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* ''[[Justice League Crisis On Two Earths]]'', strongly inspired by the Crime Syndicate stories above.

** Aguably, ''[[Justice League Crisis On Two Earths]]'' depiction of Batman's counterpart Owlman is far more representative of an 'evil version' than the Justice Lords Batman. Owlman sums up the entire topic of alternate versions nicely to Superwoman (evil Wonder Woman):

'''Owlman:''' [pointing at alternate Earths] And here we're poor. We're slaves. And here, our parents never met, so we were never born. Here, the world ended in nuclear war. Here, no fish was brave enough to crawl up on land and humans never evolved. And so on, ad infinitum. }}

** And summed it up even more succinctly to Batman later on:

'''Owlman:''' Does it really matter? There are alternate versions of me that you would find quite charming. }}

* An episode of ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' [[Playing with a Trope|plays]] with this trope when Arthur's third grade class from Lakewood Elementary, taught by Mr. Ratburn, goes to a Renaissance Faire and meets the third grade class from Glenbrook Academy, taught by Mr. Pryce-Jones, Mr. Ratburn's favorite teacher from his school days. Mr. Pryce-Jones is basically is a really snooty, much meaner version of Mr. Ratburn, who is just a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|goofy, nerdy, but well-meaning guy who has an affinity for giving a lot of homework to challenge his students' minds]]; Mr. Pryce-Jones seems intent on producing a bunch of snobby learning-machines, and his students behave as such, with an evil [[Big Eater]] opposed to Buster, an evil [[Smart Guy]] for the Brain (his counterpart is called "I. Q."), an evil [[Rich Bitch]] for Muffy, and an evil [[Unlucky Everydude]] for Arthur (named "Chester"). Arthur and Buster even [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshade]] the trope's use:

'''Buster:''' No way! I'd remember a bunch of goofy-looking kids like that. }}

* An episode of ''[[Recess]]'' had the same idea, when Principal Prickley makes them compete against a kickball team from the school where his brother is the principal. There is a [[Smart Guy|nerdy kid]] like Gretchen, a typical-loser kid like Gus, a super-athletic kid like Vince, etc. This means that they are perfectly matched and it seems like one team will never beat the other. However, instead of one side being clearly "good" and the other "evil" the kids all conclude at the end that both of the principals are nuts and go off to play on the jungle gym, "Big Crusty" (which looks exactly like "Old Rusty" from the other school).

* The 6th-season ''[[Simpsons]]'' episode ''Lemon of Troy'' did the same swap, between two towns (Springfield and Shelbyville) instead of two schools. Bart and his friends all had Shelbyville counterparts, although they weren't so much evil (since Bart is not exactly good) as just antagonistic to our heroes. Milhouse and his counterpart even made friends.

'''Milhouse:''' But I thought I was the only one! }}

* The ''[[Swat Kats]]'' episode "The Dark Side of the SWAT Kats" featured the titular team being warped to a dimension where their equivalents are evil (as is that of their ally, Deputy Mayor Callie Briggs). The universe wasn't entirely swapped however - some major characters retained their 'correct' moral alignments. (There were other more subtle changes as well, such as the Enforcers using fixed-wing aircraft rather than helicopters.)