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.
Origin
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]
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.
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List of alter egos in real life
- Alona Almalyn Garcia's alter ego is Cess
- 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
- Chris Berman's prognosticating alter ego is The Swami
- 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 has had three primary alter egos: Cactus Jack, Mankind and 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.
- Koyasu Takehito's alter ego is Zazel.