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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[Characters/TheOwlHouseTheCollector The Collector]] is based on [[Characters/GravityFallsBillCipher Bill Cipher]] from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''. They both are omnipotent creatures from another dimension, [[TimeAbyss very ancient]], [[ImmortalImmaturity childlike]] who turn their respective settings into a living Hell, but that's all they have in common. The Collector is ObliviouslyEvil GooGooGodlike, while Bill is a PsychopathicManchild. [[spoiler:The Collector is a good person who just played without consequences but then made a HeelFaceTurn, fixes their mistakes, and goes to learn more about the universe, while Bill just destroyed his own dimension and wanted to do the same to another [[ItAmusedMe out of sheer boredom]] [[ForTheEvulz and evil]] with [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist the excuse of freeing worlds]] and [[NeverMyFault excusing himself from the consequences]]. Also, while The Collector [[RedemptionEarnsLife saves themself through redemption]] and [[TheAtoner decides to atone for his sins]], Bill feels [[DirtyCoward scared]] when he was tricked and has a VillainousBreakdown before his death, [[FaceDeathWithDespair pathetically trying to bargain with Stan to save his ass]] and eventually was erased, showing him to be nothing more than a DirtyCoward.]]

* ''Film/AustinPowers'' is an unusual example as he's a AffectionateParody of Franchise/JamesBond, an already heroic character. More particularly, he's meant to invert the early portrayals of Bond as a romanticized womanizer with no sense of boundaries [[ValuesDissonance which became less acceptable with time]], by being less physically attractive but actually {{chivalrous|Pervert}} when it comes to women.

* ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} is generally a LighterAndSofter and immensely more heroic take off of the [[ComicBook/SubMariner Sub Mariner aka Namor]], who has been a dickish AntiHero - VillainProtagonist of Marvel since 1939. Their interactions in ''Marvel Vs DC'' highlight how much of a cheerful NiceGuy Arthur is compared to the [[HairTriggerTemper hot-tempered]] Namor.
* ComicBook/{{Batman}}, believe it or not, was actually partially inspired by Falke, a.k.a. Dr. Bat, from the Opera ''Theatre/DieFledermaus'', both being aristocrats who dress as bats and use their wealth to take revenge. Except where Batman is a heroic vigilante, Falke is instead a petty asshole who wants to ruin his friend Eisenstein's marriage after the latter left him passed out drunk dressed as a bat to be found by the cops. This operatic basis for the Dark Knight's character has been referenced in ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and even in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' (whose BatmanParody is even named ''Die Fledermaus''). Modern performances of ''Die Fledermaus'' even make visual references to Batman in the costuming and design.

* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} is famously a knock-off of Characters/{{Deathstroke}}, being a superpowered mercenary with a Spidey-esque mask who wields swords and guns like Slade. Though as CharacterisationMarchesOn Deadpool eventually turned into the Virtuous Character Copy becoming an actual superhero who cares for innocent people unlike Deathstroke who never stops being a cold blooded douchebag. Deadpool is also consistently presented as [[GoodParents a wonderful father]] to Ellie in juxtaposition to Mr. Slade [[AbusiveParents “shoved a piece of radioactive Kryptonite into his daughter’s eye”]] Wilson. It also helps even from his earliest Liefeldian appearances Deadpool had a sense of humour and [[WouldntHurtAChild showed reluctance to hurt children]], neither of which applied to Deathstroke, the NoNonsenseNemesis of the ComicBook/TeenTitans.

** Superman himself is based on Hugo Danner from ''Literature/{{Gladiator}}'' by Philip Wylie (the novel that directly inspired Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) being a superhuman man raised on a farm who has usual super strength, speed and toughness to the point of being bulletproof. Though where Hugo was a tragic and troubled {{deconstruction}} of having great powers in human society, Supes obviously isn’t, being the UrExample of TheCape.
** Equus is for all intents and purposes a PG-rated version of Three-Willy Seth, the monstrous cybernetically-enhanced hillbilly who seemingly killed The Authority during the final arc of their classic series. Physically, he resembles Seth, but without the casual pedophilia.

* ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'': Oh is a friendlier version of [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]]. While they are both intelligent {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s who annoy everyone around them and don't understand human behavior, Oh's lack of understanding is a result of unfamiliarity (especially given that he isn't human), rather than disinterest as it is with Sheldon, and he never intentionally looks down on anyone. Oh quickly adapts to new human concepts through his association with Tip, whereas Sheldon had to be dragged along bit by bit.
* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'': Bing Bong resembles [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 Lotso-Huggin' Bear]], given that they're both cutesy pink characters who were incredibly devoted to a young girl, were separated from her, and tried to return to her only to find she no longer had any place for them. However, while Lotso became bitter and vicious as a result, Bing-Bong still loves Riley even though he knows he can never be part of her life again, and [[spoiler: he sacrifices himself so Joy can save her from her depression.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'':
** As the story is largely based on ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', Timon and Pumbaa are based on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. However, unlike their ''Hamlet'' counterparts, Timon and Pumbaa never betray their friend, the protagonist (Simba in ''The Lion King'', Hamlet in ''Hamlet''.) Instead, they are completely loyal to Simba.

* James P. Sullivan aka Sully from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' is very simialr to Maurice from ''Film/LittleMonsters'' which debuted two decades earlier, both being blue-colored horned ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight monsters from another world who befriend a child. Except where Maurice is a [[NauseaFuel disgusting]] [[{{Jerkass}} jackass]] and prankster who replaces lemonade with urine and delights in causing in children to be punished for the pranks he pulls at night; Sully is instead a heartwarming GentleGiant and PapaWolf. This also applies to Boo compared to Brian as while Brian is a BrattyHalfPint who partakes in the sadistic pranks, Boo is a sweet little girl.

* ''Film/{{Darkman}}''

** Darkman also has multiple parallels to [[Characters/SpiderManCentralRoguesGallery the Chameleon]] a foe of Spider-Man (whom Raimi would go onto to [[Film/SpidermanTrilogy adapt]] a few years later) both being a MasterOfDisguise who uses LatexPerfection. They both even have a wall covered in perfect replicas of people’s faces. However where the Chameleon is an unscrupulous criminal, Darkman is a hero.
* ''Film/EdwardScissorhands''

** If Edward is the virtuous copy to Frankenstein's Monster then The Inventor would be this to Victor Frankenstein, but Victor treated Frankenstein's Monster as more of an afterthought and never bothered to raise him at all whilst The Inventor did try to raise Edward as best as he can a son. Also, The Inventor's other creations, creepy-looking as they are, are ultimately harmless, as they're used for stuff like baking cookies.

* Franchise/RoboCop is often considered this to another famous '80s sci-fi action icon, the Franchise/{{Terminator}}, who [[Film/TheTerminator debuted]] three years earlier. Each of them is an ultraviolent yet sleek {{Cyborg}} ImplacableMan packing an incredible amount of firepower with ImprobableAimingSkills, and both are durable enough to be ImmuneToBullets, as [[MookHorrorShow demonstrated]] at various points. Their films were even both distributed by the same studio, Creator/OrionPictures, and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was at one point considered to play [=RoboCop=] before Creator/PeterWeller was settled upon. However, while the 1984 Terminator is a cold and terrifying KillerRobot essentially acting as Skynet's ProfessionalKiller hunting down the innocent Sarah Connor and killing civilians and cops that get in his way, [=RoboCop=] is a incorruptible and heroic SuperCop who protects the innocent and upholds the law, even against the very corporation that made him one “bad motherfucker” in the first place. Furthermore, while the Terminator is a MeatSackRobot whose organic human skin covers [[SkeleBot9000 a chilling skeletal machine]], [=RoboCop=] WasOnceAMan, a slain human police officer named Alex Murphy who was [[WeCanRebuildHim rebuilt as a cyborg]], and his humanity is portrayed as key to his morality. Ironically, the majority of later movies in the ''Terminator'' franchise, starting with ''[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Judgment Day]]'', make Arnie’s T-800 Terminator more similar to Murphy, i.e heroic rather than sinister.

* ''Film/SkyHigh2005'': Layla is a passionate environmentalist RedheadInGreen with a GreenThumb, similar to that of [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]]. However, while Ivy is a FemmeFatale with a hypnotic kiss who is willing to murder humans in order to protect the environment, sometimes even ignoring ways the phlebotinum of the week could more directly help the environment, Layla is a GirlNextDoor with a crush on her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood best friend]] Will who is largely non-aggressive unless severely provoked. One of her "[[NominalHero hero]]" classmates doesn't even believe that her power is combat-worthy until the climax because [[MartialPacifist she refuses to use it as a weapon]].

* The Palans of ''Literature/Island1962'' is a better version of the World Staters of ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'': the World Staters pursue things like promiscuous sex, drugs, and communal living to live hedonistic lives of pure pleasure. The Palans embrace a similar lifestyle but to enhance and improve their spiritual and mental health.

* ''Series/TheBoys2019'': She's still a terrible and rather pathetic person, such that "ineffectual and [[JerkassWoobie tragic]]" would probably be a better description than "virtuous", but by the end of season 3 Ashley Barrett has become this to [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]. [[spoiler:Like Lex, she's a bald-headed CEO who stands opposed to Homelander, the show's SupermanSubstitute. Unlike Lex, however, Ashley is hopelessly incompetent and is easily pushed around and bullied by Homelander, who had her installed as the CEO of Vought mainly to use as a [[AuthorityInNameOnly powerless puppet ruler]] while he was the one who actually ran the show. While Lex hates Superman out of jealousy, Ashley hates Homelander out of genuine revulsion at his crimes. Also, while both of them are former redheads who went bald because of their universe's most powerful superhero (Lex in the pre-[[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis]] continuity, at least), Lex lost his hair in a freak accident that he blamed Superman for, while Ashley literally tore her own hair out over the course of the season from the stress of dealing with Homelander, and unlike Lex, who proudly wears his BaldOfEvil, she hides hers behind a wig out of shame.]]

* ''Anime/SwordArtOnlineTheMovieOrdinalScale'': Yuna is an CaptainErsatz of [[Anime/MacrossPlus Sharon Apple]]. Both are VirtualCelebrity IdolSinger[=s=] who as part of their creators' bids to make them more human end up hypnotizing the population, and their true computer forms look very similar to one another. However, Sharon only becomes a case of AIIsACrapshoot because one of her creators illegally installs a chip containing the personality of her other creator, Myung Fan-Lone, to make her less dependent on her (Myung had been the one puppeteering Sharon beforehand). As a consequence, Sharon went insane, brainwashed everyone on Earth, and went {{Yandere}} after the main protagonist Isamu Dyson (due to Myung being Isamu's LoveInterest). In Yuna's case, she is a ReplacementGoldfish for her creator's daughter, who was one of the many victims of the original SAO incident, and his goal is to take away the survivors' memories of SAO to completely resurrect her. Unlike Sharon, Yuna does not become a case of AIIsACrapshoot and never actively harms anyone. Not only is she much less involved in how the plot works (the memories are actually being taken by Eiji, the original Yuna's bereaved boyfriend with Yuna and her music merely being a distraction), but she also objects to her creator's plans and assists Kirito and his allies in trying to stop it from coming to fruition.

** This also applies to their respective fathers. Paul Greyrat, while he does care for his family, is a very flawed man with his fair share of vices. He hits his own son without letting him explain himself after he got into a fight with bullies to save his childhood friend. More jarringly, he shares his son's sexual proclivities but to a much worse extent. In the past, he forced himself onto the woman who would later become his maid while she was sleeping, and he later cheats on his own wife with her. In stark contrast, Reynolds Leywin is an uptight and moral man who truly does care about his family. He would never hit his own son even if angry nor would he ever cheat on his wife.

** Gandalf, the modern TropeCodifier for WizardClassic, draws his inspiration from two mythological figures - Odin from Myth/NorseMythology and Merlin from Myth/ArthurianLegend. However, he is noticeably more moral compared to both of his inspirations.
*** Regarding Odin, Gandalf specifically harkens towards the portrayal of Odin as a wandering deity who travels the world disguised as an elderly bearded man wearing grey robes and a wide-brimmed pointed hat and carrying a staff whose unassuming appearance hides considerable power. However, Odin, far from being the benevolent All-Father, was known for being a rather capricious and morally complex TricksterGod when in his guise as a wanderer known to manipulate mortals for his own benefit, on top of sometimes being a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk who screws with others just because he wants to. Gandalf, while sometimes evasive and a bit of TheTrickster himself, is far more benevolent in nature compared to Odin who spends most of his time acting as the BigGood that he should be rather than messing with others around him.

* Red Leg Zeff from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is obviously similar to Long John Silver of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' fame, being a dreaded one-legged pirate captain and skilled cook who forms an uneasy father-son esque relationship with a young cabin boy. But whereas Silver was only really using Jim to achieve his goals, Zeff deep down genuinely loves Sanji.

* ''Anime/SwordArtOnlineTheMovieOrdinalScale'': Yuna is an CaptainErsatz of [[Anime/MacrossPlus Sharon Apple]]. Both are VirtualCelebrity IdolSinger[=s=] who, as part of their creators' bids to make them more human, end up being instrumental in a plot to hypnotize the population and manipulate their memories, and their true computer forms look very similar to one another. However, Sharon only becomes a case of AIIsACrapshoot because one of her creators illegally installs a military chip containing her other creator's personality to make her less dependent on her, which caused Sharon's desire for self-preservation to shoot up. As a consequence, she went insane, brainwashed everyone on Earth, and went {{Yandere}} after the main protagonist Isamu Dyson (due to said other creator being his LoveInterest Myung Fan-Lone). In Yuna's case, she is a ReplacementGoldfish for her creator's daughter, who was one of the many victims of the original SAO incident, and his goal is to take away the survivors' memories of SAO to completely resurrect her. Unlike Sharon, Yuna does not become a case of AIIsACrapshoot and never actively harms anyone. Not only is she much less involved in how the plot works (the memories are actually being taken by Eiji, the original Yuna's bereaved boyfriend with Yuna and her music merely being a distraction), but she also objects to her creator's plans and assists Kirito and his allies in trying to stop it from coming to fruition.

* ComicBook/{{Batman}}, believe it or not actually was partially inspired by Falke, a.k.a. Dr. Bat, from the Opera ''Theatre/DieFledermaus'', both being aristocrats who dress as bats and use their wealth to take revenge. Except where Batman is a heroic vigilante, Falke is instead a petty asshole who wants to ruin his friend Eisenstein's marriage after the latter left him passed out drunk dressed as a bat to be found by the cops. This operatic basis for the Dark Knight's character has been referenced in ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and even in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheTick''. Modern performances of ''Die Fledermaus'' even make visual references to Batman in the costuming and design.

* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk:
** The dynamic between the Hulk and his AlterEgo Bruce Banner is clearly derived from JekyllAndHyde from ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDoctorJekyllAndMrHyde'', as both involve a MadScientist who creates a monstrous SplitPersonality for themself.

** Superman himself is based on Hugo Danner from ''Literature/{{Gladiator}}'' by Philip Wylie (the novel that directly inspired Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) being a superhuman man raised on a farm who has usual super strength, speed and toughness to the point of being bulletproof. Though where Hugo was a tragic and troubled {{deconstruction}} of having great powers in human society, Supes obviously isn’t, being the UrExample of TheCape.
* ComicBook/SwampThing is a take-off of ComicBook/ManThing [[labelnote:*]] Though in fairness both are derived from ComicBook/TheHeap who debuted even earlier [[/labelnote]] being a super SwampMonster with empathetic abilities who WasOnceAMan. Though where Man-Thing is a mute, neutral creature with little to no intelligence that just lashes out against negative emotions, Swamp Thing in comparison is smart, cultured, can speak and is more traditionally heroic.

* ''Anime/SwordArtOnlineTheMovieOrdinalScale'': Yuna is an CaptainErsatz of [[Anime/MacrossPlus Sharon Apple]]. Both are VirtualCelebrity IdolSinger[=s=] who are instrumental in a plot to hypnotize the population and manipulate their memories, and their true computer forms look very similar to one another. However, Sharon only becomes a case of AIIsACrapshoot because one of her creators illegally installs a military chip containing her other creator's personality, which caused her desire for self-preservation to shoot up. As a consequence, she went insane, brainwashed everyone on Earth, and went {{Yandere}} after the main protagonist Isamu Dyson (due to said other creator being his LoveInterest Myung Fan-Lone). In Yuna's case, she is a ReplacementGoldfish for her creator's daughter, who was one of the many victims of the original SAO incident, and his goal is to take away the survivors' memories of SAO to completely resurrect her. Unlike Sharon, Yuna does not become a case of AIIsACrapshoot and never actively harms anyone. Not only is she much less involved in how the plot works (the memories are actually being taken by Eiji, the original Yuna's bereaved boyfriend with Yuna and her music merely being a distraction), but she also objects to her creator's plans and assists Kirito and his allies in trying to stop it from coming to fruition.

* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk is actually an example of this, as he’s often thought to be a take-off/AlternateCompanyEquivalent to the less popular [[Characters/GreenLantern1941 Solomon Grundy]] who debuted three decades earlier. Both are DumbMuscle Goliaths in ragged clothing with limited speech who cause great destruction and regularly beat the shit out of superheroes. Hulk was even grey like Grundy in his debut (later reused for the Joe Fixit persona) and later in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' even got ResurrectiveImmortality like Grundy. However while Grundy is purely TheBrute who does nothing but hurt others, Hulk is a BruiserWithASoftCenter and TheBigGuy who has helped saved the world numerous times as an unsung BigGood. This also extends to their alter egos as while Bruce Banner is a ScienceHero, Cyrus Gold is a scummy criminal.

** Arthur Leywin is clearly modeled after Rudeus Greyrat from ''Literature/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation''. Both are adult men who died only to ReincarnateInAnotherWorld to a family that consists of a loving healer mother, martial father, and LittleSisterHeroine, first demonstrated their magical prowess at a young age by destroying part of their house, were separated from their families at a young age due to a tragic accident only to later reunite with them, became an extremely talented mage and adventurer and later attend a MagicalAcademy, own a supernatural CanineCompanion, are brought into contact with enigmatic deities who [[spoiler:later turn out to be their enemies]], encounter [[spoiler:people from their past lives]], and attract the attention of several different {{Love Interest}}s including a {{Childhood Friend|Romance}} RescueRomance with a silver-haired elf. The main difference between them is their treatment of women and how they handle their maturity in spite of their apparent age. Rudeus is infamous for being a serial pervert as in his past life he was a {{Hikikomori}} whose only knowledge of how to interact with women comes from playing H-games, and as such he repeatedly displays sexual behavior even in his infancy. Arthur on the other hand acts far more maturely than Rudeus as in his past life he rose from street orphan to king, and spurns most girls that show interest in him as he grows up as he is aware of the mental age gap (on top of having been a mostly CelibateHero in his past life with the one woman he did harbor feelings for [[spoiler:winding up committing SuicideByCop in a duel against him]]). A good situation that demonstrates their differences is how they handle being kissed by their childhood friend. Rudeus acts like a regular teenager without considering the mental age gap (on top having previously consented to one of his {{Love Interest}}s when she wanted to have sex with him years ago without considering the moral implications). In contrast, Arthur is shown to have a brief moral crisis in the aftermath due to said mental age gap, which he follows up on by telling her that they should wait until they are older before they resume their relationship.

** Gandalf is based on the other most famous WizardClassic, Merlin (Tolkien was often critical of [[Myth/KingArthur Arthurian legend]]). Both are wise, long bearded sorcerers who serve as the MentorArchetype for the heroes and the future kings, Arthur for Merlin and Aragorn for Gandalf. Except where Merlin was often a flawed figure (being quite the DirtyOldMan e.g. his encounter with Nimue) and has explicitly demonic origins, Gandalf whilst still a little irritable is unambiguously benevolent being a [[OurAngelsAreDifferent literal angel]] and unlike his Arthurian counterpart shows disgust at sexual harassment when he reads Grima’s mind and sees what he plans for Éowyn.

* ''WesternAnimation/GuillermoDelTorosPinocchio'': Master Geppetto is one to [[{{Literature/Frankenstein}} Victor Frankenstein]] which makes sense given Guillermo took inspiration from the novel. Much like the MadScientist, Geppetto rejected his creation belonging him to be more troublesome while also constantly pursuing perfection. Unlike Victor who spent his whole life in misery because of his refusal to change, the woodcarver abandons his old beliefs and wholeheartedly accepts Pinocchio as his son. He even spends the movie searching for him while Victor spent his story running away from his monster.

* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk is actually an example of this, as he’s often thought to be a take-off/AlternateCompanyEquivalent to the lesser popular [[Characters/GreenLantern1941 Solomon Grundy]] who debuted three decades earlier. Both are DumbMuscle Goliaths in ragged clothing with limited speech who cause great destruction and regularly beat the shit out of superheroes and Hulk was even grey like Grundy in his debut (later reused for the Joe Fixit persona) and later in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' even got ResurrectiveImmortality like Grundy too. However while Grundy is purely TheBrute who does nothing but hurt others, Hulk is a BruiserWithASoftCenter and TheBigGuy who has helped saved the world numerous times as an unsung BigGood. This also extends to their alter egos as while Bruce Banner is a ScienceHero, Cyrus Gold is a scummy criminal.

* Both [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackofNotreDameDisney Esmeralda]] and [[{{WesternAnimation/Hercules}} Megara]] appear to be this to female animated Disney villains in general.

* ''VideoGame/GlobalChampion'': General, the FinalBoss in a fighting game made by Creator/{{Taito}} and released in 1994, is a downplayed example in relation to the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series' M. Bison. Yeah, General has ambitions for global conquest and is extremely ruthless in battle. Though in contrast to the tyrannical Dictator M. Bison, General does have at least some good qualities as demonstrated in Marco's ending. General [[PetTheDog donates to him a new body and funds for a surgical operation for the disfigured fighter to have his brain placed in it so that he can finally have a normal life]]. Even if one wants to accuse that [[PragmaticVillainy this act of charity]] [[ManipulativeBastard is merely a ploy to give]] [[VillainWithGoodPublicity himself some good publicity]] [[PhotoOpWithTheDog and deflect himself from public scrutiny]], or even serve an ulterior purpose of using Marco as a guinea pig to test if this can be done for his own soldiers and supporters or even [[BodyBackUpDrive himself if necessary]], it is still a good deed at the end of the day. M. Bison on the other hand has never once done anything remotely humanitarian and for that matter the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' series of games released the year after ''Kaiser Knuckle/Global Champion'' would reveal that Bison intentionally expelled all good from himself in order to [[MadeOfEvil become purely evil]].

Compare AdaptationalHeroism and AdaptationalNiceGuy, when a character is significantly nicer or more heroic in an adaptation than they are in their main work. A SubTrope of AlternateCompanyEquivalent, CaptainErsatz, and FountainOfExpies. See also TheMoralSubstitute.

* Pearl's mother Ruth from ''Film/{{Pearl|@022}}'' is a more reasonable version of Carrie's mother Margaret from ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}''. While she's still presented as a jerk who's responsible for a lot of Pearl's suffering, she has a very good reason to resent her daughter, knowing that she's violently insane, kills things for fun, and is willing to do anything to achieve her dream of stardom.

* Pearl's mother Ruth from ''Film/{{Pearl}}'' is a more reasonable version of Carrie's mother Margaret from ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}''. While she's still presented as a jerk who's responsible for a lot of Pearl's suffering, she has a very good reason to resent her daughter, knowing that she's violently insane, kills things for fun, and is willing to do anything to achieve her dream of stardom.

** If Edward is the virtuous copy to Frankenstein's Monster then The Inventor would be this to Victor Frankenstein, but Victor treated Frankenstein as more of an afterthought and never bothered to raise him at all whilst The Inventor did try to raise him as best as he can a son. Also, The Inventor's other creations, creepy-looking as they are, are ultimately harmless, as they're used for stuff like baking cookies.

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** Iwao Oguro aka Knuckleduster from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantes'' was confirmed by the author to be comparable to Franchise/{{Batman}} in the same way All-Might is a SupermanSubstitute and is also intentionally similar to ComicBook/ThePunisher. However whole similarly gritty Oguro is actually missing Bruce and Frank’s numerous character flaws, notably he never once abuses or is a SternTeacher to Koichi like Batman does in the comics with his sidekicks nor is he a ControlFreak like the Dark Knight. For Punisher while he is a VigilanteMan like him, Oguro never takes it to the TortureTechnician levels that Frank goes to.

** Raiden was heavily based on Lightning from ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina''; both are supernatural Asian warriors with [[ShockAndAwe storm powers]] and [[AllAsiansWearConicalStrawHats coolie hats]]. While Lightning is [[BigBad Lo Pan's]] [[SmugSuper smug]], evil lackey, Raiden is a [[BigGood heroic]] [[MentorArchetype mentor figure]]. Tellingly, Raiden's nemesis is Shang Tsung, ''MK's'' [[{{expy}} answer to]] Lo Pan.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', Groose is an incredibly tall, large-framed, yellow-eyed man with red hair who is established as a rival to Link. That's a description that fits Ganondorf, the main villain of the ''Zelda'' series, but through CharacterDevelopment, Groose evolves into a heroic twist on the character.

* Franchise/RoboCop is often considered this to another famous '80s sci-fi action icon, the Franchise/{{Terminator}}, who [[Film/TheTerminator debuted]] three years earlier. Each of them is an ultraviolent yet sleek {{Cyborg}} ImplacableMan packing an incredible amount of firepower with ImprobableAimingSkills, and both are durable enough to be ImmuneToBullets, as [[MookHorrorShow demonstrated]] at various points. Their films were even both distributed by the same studio, Creator/OrionPictures, and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was at one point considered to play [=RoboCop=] before Creator/PeterWeller was settled upon. However, while the 1984 Terminator is a cold and terrifying KillerRobot hunting down the innocent Sarah Connor and killing civilians and cops that get in his way, [=RoboCop=] is a incorruptible and heroic SuperCop who protects the innocent and upholds the law, even against the very corporation that made him one “bad motherfucker” in the first place. Furthermore, while the Terminator is a MeatSackRobot whose organic human skin covers [[SkeleBot9000 a chilling skeletal machine]], [=RoboCop=] WasOnceAMan, a slain human police officer named Alex Murphy who was [[WeCanRebuildHim rebuilt as a cyborg]], and his humanity is portrayed as key to his morality. Ironically, the majority of later movies in the ''Terminator'' franchise, starting with ''[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Judgment Day]]'', make Arnie’s T-800 Terminator more similar to Murphy, i.e heroic rather than sinister.

** Iwao Oguro aka Knuckleduster from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantes'' was confirmed by the author to be comparable to Franchise/{{Batman}} in the same way All-Might is a SupermanSubstitute and is also intentionally similar to ComicBook/ThePunisher. However whole similarly gritty Oguro is actually missing Bruce and Frank’s numerous character flaws, notably he never once abuses or is a SternTeacher to Koichi like Batman does in the comics with his sidekicks nor is he a ControlFreak like the Dark Knight. For Punisher while he is a VigilanteMan like him, Oguro never takes it to TortureTechnician levels that Frank goes to.

* ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'': It's a bit of a stretch to call him "virtuous", but Caine is based off of [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream AM]], both being AIs puting humans in a similar FateWorseThanDeath. However, AM acts out of naked sadism and hatred. Caine on the other hand is a fun-loving fellow who [[ObliviouslyEvil doesn't actually know he's causing harm.]] There's also their reactions to the idea of escape. AM has no intention of letting anything let anyone escape, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever not even by death]], while Caine actually ''wants'' to provide his performers an exit (since they keep asking for one) but doesn't have a good grasp on what that means.

* Madame Bonfamille from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', design-wise, resembles a far more benevolent version of [[WickedStepmother Lady Tremaine]] from ''{{WesternAnimation/Cinderella}}''