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Similar to [[Doppelganger Spin]], Doppelganger Attack involves making multiple copies of oneself, during combat. Unlike the former, however, the "copies" are actual physical copies, be they [[Hard Light|manifestations of energy]], [[Me's a Crowd|split off]] from the original, or copies [[Golem|made of stone, clay, or another material]]. As they are solid copies, there is no "which one is the real one" game to be played here: They're essentially ''all'' "real", and ''all'' equally dangerous. They can be used to attack, train, or defend the original. If the copies are unable to rejoin with the original after being created or summoned, they may have the [[Cloning Blues]].
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'''s Kaede Nagase, in addition to the usual illusionary swarm, when she limits her duplicates to four or so all of them are fully tangible and devastatingly effective combatants. Her student and main lead's [[The Rival|Rival]] Kotaro has also shown to be proficient at it, though not to the extent of her ability. Oddly, Nagi, the [[Disappeared Dad]] of series lead could do it, while not being eastern or showing any skill in ninjutsu. [[Rule of Cool]] indeed.
** Negi can also do it, summoning a bunch of doppelgangers when he fights Evangeline. Later on, he turns it [[Up to Eleven]] by summoning a ''thousand'' decoys. Made of [[Shock and Awe|lightning]]. [[Rule of Cool|Just because]].
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* In ''[[Gakuen Alice]]'', Misaki Harada's doppleganger Alice allows her to create multiple versions of herself.
== Comic Books ==
* The ''[[Alpha Flight]]'' character Flashback can conjure up versions of himself from seconds away in time, allowing him to swarm an opponent all by himself. He's not so good at picking foes he can actually beat this way, though, and the downside is, if one of his phase-forms dies, he gets to worry if it's the one from ''his'' future.
* The mercenary Timeshadow, a former pawn of Apocalypse, has a similar power.
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* ''Multiple Man'' from Marvel Comics. Especially recently as his clones tend to reflect part of the typical human personality. His libido manifested with a clone and much sex (not with clones) ensued.
* The Makuta Bitil from ''[[Bionicle]]'' wears a Mohtrek; or in layman's terms: A [[Mask Power|Mask]] of Time Duplication. When mentally triggered it summons different versions of the user from different points in time into the present. These duplicates are just as strong as the original was or will be at that point in time. When dismissed, the duplicates will return to the very same moment they left, meaning that no one will have seen them suddenly vanish and reappear. They also lose their memory of what happened while summoned to avoid any whacky [[Temporal Paradox|time paradoxes]]. The downside? The summoned duplicates will return to their time with all the physical evidence of the summoning intact, meaning that if you get wounded, that wound will seem to have suddenly appeared on you somewhere in time. And if one gets killed... all version past that one [[Mind Screw|gets erased from time, as if they were never there]]. So a past version of you gets killed, and you cease to exist; even in the memories of those you were fighting, and all the people you have ever met. [[Oh Crap|Whoops.]]
== Live Action TV ==
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*** Decade gets a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] thanks to this in [[The Movie]]. When faced with a three-on-one fight against [[Kamen Rider Black|Black]], [[Kamen Rider V 3|V3]] and [[Kamen Rider Super-1|Super-1]], Decade counters their [[Finishing Move|Triple Kick]] by combining the Illusion card with his Final Attack Ride, performing a Triple Dimension Kick all by himself.
*** [[Kamen Rider OOO]]'s {{color|green|GataKiriBa}} Combo gives him this ability.
== Tabletop Games ==
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** The first edition supplement book ''Oriental Adventures'' also has the Conjuration spell "Body Outside Body", allowing a Wu Jen to create a few clones of himself. Those have less [[Hit Points]] than the caster and cannot use spells, but they have all of his martial prowess.
** Trickery Devotion, a feat from 3.5, lets you clone yourself 1/day. It's a very frail clone, but still...
* In ''[[Mage: The Ascension]]'', one of the examples of what a skilled member of the [[Kung Fu Wizard|Akashic Brotherhood]] could accomplish is a martial arts kick delivered from four directions by four instances of the mage simultaneously.
== Video Games ==
* {{spoiler|The [[Evil Chancellor]]}} in ''[[Prince of Persia
* In the ''[[Disgaea]]'' games, Mid-Boss' ultimate attack, Adonic Fury, utilizes this. He splits himself into four copies and surrounds the unfortunate target to beat the ever-loving crap out of him/her/it. There's also his Super Adonis, which has him rapidly magichange countless copies of himself into swords and rain them down upon his unfortunate targets.
** Several other special moves, such as Doppelganger, use copies as well. The makers of the game have commented that the attack is "also useful if you want to vote for something".
** In those same games, the "Clone" Geo Panels recreate duplicate versions of whatever is standing on a matching color panel, be they allies or enemies. All of the generated clones are very real (and will invariably attack your party), and retain the stats and Hit Points of the original, but you [[Unusable Enemy Equipment|can't steal any of their equipment]].
* It seems like every wizard miniboss in ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' fights with the mirror image spell, meaning you need to do at least one attack on him per image he creates before you can touch him again. All while he's launching off his own spells. The quickest way to strip this off of him is with a magic missile spell or two, but it's still massively annoying, especially if they use fear or charms on your party (which most do).
** Worse is the ''simulacrum'' spell, where only one image is produced, but it's got hit points and can wander away from the caster.
* In ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]'' games, GataKiriBa makes clones of himself that each shoot a blast of fire down the row they are on whenever the original does. He can also create a more ghostly clone to appear on your side of the field which attacks you with a sword.
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the First Boss of ShadowMan (Skeram) (and his
** As of the latest expansion, Mage players can also perform their own Doppelganger Attack by summoning 3 to 4 copies of themselves able to cast basic spells.
** Multiboxers are players who play multiple accounts simultaneously by passing the keystrokes from their keyboard to multiple active [[WoW]] installs. When a player does this while playing mage characters, when they are glyphed for Mirror Image and get 4 dopplegangers of themselves, per character, this can be a completely overwhelming sight to see. 5 characters with 4 backups each = 25 total characters. When they all start spamming Frostbolt it looks like star wars. Bonus points if they're all gnomes with pink hair.
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** [[Physical God|Suwako Moriya]] has a survival card that ultimately has three versions of her trying to kill you. And there's another version of her sunk into the background.
** Flandre Scarlet has a spellcard called [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"Four of a Kind"]]. "Four of a Kind" is the most popular example of this trope in the series.
** Mamizou Futatsuiwa possesses a spellcard that generates two copies of herself, which, after attacking for a short time, generate two more copies
** Suika Ibuki can subdivide into an uncountable number of smaller versions of herself, to the point that she can take a form that closely resembles a mist (manipulation of density probably helps).
* This trope is mostly used in the fight against Dark Samus in ''[[Metroid
* The Clone spell from ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic
** The fourth
* The Shadow robot in ''[[One Must Fall
* There are several ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' examples. Zweizergain and the Assault Scouts are prominent examples of machines that utilize this tactic.
* Death Metal, the Rank 10 Assassin in ''[[No More Heroes]]'', produces two doppelgangers when his health gets low enough. They have as much health as he does at that point, making finding the real one a bit of a chore.
* In the obscure [[
* In the ''Hordes of the Underdark'' module to ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'', there is a hall of mirrors where most either give items of various kinds or gold
** Maybe due to a glitch, if you ''destroy'' the mirror instead of looking into it, it spawns ''two'' copies of your character.
* When Dante utilizes his Doppelganger style in ''[[Devil May Cry
* One of the bosses in ''[[Persona 2]]'' uses a Doppelganger attack as her gimmick. You have to hit the real one, or else any attempts to use magic will result in a nasty counterattack (her copies reflects magic). The solution: {{spoiler|fight her on a full moon - the fakes have no shadows. Or watch carefully when she taunts you afterwards.}}
* One of Hanzo's special abilities in ''[[Samurai Warriors
* Marquis does this in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics A2]]''. He splits himself into five, and strangely enough, all of them have differing abilities. His doppelgangers may know anything from a [[Flaming Sword]] all the way to illusion magic that hits the whole field. This [[Cutscene Power to the Max|happens in a cutscene]], so you're effectively just fighting a group of ninja that all happen to share the same name.
* One of [[Ninja|Konoha's]] supers in ''[[Arcana Heart]]'' has her creating a bunch of doppelgangers to pummel her opponent with a 100-hit combo.
* [[That One Boss|The boss Yaridovich]] from ''[[Super Mario RPG
* Several bosses from ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' use a variation of this, most notably Agahnim from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the
* ''[[Halo
* Great Tiger, in both of his appearances in the ''[[Punch-Out!!]]
* The last battle in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' against
** In the second game {{spoiler|Ezio}} uses the
* In ''[[Dynasty Warriors: Gundam]]'', the final battle in Domon Kasshu's "Original Mode" path [[Duel Boss|pits him against Master Asia]], who uses his powers to create several clones (of varying toughness) of his Master Gundam, and Domon has to fight them simultaneously to achieve victory.
* ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'' had the Sandora Elite miniboss, who will create two clones of himself when his HP falls below half. The trick to finding the real one is paying attention to the attacks; the two clones will attack after being created, but since the real one made the clones on his turn, he won't attack.
* The time-travel RTS ''[[Achron]]'' can be made to do this. A technique allows the [[Delayed Ripple Effect]] to be Delayed permanently, so that your units can [[Help Your Self in the Future|Help Themselves In The Future]] but never return to the past, without any nasty [[Temporal Paradox|paradoxes]]. Unfortunately, [[Awesome but Impractical|this requires so much time and concentration]] that it's easier to just [[Boring but Practical|build new units]] if you need to.
* Shredder at the end of ''[[
* [[Meaningful Name|Gemini Man]] and the Mega Clones from ''[[Mega Man 3]]'', Mega Man, Bass, and Astro Man in ''Mega Man and Bass'' (using Copy Vision), and Split Mushroom in ''[[Mega Man X]] 4''
** [[Me's a Crowd|Infinity Mijinion]] from ''X6'' clones himself every time he takes a strong attack or loses 1/4 of this health. He can very well fill the screen with himself if the player isn't careful.
** Flame Hyenard from ''X7'' uses a technique he calls "Tri-Formation" to split himself into three Hyenards, all of whom attack and [[Madness Mantra|scream]] with equal ferocity.
** ''[[Mega Man 9]]'' has Galaxy Man, who takes a page from Astro Man in ''[[Rockman 6: Unique Harassment]]'' and can split himself into two during his second phase to confuse Mega Man. This ability can be obtained in the form of Galaxy Vision, which lets Mega Man create an energy hologram of himself to damage enemies.
** Dr. Wily in ''Mega Man 10''. Not only does the color of his doppelganger hint which one is real, but the real Wily occasionally sneezes during the battle.
*
* Gruntilda in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie
* The Crimson Prankster in ''[[Kingdom Hearts
** Xemnas can briefly create clones of himself to attack the heroes during his final fight. This is particularly annoying when he traps Sora in an HP-draining beam and control briefly switches to a [[Guest Star Party Member]] - you have to get to Sora and free him, but Xemnas keeps sending clones of himself to stop you.
** [[Master of Illusion|Zexion]] from ''[[Kingdom Hearts
** Larxene's "Absent Silhouette" in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' Final Mix can also do this - there's a reaction command where Sora grabs one Larxene, spins her around and throws her into another, fusing them together again.
** The [[Bonus Boss|Unknown]] from ''Birth by Sleep'' does this too, in case you thought his attacks weren't hard enough to dodge already.
* One of the defining characteristics of the Protopet in ''[[Ratchet and Clank
* Taokaka from ''[[BlazBlue]]'' has a Distortion Drive called "Almost Becoming Two!", where a transparent doppelganger appears behind her for a short time. Whatever moves Taokaka uses, the doppelganger uses.
* Morrigan of ''[[Darkstalkers]]'' does this with
* In ''[[RuneScape]]'', this is one of Nomad's attacks in the "Nomad's Requiem" quest. He can create three copies of himself. All of the clones hit just as hard as the real Nomad, but when they're attacked, Nomad loses focus and dismisses the copy.
* The "Labyrinth" in ''[[Vindictus]]'' features increasingly powerful doppelgangers as the end bosses on each floor (for a total of 5 encounters).
* In ''[[Lionheart]]'', two of the bosses can summon copies of themselves. In both cases, the original AND the copies (which tend to be weaker) need to be killed in close succession, as the original can summon more copies to replace those the player has already killed, or one of the copies can become the original if the original dies.
* In the final boss battle of ''[[Spartan Total Warrior]]'', {{spoiler|Ares}}
* This is pretty much the whole point of Phantom Lancer, one of the heroes in ''[[Defence Of The Ancients]]'' -- two of his skills are passive and give him a chance of creating an illusionary copy of himself (that can still damage enemies) with every hit against an enemy (the second boosts the chance and gives his illusions a chance of creating illusions of their own). Sadly, the illusion-count tops out at 8 or so, meaning no army of angry [[Cat People]] charging across the battlefield.
* ''[[Dark Souls]]'' has [[Breather Boss|Pinwheel]], a necromancer who makes fake copies of him self.
* Militsa from ''[[Tales of Rebirth]]'' does this when she goes up against the party solo, creating four low HP clones that are quickly replaced upon their destruction.
* Belius in ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'' creates a clone of herself once she reaches half HP. It's barely any weaker then the original, but can be removed by simply reigniting the torches in the arena.
* The [[Bonus Boss|Golden Swordsman]] in ''[[Tales of Xillia]]'' does once after you run down his HP for the first time, then again once you run down the HP of him and his clone, resulting in three clones. Something of an odd case, as the duplicates possess distinct fighting styles based off of those of your party members, and are just as powerful as the original.
== Web Comics ==
* In one
* In ''[[8-
* Nanase of ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has a "decoy summon spell." It is a partially sentient puppet that can be controlled directly or behave based on the user's mental state at the time of summoning.
* ''[[Homestuck]]'': [[Robot Girl|Aradia]] builds an army of her doomed time travel clones in order to fight her session's [[Final Boss|Black King]]. {{spoiler|They don't do much good against Jack, though.}}
== Web Original ==
* In ''[[Trinton Chronicles]]'' has Aurora who can make clones of herself to run around and perform multiple attacks against a single target.
* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' has this effect whenever there's a [[Stable Time Loop]], usually surrounding Agent Wyoming. For Church, it allowed him to figure out the solution to the time bomb crisis. Wyoming had been using it for much longer, and knew ''how'' to use it. When Tucker told Church that Wyoming had been putting them through such a time loop, Church remembered his experience (and doppelgängers), and realized Wyoming must be using this trope. [[Right Behind Me|Naturally, they collided with an army of Wyomings]] [[Played for Laughs|two seconds later]].
* ''[[RWBY]]'': Sun Wukong can manifest two energy copies of himself which can attack his enemies or even hold up heavy weights.
** Blake Belladonna initially could leave static copies of herself behind to take hits from opponents or to act as decoys; by Volume 4, though, these copies were capable of independent movement.
== Western Animation ==
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* ''[[Ben 10]]'' has an alien form called Ditto which can split itself into multiple copies, but was otherwise roughly equal to a human child. Its weakness was that all of its copies shared damage; if one was attacked, they all felt it. In ''Ben 10 Alien Force'', he gets a new form named Echo Echo, which has this power [[Combo-Platter Powers|along with]] [[Make Me Wanna Shout|sonic attacks]] and minus the damage-sharing.
* One of the experiments in ''[[Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' can make physical copies, but the more copies are made, the weaker the original becomes.
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': As part of his ghostly abilities,
* Ulrich's "Triplicate" power in ''[[Code Lyoko]]''. The two clones [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|only have one life point and are easily dispatched]], but otherwise they're as deadly as the real Ulrich.
* Nabu from ''[[Winx Club]]'' may have this ability, but it is unclear whether the duplicates are solid or not. In a fight against Darcy, he was able to attack all of her illusion copies this way.
* ''[[The Tick (animation)|The Tick]]''
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