History Main / BackupTwin

* In the LightNovel DanganronpaZero there are [[spoiler:the Madarai Brothers and they're actual octuplets.]]

* In ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'', after the character Wendy's Employee [[spoiler:is killed]] in "Memory Cards", his identical twin brother (named Target Employee) appears in "Speed Dating" and future episodes onwards to take over his role in Scott's friend group.

* The main plot of ''Bad Company'' revolves around this - Chris Rock plays (briefly) a CIA agent who's killed early on and then his twin brother recruited by the CIA to pretend to be the original.

* James Spader's character is killed halfway through ''Jack's Back'' and Spader shows up in the next scene as the twin brother who goes on to solve the case, catch the bad guy, and (probably) get the girl.

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* ''Film/CitySlickersIITheLegendOfCurlysGold'' has Duke, played by the same actor as Curly, his twin brother who died in the first film. [[RememberTheNewGuy That no one mentioned before]] was {{handwave}}d with them not being on speaking terms.

* An exaggerated sci-fi example in ''VideoGame/{{MGCM}}''. [[spoiler:Having one or more heroines slain (and in some cases, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie corrupted into demons and zombies after they die]]) by demons in the main story? Don't worry, Omnis will be teleported into identical alternate universes he created with possibilities he made, where the identical copies/alternate selves of the heroines exist and alive]].

* In ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', Saga was very popular but unfortunately was killed. Luckily he was the Gemini Saint and had a brother, Kanon, who was just as eager to take over the world by impersonating someone he is not [[TheAtoner so he can earn forgiveness for his past sins.]]
** Its later becomes a staple in Saint Seiya spin-offs. Since Kurumada himself isn't a very creative person, Saga and Kanon themselves becomes FountainOfExpies. But the winner, that is the most accurate described as this trope is [[Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega Gemini Integra]], since she just appeared as nothing but to replace Paradox and is a pure person at heart, not much backstory revealed.

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* ComicBook/{{Dilbert}} died early on the strip's run, run over by some deer in their car. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Dogbert and his garbageman then cloned him from his trash.]]
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* An exaggerated sci-fi example in ''VideoGame/{{MGCM}}''. [[spoiler:Having one or more heroines slain (and in some cases, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie corrupted into demons and zombies after they die]]) by demons in the main story? Don't worry, Omnis will be teleported into identical alternate universes he created with possibilities he wants, where the identical copies/alternate selves of the heroines exist and alive]].

* An exaggerated sci-fi example in ''VideoGame/{{MGCM}}''. [[spoiler:Having one or more heroines slain (and in some cases, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie corrupted into demons and zombies after they die]]) by demons in the main story? Don't worry, Omnis will be teleported into synchronized and identical alternate universes where the identical copies/alternate selves of the heroines exist and alive]].

* An Exaggerated sci-fi example in ''VideoGame/{{MGCM}}''. [[spoiler:Having one or more heroines slain (and in some cases, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie corrupted into demons and zombies after they die]]) by demons in the main story? Don't worry, Omnis will be teleported into synchronized and identical alternate universes where the identical copies/alternate selves of the heroines exist and alive]].

* Exaggerated in ''VideoGame/{{MGCM}}''. [[spoiler:Having one or more heroines slain (and in some cases, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie corrupted into demons and zombies after they die]]) by demons in the main story? Don't worry, Omnis will be teleported into synchronized and identical alternate universes where the identical copies/alternate selves of the heroines exist and alive]].

As discussed above, the BackupTwin trope can also be used in sci-fi settings with a clone, an identical alternate self of a character from an AlternateUniverse or a near-past/future twin from the past or future.

As discussed above, the BackupTwin trope can also be used in sci-fi settings with a clone, a version of a character from an AlternateUniverse or an AlternateTimeline

As discussed above, the BackupTwin trope can also be used in sci-fi settings with a clone, a version of a character from an AlternateUniverse or and AlternateTimeline

As discussed above, the BackupTwin trope can also be used in sci-fi settings with a clone, a version of a character from an AlternateUniverse

As discussed above, the BackupTwin trope can also be used in sci-fi settings with a clone, a version of a character from an alternate timeline, what have you.

* Played worryingly straight in Creator/BBVProductions' semi-official straight-to-video ''Doctor Who'' spin-off series ''P.R.O.B.E.''. In the video "The Devil of Winterborne", the character of Barbara Taploe, played by Charmian May, is killed. When they came to do a sequel, "Ghosts of Winterborne", producer Bill Baggs convinced writer Creator/MarkGatiss to make the new headmistress Margaret Wyndham her twin sister, so they could use the actress again. Gatiss has expressed his horror that her first line (inserted without his knowledge) is "No, I'm her twin sister"...at which point everyone carries on as if nothing happened.

* ''Film/ABetterTomorrow'': Mark Gor was killed near the end, but thanks to Mark being insanely popular, Creator/ChowYunFat returned as Mark's twin brother Ken in ''A Better Tomorrow 2''.

* In ''Series/TheAvengers'' episode "The Superlative Seven", [[spoiler:Wade]] is impaled by a spear and falls off a balcony during a fight with Steed. However, the twin shows up and fights with Mrs. Peel. TheReveal comes after Mrs. Peel dispatches of the second [[spoiler:Wade]] (the first twin was buried under heavy brush after getting killed).

* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII'', the original Sub-Zero was killed by Scorpion during the first game's tournament and is replaced by his younger brother, who adopted his identity. Noob Saibot, a character also introduced in ''II'', would later be revealed to be the original Sub-Zero. In ''Mortal Kombat 9'', the story plays itself out again; in fact, this is a sign that Raiden's plans to alter the future are failing.

** Played worryingly straight in the semi-official straight-to-video ''Doctor Who'' spin-off series ''P.R.O.B.E.''. In the video "The Devil of Winterborne", the character of Barbara Taploe, played by Charmian May, is killed. When they came to do a sequel, "Ghosts of Winterborne", producer Bill Baggs convinced writer Creator/MarkGatiss to make the new headmistress Margaret Wyndham her twin sister, so they could use the actress again. Gatiss has expressed his horror that her first line (inserted without his knowledge) is "No, I'm her twin sister"...at which point everyone carries on as if nothing happened.