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* ''Film/LiloAndStitch2002'': Cobra Bubbles and the Grand Councilwoman are very similar characters. Both of them are currently or formerly associated with a high-level government body (the CIA and the United Galactic Federation, respectively). Both are tall, bald and imposing. Both have stoic and serious personalities. And both of them start out as [[HeroAntagonist antagonistic]] characters who want to take one half of the titular duo away, but are ultimately {{reasonable authority figure}}s with a penchant for [[LoopholeAbuse using loopholes]] to create scenarios that satisfy everybody involved. It's eventually revealed that they'd actually met back in the 1970s, and when they cross paths again at the end of the movie, they work together to both keep Lilo and Stich together and come up with a plausible justification for doing so.



* ''Film/DemolitionMan'': Spartan and Phoenix both fall foul of the verbal morality code soon after getting out of the cryoprison. Moreover, they're both men with an exceptional talent for violence (though Phoenix ''enjoys'' it a lot more), and the only reason for one to exist is because the other is still around. (As soon as Spartan has finally collared Phoenix, his superiors don't regret at all that he seems he played a role in the hostages' deaths and send him to the same cryo-prison Phoenix has been sentenced to; with Phoenix out of the way, there's no need for someone like John Spartan. And soon as Phoenix is revived and returns to his old ways, the obvious answer is to thaw out John Spartan to stop him once more.) Lampshaded by Spartan's echoed lines at the start and the end.

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* ''Film/DemolitionMan'': Spartan and Phoenix both fall foul of the verbal morality code soon after getting out of the cryoprison. Moreover, they're both men with an exceptional talent for violence (though Phoenix ''enjoys'' ''[[AxCrazy enjoys]]'' it a lot more), and the only reason for one to exist is because the other is still around. (As soon as Spartan has finally collared Phoenix, his superiors don't regret at all that he seems he played a role in the hostages' deaths and send him to the same cryo-prison Phoenix has been sentenced to; with Phoenix out of the way, there's no need for someone like John Spartan. And soon as Phoenix is revived and returns to his old ways, the obvious answer is to thaw out John Spartan to stop him once more.) Lampshaded by Spartan's echoed lines at the start and the end.



* TheAntichrist is the Evil Counterpart of [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Christ]], Jesus the son of God and the Antichrist the son of Satan, with the apparent ability to create wonders and miracles as Jesus himself did.

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* TheAntichrist is the Evil Counterpart of [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Christ]], Jesus the son of God and the Antichrist the son of Satan, {{Satan}}, with the apparent ability to create wonders and miracles as Jesus himself did.



* In Jewish and some Christian theologies, Lilith is Eve's counterpart and predecessor as Adam's wife. While Lilith is seen as the mother of demons, Eve is the mother of all humans.
* In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Zeus overthrew his father Chronos as Chronos overthrew his own father, using the same scythe, to reign over all Olympus.

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* In Jewish and some Christian theologies, Lilith Myth/{{Lilith}} is Eve's counterpart and predecessor as Adam's wife. While Lilith is seen as the [[MotherOfAThousandYoung mother of demons, demons]], Eve is the mother of all humans.
* In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Zeus overthrew his father Chronos [[HistoryRepeats as Chronos overthrew his own father, father]], using the same scythe, to reign over all Olympus.
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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'': Doctor Octopus is the archenemy of Spider-Man in a very classic sense. Otto and Peter have a lot in common, both [[ScienceHero being scientists,]] [[FriendlessBackground who were bullied in school,]] and later got caught up in [[FreakLabAccident freak accidents]] that dramatically changed them forever. Both received a lot of power and both decided to channel that power by adopting an alter-ego based on eight-legged animal. The difference is that Peter chose to be a superhero and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility use his powers for good,]] while Otto chose to become a criminal, [[DrunkWithPower who tries to get back at the world.]] Doctor Octopus is the most recurring villain of the franchise, challenging the very idea of Spider-Man and being responsible for some of the most dramatic incidents in Peter’s career as a superhero: his first defeat, near death, death of Captain Stacey, establishment of Sinister Six and outright [[GrandTheftMe identity theft.]] At the same time, Otto never really cared about the man behind the mask and kept his rivalry with Spider-Man on sort of [[AffablyEvil "gentlemanly"]] level, actually making a point of trying not to hurt Peter's loved ones, and even ''saving'' his life from an illness once, though that edged dangerously close to a HeelFaceDoorSlam seeing as he died shortly afterwards. HeGotBetter.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Since Creator/GeorgePerez's [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 1987 run of the comic]], ComicBook/{{Circe}} has been positioned as this to Diana. Both are magical and mythological superwomen empowered by higher beings who strive to change the world with their beliefs and powers. However, Wonder Woman wants a peaceful world of kindness and virtue, whereas Circe desires a world of cruelty and depravity. Even their behavior marks the contrast of a MadonnaWhoreComplex perception seen against women. ''ComicBook/WonderWomanBlackAndGold'': "The Acquaintance" directly comments on the similarities Diana and Circe share; both are demigoddess offspring of gods associated with the sky (Zeus and Helios), their immortality means they'll outlive most everyone they know, and they've been in relationships with headstrong muscle-bound types (Superman and Odysseus).

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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'': Doctor Octopus ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': ComicBook/DoctorOctopus is the archenemy of Spider-Man in a very classic sense. Otto and Peter have a lot in common, both [[ScienceHero being scientists,]] [[FriendlessBackground who were bullied in school,]] and later got caught up in [[FreakLabAccident freak accidents]] that dramatically changed them forever. Both received a lot of power and both decided to channel that power by adopting an alter-ego based on eight-legged animal. The difference is that Peter chose to be a superhero and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility use his powers for good,]] while Otto chose to become a criminal, [[DrunkWithPower who tries to get back at the world.]] Doctor Octopus is the most recurring villain of the franchise, challenging the very idea of Spider-Man and being responsible for some of the most dramatic incidents in Peter’s career as a superhero: his first defeat, near death, death of Captain Stacey, establishment of Sinister Six and outright [[GrandTheftMe identity theft.]] At the same time, Otto never really cared about the man behind the mask and kept his rivalry with Spider-Man on sort of [[AffablyEvil "gentlemanly"]] level, actually making a point of trying not to hurt Peter's loved ones, and even ''saving'' his life from an illness once, though that edged dangerously close to a HeelFaceDoorSlam seeing as he died shortly afterwards. HeGotBetter.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Since Creator/GeorgePerez's [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 1987 run of the comic]], ComicBook/{{Circe}} Circe has been positioned as this to Diana. Both are magical and mythological superwomen empowered by higher beings who strive to change the world with their beliefs and powers. However, Wonder Woman wants a peaceful world of kindness and virtue, whereas Circe desires a world of cruelty and depravity. Even their behavior marks the contrast of a MadonnaWhoreComplex perception seen against women. ''ComicBook/WonderWomanBlackAndGold'': "The Acquaintance" directly comments on the similarities Diana and Circe share; both are demigoddess offspring of gods associated with the sky (Zeus and Helios), their immortality means they'll outlive most everyone they know, and they've been in relationships with headstrong muscle-bound types (Superman and Odysseus).
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* ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'': Despite how much CommanderBadass dislikes [[CanadaEh Canadian Guy]], they are more alike than he'd care to admit, in tastes of games, enunciation, and even appearance (to the point that they're {{Palette Swap}}s of each other). Emphasized in [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/if-you-havent-seen-pacific-rim-yet-what-are-you-doing-go-now-drop-everything this comic]] where, despite having three siblings and two children (and though he doesn't mention them, an ex-wife, a love interest, and a surrogate son), Canadian Guy is the one Commander Badass is most [[Film/PacificRim drift-compatible]] with. As it turns out, there's a good reason for that. [[spoiler: Know how the Commander's an ArtificialHuman? Canadian Guy is a bootleg of him made with some regional variants by Canadians.]]

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* ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'': Despite how much CommanderBadass [[ColonelBadass Commander Badass]] dislikes [[CanadaEh Canadian Guy]], they are more alike than he'd care to admit, in tastes of games, enunciation, and even appearance (to the point that they're {{Palette Swap}}s of each other). Emphasized in [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/if-you-havent-seen-pacific-rim-yet-what-are-you-doing-go-now-drop-everything this comic]] where, despite having three siblings and two children (and though he doesn't mention them, an ex-wife, a love interest, and a surrogate son), Canadian Guy is the one Commander Badass is most [[Film/PacificRim drift-compatible]] with. As it turns out, there's a good reason for that. [[spoiler: Know how the Commander's an ArtificialHuman? Canadian Guy is a bootleg of him made with some regional variants by Canadians.]]
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* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', Marty learns from time-traveling to 1955 that his father George was much like him when he was his age. Marty had a demo tape for his band, but didn't let others listen to it, while his father George [[HiddenDepths wrote sci-fi stories]], but never let others read them, both due to a crippling fear of rejection.

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* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', Marty learns from time-traveling to 1955 that his father George was much like him when he was his age. Marty had a demo tape for his band, but didn't let others listen to it, while his father George [[HiddenDepths wrote sci-fi stories]], but never let others read them, both due to a crippling fear of rejection.
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Mirror Characters, also known as Parallel Characters in some literary circles, almost certainly share personality traits, values, similar skill sets, and possibly even goals and likely a narrative arc. They may have the same or similar background, whether they're from the WrongSideOfTheTracks or born a RoyalBrat. They might have have shared the same mentor in the past (or even the present). If they have none of the same backstory at all, their similarities will be significant for coming about regardless of their environment.

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Mirror Characters, also known as Parallel Characters in some literary circles, almost certainly share personality traits, values, similar skill sets, and possibly even goals and likely a narrative arc. They may have the same or similar background, whether they're from the WrongSideOfTheTracks or born a RoyalBrat. They might have have shared the same mentor in the past (or even the present). If they have none of the same backstory at all, their similarities will be significant for coming about regardless of their environment.
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* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
** Caboose is the Blue Team's CloudCuckoolander while the Red Team's Donut is [[InnocentMeansNaive absurdly naive]]. These traits make them their respective team's most innocent members, with Caboose having a child-like lack of understanding of the world and Donut being utterly clueless that everything he says is a DoubleEntendre. Together, they are the friendliest, dumbest and silliest members of their teams. They are also the most underestimated, which allows them to be the most insightful (Caboose's ability to see to the heart of a problem) or useful (Donut's incredible ability with grenade-throwing) team member at key moments in the plot. This is lampshaded by Washington during the Shisno Paradox arc, when he realises just how overlooked Donut's usefulness to the team really is, and just how useful Caboose's ability to simplify a problem can also be.
** Tucker and Simmons are both their team's seconds-in-command. When Washington first replaces Church as Blue team leader, the pair compare Washington and Sarge's styles. They are both deeply frustrated by their leaders, with Simmons yearning to be the strict, organised Washington's subordinate and Tucker complaining that Sarge's haphazard leadership sounds better for his laid-back personality. The differences make it seem as though Tucker and Simmons have the wrong leaders and are in the wrong teams in an arc that concludes they're actually in the right teams, after all because Sarge depends on the methodical Simmons while Washington is the first person who has ever believed that Tucker has genuine potential.
** Carolina and Sharkface. They fought each other during the war between Project Freelancer and the Insurrection ([[spoiler:really [[NGOSuperpower Charon Industries]]]]), who both saw their teams as a sort of [[TrueCompanions surrogate family]], only to lose them and go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge in response. The difference is, Carolina learned to let go of the past and move on, eventually finding a new surrogate family, while Sharkface let his [[RevengeBeforeReason lust for revenge consume him completely]] and refused Carolina's offer of a LastSecondChance [[spoiler:leading to him being unceremoniously gunned down by Kimball and Wash after declaring he'll never stop coming after them]].
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'': Johnny Silverhand and Saburo Arasaka were both veterans of a losing war (World War II for Saburo, the Second Central American War for Johnny), who came home with disabling injuries, new ideas about what the world should be, and a growing willingness to do what it took to make their ideas reality. However, Saburo doubled down on his pro-Japanese Ultranationalist ideals and and became a reactionary force for imperialism through corporate hegemony, where Johnny lost all respect for authority figures and the entire concept of power, and began spreading anti-corporate anarchism through the power of chromatic rock and street violence.
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* ''WebAnimation/MarvelRisingUltimateComics'': Inferno's short highlights the similarities between him and the Hulk, namely their struggles with controlling their destructive power and how it leads the people around them to fear them and view them as monsters.
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* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': In his first appearance, Flintheart Glomgold is portrayed as just another Scrooge [=McDuck=], with the exact same cheapskate habits, and who virtually possess equal wealth as Scrooge. They are also shown to be about as equally unscrupulous, and both repeatedly tries to screw one another in order to come out on top during their string-saving contest. CharacterizationMarchesOn eventually makes Scrooge more heroic and Flintheart more villainous that he becomes more of Scrooge's EvilCounterpart than a pure mirror.

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* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': In his first appearance, Flintheart Glomgold is portrayed as just another Scrooge [=McDuck=], with the exact same cheapskate habits, and who virtually possess equal wealth as Scrooge. They are also shown to be about as equally unscrupulous, and both repeatedly tries try to screw one another in order to come out on top during their string-saving contest. CharacterizationMarchesOn eventually makes Scrooge more heroic and Flintheart more villainous that he becomes more of Scrooge's EvilCounterpart than a pure mirror.EvilCounterpart.

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* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': Flintheart Glomgold was initially portrayed as just another Scrooge [=McDuck=], with the exact same cheapskate habits, and who virtually possess equal wealth as Scrooge. They were also shown to be about as equally unscrupulous, as shown when Scrooge drugged Flintheart while Flintheart convinced Scrooge to put his ball of string on an anthill. CharacterizationMarchesOn would make Scrooge more heroic and Flintheart more villainous that he becomes more of Scrooge's EvilCounterpart than a pure mirror.

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* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': In his first appearance, Flintheart Glomgold was initially is portrayed as just another Scrooge [=McDuck=], with the exact same cheapskate habits, and who virtually possess equal wealth as Scrooge. They were are also shown to be about as equally unscrupulous, as shown when Scrooge drugged Flintheart while Flintheart convinced Scrooge and both repeatedly tries to put his ball of string screw one another in order to come out on an anthill. top during their string-saving contest. CharacterizationMarchesOn would make eventually makes Scrooge more heroic and Flintheart more villainous that he becomes more of Scrooge's EvilCounterpart than a pure mirror.
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* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': Flintheart Glomgold was initially portrayed as just another Scrooge [=McDuck=], with the exact same cheapskate habits, and who virtually possess equal wealth as Scrooge. They were also shown to be about as equally unscrupulous, as shown when Scrooge drugged Flintheart while Flintheart convinced Scrooge to put his ball of string on an anthill. CharacterizationMarchesOn would make Scrooge more heroic and Flintheart more villainous that he becomes more of Scrooge's EvilCounterpart than a pure mirror.
-->'''Donald:''' It wasn't bad enough that there was ''one'' millionaire in the world as wacky as Uncle Scrooge. There has to be ''two''.
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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'': Doctor Octopus is the archenemy of Spider-Man in a very classic sense. Otto and Peter have a lot in common, both [[ScienceHero being scientists,]] [[FriendlessBackground who were bullied in school,]] and later got caught up in [[FreakLabAccident freak accidents]] that dramatically changed them forever. Both received a lot of power and both decided to channel that power by adopting an alter-ego based on eight-legged animal. The difference is that Peter chose to be a superhero and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility use his powers for good,]] while Otto chose to become a criminal, [[DrunkWithPower who tries to get back at the world.]] Doctor Octopus is the most recurring villain of the franchise, challenging the very idea of Spider-Man and being responsible for some of the most dramatic incidents in Peter’s career as a superhero: his first defeat, near death, death of Captain Stacey, establishment of Sinister Six and outright [[GrandTheftMe identity theft.]] At the same time, Otto never really cared about the man behind the mask and kept his rivalry with Spider-Man on sort of [[AffablyEvil "gentlemanly"]] level, actually making a point of trying not to hurt Peter's loved ones.

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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'': Doctor Octopus is the archenemy of Spider-Man in a very classic sense. Otto and Peter have a lot in common, both [[ScienceHero being scientists,]] [[FriendlessBackground who were bullied in school,]] and later got caught up in [[FreakLabAccident freak accidents]] that dramatically changed them forever. Both received a lot of power and both decided to channel that power by adopting an alter-ego based on eight-legged animal. The difference is that Peter chose to be a superhero and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility use his powers for good,]] while Otto chose to become a criminal, [[DrunkWithPower who tries to get back at the world.]] Doctor Octopus is the most recurring villain of the franchise, challenging the very idea of Spider-Man and being responsible for some of the most dramatic incidents in Peter’s career as a superhero: his first defeat, near death, death of Captain Stacey, establishment of Sinister Six and outright [[GrandTheftMe identity theft.]] At the same time, Otto never really cared about the man behind the mask and kept his rivalry with Spider-Man on sort of [[AffablyEvil "gentlemanly"]] level, actually making a point of trying not to hurt Peter's loved ones.ones, and even ''saving'' his life from an illness once, though that edged dangerously close to a HeelFaceDoorSlam seeing as he died shortly afterwards. HeGotBetter.

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* TooMuchAlikeTooMuchAlike: When people can't get along because of how similar they are.


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* Website/SCPFoundation: While most likely unintentional [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-049 SCP-049]] and [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-590 SCP-590]] could possibly be viewed as foils to each other. Their powers both involve touching someone to cure them, but 049 [[TouchOfDeath kills]] whoever he touches and brings them back as [[DeathOfPersonality mindless]] [[CameBackWrong zombies]] under the belief that he’s curing an unknown pestilence while 590 actually can heal people by touching them [[EmpathicHealer but receives whatever he’s healing]] as a result. 049 is also highly intelligent and initially treated well by the Foundation while 590 [[ManChild has the mind of a toddler]] and is treated extremely harshly by the Foundation.
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* TheAntichrist is the Evil Counterpart of [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Christ]], Jesus the son of God and the Antichrist the son of Satan, with the apparent ability to creator wonders and miracles as Jesus himself did.

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* ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'': [[spoiler: Kazuma Asogi]] becomes one to Barok van Zieks in ''Resolve'', emulating the path Barok himself took as a rookie prosecutor [[spoiler: and almost repeating the crime that he hated Barok for- convicting an innocent man because personal bias prevented him from noticing the obvious signs of a FrameUp. For Barok, it was convicting Genshin Asogi of being a SerialKiller because he couldn't accept that the ''real'' killer was his brother, and for Kazuma it was trying to convict Barok in revenge for the previous incident]]. Fortunately, ThePowerOfFriendship prevails and [[spoiler: Kazuma]] is made to see sense before he can destroy himself pursuing revenge.
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* ''Film/{{Thoroughbreds}}'':
** Amanda and Lily. They appear to be total opposites, as Lily is a preppy, high-achieving StepfordSmiler with an excellent reputation, and Amanda is a sociopath with absolutely no friends or moral scruples. [[spoiler:But Lily has also been faking most of this all along; she was also thrown out and ostracized from her old school, and she murders Mark and frames Amanda for it rather than go to boarding school.]]
** Perhaps more disturbingly, Lily and Mark. [[spoiler:Mark is a total asshole and obsessive ControlFreak who painfully grabs her wrist on one occasion. However, Lily herself shows that she can be extremely violent towards Mark when he threatens to dismantle her perfect life, which is symbolically represented by her taking his car after she kills him and gets away with it.]]

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* EvilCounterpartRace: A whole species who are evil equivalents to a race of benign beings.



* MirrorMatch: A match in a fighting game where the player and their AI-controlled opponent are the same character.

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* OtherMeAnnoysMe: A character is irritate by a different version of themselves.

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* AlternateSelf

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* AlternateSelfAlternateSelf: A character's counterpart in an alternate reality to their own.



* CommonalityConnection

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* EvilCounterpart
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EvilCounterpart: A villain who is essentially an evil version or polar opposite to the hero.
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EvilCounterpartRace: A whole species who are evil equivalents to a race of benign beings.
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EvilFormerFriend: The villain used to be the hero's friend.
* EvilKnockoffEvilKnockoff: An artificial being (such as a clone or a robot) created to be an evil version of the hero.



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MirrorBoss: A video game boss who has the same abilities as the player character.
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* According to Christian theory, the ArchangelMichael is the leader of Heaven's angels and armies against the forces of evil and is destined to meet the fallen angel Lucifer, formally the most high in Heaven below God Himself, leading his fallen angels in combat during the War of Heaven as mentioned in the book of Revelation.
* In Jewish and some Christian theories, Lilith is Eve's counterpart and predecessor as Adam's wife. While Lilith is seen as the mother of demons, Eve is the mother of all humans.

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* According to Christian theory, theology, the ArchangelMichael is the leader of Heaven's angels and armies against the forces of evil and is destined to meet the fallen angel Lucifer, formally formerly the most high in Heaven below God Himself, leading his fallen angels in combat during the War of Heaven as mentioned in the book of Revelation.
* In Jewish and some Christian theories, theologies, Lilith is Eve's counterpart and predecessor as Adam's wife. While Lilith is seen as the mother of demons, Eve is the mother of all humans.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': [[BigBad Stinky Pete]] is essentially what Woody would be if he were more possessive and controlling than he usually is.

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* Lotso from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' turns out to be similar to Woody in the first movie. They are/were their owner's favorite toy and they didn't like being "replaced" by another toy. The differences between them is that Woody warmed up to Buzz, actively did his best to get them both back home and overcame his jealousy. Lotso, on the other hand, refused to let Chuckles and Big Baby go back and became more bitter over time. Also, Woody cared a lot about Andy's happiness while Lotso only cared about himself.

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* Lotso from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' turns out to be similar to ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': [[BigBad Stinky Pete]] is essentially what Woody in the first movie. They are/were their owner's favorite toy and they didn't like being "replaced" by another toy. The differences between them is that Woody warmed up to Buzz, actively did his best to get them both back home and overcame his jealousy. Lotso, on the other hand, refused to let Chuckles and Big Baby go back and became would be if he were more bitter over time. Also, Woody cared a lot about Andy's happiness while Lotso only cared about himself.possessive and controlling than he usually is.
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* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'': Not only is Celesto Morgan Dominic's EvilCounterpart (and opposing Champion during the Storm of Souls arc), but Celesto's tendency to believe IDidWhatIHadToDo, that UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans, to act as if he has an OmniscientMoralityLicense and is AboveGoodAndEvil, and his WellIntentionedExtremist thinking are all mirrored in Dominic being TheChessmaster who often gets accused of ProtagonistCenteredMorality, WhatTheHellHero, and MoralDissonance. Dominic, recognizing this, keeps trying to offer Celesto a way back to the light on numerous occasions (which he of course [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids sneers at]] and [[RedemptionRejection rejects]]) while Celesto, when he isn't offering Dominic the chance to [[WeCanRuleTogether join him and make the world a better place]], the way they think it "should" be, is usually calling Dominic on his manipulative actions and nastily underscoring their similarities. In a twisted way, even his stint as TheAtoner could be said to be Celesto [[MustMakeAmends attempting to make amends]] by turning himself into what [[EvilCannotComprehendGood he thinks]] [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame Dominic actually is]].

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* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'': Not only is Celesto Morgan Dominic's EvilCounterpart (and opposing Champion during the Storm of Souls arc), but Celesto's tendency to believe IDidWhatIHadToDo, that UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans, to act as if he has an OmniscientMoralityLicense and is AboveGoodAndEvil, and his WellIntentionedExtremist thinking are all mirrored in Dominic being TheChessmaster who often gets accused of ProtagonistCenteredMorality, WhatTheHellHero, and MoralDissonance.ProtagonistCenteredMorality. Dominic, recognizing this, keeps trying to offer Celesto a way back to the light on numerous occasions (which he of course [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids sneers at]] and [[RedemptionRejection rejects]]) while Celesto, when he isn't offering Dominic the chance to [[WeCanRuleTogether join him and make the world a better place]], the way they think it "should" be, is usually calling Dominic on his manipulative actions and nastily underscoring their similarities. In a twisted way, even his stint as TheAtoner could be said to be Celesto [[MustMakeAmends attempting to make amends]] by turning himself into what [[EvilCannotComprehendGood he thinks]] [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame Dominic actually is]].
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* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14506926 A Bitter Goodbye]]'' posits Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin to both be so stubborn, prideful, and unwilling to compromise on their beliefs that they can no longer get along.
* In ''Fanfic/TheCosmosMiraculousLadybug'', Rose Lavillant is every inch the ManipulativeBitch [[BitchInSheepsClothing in Sheep's Clothing]] Lila Rossi fancies herself to be, having everyone wrapped round her little finger through her [[ObfuscatingStupidity sweet and overly naïve façade]]. Both of them also have very troubled pasts. But while Rose found a strong support network and uses her manipulative skills as a BullyHunter alongside her TrueCompanions, Lila only cares about herself and achieving her own selfish goals by any means necessary.
* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Ami and Tiger express their shared memories by having the same gestures:
-->"Hmm, [[spoiler:they kind of ''do'' look like sisters]] when they stand next to each other like that," Sailor Moon said when the ensuing silence threatened to turn awkward.\\
This prompted Ami and Tiger to look at each other. Sure enough, they both stood with their backs straight and their hands in front of themselves, fidgeting slightly.
* ''Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy'': Freyja and Kathryn both had an oppressive and abusive mother and Kathryn herself inwardly identifies with Freyja about this when they first meet. Kathryn's mother tried to repress her magic through misguided methods out of fear for her safety, whereas Andraya demands [[MuggleBornOfMages her magicless daughter]] to sire a magical child with Smaug in ''Heart of Ashes''. Kathryn openly screamed at her parents before fleeing them once she'd had enough of the abuse, whereas Freyja is meek and completely submissive to her mother's demands despite her obvious wish to the contrary. Kathryn has outlived her mother by more than a century, while Freyja's mother outlives her [[spoiler:by a short time]]. Kathryn avoids people due to how she's been treated in the past, whilst Freyja is like a wary rabbit when interacting with men on her own due to her mother's control.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Chloe Cerise to three Infinity Train characters.
** Tulip Olsen: Both of them are {{Fiery Redhead}}s who run away from home for different reasons -- Chloe because she doesn't want to be in a city where no one cares for her and everyone expects her to like Pokémon and Tulip runs away to Coding Camp when her parents can't take her (and to get far away from the fact her parents are divorced) -- and their family lives are the opposite. Chloe has a good relationship with her mom and little brother but is closed off from her dad, while Tulip has problems with both her parents due to the divorce. They both blame someone else for their problems -- Tulip blamed her parents for the divorce, Chloe blames Ash and Goh for her horrible friendship problems (even though Goh points out that Chloe refused every offer to join them) and her father for being absolutely ignorant of her troubles.
*** Tulip has an efficiency for coding and gaming while Chloe is a reader and is skilled in writing macabre stories. Tulip has one good friend in Mikayla while Chloe's ChildhoodFriend Goh is distant and doesn't really notice her in favor of Pokémon. Tulip was embarrassed in having to sing (since she found the song she had to sing "embarrassing"), whereas Chloe gains the courage to sing and quote lyrics and literary passages without hesitation. Tuip only used the donut holer against the Conductor (and only bought it in exchange for Randall helping her retrieve One-One), whereas Chloe is gifted her donut holer, names it and uses it as her go-to weapon.
*** Also, Chloe was 10 when she entered the train with '151' as her starting number while Tulip was 13 with '115'. Tulip is an only child, while Chloe has a little brother. Tulip constantly questioned the Train's logic, Chloe goes along with it. Last, Tulip is FamedInStory by Atticus who helped end Amelia's reign, while Chloe is a newcomer on the Train itself and later tasked by One-One to end The Apex.
*** Tulip was analytical and usually wrote notes about the Train as a means of keeping her alive, while Chloe sees the Train as a journey and keeps a diary of her experiences with each car. Tulip was initially afraid of her number going down -- because One-One stated she'd be "gone forever", which she mistook for dying -- while Chloe is indifferent about it (since she arrived after One-One became Conductor again) mostly because since she knows that she'll leave if it drops to 0, it means that she'll have to go back home to face her crappy hometown.
** Jesse Cosay: He's a 14-year-old swimmer, Chloe is a 10-year-old writer. His flaw was being [[TheDitherer indecisive]] and [[ExtremeDoormat a doormat]] in regards to being pushed around by his "friends" while Chloe's main flaw is also being pushed around by her classmates and peers and feeling inadequate to her friend and family. Jesse was into sports, whereas Chloe feels ignored in the subject (except for softball, which is her favorite). His starting number was 31; Chloe's was five times larger. He liked to nickname animals he came across with "Dracula", while Chloe names [[ICallItVera anything she uses as weapons]] (her softball bat at home, her donut holer and umbrella. Both of them have little brothers who idolize them, but Nate was injured because of Jesse's passivity while Parker only got injured because of his attempts to protect his sister. Jesse was happy to sing along without a care, while it took some time for Chloe to feel comfortable again.
** MT:
*** She was a reflection of Tulip and had to do everything Tulip did much to her annoyance, while Chloe is essentially looked at as the successor to her father's research. MT wanted to leave the train, Chloe wants to stay on it. The new look she gives herself is a black sleeveless top and completely shaving all her hair in order to make her harder to find by the Mirror Cops, while Chloe gains a white flowing dress and lets her hair down to symbolize the freedom of being herself. MT was being pursued by the Mirror Cops who wanted to essentially kill her, Chloe isn't being chased by anyone on the Train, but back in her hometown, her friends and family are wondering where the heck she's gone.
*** MT was bullied and looked down because she wasn't a human, Chloe was mocked because of her interests and that she wasn't into Pokémon or following in her father's footsteps. They were also called insulting names: MT was called "Sliver" by the Mirror Cops and "Null" by Simon while Chloe is monikered "Klutzy Chloe" and "Monster Lover" by her classmates. Both of them also have different temperaments: MT has a HairTriggerTemper while Chloe is known to be a slow burn until she hits her RageBreakingPoint.
*** They ''also'' had a moment where they attacked one of their assailants and were covered in blood: [[spoiler:MT grinded Mace into one of the Train wheels, while Chloe beat her bully with a paint can with red paint drenching head to toe]].
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Adrien Agreste and Chloe Bourgeois are both blonde rich kids with a strong sense of [[EntitledBastard personal entitlement]], believing that they rightly ''deserve'' everything they desire. However, over the course of the story, Chloe has a HeelRealization after being confronted over the consequences of her behavior, spurring her to try [[TheAtoner making amends]], sincerely putting her selfishness aside and work on changing herself for the better. Adrien, by contrast, [[TheyJustDontGetIt never learns from his mistakes]] or [[NeverMyFault acknowledges what he's done wrong]], continuing to insist that he '''should''' get everything he wants -- such as [[EntitledToHaveYou Ladybug's love]]. His inability/refusal to change ensures that he flounders once his KarmaHoudiniWarranty runs out, [[NotHelpingYourCase digging himself ever deeper]], while Chloe is able to recover and [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn a happier outcome]] for herself.
* ''Fanfic/NightmareInArkham'' (''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' ): Having been victimized by Freddy Krueger in the past, Alice shares the connection of loss with Batman, who also tragically saw the death of the ones closest to him. In the beginning, however, Alice actually sides more so with the people considered "villains" in this story, mostly because she almost went down the same path and could have possibly become one of them. At the same time, being among them allowed her to see a more human side to them, and she connects with all of them because they too have experienced pain, loss, betrayal, etc. What sets Alice apart from them is that she is actually able to see them, as well as see herself, as all victims of the world. Batman has also come to this conclusion, but his method of approach initially comes off as extremely hypocritical to Alice because he seems just as insane as the rest of them and yet he seems to view himself as more noble. In these ways, Alice and Batman are both in the same mind and the opposite mind.
* In ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', [[spoiler:Nightmare Eclipse/Paradox, Twilight's [[FutureMeScaresMe potential future]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare]]]] is this to [[MadGod Discord]]. [[spoiler:Eclipse went Nightmare in the first place to punish Discord for his crimes after [[BadFuture a millennia under his thumb]]...but [[RevengeBeforeReason quickly became so addicted to revenge on him]] that she became just sadistic, uncaring, and monstrous as Discord himself, rebooting the timeline and [[RetGone erasing everyone in it countless times over]] just to have her revenge on him. By the time we meet her, she's referring to everypony except Twilight herself as '[=NPCs=]' with all the apathy one would expect, no different than Discord's calling ponies 'toys.' In fact, by this point, the ''only'' reason Discord is even an EvilOverlord by now is Eclipse won't ''let'' him change. In the end, she realizes this when Twilight's parents hold her in place for the Bearers to beat her...just like Discord's own mortal mother did to him when Celestia and Luna beat him originally and for the entire reason.]]
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Since Creator/GeorgePerez's [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 1987 run of the comic]], [[Characters/WonderWomanCirce Circe]] has been positioned as this to Diana. Both are magical and mythological superwomen empowered by higher beings who strive to change the world with their beliefs and powers. However, Wonder Woman wants a peaceful world of kindness and virtue, whereas Circe desires a world of cruelty and depravity. Even their behavior marks the contrast of a MadonnaWhoreComplex perception seen against women. ''ComicBook/WonderWomanBlackAndGold'': "The Acquaintance" directly comments on the similarities Diana and Circe share; both are demigoddess offspring of gods associated with the sky (Zeus and Helios), their immortality means they'll outlive most everyone they know, and they've been in relationships with headstrong muscle-bound types (Superman and Odysseus).

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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Since Creator/GeorgePerez's [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 1987 run of the comic]], [[Characters/WonderWomanCirce Circe]] ComicBook/{{Circe}} has been positioned as this to Diana. Both are magical and mythological superwomen empowered by higher beings who strive to change the world with their beliefs and powers. However, Wonder Woman wants a peaceful world of kindness and virtue, whereas Circe desires a world of cruelty and depravity. Even their behavior marks the contrast of a MadonnaWhoreComplex perception seen against women. ''ComicBook/WonderWomanBlackAndGold'': "The Acquaintance" directly comments on the similarities Diana and Circe share; both are demigoddess offspring of gods associated with the sky (Zeus and Helios), their immortality means they'll outlive most everyone they know, and they've been in relationships with headstrong muscle-bound types (Superman and Odysseus).
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* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'': In the lead-up to the 40th anniversary, a trilogy of audio dramas was released, [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho047Omega "Omega"]], [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho048Davros "Davros"]], and [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho049Master "Master"]], to show how the Doctor and these villains were not so different. This is really emphasized in "Master", with TheReveal that the Doctor [[spoiler:made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Death]] while a child so his memories of a murder he committed would go to his friend, which turned the Master evil]].
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* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': On an individual level we have Buwaro's adoptive older brother Iratu and Kieri's twin Kazai, [[spoiler:Iratu is leading an invasion that has resulted in hundreds if not thousands of [[{{Muggles}} medians]] dead and brushes it off by saying that the good ones will be sent to heaven and the bad ones to hell, earlier we hear Kazai give a similar excuse to not waste time saving them from said attack. They also both view median life as lesser than the lives of their respective species and and will mindlessly follow what they believe are their gods plans, also both become hostile towards their siblings when they don't think in a similar way though the main difference being that Kazai only did so in a moment of anger and genuinely loves his sister while Iratu doesn't love Buwaro and actually [[CainAndAbel tries to kill him.]]]]

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* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': On an individual level we have Buwaro's adoptive older brother Iratu and Kieri's twin Kazai, [[spoiler:Iratu is leading an invasion that has resulted in hundreds if not thousands of [[{{Muggles}} medians]] dead and brushes it off by saying that the good ones will be sent to heaven and the bad ones to hell, earlier we hear Kazai give a similar excuse to not waste time saving them from said attack. They also both view median life as lesser than the lives of their respective species and and will mindlessly follow what they believe are their gods plans, also both become hostile towards their siblings when they don't think in a similar way though the main difference being that Kazai only did so in a moment of anger and genuinely loves his sister while Iratu [[CainAndAbel doesn't love Buwaro Buwaro]] and [[MoralEventHorizon actually [[CainAndAbel tries to kill him.]]]]
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* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': The main reason [[BigBad the Other]] is so reviled by pretty much everyone is that she uses slaver wasps to control people, with them having to obey her every order once they have become revenants. Even other characters with UndyingLoyalty hate the idea of ''forcing'' people to obey. One of the main forms of opposition to the Other come from Baron Wulfenbach, who has spent the majority of his rule gathering and destroying the Other's technology, and has biologically engineered weasels to sniff out revenants. And then he goes and [[spoiler: does the exact same thing as the Other has done to Agatha, by implanting a copy of his personality into his son so that he can control his to some extent and make sure that he doesn't help Agatha.]] This is [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150420#.VvhSeeIrLIU explicitly called out in-comic]] by the Other herself. When the BigBad herself is criticising you, you know [[MoralEventHorizon you've fucked up]]. Still, a few pages later he shows the crucial difference between the two: Lucrezia's doing all of this [[ItsAllAboutMe for herself]].
* ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'': Despite how much CommanderBadass dislikes [[CanadaEh Canadian Guy]], they are more alike than he'd care to admit, in tastes of games, enunciation, and even appearance (to the point that they're {{Palette Swap}}s of each other). Emphasized in [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/if-you-havent-seen-pacific-rim-yet-what-are-you-doing-go-now-drop-everything this comic]] where, despite having three siblings and two children (and though he doesn't mention them, an ex-wife, a love interest, and a surrogate son), Canadian Guy is the one Commander Badass is most [[Film/PacificRim drift-compatible]] with. As it turns out, there's a good reason for that. [[spoiler: Know how the Commander's an ArtificialHuman? Canadian Guy is a bootleg of him made with some regional variants by Canadians.]]
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* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': On an individual level we have Buwaro's adoptive older brother Iratu and Kieri's twin Kazai, [[spoiler:Iratu is leading an invasion that has resulted in hundreds if not thousands of [[{{Muggles}} medians]] dead and brushes it off by saying that the good ones will be sent to heaven and the bad ones to hell, earlier we hear Kazai give a similar excuse to not waste time saving them from said attack. They also both view median life as lesser than the lives of their respective species and and will mindlessly follow what they believe are their gods plans, also both become hostile towards their siblings when they don't think in a similar way though the main difference being that Kazai only did so in a moment of anger and genuinely loves his sister while Iratu doesn't love Buwaro and actually [[CainAndAbel tries to kill him.]]]]

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