Doppelgänger

:Look-alike redirects here. For the lookalike items in Explorers of Sky, see Lookalike Item.
A is a double or lookalike of another person. Various characters in the are doppelgängers of main characters.
==Arnold==
Arnold is a doppelgänger of who appeared in Hypno's Naptime. As he disappeared three days before the events of the episode, his mother initially mistook Ash to be her son and embraced him in a hug before realizing her mistake.
==Jessebelle==
Jessebelle is a doppelgänger of Jessie, who appeared in Holy Matrimony! and The Treasure Is All Mine!. She was James's ; however, when James was exposed to her less than agreeable personality, he ran away from home in order to escape her attentions. She has returned several times with the cooperation of James's parents to try to make him see the error of his ways and marry her.
==Travis==
Travis is another doppelgänger of , who appeared in flashback in Pokémon Double Trouble. As with Arnold, Ash's first encounter with his mother was an unexpected hug due to mistaken identity. However, in this case, Travis had simply left on a Pokémon journey and the fact that both were traveling with a had helped cause the misunderstanding.
==Mansion owner==
The mansion owner is a minor character who was only shown in the episode Just Waiting on a Friend! in a portrait and flashback. He is the owner of the Ninetales that lived in the mansion, and he also bears a very close resemblance to , which Ninetales used to her gain so he would stay with it in the mansion, even making an illusion of putting his own outfit on Brock. The mansion owner left on a journey two centuries ago, but never came back, leaving Ninetales all alone after the servants left. He also wrote an entry in his diary which and discovered.
==Team Righteous==
Team Righteous are doppelgängers of Jessie and James who appeared in a video in We're No Angels!. Unlike other doppelgängers, they are fictional characters who had a television show a long time ago. They even had their own who was just a person in a costume. Unlike , they fight for good instead of evil.
==Max==
Max is a doppelgänger of Max, who appeared in Maxxed Out!. The doppelgänger Max had a more central role in this episode than both of Ash's look-a-likes and got in a fight with his same-named lookalike as they both felt jealous thinking that the other was already a Trainer. Later on, the two discovered that they have more similarities than their name and appearance and became friends.
==Harley's classmate==
According to Harley in New Plot, Odd Lot!, he had a classmate as a child, who looked similar to . She took his lunch from him, and he explained to that she was the reason he hated May so much. It has been debated whether the girl existed or was just made up by Harley to get Team Rocket on his side. There was no mention of her when Harley first met May and she would contradict the original reason of Harley's grudge.
==Princess Salvia==
Princess Salvia is a doppelgänger of , appearing in Dawn of a Royal Day!. She swapped places with Dawn in a plotline reminiscent of , taking part in the Arrowroot Town Pokémon Contest with her while Dawn pretended to be a member of the high class. This worked until Dawn discovered that Princess Salvia was expected to watch the final match of the Battle Stage and ended up shouting encouragement to her lookalike. Princess Salvia later gave Togekiss to Dawn so it could continue taking part in Pokémon Contests.
==Kiawe's friend==
According to in A Shivering Shovel Search!, he had a friend who resembles . Both of them and their other friends mistook a for a shovel.
==Ultra Ruin student==
In a flashback of 's home world in Battling the Beast Within!, a resembling was revealed to once be a resident of what is now the Ultra Ruin. Elements of , Ash's counterpart, are also included in this Trainer's design. 
==Soleil==
Soleil is a girl from Johto and a doppelgänger of Chloe, appearing in Night and Day, You are the Ones!. She was to be declared the liege of the Eclipse Castle, but when she and Chloe switched around their clothes to fool around with their friends, Ilunas mistook Chloe for her doppelgänger and kidnapped her. After realizing his mistake, he tried to force Soleil to make him the new liege instead. After Ash and Goh had found and freed Chloe, she and joined Soleil and her and in battling against Ilunas, eventually defeating him. After Soleil had taken on the liegeship of the castle, she made Ilunas her helper.
==Niko, Rob, and Dash==
:Main articles: Niko, Rob, and Dash
Niko, Rob, and Dash are doppelgangers of Liko, Roy, and Dot, first appearing in Hatenna and the Otherworldly. Much like Liko's group, this trio enrolled at Naranja Academy to partake in the Tera Training course. The two trios briefly encountered each other in a forest after Niko unwittingly incurred the wrath of an by repairing her broken bag strap with a vine the local and used to access their food horde across a river. Due to their similar appearances and Pokémon, Annihilape's pack mistook Liko's group for Niko's, forcing them to correct this trio's mistake.
==See also==
* Animated series character recycling
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