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== Others ==
* The original 1975 Time Bokan by [[Tatsunoko Productions]] featured a [[Terrible Trio]] consisting of a [[Fat and Skinny]] duo headed by a [[Stripperiffic]] female. From then on, the succeeding series of ''[[Yatterman]]'', ''Zenderman'', ''Otasukeman'', ''Yattodetaman'', ''Ippatsuman,'' ''Itadekiman'' and ''Kiramekiman'' would feature expies with same characteristics, and same seiyuus.
** In fact it is not just limited to the antagonists. The original Time Bokan had the two main protagonists be a [[Battle Couple]], and five series afterwards would have their own respective expies (''Yattodetaman'' and ''Ippatsuman'' just had a single hero be the main protagonist). Regularly these Battle Couples would have a [[Robot Buddy]] as well.
** The [[Fat and Skinny]] duo with [[Stripperiffic]] female boss has become a trope of its own, appearing in kids anime as the typical bumbling squad, as seen in ''[[Dinosaur King]]''.
* Without even airing (or having actual previews), it's fairly obvious that Ain of (the recently announced anime) ''[[Despera]]'' is an expy of Lain of ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]''. Then again, it's possible that the entire ''show'' is an expy of ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]''.
* The author of ''[[Hellsing]]'' admits that almost every damn character was 100% ripped off from his old works.
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** Hattori also resembles Ryuk, and both appear to have been based at least partially on a real life ''[[Shonen Jump]]'' editor.
* Appearing only in the animated adaptation of ''[[Toward the Terra]]'', Serge Starjon is the expy of Serge Batouille, the main character of ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta]]''. Both are similar in appearance and personality.
* ''[[A.I. Love You]]'' has numerous examples taken from ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'': Saati is Belldandy, Toni is Urd, Kimika Aso is Sayoko Mishima. Forty fills the same spot as Skuld, but has a notably different personality and is more similar to Kaolla Su from ''[[Love Hina]]''.
* Related to the Negima examples above, Mina Tepes from ''[[Dance in the Vampire Bund]]'' is an obvious expy of Evangeline. They're both blonde vampire lolis with [[Hot Amazon|hot adult]] [[Older Alter Ego|forms]], both are very powerful, and both are often shown in [[Fan Service|skimpy clothing and in various states of undress]].
* Despite the fact that they share little in appearance, Shampoo in ''[[Ranma ½]]'' was a deliberate attempt by [[Rumiko Takahashi]] to do a better job with the character of Lum from ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]''.
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** But [[Inuyasha]] is a lot more Ranma than Kagome is Akane- note the perching, attitude, and even resemblance.
*** Inuyasha and male Ranma even share a voice actor (in Japanese and, in the later seasons, English as well).
** Akemi from ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'' is suspiciously similar to Nabiki Tendo, in their eyes and their seductive, jovial natures. Also, she has minor traits of Ranma (face-making, selfish but nice, off-the hook). She could be practically be the offspring of Ranma and Nabiki... Except that ''Maison Ikkoku'' is considerably older than ''Ranma 1/2''.
*** Nabiki and Akemi share a few features, but neither one is a ripoff of the other. Deep down, waaaaay deep down, Akemi is still a nice person whereas Nabiki is [[Money Fetish|The Ultimate Capitalist]]...
*** Akemi is generally linked with Benten from ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' (earthy characters, same voice actress)
** Yotsuya from ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'' looks identical to Sekoi from Takahashi's early series ''Dust Spot'' (a.k.a. ''Wasted Minds''). The fact that Sekoi is a secret agent and Yotsuya keeps his job a secret from the residents of Ikkoku has lead some fans to wonder if they're actually the same person.
*** There's also a TV anchor in ''Urusei Yatsura'' manga with practically [http://koti.phnet.fi/otaku/takahashi/tvanchor.jpg identical looks]{{Dead link}}.
** Shun Mitaka of ''Maison'' is suave, rich, and has a silly uncontrollable phobia. Just like Shutaro Mendou of ''Urusei Yatsura'' (they even have the same voice actor).
*** [[Ranma ½|Kuno Tatewaki]] is also comparable to [[Urusei Yatsura|Shutaro Mendou]]. Both are absurdly rich (although Mendou shows it a lot more,) both always carry a sword, which Ranma/Ataru [[Barehanded Blade Block|catches]], they also want to kill/defeat the main character, for "stealing' their love.
* Tomoe from ''[[Kamisama Kiss]]'' has more than a few things in common with ''[[Inuyasha]]''. Not only do you have a physical resemblance (both are [[Little Bit Beastly]] [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]s with [[Hellish Pupils]] and [[Unusual Ears]]) they also have similar mannerisms ([[Does Not Like Shoes|both don't like shoes]], both are [[Deadpan Snarker]]s and both are [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Jerks with Hearts of Gold]]). Then you have the fact that both are forced against their will into being bodyguards and servants to a Type B [[Tsundere]] [[Ordinary High School Student]] who is afflicted with [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]] and both eventually fall in love with said student.
* The three main characters of ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'' were all upgrade expies from an earlier Kaishaku work called ''Cross Triangle''. (Kurusugawa Himeko and Oogami Souma even shared partial names with their predecessors—Kurusu and Oogami.)
** All of them have returned yet again in supporting roles in ''Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora'': virtually unchanged, except that Himeko now affects [[Meganekko|a pair of glasses]].
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** Poemi ([[Running Gag|also]] [[No Fourth Wall|known as]] [[Actor Allusion|Kobayashi]]) herself is an Expy of [[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel]] ([[Incredibly Lame Pun|Expel?]]), only [[Up to Eleven|more]] [[Genki Girl|genki]].
* [[Akira Toriyama]] is fairly notorious for this, and sometimes he even lampshades his tendency to draw [[Only Six Faces]]. A handful of examples:
** His early work ''[http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Boy Dragon Boy]'' featured many prototypes of ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' characters, including Goku and Bulma.
** ''Dragon Ball'''s Master Roshi is an expy of ''God'' from his earlier manga ''[[Dr. Slump]]'': they look the same (plus sunglasses and a turtle shell for Roshi) and are both [[Dirty Old Man|perverts]] with plenty of wacky moments.
* The ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'' girls have counterparts in ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star|Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash* Star]]''—Saki and Mai. This is strong enough that a preview for the Italian version of Splash* Star boasts of the former's "return," though ultimately this was dropped for the actual dub.
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