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    33 TV Characters Duos That Are Exactly The Same, But In Different Fonts

    I love that Pedro Pascal is basically playing the same dad character in The Mandalorian and The Last of Us.

    Lauren Garafano
    by Lauren Garafano

    BuzzFeed Staff

    I'm sure you've watched a show (or several) and thought, "Huh...why is this character so familiar?" but couldn't quiiiiite figure out why/how so many characters could be so, so similar.

    Charlie from It's Always Sunny with his murder board
    FX

    And I'm not even just talking about typical character tropes here, like "hero" or "villain" or whatever. There really are some characters out there who are the exact same person but in a different font.

    Here's what I mean:

    1. Mando from The Mandalorian and Joel Miller from The Last of Us

    Side-by-side of Pedro Pascal in "The Mandalorian" and "The Last of Us"
    Disney / Everett / HBO

    One sentence description: A man, who's really been *through* it, adopts a small child and is tasked with delivering them to safety, and is played by Pedro Pascal. 

    2. Maddy Perez from Euphoria and Santana Lopez from Glee

    Side-by-side of Maddy and Santana
    HBO / Fox / Everett

    One sentence description: The high school Latina with great fashion sense and all the best insults who has the school wrapped around her finger.

    3. Georgia Miller from Ginny and Georgia and Lorelai Gilmore from Gilmore Girls

    Side-by-side of Georgia and Lorelai
    Netflix / The WB / Everett

    One sentence description: The cool, younger mom who moves to a little town in New England to escape her past and has an extraordinarily close relationship with her teenage daughter, and, by whatever means necessary, makes sure her kid has the best life they can have. 

    4. Jughead Jones from Riverdale and Lucas Scott from One Tree Hill

    Side-by-side of Jughead and Lucas
    The CW / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: The angsty guy from the ~wrong side of the tracks~ who writes a thinly veiled semi-autobiographical book that is probably bad but somehow gets a TON of praise.

    5. Gregory Eddie from Abbott Elementary and Ben Wyatt from Parks and Recreation

    Side-by-side of Gregory and Ben
    ABC / NBC / Everett

    One sentence description: The nerdy by-the-book guy who seems like a total square until a few seasons in we all realize he is THE perfect man.

    6. Robin Buckley from Stranger Things and Casey Gardner from Atypical

    Side-by-side of Robin and Casey
    Netflix

    One sentence description: The effortlessly cool queer girl with a killer bob haircut that will just never look as good on you as it does on her. 

    7. Regina Mills from Once Upon a Time and Lena Luthor from Supergirl

    Side-by-side of Regina and Lena
    ABC / The CW / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: A stylish lady with an angsty, broody vibe, and isn't a canon lesbian but definitely should have been.

    8. Love Quinn from You and Wanda Maximoff from WandaVision

    Side-by-side of Love and Wanda
    Netflix / Disney / Marvel Studios

    One sentence description: The suburban mom, with a dead husband and twin brother, who has a habit of holding her neighbors hostage.

    9. Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Stefan Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries

    Side-by-side of Angel and Stefan
    The WB / The CW / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: Spikey-haired vampire who seriously needs to let loose for, like, five minutes, and as soon as he does...all hell breaks loose, and it becomes everyone else's problem.

    10. Devi Vishwakumar from Never Have I Ever and Bela Malhotra from The Sex Lives of College Girls

    Side-by-side of Devi and Bela
    Netflix / HBO / Everett

    One sentence description: The Indian-American girl who loves to make terrible decisions and falls in love with the nerdy white guy.  

    11. Mel Monroe from Virgin River and Zoe Hart from Hart of Dixie

    Side-by-side of Mel and Zoe
    Netflix / The CW / Everett

    One sentence description: Medical professional who moves to a little town after a death in her family and does everything in her power to make the town (and her stubborn doctor boss) accept her, then falls in love with the townie bartender.

    12. April Ludgate from Parks and Recreation and Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn Nine-Nine

    Side-by-side of April and Rosa
    NBC / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: The dark and twisty chick who could kill you with one glance and then dance on your grave, but also works at a law-abiding government facility. 

    13. Jesse Gemstone from The Righteous Gemstones and Kendall Roy from Succession

    Side-by-side of Jesse and Kendall
    Courtesy HBO

    One sentence description: A brother manipulating and fighting with his two siblings over who gets to take control of their father's multimillion-dollar empire.

    14. Quinn Fabray from Glee and Shelby from The Wilds

    Side-by-side of Quinn and Shelby
    Fox / Amazon Prime Video / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: The pretty, God-fearing, blonde girl who "has it all," but just wants to break free from all expectations, and has a sapphic romance that fans adore.

    15. Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries and Lucifer from Lucifer

    Side-by-side of Damon and Lucifer
    The CW / Netflix / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: The immensely suave and charming playboy who's deeply complex and, well, super hot.

    16. Rachel Berry from Glee and Annie Edison from Community

    Side-by-side of Rachel and Annie
    Fox / NBC / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: The annoying, type-A girl who owns WAY too many cardigans and stresses out every single person around her. 

    17. Marcus Baker from Ginny and Georgia and Conrad Fisher from The Summer I Turned Pretty

    Side-by-side of Marcus and Conrad
    Netflix / Everett / Prime Video

    One sentence description: The quietly brooding heartthrob with floppy hair who is dealing with a major internal struggle. 

    18. Joe Goldberg from You and Dexter Morgan from Dexter

    Side-by-side of Joe and Dexter
    Netflix / Showtime / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: He's a literal serial killer but has a moral code...sort of. 

    19. Stanley Hudson from The Office and Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation

    Side-by-side of Stanley and Ron
    NBC / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: The "do not look at me, do not even think about me" guy who seems kinda grumpy at first, but then, ultimately, was the one who had it right all along.

    20. Brooke Davis from One Tree Hill and Summer Roberts from The O.C.

    Side-by-side of Brooke and Summer
    The CW / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: Early 2000s brunette HBIC, but she has a lovable, sweet side and becomes the heart and soul of her series.

    21. Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Sabrina Spellman from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

    Side-by-side of Buffy and Sabrina
    The WB / Netflix / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: The blonde, witchy, supernatural girl who fights demons constantly AND is able to look effortlessly flawless at prom immediately after.  

    22. Dina Fox from Superstore and Dwight Schrute from The Office

    Side-by-side of Dina and Dwight
    NBC / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: The really intense coworker who cares about their job wayyyyyyy too much, has major boundary issues, and somehow becomes THE person in charge. 

    23. Meredith Grey from Grey's Anatomy and Dawson Leery from Dawson's Creek

    Side-by-side of Meredith and Dawson
    ABC / The WB / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: The literal "pick me, choose me, love me" titular protagonist. 

    24. Magnus Bane from Shadowhunters and Klaus Hargreeves from The Umbrella Academy

    Side-by-side of Magnus and Klaus
    Freeform / Netflix / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: The witchy guy with eclectic taste and never-ending sassy one-liners that just make him even hotter — you know he smells fantastic, too. 

    25. Veronica Lodge from Riverdale and Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl

    Side-by-side of Veronica and Blair
    The CW / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: The spoiled rich girl from NYC who ends up being the only one with more than three braincells.  

    26. Anthony Bridgerton from Bridgerton and Elijah Mikaelson from The Vampire Diaries and The Originals

    Side-by-side of Anthony and Elijah
    Netflix / The CW / Everett

    One sentence description: The stubborn older brother who makes it his duty to father his siblings until he realizes he's been neglecting his own happiness for years. 

    27. E. J. Caswell from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and Steve Harrington from Stranger Things

    Side-by-side of E. J. and Steve
    Disney+ / Netflix / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: Season 1's garbage human turned into Season 2's savior of the series.

    28. Michael Scott from The Office and Roland Schitt from Schitt's Creek

    Side-by-side of Michael and Roland
    NBC / Pop / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: The man who's in charge of literally everything but has very few transferable skills and definitely 100000% should not have this much power.

    29. Shane Patton from The White Lotus Season 1 and Cameron Sullivan from The White Lotus Season 2

    Side-by-side of Shane and Cameron
    Courtesy HBO

    One sentence description: This man is the snobbiest, most condescending person you will ever meet; literally, every time he opens his mouth, it's just 🥴.

    30. Penelope Garcia from Criminal Minds and Abby Sciuto from NCIS

    Side-by-side of Penelope and Abby
    CBS / Everett Collection / Getty Images

    One sentence description: The quirky chick who's always the smartest person in the room and rocks some killer hair accessories.

    31. Derek Hale from Teen Wolf and Roy Kent from Ted Lasso

    Side-by-side of Derek and Roy
    MTV / Apple TV+ / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: A brooding, grown man who's basically a dog...like, he loves growling but is loyal to a fault and has a heart of gold.

    32. Spencer Hastings from Pretty Little Liars and Lexi Howard from Euphoria

    Side-by-side of Spencer and Lexi
    Freeform / Everett / HBO

    One sentence description: The preppy girly who wears a lot of plaids, is one of the most brilliant people you know, and has MAJOR issues with her sister. 

    33. And finally, Ross Geller from Friends and Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother

    Side-by-side of Ross and Ted
    NBC / CBS / Everett Collection

    One sentence description: The nerdy, average, "nice" guy who has this "will they won't they" thing going on for YEARS, and still somehow always has a critique for the women in his life. 

    So, what are some of your all-time favorite examples of "same person different font"? Tell us in the comments.