# Good twins/Evil twins **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584 "2009-01-09T21:00:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/1 "2009-01-09T21:00:16Z")
How many examples can we come up with of the old ‘exact mirror image doubles’? They can be clones, alternate universe copies, seperated at birth twins, whatever. But - one good, one evil. How many times has this occurred? Some examples: Good Kirk/Evil Kirk (and Spocks, Uhuras, Kiras, Tuvoks, etc. on various incarnations of “Trek.”) Samantha/Serena (“Bewitched”) Genie/Evil Genie (“I Dream of Genie”) the Time-Lord Doctor / human Doctor (last episode of the most recent “Doctor Who” series) Gilligan / Soviet spy (“Gilligan’s Island”) Who else? ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/2 "2009-01-09T21:04:53Z")
Angelica and the other one on the original **Dark Shadows**. Cassandra! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/3 "2009-01-09T21:07:11Z")
Lore/Data Niki/Jessica (Heroes) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/4 "2009-01-09T21:07:36Z")
Good Dick/Evil Dick on 3rd Rock from the Sun. _Oh, no. He’s turned me into a mime_ Good Dr. Marlena Evans/Evil Samatha Evans on _Days of Our Lives_. An oddity in that they were played by real life identical twins Deidre and Andrea Hall. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/5 "2009-01-09T21:17:00Z")
On _Friends_ they confused Joey’s crazy stalker fan who was in love with Dr. Drake Remore by presenting Joey as his evil twin. Not exactly good/evil, but identical cousins Patty and Cathy Lane (and later a third identical cousin) on the _Patty Duke Show_. In the old _Adventures of Superman_ Boulder, a common thug, underwent plastic surgery to look just like Superman. Not to be outdone, Jimmy Olsen was kidnapped by Kid Collins, his identical duplicate. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/6 "2009-01-09T21:28:10Z")
Sweet Willow/Dark Willow from BtVS ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/7 "2009-01-09T21:30:40Z")
Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/8 "2009-01-09T21:39:59Z")
The gold standard: KITT and his evil vehicular twin KARR. (I was going to mention Garthe Knight, but he’s Michael’s eevil younger brother ; not his twin). ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/9 "2009-01-09T22:02:39Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Sweet Willow/Dark Willow from BtVS And there was an episode in which Xander gets separated into two versions. Though neither was evil–it was more like Decisive Xander/Shlub Xander. Played by real identical twins Nicholas and Kelly Brendon. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/10 "2009-01-09T22:33:10Z")
> [@Saltire](#): > > And there was an episode in which Xander gets separated into two versions. Though neither was evil–it was more like Decisive Xander/Shlub Xander. Played by real identical twins Nicholas and Kelly Brendon. “Played” is probably a little generous to Kelly. Nicky did all the actual acting of both characters, Kelly was used in a few shots where both appeared, but did no dialogue. He was more like a really cheap special effect. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/11 "2009-01-09T22:42:09Z")
Ren of Ren and Stimpy. Stimpy : “Oh no ! He’s been split into his EVIL side !” Evil Ren : “MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA !” Stimpy : “And his indifferent side !” Indifferent Ren : “Eh.” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/12 "2009-01-09T22:57:05Z")
I think pretty much every season of Power Rangers featured “evil Rangers.” We really ate that stuff up as kids. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/13 "2009-01-09T23:19:02Z")
Two of my favorites: [Michael and Garthe Knight](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garthe_Knight), Knight Rider. [Photo of Garthe](http://www.viper.jp/knight/chara/chara_img/garthe1.jpg) [KITT and KARR](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KARR_(Knight_Rider)), also Knight Rider. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/14 "2009-01-09T23:23:47Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Two of my favorites: [Michael and Garthe Knight](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garthe_Knight), Knight Rider. [Photo of Garthe](http://www.viper.jp/knight/chara/chara_img/garthe1.jpg) > > [KITT and KARR](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KARR_(Knight_Rider)), also Knight Rider. Psst. Post #8. (Also, Garthe and Michael were not twins). ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/15 "2009-01-09T23:27:25Z")
> [@Saltire](#): > > And there was an episode in which Xander gets separated into two versions. Though neither was evil–it was more like Decisive Xander/Shlub Xander. Played by real identical twins Nicholas and Kelly Brendon. Actually, that’s Nicholas Brendon and Kelly Donovan. They use their first and middle names, not their last (Schulz, I think), for credit. Stargate and Stargate Atlantis have both had parallel universe versions of characters, not to mention Replicator versions or clones or whatever else they’ve done. (I’ve sort of lost track; it’s like trying to remember how many times Daniel Jackson has died.) Farscape has two John Crichtons for awhile. Earlier, there’d been Caveman Crichton and Future Super Brainy Crichton, due to an alien egg thing, I think it was. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/16 "2009-01-09T23:30:43Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Psst. Post #8. (Also, Garthe and Michael were not twins). Crap, sorry. I looked and I thought I was in the clear, but I missed yours. I’d argue that Garthe and Michael still count, though; the OP asks for actual twins and twinlike pairs (clones, alternate universe copies, etc.) and they definitely match the archetype. Garthe has a classic case of non-sibling rivalry. Technically, KITT and KARR aren’t biologically related, either. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/17 "2009-01-09T23:32:33Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > Gilligan / Soviet spy (“Gilligan’s Island”) Also from Gilligan’s Island: Mr. Howell / The Imposter Ginger / Eva ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/18 "2009-01-09T23:34:25Z")
Also Elan / Nale from Order of the Stick ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/19 "2009-01-09T23:39:27Z")
Bender and Flexo from _Futurama_. Unusual in that the evil twin was the regular cast member. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584/20 "2009-01-09T23:51:23Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Crap, sorry. I looked and I thought I was in the clear, but I missed yours. Eh…you had better art. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-twins-evil-twins/480584.md?page=2)