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* ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'' is the king of this trope. The designs of all of the agents (save for Kahn...no, not "that" [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Kahn]]) are americanized versions of their Japanese counterparts in Ouendan, literally making them exported characters.

** And again in ''Ouendan 2'' where the original ouendan have to face off against a completely different set of expies. If you were lucky enough to download the expansion you could play as the [[Elite Beat Agents]] as well. In the end Ouendan 2 wound up having SIXTEEN expies!

* There's often an Expy-like relationship between player characters in video game sequels where you play as [[~~AFGNCAAP~~|a 'blank' character that's supposed to be 'you']]. For example, in the ''[[Fallout]]'' series, the Lone Wanderer from ''[[Fallout 3]]'' and the Chosen One from ''[[Fallout 2]]'' are copies of the original Vault Dweller from ''Fallout''. In ''[[System Shock]]'', the Hacker from the first game is functionally identical to the Soldier from the second game. Also consider the player characters from the ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' series. Similar characters with similar backstories with similar actions available to them are designed to produce similar games with similar interfaces and similar gameplay modes. The list goes on with many series in this vein.

* There's often an Expy-like relationship between player characters in video game sequels where you play as [[Featureless Protagonist|a 'blank' character that's supposed to be 'you']]. For example, in the ''[[Fallout]]'' series, the Lone Wanderer from ''[[Fallout 3]]'' and the Chosen One from ''[[Fallout 2]]'' are copies of the original Vault Dweller from ''Fallout''. In ''[[System Shock]]'', the Hacker from the first game is functionally identical to the Soldier from the second game. Also consider the player characters from the ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' series. Similar characters with similar backstories with similar actions available to them are designed to produce similar games with similar interfaces and similar gameplay modes. The list goes on with many series in this vein.

** Text adventures like ''[[Zork]]'' avoid it by having more detailed descriptions available.

* [[Jak and Daxter|Daxter]] is an expy for [[Animaniacs|Yakko Warner]]

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