the player unknowingly assassinating [[spoiler: Fidel Castro]]'s body double.

* In ''SamuraiDeeperKyo'' has two: One for Tokugawa Ieyasu (the real ones turns out to be [[spoiler:Hattori Hanzo]]) and one for Sanada Yukimura, who is actually a woman (the body double, not the guy, though it's an [[EvenTheGuysWantHim easy enough mistake to make]]).

Related to GuiseWillBeGuise, IAmSpartacus. See also DecoyGetaway for a practical application of a BodyDouble. See also DecoyLeader, when a leader uses someone else to pose as them, while not necessarily looking anything alike. Not to be confused with the RealLife practice of actors using body doubles for stunts and/or nude or sex scenes. Also not to be confused with the [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086984/ thriller starring Melanie Griffith]].

* Played with (in both versions) at the beginning of ''DanceInTheVampireBund''. In both cases a tall, voluptuous, [[PaleSkinnedBrunette raven-haired]] beauty in [[TheVamp vampish]] attire is initially introduced as the Princess of Vampires. Of course when [[LegalJailbait Mina Tepes]] makes her first actual public appearance, her [[BattleButler aide]] Vera becomes completely useless as a decoy.

* In ''VantagePoint'', [[spoiler:it turns out that the President who was assassinated was actually "just" his body double. Naturally, the film treats this as a "happy" moment - as if the death of a president = bad, death of a random guy = a-okay.]]
** [[spoiler: In terms of general wellbeing of Americans (and perhaps everyone else) due to the sheer power a US president wields, yes. But that's another can of philosophical worms.]]

Related to GuiseWillBeGuise, IAmSpartacus. See also DecoyGetaway for a practical application of a BodyDouble. Not to be confused with the RealLife practice of actors using body doubles for stunts and/or nude or sex scenes. Also not to be confused with the [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086984/ thriller starring Melanie Griffith]].

* ''StarWars Episode I'' had one for Amidala when she switched into her Padme persona, and admittedly it wasn't until this troper read the novelization that she understood who was what where.
** Amidala keeps this up when she's a senator in Episode II, and the double is killed early in the film, in a scene which would be shocking for anyone who hadn't seen the first one.