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* Many moviegoers have accused the ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'' [[Fantastic Four (Film)|movies]] of ripping off ''[[The Incredibles (Animation)|The Incredibles]]''.

** Likewise, the ''[[Watchmen (Comic Book)|Watchmen]]'' [[Watchmen (Film)|movie]].

** Deathstroke himself is based off of Taskmaster, a Marvel villain that debuted a few months before him. Not surprising, since [[George Perez]] created both of them. All three characters have diverged. Deathstroke is a [[Lawful Evil]] [[Professional Killer|mercenary]] played [[Knight of Cerebus|dead seriously]]. Taskmaster is a [[Lawful Neutral]] [[Punch Clock Villain]] slash [[Punch Clock Hero]] who is slightly quirky (albeit a [[Consummate Professional]] nonetheless) and [[Only in It For The Money]]. Deadpool is a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|competent but ''very'' quirky (i.e. insane)]] [[Lovable Rogue]] who toes the line between [[Chaotic Neutral]] and [[Chaotic Good]].

** "Deathstroke the Terminator" appears first in a Marvel comic book; Spider-Woman, during the early 1980's. He's the leader of some ninja-likes, the Terminators (who are not cyborgs from the future).

* A number of comic book fans commented that the [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/zaitchick/grenier/ValerianEmpMilPlan-02.jpg spaceship] in the European comic book ''Valerian'' was ''totally'' plagiarized from the Millennium Falcon. Except Valerian and his ship were created in 1967, and ''[[A New Hope (Film)|Star Wars]]'' was made in 1977.

** Others commented that the [[Flying Car|flying cars]] seen in one of the Valerian stories were totally plagiarized on ''[[The Fifth Element]]'' -- forgetting that the idea of flying cars has been around since... well, the invention of the car. Not to mention that the story was published years before the movie was made, ''and'' that the director is a ''Valerian'' fan who '''specifically''' asked the series' artist to work on the design of the movie.

* Some have claimed ''[[Watchmen (Comic Book)|Watchmen]]'''s ending, {{spoiler|in which the world unites against an alien threat after New York City is destroyed}}, is an attempt to capitalize on post-9/11 feelings. However, not only does Watchmen predate 9/11 by 15 years, but the eerie similarities between 9/11 and Watchmen's climax have been noted by more than a few people, especially in regards to whether {{spoiler|Ozymandias' plan to bring about world peace}} would work even temporarily in real life given that world sympathy for the United States was temporary and only lasted until the United States invaded Iraq.

* An in-universe example has Superboy saying to [[Superman]] "Second star to the right and fly till morning." When Superman says "[[Peter Pan (Literature)|Peter Pan]]. How appropriate." Superboy replies "What are you talking about? Captain Kirk said that." in reference to Kirk's closing line at the end of ''[[Star Trek VI]]'' where he was clearly quoting Peter Pan.

* After the fairly obscure character [[The Question]] became the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] of [[Justice League]] Unlimited, many people declared him to be a rip off of Rorschach. In fact, Alan Moore only created Rorschach because he was told he couldn't use The Question, the character he had originally planned to use in Watchmen.

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