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'''Booster ''Gold'':''' I'm not ''Green'' Lantern!|'''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'''}}

 

 

 

They can like the new character because he resembles the old character, or hate them as a rip-off. Anti-fans can treat the new guy like a pointless, unnecessary character created only to attract the old one's fans, or turn them into a model of "This is how the original one should be written to be a good character." They will argue and compare the two, and only a few people who know both of them will be able to see the new guy as himself, not some other version of someone else.

 

 

Sometimes, especially in the case of a [[Legacy Character]] or [[Expy]] this can work as part of a [[Re-Ditto]] and establish a difference between the two. A [[Legacy Character]] can win fan love by his desire to become better, or at last to equal his mentor. If an Expy exists in the same universe as that older character, this can be easily lampshaded with common people confusing them, which could lead to funny situations, and be good for character development. If they are not sharing a universe, then most of the time the new character is screwed. However, sometimes they can take revenge, proving that he is better than the old one and becoming more popular.

** And of course, Kallen is compared to [[G Gundam|Domon Kasshu]] because [[Memetic Mutation|she's his daughter]].

*** No, seriously. Mrs. Kozuki and Rain Mikamura share the same Seiyuu.

** Suffice to say, ''[[Code Geass]]'' makes a point of [[Lampshade Hanging]], subverting, and playing with the expectations of the viewers when it comes to the shows it resembles. They outright deconstruct Lacus/Euphie, and make Lelouch much more sympathetic than Light, and even make the Emperor a bit more justified than Gendo was (although your Mileage will definitely vary on one or all of those points). The ambiguity is what makes the show fun!

** While it doesn't seem as prevalent in the main fandom the series's [[Wild Mass Guessing]] page spends a lot of time comparing Lelouch and Shinizel to [[V for Vendetta|V]] and [[Watchmen|Adrian Veit]]. ''[[Lynching ITP]]'' plays with this by making Shinizel Adrian's [[Identical Grandson|Identical Great Grandson]].

* Early in its life, the title character of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' was derided as a ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' rip-off. This slowly tapered when the show revealed its intent of cribbing notes from a completely different [[Humongous Mecha|genre]]. For some reason, viewers were more receptive to a [[Magical Girl]] whose closest comparison wasn't another [[Magical Girl]], but a [[Gundam]].

* Most fans of ''[[Xam'd: Lost Memories|Xam'd]]'' take it as a given that Nakiami is some sort of clone of [[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind|Nausicaa]].

** Similiarly, ''[[Buster Keel]]'', a completely unrelated manga by a different author, has a cast that can be interchangeable with the core characters of [[Fairy Tail]], bar minor differences like breast size and state of undress.

* One of the biggest problems that many fans have with Digimon Savers is that the main character has an Agumon for a partner, which is a pretty obvious ploy to get fans of Adventure back after the critical train wreck that was Frontier.

'''Q:''' Indeed not...you're much easier to provoke. }}

** Hey, it worked. Q left Sisko alone, instead running off to the Delta Quadrant to bother Janeway.

{{quote|'''Nathan:''' You're ''sure'' you're not Niki Sanders?}}

** Not only were they played by the same actress, but canonically, they were two-thirds of a set of identical triplets, so they were supposed to look exactly alike...

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