Double

**Double** (JP: ダブル) is a monstrous, transforming creature working under the Trinity, responsible for ensuring that the Skull Heart falls into the "right" hands and manipulating events according to the goddesses' will. Her current guise is as a nun under the name **Sister Agatha**.

## General Information

Double is one of the playable characters in *Skullgirls*. Her homestage is the Grand Cathedral, but Gehennais also referred to her "domain" and is even suggested to be an extension of herself.

Despite MikeZ stating that Double was female, her gender is still listed as Unknown on the official site.

The nun form that she takes is based on no one in particular; it's just a form she takes to blend in at the cathedral.

Double is speculated to have been created by the Trinity as she shares a few physical traits from each member.

Venus views Double as a maid or a butler, although it’s not quite as straightforward as Double represents many things.

### Personality

Double is an enigmatic character who lacks a distinct motive or will that most of the cast have and rarely emotes. She mostly maintains a stoic demeanor when conversing with someone. However, she has shown bouts of pure rage and hatred when it comes to characters like Squigly (Squigly refuses to obey Marie's orders) and Eliza (Eliza killed Aeon and Venus). Double's encounter with Eliza implies that she has an unspecified connection to Queen Lamia, such as being her avatar or 'shadow'. She has been shown to be a manipulative figure who will do anything to further her agenda and create Skullgirls. Even if she follows their orders, Double will not hesitate to eliminate a Skullgirl should they put The Trinity's plans to a standstill.

## Character Basis

### Name

She is commonly referred to as *Double*, although it is implied to not be her true name. It is derived from "double".

In her current guise as a nun, she goes by the name *Agatha*, which means "good" and was also the name of a Christian saint.

Eliza addresses her as *Lamia*, referencing a Libyan queen who became a child-eating daemon, and the name is apparently derived from the Greek word for "gullet". Meanwhile, Annie refers to her as the "Shapeshifter".

### Design

Double has gone through the most major redesign of the cast thus far. Initially she was concepted resembling Filia, except Samson's head was where Filia's should be and Filia's was on the back of the skull and appeared very emaciated. She was also conceited as a very nondescript and hunched over humanoid figure. At another point, she was a jumble of distorted pieces from other characters wearing a crown.

## Abilities & Fighting Style

Double takes full advantage of her shapeshifting abilities in battle, freely shifting her mass into various weapons and appendages. In-game, she prefers to morph into the forms of other characters in order to perform one of their attacks (including some that were dropped from their movesets during development). Some of her abilities involve using the form of one character to begin an attack before shifting into a different character to utilize their attributes as a follow-up.

Double's shifting abilities enable her to manifest multiple separate bodies that she can control, as well as enormous forms that far exceed her usual mass. However, she appears to be unable to imitate certain supernatural abilities (such as the fiery "tears" of Krieg).

Double can mimic anyone's voice, and is capable of talking normally to appear as, for example, a nun or a stranger at a party, in order to spread rumors about the Skull Heart.

## TMNT X Pokemon

Double is one of the many villains you'll fight throughout the game. When first meeting her, the Turtles mistake her as just a harmless nun until they saw her true form as a monster.

## Trivia

* Her DLC Voice Pack, Politician Double, is the only slated voice pack of a playable character that is not to be re-voiced by the same voice actress, instead being voiced by Kaiji Tang. This also makes Double the only character in the game to have both male and female voices.
* The phrase spoken in Double's character reveal trailer ("*Have you come to give confession? I'll gladly accept your tithe.. in blood.*") was separated into two random battle intro lines for the actual game.
* Her **Megalith Array** Blockbuster pays homage to the same giant Moai heads featured in the Gradiusgame series.
* The sprites used in Double's **Nightmare Legion** Blockbuster are rejected character sprites from the normal gameplay.