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* The "Labyrinth" in ''[[Vindictus]]'' features increasingly powerful doppelgangers as the end bosses on each floor (for a total of 5 encounters).

* The [[Bonus Boss|Golden Swordsman]] in ''[[Tales of Xillia]]'' combines this with [[Doppelganger Attack]] in an interesting way: he creates a copy of himself once after you run down his HP for the first time, then again once you run down the HP of him and his clone, resulting in the last phase being fought against three equal-strength clones of him; what qualifies them for this trope is that the duplicates possess distinct fighting styles based off of those of your party members.

* The ''[[Mega Man]]'' franchise has numerous examples:

** The Sniper Joes are recurring enemies in the [[Mega Man (video game)|"Classic" ''Mega Man'' games]] whose base design is borrowed from Proto Man.

** The Copy Robot is a duplicate of Mega Man that is fought as the second stage boss of Dr. Wily's manufacturing plant in [[Mega Man 1]].

** [[Mega Man 3]] has a trio of Holographic Mega Men (a Copy Robot and two holograms) as the bosses of the third Wily Castle stage, though they only copy his appearance and Mega Buster.

** In the [[Mega Man Powered Up|updated remake of the first game]], the Copy Robot appears as part of the [[Boss Rush]] in the third stage of Dr. Wily's plant, and instead copies whatever character the player is currently using. There is also "Mega Man?", another Mega Man duplicate built by Dr. Wily who takes the place of whatever Robot Master the player currently controls in the aforementioned Boss Rush (since the Copy Robot is always fought after the other Robot Masters).

** ''[[Mega Man 9]]'' has [[Fighting a Shadow|Shadow Mega Men and Shadow Protomen]], shadow-like enemies that appears to be holograms of the heroes. These Shadow copies appear in Plug Man's stage behind the player if they walk in front of certain panels on the wall; they move faster than Mega Man and Proto Man and will attempt to inflict [[Collision Damage]] by running into them. Their jump is lower, however, they lack Buster abilities, and they can often be tricked into running off a ledge or into spikes, which instakills them.

** ''[[Mega Man Battle Network 4]]'' has MegaMan DS ([[Super-Powered Evil Side|Dark Soul]]), created when MegaMan.exe was forced to use Dark Chips to defeat ShadeMan. It is fought twice in the late game: {{spoiler|first as [[Fighting a Shadow|a creation of Duo.EXE]] from the darkness in MegaMan's heart as a test for humanity, and again in the [[Bonus Dungeon]] Black Earth as a [[Bonus Boss]].}} In both fights it mirrors his battle style, Navi Customizer programs, chips, and HP.

** ''[[Mega Man Battle Network 5]]'' has Dark MegaMan.exe, who is also fought twice in the game. In the first instance, {{spoiler|he is actually MegaMan himself, [[Drunk on the Dark Side|turned fully to darkness by]] [[Evil, Inc.|Nebula]], and must be fought at the end of End Area's first half, returning to normal after.}} He is also found in Nebula Area 6 as a [[Bonus Boss]] if the player defeats all the DS Navis in two minutes or less. In both fights, Dark MegaMan can use all the battle chips and Program Advances the player has used to that point.

** In ''[[Mega Man Battle Network 6]]'', Mega Man is consumed by the Cybeast matching the version being played and goes on a rampage, forcing Lan to use either SpoutMan (''Falzar'') or HeatMan (''Gregar'') to [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight|bring him to his senses]]. After recovering, Mega Man gains the Beast Out ability, and can fight a copy made of leftover data as a [[Bonus Boss]] in the [[Bonus Dungeon|Graveyard]].

* ''[[Mother 3]]'' has [[Our Zombies Are Different|the Zombie Man and Zombie Lady]], who bear an eerie resemblance to {{spoiler|Claus and Hinawa}}...

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