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I don't know what you are, either! You seem... like a dark twin of myself...
Live-Action TV
Xander: Hey, wait 'til you have an evil twin, see how you handle it.
Willow: I handled it fine.
Willow: I handled it fine.
— Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "The Replacement"
Louis: It wasn't me!
Principal Wexler: Out! Out! Out!
Louis: I swear, it wasn't me, it was my-
Principal Wexler: Evil twin? Yes, and we all have one and they do naughty naughty things that we never ever should do, goodbye!
Watson: But she can’t have been in two places at the same time, can she?
Holmes: No, Watson. One place is strictly the limit for the recently deceased.
(Watson clicks his fingers and points to his friend.)
Watson: Holmes, could it have been twins?
Holmes: No.
Watson: Why not?
Holmes: Because it’s never twins.
Lestrade: Emelia was not a twin, nor did she have any sisters. She had one older brother who died four years ago.
Watson: Maybe it was a secret twin.
Holmes: A what?
Watson: A secret twin? (off Holmes' look) Hmm? You know? A twin that nobody knows about? This whole thing could have been planned.
Holmes: Since the moment of conception? How breathtakingly prescient of her! It is never twins, Watson!
— Sherlock, "The Abominable Bride"
Jax: [discussing a dream state] If that's right then...
Sara: Then there's more than just Bizarro Me on this ship.
Jax: Like Evil Ray, Evil Stein.
Sara: Evil Mick. I guess that's just Regular Mick, but still...
Sara: Then there's more than just Bizarro Me on this ship.
Jax: Like Evil Ray, Evil Stein.
Sara: Evil Mick. I guess that's just Regular Mick, but still...
Often-wrong Soong has a broken heart; can't tell his two boys apart.
— Lore, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Double Trouble: We will party a lot hartyer if Carmen is in the slammers. Look for her in North America.
Dina: We have a pitch.
Rogelio: Not that old evil twin cliche.
Rogelio: Not that old evil twin cliche.
Music
My evil twin, bad weather friend
I know someday I'll meet him
But I don't know where or when.
I know someday I'll meet him
But I don't know where or when.
— They Might Be Giants, "My Evil Twin"
Tabletop Games
You can always tell the evil one by the dagger he's sticking in you.
Video Games
"Beware your darkside." [Evil Laugh]
— Fake Kimmy/Evil Dexter, Space Ace
The SA-X. An enemy with my strongest abilities. But does it have reason? Probably not. It's just a killing machine. In my current state, I can't face it head-on. The SA-X is me, only heartless. I must stop it before it learns its potential and threatens the universe...
— Samus Aran, Metroid Fusion
Noel: Kite...you'd never told us that you actually have a twin sister.
Kite: You got it all wrong! I never had a sister- I mean, I DON'T have a sister at all!
[...]
Sakuya: Did we happen to stumble into an alternate reality? Or maybe I really do have a long-lost twin brother? Does that mean I have to be evil now?
Web Video
But seriously, why are we doing another Evil Twin episode?! Is that all Japan knows how to do?
— Jason Lee Scott, Truncated Power Rangers
My favorite thing is shitty video game or movie review- any kind of reviewers where an evil version comes in and it's just them in black clothing, it's the funniest fucking trope. I want more of it.
"It's a little like looking into a funhouse mirror, but instead of a giant head, or, like, long legs and a tiny torso, it shows you... Everything you don't want to be."
— Roman, Sanders Sides, Dealing With Intrusive Thoughts
Webcomics
"If you ever have two of something, one of them is probably evil. It's how twins work, anyway."
— Katie, Awkward Zombie
Nale: I'll never tell you anything about Xykon.
Elan: Yeah, I know. But I didn't save you so we could interrogate you. I saved you 'cause I'm the Good twin, not the Neutral twin.
Nale: ...I don't get it.
Elan: Yup.
Elan: Yeah, I know. But I didn't save you so we could interrogate you. I saved you 'cause I'm the Good twin, not the Neutral twin.
Nale: ...I don't get it.
Elan: Yup.
"Amber! My evil clone from an alternate dimension! Surely you must be up to no good!"
"I told you a dozen times: I'm not evil. That's not how alternate dimensions work."
"Yes you are! I'm the real Amber, so that makes you evil clone Amber!"
"No dimension is more "real" than the other. We're both the "real Amber"."
"Hmph. Whatever helps you sleep at night."
"I told you a dozen times: I'm not evil. That's not how alternate dimensions work."
"Yes you are! I'm the real Amber, so that makes you evil clone Amber!"
"No dimension is more "real" than the other. We're both the "real Amber"."
"Hmph. Whatever helps you sleep at night."
— this comic
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◊ Western Animation
Goliath: Surely you know I am not in the habit of playing childish pranks, or laughing maniacally in the dark.
Hudson: Do you even know how to laugh maniacally?
Hudson: Do you even know how to laugh maniacally?
This is awful. You mean somewhere there's a more evil Bender than me? I do my best, dammit!
— Bender, Futurama, "The Farnsworth Parabox"
Oh, so it was my evil twin all along! I should have known! Superheroes and evil twins go together like peanut butter and... evil peanut butter.
Oh no! It's - it's an evil twin story! It's come to that!
— Garfield, Garfield and Friends
