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* Mystique does this several times (most notably to Henry Gyrich and [[spoiler:Senator Robert Kelly]]) in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''. (Though in [[spoiler:Kelly]]'s case, this was more of a DeadPersonImpersonation; he died in a completely unrelated accident, and Mystique only stole his identity after the fact).

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* Mystique does this several times (most notably to Henry Gyrich and [[spoiler:Senator Robert Kelly]]) in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''. ''Franchise/XMenFilmSeries''. (Though in [[spoiler:Kelly]]'s case, this was more of a DeadPersonImpersonation; he died in a completely unrelated accident, and Mystique only stole his identity after the fact). fact.)
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* The goal of [[EvilDoppelganger the Tethered]] in ''Film/{{Us}}''.

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* The goal of [[EvilDoppelganger the Tethered]] in ''Film/{{Us}}''.''Film/Us2019''.



* Implied to be the case with Creed from ''Series/{{The Office|US}}''.
-->'''Creed''': Nobody steals from Creed Bratton and gets away with it. The last person to do this disappeared. His name? Creed Bratton.

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* Implied to be the case with Creed from ''Series/{{The Office|US}}''.
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Nobody steals from Creed Bratton and gets away with it. The last person to do this disappeared. His name? Creed Bratton.



* The alien fugitives in ''Series/Tracker2001'' took over the identities of the humans that died when the aliens took their bodies. Some did more impersonating than others, like Lontoria, who ended up in the body of a teen girl and kept up the act so the girl's mom wouldn't be hurting over her daughter dying until it was absolutely necessary.

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* The alien fugitives in ''Series/Tracker2001'' took take over the identities of the humans that died who die when the aliens took take their bodies. Some did do more impersonating than others, like Lontoria, who ended ends up in the body of a teen girl and kept keeps up the act so the girl's mom wouldn't won't be hurting over her daughter dying until it was it's absolutely necessary.
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* ''Film/ParadiseHills'': It turns out that the Duchess kills the women after having substitutes surgically altered to appear like them and take their places again in high society.

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* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': In issue 5 of the 2010 series, a Durlan supremacist murders Chief Zendak so he can use his shape-shifting powers to impersonate him.



* ''ComicBook/RickAndMortyOni'': Summer of Dimension C-132 attempts to do this to a popular alternate version of herself, though thankfully she doesn't succeed.''

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* ''ComicBook/RickAndMortyOni'': Summer of Dimension C-132 attempts to do this to a popular alternate version of herself, though thankfully she doesn't succeed.''
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* In ''Series/InsideNo9'', this is the premise of [[spoiler: [[Recap/InsideNo9S9E1BooToAGoose "Boo to a Goose"]]. A shadowy organisation, possibly affiliated with the government, is killing potential dissidents by gassing them to death, and replacing them with clones who will be far more compliant.]]
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* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', [[spoiler:Kira kills Shinobu's husband/Hayato's father Kosaku and steals his identity in order to hide from Josuke. Made heartbreaking after Kira is finally killed, as Hayato can't bring himself to tell his mom that her husband is dead or that the man she's loved recently was an impostor.]]

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* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', [[spoiler:Kira kills Shinobu's husband/Hayato's father Kosaku Kawajiri and steals his identity in order to hide from Josuke.Josuke and Jotaro. Made heartbreaking after Kira is finally killed, as Hayato can't bring himself to tell his mom that her husband is dead or that the man she's loved recently was an impostor.]]
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** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' this was done to the king of Baron before the events of the game start (although naturally the game [[NeverSayDie never used the word "kill"]]).

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** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', this was done to the king of Baron before the events of the game start (although naturally (although, naturally, the game [[NeverSayDie never used the word "kill"]]).
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* ''Series/LostInSpace2018'' revealed that its {{Gender Flip}}ped version of Dr. Smith is prone to this. How bad is this trait? [[spoiler:She isn't just a case of GenderFlip, but also DecompositeCharacter as her real name is June Harris (her last name taken from the original Smith's actor) and she pulled this on the universe's real Zachary Smith, leaving him for dead and assuming his identity. Note that she's not a doppelganger, shapeshifter, identical twin, or any of the other stuff described in the intro. It's just that the other colonists on the planet they crashed on never actually met the real Dr. Smith, so they have no way of knowing that Dr. Smith couldn't possibly be her.]]

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* ''Series/LostInSpace2018'' revealed that its {{Gender Flip}}ped version of Dr. Smith is prone to this. How bad is this trait? [[spoiler:She trait? She isn't just a case of GenderFlip, but also DecompositeCharacter as her real name is June Harris (her last name taken from the original Dr. Smith's actor) and she pulled this on the new universe's real Zachary Smith, leaving him for dead and assuming his identity. Note that she's not a doppelganger, shapeshifter, identical twin, or any of the other stuff described in the intro. It's just that the other colonists on the planet they crashed on never actually met the real Dr. Smith, so they have no way of knowing that Dr. Smith couldn't possibly be her.]]
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* ''Series/LostInSpace2018'' revealed that its {{Gender Flip}}ped version of Dr. Smith is prone to this. How bad is this trait? [[spoiler:She isn't even really a case of GenderFlip as her real name is June Harris and she pulled this on the real Zachary Smith, leaving him for dead and assuming his identity.]] Note that she's not a doppelganger, shapeshifter, identical twin, or any of the other stuff described in the intro. It's just that the other colonists on the planet they crashed on ever actually met the real Dr. Smith, so they have no way of knowing that Dr. Smith couldn't possibly be her.

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* ''Series/LostInSpace2018'' revealed that its {{Gender Flip}}ped version of Dr. Smith is prone to this. How bad is this trait? [[spoiler:She isn't even really just a case of GenderFlip GenderFlip, but also DecompositeCharacter as her real name is June Harris (her last name taken from the original Smith's actor) and she pulled this on the universe's real Zachary Smith, leaving him for dead and assuming his identity.]] identity. Note that she's not a doppelganger, shapeshifter, identical twin, or any of the other stuff described in the intro. It's just that the other colonists on the planet they crashed on ever never actually met the real Dr. Smith, so they have no way of knowing that Dr. Smith couldn't possibly be her.]]

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