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The '''Mirror Mook''' is a type of [[Mook]] that mimics the player in some manner - ranging from something as simple as copying or mirroring their movements, all the way to copying the player themselves. Being generated or mass-produced by an actual [[Magic Mirror]] is a common implementation, but not a strict requirement. Particularly tough enemies of this kind are usually [[Mirror Boss]]es.

Compare [[Evil Knockoff]]s, a common form of Mirror Mook, and [[Superpowered Mooks]], some of whom may have the same powers as the hero. [[Sister Trope]]s include [[Shadow Archetype]], [[Evil Twin]] and [[Evil Counterpart]], as well as their many subtropes (e.g. [[Fighting a Shadow]]). ~~May~~ or may not be the product of a special [[Doppleganger Attack]].

Compare [[Evil Knockoff]]s, a common form of Mirror Mook, and [[Superpowered Mooks]], some of whom may have the same powers as the hero. [[Sister Trope]]s include [[Shadow Archetype]], [[Evil Twin]] and [[Evil Counterpart]], as well as their many subtropes (e.g. [[Fighting a Shadow]]). Mirror mooks may or may not be the product of a special [[Doppleganger Attack]], and might also be [[Robot Me|mechanical in nature]].

Contrast [[Mirror Match]], which can occur in games with [[Player Mooks|playable Mirror Mooks]], and [[Mega Manning]], which lets ''you'' copy mooks and bosses' powers.

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== [[Child Ballad|Ballads]] ==

== [[Comic Books]] ==

==[[Comic Books]]==

* [[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|The ''Sonic'' comics]] by [[Archie Comics]] feature recurring foe [[Robot Me|Metal Sonic]] alongside various other mechanical copies of Sonic and the heroes.

** The "main" Metal Sonic was constantly rebuilt and repaired; eventually, after the destruction of his v2.5 form, he was [[Heel Face Turn|reconstructed]] [[Death Equals Redemption|and redeemed]] as Shard the Metal Sonic.

** The Metal Series robots, a [[Five-Bad Band]] of [[Psycho Rangers]] consisting of [[Robot Me|mechanical]] [[Evil Knockoff]]s of the [[Five-Man Band|five main protagonists]] (including the seventh incarnation of Metal Sonic v3), were created to serve the Dark Egg Legion after Snively's betrayal.

* ''[[Sonic the Comic]]'' meanwhile has Metallix the Metal Sonic, who plays a similar role and is also actually one of several such Metal Sonic-type Badniks. This 'Brotherhood of Metallix' was created when Robotnik converted his old Egg Fortress base in the Special Zone into a Metallix factory, planning to use their labor to create the ultimate Metal Sonic. Naturally, they secretly went rogue and began building an Emperor Metallix in order to conquer Mobius themselves. The Metallix based on Mecha Sonic from ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' was their creation, and there have also been Metallix replicas of Knuckles the Echidna and Porker Lewis.

== [[Fan Works]] ==

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* The ''[[Disgaea]]'' series has "Clone" Geo Panels that generate duplicates of whatever is standing on a matching color panel, be they allies or enemies. All of the generated clones are very real and will invariably attack your party; they retain the stats and Hit Points of the original, but you [[Unusable Enemy Equipment|can't steal any of their equipment]].

* [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise]]:

** [[Evil Knockoff|Robotic]] [[Evil Twin|versions]] [[Robot Me|of Sonic]] and other characters are recurring villains [[Mirror Boss]]es, with the most common one, Metal Sonic, being introduced in ''[[Sonic CD]]''.

** [[Evil Knockoff|Robotic]] [[Evil Twin|versions]] [[Robot Me|of Sonic]] and other characters are recurring villains [[Mirror Boss]]es, with the most common one, Metal Sonic, being introduced in ''[[Sonic CD]]''. Most Metal Sonic fights are at least race-like in nature (where Sonic must catch up to the mechanical menace to damage him), if not outright actual races for survival.

** The [[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|first game]] has Rollers, spherical Badniks that roll down steep hills in a manner similar to Sonic (who hadn't yet gotten his trademark Spin Dash).

** ''Sonic CD'' also introduces pillbug Badniks, internally called Dangos, that crawl slowly along the ground and curl into a ball ~~and~~ roll towards Sonic upon spotting him.

** ''Sonic CD'' also introduces pillbug Badniks (internally called Dangos) that crawl slowly along the ground, and curl into a ball to roll towards Sonic upon spotting him.

** ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' has Shadow Androids, with one damaged android discovered after Team Dark (Rogue, Shadow and E-123 Omega) defeats a fake Eggman, [[Cloning Blues|causing Shadow to wonder if he was one himself. In Team Dark's ending, {{spoiler|Rogue and Omega discover a room full of Shadow Androids in suspended animation tubes, with Omega prepping to destroy them and hopefully find the real Shadow.}}

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* In the ''Hordes of the Underdark'' module to ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'', there is a hall of [[Magic Mirror]]s, with most giving the player items and/or various kinds or gold. One of them creates a mirror copy of you that attacks the party, though this is rarely a difficult fight due to only one copy being made. If you ''destroy'' the mirror instead of looking into it, it spawns ''two'' copies of your character, which may possibly a glitch.

** ''[[Sonic Advance]]'' has a Mecha Knuckles as the boss of Angel Island.

** [[Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|''Shadow the Hedgehog'']] features Shadow Androids as enemies in Iron Jungle and Lava Shelter.

** ''[[Sonic Mania]]'' sees the return of Dangos as well as Metal Sonic. During the first phase of the multi-stage boss fight against him in Stardust Speedway Act 2, Metal Sonic will reprise his tactics from ''Sonic CD'' at first; the second starts when he and the player character eventually reach an Eggman-shaped generator that Metal Sonic hooks himself up to. The generator will start producing smaller Silver Sonics (based on the [[Mirror Boss]] from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'') that can Spin Dash at the player; they must Spin Dash into the curled-up robots to send them bouncing around the room and into Metal Sonic. (In ''Sonic Mania'' Version 1.04 onwards and ''Sonic Mania Plus'', destroying the Silver Sonics also produces energy balls that can damage the generator.) The chase then resumes as it did in the first phase, with the final phase being different depending on the version: pre-1.04, he reprises his final fight from ''Sonic CD'', while in post-1.04 and ''Plus'' versions {{spoiler|Eggman tosses him the Phantom Ruby, which he uses to become Giga Metal, based on his boss fight in ''[[Knuckles' Chaotix]]''}}.

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* In the ''Hordes of the Underdark'' module to ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'', there is a hall of [[Magic Mirror]]s, with most giving the player items and/or various kinds or gold. One of them creates a mirror copy of you that attacks the party, though this is rarely a difficult fight due to only one copy being made. If you ''destroy'' the mirror instead of looking into it, it spawns ''two'' copies of your character, which may possibly be a glitch.

== [[Visual Novel]]s ==