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Imagining That Different Characters Played By The Same Actor Are In Fact The Same Characters After A Name Change

alcxxk [Edit] [Delete] 66 replies 13:55, 27 March '13

eg:
Walter White from Breaking Bad is Hal from Malcolm In The Middle

Q in Skyfall is Pingu from Nathan Barley

Edward Lyle in Enemy Of The State is Harry Caul from The Conversation (this is deliberate, but still)

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  • no

    thewarn | 27 Mar '13, 13:55 | X
  • nah

    Jordan_229_2 | 27 Mar '13, 13:56 | X
  • NEIN

    Balonz | 27 Mar '13, 13:57 | X
  • Elaine from Seinfeld is also Christine from The New Adventures of Old Christine and the Vice President from Veep

    Antpocalypsenow | 27 Mar '13, 13:57 | X
    • oh and she's also Maggie Lizer from Arrested Development

      Antpocalypsenow @Antpocalypsenow | 27 Mar '13, 13:58 | X
    • I like Elaine being Veep

      alcxxk @Antpocalypsenow | 27 Mar '13, 13:58 | X
      Antpocalypsenow this'd this
  • Bruce Wayne from Batman is actually Patrick Bateman from American Psycho 20 years later

    hedgehog | 27 Mar '13, 13:58 | X
    • THIS IS GOOD

      alcxxk @hedgehog | 27 Mar '13, 13:59 | X
      joeymahone this'd this
      • Hence the name

        Bateman
        Batman

        Geddit?

        andyvine @alcxxk | 27 Mar '13, 14:07 | X
        hedgehog this'd this
        • HOLY FUCKING SHIT BAT(E)MAN!!!!

          alcxxk @andyvine | 27 Mar '13, 14:07 | X
          joeymahone, andyvine, hedgehog, incandenza_, and monoshono this'd this
          • https://twitter.com/alcxxk/status/316937335767957504

            alcxxk @alcxxk | 27 Mar '13, 15:39 | X
    • Michael keaton would have been great in American Psycho.

      IN EVERY ROLE

      thewarn @hedgehog | 27 Mar '13, 14:00 | X
      hedgehog this'd this
      • Michael Keaton in Terminator Salvation

        in Equilibrium.
        in The Fighter.

        Similarly, Christian Bail in Beetlejuice.
        in Multiplicity.
        in Jack Frost.

        Oh, why isn't this a real thing?

        hedgehog @thewarn | 27 Mar '13, 14:06 | X
  • Why?

    Steved | 27 Mar '13, 14:00 | X
    meths this'd this
    • it amuses me

      it's not something I spend a lot of time doing or anything, but I really like the idea that Patrick Bateman turned into Batman, which I wouldn't have had without this thread

      alcxxk @Steved | 27 Mar '13, 14:02 | X
      hedgehog this'd this
      • I'm glad I was a part of this historic moment

        hedgehog @alcxxk | 27 Mar '13, 14:07 | X
  • Leeloo from the Fifth Element is Alice from Resident Evil in the future

    SHE WILL NEVER DIE.

    hedgehog | 27 Mar '13, 14:01 | X
  • I do this quite a lot.

    Ben Aflleck in The Town is the same character as Ben Affleck in Good Will Hunting (this one works).

    hip_young_gunslinger | 27 Mar '13, 14:04 | X
  • Richard Kimble in the Fugitive becomes Norman Spencer in What Lies Beneath

    this time he IS trying to kill his wife.

    hedgehog | 27 Mar '13, 14:17 | X
  • Will Hunting is plucked from an MIT cleaning job

    to join the CIA.
    Years later he is found in the sea with gunshots and amnesia. In a series of dramatic adventures, he discovers his codename, JASON BOURNE.

    JustJay | 27 Mar '13, 14:27 | X
    hedgehog this'd this
  • Titanic was part of Cobb's inception

    hence getting washed up on the beach

    alcxxk | 27 Mar '13, 14:34 | X
  • Different, but related

    sometimes i like to imagine that Al Pacino can't actually act, but just turns up on film sets and makes a bunch of noises and somehow it just works out ok

    alcxxk | 27 Mar '13, 14:38 | X
    • I saw Dog Day Afternoon for the first time recently

      Basically Al Pacino walks back and forth for 90 minutes, shouting incoherently. It's mesemerising

      LordLuciusBanter @alcxxk | 28 Mar '13, 11:25 | X
  • I'm keen to rationalise how Russell Crowe's character in Master and Commander also turns

    out to be father of a murdered gecko in Gladiator. Is it a past life thing?

    saps | 27 Mar '13, 14:49 | X
    • Or rather he becomes a washed up singing cop, chasing an ex con around France

      msmonipenni @saps | 27 Mar '13, 15:06 | X
      • OH MY GOD

        Gladiator/Les Mis mash up

        DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?
        SINGING THE NAME OF MAXIMUS!
        IT IS THE MUSIC OF A PEOPLE
        WHO WILL NOT BE SLAVES AGAIN

        LordLuciusBanter @msmonipenni | 28 Mar '13, 11:21 | X
        nice_squirrel this'd this
  • Ripley stops hunting Aliens and starts studying them, though her knew found Aliens

    are vegetarians and more blue.

    msmonipenni | 27 Mar '13, 15:08 | X
    hedgehog this'd this
    • Knew found

      Antpocalypsenow @msmonipenni | 27 Mar '13, 15:09 | X
      DaddyorChips this'd this
      • I meant 'new'

        argh.

        msmonipenni @Antpocalypsenow | 27 Mar '13, 15:17 | X
  • Eddie Izzard quote

    I think it's because the characters became bigger than the actors. In the sense that if you ever saw TJ Hooker, this cop series, it was Captain Kirk pIaying TJ Hooker. Not William Shatner the actor, it's Captain Kirk, taking a month off on earth. "I want to be a cop for a bit."

    ma0sm | 27 Mar '13, 15:08 | X
  • After Red was released from Shawshank he died and became God.

    eltham | 27 Mar '13, 15:23 | X
    DaddyorChips this'd this
  • Little Matilda put aside her dreams to become an assassin

    to pursue a life of ballet.

    msmonipenni | 27 Mar '13, 15:33 | X
    • this is rubbish

      Silkyskillz11 @msmonipenni | 27 Mar '13, 15:38 | X
      • Still trying are you?

        msmonipenni @Silkyskillz11 | 27 Mar '13, 15:39 | X
        • you're a bit weird

          Silkyskillz11 @msmonipenni | 27 Mar '13, 15:40 | X
          DaddyorChips this'd this
          • ok

            msmonipenni @Silkyskillz11 | 27 Mar '13, 15:41 | X
  • Toy Story is all happening in Forrest Gump's imagination

    alcxxk | 27 Mar '13, 15:43 | X
    andyvine this'd this
  • Renton did manage to leave the life of smack and destitute life behind

    To become a jedi.

    Songs_about_ducking | 27 Mar '13, 20:19 | X
  • Han Solo is a replicant

    -dan- | 27 Mar '13, 23:19 | X
    • These aren't the 'cants you're looking for.

      DaddyorChips @-dan- | 27 Mar '13, 23:29 | X
      berksy this'd this
  • Gandhi can't be fucked with the touchy feely shit anymore

    changes his name to Don Logan and goes to Spain to pester Ray Winstone

    japes | 27 Mar '13, 23:34 | X
    DaddyorChips this'd this
  • After losing custody of his children in Mrs Doubtfire, Robin Williams changes his name to Walter Finch and moves to Alaska

    -dan- | 27 Mar '13, 23:55 | X
    • *starts working at a photo developing place

      hedgehog @-dan- | 28 Mar '13, 01:18 | X
  • Slightly related to the above,

    when the game of Jumanji finishes and the timelines fall apart, Van Pelt the hunter is catapulted back through time to become the managing director of the White Star Line and subsequently makes a bit of a mistake when he deems his new ship "unsinkable".

    -dan- | 28 Mar '13, 00:00 | X
    hedgehog this'd this
  • bruce willis was die hard the whole time

    mug_mug_mug | 28 Mar '13, 00:16 | X
    DaddyorChips this'd this
  • disillusioned after almost killing everyone he cared about with an evil camera

    schoolboy Greg Banks buys a stupid jacket.

    incandenza_ | 28 Mar '13, 01:17 | X
    DaddyorChips this'd this
    • holy shit i need to see that goosebumps

      alcxxk @incandenza_ | 28 Mar '13, 12:26 | X
  • i'm not sure about this

    anal_schwarzenegger | 28 Mar '13, 01:57 | X
  • ferris Beulah went from cool kid

    to worm scientist

    Yesiamaduck | 28 Mar '13, 02:05 | X
  • The Terminator gets repaired after Terminator 3

    Uses John Connor's humanity lessons to rename himself Howard and settle down with a wife and adopted kid, before embarking on a hilarious caper to find the wee 'un a Turbo Man doll before Christmas. Later finds out he's Danny DeVito's estranged brother, and becomes Governor of California.

    in_limbo | 28 Mar '13, 04:33 | X
    • And it was all to save humanity from the robots

      monoshono @in_limbo | 28 Mar '13, 10:27 | X
  • Joffrey out of game of thrones ended up that way after meeting batman

    NickLazzard | 28 Mar '13, 10:51 | X
    andyvine this'd this
  • Had a new one last night.

    After the events of Oceans 13, The Night Fox (Vincent Cassell) decides to lay low in London, buying a nightclub and watching lots of football before being tempted into one last score by James McAvoy. Trance was shit by the way.

    eltham | 28 Mar '13, 11:08 | X
  • phased by his traumatic childhood amandonment issues

    Kevin McCallister succumbs to a life of debauched partying and drug abuse as "King of the Club Kids"

    alcxxk | 28 Mar '13, 11:22 | X
  • Bryan Cranston's character in Drive is Waler White post Breaking Bad

    LordLuciusBanter | 28 Mar '13, 11:29 | X
    • Good Old Waler.

      msmonipenni @LordLuciusBanter | 28 Mar '13, 11:29 | X
      hedgehog this'd this
      • http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4427867#r7420671

        LordLuciusBanter @msmonipenni | 28 Mar '13, 11:38 | X
        • Touche.

          msmonipenni @LordLuciusBanter | 28 Mar '13, 12:31 | X
    • what, dead??

      alcxxk @LordLuciusBanter | 28 Mar '13, 11:30 | X
      • No, with broken hips reduced to fixing cars for crims

        LordLuciusBanter @alcxxk | 28 Mar '13, 11:37 | X
        • yeah but

          walter's going end BB dead, surely?

          alcxxk @LordLuciusBanter | 28 Mar '13, 12:22 | X
          • Probably

            But I kind of like the idea that he just about escapes with his life but for all his effort ends up as a loser eeking out an existence

            LordLuciusBanter @alcxxk | 28 Mar '13, 12:41 | X
  • Lilo from Lilo and Stitch crawls out of people's TV sets

    SarahIsPi | 28 Mar '13, 12:24 | X
  • Cillian Murphy

    escaped a zombie apocalypse and loved humanity so much he tried to save it by planting a nuclear bomb in the sun.

    berksy | 28 Mar '13, 12:50 | X
    • but then he moved to Gotham

      andyvine @berksy | 28 Mar '13, 17:05 | X
      hedgehog this'd this
  • Ted «Theodore» Logan

    was involved in some sort of glitch with that phone booth and ended up doing kung fu in a cyberpunk dystopia.

    TheWza | 28 Mar '13, 13:40 | X
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