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** Brothers Sans and Papyrus can both summon columns of bones to attack their opponents. But in particular they can perform the "Fabled Blue Attack". [[spoiler:This inflicts a status effect on their opponent that limits their mobility, making them more susceptible to consecutive attacks. In his boss fight, Sans uses this ability to more relentless extremes, bombarding the player character with onslaughts of attacks including the aforementioned bone attacks and his [[BeamSpam "Gaster Blasters"]]]]

* ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'': As Creator/{{SNK}}'s resident {{Shotoclone}}{{s}}, practitioners of Kyokugenryu Karate, including most of the Sakazaki family and their fellow disciples, all share similar techniques and have a consistent selection of key special moves. These include "[[KamehameHadoken Ko-Ou Ken]]", "[[{{Shoryuken}} Kohou]]", "[[HurricaneKick Hien Shippu Kyaku]]", and "[[RapidFireFisticuffs Zanretsuken]]". Practitioners all have their own twists and names for these various moves. Comparing Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia for example, Ryo performs the traditional Zanretsuken with punches, while Robert has his own variant, "Gen-ei Kyaku", that utilizes kicks.

* ''VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves'': Rock Howard is the son of ''VideoGame/FatalFury'''s BigBad, [[Characters/FatalFuryGeeseHoward Geese Howard]], who was then adopted by TheHero [[Characters/FatalFuryTerryBogard Terry Bogard]]. He thus incorporates many of the two's SignatureAttack{{s}} into his own repertoire. From Geese he can perform the [[GroundWave "Reppuken"/"Double Reppuken"]], "Rashomon", "Deadly Rave", and "Raging Storm". From Terry he learned how to perform "Rising Tackle", "Crack Shoot", and variations of [[ElementalPunch "Burn Knuckle"]] and [[IKnowMaddenKombat "Power Dunk"]] called "Hard Edge" and "Rage Run - Type Dunk" respectively.

** The ''Smash'' games are chalk full of MovesetClone{{s}} who've all gone through significant DivergentCharacterEvolution and have found their own unique styles while retaining moves with their base characters. Characters from the same franchise will also share similar attacks to each other.

** The Mishima family all share similar, iconic techniques with each other, including "Flash Punch Combo", "Wind God Fist", and "Dragon Uppercut". Kazuya and his father Heihachi in particular were MovesetClone{{s}} in their debut before gradually differentiating across the series. Then ''VideoGame/Tekken3'' introduced Kazuya's son, Jin, who later distanced himself from the family and recreated his fighting style, but with some VariantPowerCopying to retain functions of the first. Though his SuperpoweredEvilSide, Devil Jin, retains his original Mishima style.

** In the Paramount War arc, a major WhamShot occurs when[[spoiler: Blackbeard uses Whitebeard's signature earthquake-causing punch, revealing he has somehow [[PowerParasite stolen the latter's powers]]]].
** Portgas D. Ace's SignatureMove, the "Fire Fist", is later used by [[spoiler:[[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated his sworn brother Sabo]], after the latter inherits Ace's flame powers post-mortem.]]
** Yamato is capable of using a version of his father Kaido's Thunder Bagua/Eight Trigrams technique. However, Yamato needs to use both hands rather than Kaido's one, leading to his version being mockingly dubbed "Thunder Badua" or "Four Trigrams"

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', the great wyrms of Hydaelyn share the attack "Akh Morn", dragonspeak for "Fated Death". It's an extremely powerful SpamAttack that causes a PillarOfLight to erupt form the point of impact as the wyrm tried to wipe the target off the face of the star. The only way to survive it is to use a NighInvulnerability skill as a tank or have the entire party take the attack together while trying to heal away the damage faster than the boss can dish it out.

Common amongst MovesetClone{{s}}, who often have lore ties to their character of origin. Characters who experience DivergentCharacterEvolution can retain similar attacks while gaining their own unique techniques, further enforcing this trope.

** Portgas D. Ace's SignatureMove, the "Fire Fist", is later used by [[spoiler:his sworn brother Sabo, after the latter inherits Ace's flame powers post-mortem.]]

** In the Paramount War arc, a major WhamShot occurs when[[spoiler: Blackbeard uses Whitebeard's signature earthquake-causing punch, revealing he has somehow stolen the latter's powers]].

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan'':
** All of the playable characters have a variant of the PowerCopying pioneered by the original Mega Man. Many have their own spin on it and copy other aspects than a weapon.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Amethyst and Jasper both have the ability to [[RollingAttack roll up into a spiky ball and charge at opponents]] ala ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''. This is justified by the two of them both being quartz gems, who on Homeworld are made to be frontline soldiers. Jasper's roll is significantly stronger due to her being immensely strong for the average quartz, considered the perfect solider on Homeworld.

* In ''LightNovel/TheSlayers,'' Prince Philionel and his daughter, Amelia, share the [[BarefistedMonk unarmed combat]] signature move "[[MartialPacifist Pacifist Crush]]." BlackSheep Naga, however, never went in for judo and thus doesn't use it.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': Jotaro and Dio's Stands, Star Platinum and The World, are revealed to have the rare and powerful ability to freeze time. Oddly, Dio gained Stand abilities by assimilating the deceased remains of Jotaro's ancestor, Johnathan Joestar, which granted him a Stand similar to Johnathan's grandson, Joseph. The World however was gained from a Stand Arrow, meaning it's entirely Dio's own Stand, so how it's so similar to Jotaro's is unclear. Jotaro's time-stop let's him cancel out Dio's and allow the two to engage in more equal combat, after Dio spent the whole arc curb-stomping other Stand users.

* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'': The Rasengan (pictured above) has famously been Naruto's signature technique; a swirling ball of pure [[KiManipulation chakra]] that can land a devastating blast on whatever its aimed at. He also has other variations like "Rasenshuriken", a projectile variant, and "Big-Ball Rasengan", an even bigger and stronger ball of chakra. Unbeknownst to him at first though, this technique was actually invented by his father, Minato, who would then teach it to his master, Jiraiya, and his student/Naruto's teacher, Kakashi. Naruto's close friend, Konohamaru, later copied it after seeing it used multiple times, and then years later he'd teach it to Naruto's son, Boruto, who would iterate on it by turning the base Rasengan into an improvised projectile.

** In the Paramount War arc, a major WhamShot occurs when[[spoiler: Blackbeard uses Whitebeard's signature earthquake-causing punch, revealing he has somehow stolen the latter's powers]]

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Ichigo's signature "Getsuga Tensho" is revealed to be [[spoiler:inherited from his father-who likewise had a similar Zanpakuto as well.]]

** The Mishima family all share some similar techniques to each other that's reflected in their gameplay; some common techniques include "Flash Punch Combo", "Wind God Fist", and "Dragon Uppercut". Kazuya and his father Heihachi in particular were MovesetClone{{s}} in their debut before gradually differentiating across the series. Then ''VideoGame/Tekken3'' introduced Kazuya's son, Jin, who later distanced himself from the family and recreated his fighting style. Though his SuperpoweredEvilSide, Devil Jin, retains his original Mishima style.

** The three ''VideoGame/StarFox'' fighters all have seemingly similar attacks to each other. Falco was originally Fox's clone in ''Melee'' but was significantly changed in ''Brawl'' to become a more unique fighter. ''Brawl'' also introduced Wolf who has little in common with the previous two in terms of playstyle. All three's specials consist of a RayGun, DashAttack, directional up-special, and AttackReflector.

** Midoriya, having the same power source as All Might, takes heavy inspiration from his predecessor as it relates to his maximum power. These full smashes are rarely used because of the heavy blowback, but should the situation call for it he can channel attacks every bit as powerful as his idol.

* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': Kyo Kusanagi uses his family's ancient martial art that utilizes [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinesis]]. Iori Yagami, who comes from a branch of the Kusanagi clan, possess similar abilities but using the corrupted purple flames of [[HumanoidAbomination Orochi]]. Kyo and Iori shared many similar abilities in ''KOF '95'' including [[GroundWave Yami Barai]] and [[{{Shoryuken}} Oniyaki]]. Starting with ''KOF '96'' though, Kyo's moveset was reworked to replace many of his old tools, and the two are now much more unique fighters.

* ''VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves'': Rock Howard is the son of ''VideoGame/FatalFury'''s BigBad, [[Characters/FatalFuryKingOfFighters Geese Howard]], who was then adopted by TheHero [[Characters/FatalFuryKingOfFighters Terry Bogard]]. He thus incorporates many of the two's SignatureAttack{{s}} into his own repertoire. From Geese he can perform the [[GroundWave "Reppuken"/"Double Reppuken"]], "Rashomon", "Deadly Rave", and "Raging Storm". From Terry he learned how to perform "Rising Tackle", "Crack Shoot", and variations of [[ElementalPunch "Burn Knuckle"]] and [[IKnowMaddenKombat "Power Dunk"]] called "Hard Edge" and "Rage Run - Type Dunk" respectively.

* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has the two Shimada heroes, both of them sharing in the ability to [[DragonsAreDivine summon the magic of dragons]] carried on from their bloodlines. Both of them have [[LimitBreak ultimate abilities]] using this magic, but with vastly different implementation: [[ArcherArchetype Hanzo]]'s "Dragonstrike" has him fire an arrow [[SummonMagic summoning a duo of giant spirit dragons]] that [[AdvancingWallOfDoom are unstoppable and will rip apart anyone in their path]], while [[CyberNinja Genji]]'s "Dragonblade" has him infuse the dragon spirit into [[KatanasAreJustBetter his katana]], making it [[AbsurdlySharpBlade strong enough to slice through enemies in one or two hits]]. During the cinematic short "Dragons", Hanzo attempts to fire a Dragonstrike at Genji, but since he has control over the same force, Genji's able to use his Dragonblade to harmlessly deflect it away (something which [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration is doable in-game]], [[CutscenePowerToTheMax though some details are fudged around]][[note]]Genji can't deflect things with Dragonblade, only [[AttackReflector his regular "Deflect" ability]], and even then it only works on the initial arrow Hanzo fires before explodes into dragon form[[/note]]).