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* ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' were this, originally. The two protagonists were in a short parody film of ''[[Back to The Future]]'' where they parodied Doc Brown and Marty McFly. However, they were quickly adapted to an original series.

* In the Futurama episode "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back", the creature guarding the entrance to the Master In-Pile is obviously a beholder, a popular monster in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''. Of course, seeing as [[Gary Gygax]] himself designed the beholder and was known to be a fan of the show (even appearing as a guest star in one episode) he likely approved.

* Many of the bad guys on ''[[Laff-A-Lympics]]'' were this due to a snafu over who owned rights to the names. The Great Fondoo even mentions this in the ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' episode that parodies ''[[Munich]]''.

** Dread Baron was the most obvious, clearly supposed to be Dick Dastardly.

** The Creepy family were in fact the Gruesomes, who first appeared in ''[[The Flintstones]]''; although the Gruesomes, in turn, were expies of the J. Evil Scientist Family.

** Daisy Mayhem was an evil version of ''[[Li'l Abner]]'' character Moonbeam McSwine, the only Captain Ersatz on the show where the source is not from Hanna-Barbera.

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