The world is like a Rubik’s Cube and there’s a lot of variation that you can get out of it. The same goes for our faces. There’s a one in 135 chance that a pair of complete doppelgängers exist somewhere in the world. Some of us are brave enough to spin that wheel of features, and as luck would have it, find themselves looking at a pack of crisps as if it was their bathroom mirror. This Bored Panda compilation is dedicated to all the unlikely face matches found in the most random places.
For those who love pushing their brain into overdrive, there’s always a step further. After you are done with this compilation, check out more glitches in the matrix here and here. Don’t bother calling Neo for help, he’s out of the business.
See Bored Panda’s interview with a professional look-alike hunter, Montréal-based photographer François Brunelle, who has been on a mission to find all the doppelgangers around the world since 1999.
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Whoever Understood The Impact Of This Photo, Understood Everything
In The Flesh
I Can Only Hope To Be Painted So Someone In The Future Can Do This As Well
Bored Panda contacted photographer François Brunelle, who has been working on his "I’m not a look-alike!" project, which seeks to find doppelgangers around the world.
Apparently, it’s not so easy to find your look-alike and it took Brunelle 5 years until people started reaching out to him. “At first, I would ask people whom I knew and thought they were look-alikes to participate in my project. Then I asked around and put some ads in the media with little or no result. Then I had a TV interview, magazine articles, and lots of web media exposure, which had lots of people around the world reaching out to me.”
Brunelle shared an insider’s view into the confusing world of doppelgangers. “Look-alikes are divided into 2 categories: One category is made up of people who have already known each other for a long time and are used to the confusion coming from their likeness. The other category is made up of people who meet for the first time in front of my camera.”
Seeing your double for the first time might come with a certain degree of apprehension which is then “followed by a state of relaxation coming from the fact that each person can relate quite rapidly to the other because that other person does not look at all like an alien.”
The photographer notices that a similar appearance helps people bond better with others but it’s not necessarily a good thing. “That’s why it is so hard to completely get rid of different forms of racism and we need to educate ourselves at being aware of that phenomenon.”
The look-alike hunter reveals how to find your double: “ask around you if someone knows someone who looks like you. You can send me a photo of yourself but the chances that I will find your look-alike are very low. Normally people who have a doppelganger or who know a pair will write to me about it and from that, eventually, I will get a new photo.”
Remember that guy at the gym you saw the other day? What if that wasn’t a mirror reflection?
Awkward
Linguini From Ratatouille
My Godson Think He's The Royal Prince
Michael Sheehan, an assistant professor of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University, researches human facial diversity. According to him, the likeliness of finding your doppelganger is a subject of statistics. “The statistical explanation is that if you shuffle a deck of cards enough times, you’re going to deal with the same hand twice at some point.” The logic works the same for our looks: “There’s a lot of diversity in the forms of human faces, but there’s still a limit to it.” In other words, the likelihood is there but it isn’t infinite.
There’s a simple explanation as to why there aren’t more doppelgangers in the world. "It's not only facial appearance but also styling, how people are presenting themselves or acting," explained Sheehan. "Context has a lot to do with looking alike as well." Just think about it—same hairstyle, clothing, and gestures might create the illusion of a look-alike even if the facial features are very different. That also explains why the look-alikes are usually told that they resemble someone else but very few people actually realize their doppelganger on their own. "If people are hard to tell apart, there's more chaos and confusion," the professor adds. Mother Nature has it all planned.
My Friend The Emperor Hadrian
He should enter the political scene with the promise of building "a beautiful wall, the best wall"
My Japanese Friend Found A Game About Himself In A Shop In The Netherlands
My Friend Found Himself In A Bag Of Chips
When You Go To Get A Flu Shot And The Pharmacist Is Your Doppelganger
See It. Feel It. Become It
If My Friend's Son Lived In Mexico, He Would Be Tripping Over Candles
The point is that he looks like the picture on the wall behind him... no one is saying he looks like Jesus as no one has any idea what he looks like!
My Haircut Is 200 Years Out Of Date
I Found My Doppelgänger In This Painting At A Local Art Exhibit
It was titled “When I Grow Up”, which is funny because the first career I ever wanted to be was an astronaut.
I like it whenever non-German people use the word Doppelgänger and spell it correctly with an 'ä' instead of an 'a'.
Noticed A Peculiar Resemblance In My Friend's Nativity Scene Today. I Present You, The Fresh Prince Of Bethlehem
So My Friend Just Found Her Kid's Doppelganger
Found Myself In Berlin Museum
If she had it i(or a print, obviously) n her house and said it was her portrait, no one would argue.
The Adoration Of The Magi
Friend Looks Exactly Like The Painting At A Bar
I'm literally holding a print of this painting as I see this! Gustave Coubert's self portrait, The Desperate Man. Gorgeous!
Found My Doppelganger In Poland, Unfortunately It Was On A "Willy Brush"
My Husband Ken Found A Mini Plastic Version Of Himself At Homegoods
Lookalikes
My Friend Found His Doppelganger In The Subway Last Night
"Hey VSauce!! Michael here! I believe in hiding knowledge behind a paywall!!"
My Daughter And This Painting
Doppelgänger "Juno"
Check Out This Hot Guy I Found On The Corner
The Time Picasso Portrayed Me
Still Wondering Whether He Did This On Purpose Or Not
Searching For Doppelgangers
Just Doing That
This Thrift Store Photo Is My Doppelganger
Hope he bought it and Elvis and hung them where they could hang out in peace.
I Was At Work When We Noticed A Fantastic Lookalike
The South American Version Of Shrek
My Doctor Said: "You Kinda Look Like That Guy On The Wall Over There!"
See That Picture In The Background? That Isn’t Me
I’ve had several people send me a picture of that picture that hangs in several Pizza Pie Cafe locations in Utah and Idaho. I’ve never worked at Pizza Pie Cafe but apparently I have a doppelgänger walking around somewhere.
My Teacher Looks Like Gru From Despicable Me
I've Been Told I Look Like Chris Pratt
Today I Found My Doppelganger
So He Kind Of Looks Like Me
When You Stumble Upon Your Classmate's Side Modeling Gig
This Belongs Here
Killed By The Bolsheviks, Comes Back As A Tourist
Went on vacation to Tbilisi, Georgia, with my husband and two friends. We found this picture at the Georgian National Museum in the "Soviet Occupation" section. The picture was titled "Nobles killed by the Bolsheviks" and the guy creeping in the corner looked exactly like our friend. He's from Pakistan btw.
He Looks Like A Young Jeff Tweedy Of Wilco, Don’t Ya Think?
The Resemblance Is Uncanny
Double Vision Or Doppelganger
Thought That Painting Looked Familiar
Modern day Holofernes isn't likely to lose his head to his Judith, at least I hope so.
Found My Doppelganger From The 1500s
My Girlfriend Found This Rock That Resembles Me
Can I Get $100 On "Christ That's Lucky" Please Jim
A Little Older, A Little Wiser
Elsa From Frozen
So I Was Told I'm A Look Alike
My Friend Found His Lookalike On A Wall In Liverpool
Found My Doppleganger
The man on the magazine cover is astronaut Scott Kelly who spent a year in space while his identical twin brother stayed on earth. The one holding the magazine might be his twin brother Mark (also an astronaut). Both agreed to participate in various tests to find out about the effects of long-term space travel on the human body.
When Your Bestie Looks Like Joanna Gaines
That Might Actually Be Him
My Friend Might Be A Two Thousand Year Old Egyptian Boy
Visiting My Museum In Amsterdam. We Were Told Not To Take Photos Right After This Was Taken. Don’t They Know Who I Am?
When You Catch Your Doppelganger On TV
Elderly Man I Work With Looks Just Like Jeff Dunhams Walter Puppet
The Disaster Artist
There's A Glitch In The Matrix
the title says "would you hide this man?", i guess his beard is a nice try
A Little Doppelganger Fun From The Last Golden Globes
When There Is A Colonel Sanders Look-A-Like At KFC
He Knows It
I Was Going Through My Ulta Catalog And My Daughter Was Super Excited To See Her Doppelgänger
This Woman At A Cafe Really Resembles The Woman In The Painting Right Behind Her
My Face When I Needed To Travel To The Future To Fix My Country
Found My Doppelganger Being Advertised In Tokyo
I’ll Be Her Slammer Stunt Double
Stumbled Upon A Graffiti In Berlin
Past Meets Future
My Son's First Doppelganger
I Found Street Art That Looks Like Me
Apparently, The Future Me Helped Build Shanghai Disney
My Cousin With His F1 Lookalike
He Wasn't Very Happy About Being Told He Looked Like The Painting
actually it looks more like the painting is unhappy to look like this dude
Found My Doppelganger On A Pack Of Cigarettes In Spain
My Girlfriend Found Her Doppelganger In A Thai Restaurant
Just Bumped Into My Doppelganger In My Local Supermarket
Ha Ha Ha, Apparently I And The San Churro Guy Look Very Similar
Found My 18th Century Smol Dutch Boy Doppelgänger
My Child Has A Doppelganger At McDonald's
Norwegian Elsa-Lookalike
Got This Comic For My Birthday Yesterday. Starlord Bears A Striking Resemblance To Someone But I Can't Put My Finger On It
Joel Osteen's Doppelganger
Doppelganger
Quite Similar
Lookalikes
My Doppelganger Is A BAMF
This Is Completely By Coincidence. There’s Obviously Another Ruggedly Handsome Gentleman ‘Round These Parts
A Look At My Bandmate Uncannily Resembling This European/North American Looking Jesus Type Figure
Amazing And Inspiring To See Firsthand Many Of Van Gogh's Work. I Also Realized That We Look Like We Could Be Related
My Brother In Law Found A Doppelganger At The Hair Salon
My Hubby Found Him While Watching The Bears vs. Packers Game A Few Years Back
No Need To Find My Doppelganger. I Found Him Out Shopping Today
I Would Now Like To Find This Strange Little Hat For My Husband
If you do an image search for "Pakistan traditional men's hat" some of them are very close.
My Coworkers And I All Think My Other Coworker Looks Just Like Anne Frank
They both look like Sean Penn whilst at Ridgemont High 4b95cc4feb...cd5f38.jpg
Young Women Smashing Societal Standards Pictured Here
I Must’ve Been Slapped Upside The Head Because I’m Seeing Stars
I Think This Belongs Here
My Coworkers Used To Make Fun Of Me For This
Supposed Doppelgänger
I Think My Friend Found His Doppelganger
When You Go To A Meetup And They Give Away Stickers That Look Just Like You And Now Everybody's Gonna Have A Mini Me On Their Laptops
Found Her
Nothing To See Here. Just A Man Watching TV
Found My Doppelganger... On A Halloween Costume Cover
Here’s A Photo Of When We Were In Newcastle And Jumpers Were A Thing You Actually Needed And Karl Put His Sunnies On And Became The Unabomber
Visiting New York And Saw A Painting That Looked Like Me
Found This Man Sitting In Front Of A Statue In Scotland
My Cousin Has An Uncanny Resemblance To This Coloring Book Cover
There's a difference between looking similar to someone and being their doppelganger :/
Yes! Same hairstyle but entirely different cheek bone height and jaw width. I see the similarities but I can also so easily tell them apart.
Load More Replies...So to look like someone, you just need to have the same hair. Glasses and clothes can also do it, but you don't need to worry about how your actual face looks. ;)
I found out I Had a doppelganger when I moved from mn to or. Turns out she was no good news. I got followed around stores. I had a man almost punch me in the face. He was glaring at me. My husband went to a meeting and almost ran up to kiss her when he realized he left me at home and I had no vehicle. A coworker said I saw you in Sellwood. I had no idea where Sellwood was.
Many years ago a close friend of mine found his doppelganger in a newspaper coupon insert. That guy looked so much lile him, a lot of his friends and acquaintances thought he had posed for that photo. That Halloween, he came dressed as his double.
Half of these are just people with a similar hair colour and/or clothing. They look nothing alike. The other half are beardy lumberjack hipsters who all look alike anyway.
i don't know if it will be boring or exciting to do face swaps with these... can't someone please show me?
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I went about half way through these before it got a little tedious. Over 100 is too many posts. They were cute...but just too many of them.
People complained Against Trimming the Posts I think
Load More Replies...There's a difference between looking similar to someone and being their doppelganger :/
Yes! Same hairstyle but entirely different cheek bone height and jaw width. I see the similarities but I can also so easily tell them apart.
Load More Replies...So to look like someone, you just need to have the same hair. Glasses and clothes can also do it, but you don't need to worry about how your actual face looks. ;)
I found out I Had a doppelganger when I moved from mn to or. Turns out she was no good news. I got followed around stores. I had a man almost punch me in the face. He was glaring at me. My husband went to a meeting and almost ran up to kiss her when he realized he left me at home and I had no vehicle. A coworker said I saw you in Sellwood. I had no idea where Sellwood was.
Many years ago a close friend of mine found his doppelganger in a newspaper coupon insert. That guy looked so much lile him, a lot of his friends and acquaintances thought he had posed for that photo. That Halloween, he came dressed as his double.
Half of these are just people with a similar hair colour and/or clothing. They look nothing alike. The other half are beardy lumberjack hipsters who all look alike anyway.
i don't know if it will be boring or exciting to do face swaps with these... can't someone please show me?
What happens in New Orleans stays in New Orleans... Jared-at-N...1283c1.jpg
I went about half way through these before it got a little tedious. Over 100 is too many posts. They were cute...but just too many of them.
People complained Against Trimming the Posts I think
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