What Are Dopplers? - Witcher Lore - Witcher Mythology - Witcher 3 lore - Witcher Monster Lore

[@RastaGamesful]

I hope in the Witcher from Netflix they will show more friendly dopplers (like Dudu) than the one who was hired by Cahir. He's obviously got a problem with his head and he clearly has a split personality.

[@sharkoj]

Lambert how are things with kiera metz?

[@ironfoot1938]

@Sharko J Lmao good comment

[@nothingofimportance6806]

Oh hey Lambert, how do you like that silver?

[@ayanleman]

To be fair Cahir even says Dopplers are usually chill and just trying to live

[@jacobnewcombe5367]

Lambert: “Hey Geralt have you seen Keira lately?” *Flashback to cutting off her head at Fyke* Geralt: “Naw fam”

[@ForeverTraitor]

I've always wondered if they were immortal, and if they can have children, either with another doppler or any species they morph into.

[@edi9892]

That would raise some serious questions... What happens with inerspecies sex, morphing during pregnancy etc....

[@TheMasterShogun]

If Dopplers were real, and if they had a strong enough mental stability, they would make amazing actors, escorts, and therapists.

[@lukaszdluzak3905]

They would need therapists Too. "Why am I?"

[@jordandennis6794]

They are real

[@dreaming_cthulhu]

How do you know they’re not real? Wouldn’t they just look like us?

[@damieng6368]

I think they would quite a pretty penny in the escorts business

[@blackhat4206]

@@dreaming_cthulhu Because Hitchens’ Razor.

[@r.e.z9428]

They’re basically Ditto.

[@imperatorm.e.l.5162]

Yes.

[@vernaute2803]

5:00 Manual breathing activated.

[@lordmeepers7297]

Vern Aute oh great thanks for that now I’m manually breathing again

[@a_Lemming]

I swear they throw anything in the “relict” category if it doesn’t fit other categories.

[@edi9892]

However, most relicts lived for eras...

[@5000Seabass]

Relicts are pre conjunction

[@gufosufo337]

that is sort of the point of the relict category

[@Nob911]

Read the more much?

[@fredherbert894]

Lol

[@shogunbowgun1220]

Imagine a Doppler Therapist...

[@deigning]

may I introduce you to the TV show Hannibal

[@fredherbert894]

Mia Vallens shapeshifter in 𝙨𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍.

[@theodorebear6714]

*'Tis our tales end, good folk, and it's moral is this... No monster is he who's shape can shift.* -Geralt of Rivia

[@imperatorm.e.l.5162]

Pam pa ram pam pam param.

[@mattwroe4776]

hey whitey, why;d ya hair go white hahahaha

[@kingbred01]

Wehehe we's catching snails!

[@KaedweniWitcher420]

Is it true you kill kings? You and our commander?

[@fhearrbod858]

Hey you! Yes you! You got water on the brain!

[@threenamechangesareallowed8485]

Made me a slingshot gonna hunt bears.

[@spoons250]

The background music kept triggering me to check my Witcher tab, prompting me to open the game - TWICE - during this video. love it.

[@gazza7693]

Great video, I don't mind the idea of some dopplers being evil or homicidal/criminal as it gives them each a unique personality. However, I thought Nilfgaard using one like in the Netflix show was a bit silly as mages would just see through the dopplers appearance or they would use silver traps. Also the sophistication of the Nilfgaardian armies and all it's divisions, spies, saboteurs, etc would be a great video to see.

[@justhair17]

Mages cant see through dopplers. They are impossible to differentiate, only silver works

[@ABadassDragon]

I wonder if they could turn into higher vampires like Regis and would they inherit their powers?

[@ironfoot1938]

good question my theory: a higher vampire would be able to detect that and kill them immediately

[@VInceent]

@@ironfoot1938 Even if true Highers Vampires can detect them, dopplers could take their appearence and use it for intimidation on others species (monsters or humanoids, included bruxas, alps,...) Your right, this is a good question

[@taikajorma7276]

Badass Dragon Nope

[@oscardighton8580]

Maybe, the Doppler that transformed into geralt was able to get his swords and a little bit of his skills, but a very inferior version of his skills

[@AlphaQHard]

Jim Dighton Which is confusing. Seeing how they inherit memories they also inherit battle experience, so it makes no sense as to why they wouldnt be able to utilize the full extent of Geralt’s body

[@kemlarboomer6335]

The Game of the year ? 🤣 my ass , more like game of the decade. I think I’m gonna play this game for a long time now on death march

[@ironfoot1938]

game of the century oh wait the witcher 4 is this… :)

[@VInceent]

@@ironfoot1938 hmm, it's very hard to do better, but i'm sure they will do a great job at least

[@radovidthestern3800]

Great video, and a very interesting subject matter. I actually know someone who named his dog “Dudu” after a certain famous doppler in the games. Keep the videos coming, enjoying them greatly! 👍🏾

[@sharkoj]

Radovid The Stern lambert is here too

[@radovidthestern3800]

Sharko J I’m visiting Midcopse soon, I heard a certain Keira Metz is there. Best not tell Lambert, he might not like my plans for her.

[@sharkoj]

Radovid The Stern you gonna put your stake up in her behind? I think lambert already does that

[@RastaGamesful]

@@radovidthestern3800 - the real "kurwa". Though. I always knew that one shouldn't expect another from politicians.

[@radovidthestern3800]

Lambert oh snap, he found me! Stay in Kaer Morhen Witcher, you’ll not like what I have planned for you after I’m done with these pesky sorceresses

[@mackegbert7307]

I'm just gonna say, it wasn't Dudu that changed into Geralt, that was a completely different doppler.

[@thgerjakobsen7757]

Read the books

[@rohanpudipeddi]

Great video! Always found Dopplers to be a mysterious species. Could you make an in depth video about Dwarves and the fact that there are no female dwarves in the game.

[@delorespickles4708]

WitcherGeorge! I just started watching your W3 walkthrough and finally bought the game. I started last and am enjoying it so much more because of your help. The background info from the books and previous games has been interesting and good to learn. The Netflix series was a bonus! Thank you!

[@Beastman44]

The Netflix doppler is a murderer and sounds like demons when it refers to itself as many.

[@aA-hq4km]

The more I see of your videos the more I think I really need the books

[@Elaini-Gaming]

I have wondered one thing though. How did Dudu manage to imitate a dead person like Menge? I understand that Dudu met Cyprian, but I don't think he was ever face to face with Menge? Or maybe he was?

[@Vaga-Bard]

The fact that menga offers geralt the silver goblet and says that dopplers turn into rancid jelly when they grip it disproves the idea that dopplers can only shift into something similar in mass to them and that they cant become a chair and revert back.

[@isaacbrowning5871]

I don't know if the doppler could really understand my feelings on a few things as I don't really understand them myself. How would a doppler deal with cognitive dissonance? I think a lot of people have it and don't realize they do.

[@WitcherGeorge]

It's actually stated in the books by Dudu when he takes on Geralt's appearance that he understands even the thoughts Geralt had sort of pushed down (hence how he knew Geralt wouldn't kill him)!

[@wea69420]

I'd bet they perceive it but can interpret them purely out of experience

[@theprodigalson4003]

Do you remember me commenting when you had 250 subs ? I do. I’m so proud of your growth

[@AzzaB-di7rp]

Watched loads of your videos well listened to them while driving etc and when playing the Witcher haha you’ve earned a sub well done keep it up

[@varidian694]

But if the Doppler puts the lute down what happens to the lute ? Does it revert into a lump of Doppler flesh ? Does it just fade away like a spell ? Or does the lute remain 🧐

[@joeshmoe6908]

Bullet Sponge Gaming Probably fade away like a spell, dopplers are magical so 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@christophergroenewald5847]

Dopplers remind me of the whole "You walk past a certain amount of serial killers every day without knowing it" theory. How many Dopplers could Geralt have seen or even met in his life and not even realise?

[@justhair17]

The Eternal Flame story is so amazing. Its probably one of favorite short stories. Its a shame they did not adapt that story

[@rudagamer9589]

"Dopplers are kind hearted by nature" - Geralt of Rivia

[@genkidamatrunks6759]

So going by the game at least it appears dopplers can't heal injuries by shape-shifting. Also I wonder if it's possible for Doppler to take on the form of someone so evil they become corrupted by it. Which could explain the evil murderous Doppler in the graphic novel.

[@TheFallingFlamingo]

There's a huge theme you completely ignored in this video, humans are often worse than the monsters. There is no general "nature" for dopplers, they are all individuals and are individually capable of great good or great evil. Just because they are a doppler doesn't mean they will avoid fighting or avoid using their abilities when they need to or feel it to be necessary.

[@benmckenzie234]

Since Gwent released the Merchants of Ofir, will you do a video on the Nilfgaardian Aristocrat family the Moorlehems who are vampires as they seem quite interesting to me

[@dershogun6396]

i thought CDP would have just invented them out of nothing!?

[@dershogun6396]

yes, i have just looked it up in the witcher Wiki. The entire van Moorlehem Family is an invention of the makers of Gwent. So technically, they are not canon.

[@sygyzy0933]

@@dershogun6396 so what?

[@dershogun6396]

@@sygyzy0933 so what? So this means that George can't make a vid on them since there is no lore about them . There is litterly nothing to tell about them other than they are nilfgaardian nobles and secretly vampires.

[@sygyzy0933]

@@dershogun6396 and who are you again?

[@sondreneby3584]

I just found you and good lord... keep up the good work George! This is gold to watch while riding Roach and waiting for the game to load

[@thothtahuti5509]

I love the gwent music at the end, you're awesome ::)

[@adamborg1]

"Not worth getting into now, but I will get into it in a later video". Are you going to make another one about the cataclysm?

[@tourdefrihed9895]

Amazing video, I did't know That the dobbles romed before the conjuring

[@phoenix-kingz]

The scary bit of that whole “chair” thing is that a Doppler may have done it and we’d have never known and may have sat on em Also I’d be a ok with a Doppler being me for a bit cuz I feel with how they work when they take on ur appearance, they’d probably make really good psychologists/shrinks

[@adrianjohansson8937]

Hey George, you forgot the doppler from the contrackt "Skelliges most wanted". But since he's just in that quest and not that importent i get why you skippedt him. Also, i wander if female dopplers exist (i truly don't know) or if they just create each other? Anyways, awsome video George, as allways. 👌👍

[@puckbradley3760]

Dopplers likely don't have different sexes, since they could turn into anything anyway. That's not to say there couldn't be different gender roles, however

[@joeshmoe6908]

I never understood how a doppler could copy weapons or clothing. I mean I get the skin/bone transformation but how do you turn your skin into a useable weapon with magical properties?

[@AnonimatosTM]

Dont know about the Magic, but if a Doppler could reorganize himself in a Atomic Level they could virtually mimic Any Material. (No source, Personal oppinion)

[@briankamins9733]

Wow! Yeah great video ! I liked and subbed because it was informative and I’m getting into the books right now in prep for new season! Keep em coming Bruv!! Respectfully Always, BWhovion

[@maplelief_dreaming]

I'd think a doppler turning into me would he rather therapeutic. Also want to complete doppler decotion, are there any evil dopplers in the witcher 3?

[@pauljackson3491]

There's a quest, I think DLC, called I think "Novograd's most wanted" that has one. It ends in Skellige.

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

Doppler wasnt evil though, just one of a gang of magical creatures led to vigilantism by a very angry werewolf.

[@maplelief_dreaming]

@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger if that's the case, dont think I will ever complete the decoction.

[@walruz011]

@@pauljackson3491 thats the philipa eilhart quest

[@bobmcbob49]

@@pauljackson3491 graaah that's not nearly enough

[@ArtyFartyBart]

Fun fact: Dopplers make a higher pitched sound when they're approaching you than they do when they're moving away from you.

[@himanshuwilhelm5534]

Cool. What's your source?

[@sillychinas]

Himanshu Wilhelm it's a joke. On the Doppler effect.

[@himanshuwilhelm5534]

Sorry, I was in a trolling mindset 'durhur don't most things do that?' _Witchman thing in trololo soop put_

[@stanettiels7367]

I think Doppler is derived from the German word doppelgänger, which translates to double goer. A doppelgänger, like a doppler, imitates the form of others.

[@ironfoot1938]

doppelganger is english so … btw im german and think its very confusing.

[@nukran6055]

@@ironfoot1938 Yeah, it's the same with kindergarten

[@stanettiels7367]

Eisenfuss 19 It’s a German word though isn’t it? So what you’re saying is it’s an English word but the English use German instead? Like the other comment about kindergarten, is that just another English word spelled using the German language that Germans themselves don’t use? What about poltergeist? That’s German for “noisy ghost”. Is that another example? Either way it’s interesting, confusing and has made me really curious. Maybe it’s because the British and German royals have interchanged over the centuries and have many ties. Maybe that’s why they are English invented words using the German language.

[@nukran6055]

@@stanettiels7367 I just found out that there are 76 words like this. They all derive from german settlers that arrived with the main immigration waves to the new world. Since most of them formed settlements with their fellow countrymen, they kept their native language at first and when the american english formed and evolved it kind of mixed with the european languages. Thus you americans use words like angst or bagel, with derives from poland.

[@stanettiels7367]

Nukran I’m British m8. That’s interesting though. Thanks for having a look into it and posting back. I’m going to do some more digging too 👍🏻👍🏻.

[@jameshagler1471]

Excellent videos! Was playing the Gwent card game and was wondering if you have information on a maerolorn? Seems like an interesting addition to the cards

[@williehughes1690]

You're explanation as to why doppler's dont morph into inanimate objects is rather sound a to work off of that I think there my be a self preservation instinct to not morph into anything that doesn't have a brain. So even if a doppler wanted to perhaps their instincts just wouldn't let them.

[@dershogun6396]

Funfact :Doppler ist acctualy german and means "Doubeler"

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

Döppleganger: Double-Goer, historically a sign one was going to die if I recall correctly (basically a warning of tragedy. If your partner was away on business and someone saw them in town, you would receive word weeks later they'd died in some tragic accident)

[@dershogun6396]

@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger *Doppelgänger

[@dershogun6396]

@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger Well that is not entirely true. In modern high german (my native language), a Doppelgänger ist just someone who is a copy of someone else physicaly but also in personality. Going as far as that two person having the same Name are the Doppelgänger of each other and vice versa. But that what you told is correct to a certain extend. It is an old legend that in both world wars, housewives would see their husbands standing as a supernatural appereance in the house suddenly, the exact same moment when the husbands acctualy died on the frontline.

[@marcoulpionervatraiano7782]

Great video!

[@timjfads]

If it helps any dopplers are vulnerable to relic oil which I believe means they are pre conjunction

[@renawolf584]

Would you make a video about Regis? Like those about Detlaff and Oriana, I'd love to know more about him

[@SvalblodChampion]

Was Very funny to me see a doppler named Dudu, because Dudu was my nickname since I'm child lmao

[@zeljkadobras9885]

how amazing would dopplers be as therapists!

[@StevenGlasker]

This is a great video. Wouldn’t want a Doppler turning into me

[@SplashAttackTCG]

Even though what they do isn’t an illusion, the moment they touch silver, it’s all over.

[@thomasshirley318]

Please make a video about how humans arrived during the conjunction, and how they ruined everything for the elves. Like a detailed history. Please? I know it will take some research but it sounds interesting!

[@timothyventura2231]

Imagine a Doppler turns into a chair and becomes a mimic

[@SlowBoatSailing]

It would have been helpful if you also commented on the Doppler Mousack in season 1 of Netflix.

[@ukaszbiaek6641]

It sucks The end, nothing more to be said xd

[@Sirfy7555]

Make a video about gwent

[@CreatormodeS]

I think i am gonna soon start playing Witcher 3 for the 6th time.

[@keethpoop9797]

The doppler yenna also somehow uses your own powers against you. Any explanations on how he gains geralts powers when transforming?

[@patrickripleyiii134]

keith maples they copy completely and gain their memories and items so they would be able to use potions and signs

[@FatalFist]

It's also entirely possible that there could have been multiple conjunctions in the world's history.

[@Potato-pn8sg]

I don't know how I would react if it really happened, as you never really know until it happens, yet in the abstract, it sounds really cool. I think I would be pretty accepting if they didn't do anything illegal or weird.

[@thomasshirley318]

And i would love having a doppler turn into me. Id love to learn more about myself and help me better myself as a human being

[@martijnhagens439]

Could you make a video about leaders from gwent (leaders like ardal aep dahy, arnjolf the patricide and the ursurper dont know how to pronounce all of them ;) )

[@heir2n018]

These leaders were actually created by CDPR themselves so there's only a limited amount of Lore on them unfortunately

[@deigning]

my brain is a box of cats doing sudoku, man. I'd LOVE if a doppler turned into me. i'd start screaming heLP ME *HELP ME* and they'd run away terrified.

[@Werevampiwolf]

I wonder if Dopplers can feel touches on their "clothes" or other "items". Like, if doppler!Dandelion has a lute, and someone walks up and starts stroking the lute, would the Doppler feel it as their own skin? I'd assume so but it's not directly said either way

[@theskinhunter7261]

Great video as always

[@shinobi-no-bueno]

Doppler's are confusingly OP

[@paytong4818]

If a doppler were to turn into me I'd have so many questions. And by the end of it only then could I say if I liked it or found it utterly horrifying

[@emmanuelmorris7653]

Can you do the succubus?

[@a_Lemming]

If she consents

[@emmanuelmorris7653]

@@a_Lemming lol

[@deigning]

+1 wanted to watch a vid on them yesterday so I searched up 'witcher lore succubus' and was legit bummed I had to watch a non-WG one. it was good too, no shade to the other creator, I just know my faves

[@tadasbrazauskas1042]

Could you maybe do a video about places of power?

[@cthulhu3392]

A doppler turning into me...i think i would either vomit or destroy it...my mind and thoughts are my own. Not for others

[@donaldbell2554]

What a crazy beast

[@RimuruTempest-lz9xz]

Please do a video on necrophages.

[@quinnmartensbobbitt3704]

Can you do a video on the White Flame?

[@roslein-]

I rlly rllyyyyy enjoy this videos. Thankss

[@GSanti17]

Please tell me you've seen Season 2 and and how you feel about episode 2??

[@emilthorngenibsen1156]

Changeling is another named used for them in the Witcher 3

[@humblehive6502]

Imagine a doppler that infront of you transforms into a chair and just never transforms back it’d be the funniest shit

[@ziolan8970]

Watch a doppler turn into me and have an emotional breakdown

[@dinoxmagic3670]

Can you make a power scaling video?

[@adrikb1545]

For what i know their transformation isn't mere illusion so what would happen if one transformed into let's say The Unseen elder or Gaunter O Dim

[@autismisuncontrollable4925]

If the Doppler turned into someone who's sick, with the plague for example, would they have the plague? Would they still have it after turning into something else or do diseases not apply?

[@Men4nGround]

Okay I have this question. Its not about the topic of this video. But maybe one you might know something about it. As we all know witcher medallions are reacting to magical being, spells ect. And casting some signs make witchers magical beings in a way am I wrong? So is that a plot hole in the games? Or are there any explenations about why the medallion is not constantly vibrating?

[@florinaslan5482]

Can You make a video about Earland of Larvik

[@jelkehuisman]

Say, are there mages that got into magic later in life? Otherwise maybe mages that learned magic in an autodidactic way? Up to this point, I've only heard about mages that learned from magic schools and as aprentices to other mages. It would be interesting to hear about it. This subject came to mind when hearing about Albert Vagelbud who started to become somewhat interested in alchemy and when Geralt became an aprentice it Grimest despite his age. (That aprenticeship was obviously not entirely serious, but still.)

[@kylemitchell9813]

Mate can you do a vid on foglets?

[@acethenuthead8340]

I know almost everything about the Witcher universe but I still love your videos even though I learn nothing from them.

[@grasshair7266]

I was not a fan of how dopplers are shown in the show. One description used in sword of destiny is creatures capable of great empathy which I would assume would help a great deal with their transformation.It would be repugnant for a doppler to thus act in an evil manner if they transformed into a good person such as Mousesack. Their law is fascinating

[@D_Praveen]

Consider the content from the Witcher Series from Netflix while making these videos.

[@acediadekay3793]

what about the Doppler in the Netflix Show, is that a new one or one of the known ones?

[@rofyle]

Dopplers would have made for the best psychiatrists and police detectives. They could at the very least be the most perfect lie detectors possible.

[@Rickuo]

person died by a heart attack doppler happaned to be nearby right ...

[@seaschulainn]

Do you think a Doppler has ever been killed by having all it's clothes ripped off? It would be horrific, I can't stop thinking about that after you said removed clothing would turn back into their skin.

[@aa-kz7hc]

well if a doppler took the form of a witcher wouldnt that mean he would posses all the physical characteristics of said witcher like fast healng low,heart rate,being able to see in the dark and more.i also want to know if the person they turned into could use magic could they do it as well.if both of these are the case would dopplers be able to make the most op army in the history of the witcher series is they could get rid of how timid they are

[@aa-kz7hc]

also i just want to point out i know little to nothing about the witcher exept for watching gameplay and tv show

[@semmsemm2505]

Imagine if they can turn into a higher vampire or an elder or better yet gaunter o'dimm

[@nukran6055]

@@semmsemm2505 I don't think G.o.D. would allow this. He knows EVERYTHING after all....

[@a_Lemming]

If I remember correctly, the witcher-doppler you fight uses signs. So it copies their target’s magical capabilities.

[@drew2532]

I would have someone to talk to

[@Vopadevas]

Sounds like they could make excellent therapists if people in the Witcher universe weren't so homicidal

[@aquariumstatik8497]

Why do halflings gotta look the way they do

[@KhrisKillerX]

That wasn't Dudu who transformed into Geralt. That's was another unnamed Doppler during a side mission.

[@WitcherGeorge]

I said this in the video. Dudu did transform into Geralt in the books though, hence why I used the shot when describing this encounter.

[@PvtParts-px4jy]

Chapelle died due to abaplepsy or a stroke. Not a heart attack

[@patrickneumann5519]

Whats the music called

[@deigning]

also I wonder how a doppler would handle mimicking someone with severe body dysmorphia.

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

It's likely they'd also experience the dysmorphia and take some time to gather their thoughts enough to try it out. Post-change to what the dysmorphia says is correct, they might feel a sense of confusion given the original likely wouldn't have a basis for what to feel in that scenario. Alternative, It might be like a brain wipe going "huh...why did I do that?" or maybe going with the mindset of the individual, they'd feel intense euphoria/belonging before remembering they aren't that person and ultimately change back. It would likely be a massive yet short lived high achieving life-long goals of the people they mimic, an instant reminder they aren't that person which drives them to another form.

[@deigning]

@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger i love the idea that, to dopplers, achievement is a sort of drug. I imagine there's been at least one who hopped from identity to identity, completing goals just for another hit, constantly fulfilled yet always empty. I'd read the heck out of that book excerpt