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** 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 5man5-man protege in Arcatraz (Skyriss)) uses this ability, although there is a "real" one. Each of his copies must be separated, and the fake ones must be killed before they destroy the raid. The 5man version in Arcatraz only splits into 2, whereas the 40man version splits into 3.
** 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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** Mamizou Futatsuiwa possesses a spellcard that generates two copies of herself, which, after attacking for a short time, generate two more copies ''each'' , and two more later. By the end, you're facing off against ten copies of her before the spell dispels.
** 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 Prime|Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]''. She divides into two or three identical looking copies that are all capable of attacking. However, you can tell which is real in a few ways. You can scan them; the copies register as "Dark Echo" while the real is "Dark Samus". They move pretty fast, so you have to keep your eye on the right one when you stop scanning and go back to the combat visor. Also, there are certain attacks that only the real Dark Samus will use. Unfortunately, they render her invincible for the duration of the attack, and she tends to recall her duplicates immediately after doing them. Also, only one glows under the X-Ray visor.
* The Clone spell from ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic|Heroes of Might and Magic III]]'' creates a duplicate of a unit stack with the same attack power as the original. However the clone is much weaker and is dispelled if it takes any damage.
** The fourth partgame features "Create Illusion" and "Phantom Image", both of which create a semi-opaque unit stack which is the same type as the targeted stack, but with numbers based on the spell's power. Repeated casts stack, you can keep casting Create Illusion on a stack of two Titans to get three or four with each cast... those don't have any spellcasting potential, but are as good at attacking and taking hits as the base monster they were made of. Meanwhile, the fifth part has a spell just like the third one has, creating a same-number copy of the target stack that disappears of one hit, but has a 50% chance to avoid a physical hit.
* The Shadow robot in ''[[One Must Fall]]'' uses shadow copies of itself in all of its special moves. However, to prevent abuse, attacking a doppelanger does minimal damage to the main robot.
* 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 [[Roguelikeroguelike]] game ''[[Steamband]]'', {{spoiler|Fu Manchu}} can create clones of himself in battle. The only way to know which one is real is to kill them.
** ''[[Nethack]]'': has {{spoiler|the [[Recurring Boss|Wizard of Yendor's]] Double Trouble spell}}, doeswhich theworks samesimilarly thing,to andthe ''Steamband'' example. {{spoiler|ifIf you're not carrying the [[MacGuffin|Amulet of Yendor]], the copy may have a fake Amulet.}}.
* 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,; one creats a mirror youcopy forof you to fight., Thisthough this is rarely a difficult fight, though, as it fails to copy your companions.
** 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|Devil May Cry 3]]'', he can create a single duplicate of himself. The duplicate will mirror Dante's movements and attacks, but the player can choose to increase the lag between the command inputs and the duplicate's response—or a second player can take control instead.
* 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|Samurai Warriors 2]]'' allows him to create up to three shadow doppelgangers this way. Nene's ability might also count, although they move more like a [[Doppelganger Spin|spin]] (occupying the same space, instead of spread out like Hanzo's).
* 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.
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* ''[[Halo 2]]'': The Heretic Leader boss fights alongside holographic clones of himself, whose attacks are just as deadly as the real thing. They can actually take more damage than him.
* Great Tiger, in both of his appearances in the ''[[Punch-Out!!]]'' series, uses special attacks where he makes clones of himself to confuse Little Mac. Dodge or block at the wrong time, and the "real" clone will hit you pretty hard.
* The last battle in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' against {{spoiler|Al Mu'alim}}, where he creates a dozen illusions of himself, each of which is perfectly capable of killing you, being the most dangerous fighters in the entire game. If you can figure out which one is the original, you can cause the others to disappear. That's pretty much the entire point of the battle, really.
** In the second game {{spoiler|Ezio}} uses the {{spoiler|piece of Eden in his battle against the Pope}}. The copies are different in that they attack independently from you and they don't disappear when you or they are hit. It makes the battle rather easy as you can just wait until he is fighting one of the copies and then attack him from behind and the wait until another copy attacks and he's busy fighting him. Rinse and repeat, {{spoiler|Pope defeated}}.
* 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.
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** [[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]], takingwho 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.
* {{spoiler|The Desire Demon possessing Connor}} and {{spoiler|Branka}} from ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]'' make copies of themselves after taking some damage. It's pretty easy to tell which one is the real one in both cases.▼
▲** [[Mega Man 9|Galaxy Man]], taking a page from Astro Man in ''[[Rockman 6: Unique Harassment]]'', 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.
* Gruntilda in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]: [[Revenge of the Sequel|Grunty's Revenge]]'', after her Mecha Grunty suit is destroyed. Klungo also does it in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' if he drinks the blue potion before the fight.▼
▲* {{spoiler|The Desire Demon possessing Connor}} and {{spoiler|Branka}} from ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]'' make copies of themselves after taking some damage. It's pretty easy to tell which one is the real one in both cases.
* The Crimson Prankster in ''[[Kingdom Hearts|Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]'', combiningcombines this trope with [[Dual Boss]].▼
▲* Gruntilda in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]: [[Revenge of the Sequel|Grunty's Revenge]]'', after her Mecha Grunty suit is destroyed. Klungo also does it in ''Banjo-Tooie'' if he drinks the blue potion before the fight.
▲* The Crimson Prankster in ''[[Kingdom Hearts|Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]'', combining this trope with [[Dual Boss]].
** 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: Chain of Memories]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' Final Mix can make clones of himself to attack the player.
** 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]] 2]]''. It can very quickly go from one, to seven, to forty two, and by the time you've killed half of them, the remaining half have probably already spawned the number back to it's upper limit.
* 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 oneher of[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqJqYfQwtpg herDarkness Illusion] and other ultimatesuper moves in a few of her [[Marvel vs. Capcom|fighting game appearances.]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqJqYfQwtpgLilith Darknesshas Illusion]a similar super attack, specificallybut while Morrigan's clone is mirrored behind the opponent, Lilith's copy follows her arround and does the same attacks with a delay.
** Lilith as well. But, while Morrigan's clone is mirrored behind the opponent, Lilith's copy follows her arround and does the same attacks with a delay.
* 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}}, the final boss, can split himself in three. The difference between the original and the two copies is that the copies getare [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|killed with one hit]].
* 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.
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