"You know, I don't recall asking for a mysterious doppelganger."
— Prohyas Warrior, Mighty Magiswords, on the subject of Nohyas.
"By the way, you can make a bit of a mess in these rooms if you want. Scuff your shoes or stick gum on the walls, because these alternate Cave Johnsons are really cheesing me off."
— Cave Johnson Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative
"Listen now to Luthor of Earth-One," said Brainiac, whose face resembled nothing less than a metallic death's-head. "He shall be our field commander. We have the worlds within our grasp. It is our time, now."
"Wait one bloody second!", said one attendee, an older man with red hair. "Who appointed that second-rate lab-rat our spokesman?"
Lex Luthor of Earth-One turned, his warsuit primed for action. He recognized the voice. It was his Earth-Two counterpart, the older Luthor who had fought that Earth's Superman. His Man of Steel was dead now, killed in the Crisis. He had never lost his hair. He had never lost a wife or son. On top of that, he had even worked with the Earth-One Luthor, in a joint effort against the two Supermen.
The man was a damned ingrate, and Lex was fully in favor of wiping him out with an energy bolt.
"Wait one bloody second!", said one attendee, an older man with red hair. "Who appointed that second-rate lab-rat our spokesman?"
Lex Luthor of Earth-One turned, his warsuit primed for action. He recognized the voice. It was his Earth-Two counterpart, the older Luthor who had fought that Earth's Superman. His Man of Steel was dead now, killed in the Crisis. He had never lost his hair. He had never lost a wife or son. On top of that, he had even worked with the Earth-One Luthor, in a joint effort against the two Supermen.
The man was a damned ingrate, and Lex was fully in favor of wiping him out with an energy bolt.
"Me, myself and I don't get along..."
— Candace singing about... well, Candace, Phineas and Ferb
"I can't believe it, I'm so... annoying."
The shift in their emotions is almost frightening. They go from cute to condescending in the time it takes one to blink, folding their arms while scowling at me. Do I really act like that, is that how other people see me? Maybe Hiroyuki is right, I am dramatic.
"Obviously not," she says, her words more poisonous than snake venom. "We are Outtaike Kohana." Her expression is suddenly one of concern. "Don't you recognize us?"
"You're not me, I'm me!" I angrily shout.
"Obviously not," she says, her words more poisonous than snake venom. "We are Outtaike Kohana." Her expression is suddenly one of concern. "Don't you recognize us?"
"You're not me, I'm me!" I angrily shout.
You have defeated Your Present Self!
Christ you're an insufferable prick.
Christ you're an insufferable prick.
"Yeah, Nyanners seems nice, but to be honest with you, Nyanners seems like kind of a bitch. Like, Nyanners was accusing me of—of killing Nyanners, like, every round even though I didn't do anything."
Data: Lieutenant, I am curious about something. If you met a double of yourself, would you have difficulty interacting with him?
Worf: I think so.
Data: Why?
Worf: I am not easy to get along with.
Data: But Commander Riker and Lieutenant Riker are. Yet they seem to have trouble getting along with each another. I have found that humans value their uniqueness, that sense that they are different from every one else. The existence of a double would preclude that feeling. Could that be the source of the friction?
Worf: I think so.
Data: Why?
Worf: I am not easy to get along with.
Data: But Commander Riker and Lieutenant Riker are. Yet they seem to have trouble getting along with each another. I have found that humans value their uniqueness, that sense that they are different from every one else. The existence of a double would preclude that feeling. Could that be the source of the friction?
Worf: Or perhaps it is more a matter of seeing something in your double. Something you do not like in yourself.
— Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Second Chances"
"I would never treat me like this."
— Loki, Loki, "The Variant"
"Oh how I despise you! And for that reason, you must be obliterated. You see, I really, really hate clones!"
— Spider-Carnage, Spider-Man: The Animated Series
"I think we all would be horrified to meet a double of ourselves and find out what everybody else already knows about us."
— Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
"When you're stuck in a white void with your younger self for an eternity, all that genius in one room just cancels itself out. Don't even get me started on working with that nutso descendant of mine. Ugh."
Leader: What the hell was that?
Shiki: She pissed me off. With her attitude and her face.
Leader: That face and attitude are your face and attitude, and well as mine.
Shiki: They were mine. I grew up.
Leader: She's still you, what you once were.
Shiki: No, she's not. And even if she was, I'd still hate her like I hate myself when I was like that.
Shiki: She pissed me off. With her attitude and her face.
Leader: That face and attitude are your face and attitude, and well as mine.
Shiki: They were mine. I grew up.
Leader: She's still you, what you once were.
Shiki: No, she's not. And even if she was, I'd still hate her like I hate myself when I was like that.
Stretch: Stay the fuck out'a my thoughts.
Stephen: Our thoughts, ya prima donna. Now quit actin' like an ass an' breathe.
Stephen: Our thoughts, ya prima donna. Now quit actin' like an ass an' breathe.
"My past iteration sounds like a screeching harpy."
— Sindel, Mortal Kombat 1
