Any character secretly living another life (or even more than that) can be a very powerful plot device in fiction, allowing for any number of stories. What kind of life is being led normally? What kind of life is being led secretly? Will the secret life be revealed? If not, how will it be avoided? If it is revealed, how soon in the story, and what are the repercussions? And this is Truth in Television, where reveals of such lives make up quite a number of scandalous tales. Compare Double Consciousness. A Super-Trope to: