History Expy / AnimeAndManga

* Johan Liebert of ''{{Monster}}'' is an expy for Michio Yuki of ''{{MW}}''. Both are involved in a secret military experiment since they were kids. These experiments turned them AxCrazy and CompleteMonster characters. They use their charisma to manipulate powerful people, ambitions to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, [[SuicideByCop provoke the good guys to kill them]], and they're also [[VillainousCrossdresser cross-dressers]].

* Shinn Asuka is a very close expy to [[MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille Bidan]], both lost their families to war right in front of them, both lose their [[AxCrazy crazy]] girlfriends and both spend a good amount of time regretting the thing they have done. His Gundam on the other hand is based on [[MobileSuitGundam Gundam]] it has a Core Unite and Red Shield with a Cross just like Gundam

* Shinn Asuka is a very close expy to [[MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille Bidan]], both lost their families to war right in front of them, both lose their [[AxCrazy crazy]] girlfriends and both spend a good amount of time regretting the thing they have done.

** Akemi from Maison Ikkoku is suspiciously similar to Nabiki Tendo, in their eyes and their seductive, jovial natures. Also, she has minor traits of Ranma (face-making, selfish but nice, off-the hook). She could be practically be the offspring of Ranma and Nabiki...
*** Nabiki and Akemi share a few features, but neither one is a ripoff of the other. Deep down, waaaaay deep down, Akemi is still a nice person whereas Nabiki is [[MoneyFetish The Ultimate Capitalist]]
*** Akemi is generally linked with Benten from UruseiYatsura (earthy characters, same voice actress).

* ''AngelBeats'': This show also has some characters that fit this trope, especially the main protagonist Yui that looks alot to [[TheMelancholyofHaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi Suzumiya]]. We also have the main protagonist [[DeadpanSnarker Otonashi]] that is like almost all the other other protagonists of Key.[[EmotionlessGirl Tenshi]] despite not looking the same as Nagato Yuki has the same personality has her.

* Sayla Mass, Char's younger sister, has expies of her own in [[{{MobileSuitGundamF91}} Cecily Fairchild]], [[MobileSuitGundamWing Relena Darlian]], and [[MobileSuitGundamSEED Cagalli Yu]][[MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny la Athha]] (who also shares traits with Relena).

* Most ''{{Gundam}}'' series will have a character based on Char Aznable, [[FanNickname known as]] a CharClone (or just "[[MemeticMutation A CHAR]]"). Wikipedia lists 16 Char Clones in the entire Gundam franchise to date. They're most easily identified by the fact that they wear a [[MaskPower mask]] for [[RuleOfCool little or no reason]] and occasionally have a penchant for piloting red mobile suits. They're almost always TheRival and/or TheDragon. Notable Char expys include Iron Mask from ''Gundam F91'', Zechs from ''GundamWing'' , Rau Le Creuset in ''GundamSeed'', and Neo Roanoke from ''GundamSeedDestiny'', most recent but without hidden identity Mr Bushido aka Graham Akre & even a literal clone of Char in the ''Gaia Gear'' series of novels & audio dramas.
** The backstory of ''GundamX'' is basically a thinly disguised version of the original Gundam series, only with a [[DownerEnding Downer Ending]]. As a result, several characters and mobile suits are expies of characters and suits from the original series, even if their actual role is pretty different from their original one. Like Janmil, the Amuro expy, who is the mentor and ship captain, while Lancerow is a maskless Char expy without any kind of rivalry with the actual main character of the series, Garrod Ran.
** Char clones show up quite often in other HumongousMecha series' as well (see Elzam Branstein's entry in the Games section). Lelouch from ''CodeGeass'' is a borderline example. Apparently the idea of him wearing a mask came from executives who said something along the lines of "It just wouldn't be a Sunrise show without a mask".
*** While Lelouch certainly shares main traits with Char, he may also be partially based on [[MobileSuitZetaGundam Paptimus Scirocco]]. Char tends to play XanatosSpeedChess, while both Scirocco and Lelouch are more traditional {{Chessmaster}}s. They also both have pink/red-haired female henchmen who are in love with them and who they leave most of the front-line combat to even though they're skilled mecha pilots themselves (Sarah and Kallen).
** Mecha Expies are also par for the course in Gundam. ''Wing's'' Shenlong Gundam is an Expy of ''G's'' Dragon Gundam, ''X's'' Leopard is an Expy of ''Wing's'' Heavyarms, Deathscythe and Deathscythe H resemble Master Asia's Kowloon and Master Gundams respectively, grunt units are almost always based on either the Zaku or the GM & if the series features mobile suits that can transform it's guaranteed that at least one will have pretty much the exact same transformation scheme as the Zeta Gundam.
** Murrue Ramius and the Archangel from {{Gundam Seed}} are expies of Bright Noah and the White Base, full stop.
** [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Royalty]]? Check. Pacifist? Check. TheHero's LoveInterest? Check. [[FriendToAllChildren Takes care of the war orphans?]] Check. Singer? Check. Yes, Marina Ismail from ''{{Gundam 00}}'' was probably intended as an {{Expy}} of Lacus Clyne of ''SEED'', except that she has nothing comparable to Lacus' [[{{Determinator}} iron will]]. And let's not forget that Lacus herself was partly an expy of [[MobileSuitGundamWing Relena Peacecraft/Darlian]], also a royal pacifist LoveInterest for TheHero.
*** Lacus is also share a bit with Dianna Soriel from ''TurnAGundam'', both are very famous figurehead of their people who wishes to live a quiet life somewhere, had an imposter/double and a sexless romance with the main character.
*** Speaking of Relena, she is based on Sayla Mass: an exiled princess who adopted a different alias, an older brother who became a soldier to avenge his parents' deaths, and has a close relationship with the male lead character.
*** Cagalli Yula Athha features elements of both Sayla and Relena.
** ''Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz'' has Mariemaia Khushrenada, who is based on [[MobileSuitZetaGundam Mineva Lao Zabi]].
** Fllay from ''Gundam Seed'' has several clones in every Gundam after SEED. Meyrin (and to some extent Lunamaria) Hawke and Nena Trinity all bear a resemblance to Fllay.
** Kira Yamato from ''Gundam Seed'' is said to be a mix of Amuro and Loran, having Amuro's mechanical aptitude and having almost every bit of Loran's events happened to him. Having a powerful mobile suit? Check, having a distate for violence? Check. Relationship with Earthling daughter's who had her father killed by his people? Check. Sexless romance with princess figure? Check.
*** Kira was made to be the Amuro figure of the Alternative Universes. In personality, cause, and, lets not forget, power.
** Shinn Asuka is a very close expy to [[MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille Bidan]], both lost their families to war right in front of them, both lose their [[AxCrazy crazy]] girlfriends and both spend a good amount of time regretting the thing they have done.
** Garrod Ran is something of an expy of Judea Ashita, since both were war orphans who couldn't help but get caught up in the events of the world around them and both grew into real badass (or in the case of Garrod BadassNormal) pilots, and even though they both had reason to neither one of them succumbed to their HeroicBSOD for very long.
** Heero Yuy from ''MobileSuitGundamWing'' has the honor of not only having an expy in another Gundam series (Setsuna from ''{{Gundam 00}})'', but has one outside the Gundam franchise (Sosuke from ''FullMetalPanic''). The scary thing is, Sosuke is even more anti-social and military minded than Heero. At least Heero could blend in a high school; Sosuke can barely not shoot or blow anything up that seems suspicious.
*** Setsuna F. Seiei from {{Gundam 00}} is pretty much a dead ringer for [[FullMetalPanic Sosuke]]. Pilot of a [[RealityIsOutToLunch physicsdefying]] SuperPrototype {{Mecha}}? Check. ChildSoldier in a wartorn islamic country? Check. AxCrazy [[TheRival rivals]] with unhealthy obsessions? you got it. Need I go on? Makes you think their creators were trying to one-up each other.
*** It goes much further with [[MobileSuitGundam00 Lockon Stratos]] and [[FullMetalPanic Kurz Weber]] who are both cool snipers who excel at in giant robot sniping, who [[HandsomeLech can get almost any girl they want]], though this might have a bit to do with their [[ShinichiroMiki shared voice]]. [[spoiler: They also both die in combat sniping.]]
** Both Gundam Wing's Heero Yuy (the original one) and King Peacecraft, as well as Gundam SEED's George Glenn and Lord Izumi Nara Attha, were based on Zeon Zum Deikun.
** Every Gundam series will have something aside from the titular Mobile Suits that differentiate themselves as main characters rather than mooks, whether it be [[MobileSuitGundam Newtypes]], [[MobileFighterGGundam the Shuffle Alliance]], [[MobileSuitGundamWing the Zero System]], [[AfterWarGundamX Newtypes again]], [[TurnAGundam Moonrace]], [[MobileSuitGundamSEED Coordinators]] or [[MobileSuitGundam00 Innovators]].

*** [[{{ranmaonehalf}} Kuno Tatewaki]] is also comparable to [[{{uruseiyatsura}} Shutaro Mendou]]. Both are absurdly rich (although Mendou shows it a lot more,) both always carry a sword, which Ranma/Ataru [[{{barehandedbladeblock}} catches]], they also want to kill/defeat the main character, for "stealing' their love.

** The backstory of ''GundamX'' is basically a thinly disguised version of the original Gundam series, only with a [[DownerEnding]]. As a result, several characters and mobile suits are expies of characters and suits from the original series, even if their actual role is pretty different from their original one. Like Janmil, the Amuro expy, who is the mentor and ship captain, while Lancerow is a maskless Char expy without any kind of rivalry with the actual main character of the series, Garrod Ran.

* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has a large cast who have traits of several other anime and video game characters. While it's common for more personality types to be recycled endlessly anyway, many of the most prominent characters are toned-down analogues to ''LoveHina'' characters: Asuna is a less violent Naru, Nodoka is an early Shinobu, KuFei is Su with [[IKnowKungFu brawns]] switched with [[GadgeteerGenius brains]], Chizuru Naba is a less foolish Mutsumi, etc. Setsuna's similarities to Motoko are explained by them being using the same fighting style.

** [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Royalty]]? Check. Pacifist? Check. TheHero's LoveInterest? Check. [[FriendToAllChildren Takes care of the war orphans?]] Check. Singer? Check. Yes, Marina Ismail from ''{{Gundam 00}}'' was probably intended as an {{Expy}} of Lacus Clyne of ''SEED'', except that she has nothing comparable to Lacus' [[{{Determinator}} iron will]]. And let's not forget that Lacus herself was partly an expy of [[GundamWing Relena Peacecraft/Darlian]], also a royal pacifist LoveInterest for TheHero.

** Fllay from ''GundamSeed'' has several clones in every Gundam after SEED. Meyrin (and to some extent Lunamaria) Hawke and Nena Trinity all bear a resemblance to Fllay.
** Kira Yamato from ''GundamSeed'' is said to be a mix of Amuro and Loran, having Amuro's mechanical aptitude and having almost every bit of Loran's events happened to him. Having a powerful mobile suit? Check, having a distate for violence? Check. Relationship with Earthling daughter's who had her father killed by his people? Check. Sexless romance with princess figure? Check.

** Shinn Asuka is a very close expy to Kamille Bidan, both lost their families to war right in front of them, both lose their [[AxCrazy crazy]] girlfriends and both spend a good amount of time regretting the thing they have done.

** Heero Yuy from ''GundamWing'' has the honor of not only having an expy in another Gundam series (Setsuna from ''{{Gundam 00}})'', but has one outside the Gundam franchise (Sosuke from ''FullMetalPanic''). The scary thing is, Sosuke is even more anti-social and military minded than Heero. At least Heero could blend in a high school; Sosuke can barely not shoot or blow anything up that seems suspicious.