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[[caption-width-right:350:Comes with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkx3KcO7TCs his own Imperial March] and [[Cool Helmet]]; similarities only grow bigger as the game progresses. [[hottip:*: {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father|The protagonist is his brother]], [[In Space|they fight in space]], and [[Heel Face Turn|he regrets his wrongs deeds in the end, fighting the BigBad]].}}
The [[Darth Vader Clone]], a character archetype originating in sci-fi begun by the popularity of the character Darth Vader from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
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* Wears a life support mask or a similar mask.
* Wears [[Black Knight|Dark]] [[Tin Tyrant|Armor]], often including a kabuto-like [[Cool Helmet]]
* The Character may have a [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] moment
* May have been a [[Fallen Hero]]
* Is sometimes an [[Archnemesis Dad]]
* Is sometimes [[The Dragon]] instead of the [[Big Bad]].
* May also have complex motivations that make him/her more of an [[Anti
* [[Evil Sounds Deep|Speaks in a really deep voice.]]
[[Fountain of Expies|Not surprisingly]], many characters of this type are found in ''[[Star Wars]]'' canon itself. See also [[May the Farce Be With You]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* [[Micronauts]]' own Baron Karza, in both the toy and the [[Marvel Comics|comic]].
* [[Marvel Star Wars|Lumiya]] was trained by the man himself and is practically a [[Distaff Counterpart]].
* There's also Dirk Raider from ''[[Brewster Rockit Space Guy]]''. Not only is he similar in appearance to Darth Vader (although his helmet is more similar to Boba Fett), he even has a similar backstory to Vader's [[Start of Darkness]] in [[Revenge of the Sith]]. A notable difference, however, is that Dirk Raider's more of a [[Card
== Films ==
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== Literature ==
* [[Margaret Weis]] is a huge fan of the Vader character, so it's no surprise she borrowed his general aesthetic for several of the [[Evil Overlord|Dragon Highlords]] from the ''[[Dragonlance]] Chronicles'', which she co-wrote. The closest to Vader in terms of both appearance and character, though, is not a Highlord at all, but rather the undead knight Lord Soth. The direction of [[Villain Protagonist|Raistlin's]] story arc also paralells Vader's in some ways, though the two characters aren't very alike in terms of personality, appearance, or abilities.
* The [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] has a lot of books taking place after Vader's death, and a number of villains who call back to him, even if they'd never met him. Kueller of ''[[The New Rebellion]]'' is one of the most notable ones, though he also has callbacks to the Emperor. There's even a point where Luke, fighting him, decides to have an [[Obi
* The Horned King in ''[[Chronicles of Prydain|The Book of Three]]''.
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* Kabal from the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' series.
* Grahf '''[[Evil Is Hammy|THE SEEKER OF POWER]]''' of [[Xenogears (Video Game)|Xenogears]] was specifically designed to resemble Darth Vader.
* Golbez from ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'' is a more fantasy-themed version, complete with a {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father|Cecil I Am Your Brother]]}} moment. He wears black armor, is a [[Badass Baritone]] when he's voiced, has a rather ominous and rather badass theme whenever he is nearby, used to be good but was corrupted and brainwashed by Zemus, and once he comes to his senses he helps the heroes destroy him.
** As two more Shout Outs, in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy (Video Game)|Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' he has an attack called "Cosmic Ray", which fires blasts of electricity from his hands in a manner heavily resembling Force Lightning (ironically, the original Darth Vader never actually learned this attack and in fact was killed by it), and he calls the CPU boss from ''IV'' to fire lasers, the CPU greatly resembling the Death Star as a large black metal [[Attack Drone]].
* Gabranth in ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'' is [[The Dragon]] to [[The Emperor]], Vayne, is revealed to be Basch's [[Evil Twin]] and is a [[Fallen Hero]] who is pretty much single-handedly responsible for the fall of Dalmasca and the Empire's reign in the region. Clad in dark silver armor with a black cape and having a metallic echo to his voice due to his helmet, Gabranth is actually a broken man who feels he has nothing to live for except his servitude to Vayne, his home and family having been taken from him or given up. By the end of the game he helps the heroes defeat Vayne, but is mortally wounded for his heroism and dies soon after.
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