Shadow Archetypes in Fan Works.
Crossovers
- In Child of the Storm, this is a recurring theme:
- Lucius Malfoy, despite being played up as Fury's Evil Counterpart, is more accurately one for Peter Wisdom a.k.a. Regulus Black. Both are brilliant and utterly ruthless Pureblood spymasters from old families, who grew up in lives of privilege and embraced Voldemort's ideals. Both ultimately disdained those ideals, forging their own paths, merging magical power with muggle organisation and know-how, dismissing the Ministry as incompetent and unfit for it's purpose, looking to reshape the world they grew up in. Both fulfill every single criteria to be a Magnificent Bastard and a Manipulative Bastard. Both are borderline sociopathic, with their only apparent genuine love being for their immediate family. And both seek power. The only apparent difference is that Lucius is entirely self-serving and a social darwinist who believes in the rule of the strong (he's just altered his definition of who qualifies), while Wisdom/Regulus is completely devoted to his country and utterly disinterested in personal benefit, erupting with absolute fury when it's implied otherwise, and seeks to co-opt supernatural/superhuman power to protect those without it.
- Steve Rogers has two: the Winter Soldier and Baron Zemo. The former Steve worries is essentially him when you take away everything human and leave behind only the Super-Soldier (the story hints that he's not wrong, either), while the latter is a Super-Soldier explicitly described by Word of God as 'the Anti-Cap', being The Strategist for HYDRA, a master combatant on the battlefield, and entirely loyal to the dream of HYDRA, while being more than willing to facilitate Klingon Promotion if a specific leader is deemed unsuitable, in contrast to Steve's strategic leadership on the battlefield and loyalty to America as an idea.
- Gravemoss qualifies as this to Loki: a master sorcerer, born different to everyone around him, and occasionally shunned because of it, who delved into darkness and madness, seeking the power he deemed his due, surrounding himself with those he could control... you could be discussing either of them. Of course, even in his madness, Loki had his limits and did love people, as well as displaying Villainous Valour and eventually turning back from the darkness. Gravemoss is a Dirty Coward who cares for no one but himself.
- Harry has one in Voldemort, as per canon, though with a few twists: both are half-bloods, who grew up in miserable circumstances, and whose fathers weren't quite as dead as was generally believed, who are especially influenced by their mothers even from beyond the grave, and cleave particularly strongly to that side of the family while very closely resembling their fathers, who have become incredibly powerful Ambiguously Human beings that may not actually be able to die (with Harry, it's not down to some inherent quality so much as the protection of the Phoenix), wielding vast Psychic Powers (though Voldemort's were stolen) and magic. Harry is also often stated as, if he gave into his dark side, being capable of being much like Magneto at his worst — which, in turn, isn't that different to Voldemort. However, the difference is that while Voldemort uses Mind Rape as a standard tactic, for Harry it's a last resort, one that absolutely horrifies him. Equally, Voldemort surrounds himself with puppets and sees himself as superior, while Harry plays down his background and any basis for superiority, actively seeking the company of those not dazzled by his already growing legend.
- Code Prime:
- Megatron is one to Lelouch — whilst both are incredible commanders with a penchant for the dramatic, Lelouch is still capable of traits like empathy and kindness and is motivated by a desire to create a better world for his sister. Megatron, in contrast, is a power-hungry, sociopathic tyrant who fights solely for his own power. Megatron represents both the likely future Lelouch would've had if he was still a part of the Royal Family and a potential future for Lelouch if the prince loses sight of what he's fighting for.
- Suzaku has steadily been becoming this for Optimus as of late — his idealism and belief in moral absolutes has been stated by several Cybertronians to resemble Optimus in his youth when he was originally known as Orion Pax. Unfortunately, under Megatron's corrupting influence, Suzaku is gradually transforming into a darker version of Optimus...
- Equestria Girls: A Fairly Odd Friendship:
- Both Crocker and Doombringer are also this for Sunset. Both of them are what Sunset would've become had she not learned to let go of her lust for power and obsessions, respectively.
- Vicky is this to Sunset, representing how mean and two-faced Sunset used to be, albeit while targeting little kids who can't hit back.
- Gary and Betty are this to Pinkie Pie. All three of these characters are peppy and cheerful. However, while they have good intentions, Gary and Betty don’t have empathy, unlike Pinkie Pie. Even when she is insensitive, Pinkie realizes that, or when it's pointed out to her, she always apologizes and tries to make things right. Gary and Betty remain blissfully unaware of the harm they cause. When Pinkie first meets Gary and Betty, they get along; they got on her bad side when they took her candy and burned it because they say that they are bad for her brain. Pinkie grows disgusted with them; when Gary and Betty humiliated Timmy in a safety seminar under the glades of helping him, she angrily calls them out for their insensitivity and calls them idiots. Gary and Betty remain unaware of the harm they cause Timmy, while Pinkie took Timmy away and hugs him to comfort him.
- Infinity Train: Blossomverse:
- Infinity Train: Blossoming Trail:
- Sara Diktaylis, like our heroine Chloe, is deeply resentful of others who have what she wishes she did, such as a doting father. But while Chloe simmered in her resentment for years before finally lashing out, Sara channels her envy into manipulating everyone, corrupting her classmates into a Gang of Bullies. Sara also completely lacks empathy and remorse for anything she's done; all she cares about is getting what she wants at any cost.
- Chloe and Sara also share a secret love of horror. Both believe that others will treat them poorly for it — in no small part because Sara has gone out of her way to mock Chloe and paint her as a Creepy Loner Girl. While Chloe wants to be accepted for who she is, macabre tastes included, Sara chose to 'put away' and downplay those interests in favor of more traditionally 'feminine' ones, and leads the bullying with claims that Loners Are Freaks and that anyone whose interests don't conform to the norm deserves to be isolated. Putting it another way, Chloe resists conformity while Sara not only complies, but uses it as a bludgeon against others.
- Infinity Train: Voyage of Wisteria features Carl Foster, who serves as one to Professor Cerise. Carl blames Ash for his son's suffering, as Kris was seriously hurt while trying to match his example. He even cites Cerise confronting and calling out his daughter's bullies as inspiration for his own crusade against Ash. But while the Professor has come to regret his actions and recognized the part he played in his family's problems snowballing out of control, Carl refuses to acknowledge that he's done anything wrong and is willing to take his revenge to horrifying extremes, heedless of who gets caught in the crossfire.
- Carl also parallels the Professor's Parental Neglect... and how Chloe came to believe it was deliberate. Much like Chloe feared with her own father, Kris's accomplishments were completely overshadowed by Ash; Carl berated his son for failing to measure up, abandoning him when he needed it most and blaming him for it.
- Infinity Train: Blossoming Trail:
- Metroid: Kamen Rider Generations
:- Keeping the fact that the fic crossovers with the Kamen Rider Ghost canon, both Adel and Alain embodied this trope to Mitsuzane from his past more than once:
- Adel is a distorted reflection of what would Mitsuzane become if he killed off all his friends and family to further his evil ambitions. This is even lampshaded by Mitsuzane himself while talking to Alain. Word of God states that the (one-sided) feud between Micchy and Adel makes them expies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe versions of Tony Stark and Loki much like that of the TheAvengers (listed below).Micchy: Adel is a full-tilt diva of an omnicidal maniac, he wants flowers, he wants parades, he wants a world where it's all about him! I'll admit, I'm not so different from that son of a bitch you so-called a brother who is bitterly jealous of his own sibling who likes their fathers better.
- Alain represents what Mitsuzane would be if he is manipulative to the point of Control Freak levels. This is well shown in Ghost's TV series when Alain was upset with Makoto siding with Takeru and brainwashing him with the Necrom Eyecon.
- Adel is a distorted reflection of what would Mitsuzane become if he killed off all his friends and family to further his evil ambitions. This is even lampshaded by Mitsuzane himself while talking to Alain. Word of God states that the (one-sided) feud between Micchy and Adel makes them expies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe versions of Tony Stark and Loki much like that of the TheAvengers (listed below).
- Igor is what Mitsuzane would be like if his high opinion of his own intelligence go to his head and disregards other peoples' opinions and feelings.
- Gou has shades of this to Adel. Adel represents Gou would have become if killing his own father are for selfish reasons, making Gou completely devoid of remorse and has no qualms of destroying his own relationships with family and friends.
- Before his Heel–Face Turn in both the canon and fic, Alain is what Samus would have been like if she refused to acknowledged the flaws of humanity and lived to subjugate them.
- In his Perfect Ganmaizer form, Adel also serves this to Samus as they lived to be the strongest warriors of their respective races, whereas Samus aims to bring forth hope to the galaxy, while Adel desires to destroy and recreate the world in his own image and represents what Samus's instigating destruction of worlds are at omnicidal levels.
- Keeping the fact that the fic crossovers with the Kamen Rider Ghost canon, both Adel and Alain embodied this trope to Mitsuzane from his past more than once:
- Mischief (MHA):
- Loki is one to Izuku. Both grew up being ostracized by their peers over being different, are genius planners and masterminds that make up for not being exceptionally strong and dream to make a better world, but while Izuku always held his hopes to achieve his dream no matter what and had people (even if not so until he met his friends), Loki grew bitter, spiteful and manipulative, believing that any means justify the end he seeks.
- Dictator is one Hitoshi. Both have Quirks that allow them to control people (Hitoshi has Compelling Voice, Dictator has People Puppets) and grew up being mistreated over their "Villainous Quirks", but as Hitoshi points out, Dictator gave up and just proved what the others said to right by embracing villainy, while Hitoshi continued fighting no matter how hard the path mad itself to him.
- Shadows over Meridian:
- As a Knight Templar who has a black-and-white view on his prisoners who're supposedly Phobos' loyalists, the Warden of Cavigor is a reflection of the Wardens Are Evil behavior Vathek has started moving past since his Heel Realization, especially when he orders all his prisoners to be murdered and Vathek tries to stop him.
- After seeing how far Vera falls in her desire for revenge, ruining her own life by deserting and tricking her friends into doing likewise (destroying their friendship when it's revealed), Jade starts to worry that she'll end up exactly the same if she lets her own quest for revenge on Elyon and the Guardians overwhelm her.
- Shinji And Warhammer 40 K makes the comparisons between Shinji and his abusive parent quite explicit, with Shinji fervently hoping to avoid following in his father's footsteps. Ritsuko even goes as far as to label Shinji "mini-Gendo".
- To Kill a Thief has Light Yagami as the Shadow Archetype of Miyako Toudaiji.
- In the Azula Trilogy, several of the main villains reflect aspects of Azula's own nature, be it Azun's Fire Nation nationalism, the Governor and Long Feng's cold-blooded Chessmastery; Ilook has Azula's Ax-Crazy without her smarts or self-control; Wei Ming is a similarly deadly, unnerving warrior who comes from a different nation and the opposite social class — and she's a shadow-themed character pitted against a fire-themed character to boot!
- Angel of the Bat: It is acknowledged that The Seraphim and Cassandra Cain have a few things in common, including that they were raised without religion and came to embrace it as they grew older and that both were groomed to be Tyke Bombs. Naturally the difference is Cassandra's healthy association with her faith and The Seraphim's murderous obsession.
- In Hellsister Trilogy, Satan Girl is Supergirl's evil duplicate, fashioned from her dark impulses with nothing of her humanity or compassion. It disturbs Kara that vicious, hateful, blood-thirsty mass-murderer with her face and her world-breaking powers was spawned from her.Supergirl had been rocketed backward in the starry void by the collision with Satan Girl. Unlike Black Adam, Satan Girl didn't bounce off her opponent or waste time with an introduction. She stayed with Kara, grappling, punching, kicking, and scratching. Kara was aghast. She'd been in tough fights before, even against Satan Girl herself, but the viciousness of her cloneling's attack was like that of a rabid leopard.
The worst part of it was looking at Satan Girl's face. Her own face. Twisted in hatred and fury, brimming with viciousness and lust, void of mercy or love. Her Dark Side.
With all of her world-staggering power.
Kara would sooner have been grappling with a Kryptonian rattlesnake. - JLA Watchtower/DC Nation — the "Strangers" plot. Dark Angel "swapped out" several Titans with Evil Counterparts, and twisted reality so that the feelings people had towards the "replaced" Titan went to the villain instead. Nastiest in the case of Cheshire and Troia, but also pretty bad with Starfire's husband and a creepy shapeshifter, and between Fauna and Terra.
- In Hope for the Heartless, Arawn is this to the Horned King. The former is the latter's more evil former master. Like the Horned King after him, Arawn was a feared warlord who sought the Black Cauldron in order to conquer the world. After his death, he has for centuries been imprisoned for life inside the Cauldron. Arawn is the monster the Horned King was before Avalina came to his life and what he would become if he fails his Redemption Quest and remains trapped in the Cauldron forever. Arawn's role in the story is to persuade his former apprentice to turn away from his positive Character Development and return to his old ways so that he'll be sealed in the Cauldron for Arawn to torture forever.
- FIRE! (DarkMark): Red Skull is played up as Captain America's evil counterpart. Both are patriotic people who have been considered heroes in their respective countries. However, Cap strives to build a country which lives up to the principles of freedom and equality for all it was founded on, whereas Skull craves for… well, Nazism.Red Skull: Oh, Captain, you truly amuse me. Look at us. Thesis and antithesis. Each of us was no more than a symbol, Captain. A symbol our governments created to spur on the ones who fought for them. Did you know there were fiction magazines devoted to my exploits in the Fatherland, Captain? Not unlike your cheap pamphlets of colored paper over here, fictionalizing your battles. The Red Skull was their hero, Captain. He was the fearsome foe of the enemies of the Reich, the upholder of truth, justice, and the Aryan way, the only one strong enough to stand against the damnable traitor, Hauptmann Amerika, who slaughtered the flower of Deutschland's youth! That was what I was, Captain America. That is what I am. I am no less a hero than you.
- Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams: The title character is part of a race of creatures that act as a collective Guardian Entity for humans and other races that inhabit our dimension, protecting them from being Mind Raped by the demons and horrors of the Mindscape, who becomes trapped in the mind of Rick Sheridan's mind. The manipulations of his Arch-Enemy Cobweb led to the creation of the nightmarish Psyko, a human gang leader imbued with demonic energy from the Mindscape and turned into a hideous monster that can brutally Mind Rape people and force them to experience their worst nightmares over and over again while using their bodies as People Puppets. The confrontations between them are bloodbaths that Sleepwalker usually emerges from more dead than alive.
- Ultimate Spider-Woman: Putting on a mask and becoming Spider-Woman allowed Mary Jane to come to terms with her anger and let out other parts of her personality, making her grow and mature as a person in the process. Putting on a mask and becoming Jack O'Lantern allowed the person wearing the pumpkin to indulge his darkest fantasies, making him go completely over the edge in the process.
- One of Stray's major themes is "What can change the nature of a man?" The protagonist, Adamska, has two shadow counterparts within the story who represent different variants of himself-gone-wrong. One is an older version of himself that represents everything he doesn't want to become and the other is a former Tyke-Bomb raised by the setting's Ancient Conspiracy as a successor when Adamska himself broke free of their control.
- There's More Magic Out There: Mireille the Incubus is revealed to be one to Aurore, a succubus in the story rather than a norman human in canon. Both of them are lust-powered demons that faced unwanted sexual attention and prejudice for what they were. However, while Aurore is uncomfortable with her powers and refrains from using them, Mireille has chosen to embrace her powers to survive, using them to her advantage such as winning the votes for the Weather Girl competition and is surprise that Aurore has never done so. In addition, while Aurore chooses to open up to her friends in the Mystery Gang, Mireille is far more Improperly Paranoid and fears being exposed as an Incubus.
- Truth & Journalism: Bill 'Buster' Brockman serves as one for Alya, as well as a warning for what her own future may hold if she doesn't recognize her own faults. A disgraced Paparazzi with a notorious reputation, Buster aims to tear down Ladybug's reputation in hopes of boosting his own profile, seeking fame and fortune at the expense of others. Reality means nothing compared to a 'good story'. He has also destroyed his own friendships, refusing to acknowledge the part he played in ruining those relationships, and wishes to repair them only so that his 'friends' will sing his praises again.
- In Blank Canvas, Chizome Akaguro/Hero Killer Stain, is one to Izuku Midoriya. Much like him, Chizome was inspired by All Might to be a hero, his quirk is not exactly combat suited, so he Fights Like a Normal, relying on knifes and his katana on combat, much like Izuku relies on his escrima rods, and has strong sense of justice, except Chizome's has been corrupted by Black-and-White Insanity. In his youth, Akaguro enrolled in one of the country's best hero course schools. Arriving there, however, he found out that their main concern was towards image and fame instead of justice and fairness. With no one to listen to him, he abandoned the hero course and went missing for over a decade, training himself to become a vigilante. After his encounter with Knuckleduster, however, Chizome came to think that the main cause of the corruption in the world were the fake heroes that only care about their ambition and power. He abandoned his Stendhal identity and became Stain, The Hero Killer. It's highly implied that the lack of positive influence on his life is what lead to Chizome becoming cynical and delusional with society, unlike Izuku, who still has his parents and his newfound friends to help keep moving forward and not lose himself.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- In Chrysalis Visits The Hague, Queen Chrysalis' lawyer Alexander Estermann and the ICC prosecutor Serafina Pierman bear a number of striking similarities, down to their very names: Both are dogged legal professionals who fight their battles out of sheer conviction, have a tendency of brooding in their office, and both receive help and guidance from overtly dedicated pony assistants (Lyra Heartstrings and Indigo Beam respectively).
- Getting Back on Your Hooves: Checker Monarch Trixie's sinister sister is this to Trixie, showing what The Great and Powerful Trixie could have been if she hadn't seen the error of her ways. This is shown most directly when Checker infiltrates Trixie's dreams and assumes the form of The Great and Powerful Trixie. It's only by admitting that she was like that and that she's changed for the better that allows Trixie to defeat Checker and finally be happy with herself.
- Loved and Lost: Like Twilight Sparkle, Prince Jewelius is an inquisitive and charismatic young unicorn with close ties to Equestria's ruling royalty (with Twilight being Princess Celestia's student and Princess Cadance's former charge, while Jewelius is the former's nephew and the latter's close cousin). However, Jewelius turns out to be a manipulative sociopath who sets the events of "A Canterlot Wedding" in motion in order to dispose of his aunt and cousin whom he hates due to their superior popularity. He charms Twilight and manipulates her into losing all trust towards her friends, brother and mentor and renouncing them for the way they treated her at the wedding rehearsal. However, once she realizes how evil he truly is, she turns him down and reconciles with her loved ones, while Jewelius refuses to redeem himself. In short, Jewelius is what Twilight could become if she permanently cut ties with her loved ones and chose selfishness and obstinate hatred over forgiveness and responsibility.
- Pony POV Series:
- Fluttercruel manages to be her own shadow archetype. Specifically, the Epilogue/Dark World timeline version of Fluttercruel shows how much of a monster her main universe counterpart isn't, even before her Character Development and Heel–Face Turn. Word of God is that the defining difference is their upbringing — Epilogue!Fluttercruel was raised by Discord, whereas the main version of 'Cruel was raised by Fluttershy.
- Also in the Dark World, the Valeyard, the Doctor's discorded self, is this to the Doctor himself. He possesses all of the Doctor's negative traits (his ego, his manipulative abilities, and even a full on Time Lord Victorious power trip), but none of his positives. Also, where the Doctor has faith in his companions, the Valeyard believes allies only hinder one's progress. While the Doctor has on many occasions been willing to sacrifice himself to save others, the Valeyard seems absolutely terrified of permanently dying. He also notably is a Chess Master, but doesn't seem as good as the Doctor when it comes to performing an Indy Ploy. Fitting, as the Valeyard was explained by the Master in the original series to be the personification of the Doctor's inner evil and darker qualities.
- Obito-Sensei: Kushina's circumstances parallel those her son canonically faces; both suffered through a lonely childhood due to their status as the Nine-Tailed Fox's Jinchuuriki. Both are fiercely protective of their loved ones, fighting to rise through the ranks of Konoha, and each befriended a member of the Uchiha Clan... and forgive said friend for some truly grievous actions. However, unlike canon!Naruto, Kushina is revealed to have been completely Conditioned to Accept Horror; she has fully accepted and internalized the notion that she is nothing more than a living tool, and her forgiveness of Mikoto's horrific plans is not rooted in a desire to see her friend be a better person, but refusing to acknowledge they did anything wrong. In addition, while Naruto eventually befriended Kurama and treated them as more than a monster, Kushina regards the Fox as being Made of Evil, seeing nothing wrong with Mind Raping the Fox to get what she wants out of him.
- In Oneiroi, Deirdre is the Shadow Archetype of Tiasal. Sadly enough, Tiasal didn't figure it out on time before she surrendered control of her body over to her.
- In Denounce the Evils, while Jessie and James try to make amends and turn over a new leaf, Cassidy and Butch are still as power-hungry as ever. Jessie realizes that she doesn't envy Cassidy anymore—she pities her.
- Pokémon Reset Bloodlines has one for Ash in Belladonna Tyrian who is strongly hinted to be his half-sister. She represents what Ash might become if he doesn't restrain his anger over people hurting his loved ones.
- Old West:
- Grace Glossy realizes eventually that her lover, Rattlesnake Jake, is this to her after she witnesses him murdering her husband remorselessly and in utter fury for hurting her. She's afterwards unable to face him while she's dealing with the fact that under her stand-up shell, she's just as capable of taking a life in righteous fury (like those of the robbers who killed nearly all of her unborn babies) as Jake is.
- Like with Sheriff Rango, the vices of Benjamin Hares include pretentiousness and cowardness. After Rango was exposed as a false hero, he returned to save the day as a true hero. While he hasn't fully lost his vices, he attempts to do the right thing as a sheriff. Benjamin in turn is an incorrigible Con Man who cares firstly about himself and his own safety. He charmed Grace into marrying him and left her penniless to escape his debts, returning ten years later with false regrets in order to sell her out again and get his debts covered. In short, Benjamin is what Rango could have become if he had never decided to redeem himself by saving the people of Dirt and instead continued his life as a fraudster on the move. In the climax, Rango does something Benjamin wouldn't have likely done: rescuing the wife and son of Hares by jumping in front of the bullet aimed at them.
- In the first part of the Slayers Trilogy, every character meets a "reflection" of them.
- Soul Eater: Troubled Souls: Invoked and exploited. The fourth and final Deadly Game on Cobra Island has Medusa and Free use a combination of Ouroboros and Spatial Magic to isolate the main cast each in individual abysses of darkness. Awaiting them upon waking up are literally shadows that reflect their inner insecurities, faults, and flaws that they, and probably others, ignore or never knew they had. The shadows have no compunctions delivering “The Reason You Suck” Speeches that air out said things. They also dish out a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown on their real selves, which Medusa wants because, in case they survive, they will be broken psychologically and physically. The scenario sounds like a Shout-Out to the Shadow Selves of Persona 4.
- Inkopolis Chaos: Lieutenant Obsidian is this to Natalie; both Octolings deserted to Inkopolis in hope of acceptance. Obsidian embraced her spite and never gave the Inklings another chance to accept her. To Natalie, she represents the impact of Natalie's own backstory and what Natalie could have become if she didn't let go of her past.
- In Precipice, Palpatine's Sith Lords, Darth Specter and Darth Infernalis, are representations of Anakin's darker attributes:
- Specter embodies Anakin's need for the approval of others and his sense of self-importance. He desperately seeks to live up to impossible expectations while crumbling under the weight of trying to do so and acts high-and-mighty to cover his insecurities. All of these are flaws that Anakin possesses that he doesn't like to think about, even acknowledging that Specter's need for approval hits too close to home for him.
- Infernalis embodies Anakin's Blood Knight tendencies. He's a murderous killing machine who lives for conflict, much like how Anakin is at his best in the heat of battle and thrives off fighting powerful opponents. Anakin isn't really fond of how much he enjoys fighting and how it flies in the face of the pacifist Jedi philosophy that he's never been good at maintaining.
- Distortions: The White Noise Unit are this to the Adaptors:
- Samantha Acamporra is Hibiki's, being what Hibiki would become if the events Hibiki has gone through would cause her to abandon the idealism she has about the world.
- Jwa Ji-Eun is Tsubasa's, being how Tsubasa would have turned out if she was made into an avenger rather than protector, raised with nobody in her life but Fudou, and then left to boil in that kind of environment for years.
- Mwikiza Gowon is Chris', being what Chris would of ended up becoming had she not ended up being saved from the path she was heading towards by working with Finé by Hibiki and Genjuro.
- Timoty Darmawan is Maria's, whereas Maria wishes to take her weakness and improve herself to become stronger, Darmawan is obsessed with building upon his existing strength.
- Caprice Calcaterra is Shirabe's, while Shirabe is passionate but relatively reserved, whereas Caprice is outgoing but relatively impassionate.
- Kir Cheslav Voronin is Kirika's, both of them have issues with their own self-worth, but while Kirika's is just a flat out lack of value in her own self-worth, Voronin's is that his entire sense of self-worth is tied up in his skills and abilities as a sniper.
- Played with in Tron: Endgame Scenario where two of the TRON 2.0 cast are deliberately written as "light-sided" equivalents to villainous characters in the film timelines. Ma3a is a Benevolent A.I. meant to be a contrast to Master Control and Clu. Mercury's role as her enforcer and Champion has the same role as Sark and Rinzler, but played on the side of good. Jet is The Lancer and Foil to Sam Flynn, having a very different experience in Cyberspace that makes him a firm ally of the Programs, contrasted with Sam's ambivalence. The F-Con Trio and the Dillingers are also written as inverses of the Flynn-Bradley team, seeking domination over the digital world and control of the analog one where the heroes are fighting more for cooperation and symbiosis of both worlds.
