History Main / SignificantDoubleCasting

* ''Film/{{Moebius}}'': The same actress, Lee Na-ra, plays both the wife of the cheating husband, and the mistress that the husband is cheating with. This fits in with the film's themes of incest and sexual obsession, as the son becomes sexually attracted to the mistress before eventually having sex with his mother.

* The first ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime had both the Elrics' mother and Sloth being voiced by the same actress; Sloth ends up being the Homunculus created when the brothers tried to use human transmutation to bring their mother back to life.

* ''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge'' typically has the characters from Act One played by the same actors as the characters from Act 2, which is set nearly a hundred years later. Most notably, the actor who plays Georges Seurat in Act 1 plays his secret great-grandson George in Act 2, while the actress who plays love interest Dot in Act 1 plays Marie, Dot's daughter and George's grandmother, in Act 2, highlighting their family connection and the Georges' parallel struggles with art.

** In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', the protagonist and Adachi are both voiced by Creator/JohnnyYongBosch in the English dub. [[spoiler:While the two characters seem totally unrelated at first, it soon comes to light that they are polar opposites of one another in Izanami's game -- Adachi's Persona is even a corrupted version of Izanagi.]] The funny side of this is that [[spoiler:when the two confront each other (and in [[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation subsequent]] [[VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax spinoffs]]), it's just Bosch [[TalkingToHimself talking to himself]]]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', Creator/JenniferHale voices both Sam and her AlphaBitch [[EvilCounterpart counterpart]], Mandy. Of course, Jennifer found herself voicing [[TalkingToHimself nearly half the female characters on this series]], but the two members of Mandy's BetaBitch [[GirlPosse posse]] are voiced by Sam and Clover's [=VAs=] respectively.

* On ''Series/DispatchesFromElsewhere'', the leaders of the two battling groups -- Octavio Coleman, Esq., and Commander 14 -- are both played by Creator/RichardEGrant. It turns out to be [[spoiler:an ''in-universe'' example of MakingUseOfTheTwin, as the actors hired to play them are twin brothers]].

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' makes a plot point out of the [[RecastAsARegular casting]] of Peter Capaldi, though it does take a season and a half to ultimately pay off. Capaldi had played Lobus Caecilius in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]], a full five years before his casting as the Twelfth Doctor. [[spoiler:The Doctor had subconsciously chosen the face of Lobus during his regeneration to keep the spirit of Donna Noble's words alive in this brand new regeneration cycle. His former best friend's desperate pleas for the Doctor to "just save ''someone''" results in him rescuing the Caecilius family, an event which comes full circle as he remembers the event of Pompeii in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E5TheGirlWhoDied "The Girl Who Died"]].]]

** Creator/JohnWesleyShipp plays three characters who are in some way parental figures or predecessors of Barry Allen: his father Henry Allen, Jay Garrick of Earth-3, and Barry Allen of [[Series/TheFlash1990 Earth-90]]. There is some suggestion that these characters are {{Alternate Sel|f}}ves, but they're more distinct that most alternate selves in the series, even the evil ones, not even sharing a name[[note]]Although Henry Allen mentions that his mother's maiden name was Garrick, so it's plausible that Jay Garrick was born to the same parents but maybe out of wedlock.[[/note]].

** Done by sheer coincidence in ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'': when adapting ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'', the producers realized that Creator/MachikoSoga had played Rita Repulsa in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', the very first series, alongside the Mystic Mother in ''Mystic Force''. [[spoiler:The Mystic Mother eventually admits that she was "known as Rita in the dark days."]]

** In addition, Capaldi also played a government official named John Frobisher in the ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' spin-off series. While it's not known for certain, WordOfSaintPaul is that Frobisher is an [[IdenticalGrandson identical descendant]] of Caecilius. [[spoiler:There's a certain dichotomy there, as Caecilius's family survives the eruption of Vesuvius thanks to the Doctor, while Frobisher ends up killing his entire family.]]

* WesternAnimation/GuillermoDelTorosPinocchio:
** Gregory Mann plays Pinocchio and Carlo, which signifies Geppeto's need to replace his son twenty years prior from collateral damage from World War I. It's also because Pinocchio is using the borrowed soul of Carlo to bring him to life.

* In the video for Music/PoetsOfTheFall's ObsessionSong [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKk1u5RMTn4&list=PLjACqN5i5sDWIIpg-5EB4WcitMMqnXhFP "Carnival of Rust,"]] vocalist Marko Saaresto plays both the decaying, monochrome SadClown automaton Zoltar, who sings the song, and the flamboyantly dapper, ever-grinning human barker Mr. [[EmbodimentsOfVice Greed]], underscoring that Zoltar's attitude towards love is dysfunctional.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Kate Mulgrew plays a bit role as Fox's mother. Later she plays Titania, Queen of TheFairFolk. Coincidence? No. Turns out, they are the same person after all.
* On ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'' , the episode "Venom" has Creator/BenDiskin voice both Venom and Flash Thompson. [[spoiler:That's because the latter ends up being taken over by the former. Fortunately, it's only for this episode.]]
* On ''WesternAnimation/MilesFromTomorrowland'' , Elan Garfias voices Silas and Commander Nemmex. [[spoiler:They're one and the same.]]

* Used a few times in the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' franchise regarding [[ScoobyDooHoax "Scooby-Doo" Hoaxes]]. For example, this is used in ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooPiratesAhoy Pirates Ahoy!]]'' (Creator/RonPerlman voices Captain Skunkbeard and [[spoiler:Biff Wellington]], and the rest of the pirate crew are [[spoiler:the supporting cast]]), ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooCampScare Camp Scare]]'' (Creator/DeeBradleyBaker voices the three monsters and [[spoiler:one of the forest rangers]]), and so on. In ''WesternAnimation/LegoScoobyDooBlowoutBeachBash'' , besides her usual role as Daphne, Creator/GreyDeLisle Griffin also voices the ghost pirate Bingo Belle and [[spoiler: Laura Holdout]] . For the most part, this franchise has the perpetrator CastAsAMask.

* In ''VideoGame/StrangerOfParadiseFinalFantasyOrigin'', the same voice actors voice Jack's companions [[spoiler:and the Four Fiends (Ash[=/=]Lich, Jed[=/=]Kraken, Neon[=/=]Marilith and Sophia[=/=]Tiamat) that the former would later turn into]].

* Both Sophia Ascart and Atsuko Sasaki from ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' are voiced by Creator/InoriMinase [[spoiler:since the former is actually the latter's reincarnation]]. This also applies to the English dub, where they're both voiced by Creator/KiraBuckland.

** Creator/JohnWesleyShipp plays three characters who are in some way parental figures or predecessors of Barry Allen: his father Henry Allen, Jay Garrick of Earth-3, and Barry Allen of [[Series/TheFlash1990 Earth-90]]. There is some suggestion that these characters are {{Alternate Sel|f}}ves, but they're more distinct that most alternate selves in the series, even the evil ones, not even sharing a name.

* ''Film/PeterPan'': Both Mr. Darling, the stern authority figure that tries to spoil the children's fun, and Captain Hook, the main antagonist also out to ruin the children's fun (by killing them), are played by the same actor. This film also plays up Wendy being almost attracted to Hook.

* ''Theatre/{{Peter Pan|1904}}'': Both Mr. Darling, the stern authority figure that tries to spoil the children's fun, and Captain Hook, the main antagonist also out to ruin the children's fun (by killing them), are usually played by the same actor. (Although apparently to begin with J.M. Barrie wanted Captain Hook to be played by the same actress as ''Mrs.'' Darling!)

** In "Marcy & Hunson", Marceline sings a love song called "Slow Dance With You", with a female ghost voiced by Creator/HyndenWalch does the backup vocals. The only other character Walch voices is Princess Bubblegum, a character who has a lot of deliberate ShipTease with Marceline.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': It's eventually revealed in "Bonnibel Bubblegum" that [[spoiler:Punchy, Manfried and Crunchy were all artificial gum people created by Bubblegum to be her family. Crunchy and Manfried's former forms and current forms share the same voice actors (Tom Kenny and Maria Bamford) but Punchy does not.]]

* [[spoiler:Yhwach]] in the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' anime shares [[Creator/TakayukiSugo the same voice actor]] with Zangetsu [[spoiler:because the supposed Zangetsu is in fact an impostor whose image is a reflection of how Yhwach appeared 1000 years prior the main story.]]

** Pulled again in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. When Raiden first meets Lt. J.G. Iroquois Plissken, the subtitles actually make sure to explicitly credit Plissken as being voiced by Creator/DavidHayter in English and Creator/AkioOhtsuka in Japanese, the same actors as protagonist Solid Snake. What makes things confusing is that the Big Shell station Raiden and Plissken have infiltrated is said to be held hostage by someone calling themselves Solid Snake, and the real Snake should be dead either way. [[spoiler:As it turns out, the "Solid Snake" that's been holding the Big Shell hostage is his brother Solidus, looking and sounding absolutely nothing like the the real Snake, who unsurprisingly has been in disguise as Plissken the whole time. This is muddied by the voice casts between languages: Solidus is also voiced by Akio Ohtsuka in Japanese, but unlike Plissken has a completely different voice actor in English.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]]'': You'll only get to fight [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} the franchise's]] overarching villain Dracula in the ArrangeMode, and he's voiced by Soma's (the protagonist of the main mode) voice actor Creator/HikaruMidorikawa. Why? [[spoiler:Because Soma ''[[TomatoInTheMirror is]]'' Dracula, and at this point Dracula has [[GrandTheftMe completely taken over Soma]].]]

* ''Theatre/OurCountrysGood'' is set in Australia's early convict settlement, with some scenes depicting life among the convicts and others showing the leaders of the colony arguing about the best way to run the settlement. With the exception of the central role of Lieutenant Clark, every actor plays both a leader and convict.

** Another Sondheim musical, ''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge'', typically has the characters from Act One played by the same actors as the characters from Act 2, which is set nearly a hundred years later. Most notably, the actor who plays Georges Seurat in Act 1 plays his secret great-grandson George in Act 2, while the actress who plays love interest Dot in Act 1 plays Marie, Dot's daughter and George's grandmother, in Act 2, highlighting their family connection and the Georges' parallel struggles with art.
** Similarly to ''George'' above, Tom Stoppard's ''Arcadia'' explicitly instructs the character of Augustus and his mute, mysterious descendant Gus (180 years later) to be played by the same person. It's left oddly ambiguous as to whether the two are actually the same character.

Frequently in fiction, and especially in theatre, the same actor will [[ActingForTwo play multiple roles]]. Sometimes this will just be for the sake of convenience, and not meaningful to the plot; after all, if an actor is going to show up at the theatre every night to perform, you might as well take as much advantage of his or her skills as possible. However, sometimes there are reasons for the same actor playing two parts that are symbolic or have some subliminal impact in the story. Hence, SignificantDoubleCasting.

* In the Film/SpiderManTrilogy, Creator/BruceCampbell has a minor role in each of the films as a wrestling announcer, a snooty usher, and a French waiter respectively. According to Creator/SamRaimi, had he directed the fourth film, he would cast Campbell as [[spoiler:Mysterio, [[CanonCharacterAllAlong implying that all of the earlier cameos were Quentin Beck in disguise]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' sees ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} and Dane Lisslow voiced by Creator/RobinAtkinDownes. [[spoiler:Dane turns out to be [[SignificantAnagram anagram]] of Slade Wilson, hence Dane ''is'' Deathstroke]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': [[BigBad Hawk Moth]] and [[KnightTemplarParent Gabriel Agreste]] share a voice actor in the original French cast and several other dubs. It wasn't until the beginning of the second season that viewers had confirmation that [[spoiler: Gabriel ''was'' Hawk Moth]], although plenty of fans suspected already.

* Used a few times in the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' franchise regarding {{Scooby Doo Hoax}}es. For example, this is used in ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooPiratesAhoy Pirates Ahoy!]]'' (Creator/RonPerlman voices Captain Skunkbeard and [[spoiler:Biff Wellington]], and the rest of the pirate crew are [[spoiler:the supporting cast]]), ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooCampScare Camp Scare]]'' (Creator/DeeBradleyBaker voices the three monsters and [[spoiler:one of the forest rangers]]), and so on. In ''WesternAnimation/LegoScoobyDooBlowoutBeachBash'' , besides her usual role as Daphne, Creator/GreyDeLisle Griffin also voices the ghost pirate Bingo Belle and [[spoiler: Laura Holdout]] . For the most part, this franchise has the perpetrator CastAsAMask.

* On ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters'' , Creator/KeithDavid, who voices Malcolm Kane, also voices Number One, the leader of the Tech Men. [[spoiler:They're one and the same.]]