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** Not just Nico Bellic, mind, [[Older Than They Think|but also Tommy Vercetti from]] ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City|Vice City]]''.

*** Probably not so much, since Nico and Marston both seem to be conflicted characters, weary of violence, but grudgingly resigned to the inevitability of it despite looking and hoping for another way, while Tommy is an unrepentent (and indeed, proud and happy) psychopath.

*** Continuing the [[Grand Theft Auto]] and [[Red Dead Redemption]] comparison, [[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas|Officer Tenpenny]] and [[Red Dead Redemption|Agent Edgar Ross]]. Both are badge wearing [[Manipulative Bastard~~|Manipulative Bastards~~]] and borderline [[Complete Monster~~|Complete Monsters~~]] that never look back on using and abusing [[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas|CJ]]/[[Red Dead Redemption|John]], and are the main villains of the story

*** Continuing the [[Grand Theft Auto]] and [[Red Dead Redemption]] comparison, [[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas|Officer Tenpenny]] and [[Red Dead Redemption|Agent Edgar Ross]]. Both are badge wearing [[Manipulative Bastard]]s and borderline [[Complete Monster]]s that never look back on using and abusing [[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas|CJ]]/[[Red Dead Redemption|John]], and are the main villains of the story

* ''[[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!

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**** When I first heard of ''Namco x Capcom'', I was hoping that [[Devil May Cry|Dante]] would be in it. When I saw Reiji, I realised he wouldn't be, since they were too similar. Bishonen demon hunters who use guns and swords and magic, have blonde sidekicks/love interests that are actually demons, dress in read jackets and black pants, father was died due to demons? Pretty blatant to me!

*** Monolith Soft, the developers of ''Namco x Capcom'', then made ''[[Endless Frontier|Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier]]'', which features [[Gender Flip|gender-flipped]] Expies of Kyosuke and Excellen, a regular [[Expy]] of Lamia, plus guest-stars Reiji, Xiaomu, and KOS-MOS herself (also including T-ELOS). The aforementioned director that made ''Namco x Capcom'' was involved in this too, so it's no wonder.

**** Strictly, they're not gender-flipped: they're ''name''-flipped. Kaguya Nanbu is the [[Expy]] of Excellen, and Haken Browning takes after ~~Kyosuke -- although~~, confusing things a bit, they ''do'' resemble their namesakes in some ways, as well; their combat styles are much closer to the characters who share their name than the ones they are more expy-like overall, and Haken is flirtatious, while Kaguya, despite her bouts of ditziness is relatively down-to-earth. Aschen Brodel [[Sarcasm Mode|shouldn't at all remind you]] of Lamia, but the story justifies it with her being {{spoiler|W07, Lamia's predecessor, and basically a combat version of her}}. Oh, and the ''Endless Frontier'' crowd have Kyosuke, Excellen and Lamia's [[Leitmotif~~|Leitmotifs~~]].

**** Strictly, they're not gender-flipped: they're ''name''-flipped. Kaguya Nanbu is the [[Expy]] of Excellen, and Haken Browning takes after Kyosuke—although, confusing things a bit, they ''do'' resemble their namesakes in some ways, as well; their combat styles are much closer to the characters who share their name than the ones they are more expy-like overall, and Haken is flirtatious, while Kaguya, despite her bouts of ditziness is relatively down-to-earth. Aschen Brodel [[Sarcasm Mode|shouldn't at all remind you]] of Lamia, but the story justifies it with her being {{spoiler|W07, Lamia's predecessor, and basically a combat version of her}}. Oh, and the ''Endless Frontier'' crowd have Kyosuke, Excellen and Lamia's [[Leitmotif]]s.

*** The sequel ''Endless Frontier EXCEED'' introduces Aledy Nassh, a blatant [[Super Robot Wars Compact 3|Folka Albark]] on foot, with a different hairstyle. He also comes along with an Ialdabaoth [[Expy]] painted black.

**** By the way, here's a list of that line of expies: Aledy is the expy of Folka, who is the expy of [[Fist of the North Star|Kenshiro]], who is an expy of [[Bruce Lee]]. Ooh, boy...

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*** Design-wise, [[Super Robot Wars L|Rushbird]] looks like an Obari-designed robot such as Gravion, while Straybird is pretty similar to Shurouga.

* ''[[Fire Emblem]]'': Pick an archetype, any archetype: [[Crutch Character|Jeigan]], Kain, Abel, Oguma, Nabarl, Est, Rena, and Julian seem to have counterparts appear in every game.

** It gets interesting when they have similar/the same Backstories. Kashimu from ''Mystery of the Emblem'' and Fir from ''The Sword of Seal'' were similar, while Oguma from ''Mystery of the Emblem'' and Deick from ''The Sword of Seal'' were the same. Kain and Abel in ''The Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light'' became Alan and Lance from ''The Sword of Seal'' ~~-- they~~'re identical. That's just '''some''' between the third and sixth games. Really, they all stem from the first/third game.

** It gets interesting when they have similar/the same Backstories. Kashimu from ''Mystery of the Emblem'' and Fir from ''The Sword of Seal'' were similar, while Oguma from ''Mystery of the Emblem'' and Deick from ''The Sword of Seal'' were the same. Kain and Abel in ''The Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light'' became Alan and Lance from ''The Sword of Seal''—they're identical. That's just '''some''' between the third and sixth games. Really, they all stem from the first/third game.

** Going beyond just archetypes: Klein, from ''Sword of Seals'', is of noble blood, joins the party as a Level 1 Sniper, is a stern but loving big brother (to Clarine), and [[Bodyguard Crush|can have a relationship with a subordinate who is a Pegasus Knight]] ([[Spell My Name with an "S"|Tate/Thite/Thito]]). All of these are also true of ''Sacred Stones''' Innes (replacing Clarine and Tate with Tana and Vanessa).

** Also going beyond archtype, Dieck from ''Sword of Seals'' looks remarkably like [[One Piece|Roronoa Zoro]]. Don't believe me? Compare their features: short green hair, scarred and very muscular, swordsmen, good relationship with their [[True Companions|Nakama]], etc.

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** There's also Model A in ''[[Mega Man ZX]] Advent''. Both his appearance and personality are strikingly similar to that of Axl in the ''X'' series. {{spoiler|He's actually the biometal for Albert, [[Big Bad|a completely different character]].}}

*** Don't forget the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Enemy Mega Men]], which blatantly parallel the [[Four Is Death|Four Guardians]] of ''Zero''. Even their Biometals are expies of them.

*** And of course, Girouette. [[Bishonen]]? Check. [[Badass Long Hair]] [[Hair of Gold|Of Gold]]? Check. Being [[The Obi-Wan]]? Check. Being [[Mind Control~~|Mind Controlled~~]] and later becoming [[Sacrificial Lamb]]/[[Player Punch]]? [[Too Cool to Live|Oh god, check.]]

*** And of course, Girouette. [[Bishonen]]? Check. [[Badass Long Hair]] [[Hair of Gold|Of Gold]]? Check. Being [[The Obi-Wan]]? Check. Being [[Mind Control]]led and later becoming [[Sacrificial Lamb]]/[[Player Punch]]? [[Too Cool to Live|Oh god, check.]]

** Concrete Man bears a striking resemblance to Guts Man.

** Being the very first [[Sequel Series]] in the mythology, ''[[Mega Man X]]'' would technically be the first character to be a blatant [[Expy]]. Although, in an ironic twist, [[Executive Meddling|he only existed]] ''[[Executive Meddling|because]]'' [[Executive Meddling|of that status]].

* ''[[Warcraft]] III'''s scenario and characters seems to be [[Expy~~|Expying~~]] ''[[Starcraft]]'', only with some [[Gender Flip]] touched in. In a world where [[Humans Are ~~Bastards~~]], we have one 'only good human'; Raynor and Jaina; who used to be friends with another human that fell to [[The Dark Side]] (through [[Mind Control]];) Kerrigan and Arthas. Raynor/Jaina then goes on to leave their usual human companies and team up with [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior Races]] (Protoss/Orc, Tauren and Night Elf) against the army of [[The Dark Side]] (Zerg/Undead), even though they fought against each other in the past, halting a world apocalypse, all these are chronicled in the first part. Then the Expansion comes, and then Kerrigan/Arthas takes the center stage, working their way up to become the new embodiment of evil (Queen Bitch Of The Universe/New Lich King).

* ''[[Warcraft]] III'''s scenario and characters seems to be [[Expy]]ing ''[[Starcraft]]'', only with some [[Gender Flip]] touched in. In a world where [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]], we have one 'only good human'; Raynor and Jaina; who used to be friends with another human that fell to [[The Dark Side]] (through [[Mind Control]];) Kerrigan and Arthas. Raynor/Jaina then goes on to leave their usual human companies and team up with [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior Races]] (Protoss/Orc, Tauren and Night Elf) against the army of [[The Dark Side]] (Zerg/Undead), even though they fought against each other in the past, halting a world apocalypse, all these are chronicled in the first part. Then the Expansion comes, and then Kerrigan/Arthas takes the center stage, working their way up to become the new embodiment of evil (Queen Bitch Of The Universe/New Lich King).

** Sylvanas is pretty much Kerrigan with a different name.

*** To put it into perspective, what happened to Kerrigan was against her will and hated what she had become but nevertheless was ambitious, powerful and angry enough to embrace becoming the Queen Bitch of the Universe. Sylvanas was transformed against her will and she too hated what she became but could not embrace it, leading her to split from the Scourge and seeking her own path. Arthas was already ambitious and had a vengeful side to him that caused him to cross to the Scourge more or less willingly and embrace [[Complete Monster|what he became]], turning to the Lich King.

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** Then there's Leah, an expy of Ayla. In the best ending, she even mentions that she'll be naming her daughter Ayla.

** ...And Luccia, an expy of Lucca.

** can't forget the similarities of the two [[~~Tomboy|tomboys~~]] Kid and Marle.

** can't forget the similarities of the two [[tomboy]]s Kid and Marle.

* Another criticism of [[Akira Toriyama]]'s artwork is how similar a lot of his characters look, in not only just the manga he writes, but also the video games he does the art for. Again, ignore how hard it can be to create a bunch of unique faces ''period'', given how much Akira Toriyama actually ''does''.

** In ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'', Crono looks like a brown-haired Medieval [[Dragon Ball|Son Gohan]], Marle looks an awful lot like a younger [[Dragon Ball|Bulma]], Lucca looks like a teenage version of [[Dr. Slump|Arale]].

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** Naoto looks almost exactly like the main character from ''[[Persona 3]]'', except for the hat and that the lack of hairbangs. Naoto even twirls a gun in battle, much like how the main character from Persona 3 does during a summoning sequence.

*** The hat along with the detective aspirations are a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army|Raidou Kuzunoha]]. The line of Naoto's sideburns also closely resembles Raidou's.

* Nel Zelpher from ''[[Star Ocean: Till the End of Time]]'' has a very similar appearance and fighting style to [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Fear/Phia]] from the first ''[[Star Ocean 1|Star Ocean]]''. They also tend to act in very [[Tomboy|not-stereotypically-feminine]] ways, although it's different for ~~each -- Nel~~ tends to be cold and distant, while Fear/Phia is gruff and aggressive.

* Nel Zelpher from ''[[Star Ocean: Till the End of Time]]'' has a very similar appearance and fighting style to [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Fear/Phia]] from the first ''[[Star Ocean 1|Star Ocean]]''. They also tend to act in very [[Tomboy|not-stereotypically-feminine]] ways, although it's different for each—Nel tends to be cold and distant, while Fear/Phia is gruff and aggressive.

** To emphasize this, Phia's combat style in the PSP version is altered to make her even ''more'' like Nel, swapping her twin-dagger throwing basic attack for melee twin dagger attacks.

* ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' did this on an epic scale to the characters from the DKC series, replacing Diddy Kong with The Helper Monkeys, Rambi with Hoofer, Enguarde with Orco, Squaks with the Helibirds and Flurl, amongst others. The fans of the [[Rare~~|Rareware~~]] games were not amused.

* ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' did this on an epic scale to the characters from the DKC series, replacing Diddy Kong with The Helper Monkeys, Rambi with Hoofer, Enguarde with Orco, Squaks with the Helibirds and Flurl, amongst others. The fans of the [[Rare]]ware games were not amused.

* Cuisses, the [[Team Pet]] who can eat skill stones to fuse them from ''[[Jeanne D'Arc]]'' is an [[Expy]] of the [[Team Pet]] Toady, who can eat weapons to fuse them from ''[[Rogue Galaxy]]''. They're basically identical little purple frogs with similar plot and gameplay roles. The difference amounts to "one talks, and the other makes cute noises", and both games are by developer Level 5.

* 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.

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** Speaking of Jill, she is an expy of [[Haunting Ground|Fiona]] for ''[[Resident Evil 5]]''.

* Bowser in ''[[New Super Mario Bros]]''. is an expy of Crocomire in [[Super Metroid]], both of which [[Black Comedy|fall into magma and slip out of their flesh like a banana from its peel.]]

** Similarly, Dimentio from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' is essentially the Mario equivalent of Kefka Palazzo, as they are [[Laughably Evil]], [[The Sociopath|sociopathic]] [[Monster Clown~~|Monster Clowns~~]] who end up betraying their boss later on and attempt to destroy the world/all worlds. His boss, Count Bleck, likewise, is very similar to Count Dracula in terms of backstory.

** Similarly, Dimentio from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' is essentially the Mario equivalent of Kefka Palazzo, as they are [[Laughably Evil]], [[The Sociopath|sociopathic]] [[Monster Clown]]s who end up betraying their boss later on and attempt to destroy the world/all worlds. His boss, Count Bleck, likewise, is very similar to Count Dracula in terms of backstory.

* Eboshidori, the first boss of ''[[Ikaruga]]'', with its elongated headgear and sauropod-like legs, looks like the [[Aliens|Xenomorph Queen]].

** Series wise, [[Super Paper Mario|Count Bleck and Dimentio]] are expies of [[Paper Mario (franchise)|Sir Grodus and Beldam of the Shadow Sirens.]] Grodus and Count Bleck are both the primary antagonists of their respective games. Their goals involve destroying the world. Beldam and Dimentio {{spoiler|pretend to be loyal to}} their bosses. They also use a main character's body as a host of the final boss (Grodus was aware of that plan. However, he wasn't aware that he wasn't able to control the Shadow Queen). Additionally, when they reveal their true intentions, they almost kill their boss.

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