History Main / ConjoinedTwins

* W from ''WebAnimation/{{Alphabet}}'' has a face on each "v", invoking the "double" sound in their name.

* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' has two headed dragons named Devon and Cornwall. At first they dislike being together but at the climax they learn to team up and get along with each other.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
** "Booby Trapped" has Timmy and Chloe briefly turned into a pair of these.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents:

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E1TreehouseOfHorrorVII Treehouse of Horror VII]] featured Bart's EvilTwin, Hugo, who had been separated from Bart at birth and kept in the attic. Hugo, having gone insane after being locked up in the attic his entire life, plans sew the two of them together again.

* The creepy twins Sakon and Ukon from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' are conjoined... most of the time. Thanks to their special power they can meld their bodies into MultipleHeadCase, turning MultiarmedAndDangerous or separating for tag team attacks whenever needed.

** One of the [[LostEpisode "sealed chapters"]], "The Two Jans", has Black Jack operate on a little boy with two brains and two faces, but only one body.

* In ''Manga/InuYasha'' there was a tribe of harpy-like bird demons whose leaders were two twin brothers sharing the same bird-like lower body. Much later in the story, the group meets two conjoined demon brothers who are at war with each other.

** Wakko has been conjoined a few times as well. In the episode "[=WakDot=]", Brain uses his new invention, a conjoining device, on Wakko and Dot. In the episode "Conjoin the Warner Brothers," Slappy gave seven of the eight Warners a part in a play, with Yakko being left out. During the night, Yakko took a [[LiteralGenie wishing stone]] from his bedside table and said, "I wish I could join with Wakko." Because wishing stones are {{Literal Genie}}s, Yakko and Wakko wake up the next morning conjoined! At the end of the episode, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Wakko got two parts in the play, one being the narrator, so Slappy let Yakko be the narrator instead]].

* According to the same author, characters can apparently become conjoined by means of a [[Creator/DrSeuss Borfin]]. This has happened to Series/OddSquad agents Otto and Olive in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10957501/1/Skip-the-Borfin Skip the Borfin]]. [[spoiler:It gives Olive [[CallBack the skips]].]]
* In the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1466624/1/Two-For-the-Price-of-One Two for the Price Of One]]'', Ranma arrives at the Tendo Dojo and discovers that Nabiki and Akane are dicephalic (two heads, one body) conjoined twins. Nabiki wants the engagement, Akane doesn't, and both of them are convinced Ramma agrees with their position.

** In addition, there is a figure named Edward Mordrake, based on the urban legend of the same name, a man from Victorian times who was born with an underdeveloped conjoined twin, seen as a miniature head on the back of his own. [[spoiler: Eventually, we discover that he is real in this universe, returned after his suicide as a ghost with a gang of other deceased "freaks", eventually including Twisty (who still lacks a jaw but can at least speak now) and a few from the troupe.]]

* In Creator/JasonShiga's ''Webcomic/{{Demon}}'', [[spoiler: [[BigBad Hunter]]]] has a courtyard full of conjoined twins around his fortress as one of several means of keeping Jimmy from possessing his way in [[spoiler: or Sweetpea from possessing her way out]].

Conjoined Twins combine CreepyTwins with BodyHorror: Imagine being attached to another person, the same one person, for your entire life. Freaky stuff.[[note]]Unless, of course, you actually ''are'' a conjoined twin, in which case it's just daily life.[[/note]] As such, they are a staple of horror and any show that wants to unsettle its viewers. They are a must at carnival {{freak show}}s.

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* The ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "Humbug" features a circus performer whose under-developed conjoined twin separates from him and commits murder.
** In the same episode a character tells of conjoined twins. One died, and the character talks about what it must have been like for the other twin knowing he was about to die as well.

* In ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow'', the main characters are a set of twins named Bette and Dot Tattler. Their entire bodies are conjoined so it seems like they are two heads on a body, though they have two hearts and two sets of lungs. They also display opposite personalities.

* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "Inner Child", Anne Marie Reynolds and her sister, who was to have been named Marie, were conjoined twins. Their parents agreed to subject the two of them to an experiment in the womb which would kill one of the twins but give the survivor the strength to survive. Anne Marie was the lucky one and Marie was absorbed into her body.

* Peri and Pearl Serpentine from ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' are dicephalic conjoined daughters of the Hydra. Pearl is more aggressive and wants to be friends with the bullying Kala Mer'ri, while the more innocent Peri is dragged along. Eventually, Pearl realizes that they only need each other, and they become true friends with Kala once she reforms.

* Among the various medical miracles in Creator/JohnVarley's ''Literature/EightWorlds'' future history is a brief mention of a passing fad for voluntary conjoinment amongst jaded thrill seekers

* As mentioned above, Chang and Eng Bunker, the original "Siamese twins". They actually were from 'Siam' (now known as Thailand), and were connected at the sternum. In truth, Chang and Eng couldn't be separated; their autopsy revealed that they shared a liver, and they would have bled to death if the connection was cut. However, thanks to advances in medical science, it is believed separation would have been possible had they been born in the 20th or 21st Century. These guys toured around America and [[TropeCodifier helped shape the popular notion about what a conjoined twin is]], before settling down, marrying a set of sisters, and becoming slave owners. Seriously. Their sons fought in the UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. When Chang died in his sleep, Eng chose not to be separated from him, and [[TogetherInDeath followed him within three hours]].

* The 2000 Nickelodeon original movie ''Film/CryBabyLane'' is centered around the legend of a pair of Siamese Twins separated at death: one good and one evil.

Conjoined Twins are a real phenomenon, and have been around pretty much forever. They became prominent in the 1800s with the rise of carnival [[TheFreakshow freak shows]]; the most famous pair was Chang and Eng Bunker, the original "Siamese twins". who were connected at the sternum. Most of the examples below are taken from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjoined_twins#Conjoined_twins_in_popular_culture The Other Wiki's page.]] For the most part they are complete enough to be easily separated, making them regular twins, or the parents decide to sacrifice one for a simpler or better life for the other which results in a single person, and there also exists the parasitic conjoined twin, which has additional limbs or organs, but doesn't have a brain of its own and is usually removed early in life.

* Creator/DrSeuss frequently joined his twin characters together by their ''hair''. Exaggerated in "Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?" with the [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/seuss/images/7/74/Dr_Suess_Lucky_Book_VOB.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140301063932 Brothers Ba-Zoo.]]

** In one cutaway, they show a pair of conjoined twin brothers who are ancestors of Peter Griffin during the American Civil War who choose opposite sides. The twin fighting for the Union shoots the one on the Confederate's side to death and apparently spends the rest of his life dragging around a skeleton. "I did not think this through."

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'', we meet a pair of conjoined fish in a bar.

* In a cutaway on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' they show a pair of conjoined twin brothers during the civil war who choose opposite sides. One shoots the other to death and apparently spends the rest of his life dragging around a skeleton. "I did not think this through."

* The case of Gracie and Rosie Attard [[note]]initially referred to as "Jodie" and "Mary" respectively[[/note]], born joined at the abdomen in 2000, illustrates the ethical dilemma conjoined twins can present. Rosie's heart and lungs were severely underdeveloped, meaning she was certain to die if the twins were separated, but both would die if they were left unseparated. They were the subjects of a legal battle between their parents (who felt nature should be allowed to take its course) and medical experts (who felt the twins should be separated in order to give Gracie a chance of survival). In the end, it was ruled that surgery should go ahead. As predicted, Rosie died during the operation, but Gracie survived and, after undergoing reconstructive surgery, has gone on to live a normal life.

* As mentioned above, Chang and Eng Bunker, the original "Siamese twins". They actually were from 'Siam' (now known as Thailand), and were connected at the sternum. In truth, Chang and Eng couldn't be separated; their autopsy revealed that they shared a liver, and they would have bled to death if the connection was cut. However, thanks to [[ScienceMarchesOn advances in medical science]], it is believed separation would have been possible had they been born in the 20th or 21st Century. These guys toured around America and [[TropeCodifier helped shape the popular notion about what a conjoined twin is]], before settling down, marrying a set of sisters, and becoming slave owners. Seriously. Their sons fought in the UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. When Chang died in his sleep, Eng chose not to be separated from him, and [[TogetherInDeath followed him within three hours]].

* As mentioned above, Chang and Eng Bunker, the original "Siamese twins". They actually were from 'Siam' (now known as Thailand), and were connected at the sternum. In truth, Chang and Eng couldn't be separated; their autopsy revealed that they shared a liver, and they would have bled to death if the connection was cut. These guys toured around America and [[TropeCodifier helped shape the popular notion about what a conjoined twin is]], before settling down, marrying a set of sisters, and becoming slave owners. Seriously. Their sons fought in the UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. When Chang died in his sleep, Eng chose not to be separated from him, and [[TogetherInDeath followed him within three hours]].

A very small percentage of conjoined twins are classed as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicephalic_parapagus_twins dicephalic parapagus twins]] - Parapagus refers to the fairly uncommon arrangement of sharing the same pelvic bone, but what's really interesting is the dicephalic nature of these twins; in this case, the [[TwoBeingsOneBody two essentially share a single body below the neck]], with organs variously duplicated or shared. Though many of these twins didn't survive past infancy, or are separated in early childhood, a number have survived to adulthood without being separated, and show abilities and motor skills on par with non-conjoined people, despite the unusual requirement of having to cooperate to coordinate their shared limbs.