Cloning Gambit: Difference between revisions

* In the fifth ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:|Kara no Kyoukai]]'' movie, {{spoiler|Aozaki Touko}} is revealed to have created {{spoiler|a perfect puppet of herself (a clone, for all intents and purposes) out of pure scientific interest, then went into hibernation until it is killed by Araya}}. [[Mind Screw|Or it may have been the other way around]].

* The series ''[[Akumetsu]]'' is almost entirely based off of this.

* [[Naruto]] only uses short-lived clones, but he is very good at this.

* A variant is used in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': when Gendo cloned his wife Yui to create Rei, he also created dozens of clones he keeps in a tank of LCL somewhere around Central Dogma. In the event she dies (happened twice so far), a new clone is pulled out and uploaded with [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|some]] of her memories. Rei knows that she's replaceable so she lets herself be used by the Commander since she would be killed and replaced at the first sign of defiance. [[Complete Monster|He knows she knows this and uses it as leverage against her]]... until Ritsuko destroys the clones in [[The Reveal|episode 23]]. One could only wonder how far Gendo took this leverage...

** What screwed up Gendo's plans was that even though Rei [[Sugar and Ice Personality|doesn't associate with anyone]] due to the fact that she's going to die anyway, she does eventually falls in love with Shinji so when Third Impact comes, Rei instantly betrays Gendo since [[Hoist by His Own Petard|after she took Adam from his body, she no longer needs him]] to [[Assimilation Plot|trigger Instrumentality and give control over mankind's souls to Shinji instead]]. Tons of [[Mind Screw]], I know.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

 

 

** The Vorta have several clones on standby at all times, all of whom share their predecessor's memories (including how they died), and can be restocked almost instantly. The main Vorta of the series, Weyoun, was actually the fourth one when he first appeared. {{spoiler|He was on his eighth life when the base holding his clones was destroyed, and was finally [[Killed Off for Real]] in the [[Grand Finale]].}}

* In [[Smallville]], {{spoiler|Lana Lang does this to get away from Lex Luthor.}}

* This is the m.o. of Ba'al for the last few seasons of [[Stargate SG-1]]. The viewer is never sure which is the real one, {{spoiler|but it's strongly implied in ''Stargate: Continuum'' that Col. Mitchell killed the last one off}}.

 

== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==

 

 

* In ''Schlock Mercenary'', F'sherl-Ganni wormgate technology can be used to make a very quick (perfect) copy of whatever passes through it. When threatened with murder by a sinister military force, three scientists decide to escape using the gate-copy technology. One of them figured out how to turn that same technology into a small WMD, leading to [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20020720.html this line]:

{{quote|'''Gav-0:''' That begs a question: Does it count as selfless sacrifice if you clone yourself before your suicide mission?

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In the second season of ''[[Exo Squad]]'', [[Big Bad]] Phaeton sends a clone of himself to fight in the Battle for Venus. The clone is betrayed and left for dead by treacherous General Draconis who, in turn, is executed by the real Phaeton.

* In the ''[[Men in Black (animation)|Men in Black]]'' [[Animated Adaptation]], this is the most second most common use of the Quick-clones, behind being simple decoys. The clones only last for a few hours anyway before [[Clone Degeneration|melting]], so [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|NBD]]. In one episode, a bunch of Quick-clones play a basketball game once their job was done, since their lifespan isn't long enough to worry about much.

** Another episode had an alien criminal clone himself before being captured, so that the clone could free him from custody.

 

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