Cuckoolandian Counterpart

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An odd, sometimes Off-Model, spin-off of a character. This counterpart may have a tendency to annoy the original character, perhaps due to it being an exaggerated reflection of the original character's annoying and/or strange antics.

For a more sinister version, see Evil Knockoff.

Examples of Cuckoolandian Counterpart include:

Comic Books

  • Bizarro was originally this to Superman. He's since been used as a "straight villain" more often.

Web Original

Western Animation

  • In Hey Arnold!, Arnold has a country cousin Arnie, who is generally "weird". Later in the series, an episode shows there is a whole group of Cuckoolandian Counterparts to every other character in the series. Well, maybe.