Doppelganger
in Scribblenauts Unmasked
Type	Creature, Scary, Evil
Behavior	Equips and uses Maxwell's Notebook.
Synonyms	Congener, Maxwell, Me, Mimic, Myself, Nemesis, Player (You), Protagonist, Shadow (Super Scribblenauts), Rival, Shapeshifter
Available in	Super Scribblenauts, Scribblenauts Remix, Scribblenauts Unlimited, Scribblenauts Unmasked, Scribblenauts Showdown, Scribblenauts Mega Pack

The Doppelganger is a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.

Appearance

Doppelganger is an opposite version of Maxwell. He wears a blue rooster helmet, a red shirt and shoes, and green pants. He has evil-looking eyes like he is angry, but the smile simply makes him look mischievous. He looks the same as Maxwell, color aside. In Scribblenauts Unlimited, he only has one bracelet while Maxwell has gloves.

In Unmasked, Doppelganger has a more smug look on his face, his headphones have lost the stripe on them. He also has gloves.

Behavior

The Doppelganger isn't hostile towards the player, or any living creature. They are neutral, meaning that they will defend themselves when attacked. When created, he will express the emotion.

Doppelganger spawns wielding Maxwell's Notebook in every game except Scribblenauts Unmasked.

In all games, Doppelganger will equip or reequip Maxwell's notebook while expressing the emotion. While holding the notebook, Doppelganger will use it to spawn a random object every couple seconds.

Because Doppelganger is classified as a monster, other NPCs will run away from him.

About

Scribblenauts

In Scribblenauts, Doppelganger wasn't an object. However, the similar Clone did appear and was used in a few missions.

Super Scribblenauts

In Super Scribblenauts Doppelganger appeared as the final boss. The level opened with Doppelganger arriving in a UFO and stealing everyone and everything he saw, including the final Starite, forcing the player to chase him down as the final level. After defeating him and his UFO, Doppelganger lies defeated and cannot be destroyed. He also appears as a purchasable avatar in the game's Ollar store.

Scribblenauts Remix

In Scribblenauts Remix, Doppelganger returned to having no significant role in the story, and doesn't appear in any missions either. However, he remained an avatar the player can use, appearing as part of the Mythical Creatures avatar pack.

Scribblenauts Unlimited

In Scribblenauts Unlimited , Doppelganger appears after earning the Starite Shard Maxwell's Evil Twin! in Grave Manor, and appears using the name "Maxwell". This time he spawns with Maxwell's Notebook and periodically creates random objects, just like if they player had spawned him.

Scribblenauts Unmasked

In Scribblenauts Unmasked he is one of the primary antagonists of the game. He is accidentally created by Maxwell, whom had his name written in the back of the page Maxwell used to create Gotham. He assists many villains with his notebook through out the game, including the Joker, Lex Luthor, Cheetah and many others.

Scribblenauts Showdown

In Scribblenauts Showdown, Doppelganger is an available character that can be spawned in the sandbox mode. Interestingly, he uses the sprite from Unlimited instead of his updated appearance from Unmasked or Remix.

Female Variant

In Scribblenauts Unlimited and Scribblenauts Showdown, female Doppelgangers wear green rooster hat-like headwear with two short pigtails, and purple shirts.

In Scribblenauts Unmasked, Doppelganger uses the same sprite regardless of gender, and has no female variant. This is likely due to the existence of Doppelily.

Gallery

in Scribblenauts Unlimited and Scribblenauts Showdown

in Scribblenauts Remix

In the comics

Doppelganger in a UFO.

A comparison of Maxwell and Doppelganger.

Doppelganger riding on UFO through tennis ball.

A Doppelganger (left) and a Clone (right) in Scribblenauts Unmasked.

The unused female version of Maxwell, which was the basis for the female Doppelganger.

Canceled Doppelganger figure

Trivia

• Since Doppelganger was introduced in Super Scribblenauts, he has shared a sprite with the Clone in every game except Scribblenauts Unmasked.
  • In the original Scribblenauts, all of Doppelganger's current synonyms were instead synonyms for Clones.
• In the level A9-8 of the original Scribblenauts, a Shoggoth is referred to as "The Master of the Doppelgangers" in the level hint.
  • This was prior to the unique doppelganger object's introduction, however. The level instead uses a group of Clones that are displayed with the "doppelganger" synonym.
• In Super Scribblenauts, Doppelganger is a purchasable avatar for 1,000 Ollars.
• In Super Scribblenauts the avatar Doppelganger is misspelled as "Doppleganger". The spawnable doppelganger is spelled correctly.
• Doppelganger appears in level SS 10-5 in Super Scribblenauts.
• If you try to create another Maxwell with the notebook, it will always spawn a Doppelganger instead.
• Doppelganger can be created from @monstermagic.
• Maxwell was redesigned in an update to Scribblenauts Remix, and the design of Clones and Doppelgangers were updated to reflect it.
• The Female Clone resembles an unused sprite for a female Maxwell found in the files of Scribblenauts, Super Scribblenauts, and Scribblenauts Unlimited.
• Doppelganger's signature weapon appears to be a Plaid T-Rex.
• The Female Clone in Scribblenauts Unlimited was likely the inspiration for Doppelily's color scheme in Scribblenauts Unmasked.
• The existence of Doppelganger (and Doppelily) somewhat implies that Maxwell's 40 other siblings and parents also have clones that we haven't seen.
• Doppelganger was going to have a figurine produced by Jazwares. However, it was scrapped at the last minute for unknown reasons. A former 5TH Cell employee speculated that it was due to concerns that he wasn't a popular enough character and wouldn't have sold as well as toys featuring Maxwell.^[1]

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