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{{quote|"''[[Not So Different|Our methods have not differed as much as you pretend]]. [[Shadow Archetype|I am but a shadowy reflection of you]]. [[For Want of a Nail|It would take only a nudge to make you like me]]. [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|To push you out of the light.]]''"|'''Rene Belloq''', ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''}}
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Often leads to a [[Not So Different]] moment.
Often a [[Dark Magical Girl]]; contrast with the [[Worthy Opponent]]. Applied to an entire team, they are [[The Psycho Rangers]]. Because [[The Hero]] and the
[[Sister Trope]] to [[Evil Twin]] (evil biological twin), [[Evil Knockoff]] (intentionally created evil duplicate), [[Criminal Doppelganger]] (evil [[Identical Stranger]]) and [[Jekyll and Hyde]] (when the hero and his/her counterpart are the same person).
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Naruto]]''
** Gaara of the Desert started out as an
** {{spoiler|Sasuke}}. Naruto, himself even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] it. Face it Naruto has plenty of these.
** Kabuto too, in an inversion. Realizing that Naruto is practically a good counterpart to himself, decides to take on Orochimaru's cells to mimic being a jinchuriki like Naruto. {{spoiler|He also undergoes training under the White Snake Sage to become a Sage just like Naruto.}}
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** There's also the Sangenma (Sacred Beasts) and Wicked Gods, direct counterparts to the Egyptian God Cards in the anime and ''Yu-Gi-Oh R'' manga.
* ''[[Rave Master]]'':
** Lucia Raregroove is the
** Also the Dark Bring Pool, which seals away (then drowns) anyone stupid enough to dive into it's ominous purple water while producing a darker copy.
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'' introduces Mu La Flaga and Rau Le Creuset. Rau isn't just an Evil Counterpart, he's {{spoiler|a faulty clone of Mu's father}}. Le Creuset actually manages to be the
** The Evil Counterpart trope doesn't just apply to characters; the ''Archangel'', the cool ''battleship'' of the main characters, gets an Evil Counterpart in the ''Dominion'' which is identical to ''Archangel'' in every way except for one: [[Dark Is Evil|it's black instead of white]].
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'' is none too subtle in setting up the Epyon to be Wing Zero's evil counterpart. Wing Zero's back mounted thrusters make it resemble an angel (made ridiculously blatant by the Wing Zero Custom), while the Epyon resembles a devil. The 2 suits are similar in their construction: they both can transform into a jet mode, and they both contain a Zero System. However, they are also opposites: Wing Zero has a super-powerful gun, Epyon has a super-powerful sword. Also, the two Zero Systems are hinted to work in different ways, with Wing's "showing you the future", and Epyon's "showing you your death".
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* ''[[Code Geass]]'' has Schneizel vi Britannia, who sometimes seems like a ''good'' Counterpart when compared to his [[Magnificent Bastard]] of a little brother, Lelouch, a fact mirrored by their color preference in chess.
** It's possibly a closer match with Charles, Lelouch's father. Once he takes the spotlight, we see that his past and personality are surprisingly similar to Lelouch's, except that Lelouch never reaches the point where he'd marry his buxom subordinate.
*** Speaking of buxom subordinates, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that {{spoiler|Marianne}} is ''Kallen's''
*** According to [[Word of God]], Kallen might have actually done the same thing as {{spoiler|Marianne}} if Lelouch had actually came out and said that he loved her. [[Break His Heart to Save Him|That's why he doesn't say it]]
** The Geass video game introduces twin princes Castor and Pollux, who are more directly
** Mao is another
* This trope appears in Season 2 of ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]''. (Warning: '''major''' spoilers.)
** {{spoiler|Kuze is really similar to the Major, the series protagonist. They both were the 2 only survivors of a plane crash as children of about the same age who became friends in the hospital until they both got their first cybernetic bodies and lost contact. While the Major became a police officer working for the government, Kuze became a terrorist opposing the state. Both share the same goals of helping and protecting the people from corruption and crime, their only differences being which side of the law they chose to stand on.}}
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** However, Nemesis Prime from ''[[Transformers Armada]]'' IS an Evil Twin, with his coloration being the only difference, as is the one that crops up in the backstory for ''Alternators/Binaltech''.
** Motormaster from the Generation 1 cartoon could be considered the original Evil Counterpart for Optimus Prime. He had the same alternate mode and was built to be just below Megatron in power.
* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' In the later novels, the whole SOS-Brigade is revealed to have an
** Well, not all of them are evil. Kyouko seems to have bitten off more than she can chew, Kuyou is much more ambiguous but seems to run on [[Blue and Orange Morality]], and Sasaki {{spoiler|is actually not evil at all, and is secretly on Kyon's side}}, but [[Time Travel|Fujiwara]] {{spoiler|goes completely insane and tries to kill Haruhi in order to remake the timeline in his own image. He also claims to be related to his counterpart, but we don't know if that's true or not.}}
** Also, Ryoko Asakura for Yuki Nagato.
* Aion in ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' is clearly Chrono's evil counterpart; even their time manipulation skills are opposed or complementary in the anime. In the manga their powers don't seem to be quite as related, but instead it takes the [[For Want of a Nail]] path if you [[Fridge Brilliance|think about it]]
* Vash in ''[[Trigun]]'' has his [[Evil Twin]] Knives, who gives a good idea of what Vash would've become if he hadn't been a [[Freud Was Right|mama's boy]].
* In the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga, Father is Hohenheim's
** Wrath is an
** Kimblee in the manga comes across as something of an evil counterpart to Scar. Both have destruction-based powers and invoke [[Light Is Not Good]] (although Scar is at worst an [[Anti-Villain]]). Also, Kimblee "created" Scar, delivering the injury that gave him his nickname, and the role of Kimblee and other State Alchemists in carrying out genocide against Scar and his people is the motivation for Scar's revenge.
*** To support this argument, look at the scene where {{spoiler|Scar is standing on the roof with Kimblee on the ground, with Scar himself pointing how their situations were reversed from in Ishval. Also, Scar moved on past his focus on revenge while Kimblee's obsession towards completing his job never waned}}.
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{{quote|'''{{spoiler|Lordgenome}}''': There once was a man who fought like you, not realizing his actions would bring about the destruction of humanity.}}
** {{spoiler|Guame the Steady}} is {{spoiler|''Boota's''}} Evil Counterpart. {{spoiler|Guame is shown as a small critter accompanying a young Lordgenome exactly the way Boota does Simon.}}
** Another candidate for Simon's
* Sensui from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' is the protagonist's
** A better and lampshaped example would be Younger Toguro, who Yusuke would be if he gave into his [[Blood Knight]] tendencies, and stopped caring for his [[Nakama]].
*** {{spoiler|Slightly subverted as he is a [[Death Seeker]] as well}}.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has Setsuna and Tsukiyomi, the mad Shinmeiryuu swordswoman to match Setsuna in every major battle. Unlike Setsuna, Tsukiyomi is [[Blood Knight|bloodthirsty]], direct and wins by any means necessary. Setsuna is quiet, humble and rarely fights for anything other than her charge, Konoka. Plus they're both lesbians, but Setsuna's [[Bodyguard Crush|innocent and taciturn]] while [[Psycho Lesbian|Tsukiyomi]] likes to speak in [[Double Entendre]] and [[Subtext]] and is willing to do ''anything'' at all, at anytime she can (ironically, [[Attempted Rape|to Setsuna herself]]).
** Kotaro seemed to be an
** Fate's entire team is made up of Evil Counterparts, some obvious and some not. Anya's mirror is an [[Emotionless Girl]] who looks quite similar to Anya and likes [[Playing with Fire|the same element]]. Yue and Nodoka's opposites are the panty-less [[Emotionless Girl]] and the [[Catgirl|panther girl]], respectively, although the only similarity between Nodoka and panther seems to be hair color and they hang out with their version of Yue. Haruna is vaguely connected to the girl with the lute, in that they are both artists (music vs drawing). Finally, as stated above, Fate is Negi's opposite. They both have female followers.
* Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez would be the Evil Counterpart to Ichigo Kurosaki on ''[[Bleach]]''. An Arrancar (Hollow with Shinigami powers), he serves as a foil to the Visored, Ichigo (A Shinigami with Hollow powers). He also has the same love of fighting shared by Kenpachi, Ichigo, and Nnoitra. Unlike Ichigo, he doesn't have a cause apart from pride and strength; Ichigo addresses this somewhat.
** There's also Sosuke Aizen and Kisuke Urahara. Sometimes, it's hard to tell which one's the real villain, but "Turn Back the Pendulum" kind of closed the book on that one. Both are super genius [[Chessmaster
*** Aizen is also an evil counterpart to Toshiro Hitsugaya and eviler counterpart to fellow villain Coyote Starrk. All three grew up mostly alone due to their incredible power (Aizen and Hitsugaya scared everyone away, Starrk accidentally killed anything that approached him due to [[Power Incontinence]]). Hitsugaya was able to work through his misfortune and form attachments to his friends and adopted family. Starrk formed attachments to Aizen and their fellow villains (the only reason he's a villain is to stay with his newfound friends). Aizen, despite being respected by the exact same people as Hitsugaya and Starrk, and even winning the heart of Momo Hinamori (Hitsugaya's [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]), did ''not'' form ''any'' attachments to them and again, does not care about anybody.
** Subverted with Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Szayelaporro Granz. To paraphrase [[Ren and Stimpy|Stimpy]]: "It's the
** [[Death Seeker|Nnoitra]] is what [[Blood Knight|Kenpachi]] would turn into if he just gave up on life. Kenpachi loves to fight, puts handicaps on himself to make the fight last longer and give his opponents a chance, and typically leaves his enemies alive so that they can come after him again; he's crazy, but in a fun kind of way. Nnoitra on the other hand, is completely [[Axe Crazy]], hates everybody, has a misogynistic streak that's definitely absent from Kenpachi, uses dirty tricks, leaves a mile-wide trail of dead bodies behind him, and is looking to die. Their battle (and twin eyepatches) nicely emphasise their similarities and differences.
** In fact, 2/3 of the Arrancar seem to be evil counterparts of one member of the Gotei 13 or another: Ggio Vega and Shaolin "Soifon" Fon are both agile, fast and athletic melee fighters, who are generally calm, loyal and firm, and seem to have a fairly low view on their comrades. They even ''look'' similar, but where Soifon is a mostly cold and professional [[Tsundere]] that ''seriously'' [[Defrosting Ice Queen|fangirls]] over her [[Les Yay|female]] [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|idol]], Ggio is a cocky and sarcastic taunter with a short fuse and 'bit of a boastful air to him, and the respect he harbors for his male commander appears to be more platonic. Furthermore, Soifon's antagonism towards her subordinates is mainly a pseudo-facade, her way of toughening them up, while Ggio appeared genuinely indifferent to his fellow [[Elite Mook|Fraccion]], barely reacting - if at all to their deaths.
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*** Nirgge Parduoc and Marechiyo Omaeda are both large and fat, boastful and demeaning, though Omaeda is more vain and cowardly, while Nirgge is at least patient and relatively calmer.
** [[Brilliant but Lazy|Coyote Starrk]] is kind of a subversion. He's clearly the lazy and apathetic counterpart to the easy-going and carefree [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|Shunsui Kyoraku]], but the only "bad" thing he's done so far is lazily fight against Kyoraku, and then, he offered to back out of. Come to think of it, between offering to pretend-fight him and taking one of the weakest arrancar in Aizen's army as his underling ({{spoiler|or so we think, she's actually his zanpakuto}}), [[Anti-Villain|the only reason he's evil at all is because he's on the villains' side]]. He's Neutral Lazy to Kyoraku's [[Neutral Good]], until he [[Let's Get Dangerous|releases]]. The annoyance of having to go all-out turned lazy into pissed, [[I Am Not Left-Handed|though apparently not pissed enough to use his stronger attacks yet]].
*** That Starrk decided to join Aizen simply because he wanted comrades, seemingly irrespective of what said companions got up to, could be seen as bad enough. The 'evil' aspect specifically is harder to argue for when he's driven not by malice but by loneliness; it does not justify his actions/association, but his motivation is an odd one for a [[Anti-Villain|supposed villain]]. His reason for fighting is one any number of Heroes adhere
** Ichigo gains another evil counterpart in {{spoiler|Kugo Ginjo}}, a warrior with very similar powers and origin. They even have similar personalities, through {{spoiler|Ginjo}} is revealed to have been [[Evil All Along|faking]] and has no qualms over using and betraying allies, while Ichigo's main motivation is to protect his [[True Companions]].
* In ''[[Death Note]]'' Light is the
** And Mello the
** And [[Another Note|Beyond Birthday]] is L's ''other''
* Buggy the Clown from ''[[One Piece]]'' seemed to be introduced as an Evil Counterpart to Luffy; Indeed, their devil fruits are practically opposite in several ways, but similar in others (allow for long range attacking, provide invulnerability to certain kinds of attacks). While Luffy is irrepressibly cheerful, Buggy is constantly aggravated, etc.
** It looks like Blackbeard is shaping up to be Luffy's
*** The Blackbeard pirates {{spoiler|except perhaps the original members}} don't think of each other as nakama and some members has expressed an interest {{spoiler|in dethroning Blackbeard as leader}}. Some of them stated that if {{spoiler|Blackbeard wasn't able to steal Whitebeard's powers}}, they would have just abandoned him to the Marines. Also, many of the members are [[Gonk]] in contrast with the Straw Hats who are good-looking, cool or cute.
** Frankly you could say that most every [[Big Bad]] Luffy's encountered along the way was something of an
** Interestingly, Admiral Akainu could serve as one for Ace. Along with the [[Playing with Fire|heat]] [[Magma Man|powers]], they're both devoted to their own sense of justice; Akainu adheres to absolute justice, hunting down any criminal, while Ace was determined to take down Blackbeard for his murder of a crewmate. These codes even go beyond those of their superiors/captain, as Sengoku and Whitebeard both have their limits. What separates them is that Ace genuine cares for others, while Akainu murders them if they oppose him.
** Lately, Hyouzou, the New Fishman Pirates' assassin, is this to Zoro. Both of them are powerful swordsmen, enjoy drinking and have a calm demeanor. However, Zoro was never shown drunk while Hyouzou became drunk and blindly attacked anyone around him. Hyouzou only works with people who offer him the most money while Zoro has no interest for money and fights for his [[True Companions]].
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* 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 ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', the whole Varia is meant to be tailored as being
* 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:
** Atlas, who has become Astro's biggest rival over the years. Though he was little more than a violent thug in his first appearance, he was later updated in the [[Astro Boy (anime)|80s anime]] as a [[Composite Character]] of Atlas, Astro's "brother" Cobalt & the Blue Knight. In the 2003 series, with the Blue Knight retained as a separate character, though, their conflict was more personal than political. Both had terrible relationships with the men they called "father", but had very different ways of dealing with it; Atlas' involving kidnapping, industrial sabotage & attempted murder. What makes it more poignant is the fact that they were both based on the same technology, adding a layer of "there but for the grace of god go I" for Astro, that an advanced AI can choose between good & evil.
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* ''[[Arcade Gamer Fubuki]]'' has a rival, who has her OWN version of the [[Underwear of Power|Passion Panties]] except hers are [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience|black]]. Also, she wears rollerblades so she can twirl around and [[Panty Shot|activate her passion panties herself]] rather than waiting for a friend with a fan.
* Both Commander Sazabi and Professor Gerbera are this to Captain Gundam from ''SD Gundam Force'', Gerbera more explicitly so.
* Anemone is the
* Hei in ''[[Darker than Black]]'' has a couple of characters who qualify as evil counterparts: There is Wei, a fellow Chinese [[Badass]] whose psychopathy contrasts with Hei's relative restraint. Like Hei, Wei is also one of the few contractors shown to be capable of emotion, but his are all negative to Hei's positive ones. Another character {{spoiler|Nick}} has the same power as Hei, the same nice guy persona, and has the same goal of finding his [[Dead Little Sister]], but he wants to achieve it through murdering people; Harvest, the [[Big Bad]] of the interquel manga has the opposite power to Hei- while Hei's power involves creating material on an atomic level, Harvest's involves destroying it; Mina in season 2 wears a similar costume/shares similar weaponry to Hei and is also [[The Stoic]], but is also a dark reflection of Kirihara, sharing a similar background of being [[The Ojou]].
* Much of season 2 of ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' (at least the first third to half) was spent seemingly building up Eriol, Ruby Moon, and Spinel Sun as
* In ''[[X 1999]]'' Fuuma is evil counterpart to Kamui and Seishiro is
* In ''[[Girls Bravo]]'', the main character Yukinari and the [[Big Bad]] Yukina, as if the similar names weren't a big enough clue. While in some ways they are complete
* The main characters of ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'' have ones in the demons Scanty and Kneesocks. Unlike the hedonistic [[Chaotic Neutral]] protagonists concerned either with [[Lovable Sex Maniac|sex]] and [[Sweet Tooth|sweets]], the demons are strictly [[Lawful Evil]], obsessed with [[Trrrilling Rrrs|Rrrrrrrrrules]] and evil schemes. Their [[Team Pet]] Chuck even gets one with Fastener, who's much less of a [[Butt Monkey]].
* Truly explored in the PSP games ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha: Battle of the Aces]]'' and ''Nanoha: Gears of Destiny'', where Nanoha, Fate and Hayate have 3 counterparts for themselves. Stern a.k.a. Material-S (Seikou the Starlight Destroyer), Revi the Slasher a.k.a. Material-L (Rai-chan), "Load" a.k.a. Material-D (Yami or 'Your Majesty').
** The same can be said about Karen of Huckebein in relation to Hayate, both are caring heads of their respective groups, both have a family-like approach to them and both are apparently masters of [[Great Big Book of Everything|mysterious ancient belkan books]], also their debut in battle during FORCE is precisely a very close encounter between the two. The difference comes as Karen have a much more gray morale and is perfectly ok with [[Back Stab|stabbing people]] [[In the Back]]. But the real ice on the cake is that Karen, unlike Hayate, [[Always Someone Better|shows to be able to defend herself in combat as also saving her family and giving them confidence and hope]].
** Cypha seems to be deliberately designed as this to Signum. Both are busty [[Hot Chick with a Sword|swordswomen]], but Signum is [[The Stoic]] [[Redheaded Hero]] (pink, technically) with both eyes intact and a single Western-style sword, while Cypha is a [[Psychotic Smirk
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' throws this trope at us a few times. Reitei Lyon (an ice mage trained by the same master) is this to Gray, in addition to [[Rival Turned Evil]]. Gajeel, the Iron Dragon Slayer, is introduced as this to Natsu, the Fire Dragon Slayer, but after a [[Heel Face Turn]] he becomes Natsu's [[The Rival|rival]]. Currently, Zancrow of Grimmore Heart is Natsu's, being a psychotic fire mage {{spoiler|who can also eat flames like Natsu.}}
** Angel of the Oracion Seis seems to be a pretty blatant one of the protagonist Lucy; they're both celestial spirit mages that possess Golden keys. While Angel is overwhelmingly powerful, Lucy is still relatively naive and relies more on skill. The biggest difference seems to be in the treatment of their spirits. Lucy treasures all of them and treats them well, while Angel is willing to deliberately injure them to achieve victory.
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*** Monk Anji is also one of Sanosuke. They're both fist-fighters who suffered a the loss of loved ones; Sanosuke with Captain Sagara and Anji with {{spoiler|all of his adoptive children}}. To deal with this pain, they turned to violence. When they meet Kenshin and Shishio respectively, the dynamic is also reflected. Sanosuke, while vitriolic to Kenshin, trusts him completely. Anji is merely siding with Shishio for his own reasons.
*** Earlier then that, there's [[The Brute|Shikijou]]. Like Sano, he enjoys fighting and has immense loyalty to the one who defeated him (Aoshi), but the depths to which he's willing to go for strength disgusts Sano (this is played up more in the manga).
** Enishi Yukishiro, mentioned two points above, is an
* Devimon and Ladydevimon to Angemon and Angewomon in ''[[Digimon Adventure]]''.
** Also 2 of Kurata's minions from ''[[Digimon Savers]]'' --[[Blood Knight|Kouki]] to [[The Hero|Masaru]] and [[Evil Genius|Nanami]] to [[The Smart Guy|Touma]].
* In ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' Clifford D. Louis of The Pentagram is a pretty obvious
* Suitengu's motives in ''[[Speed Grapher]]'' reveal him to be an [[Anti-Villain]] counterpart to Saiga. They have more shared history than they know.
* ''[[Medaka Box]]'': Besides obvious parallels between the protagonist, Kumagawa is also a dark mirror of Zenkichi, sharing similar traits while sitll appearing to be complete opposites. While Zenkichi is a tsundere, Kumagawa is a compulsive liar. Similarly, they're both attached to some of the most powerful figures in the story; Zenkichi to Medaka, Kumagawa to {{spoiler|Ajimu}}. While Zenkichi doesn't think much his abilities, Kumagawa claims to be epitome of weakness, yet both are some of the most determined people in the series.
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** New Rival Trip is kind of a provincial dick, but has never been shown to mistreat his Pokemon.
* ''[[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]'' has several examples, both among the teen fighters and the master-class warriors.
** One of the earliest examples is an Evil Counterpart for
** [[The Rival|Natsu Tanimoto]], a.k.a. Loki the Fifth Fist of Ragnarok, had a brief Evil Counterpart in [[The Dragon|Berserker]], the Second Fist, after Tanimoto defected from Ragnarok; while Tanimoto advocated hard work and training, Berserker was a naturally-gifted fighter with no formal training who could nevertheless give Tanimoto a sound thrashing during their clash. (It's played with, however, in that Tanimoto is currently going through the [[Heel Face Revolving Door]].)
** [[Kick Chick|Kisara Nanjo]] was originally touted as an Evil Counterpart to Miu back when she was Ragnarok's Eighth Fist, Valkyrie. Following her [[Heel Face Turn]], she got her own Evil Counterpart in Freya, the Third Fist, due to the fact that she used to be one of Freya's underlings and also concerning their differing views on the use of weapons (Kisara, while not begrudging Freya for using weapons, simply didn't feel she herself should resort to weapons in order to stand alongside men as a fighter); eventually though, Freya had her own [[Heel Face Turn]] and the two remain friends ([[Les Yay|maybe]]).
** Since Yami is the organizational Evil Counterpart to Ryozanpaku, by default the members of YOMI (all disciples of the One Shadow Nine Fist members of Yami) become Evil Counterparts to Kenichi. One of the more notable counterparts in this regard would be Sho Kanou; both he and Kenichi were motivated by affection for Miu {{spoiler|and Kanou even pulled a [[Redemption Equals Death]] because of her}}. As well, Kajima Satomi (the disciple of the One Shadow) may eventually turn out to be this for Kenichi as well.
** The earliest master-class example would be [[Dirty Old Man|Kensei Ma's]] [[Cain and Abel|older brother]] [[Black Sheep|Sougetsu Ma]]
** Two members of the One Shadow Nine Fists group are Evil Counterparts for two members of Ryozanpaku--"God Fist" Akira Hongo for Sakaki Shio and Agaard Jum Sai for Apachai Hopachai. In both cases they're childhood friends of their respective good counterparts and [[Rival Turned Evil|fighting partners who turned to the dark side]]. However, in Agaard's case, he turned to the killing-fist philosophy out of pure instinct, a fact Apachai understands and respects; while Sakaki's and Hongo's differing philosophies came out of the same incident that tore apart their comradeship--{{spoiler|the death of their mutual friend at Hongo's hand during a fight to apply for a position with Yami, which prompted Sakaki to utterly reject the killing-fist philosophy}}. Both Nine Fists members are an interesting case, however, in that Agaard is an [[Affably Evil]] [[Friendly Enemy]] and Hongo is a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] who will [[Pet the Dog]] occasionally [[Even Evil Has Standards|and has high moral footing]].
*** It's also played with where ''Hongo'' is concerned, as he gets his own Evil Counterpart: {{spoiler|Silcardo Junazard, the "Demon Fist" of the Nine Fists. Whereas Hongo [[A Father to His Men|cares about his students]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|in his own way]] and has a strict sense of honor, [[Sink or Swim Mentor|Junazard has killed students who failed to live up to his expectations]], [[Bad Boss|sacrifices henchmen as casually as if he were breathing]], and [[Moral Event Horizon|tricked Hongo into almost killing Kenichi so he could kidnap and brainwash Miu]]. The last point is what prompts Hongo's [[Enemy Mine]] with Ryozanpaku and his subsequent grudge match with Junazard}}.
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* Similarly, not only was the [[Green Lantern]] foe [[Sinestro]] once a Green Lantern himself, in [[Post-Crisis]] continuity he actually ''trained'' Hal Jordan in the use of his powers before becoming his nemesis.
** Recently, there are even more popping up, but not all evil (so sort of non-evil counterparts to the evil counterparts): while the green represents will, and yellow represents fear, there's now violet (love), blue (hope), red (rage), orange (greed), and indigo (compassion). And eventually black (death), which is the ''[[Omnicidal Maniac|really]]'' evil counterpart.
** Kyle Rayner got 2 energy-wielding/manipulating
** Some individual members of the Sinestro Corps are evil counterparts of specific GLs; for instance Arkillo (Evil Kiliwog) and Ranxx the Sentient City (Evil Mogo the Living Planet).
* The criminal Killer Moth originally patterned himself as an Evil Counterpart to [[Batman]]... but quickly sank to a third-string position in the [[Rogues Gallery]]. As we said, the Counterpart is sometimes a [[Big Bad]], but not always. It was probably a bad idea to name himself after something bats eat.
** Continuing in that vein, the Wrath was a [[Pre Crisis]] villain who was even more of a Batman counterpart, down to duplicating much of his origin (his parents being killed in a shootout by Commissioner Gordon in his days as a rookie beat cop). Not only did he not become a [[Big Bad]], he was essentially a one-shot opponent.
*** He reappeared in ''[[The Batman]]'' animated series, which also gave him a younger brother to act as
*** And similarly, ''Batman Confidential'' introduces a new Wrath, the original's [[Legacy Character|protégé]], as Nightwing's
** Yet another Batman counterpart came in the pages of ''[[Justice League of America|JLA]]'', with Prometheus; [[Freudian Excuse|he was the child of gangsters who had been gunned down by the cops when he was a boy]], and his great physical fighting abilities were the result, not of training, but of [[Powers as Programs|"recording" other people's abilities electronically]] and loading them into his brain with a cybernetic helmet. Oddly, though, he ''isn't'' a particularly Batman-focused villain, usually meeting up with the hero only as part of an attempt to take down the whole JLA.
*** And both Prometheus ''and'' the Wrath are at large once again. Yes, they're practically the same person except for Prometheus' focus on technological gadgetry.
** Bane was created as something of an
** Two-Face also mirrors Batman in his dual nature - Batman's identities are secret and united in their goals while Two-Face's are obvious and opposed. Harvey Dent started out with the exact same goal as Bruce, making him an example of what Batman could become if he loses his self-control, and was a close friend and confidant of either Bruce or Batman in most continuities.
** While Bruce Wayne had caring, loving parents, Tommy Elliot's were both cut from the [[Rich Bitch]] cloth (and his father was an abusive alcoholic). To keep himself from harm and create a better life for himself, he arranged a car accident that [[Self-Made Orphan|killed his father]] and left his mother an overbearing cripple. Tommy hated that Bruce's dad saved his mom and that Bruce eventually got the life Tommy wanted for himself. Upon being told by the Riddler that Bruce was Batman, Tommy became Hush, an archetype of Batman who is a criminal mastermind.
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** The [[Ax Crazy]] Black Mask. Like Bruce, he was the son of wealthy parents who died due to unnatural causes. The difference is that Black Mask happened to kill his own parents and run his company into the ground with his own incompetence, before becoming a masked and increasingly violent crime lord. He even met Bruce as a child. He's as much of an Anti-Bruce Wayne as an Anti-Batman.
** Catman was going to be one of these for about 5 minutes. Add in the Red Hood (formerly Jason Todd, the 2nd Robin, a vigilante who kills villains left and right when he isn't in ''Countdown'') and Batzarro, which, yes, is a thing that really exists, and he has about a dozen of these.
** Batman's gallery is [[Thematic Rogues Gallery|built on]] the
** To the point where its hard to find a villain who isn't an evil counterpart of some facet of Batman. The Joker himself has pointed out they are both the results of something traumatic and life shattering, but to add, the Scarecrow uses fear just as much as Batman does, the Riddler uses his intellect more effectively than physical strength, Ra's Al Ghul is a man with a lifelong war on crime, and Mr. Freeze is motivated into his actions by the person he loves most in the world.
* [[Venom (Comic Book)|Venom]] is [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'s Evil Counterpart, created when he symbolically cast off the darkness within him. Later, when Venom became an [[Anti-Hero]], Carnage was created to be ''his'' Evil Counterpart...
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** This may not be quite so coincidental, as [[Chris Claremont]] and [[John Byrne]] were working on the ''Iron Fist'' title around the same time as their classic run on ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''.
* Following in their [[Wolverine|dad's]] footsteps, [[X-23]] and [[Daken]] seem to be heading towards this type of relationship with X-23 being the "good" counterpart and Daken being the "evil" counterpart.
* The 2nd Supernova is an
** Another member of the Time Stealers is Black Beetle, an
* Flintheart Glomgold, of the [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe]] (and later ''[[DuckTales]]'') is an evil counterpart to Scrooge McDuck - every bit as ambitious as Scrooge, almost as wealthy, but with none of Scrooge's redeeming factors, such as his honesty and sense of fair play.
** ''[[DuckTales]]'' even increased the similarities by making Flintheart Scottish, the same nationality as Scrooge - though this was because he was originally South African in the comics, and they wanted to avoid unfortunate connections.
* The Marvel Comics series ''[[Sleepwalker]]'' has an Evil Counterpart in Psyko, who possesses warping abilities similar to Sleepwalker's. Sleepwalker, an alien devoted to protecting the minds of innocent people from insanity, became fused with the human Rick Sheridan when he found himself trapped in Rick's mind, whereas Psyko was created when a human [[Serial Killer]] became fused with a demonic creature from the Mindscape, giving him the ability to spread his madness like a disease, [[Mind Rape|Mind Raping]] everyone around him.
* [[Doctor Strange]] has an
** Other than their common teacher, however, the two men actually do not have very much in common, their life histories and backgrounds are ''very'' different. Doctor Strange did not even realize the supernatural was real until his middle years, and only began to pursue it because an accident crippled his surgical abilities, his background is actually ''scientific''. Mordo was raised supernatural, from a supernatural family, and steeped in evil from early youth, his background is more traditionally magical/occultist, and he always sought power.
* [[Red Sonja]] meets her
* The ''[[Batman|Catwoman]]'' series tried giving Selina an
* [[Aquaman]] has had several evil counterparts. The most obvious is the Ocean Master, his own brother. Others include Black Manta, Charybdis, [[Evil Twin]] Thanatos, and the Thirst.
* In ''Circle of Blood'', the first [[Punisher]] miniseries, Castle fights against a brainwashed army of criminals, all patterned after him.
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* ''[[Moon Knight]]'' had Evil Counterpart villains for his Marc Spector identity (Bushman), his Steven Grant identity (Midnight Man), and his Moon Knight persona (Black Spectre).
* [[Starman (comics)|Starman]]'s Jack Knight and Nash were on their respective sides of the law mainly because their fathers pushed them there.
* All four [[Flash
** Barry Allen also fought his prior to unknown twin Malcolm Thawne aka Colbalt Blue who established his own legacy of evil that mirrored the Flash Family. [[Tangled Family Tree|Including Professor Zoom]].
* From the ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (Comic Book)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'' comics, both [[Big Bad]] Haazen and [[The Hero|hero]] Zayne Carrick are relatively weak Force-sensitives who were considered failed Jedi apprentices. The difference is that Haazen allowed his bitterness and jealousy of his more talented peers to utterly consume his life, while Zayne still maintains his [[The Messiah|fundamental human decency]] no matter what. The series' other main protagonist, [[Action Girl|Jarael]], now has one of her own in the form of [[Dark Action Girl|Chantique]], who represents what Jarael would be if she allowed herself to be dominated by her [[Dark and Troubled Past]].
* Raven Red in the ''[[Jet Dream (Comic Book)|Jet Dream]]'' feature. Like Jet, she's also a top-notch aviatrix with an all-girl team.
* The entire [[Justice League of America]] has an
* [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Reed Richards]] and [[Doctor Doom]]: archenemies, both intellectually-inclined supergeniuses, both master inventors, both with major strengths in technology, both [[Large Ham|hammy]] and prone to [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]], both pretty similar in personality once you factor out Doom's [[This Is Your Brain on Evil]]. A lot of their battles consist of them passive-aggressively complimenting each other's moves in ways that often sound a lot like two computer geeks playing together. The key difference between them usually centres on how they handle responsibility; Doom's entire motivation stems from the fact that he can't accept that it was his own error, not Reed's interference, that caused the accident which scarred him, and maintains his vendetta to avoid having to acknowledge that he was at fault all along and Reed is just a little bit smarter than him, while Reed is a lot more willing to accept fault when he's in the wrong and will attempt to make amends or correct his mistakes.
* ''[[Steelgrip Starkey And The All-Purpose Power Tool]]'' pits Steelgrip Starkey against Ironarm Gantry. In contrast to the [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|heroically pure]] Steelgrip, Ironarm is brutish, selfish, and prone to bursts of anger and pettiness.
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** ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' has Facilier (evil, male, tall, slim, young, attractive, slick) and Mama Odie (benevolent, female, short, pudgy, ''very'' old, hard of hearing and a goofball). Originally Facilier was supposed to be Odie's ''son''.
** [[Lilo and Stitch|Leroy and Stitch.]]
** Disney villains in general are the evil counterparts to [[Disney Princess
* Mozenrath to ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''. Both of them are very clever and quick-witted, yet they are occasionally prone to letting their youthful impatience and boredom get in their way of completely reaching their [[Guile Hero|full]] [[Magnificent Bastard|potential]], and they're both hinted to have rather unpleasant pasts. Oh, and neither of them is ever seen without their faithful animal companions.
* ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'': Judge Doom to Eddie Valiant; both are law enforcement who hold a certain hatred towards toons. However, deep down, Eddie holds a certain fondness for toons, suppressing it mainly becuase of {{spoiler|his brother's death}} and is still a good person underneath. Doom's hatred is perhaps more intense, which is ironic {{spoiler|as he turns out to be a toon himself}}.
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* In ''[[Kill Bill]]'', Elle Driver, aka California Mountain Snake, is the counterpart to Black Mamba.
* Trevelyan (former Agent 006) in ''[[Goldeneye]]''. He even gives the [[For Want of a Nail]] reasoning and a [[Not So Different]] speech.
* Rene Belloq from ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' is a classic example. Both he and Indy are successful [[Adventurer Archaeologist
* Iron Monger {{spoiler|(Obadiah Stane)}} to [[Iron Man]] (Tony Stark) in the [[Iron Man (film)|2008 film]].
* ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun]]'': Scaramanga and Bond. Scaramanga gives a [[Not So Different]] speech:
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* In ''[[Star Wars]]'', Darth Vader is naturally the evil counterpart to Luke Skywalker (a living incarnation of the evil that Luke is perfectly capable of), and Emperor Palpatine is an evil Force mentor version of Yoda.
* ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'' had Shinzon, the evil clone of Jean-Luc Picard whose main purpose in the story is to show what Picard himself could have become had he grown up under more oppressive circumstances. {{spoiler|Picard himself uses this in an attempt to demonstrate that Shinzon had the choice to become a better person, while Shinzon wanted to prove that [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]}}.
* In the Heisei series, ''[[Godzilla]]'' gained an
* The writers' and director's audio commentary for ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean|Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' at one point refers to Captain Barbossa as "the dark side of Jack Sparrow".
* In ''[[Black Swan]]'', Lily might be this to Nina. Nina frequently hallucinates a phantom doppelganger that seems to mean her harm.
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* In the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' books, [[Big Bad]] Voldemort is Harrys counterpart, having been raised in similar conditions and circumstances, and accidentally given some of his power to him, but taking a different moral/ethical path.
** Additionally, Gellert Grindelwald is the dark twin of Albus Dumbledore.
** Bellatrix Lestrange is the
*** Bellatrix is also an evil counterpart to Hermione Granger. Hermione is as devoted to Harry as Bellatrix is to Voldemort. Both intelligent and powerful witches, willing to go to extremes for their purposes.
** Many fans look to Dolores Umbridge as an evil counterpart to Minerva McGonagall. Both are senior members of Hogwarts and known as strict disciplinarians, but McGonagall is [[Good Is Not Nice|stoic but ultimately good]], while Umbridge is a very thorough [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]. They butt heads often {{spoiler|after Dumbledore departs}}.
** Some interpret Peter Pettigrew as Ron's
** Remus Lupin and Fenrir Grayback. While they're both werewolves (and Remus was bitten by Grayback as a child), Fenrir goes after and attacks people, particularly children, while Remus tries his hardest to avoid hurting someone.
* R.A. Salvatore feels the need to state that Artemis Entreri is Drizzt's "dark mirror" every time the two meet.
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** Granny Weatherwax's sister Lily, in the novel ''[[Discworld/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]''. A somewhat ironic example, as Lily considers herself to be the good one, and Granny thinks of herself as an [[Anti-Villain]], being a prime example of [[Good Is Not Nice]]. It's played with a bit<ref>I know, what a shock.</ref> since the [[Theory of Narrative Causality]] means that ''any'' magically inclined siblings on the Disc will eventually form a Good/Evil pair, and the reason Granny is mad at her sister is because she didn't ''want'' to be the Good one and was forced into the role when Lily ran away.
** [[Evil Chancellor|Lord Hong]] to Lord Vetinari in the novel ''[[Discworld/Interesting Times|Interesting Times]]''. Though the two never meet (and Vetinari ''may'' not even be aware of Hong's existence) the uncanny similarities of hyper competence, forward thinking, manipulation and the ability to wield power are made clear. Hong is a younger Vetinari with all the sense of duty channeled into personal ambition. Hong's mistake is that he thinks everyone is like the Agatean people; he doesn't know people and how to push their levers whilst Vetinari is a master of getting people to do what he wants them to do, even though they think they aren't.
** In general, members of the Assassins' Guild seem to be the evil counterparts of
** ''[[Discworld/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'' has the contrast between Moist von Lipwig, a [[Deconstruction]] of the [[Gentleman Thief]], (who proves he has a heart) and [[Manipulative Bastard]] [[Con Man]] Reacher Gilt. Part of Moist's motivation is to prove that he is different than Gilt, in [[Defied Trope|defiance]] of [[Not So Different]].
** ''[[Discworld/Reaper Man|Reaper Man]]'' has the New Death in contrast with Death/Bill Door. The New Death takes pleasure in taking lives, while Death [[Don't Fear the Reaper|feels compassion for humanity]].
* Shiwan Khan, one of [[The Shadow]]'s antagonists, had the same ability to "Cloud Men's Minds", and was one of the few villains to appear in more than one novel. In the 1994 film, the
* ''[[Blade of the Flame]]'' has Makala for Diran on and off.
* Marth for Tristam in ''[[Heirs of Ash]]''.
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** Taim for Loghain: Both are false dragons who serve Rand reluctantly and both want glory. {{spoiler|But unlike Logain, Taim is a darkfriend who wants to help the dark one triumph}}
** Elaida for Siuan: Both are Amyrlins who were extremely powerful channlers, plot and manipulate others, want to control the dragon reborn and are motivated by foretellings about the dragon reborn. However {{spoiler|Elaid is far more arrogant and organizes a coup, wants to kidnap and control rand to satisfy her ego and while Siuan tries to train Egwene into being her successor, Elaida wants to make Egwene her servant.}}
* Recent ''[[Star Wars]]'' novels have taken the unfortunate fact that Shira Brie/Lumiya and Mara Jade are the same recycled character concept and chosen to emphasize the fact that Lumiya is Mara Jade's
* In the ''[[Ea Cycle]]'' Morjin is what Valashu would become if he went to [[The Dark Side]].
* When August Derleth took [[H.P. Lovecraft|H.P. Lovecraft's]] ideas and ran with them, he posited a group of "good" counterparts of the Great Old Ones called the "Elder Gods." Brian Lumley took this concept even further in his [[Cthulhu Mythos]] novels, with appearances by the Elder Gods Kthanid (a good Cthulhu) and Yad-Thaddag (a good Yog-Sothoth).
* John Sunlight, the only villain to face [[Doc Savage]] more than once in the novels, had many qualities in common with Doc.
** An even more obvious
* {{spoiler|Un}} from ''Shinigami no Ballad'', who is counterpart to the main character. Weirdly enough, even though {{spoiler|she}} wields power of destruction, she is consider to be the being of ''creation'', and that even though Momo's appearance are all white, she's actually {{spoiler|Un's shadow}}.
* [[Sherlock Holmes]] and Professor Moriarty.
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* ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'' has {{spoiler|Revya}} as this to Levin in one path of the [[New Game+]].
** In the main game, various characters have evil counterparts of their own. Shauna for Endorph, Cuthbert for Vitali, Lobo for Christophe and Dio for Odie among others.
* ''[[Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana]]'' has [[Smug Snake|Mull]] served as an
* In ''[[Hitman]]: Blood Money'', Mark Parchezzi III is this to Agent 47. Even though 47 can be viewed as a villain, he is shown to have a set of values and morality, while what little is seen of Parchezzi shows him to be completely without scruples. Plus, while 47 performs rather indiscriminate hits, Parchezzi works for the Franchise, a clandestine government group with the goal of keeping human cloning illegal so that nobody else may benefit from it.
* [[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Dark]] [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Link.]] Full. Freaking. Stop.
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* Miho in ''[[Megatokyo]]'' seems to fashion herself as an
* Celesto Morgan to [[Dominic Deegan]].
** Karnak (now the {{spoiler|recently deposed}} King of Hell) and Dominic's father Donovan. Both were orphans raised in foreign lands by a different race/species (orcs raised Karnak and elves raised Donovan). When the two of them met they even became friends, though Karnak never did appreciate Donovan's sense of humor. Unfortunately, [[Two Guys and a Girl|they both fell in love with the same woman]], but Miranda only loved Karnak as a friend and had already given her heart to Donovan. This frustrated Karnak so much that he grew to despise Donvan and invoked a brutal tradition of orc culture and tried to kill Donovan and ''take'' Miranda for himself.
* In ''[[Fans]]!'', Keith Feddyg to Rikk.
* ''[[User Friendly]]'' has the Crud Puppy, a scalpel-wielding
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' has the Linear Guild, a team of Evil Counterparts to the titular band, led by Elan's [[Evil Twin]] Nale. After their first defeat, Nale recruited replacements to [[Invoked Trope|purposefully]] continue the "evil opposites" theme.
** Taken to its logical conclusion with Yokyok, who is actually a GOOD counterpart to the [[Chaotic Evil]] Belkar Bitterleaf.
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*** Immediately before Thog [[Not So Different|reacts to his tusk being broken almost exactly the same way Roy reacted to his sword being broken]].
*** Later on however, {{spoiler|Thog is replaced by General Tarquin, a highly intelligent Fighter. He even states that he's joining in partly because he sees Roy as a [[Worthy Opponent]].}}
* ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'' contains a team of
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' Kusari serves as the
* 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|Eight Bit Theater]]'' with the main characters being the
* ''[[Shortpacked]]'' gives us McAwesome's Parasailing and Chocolate Bakery... or, more accurately, the titular store is the
* ''[[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.]]}}
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** Though he's considered Kim's archenemy, Dr. Drakken serves as a good counterpoint to Kim's sidekick Ron. Both are not particularly good fighters and leave fighting to their female companions. Drakken is outwardly intelligent, but manages to botch many of his schemes due to incompetence. Ron often acts buffoonish, but it's implied that he holds some innate intelligence. Their similarities are highlighted in the episode "Bad Boy".
* Kevin, aka "Kevin 11" from ''[[Ben 10]]''. Only a little in his 1st appearance, but more and more each time he shows up. He starts as a sociopathic kid a little older than Ben with the ability to absorb energy. He absorbs energy from the Omnitrix twice in his debut episode, each time transforming him halfway into one of Ben's alien forms. By the time he resurfaces in his 2nd episode, he's all alien, and can change between them, but can't stay human very long. At the end of that episode, he winds up as a freaky hybrid, incorporating a little bit of human form and aspects of all 10 original aliens, and from then on he's stuck that way.
** In ''Alien Force'', Kevin pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]] and gets his own
* [[Darkwing Duck|Negaduck]] -both versions, the first arguably moreso, as he is the the dark half of Darkwing's personality, given form after he is zapped by Megavolt's Tron Splitter device. He resolves to kill his Posiduck counterpart, so as to conquer the underworld undeterred. The second, from an alternate universe, is no less evil, as he delights in the thought of murder, and at one point tries to destroy all of St. Canard in one fell swoop.
* In ''[[Metajets]]'', The Stunt-Hawks are a trio of criminals flying newer, more advanced transforming jets designed by the same man who designed the good Metajets.
* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', there are numerous parallels between [[Team Mom|Katara]] and [[Magnificent Bastard|Azula]]: roughly the same [[Improbable Age|age]], they are both are the daughters of leaders with leadership skills of their own, both freakishly [[The Gift|powerful and talented]] prodigies with their elements, both at least occasionally overbearing control freaks and possessed of a dangerous temper when provoked. On opposite lines of the [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] divide they may be, but taking into account their fathers' personalities/influences they are far more alike than one may think.
** Azula also serves as an
** Zuko has another one in Zhao who is older than him, experienced in war, willing to sacrifice others to further his own career, and seems to have favor with in the Fire Nation helping him go through the ranks. It is also shown with the fact that they're also unfriendly rivals in the show always fighting whether physically or over Aang. They also attempt to capture Aang for different reasons, Zuko so he can restore his honor and return home, and Zhao as a vanity project.
** [[Evil Mentor|Hama]] serves as another
* ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'' has two: XL, the psychotic [[Beta Baddie|prototype of XR]], and Warp Darkmatter, Buzz's ex-partner turned amoral mercenary.
** Gravitina is often cited as being a evil counterpart of Mira and many fans pointing to Torgue the bounty hunter as a counterpart for Booster. also there was that that mirror mirror universe.
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* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Maggie Simpson]] had her arch-nemesis Gerald the unibrow baby.
* [[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexter & Dee Dee]] had Mandark & Lala-Vava
* [[Sdrawkcab Name|Thailog]] of ''[[Gargoyles]]'' is an
* Lotor's Robeast in ''[[Voltron]]: The Fleet of Doom'' is an evil counterpart to Lion Voltron and Vehicle Voltron.
** Dracotron in ''Voltron: The Third Dimension'', which is made up of 5 robot dragons, is an evil counterpart of Voltron.
* In an episode of ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police (animation)|The Adventures of Sam and Max]]'', the eponymous duo accidentally release Dangly Deever, a Howdy Doody-style children's show marionette, while futzing with one of the Geek's numerous research projects. This seems harmless enough, until the Geek returns in time for an evil version of Dangly, and several other puppets who didn't get good counterparts, to break free. At the climax, the two Danglies are struggling for dominance while the heroes try to pick out their target.
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'': The Delightful Children are the
* In an episode of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', the titular boys compete with a pair of similar kids named Thaddeus and Thor. They're not evil, per se, but Thaddeus is obviously a [[Jerkass]] compared to Phineas.
** In [[The Movie]] , [[Dimensional Traveler|the characters go to]] [[Another Dimension]] , where they find alternate themselves. As Dr. Doofenshmitz [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|fails being evil]], his 2nd Dimension self, as his opposite, is truly evil.
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