doppelgänger theme

also known as: doppelganger, twin stranger

There are two characters who are biologically unrelated yet carry such a remarkable resemblance that one could readily impersonate the other.

Examples

In ahp1x10 "The Case of Mr. Pelham", a twin double is gradually taking over Mr. Pelman's life.

8 total · 2 choice · 2 major · 4 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ahp1x10 choice Mr. Pelham had a doppelgänger who was slowly taking over Mr. Pelman's life.
tz1959e1x21 choice The story turns on Millicent encountering her doppelgänger at a bus depot on a rainy November night.
ahp1x14 major King hired a look-alike actor named Davidson to take Baldwin's place in order to close an important deal.
movie: Mr. Murder (1998) major Alfie, a genetically engineered clone of Marty, was under the mistaken impression that Marty stole his life and memories, and Alfie took steps to take over Marty's life as a result.
ahp1x28 minor The possibility was briefly entertained that Jocelyn had a look-alike, which would have explain the mysterious portrait.
ahp3x10 minor The closing narration was performed by a sombrero wearing man, named Omega, who was the spitting image of Alfred Hitchcock.
movie: Naked Lunch (1991) minor Bill encountered a look-alike of his recently killed wife Joan in Tom's wife of the same name.
movie: Voices of a Distant Star (2002) minor Mikako encountered her doppelgänger on the fourth planet in the Sirius star system of all places.