Agent
Agent noun - A person who acts or does business for another.
Usage example: the sports agent negotiated a record-breaking contract for the baseball player
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Stand-in and agent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stand-in" instead a noun "Agent".
Stand-in
Stand-in noun - A person or thing that takes the place of another.
Usage example: hired him at the last minute as a stand-in for the person who quit
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Expy: The player's agent is basically a stand-in for Agent Coulson.
- A secret agent from Russia who works for both the Nazis and the heroes depending on what suits her, and plays on the affections of both Indiana Jones stand-in Montana Jones and Nazi lackey Erwin.
Source: Chronic Backstabbing Disorder - Stand-in uses of him often cast him in other roles besides secret agent so long as they are Bad Ass, such as a hard-nosed private detective or a reformed ex-hitman, further driving home that they are essentially an OC in all but name and appearance from an early concept of the movie.
Source: O.C. Stand-in
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