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For other uses, see Alter ego (disambiguation).

An alter ego (Latin, "the other I") is a second self, a second personality or persona within a person. The term is commonly used in literature analysis and comparison to describe characters who are psychologically identical.

Contents 1 Origin 2 Modern usage 3 List of alter egos in fiction 4 List of alter egos in real life 5 References

[edit] Origin

[edit] Modern usage

The term and concept also frequently appear in popular fiction, such as in comic books, for the secret identity of a superhero, vigilante, or crimefighter.

Related concepts include avatar, doppelgänger, impersonator, and split personality.

It was created in the early 1800's when people first discovered schizophrenia.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] List of alter egos in fiction

• Batman is the alter ego of Bruce Wayne in the Batman comics.
• Spider-Man is the alter ego of Peter Parker in the Spider-Man comics.
• Clark Kent is the alter ego of Superman or Kal El in the "Superman comics. Here it is a different situation, with the hero being the preceding persona.
• Phoenix and previously Marvel Girl is the alter ego of Jean Grey.
• The Hulk is the alter ego of Bruce Banner in the Hulk comics.
• Zero is the alter ego of Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion.
• Art Vandelay is the alter ego of George Costanza in the television series Seinfeld.
• Professor Chaos is the alter ego of Butters Stotch in the television series South Park.
• The Hollow side (known by some as Ikasoruk Ogihci, though hard to pronouce) of him is Ichigo Kurosaki's alter ego from Bleach
• Anima-Lizzie is the cartoon alter ego of Lizzie McGuire in the TV show Lizzie McGuire.
• Danny Phantom is the alter ego of Danny Fenton.
• Tuxedo Mask is Mamoru Chiba/Darien Shields' alter ego on the show Sailor Moon.
• Stripperella is the alter ego of Erotica Jones in Stripperella.
• Daisuke Niwa is Dark Mousy in DNAngel.
• Angel and Angelus are good and evil alter egos of the vampire Liam.
• Garcian, Dan, KAEDE, Kevin, Coyote, Con, and MASK DE Smith are alter egos of Harman Smith in the video game Killer7.
• American Dragon is the alter ego of Jake Long.
• Huntsgirl/Thorn is the alter ego of Rose in the animated Disney Channel show American Dragon: Jake Long.
• Bartman is the alter ego of Bart Simpson in the animated TV sitcom The Simpsons, as are El Barto and the Cupcake Kid.
• Quailman is the alter ego of Doug Funnie in the animated TV sitcom Doug.
• Kaitou Sinbad is the alter ego of Chiaki Nagoya.
• Fangface is the alter ego of Sherman "Fangs" Fangswort.
• Anastasia Beaverhausen is the alter ego of Karen Walker on Will & Grace.
• Tim Tommerson is the alter ego of Captain Hero in the television series Drawn Together.
• Spaceman Spiff, Stupendous Man, and Tracer Bullet are all alter egos of Calvin in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.
• Conky is the alter ego of Bubbles in the television series Trailer Park Boys.
• Cornholio is the alter ego of Beavis .
• Duane Dibbley is the alter ego of Cat and Ace Rimmer is the alter ego of Rimmer in the sci-fi TV show Red Dwarf.
• Duck Dodgers is the alter ego of Daffy Duck, as revealed in Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
• Tyler Durden is the alter ego of the narrator in Fight Club.
• Dude Love is the alter ego of Mankind.
• Mr. Hyde is the alter ego of Dr. Jekyll in the novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
• Janus is the alter ego of Alec Trevelyan in the James Bond film Goldeneye.
• St. Jimmy is the alter ego of 'Jesus of Suburbia' in Green Day's punk-rock opera American Idiot.
• Drake Mallard is the alter ego of Darkwing Duck.
• Quiverwing Quack is the alter ego of Gosalyn Mallard.
• Captain Marvel is the alter ego of Billy Batson in the DC Captain Marvel comics.
• Regina Phalange is the alter ego of Phoebe Buffay on Friends.
• Pieman is the alter ego of Homer Simpson on The Simpsons.
• Sailor Moon is the alter ego of Usagi Tsukino in the Sailor Moon manga and anime.
• The Great Saiyaman is the alter ego of Son Gohan in the manga/anime Dragonball Z.
• The Shadow is the alter ego of Lamont Cranston.
• Darth Sidious is the alter ego of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine in the Star Wars films.
• Supercow is the alter ego of Cow in the Cow and Chicken cartoons.
• The Thnikkaman is the alter ego of Bubs in Homestar Runner.
• Thor is the alter ego of Dr. Don Blake in the Thor comics.
• [[Bj�rn T�roque]] is the alter ego of Dan Crane.
• Princess Tutu is the alter ego of Duck in the Japanese anime and manga Princess Tutu.
• Stefan Urquelle is the alter ego of Steve Urkel on Family Matters.
• Darth Vader is the alter ego of Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars movies.
• Dr. Martin Van Nostrand is the alter ego of Cosmo Kramer on the TV sitcom Seinfeld.
• Art Vandelay is the alter ego of George Costanza on Seinfeld.
• Kel Varnson is the alter ego of Jerry Seinfeld on Seinfeld.
• Lord Voldemort is the alter ego of Tom Marvolo Riddle in the Harry Potter novels and movies.
• Wario-Man is the alter ego of Wario.
• Commander Keen is the alter ego of Billy Blaze in the Commander Keen video game series.
• Sheik is the alter ego of Princess Zelda in the Legend of Zelda series of video games.
• Atem (Dark Yugi, Yami Yugi, Yu-Gi-Oh) is the alter ego of Yugi Mutou.
• Deep Blue is the alter ego of Masaya Aoyama from Tokyo Mew Mew.
• Dark Bakura (Yami Bakura) is the alter ego of Ryo Bakura.
• Dark Marik (Yami Marik) is the alter ego of Marik Ishtar.
• The Scarlet Pimpernel is the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney from the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel.
• Mr. Big is the alter ego of Dr. Kananga in the James Bond novel and film Live and Let Die.
• Isabella (Is for short) is the alter ego of Jamie Bartlett from the Disney Channel's Original Movie Read It and Weep.
• The Dark Prince is the alter ego of Prince (Prince of Persia) on Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones.
• The Digimon Emperor is the alter ego of Ken Ichijioji in Digimon 02.
• Smokey McPot and Johnny Potsmoker are the alter egos of Jesse and Chester, respectively, from Dude, Where's My Car?
• Roxas (Sora's Nobody) is the alter ego of Sora in the Kingdom Hearts series.
• Naminé (Kairi's Nobody) is the alter ego of Kairi in the Kingdom Hearts Series
• Xemnas (Xehanort's Nobody) is the alter ego of Xehanort in the Kingdom Hearts Series
• Chuckie Chan is the alter ego of Chuckie Finster in Rugrats in Paris and All Grown Up!
• Inner Sakura is the alter ego of Sakura from Naruto.
• Shan is the alter ego of Bobby Wearing.
• Wolf Link is the alter ego of Link.
• The Shadow is the alter ego of Lamont Cranstin.

[edit] List of alter egos in real life

• Las is the pure evil alter ego of Sal
• Ian Fleming's alter ego is James Bond
• James Joyce's alter ego is Stephen Dedalus
• Gregg Turkington's alter ego is comedian Neil Hamburger
• Prince's alter ego is Camille
• Tyler Perry's alter ego is the loud, attitude-prone Madea
• Andy Kaufman's alter egos included Tony Clifton and Latka Gravas, among others.
• The Bagdasarian family's alter egos are The Chipmunks.
• Sacha Baron Cohen's alter egos are the MC and gangster wannabe Ali G, the Kazakhstani news reporter Borat, and the gay Austrian fashion designer Bruno on Da Ali G Show
• Beyonce's inner-diva alter ego is Sasha
• Kelly Rowland's inner-diva is Natalia
• Michelle Williams' inner-diva is Nina Capone
• Mary J. Blige's inner-rapper alter ego is Brook Lynn
• Christina Aguilera's inner-diva alter egos are Xtina and Baby Jane.
• Britney Spears' inner-diva alter ego is Mona Lisa.
• Bono's alter egos are The Fly, Mr. MacPhisto, Mirrorball Man and Alton Dalton.
• David Bowie's alter egos are Ziggy Stardust and The Thin White Duke
• Garth Brooks' alter ego is Chris Gaines.
• Carl Baab' alter ego is Barl Caab.
• Charles Bukowski's alter ego is Henry Chinaski
• Mariah Carey's alter ego is Bianca; she also is known as Mimi.
• Daniel Handler's alter ego is Lemony Snicket
• Ronald Isley's alter ego is Mr. Biggs.
• David Johansen's alter ego is Buster Poindexter.
• Spike Jonze has several alter egos, notably Richard Koufey.
• Geddy Lee's alter ego is By-Tor.
• Spike Lee's alter ego is Mars Blackmon.
• Alex Lifeson's alter ego is The Snow Dog.
• Marshall Mathers' alter egos are Slim Shady and Eminem.
• Paul McCartney's alter egos are Paul Ramon(e), Percy "Trihlls" Trillington and Apollo C. Vermouth.
• Jim Morrison's alter ego was The Lizard King.
• Paul Reubens' alter ego is Pee-wee Herman.
• Charles Schulz modeled the character Charlie Brown after himself.
• Tupac Shakur's alter ego was Makaveli.
• Tyrese Gibson's inner-rapper alter ego is Black Ty.
• Richard Starkey's alter egos are Ringo Starr and Billy Shears.
• Hunter S. Thompson's alter ego was Raoul Duke.
• Kurt Vonnegut's alter ego is sci-fi writer Kilgore Trout
• Neil Young's movie directing alter ego is Bernard Shakey.
• T.I.'s alter ego is T.I.P.
• Dave Brockie's alter ego is Oderus Urungus.
• Mike Derks' alter ego is Balsac the Jaws of Death.
• Cory Smoot's alter ego is Flattus Maximus.
• Todd Evans' alter ego is Beefcake the Mighty.
• Brad Roberts' alter ego is Jizmak Da Gusha.
• Pharrell Williams's inner-rapper alter ego is Skateboard P.
• Viktor Vaughn and King Geedorah are the alter egos of MF Doom.
• Mick Foley's alter ego is Cactus Jack, Mankind or Dude Love.
• The Miz is the alter ego of Mike Mizanin.
• Abdul Alhazred is the alter ego of Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
• The alter ego of German pop star Sasha (relatively unknown outside of Europe) is rockabilly bandleader Dick Brave.
• Dame Edna Everage is the alter ego of Barry Humphries.
• Jeordie White's alter ego is Twiggy Ramirez.
• Miggy Free's alter ego is The Stark Roads.
• The Notorious B.I.G.'s alter ego is Biggie Smalls
• Christopher Daniels' alter ego is Curry Man.
• Kieran Duffys' alter egos include Duffman and Norton Darcy-Smythe.
• Cam'ron's alter ego is Killa Cam.
• Nas' alter egos are Nas Escobar, Nasty Nas, Nastradamus & God's Son.
• Matt Pitcher's alter ego is Trip Stone.
• Bobby Valentino's inner-rapper alter ego is BV.
• Sum 41's alter ego is Pain 4 Pleasure.
• Eric West's alter ego is Logo.
• D12's alter ego is D-Twizzy.
• Kon Artis's alter ego is Mr. Porter.
• Kuniva's alter ego is Rondell Beene.
• Proof (rapper)'s alter ego is Derty Harry.
• Bizzare's alter ego is Peter S. Bizzare.
• Swift (rapper)'s alter ego is Swifty McVay.
• Mark Mallman's alter ego is Mallwolf.
• Adam Yauch's alter ego is Nathaniel Hornblower.
• Bill Bailey's alter ego is Axl Rose.
• Miley Cyrus' alter ego is Hannah Montana.
• My Chemical Romance's alter ego is The Black Parade.
• Leigh Francis's alter ego is Avid Merrion.
• Francois Truffaut's alter ego is Antoine Doinel.
• Phillip Roth has two separate literary creations who can be viewed as his alter egos, Nathan Zuckerman and Alexander Portnoy.

[edit] References

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