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* The Muses of ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' are Captain Ersatzes of the black chorus girls from Menken's earlier, non-animated musical, ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]''.

* Clearly done for copyright reasons, ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' has Henry Skreever ([[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]), Persimmony Glitchet ([[A Series of Unfortunate Events|Lemony Snicket]]), Bionic Bunny ([[Superman]] and [[The Six Million Dollar Man]]), Dark Bunny ([[Batman]]), Mary Moo Cow ([[Barney and Friends|Barney the Dinosaur]]... although given that an episode focuses on its cancellation in favor of "Stock Market Today", it may also be an homage to the locally produced children's shows which were once popular in the 70's and 80's), the Love Ducks ([[The Teletubbies]]) and the Vegimorphs (''[[Animorphs]]'').

** Whether or not Ron the rent-a-cop is a Captain Ersatz or an [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[Christopher Walken]] is open for debate, but he did do a dead-on reenactment of the Fatboy Slim "Weapon of Choice" video in one episode.

* ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' included Captain Ersatzes of rival shows and various movies, including [[Dracula]] (referred to by his real name, "Count Tepes"). There were only three things that were referred to by their real names: ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Newhart]]'', and [[Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu]].