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* ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'': Each of the 11 Planetary Masters of Sol is an Evil Counterpart for a member of the main GGG crew, even though it's not immediately apparent which is which.

* Back when ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' was a superhero, Kinkotsuman was introduced as his villainous counterpart; He was just as bad at what he did as Kinnikuman was. Unlike Kinnikuman, he was unable to eventually find a more fitting profession and slowly became less prominent as more serious villains started showing up.

* In ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'', there's the [[Creepy Twins]] Yu Fan and Yu Lan, who are shown to have been through extremely similar wars and circumstances as Sousuke. Just like Sousuke, they're [[The Stoic|rather emotionless]], extremely loyal to the person that took care of them, and their occupations are very alike. Main difference? Sousuke was adopted by [[A Father to His Men|Kalinin]] and the twins were adopted by [[Ax Crazy|Gauron]]. Funnily enough, Gauron (as elaborated on in the novels) is revealed to have actually tried to take Sousuke when [[Shotacon|Sousuke was young]], but Sousuke [[Genre Savvy|refused]]. 5 years later, and Gauron is still [[Stalker with a Crush|fantasizing and obsessing]] over "beautiful" Sousuke. If there's anything Sousuke did right when he was young, it was knowing who to accept as his father figure.

* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', there's the [[Creepy Twins]] Yu Fan and Yu Lan, who are shown to have been through extremely similar wars and circumstances as Sousuke. Just like Sousuke, they're [[The Stoic|rather emotionless]], extremely loyal to the person that took care of them, and their occupations are very alike. Main difference? Sousuke was adopted by [[A Father to His Men|Kalinin]] and the twins were adopted by [[Ax Crazy|Gauron]]. Funnily enough, Gauron (as elaborated on in the novels) is revealed to have actually tried to take Sousuke when [[Shotacon|Sousuke was young]], but Sousuke [[Genre Savvy|refused]]. 5 years later, and Gauron is still [[Stalker with a Crush|fantasizing and obsessing]] over "beautiful" Sousuke. If there's anything Sousuke did right when he was young, it was knowing who to accept as his father figure.

* In ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', the whole Varia is meant to be tailored as being [[Evil Counterpart|Evil Counterparts]] to the Vongola family. Xanxus is Tsuna's counterpart, both having Dying Will flame powers and both competing for the same position as the boss. The only one that is unclear exactly which is the [[Evil Counterpart]] is [[Wild Card|Mukuro]] to Marmon - especially since Marmon is mainly motivated by money and isn't nearly as [[Nietzsche Wannabe|cynical]] or [[Ax Crazy|scary]].

* Every major robot villain in ''[[Astro Boy (manga)|Astro Boy]]'' is an evil, or at least [[Anti-Villain|morally ambiguous]] counterpart to some extent. What makes them interesting is how each one completely inverts a major aspect of Astro's personality or show what he'd be like if things had happened differently, or to underscore the fact that who he is rather than what he is makes him a hero, for example:

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** Astro II, a "more human" version of Astro, including human vices such as lust & sloth.

* Nearly every season of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' has a set of villain counterparts to the Inner Senshi. R has the Akayashi Sisters (Koan-Mars, Bertier-Mercury, Petz-Jupiter, Calaveras-Venus), S has the Witches 5 (Eudial-Mars, Mimete-Venus, Tellu-Jupiter, Villuy-Mercury), SuperS has the Amazoness Quartet (Cere Cere-Venus, Palla Palla-Mercury, Jun Jun-Jupiter, Ves Ves-Mars).

** This carried over to at least one video game adaptation, ''[[Sailor Moon Another Story]]''. In that game, while it brought back all their old foes to that point as bosses, the main villains (other than the [[Big Bad]]) were the Oppositio Senshi, 5 teenage girls with powers mirroring the Inner Sehshi, and names based on Babylonian gods and goddesses: Sin (god of the moon), Nabu (god of Wisdom), Nergal (god of war), Marduk (god of thunder and leader of the gods), and Ishtar (goddess of love).

** This carried over to at least one video game adaptation, ''[[Sailor Moon: Another Story]]''. In that game, while it brought back all their old foes to that point as bosses, the main villains (other than the [[Big Bad]]) were the Oppositio Senshi, 5 teenage girls with powers mirroring the Inner Sehshi, and names based on Babylonian gods and goddesses: Sin (god of the moon), Nabu (god of Wisdom), Nergal (god of war), Marduk (god of thunder and leader of the gods), and Ishtar (goddess of love).

** In the manga, Queen Nehellenia of the Dead Moon Circus was seen as a shadowy, mirror reflection of Queen Serenity. Likewise, Nehellenia's kingdom of the Dead Moon was hidden inside the shadow of the moon's center.

* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', this is the [[Big Bad]]'s motivation. Naraku seems to hate InuYasha specifically due to their similarities: they have the same half-demon nature, causing loneliness to both, but InuYasha forms bonds to soothe his loneliness, while Naraku destroys the bonds of other people to make himself feel better. Naraku's frustration over this is the reason why he never really does anything but try to power himself up or ruin InuYasha's life (symbolically destroying his own half-breed nature).

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* Lord Tedd in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' along with Shade Tail. Ellen tried to be this for a while but quickly gave up on it.

* In ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' with the main characters being the [[Evil Counterpart|Evil Counterparts]] of the true Light Warriors which travel the world since then stumbling from one disaster into another. Also, there are the other warriors which are also (mostly) way less evil than the protagonists.

* ''[[Shortpacked]]'' gives us McAwesome's Parasailing and Chocolate Bakery... or, more accurately, the titular store is the [[Evil Counterpart]] to McAwesome's. [[Benevolent Boss|Gustavo]], Evan, Rose and Zaph are well-adjusted [[Expy|expies]] of [[Bad Boss|Galasso]], Ethan, Amber and Faz. [[Ronald Reagan|Ronnie's]] counterpart is [[Franklin D Roosevelt]], Ninja Rick's is a pirate, and Robin's is [[Pollyanna|Agatha]] from her original SEMME team. The others so far don't have counterparts, {{spoiler|but Mike moonlights there, and [[Doctor Jekyll and Mister Jack Daniels|gets drunk]] to do so, so he's his own counterpart}}.

* ''[[Shortpacked]]'' gives us McAwesome's Parasailing and Chocolate Bakery... or, more accurately, the titular store is the [[Evil Counterpart]] to McAwesome's. [[Benevolent Boss|Gustavo]], Evan, Rose and Zaph are well-adjusted [[Expy|expies]] of [[Bad Boss|Galasso]], Ethan, Amber and Faz. [[Ronald Reagan|Ronnie's]] counterpart is [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], Ninja Rick's is a pirate, and Robin's is [[Pollyanna|Agatha]] from her original SEMME team. The others so far don't have counterparts, {{spoiler|but Mike moonlights there, and [[Doctor Jekyll and Mister Jack Daniels|gets drunk]] to do so, so he's his own counterpart}}.

* ''[[Sonichu]]'' has a few for both its titular character and the [[Author Avatar]]. For the titular character, there's Metal Sonichu and Black Sonichu/Blachu/Blake, though Blake turns good. For the [[Author Avatar]], there's Naitsirhc, whom takes Evil Counterpart to a major extreme.

* The titular characters of ''[[Bob and George]]''. While George is depicted as god of {{spoiler|electricity}}, Bob is depicted as god of {{spoiler|fire}}. George's "true" form is called {{spoiler|Blitz}} (originally {{spoiler|Spark}}) and Bob's true form is called {{spoiler|Napalm}}. They both got their powers from their mother. In the story, Bob/{{spoiler|Napalm}} calls himself {{spoiler|"the destroyer of civilisations"}} and George/{{spoiler|Spark/Blitz}} believes in justice. Also, in the end, {{spoiler|they get help from their respective protectors; Bob from [[Big Bad|Helmeted Author]] and George from [[Mysterious Protector|Shadowy Author]]. Also, it's revealed that both of them were protected [[Mama Bear|by their mother.]]}}