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* ''ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' has "Nega-Scott". [[spoiler: Subverted. Other than his [[LegendOfZelda Dark Link appearance]] he's exactly like Scott and they get along swimmingly.]]

* John Byrne retold Donna Troy's origin in ''WonderWoman'' so that she was originally the mirror self of Princess Diana as a teenager, but given a separate personality by the sorceress who owned the mirror. Donna Troy was then captured by Queen Hippolyta's nemesis Dark Angel, who mistook her for Diana, and subjected her to live multiple lives that all ended in tragedy, ultimately leading to the one where Donna becomes Wonder Girl/Troia of the ComicBook/TeenTitans. This origin has recently been retconned out of her history since 2006.

* [[Homestuck]]: The Scratch mechanism in sBurb sessions basically creates these -- your ancestor will take your place in life, down to living in your house, and usually shares a decent amount of your personality as well as your Aspect in the game, but they're not a direct copy.

* The final boss of the Old Kingdom instance in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' summon mirror versions of the heroes for them to fight.

* In ''FinalFantasyIV'', when Cecil [[spoiler:is turned into a Paladin]] he must fight a mirror image of himself to atone for his past.

* In ''Legend of Zelda II'', Link has to do battle against a mirror image of himself

* ''ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' has "Nega-Scott".

* Subverted in Manga/CardcaptorSakura by the use of The Mirror card which creates an exact copy of Sakura that she can then control. Before her capture The Mirror appeared to be a michevious opposite version of Sakura but this is likely just the personality of the card itself and not because it's Sakura's reflection.

* Played with in TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella. Everybody in the mirror universe has the opposite moral alignment of their normal self -- except for [[ChaoticNeutral Wonderella and Dr. Shark]]. As the mirror-world's Wonderella explains it:
-->'''Anti-Wonderella:''' "The opposite of neutral is still neutral!"
* In CalvinAndHobbes, one story arc features Calvin making a MirrorSelf of himself. The real Calvin doesn't want to do his homework or clean his room, but his MirrorSelf is a well adjusted polite little boy who gladly does these things... and proceeds to destroy his life by being way too nice.

* ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld has "Nega-Scott".

* The Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon story ''Mirror/rorriM Off The Wall'' has a MirrorUniverse where everything is in reverse/backwards, including handedness and fingerprints. One of its inhabitants is a MirrorSelf of someone in our universe: they're both named Robert Trebor.

* In the Franchise/StarTrek universe, there is a MirrorUniverse where every character has a MirrorSelf. Good characters generally have evil Mirror Selves, and vice versa (there are exceptions, like [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine "Smiley" O'Brien]]). Ambigous characters often have their defining traits reversed.
* The Doctor encouters mirror counterparts of the UNIT team in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "Inferno".
** It's [[FanWank Fan Wanked]] that the mirror universe Doctor himself is [[strike:BigBrother]] Fearless Leader of the mirror world.

* The final boss of the Old Kingdom instance in WorldOfWarcraft summon mirror versions of the heroes for them to fight.
* In Legend of Zelda II, Link has to do battle against a mirror image of himself

* In CalvinAndHobbes, or story arc features Calvin making a MirrorSelf of himself. The real Calvin doesn't want to do his homework or clean his room, but his MirrorSelf is a well adjusted polite little boy who gladly does these things... and proceeds to destroy his life by being way too nice.

* The Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon story ''Mirror/rorriM Off The Wall" has a MirrorUniverse where everything is in reverse/backwards, including handedness and fingerprints. One of its inhabitants is a MirrorSelf of someone in our universe: they're both named Robert Trebor.

* In the StarTrek universe, there is a MirrorUniverse where every character has a MirrorSelf. Good characters generally have evil Mirror Selves, and vice versa (there are exceptions, like [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine "Smiley" O'Brien]]). Ambigous characters often have their defining traits reversed.

* In ''Series/{{Charmed}}'', the MirrorWorld has a MirrorSelf of every character, just like in StarTrek. The characters also have alignment-shifted powers, creating oxymorons like the Demon of Hope.

* Subverted in CardcaptorSakura by the use of The Mirror card which creates an exact copy of Sakura that she can then control. Before her capture The Mirror appeared to be a michevious opposite version of Sakura but this is likely just the personality of the card itself and not because it's Sakura's reflection.

* In {{Charmed}}, the MirrorWorld has a MirrorSelf of every character, just like in StarTrek. The characters also have alignment-shifted powers, creating oxymorons like the Demon of Hope.

* In ''TheBatman'', Batman, Robin, and the Flash dealt with mirror versions of themselves created by the inventions of the Mirror Master.

* The CallahansCrosstimeSaloon story ''Mirror/rorriM Off The Wall" has a MirrorUniverse where everything is in reverse/backwards, including handedness and fingerprints. One of its inhabitants is a MirrorSelf of someone in our universe: they're both named Robert Trebor.

* In the StarTrek universe, there is a MirrorUniverse where every character have a MirrorSelf. Good characters have evil Mirror Selves, and vice versa. Ambigous characters simply have their defining traits reversed.

* In the StarTrek universe, there is a MirrorWorld where every character have a MirrorSelf. Good characters have evil Mirror Selves, and vice versa. Ambigous characters simply have their defining traits reversed.

* The Doctor encouters mirror counterparts of the UNIT team in the ''DoctorWho'' serial "Inferno".

* John Byrne retold Donna Troy's origin in ''WonderWoman'' so that she was originally the mirror self of Princess Diana as a teenager, but given a separate personality by the sorceress who owned the mirror. Donna Troy was then captured by Queen Hippolyta's nemesis Dark Angel, who mistook her for Diana, and subjected her to live multiple lives that all ended in tragedy, ultimately leading to the one where Donna becomes Wonder Girl/Troia of the TeenTitans. This origin has recently been retconned out of her history since 2006.

* Close to the end of the third QuestForGlory game. each hero was forced to fight a twisted mirror image if him- or herself.

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* John Byrne retold Donna Troy's origin in ''WonderWoman'' so that she was originally the mirror self of Princess Diana as a teenager, but given a separate personality by the sorceress who owned the mirror. Donna Troy was then captured by Queen Hippolyta's nemesis Dark Angel, who mistook her for Diana, and subjected her to live multiple lives that all ended in tragedy, ultimately leading to the one where Donna becomes Wonder Girl/Troia of the TeenTitans.

* In the ''[[TheSmurfs Smurfs]]'' story "The One-Hundredth Smurf", a Smurf's mirror is [[LightningCanDoAnything struck by lightning]], which brings his reflection to life. The reflection speaks backwards and does everything the original Smurf does, but in reverse (lifting the right arm when the other lifts the left, for instance). After he causes chaos in the village by his opposite nature, the reflection decides to return to the mirror, but he goes through it instead, and comes out a regular Smurf.

* In CalvinAndHobbes, or story arc features Calvin making a MirrorSelf of himself. The real Calvin don't want to do his homework or clean his room, but his MirrorSelf is a well adjusted polite little boy who gladly do these things... and proceeds to destroy his life by being way too nice.

This "same but opposite" is the cornerstone of a MirrorWorld. A character's "same but opposite" counterpart is the Mirror Self. However, a MirrorSelf can sometimes also be created by misuse of AppliedPhlebotinum.

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* In {{Charmed}}, the MirrorWorld has a MirrorSelf of every character, just like in StarTrek. The characters also have alignment-shifted powers, creating oxymorons like the Demon of Hope.