The DC Animated Universe contains many examples of Expy.
The following have their own pages:
Series
- Batman: The Animated Series:
- Summer Gleeson is a stand-in for Vicki Vale, and even has her red hair and her career as a reporter.
- Josiah Wormwood of "The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy" is essentially a prototype Riddler for the show—a deathtrap specialist who uses riddles in his crimes and has an obsession with knowing secrets and matching wits. A few episodes later, the legit Riddler made his debut.
- A rather blatant one of Johnny Cochrane (the attorney who helped get O.J. Simpson acquitted of murder charges) shows up as one of the Joker's lawyers in "Joker's Millions" He turns up again in "Over the Edge".
- While Calendar Girl has additional gimmicks, she is obviously a Gender Flip and stand-in for Calendar Man.
- "Mean Seasons" also features the GWB network, which even has a WB-style water tower. Also, Donna Day, one of Calendar Girl's victims, is an Expy of fashion editor Carrie Donovan.
- The Clock King (Temple Fugate) has more in common with Johnny Witts
, a Silver Age Batman villain who had no gimmick aside from being one step ahead of everyone, even Batman himself, than he does with any preceding incarnation of the Clock King. - Grant Walker could be described as "Evil Walt Disney."
- Mary "Baby Doll" Dahl from Batman: The Animated Series is a reference to 'Baby' Jane from Whatever Happened To Baby Jane. Both are Former Child Star blonde women who wear ringlets and are obsessed with reliving their childhoods. Baby Doll however has a medical disorder that meant she couldn't age while Jane physically grew up however dressed youthfully.
- Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman does not use Kathy Kane, the original Batwoman from the comics, and instead introduces the idea of Batwoman being a Collective Identity used by three different Canon Foreigners. The closest analogue is Kathy Duquesne, who like Kane, ends up in a romantic relationship with Bruce Wayne.
- Superman: The Animated Series
- Jax-Ur bears little resemblance to his comic book counterpart, drawing more inspiration from General Zod.
- Angela Chen, Lois' chief rival, is basically an Asian version of Cat Grant from the comics.
- Static Shock: Static learns of a more experienced electric based superhero that existed before him, a man named Soul Power, an Expy of Black Lightning, whom they couldn't add to the show due to rights issues.
