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* Happened, of all people, to [[The Authority]] once, when they were defeated by G8's agent and replaced with bunch of [[Nineties Anti-Hero|NinetiesAntiHeros]]. For many people Authority are a buch of [[Jerkass|Jerk Asses]] at best and [[Villain Protagonist]]s at worst, but comparing to replacements they looks like frickng saints.
** {{spoiler|Of course, the second the real Authority comes back, they start their revenge by killing in cold blood the}} {{spoiler|''only''}} {{spoiler|redeemable character among the new team: Rush, the Canadian replacement for Swift, who didn't kill anybody they wouldn't have and hated all her teammates. They catch hell for this later.}}
* Happened to ''[[Astro Boy (manga)|Astro Boy]]'' of all people in a one-shot gag manga [[Osamu Tezuka]] did as a nostalgia piece for Bungei Shunju, a popular men's magazine of the day. After Astro's apparent death in the final episode of the first TV series the ministry of science was ordered to create a replacement, but since they tried to make him [[Humans Are
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' has a {{spoiler|Villainous example. Beatrice gave her title to Eva's hidden personality. When Eva-Beatrice was acting like a [[Complete Monster]] all-time, Beato get a few [[Pet the Dog]] moments, and got to make a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], after realizing her mistakes. Then it's revealed it was all a clever [[Batman Gambit]] she put in order to make Battler admit she's a witch.}}
** EP 5 replaces {{spoiler|Battler himself}} for {{spoiler|Furudo Erika}}. It's played with irony considering the second is more or less an aspect of the [[Big Bad]] and Battler is not incapacitated and actively fighting the against change.
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