I actually came to the message boards to see if anyone commented on Dicky looking like a girl. When I first started the episode, I thought Ricky and Dicky were two boys, (who are actually Ricky and Nicky) and I thought Nicky and Dawn were the two girls (who are actually Dicky and Dawn.)
What's so remarkable about a boy looking like a girl? A significant proportion of the human race looks like girls, and a fraction of those who look like girls are boys.
And what's so remarkable about a girl looking like a boy? That happens a lot too.
In fact, when there are brothers and sisters in a family, people usually say they resemble each other, meaning the boys look like their sisters and the girls look like their brothers. Thus most girls look like (specific) boys and most boys look like (specific girls).
The board about actress Hilary duff has a thread "Hilary Duff looked like a boy" which you might find interesting.
I have read that decades ago Hollywood child actors used to let their hair grow long between roles so that it could be cut to the desired length for their next roles. Possibly modern child actors do the same. The boys who portray Nicky and Ricky may have worn their hair longer before being cast.
PS long ago when my nephew was six I took him trick or treating and at one house someone told me what a cute little girl I had!
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magolding
10 years ago
hahahahaha Ok, yea, I know he's not really black, But he sure is way more dark skinned than the other 3! He looks way too ethnic to be related to them. Like he's mulatto or half Hispanic or something. His completely contrasting skin tone and just his overall looks stick out like a sore thumb. The other three could pass for being part of a fraternal quadruplet, but whenever they show Nicky, I think he looks like a human version of "Sanjay" from "Sanjay & Craig."
This reminds me of the TV show "7th Heaven" where ALL the kids were extremely fare skinned. Almost PASTY white...and then there was the actress who played Ruthie who was CLEARLY of mixed race and it had everyone scratching their heads when that show was first one.
Members of the same family usually have a family resemblance, so when two members of a family look a lot different many people consider it a lot stranger than it actually is.
For an example of family members who look like members of different races seen number nine on this list:
http://listverse.com/2010/01/21/10-stories-of-bizarre-births/
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