Clones Are People, Too: Difference between revisions

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== Anime and Manga ==

* In ''[[Afterschool Charisma]]'' , clones may be treated as backup copies, but Shiro (and Mr. Kuroe) sees them as this.

* ''[[Phoenix|Phoenix 'Life']]'' deals strongly with this idea when {{spoiler|the main character, a selfish TV executive, is cloned and sent to be slaughtered for sport with his many copies.}}

* Glemmy Toto of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ|Gundam ZZ]]'' may have Gihren Zabi's DNA, and is almost as [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]] and evil as his donor, but the similarities end their. While Gihren was a humourless, ugly cold-blooded [[Adolf Hitler]] [[Captain Ersatz|stand-in]], Glemmy is a smooth talking [[Bishonen|pretty boy]] [[The Charmer|charmer]], with a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|quirky]] [[Laughably Evil|sense of humour]].

* [[Superboy]] (Conner Kent) in the comics and the animated series ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]''.

** Of course, in the comics he turns out to be cloned from Superman ''and'' Lex Luthor, so he's not an exact copy of anyone. The animated Superboy is a clone of only Superman, playing this trope straight.

== Fan Works ==

* The ''[[Pony POV Series]]'', has Fluttercruel, who was the being Discord created when he couldn't [[Break the Cutie|break Fluttershy]] and considers herself Fluttershy's clone, even though the two are [[Sharing a Body]]. Despite looking identical to Fluttershy except for darker fur and lacking a Cutie Mark (though she eventually earns a ''different'' Cutie Mark), she has a completely different personality (the audio adaptation's illustrations added [[Cute Little Fangs]] and ''slightly'' [[Hellish Pupils]] as well). Despite this, she personally believes she's just a copy and has an identity crisis due to that fact. However, Fluttershy believes Fluttercruel is no less a pony than herself, and both refer to Fluttershy as her mother. {{spoiler|Fluttercruel eventually comes to accept it and it's revealed she has her own soul separate from Fluttershy's. It's also stated there's a possibility that Fluttershy is the clone created by Twilight's memory spell and Fluttercruel is simply the original [[Mind Raped]] so completely that she's changed completely, or that the real Fluttershy was killed by Discord and ''both'' are clones. Despite this, neither really cares, as they're still separate beings altogether.}}

== Film ==

* Both this and [[Expendable Clone]] are explored in ''[[The 6th Day]]''.

* ''[[Blade Runner]]''

== Literature ==

* Most clones in the [[Vorkosigan Saga]] world, where a clone is considered to be the child or sibling of person whose DNA it was made from, or the child of the person who commissioned the clone, depending on the planet and its laws. Mark Vorkosigan (Miles's clone) is an example of this, as he is considered Miles's brother and is treated as a completely different person. Clones as expendable property still exist on the lawless Jackson's Whole, though.

* This is the whole point of the [[Star Wars]] [[Republic Commando Series]] by Karen Traviss.

** Of course, this doesn't stop [[Fantastic Racism|some people from hating clones]].

* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'':

** Somewhat zigzagged with SG-1's robot clones, who are given the right to live and all... so long as they remain on their planet. The real SG-1 gets annoyed when their copies don't do this. Robot!O'Neill points out that they should have known they themselves would never have accepted such conditions. However, the duplicates get killed in action in their second appearance despite proving themselves "real" to the team.

** Similarly, in ''[[Stargate Atlantis]],'' the robots of the Atlantis team (via different means) are proven to be equals and real people to the team but still treated as [[Red Shirt|redshirts]] by the plot. It's kinda glaring whenever this happens - they've got all the skills that let the 'real' team survive ''hundreds'' of these scrapes and worse - ''plus'' they're made of much sturdier stuff than human flesh (the Atlantis versions even have a [[Healing Factor]]!)

** They also vary on the memory-sharing factor. Athena downloaded Boomer's up to the point of the Miniseries and "Fakeathena" downloaded Athena's up to the point of "Rapture", but they don't do this automatically and ([[All There in the Manual|according to the producers]]) models vary on how often they do it. Even sharing a good chuck of memories didn't stop Boomer and Athena from developing in radically different directions.

* Ellen, Elliot's [[Opposite Gender Clone]] in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', is quickly accepted by Elliot and his family and now lives as Elliot's twin sister. Due to her brief case of [[Cloning Blues]] and experiencing about ten years worth of a lifelike dream thanks to an [[Alternate Universe]] sorceress who ran into the same problem, she has also developed a distinct personality from the original.

* Molly the Peanut Butter Monster in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' has two clones with very different personalities who are both off living their own lives: [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|megalomaniacal woobie]] Galatea (or "Golly") and the [[Our Giants Are Bigger|mountain-sized giantess,]] Djaliana ("Djali" or "Jolly").

== Western Animation ==

* In the pilot of ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'', despite the fact that the clones were created as [[Expendable Clone]]s, Yoda takes this attitude, telling the clones with him, "Smaller in number are we, but larger in mind."

** Other episodes have looked into this as well - Captain Rex and Commander Cody are treated as unique characters with different personalities, one deserter has a life outside the war, yet another betrayed the Republic out of resentment towards the clones' status, and so on.

** One time saw Rex telling off [[General Ripper|General Krell]] about treating his men as expendable and that not only did he have a duty to follow orders, but also to see them through.

** "The Hidden Enemy": {{spoiler|[[The Mole]] is a clone who realized the Clone Army was basically slavery}}.

* In ''[[Gargoyles]]'', Thailog is a clone of Goliath, and is treated as Goliath's son, rather than a copy. Unfortunately he was programmed with the personality of [[Magnificent Bastard|Xanatos]], and was raised by [[Mad Scientist|Sevarius]] (which pretty well eliminated any positive aspects of Xanatos' personality from Thailog), and ended up becoming a villain.

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