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** A running joke around the time of ''Secret Invasion'' is that when a character in Marvel is out of character, it was a Skrull impersonator.
* Honestly, this has become so much the norm for comics that almost NO death is taken seriously, with fans almost immediately asking "Well, [[Death Is Cheap|how long before they come back]]?" whenever someone dies. As early as 20 years ago, a number of characters in-universe in the X-Men titles would joke that "mutant heaven" didn't have pearly gates but revolving doors, and for years it was a common saying among comic fans that "No one stays dead except Bucky, Jason Todd, and Uncle Ben" (and it's worth noting that two of those three are now alive again themselves...).
** Recent{{when}} storylines in both major companies ([[Blackest Night]], [[Secret Invasion]], [[Necrosha]]) have done absolutely nothing to dispel this mentality, as dozens of formerly dead characters are now alive again. DC ''claims'' that Blackest Night has closed the door to future resurrections, but very few fans seem to be buying it.
* Thanos, the Jim Starlin created [[Big Bad]] in the [[Marvel Universe]], has clones called Thanosi that Starlin can use to explain away any defeats that Thanos might suffer (which, purely coincidentally, are almost always written by writers other than Starlin). Starlin has even gone so far as to say that not even omnipotent cosmic observer the Watcher can tell the difference between a Thanosi and the real Thanos.
* Skrulls did it. To the entire Marvelverse. Lampshaded when Spidey complains that he had clones ''way'' before everyone else was getting replaced by Skrulls.
* Lampshaded in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] with ''[[Dark Empire]]''. Basically every time Luke kills a Palpatine clone, he transfers his soul to another clone. Luke pretends to go over to the dark side and is ultimately ''on'' the dark side.
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