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** Colony, a British super villain, can create a dozen duplicates. Like Mob Rule, his copies are independent and sometimes aren't all that cooperative with each other.
* The idea of a stereotypical, perfect-copy clone is used in a fantastically original manner in the web-novel ''[[John Dies at the End]]''. {{spoiler|In this case the blues aren't about being a clone so much as they are that he ''killed the original main character'' and took his place without knowing. His best friend and girlfriend forgive him, but now his biggest worry is [[Villain Override]].}}
* Cloning can be done fairly easily for people in the civilized regions of ''[[OrionsOrion's Arm]]'', memory transfer optional. This isn't commonly done, since property laws get all iffy when cloning comes into the picture: most of the time, the copies can own property but have no property to begin with. Other times, if the clone is given the original's memories, property can be split down the middle if a disagreement arises. It varies A LOT depending on region. Nonetheless, one person cloned himself hundreds of times and is in the process of making a documentary on the myriad ways his copies have gone. On the net or in virches (virtual environments), copying is done very frequently. These are not usually included in population counts for this reason.
** The notes on population suggests that if you count virtual clones, 90% of the population would consist of ''five people''.
* Belphoebe of the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' was a forced-aging clone of Jobe's perfect drow girl, with no memories. Then a fat, neurotic nerdboy tried to copy a girl's mind into Belphoebe so he'd have someone who'd like him and accidentally copied ''his own'' mind in. It takes Belpheobe a while to get her act together at that point.
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* ''[[Gargoyles]]'' has Thailog, who starts as a subversion of this trope. Thailog was cloned from Goliath's DNA and rapid-aged to match Goliath's age; however, unlike the stereotypical clone, he didn't share Goliath's memories or worldview. He was indoctrinated ''via'' subliminal messages into becoming a Machiavellian villain. He had no more real desire to destroy Goliath than is natural to villains. And the rapid-aging process was portrayed as having the side-effect of causing Thailog's coloration to be different from Goliath's. The characters consider Thailog Goliath's son, although "twin brother" would be more accurate.
** Later, Thailog and Demona work together to recover the other Manhattan Clan's DNA and then hand them over to Dr. Sevarius to make their own clones: Malibu (a clone of Brooklyn), Brentwood (clone of Lexington), Hollywood (clone of Broadway) and Burbank (clone of Hudson). They lack smarts, as they were programmed only to "obey Thailog". Without Demona's knowledge, Thailog also creates a clone from DNA merged between Demona and Elisa Maza named "Delilah" to act as his new partner to replace Demona; Demona is not happy when she finds this out. After Thailog and Demona are defeated, the clones join the Labyrinth Clan; but in the comics, they temporarily betray their clan to ally with Thailog. After Delilah helps them recover their senses, all but Brentwood return to the Labyrinth Clan (Brentwood prefers Thailog because "Thailog smart").
** In the ABC continuation, the clones turn to stone, apparently permanently, because of a malfunction in their cloned DNA. But, since this was the [[Canon Dis ContinuityDiscontinuity|ABC continuation]], [[Word of God|it didn't happen]].
* ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'': Timmy has done this many times. He [[Lampshade Hanging|once remarked about it]]:
{{quote| '''Norm the Genie:''' Well, there you go! So I whipped this little baby up to cover for you with them.<br />
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