History ShadowArchetype / FanWorks

** Dictator is one Hitoshi. Both have Quirks that allow them to control people (Hitoshi has CompellingVoice, Dictator has PeoplePuppets) 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 made itself to him.

** Dictator is one Hitoshi. Both have Quirks that allow them to control people (Hitoshi has CompellingVoice, Dictator has PeoplePuppets) 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.

* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'': After seeing [[HeWhoFightsMonsters how far Vera falls in her desire for revenge]], ruining her own life by [[spoiler: [[RogueAgent deserting]] and [[EtTuBrute 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.

---->'''Micchy:''' Adel is a full-tilt diva of an {{omnicidal maniac}}, [[ItsAllAboutMe he wants flowers, he wants parades]], [[{{Narcissist}} he wants a world where it's all about him!]] I'll admit, I'm ''[[NotSoDifferentRemark not so different]]'' from that [[PrecisionFStrike son of a bitch]] you so-called [[CainAndAbel a brother who is]] [[BlackSheep bitterly jealous of his own sibling who likes their fathers better]].

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* In ''[[Fanfic/UltimateSleepwalker Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams]]'', the title character is part of a race of creatures that act as a collective GuardianEntity for humans and other races that inhabit our dimension, protecting them from being {{Mind Rape}}d by the demons and horrors of [[DreamLand the Mindscape]], who becomes [[SealedGoodInACan trapped in the mind]] of [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Rick]] [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan Sheridan]]'s mind. The manipulations of his ArchEnemy 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 MindRape people and force them to experience their worst nightmares over and over again while using their bodies as PeoplePuppets. The confrontations between them are bloodbaths that Sleepwalker usually emerges from more dead than alive.

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* ''Fanfic/UltimateSpiderWoman'': 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 ''Fanfic/{{Stray}}''[='=]s major themes is [[ArcWords "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 [[spoiler:a former {{Tykebomb}} raised by the setting's AncientConspiracy as a successor when Adamska himself broke free of their control]].

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* In ''[[Fanfic/UltimateSleepwalker Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams]]'', the title character is part of a race of creatures that act as a collective GuardianEntity for humans and other races that inhabit our dimension, protecting them from being {{Mind Rape}}d by the demons and horrors of [[DreamLand the Mindscape]], who becomes [[SealedGoodInACan trapped in the mind]] of [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Rick]] [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan Sheridan]]'s mind. The manipulations of his ArchEnemy 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 MindRape people and force them to experience [[YourWorstNightmare their worst nightmares]] over and over again while using their bodies as PeoplePuppets. The confrontations between them are bloodbaths that Sleepwalker usually emerges from more dead than alive.

* ''Fanfic/TheresMoreMagicOutThere'': [[spoiler: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 [[HornyDevil lust-powered demons]] that faced unwanted sexual attention and [[FantasticRacism prejudice for what they were]]. However, while Aurore is uncomfortable with her powers and refrains from using them, [[spoiler:Mireille]] has chosen to embrace her powers to survive, using them to her advantage [[spoiler: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, [[spoiler:Mireille]] is far more ImproperlyParanoid and fears being exposed as an Incubus.

* ''[[Fanfic/WhatGoesAroundComesAroundMiraculousLadybug 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. He has also destroyed his own friendships, [[NeverMyFault refusing to acknowledge]] the part he played in ruining those relationships.

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* ''Fanfic/OldWest'':
** [[DeterminedHomesteader Grace Glossy]] realizes eventually that her lover, [[UnscrupulousHero Rattlesnake Jake]], is this to her after she witnesses him murdering [[spoiler:her husband]] remorselessly and [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge 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 [[spoiler:(like those of the robbers who killed nearly all of her unborn babies)]] as Jake is.
** Like with Sheriff ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', the vices of Benjamin Hares include pretentiousness and cowardness. After Rango was exposed as a false hero, he [[TookALevelInBadass returned to save the day as a true hero]]. While [[CowardlyLion he hasn't fully lost his vices, he attempts to do the right thing as a sheriff]]. Benjamin in turn is an incorrigible ConMan who [[DirtyCoward 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: [[spoiler:rescuing the wife and son of Hares by [[TakingTheBullet jumping in front of the bullet]] aimed at them]].
* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', [[BigBad Arawn]] is this to the [[VillainProtagonist Horned King]]. The former is the latter's [[EvilerThanThou more evil]] former master. Like the Horned King after him, Arawn was a [[TheDreaded feared]] warlord who sought [[ArtifactOfDoom the Black Cauldron]] in order to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer the world]]. After his death, he has for centuries been [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned for life]] inside the Cauldron. Arawn is the monster the Horned King was before [[MoralityPet Avalina]] came to his life and what he would become if he fails his RedemptionQuest and remains [[AndIMustScream trapped in the Cauldron forever]]. Arawn's role in the story is to persuade his former apprentice to turn away from his positive CharacterDevelopment and return to his old ways so that he'll be sealed in the Cauldron for Arawn to torture forever.
* Played with in ''Franchise/{{Tron}}: [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/46436 Endgame Scenario]]'' where two of the ''VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh'' cast are deliberately written as "light-sided" equivalents to villainous characters in the film timelines. [=Ma3a=] is a BenevolentAI meant to be a contrast to Master Control and Clu. Mercury's role as her enforcer and [[LadyAndKnight Champion]] has the same role as Sark and Rinzler, but played on the side of good. Jet is TheLancer 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.
* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has one for Ash in Belladonna Tyrian [[spoiler: 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.

* ''Fanfic/AngelOfTheBat'': 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 ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Satan Girl is ComicBook/{{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.
-->ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} had been rocketed backward in the starry void by the collision with [[EvilTwin 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.

* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'': Like Twilight Sparkle, [[BigBad 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 [[spoiler:a manipulative sociopath who [[TheChessmaster sets the events of "A Canterlot Wedding" in motion]] in order to dispose of his aunt and cousin whom he [[GreenEyedMonster hates due to their superior popularity]]. He [[LoveInterestTraitor charms Twilight]] and [[CorruptTheCutie manipulates her]] into losing all trust towards her friends, brother and mentor and renouncing them for [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass 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 [[RedemptionRejection refuses to redeem himself]]]]. In short, Jewelius is what Twilight could become if she [[spoiler:permanently cut ties with her loved ones and chose selfishness and obstinate hatred over forgiveness and responsibility]].
* In ''Fanfic/DenounceTheEvils'', 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.
* ''Fanfic/DistortionsSymphogear'': [[QuirkyMinibossSquad The White Noise Unit]] are this to the [[Anime/{{Symphogear}} Adaptors]]:

* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{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 BloodKnight 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.
* In the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/FireDarkMark'', 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."
* ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsAFairlyOddFriendship'':
** 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 [[LackOfEmpathy 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. [[spoiler: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]].
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse''
** ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail''
*** [[AlphaBitch Sara Diktaylis]], like our heroine Chloe, is [[TheResenter 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 [[RageBreakingPoint finally lashing out]], Sara channels her envy into [[ManipulativeBitch manipulating everyone]], [[ToxicFriendInfluence corrupting her classmates]] into a GangOfBullies. Sara also [[LackOfEmpathy completely lacks empathy]] [[TheUnapologetic 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 [[NightmareFetishist 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 CreepyLonerGirl. 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 LonersAreFreaks 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.
** ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainVoyageOfWisteria'' 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 [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech 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 [[NeverMyFault 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 ParentalNeglect... and how Chloe came to believe [[AbusiveParents it was deliberate]]. Much like Chloe feared with her own father, Kris's accomplishments were [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter completely overshadowed by Ash]]; Carl berated his son for failing to measure up, abandoning him when he needed it most and [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blaming him]] for it.
* ''Fanfic/ObitoSensei'': Kushina in the story is revealed to be a quiet -- [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror but all the more unsettling]] -- example to canon!Naruto. Like her canon son, she is a Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox who had a lonely childhood, and befriended a member of the Uchiha Clan (to the point of forgiving them for questionable actions), rose through the ranks of Konoha, and is fiercely protective of those close to her. Unlike Canon!Naruto, [[spoiler:she is shown to have accepted her role as a tool of the village, her forgiveness of Mikoto is less Canon!Naruto's desire to see Sasuke change and more an utter refusal to accept or even acknowledge that Mikoto did anything wrong much to Obito and Rin's discomfort]]. In addition, unlike canon!Naruto who eventually befriended Kurama and saw the Fox as more than a monster or a convenient source of power, Kushina regards Kurama as MadeOfEvil and so views utilizing MindRape to get techniques out of him as perfectly acceptable, along with having no desire to interact with Kurama beyond that.
* ''Fanfic/TheresMoreMagicOutThere'': [[spoiler: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 [[HornyDevil lust-powered demons]] that faced unwanted sexual attention and [[FantasticRacism prejudice for what they were]]. However, while Aurore is uncomfortable with her powers and refrains from using them, [[spoiler:Mireille]] has chosen to embrace her powers to survive, using them to her advantage [[spoiler: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, [[spoiler:Mireille]] is far more ImproperlyParanoid and fears being exposed as an Incubus.

* In the ''Fanfic/AzulaTrilogy'', several of the main villains reflect aspects of [[TheAtoner Azula's]] own nature, be it Azun's Fire Nation nationalism, the Governor and Long Feng's cold-blooded [[TheChessmaster Chessmastery]]; Ilook has Azula's AxCrazy 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!
* In ''Fanfic/BlankCanvas'', 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 FightsLikeANormal, 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 BlackAndWhiteInsanity. 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.

* In the first part of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/SlayersTrilogy'' every character meets a "reflection" of them.
* One of ''Fanfic/{{Stray}}''[='=]s major themes is [[ArcWords "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 [[spoiler: a former {{Tykebomb}} raised by the setting's AncientConspiracy as a successor when Adamska himself broke free of their control]].
* In keeping with the Shinji/Gendo dynamic mentioned above, ''Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'' makes the comparisons between the two quite explicit, which Shinji fervently hopes to avoid coming to pass. Ritsuko even goes as far as to label Shinji "mini-Gendo".
* JLA Watchtower[=/=]Roleplay/DCNation -- [[http://community.livejournal.com/jla_watchtower/tag/strangers the "Strangers" plot]]. Dark Angel "swapped out" several Titans with {{Evil Counterpart}}s, 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 the ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' Fanfic series, [[Fanfic/OneiroiSeries Oneiroi]], [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity Deirdre]] is the Shadow Archetype of [[CreepyChild Tiasal.]] Sadly enough, Tiasal didn't figure it out on time before she [[spoiler: [[SplitPersonalityTakeover surrendered control of her body over to her]]]].
* ''Fanfic/ToKillAThief'' has [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]] as the Shadow Archetype of [[Manga/PhantomThiefJeanne Miyako Toudaiji]].
* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'':
** [[SixthRanger Fluttercruel]] manages to be ''her own'' shadow archetype. Specifically, the [[BadFuture Epilogue/Dark World timeline]] version of Fluttercruel shows how much of a monster her main universe counterpart ''isn't'', even before her CharacterDevelopment and HeelFaceTurn. WordOfGod is that the defining difference is their upbringing -- Epilogue!Fluttercruel was raised by [[BigBad Discord]], whereas the main version of 'Cruel was raised by [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Fluttershy]].
** Also in the Dark World, [[TheStarscream 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 [[AGodAmI 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 [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice himself]] to save others, the Valeyard seems absolutely terrified of [[spoiler: permanently]] dying. He also notably is a [[TheChessmaster Chess Master]], but doesn't seem as good as the Doctor when it comes to performing an IndyPloy. Fitting, as the Valeyard was explained by the Master in the [[Series/DoctorWho original series]] to be the personification of the Doctor's [[EnemyWithin inner evil and darker qualities.]]
* ''Fanfic/GettingBackOnYourHooves'': [[BigBad Checker Monarch]] [[spoiler: Trixie's sinister sister]] is this to Trixie, showing what The Great and Powerful Trixie could have been if she hadn't [[HeelRealization seen the error of her ways]]. This is show most directly when [[spoiler: 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]].
* In ''[[Fanfic/UltimateSleepwalker Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams]]'', the title character is part of a race of creatures that act as a collective GuardianEntity for humans and other races that inhabit our dimension, protecting them from being {{Mind Rape}}d by the demons and horrors of [[DreamLand the Mindscape]], who becomes [[SealedGoodInACan trapped in the mind]] of [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Rick]] [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan Sheridan]]'s mind. The manipulations of his ArchEnemy 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 MindRape people and force them to experience [[YourWorstNightmare their worst nightmares]] over and over again while using their bodies as PeoplePuppets. The confrontations between them are bloodbaths that Sleepwalker usually emerges from more dead than alive.
* ''Fanfic/SoulEaterTroubledSouls'': {{Invoked|Trope}} and {{exploited|Trope}}. The {{four|IsDeath}}th and final DeadlyGame on Cobra Island has Medusa and Free use a combination of [[{{curse}} Ouroboros]] and [[{{Teleportation}} 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 [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech “The Reason You Suck” Speeches]] that air out said things. They also dish out a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on their real selves, which Medusa wants because, in case they survive, they will be broken psychologically and physically. The scenario sounds like a ShoutOut to the below-mentioned Shadow Selves of ''Persona 4''.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11772125/1/Metroid-Kamen-Rider-Generations-Full-Series Metroid: Kamen Rider Generations]]''

* ''Fanfic/OldWest'':
** [[DeterminedHomesteader Grace Glossy]] realizes eventually that her lover, [[UnscrupulousHero Rattlesnake Jake]], is this to her after she witnesses him murdering [[spoiler:her husband]] remorselessly and [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge 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 [[spoiler:(like those of the robbers who killed nearly all of her unborn babies)]] as Jake is.
** Like with Sheriff ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', the vices of Benjamin Hares include pretentiousness and cowardness. After Rango was exposed as a false hero, he [[TookALevelInBadass returned to save the day as a true hero]]. While [[CowardlyLion he hasn't fully lost his vices, he attempts to do the right thing as a sheriff]]. Benjamin in turn is an incorrigible ConMan who [[DirtyCoward 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: [[spoiler:rescuing the wife and son of Hares by [[TakingTheBullet jumping in front of the bullet]] aimed at them]].
* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', [[BigBad Arawn]] is this to the [[VillainProtagonist Horned King]]. The former is the latter's [[EvilerThanThou more evil]] former master. Like the Horned King after him, Arawn was a [[TheDreaded feared]] warlord who sought [[ArtifactOfDoom the Black Cauldron]] in order to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer the world]]. After his death, he has for centuries been [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned for life]] inside the Cauldron. Arawn is the monster the Horned King was before [[MoralityPet Avalina]] came to his life and what he would become if he fails his RedemptionQuest and remains [[AndIMustScream trapped in the Cauldron forever]]. Arawn's role in the story is to persuade his former apprentice to turn away from his positive CharacterDevelopment and return to his old ways so that he'll be sealed in the Cauldron for Arawn to torture forever.
* Played with in Franchise/{{Tron}}: [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/46436 Endgame Scenario]] where two of the ''VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh'' cast are deliberately written as "light-sided" equivalents to villainous characters in the film timelines. [=Ma3a=] is a BenevolentAI meant to be a contrast to Master Control and Clu. Mercury's role as her enforcer and [[LadyAndKnight Champion]] has the same role as Sark and Rinzler, but played on the side of good. Jet is TheLancer 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.
* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has one for Ash in Belladonna Tyrian [[spoiler: 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.

** Vicky is this to Sunset, representing how mean Sunset and two-faced Sunset used to be, albeit while targeting little kids who can't hit back.

* ''Fanfic/ObitoSensei'': Kushina in the story is revealed to be a quiet -- but all the more unsettling -- example to canon!Naruto. Like her canon son, she is a Jinckruki of the Nine-Tailed Fox who had a lonely childhood, and befriended a member of the Uchiha Clan (to the point of forgiving them for questionable actions), rose through the ranks of Konoha, and is fiercely protective of those close to her. Unlike Canon!Naruto, [[spoiler:she is shown to have accepted her role as a tool of the village, her forgiveness of Mikoto is less Canon!Naruto's desire to see Sasuke change and more an utter refusal to accept or even acknowledge that Mikoto did anything wrong much to Obito and Rin's discomfort]]. In addition, unlike canon!Naruto who eventually befriended Kurama and saw the Fox as more than a monster or a convenient source of power, Kushina regards Kurama as MadeOfEvil and so views utilizing MindRape to get techniques out of him as perfectly acceptable, along with having no desire to interact with Kurama beyond that.

* ''Fanfic/ObitoSensei'': Kushina in the story is revealed to be a quiet but all the more unsettling example to canon!Naruto. Like her canon son, she is a Jinckruki of the Nine-Tailed Fox who had a lonely childhood, and befriended a member of the Uchiha Clan (to the point of forgiving them for questionable actions), rose through the ranks of Konoha, and is fiercely protective of those close to her. Unlike Canon!Naruto, [[spoiler:she is shown to have accepted her role as a tool of the village, her forgiveness of Mikoto is less Canon!Naruto's desire to see Sasuke change and more an utter refusal to accept or even acknowledge that Mikoto did anything wrong much to Obito and Rin's discomfort]]. In addition, unlike canon!Naruto who eventually befriended Kurama and saw the Fox as more than a monster or a convenient source of power, Kushina regards Kurama as MadeOfEvil and so views utilizing MindRape to get techniques out of him as perfectly acceptable, along with having no desire to interact with Kurama beyond that.

** Lucius Malfoy, despite being played up as Fury's EvilCounterpart, is more accurately one for Peter Wisdom a.k.a. [[spoiler: 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 fulfil every single criteria to be a MagnificentBastard and a ManipulativeBastard. 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 [[TheSocialDarwinist a social darwinist]] who believes in the rule of the strong (he's just altered his definition of who qualifies), while [[spoiler: 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.

* ''Fanfic/TheresMoreMagicOutThere'': [[spoiler: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 [[HornyDevil lust-powered demons]] that faced unwanted sexual attention and [[FantasticRacism prejudice for what they were]]. However, while Aurore is uncomfortable with her powers and refrains from using them, [[spoiler:Mireille]] has chosen to embrace her powers to survive, using them to her advantage [[spoiler: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, [[spoiler:Mireille]] is far more ImporperlyParanoid and fears being exposed as an Incubus.

** 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 SuperSoldier (the story hints that he's not far wrong, either), while the latter is a SuperSoldier explicitly described by WordOfGod as 'the Anti-Cap', being TheStrategist for HYDRA, a master combatant on the battlefield, and entirely loyal to the dream of HYDRA, while being more than willing to facilitate KlingonPromotion if a specific leader is deemed unsuitable, in contrast to Steve's strategic leadership on the battlefield and loyalty to America as an idea.

** Lucius Malfoy, despite being played up as Fury's EvilCounterpart, is more accurately one for Peter Wisdom a.k.a. [[spoiler: 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 purpose, looking to reshape the world they grew up in. Both fulfil every single criteria to be a MagnificentBastard and a ManipulativeBastard. 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 [[TheSocialDarwinist a social darwinist]] who believes in the rule of the strong (he's just altered his definition of who qualifies), while [[spoiler: 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.

* ''Fanfic/DistortionsSymphogear'': [[QuirkyMinibossSquad The White Noise Unit]] are this to the [[Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear Adaptors]]:

* In ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/{{FIRE}}'', 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.

*** Carl also parallels the Professor's ParentalNeglect... and how Chloe came to believe [[AbusiveParents it was delbierate]]. Much like Chloe feared with her own father, Kris's accomplishments were [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter completely overshadowed by Ash]]; Carl berated his son for failing to measure up, abandoning him when he needed it most and [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blaming him]] for it.

*** Carl also parallels the Professor's ParentalNeglect... and how Chloe came to believe [[AbusiveParents it was delbierate]]. Much like Chloe feared with her own father, Kris's accomplishments were [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter completely overshadowed by Ash]]; Carl berated his son for failing to measure up, abandoning him when he needed it most and [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blaming him]] for it.