History Main / DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': The revelation of Lea having met and befriended Ventus in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' before Roxas ever existed seems to imply that their identical appearance is what led to Axel developing a bond with Roxas as quickly as he did. Downplayed in that Roxas and Ventus are completely different, albeit interlinked, people; Roxas just looks like Ventus because of Ventus's heart residing inside Sora at the time, and most likely staying with Sora's body and soul when his heart was released at the end of ''KHI'' (meaning Roxas took on Ventus's appearance due to unknowingly harboring Ventus's heart within ''him''[[note]]which is also probably why Roxas developed emotions much faster than other Nobodies[[/note]]).

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': The revelation of Lea having met and befriended Ventus in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' before Roxas ever existed seems to imply that their identical appearance is what led to Axel developing a bond with Roxas as quickly as he did. Downplayed in that Roxas and Ventus are completely different, albeit interlinked, people; Roxas just looks like Ventus because of Ventus's heart residing inside Sora at the time, and most likely staying with Sora's body and soul when his heart was released at the end of ''KHI'' ((meaning Roxas took on Ventus's appearance due to unknowingly harboring Ventus's heart within ''him''[[note]]which is also probably why Roxas developed emotions much faster than other Nobodies[[/note]]).

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': The revelation of Lea having met and befriended Ventus in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' before Roxas ever existed seems to imply that their identical appearance is what led to Axel developing a bond with Roxas as quickly as he did. Downplayed in that Roxas and Ventus are completely different, albeit interlinked, people; Roxas just looks like Ventus because of Ventus's heart residing inside Sora at the time, and most likely staying with Sora's body and soul when his heart was released at the end of ''KHI'' (meaning Roxas unknowingly had Ventus's heart within ''him''[[note]]which is also probably why Roxas developed emotions much faster than other Nobodies[[/note]]).

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': The revelation of Lea having met and befriended Ventus in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' before Roxas ever existed seems to imply that their identical appearance is what led to Axel developing a bond with Roxas as quickly as he did.

* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheVoid'' brings back Fenix (who was KilledOffForReal in ''Brood War'') to the joy of Artanis, who fought alongside him then. Unfortunately, it turns out this is a robotic copy of Fenix from ''before'' the Brood War (taken via BrainUploading between his injuries and his return as a Dragoon in the original ''VideoGame/StarCraftI''), meaning there's none of his CharacterDevelopment or OddFriendship with Raynor. Eventually the robot-Fenix takes on a new name to get out of his original's shadow and become his own character rather than what everyone expected of him.

* ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices'': When Emma and Julian visit Thule, they immediately attach themselves to Livia, Cameron, and Diana, because they knew all of them in their universe. The three are initially taken aback, of course, since in their perspective, they're strangers (literally in Diana's case, as she never became the tutor of the Los Angeles Institute). Julian, in particular, immediately offers to take Livia to the main universe, because she's dead there, seeing it as the second chance he's got to save her.

* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'', Quill alternates between insisting alternate-timeline Gamora is actually like the one he remembers ''really'', and blaming her for ''not'' being more like original-timeline Gamora. Since she barely knows him, and has been through precisely ''none'' of the experiences that shaped their relationship, she finds this irritating beyond belief.

** ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'': In TheStinger, [[spoiler:Loki and Agent Mobius of the TVA watch a presentation by Victor Timely, a variant of Kang the Conqueror who to all appearances looks like a nerdy scientist. Mobius is slightly baffled by how unassuming he is, while Loki is flat-out terrified.]] This is further shown in [[Series/Loki2021 the series]] in which [[spoiler:the TVA have difficulty trusting Timely at first, and Sylvie even [[AlternatePersonalityPunishment tries to kill him convinced that he will turn out like Kang.]]]]]

* ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'': In TheStinger, [[spoiler:Loki and Agent Mobius of the TVA watch a presentation by Victor Timely, a variant of Kang the Conqueror who to all appearances looks like a nerdy scientist. Mobius is slightly baffled by how unassuming he is, while Loki is flat-out terrified.]]
* ''Film/AvengersEndgame:'' Due to time-travel shenanigans, an alternate version of Gamora from shortly before ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' winds up in the present. Peter Quill mistakenly assumes it's the Gamora he's familiar with, and gets a GroinAttack for his trouble. This Gamora sticks around, returning in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' for an incredibly tense team-up with the other Guardians. Quill in particular is unable to grok that this Gamora is categorically not "his" Gamora, no matter how different she acts, but it's also shown some of the other Guardians are having similar problems.
* ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness:'' Doctor Strange is understandably wary to run into an alternate version of Mordo, since the Mordo he knows is a crazed villain. [[spoiler:This suspicion proves warranted when Mordo drugs his tea.]] He's also alarmed to run into an alternate version of Christine Palmer, who he has feelings for, but who has never met him. Strange is also on the receiving end when the Illuminati assume he'll act like the Strange they knew [[spoiler:and killed]], and act accordingly.

* ''WesternAnimation/SonicPrime'': When Sonic encounters the various versions of his friends in the Shatterverses, he tends to treat them the same as he would the people he knew from his world, even though none of them know him and have all lived very different lives than their counterparts among Sonic's friends. Two of the most plot-relevant examples:

** In Sima Yi's AKA [[Literature/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles Reines El-Melloi Archisorte's]] Interlude, Reines is attempting to hack into Chaldea's computer to better improve her spirit origin as a pseudo-servant. Her plan hinges on how the previous director was Olga-Marie Animusphere, who she was a close acquaintance with back in her world, and thus use Olga-Marie's quirks she remembers from her world to figure out the password. [[DeconstructedTrope It doesn't work, as Chaldea's Olga-Marie had traits that distinguished her from ''Case File'' Olga-Marie thanks to growingup with an entirely different life]].

** In Sima Yi's AKA [[Literature/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles Reines El-Melloi Archisorte's]] Interlude, Reines is attempting to hack into Chaldea's computer to better improve her spirit origin as a pseudo-servant. Her plan hinges on how the previous director was Olga-Marie Animusphere, who she was a close acquaintance with back in her world, and thus use Olga-Marie's quirks she remembers from her world to figure out the password. [[DeconstructedTrope It doesn't work, as Chaldea's Olga-Marie had traits that distinguished her from ''Case File'' Olga-Marie]].

** In Sima Yi's AKA [Literature/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles Reines El-Melloi Archisorte's]] Interlude, Reines is attempting to hack into Chaldea's computer to better improve her spirit origin as a pseudo-servant. Her plan hinges on how the previous director was Olga-Marie Animusphere, who she was a close acquaintance with back in her world, and thus use Olga-Marie's quirks she remembers from her world to figure out the password. [[DeconstructedTrope It doesn't work, as Chaldea's Olga-Marie had traits that distinguished her from ''Case File'' Olga-Marie]].

** When Yamato Takeru from ''VideoGame/FateSamuraiRemant'' shows up, they attempt to reconnect with the Servants they met and often get suspicious of enemies they made. They often get confused or disappointed when the versions of the Servants from Chaldea don't recognize them.

** Aesc the Savior attempts to befriend the summoned verson of her old friend Habetrot, who doesn't know her and her Habetrot has been erased from existence.

* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3'' features the doppeler Du-Du who can take on the form of anyone he pleases. In a time where anything not 100% mundane can lead to being burned at the stake, Du-Du tends to mimic people who are either very esteemed or very feared. This nearly gets him killed when he chooses to shapeshift Whoreson jr, one of the city's underbosses. Ciri, a ridiculously overpowered half-elf, and her father-figure, protagonist and renowned witcher, Geralt, nearly murder him as Whoreson, Jr. tried to kill Ciri the last time the two crossed paths. Du-Du is forced to reveal his true form to avoid being murdered by his own friends.

* After the death of Alfred Pennyworth in [[ComicBook/BatmanTomKing Bane's take-over of Gotham]], later events see [[ComicBook/BatmanChipZdarsky Batman travel to an alternate universe]] where he meets a still-living version of Alfred, who helps him in memory of his own deceased Bruce Wayne. When Bruce prepares to go back to his reality, he asks the alternate Alfred to come with him, but the two ultimately agree that trying to replace "their" versions of the other with alternates wouldn't be right, even if they exchange fond farewells.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Tedd [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2011-09-16 thinks]] of [[OppositeSexClone Ellen]] the same way he thinks of Elliot: as a friend he's known since childhood. Ellen [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2011-09-22 makes]] it clear that while she does want to be friends, she doesn't at all share that sentiment.