Discar
Since: Jun, 2009
#27: Jun 25th 2014 at 4:30:27 PM
No, no it would not. There is no requirement that a pair of Identical Strangers switch at any point, which means that if they do, it's a trope.
Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
#28: Jun 27th 2014 at 10:54:43 AM
Trope Identical Stranger can be played with great variety and the switch is by no means a requirement. It can be that they just meet or that people confuse them, or keep mistaking one for another. In some stories, a dopplegänger can steal his lookalike identity. Or in William Wilson by Poe, the similarity is just played for creepiness.
Also, I've just noticed that we have a trope Prince and Pauper which I think should be added into Lakija's suggested description (instead of direct reference to Twain's work).
edited 27th Jun '14 1:09:28 PM by XFllo
Catbert
Since: Jan, 2012
Total posts: 34

Twin Switch requires twins because every example of Identical Stranger would have a switch.