History Main / TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack

* ''TheMuppetMovie''. The rare non-psychotic instance in which Kermit's inner self materializes to counsul himself in a true CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

* It happens more than one to Alleluja in ''{{Gundam00}}''. For example, in the last episode of the first season, he has a conversation with his other personnality, Halleluja, that is reflected in his Mobile Suit's screens.

* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' sees a neurotic Twilight do this in "Lesson Zero", talking to her reflection in a puddle about her inability to come up with a friendship report for Princess Celestia.

* On ''FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', a feverish Bloo halucinates that his reflection is talking back to him.

->'''The Mask:''' But...I didn't do it. ''*stares at reflection in a nearby window''
->'''Reflection:''' ''*leaning out of the reflection*'' How do you know? Maybe you have one of those split personalities.

* Gollum talks to his reflection in water in the film of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: Return of the King'', as part of the Gollum-Smeagol conflict.

* ''SaturdayNightLive'' examples:
** Once when MickJagger was the musical guest he did a sketch where he talked to his mirror self, played by JimmyFallon.
** Averted when {{Prince}} was musical guest during the time that FredArmisten had as a recurring sketch "The Prince Show" where he played Prince having a talk show. They did a mirror bit but he just looked at himself. Could be a {{Subversion}} (in that everyone expected a mirror bit so they did that), or that they wrote a mirror bit and Prince nixed the idea, so they had to replace it.

* In the ClassicDisneyShort "Tomorrow We Diet", a fat {{Goofy}} is lectured on good nutrition by his reflection.
* In another Disney short, "The Golden Touch", King Midas brags to his reflection that he will turn everything to gold, and the reflection applauds him. Later, as he realizes he's BlessedWithSuck, he asks his refection if he's doomed to starve to death. The reflection turns into the GrimReaper and nods yes.
* On ''FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', a feverish Bloo halucinates that his reflection is talking back to him.

* Nikki and her alter-ego, Jessica, would often interact this way on ''{{Heroes}}'', with the dormant personality on the other side of the mirror.
* One episode of ''{{Betterman}}'' has this happen to the entire main cast besides Keita and Hinoki. Each reflection delivers a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, but is eventually defeated by a ShutUpHannibal counter-argument. For the record, these were hallucinations somehow tied to Algernon.

* A comics gag seen in both ''{{Doonesbury}}'' and ''BloomCounty''. (B. Breathed later said he inadvertently ripped off the joke from Trudeau).

* Newspaper Comics: some early 60s ''[[ThePerishers Perishers]]'' strips had a RunningGag where the neurotic Wellington would pour out his existential anguish in front of his mirror, and his reflection would make some sarcastic remark once he'd left.

* In "[[TwentyFifthHour 25th Hour]]" Edward Norton's reflection talks back to him for the main monologue of the film (the reflection monologues, not the character).
* In Peter David's "Tiger Heart" book the main character has nightly visits with The Boy by communicating with him through the mirror. That's a book, by the way.
* ''HannahMontana'': Miley talking to her AlterEgo.
* ''MaryPoppins'' features this during "A Spoonful Of Sugar"; at first, the reflection is echoing her lyrics, but then the reflection starts showing off. ("Cheeky!")
* Used in ''FoxTrot'', of all places, when Jason complains to his reflection how unfair it is that his family want him to donate his allowance to hurricane relief rather than buying a newspaper comic collection. His reflection agrees and goes on about how unfair it is of the family to assume that the needs of those whose homes and lives have been destroyed outweigh his desire to giggle for 30 minutes (or 45 if he reads slowly). Jason's final comment is "I'm not sure I like what I'm seeing".
* Happens in ''H2G2/AndAnotherThing'' thanks to the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation giving mirrors "Genuine People Personalities".

* In ''{{Zoolander}}'', Derek Zoolander works through his confusion over failing to win the model of the year award by asking his reflection in a puddle "Who am I?" His reflection answers, "I don't know."
* In SuperMarioBrosSuperShow episode ''Mario and Joliet'', A RomeoAndJuliet parody, King Koopa learns that Princess Toadstool has halted the feud(Which ''he'' started!) between the fighting families, and as a result, he can't sell them weapons anymore. His reflection tells him to just kidnap the Juliet and blame it on the Romeo, setting the families against each other again.
* [[http://joshreads.com/?p=9250 The second strip down]], as the ComicsCurmudgeon notes, is an example of either this, or FridgeLogic.

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* In "The 25th Hour" Edward Norton's reflection talks back to him for the main monologue of the film (the reflection monologues, not the character).

* In SuperMarioBros.SuperShow episode ''Mario and Joliet'', A RomeoAndJuliet parody, King Koopa learns that Princess Toadstool has halted the feud(Which ''he'' started!) between the fighting families, and as a result, he can't sell them weapons anymore. His reflection tells him to just kidnap the Juliet and blame it on the Romeo, setting the families against each other again.

* * ''TheTwilightZone'' TOS episode "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous_Man_in_a_Four_Dollar_Room Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room]]". A weak, cowardly gangster's reflection tries to talk him into changing his life.

* Mary Poppins' reflection sings at her, and she calls it "cheeky." Some of us would call it ''creepy.''

* Appears in a few episodes of ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}''. In "Wet Painters", [=SpongeBob=] is telling himself to be brave, but the reflection says "You're on your own" and leaves. In "Something Smells", the reflection breaks the mirror to get away from [=SpongeBob=]'s bad breath, leading him to believe that he's MirrorCrackingUgly.

* Dialogue-free version in the DavidBowie video "Thursday's Child" via a character's imagination -- to quote the lyrics, he's "Seeing [his] past to let it go". Bowie watches his reflection deage in a bathroom mirror (he was 52 at the time; the reflection approximates his mid-20s) while his female companion's reflection is replaced by the image of an earlier lover. Bowie's reflection eventually stops mirroring his movements exactly; the two women never sync up to begin with. As the video comes to a climax, older!Bowie finds himself on his reflection's side of the mirror and shares a kiss with the young lady before returning to reality.

** Similarly on ''MuppetsTonight'' Gonzo performed "Dancing With Myself" in a mirror room. In this case the reflections exited the mirrors

* Provides the story of the DavidBowie video "Thursday's Child", via a character's imagination (to quote the lyrics) "Seeing my past to let it go": Bowie watches his reflection deage in a bathroom mirror (he was 52 at the time, and the reflection is an approximation of his mid-20s) while his female companion's reflection is replaced by the image of an earlier lover. Bowie's reflection eventually stops mirroring his movements exactly, while the two women never sync up to begin with. As the video comes to a climax, older!Bowie finds himself on his reflection's side of the mirror and shares a kiss with the young lady before being returning to reality.

* This is the premise of the DavidBowie video "Thursday's Child": Bowie watches his reflection deage in a bathroom mirror (he was 52 at the time, and the reflection is an approximation of his mid-20s) while his female companion's reflection is replaced by that of an earlier lover. Bowie's reflection eventually stops mirroring his movements exactly. As the video comes to a climax, the reflection-woman switching off the faucet causes this to happen in reality as well; finally she appears on older!Bowie's side of the mirror in place of the real woman, and they share a kiss -- whereupon normality is restored on both sides, as (following on from the song's lyrics) he is free of his past.

* This is the premise of the DavidBowie video "Thursday's Child": Bowie watches his reflection deage in a bathroom mirror (he was 52 at the time, and the reflection is an approximation of his mid-20s) while his female companion's reflection is replaced by that of an earlier lover. Bowie's reflection eventually stops mirroring his movements exactly. As the video comes to a climax, the reflection-woman switching off the faucet causes this to happen in reality as well; finally the reflection-woman appears on older!Bowie's side of the mirror in place of the real one, and they share a kiss -- whereupon normality is restored on both sides, as (following on from the song's lyrics) he has been freed from his past.

* In the DavidBowie video "Thursday's Child", the then-52-year-old Bowie's reflection in a mirror seems normal until it deages into an approximation of how he looked in his mid-twenties, and when he makes a subtle shift, the reflection does not move with him.

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* A ''MuppetShow'' skit had Gonzo singing "Act Naturally" when his reflection suddenly starts singing along and then arguing with him. (you know it's unusual when even Gonzo is shocked by it)

* Gollum talks to his reflection in water in the film of ''LordOfTheRings'' (the second film), as part of the Gollum-Smeagol conflict.
* It happens more than one to Alleluja in {{Gundam00}}. For example, in the last episode of the first season, he has a conversation with his other personnality, Halleluja, that is reflected in his Mobile Suit's screens.

* From the first SpiderMan movie: Norman Osborn had several conversations with his alter ego in a mirror
* From EvilDead 2:

'''Reflection''': "I don't think so. We just cut up our girlfriend with a chainsaw. Does that sound...'fine'?

* A MuppetShow skit had Gonzo singing "Act Naturally" when his reflection suddenly starts singing along and then arguing with him. (you know it's unusual when even Gonzo is shocked by it)
** Similarly on MuppetsTonight Gonzo performed "Dancing With Myself" in a mirror room. In this case the reflections exited the mirrors
* Nikki and her alter-ego, Jessica, would often interact this way on {{Heroes}}, with the dormant personality on the other side of the mirror.

* In EerieCuties, there is a demon which possesses people who look at it in a mirror. It can talk as well.

* HannahMontana: Miley talking to her AlterEgo.
* MaryPoppins features this during "A Spoonful Of Sugar"; at first, the reflection is echoing her lyrics, but then the reflection starts showing off. ("Cheeky!")

* PinkyAndTheBrain: Pinky doing the AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering thing alone, because Brain isn't there.

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* PinkyAndTheBrain: Pinky doing the AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering thing alone, because Brain isn't there.

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