History Main / DoppelgangerDating

A common variant is someone dating [[LookalikeLovers their]] ''[[LookalikeLovers own]]'' [[LookalikeLovers opposite-gender doppelganger]], which usually results in the characters becoming repulsed.

A common variant is someone dating their ''own'' opposite-gender doppelganger, which usually results in the characters becoming repulsed.

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* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'':
** In "The Cartoon", George dates a woman who looks a lot like Jerry. When she ends up cutting her hair short (almost identical to Jerry) it weirds George out to the point that he leaves the woman, and decides to take a break from Jerry for a few days.
** In "The Invitations", Jerry gets engaged to a woman played by Janeane Garofalo, who behaves almost identically to Jerry himself. Jerry comes to hate her, realizing that he "hates himself". Of course, she reaches the exact same conclusion, at the exact same time, leading to the only recorded instance of a genuinely ''mutual'' break up (not that anybody ever believes Jerry about that part).
* ''Series/{{House}}'': Wilson started dating Amber who, being mean and clever, was officially nicknamed "Cut-throat Bitch". [[DrJerk House]] pointed out in conversation that she was basically his female counterpart, his eyes having gone appropriately wide from horror seconds before:
-->'''House:''' Oh my God. You're sleeping with ''me''.
* ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'': at a party, Oswald and Lewis become very attracted to the female counterpart of the other (and vice-versa): Oswald for "Louise" and Lewis for "Olivia." Both sets get creeped out and decide to [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain forget the whole thing]] once they realize what's going on.

* ''Series/TheSopranos'': Almost all of Tony's ''goomahs'' are impossible-to-please dark-haired beauties with serious psychological issues, just like his mother. However the most damaged--and the most like Livia--was definitely Gloria (which Tony realized when she snapped at him "Oh, poor you!"--just like his mother!).

* On ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'', Charlie dated a woman who strongly resembled their mother in terms of attitude, behaviour, etc. Everyone except Charlie could see it, until they met her two young sons, who were remarkably similar to Charlie and Alan, including in terms of how she treated them.
* Molly's fiance Tom in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' is introduced wearing the same outfit and sporting the same sharp features as the titular anti-hero. This is PlayedForLaughs initially but very quickly becomes sour as Sherlock's return appears to cause Molly to become disinterested in Tom.

* In ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** Jo's love interest Cliff Jones is flat-out stated to be pretty much a younger version of the Doctor before he even appears onscreen, at which point the similarities begin slapping the viewer in the face. He and Jo are apparently very happy together, as they are still married as of ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' episode "Death of the Doctor" and have a truly ridiculous number of children and grandchildren together.
** Parodied in "The Caretaker" when the Twelfth Doctor, who's been told that Clara is dating a teacher at the school, meets one who dresses and acts a lot like the Eleventh Doctor and assumes that he must be the one. The actual Danny Pink is very different, and Clara says the other guy isn't her type.
* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'': When Spencer goes off to college, he dates a girl who looks exactly like Teddy, while Teddy dates a guy that looks very similar to Spencer, though not identical.
* In ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' Ned has a crush on and eventually dates Suzie, who has a very similar personality to Ned's {{Childhood Friend| Romance}}, Moze.
* On ''Series/BroadCity'', Ilana dates her same-gender doppelganger in one episode.
* In ''Series/{{Lovesick}}'', the season finale has a flashback to when Dylan dates Phoebe, who is the female version of his best friend Luke. When Evie points that out, Dylan decides he has to break up with her. However she breaks up with him, as she has feelings for Luke. [[spoiler: They never act on it, and in the present Dylan and Luke find out she passed away.]]
* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', the guys sign Sheldon up for a dating site as a joke and somehow end up matching him with his female counterpart, Amy. It takes a while for their relationship to turn romantic, and as it's done so, CharacterDevelopment has diverged them so it's less "Amy is fem!Sheldon" now, but more character changes seem to be bringing Sheldon closer to Amy's new personality.
* ''Series/PerfectStrangers''. After breaking up, Balki and Mary Ann date carbon copies of each other. True to form, neither of them realizes it about their own partners--though Balki does after slipping up and calling the other woman [[WrongNameOutburst "Mary Ann"]], but they instantly see it about each other's.
* Exaggerated to the point of absurdity in ''Series/ManSeekingWoman''. After getting turned down by Rosa, Josh begins dating "Bosa," claiming that he has no idea what anyone means when they say Bosa resembles someone he knows. She is, in fact, a [[CloneDegeneration flawed clone]] of Rosa.
* ''Series/GhostWhisperer'' has the protagonist meeting the wife of her (now deceased) ex-boyfriend, and is thrown off by the similarity.
* One episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' features Waldorf's wife Astoria, who looks like Statler in women's clothes.
* ''Series/OneDayAtATime2017'': Victor's new wife Nicole looks, dresses, and acts almost exactly like his ex-wife Penelope. Amusingly, he's the only one to ''not'' notice this. When the two women first meet, they stare in StunnedSilence at each other for a few seconds before both turning to look at Victor... who simply gives them a big, cheesy smile and a thumbs-up, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint hoping they'll get along]].
-->'''Alex:''' Papi's got a ''[[HasAType type]]''.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', Robin sleeps with Jake Manley, who is pretty much an opposite sex clone, [[ItMakesSenseInContext during a Cadbury Egg Cereal binge.]] After she snaps out of it, she realizes he is completely annoying and promptly breaks things off.
** In ''WebComic/DumbingOfAge,'' Danny begins to crush on Amber shortly after breaking up with Dorothy. When the pair run into Dorothy as well as Danny's friend Joe he's immediately {{Squick}}ed by how similar the two girls look. (Admittedly not identical, but with the same basic body and hair design.)
** A non-canon ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' strip suggested that after Robin and Leslie split up, Leslie started dating a hyperactive Englishwoman who had become an MP in curious circumstances and been part of a team that defeated an invasion by Venusians (paralleling Robin's personality, position in Congress and role with SEMME).
* In ''Webcomic/KhaosKomix'', Amber briefly dates Mark and it's made clear by her mental comparisons of him to her friend Nay that she agreed to date him mainly because he looked somewhat like a male version of [[TransparentCloset the girl she secretly had a crush on]].

* The Secret Bakery in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' is a SimilarSquad to Coffee of Doom. When Faye learns that Angus used to go there to be insulted by Not!Faye, she teases him mercilessly. Surprisingly, when Marten briefly dates Padma (Not!Dora, who he used to be in a relationship with) nobody comments.

-->'''Carl:''' Is there anything better then my best friend's face on a girl body?
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooLegendOfThePhantosaur'' has Velma fall for a guy named Winsor who looks exactly like her.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown'': Aboard a yacht, Rarity falls for a crew member named Ragamuffin and fails to notice that he looks like a male version of Applejack; there's even a shot where her friends clearly notice the similarities between the two. This was most likely added as a ShipTease for [=RariJack=]] fans.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown'': Aboard a yacht, Rarity falls for a crew member named Ragamuffin and fails to notice that he looks like a male version of Applejack; there's even a shot where her friends clearly notice the similarities between the two. This is clearly meant as a ShipTease.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown'': Aboard a cruise ship, Rarity falls for a crew member named Ragamuffin and fails to notice that he looks like a male version of Applejack; there's even a shot where her friends clearly notice the similarities between the two. This is clearly meant as a ShipTease.

* Molly's fiance Tom in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' is introduced wearing the same outfit and sporting the same sharp features as the titular anti-hero. This is PlayedforLaughs initially but very quickly becomes sour as Sherlock's return appears to cause Molly to become disinterested in Tom.

-->-- '''Kramer''', ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', "The Cartoon"

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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "The One With Russ": After breaking up with Ross, Rachel goes out with [[IdenticalStranger Russ]], who looks, acts, and talks just like Ross. Amazingly, the only other character not to notice the similarity is Ross. In TheStinger of the episode, after Rachel breaks up with Russ, he meets with Ross's ex-girlfriend, Julie and it's LoveAtFirstSight.

* ''Series/TheSopranos'' has an example. In the third season Tony starts seeing a new mistress, the beautiful but depressive and temperamental Gloria Trillo. After complaining about her to Dr. Melfi in therapy, Melfi points out that his description of her (much more psychologically than physically) sounds eerily like his recently deceased mother, Livia.
** Actually, almost all of Tony's ''goomahs'' are impossible-to-please dark-haired beauties with serious psychological issues. However the most damaged--and the most like Livia--was definitely Gloria (which Tony realized when she snapped at him "Oh, poor you!"--just like his mother!).

* WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons episode "The Blue and the Gray" further jokes about Lenny and Carl's HeterosexualLifePartners status by having them date each other's identical sisters.

* WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooLegendOfThePhantosaur has Velma fall for a guy named Winsor who looks exactly like her.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "The One With Russ": After breaking up with Ross, Rachel goes out with [[IdenticalStranger Russ]], who looks, acts, and talks just like Ross. Amazingly, the only other character not to notice the similarity is Ross.

* ''Manga/ScienceFellInLoveSoITriedToProveIt'': Kosuke considers himself to be in a relationship with, Aika, his favorite DatingSim character. Kanade notices Aika bears a striking resemblance to their colleague Ibarada, who happens to be ChildhoodFriends with Kosuke.