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* [[Yoshitaka Amano]] enjoys reusing character designs and design elements. (He just doesn't get called out on it - at all.) Let's see...

** [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070411215900/finalfantasy/images/b/b9/FFV-amano_leena.jpg Lenna's] and [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070411215942/finalfantasy/images/6/67/5-cara-a.jpg Krile's] designs, both from ''[[Final Fantasy V]]''. Their [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061226233718/finalfantasy/images/4/47/LennaCG.jpg FMV] [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061224210804/finalfantasy/images/e/e1/KrileCG.jpg renders] are even worse about this. They are both preceded by ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'''s [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100418181257/finalfantasy/images/2/21/Rosafarrell.jpg Rosa], the original Amano-pretty-blonde-lady-in-a-leotard-a-cape-some-sashes-and-boots.

** The unnamed Warrior/Knight depicted in Amano's early illustrations for ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' looks quite a bit like a proto-[[Final Fantasy IV|Cecil]]. The first [[Black Knight|Dark Knight]] in the series, [[Final Fantasy II ~~(Video Game)~~|Leon]], looks like [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080225080550/finalfantasy/images/1/18/Leon.jpg this]. The second, pre-[[Heel Face Turn]] Cecil, looks like [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060319225649/finalfantasy/images/4/41/Cecil_Dknight.jpg this].

** The unnamed Warrior/Knight depicted in Amano's early illustrations for ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' looks quite a bit like a proto-[[Final Fantasy IV|Cecil]]. The first [[Black Knight|Dark Knight]] in the series, [[Final Fantasy II|Leon]], looks like [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080225080550/finalfantasy/images/1/18/Leon.jpg this]. The second, pre-[[Heel Face Turn]] Cecil, looks like [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060319225649/finalfantasy/images/4/41/Cecil_Dknight.jpg this].

** Lovely blonde princess rescued from the [[Big Bad]] by the hero and his party, who afterward expresses some attraction to the hero. Who am I talking about--[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080828212849/finalfantasy/images/4/4d/Princess_Sara.jpg Princess Sara] from ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'', or [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100121183758/finalfantasy/images/a/a7/Amano-FFII-Hilda.jpg Princess Hilda] from ''[[~~Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|~~Final Fantasy II]]''? To compound that, [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090624153727/finalfantasy/images/c/c8/Cosmosfullart.png Cosmos' design] from ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' was explicitly based on Princess Sarah from the first game.

** Lovely blonde princess rescued from the [[Big Bad]] by the hero and his party, who afterward expresses some attraction to the hero. Who am I talking about--[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080828212849/finalfantasy/images/4/4d/Princess_Sara.jpg Princess Sara] from ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'', or [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100121183758/finalfantasy/images/a/a7/Amano-FFII-Hilda.jpg Princess Hilda] from ''[[Final Fantasy II]]''? To compound that, [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090624153727/finalfantasy/images/c/c8/Cosmosfullart.png Cosmos' design] from ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' was explicitly based on Princess Sarah from the first game.

*** Load up one of the newer remakes of FFI & head to Lufenia. Compare their features with those of Cosmos. Not a character, but interesting. Especially since {{spoiler|Cosmos comes from a Lufenian woman.}}

** The best example of recycling designs from ''[[~~Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|~~Final Fantasy II]]'' for ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' has to be [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080605221050/finalfantasy/images/9/95/Amano_Ricard.jpg Ricard] and [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061224091542/finalfantasy/images/4/46/Kainhighwind.jpg Kain], both surnamed Highwind. ''Look at those pictures.'' What's more, a [[Mythology Gag]] that's [[All There in the Manual]] is that [[Final Fantasy IV|Kain's]] father is named Ricard...and [[Final Fantasy II ~~(Video Game)~~|Ricard's]] son is named Kain.

** The best example of recycling designs from ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'' for ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' has to be [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080605221050/finalfantasy/images/9/95/Amano_Ricard.jpg Ricard] and [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061224091542/finalfantasy/images/4/46/Kainhighwind.jpg Kain], both surnamed Highwind. ''Look at those pictures.'' What's more, a [[Mythology Gag]] that's [[All There in the Manual]] is that [[Final Fantasy IV|Kain's]] father is named Ricard...and [[Final Fantasy II|Ricard's]] son is named Kain.

** Compare the main heroine of ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071103033216/finalfantasy/images/2/22/200px-Ff6_amano_tina.jpg Terra], with the above-mentioned [[Final Fantasy V|Lenna and Krile]]. She's also a near-clone of fellow heroine Celes in gameplay, although after all the above examples, their [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060523033328/finalfantasy/images/8/8a/Celes.jpg visual similarity] is not that pronounced, as long as you're not dealing with their [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080614155156/finalfantasy/images/4/49/CelesFMV.JPG FMV] [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080616052105/finalfantasy/images/a/a1/TerraFMV.JPG renders.]

** [[Final Fantasy VI|Setzer]] [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081208212216/finalfantasy/images/3/3a/Amano_Setzer.jpg is wearing] [[Final Fantasy V|Faris's]] [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090306004027/finalfantasy/images/3/31/Amano_Faris_III.jpg coat.] In Amano's [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100321115238/finalfantasy/images/a/a4/AmanoSeph.jpg concept] for [[Final Fantasy VII|Sephiroth]] (yes, he did the original concept, ''really''), that long black coat reappears, slightly less baroque this time.

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* Parker from the original ''[[Red Faction]]'' and Alec Mason from ''Red Faction: Guerrilla'' are remarkably similar. They look quite a bit alike, and are both [[The Quiet One]], just short of [[Heroic Mime]], who are pulled into a role as hero and figurehead leader of the titular Red Faction through circumstance rather than choice.

* Guy Cecil from ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' IS [[Tales of Vesperia|Flynn Scifo]]'s [[Cloning Blues|replica]]. Their faces look almost exactly the same (eyes). Personality, not so much. But they both have a sense of justice (though one not as much as the other), and are both [[The Hero|the]] [[Vigilante Man|hero]]'s best friend.

** Actually, this should be reversed. Abyss came before Vesperia, so Flynn is Guy's replica. In fact, the Vesperia art book even goes so far as to point this out by showing Guy's chibi on the page with Flynn's chibi. Namco tried getting around this in the Tales of Vesperia [[~~Play Station~~ 3]] port, by giving Flynn Luke's costume, but it doesn't really help (and they still gave Flynn a wetsuit-style swimsuit, which is the same that Guy wears).

** Actually, this should be reversed. Abyss came before Vesperia, so Flynn is Guy's replica. In fact, the Vesperia art book even goes so far as to point this out by showing Guy's chibi on the page with Flynn's chibi. Namco tried getting around this in the Tales of Vesperia [[PlayStation 3]] port, by giving Flynn Luke's costume, but it doesn't really help (and they still gave Flynn a wetsuit-style swimsuit, which is the same that Guy wears).

** Guy and Flynn are actually, it seems, ''both'' expies of [[Tales of Phantasia|Cress Albane]] (take a look at their artes), it just so happens that they (physically) resemble each other more closely than their common predecessor.

** The ''Tales'' series overflows with Expies. Pretty much every character in a Tales game from the last decade or so is either an evolution of an earlier ''Tales'' character or a fusion of two of them.