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Scorpion451
Since: Jan, 2013
2nd May, 2018 12:55:29 PM
What isn't covered by Alternate Self?
Is there a trope for this situation:
In a Web Comic where the setting is the future, way more than 20MinutesIntotheFuture, the boss of a MegaCorp wants to hire Bob, but Bob is working for the rival and his contract doesn't allow him to work for anyone else. Bob turns down the offer, staying loyal to his employer.
Not wanting to give up, the boss decides to hire Bob's Alternate Self from an Alternate Universe who has similar skills to the main universe's Bob.
Unfortunately, within the main universe, people get confused as to how Bob can be in two places at once.
Edited by Merseyuser1