Basic Trope: Identical-looking people, like twins, trade places.
- Straight: Alex and Bob are identical twins, and swap places for the day.
- Exaggerated:
- Alex and Bob swap places so often people lose track of which one is Alex and which one is Bob.
- Alex and Bob were swapped at birth.
- Downplayed: Alex can pull off an amazing Bob impression, and vice versa.
- Justified: Bob is tasked with doing something he can't do but Alex can, so they switch places so Alex can do it for him.
- Inverted: Carly thinks Alex and Bob are the same person.
- Subverted:
- Alex says he swapped places with Bob, but it was really a Fake Twin Gambit — Bob doesn't exist.
- Alex and Bob say they've swapped places, but in reality they haven't and they're just doing it to screw with people.
- Alex and Bob swap places, but it doesn't work as people notice the difference.
- Double Subverted:
- Except Bob does exist, and Alex is just pulling your leg.
- Or have they?
- Parodied: Fraternal twins Alice and Bob look nothing alike, but they switch places and everyone is fooled.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Alex and Bob never switch places.
- Enforced: The writer wants to write a Grass is Greener aesop.
- Lampshaded: "Of course Alex and Bob switched; they're twins!"
- Invoked: Alex and Bob often pretend to be each other to confuse people.
- Exploited: Alex switches places with Bob, then uses this to frame him for murder.
- Defied: Alex and Bob outright refuse to pretend to be each other.
- Discussed: "Hey, Alex, have you and Bob ever swapped places like in the movies?"
- Conversed: "And here's the part where the twins switch places to fool everyone! Classic."
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