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[[File:HomestarHomsar_2280.gif|link=Homestar Runner|right|The left being only relatively Cuckoolandian.]]
[[File:HomestarHomsar 2280.gif|link=Homestar Runner|thumb|300px|The left being only relatively Cuckoolandian.]]


An [[Cloudcuckoolander|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.

An [[Cloudcuckoolander|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]].
For a more sinister version, see [[Evil Knockoff]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Bizarro was originally this to [[Superman]]. He's since been used as a "straight villain" more often.
* Bizarro was originally this to [[Superman]]. He's since been used as a "straight villain" more often.

== [[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 Counterpart|Cuckoolandian Counterparts]] to every other character in the series. Well, [[All Just a Dream|maybe]].


== [[Web Original]] ==
== [[Web Original]] ==
* [[Homestar Runner]] has Homsar, as pictured. Strong Bad also has Senor Cardgage (as well as several others, which takes up more than half of the webshow's [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]).
* [[Homestar Runner]] has Homsar, as pictured. Strong Bad also has Senor Cardgage (as well as several others, which takes up more than half of the webshow's [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]).


== [[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, [[All Just a Dream|maybe]].

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Latest revision as of 00:01, 30 August 2018

The left being only relatively Cuckoolandian.

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.