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* Suda51 of ''[[No More Heroes]]'' has a particular hatred of them.
* ''[[City of Heroes]]'' had (has?) a problem with this. It's [http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives/2005/02/01/city_of_copies_marvel_vs_nc_soft.html very easy] to make an obvious [[Captain Ersatz]] with it, and [[Marvel Comics]] sued them over it once.
* When the first expansion for [[
* The ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' series had, by the point of ''[[Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game)|Trilogy]]'', seven "ninjas" using the same sprite, four female "ninjas" using the same sprite, three robot "ninjas" using the same sprite (each differently colored). This depends on the version of the game, of course, but people made fun of it so much that when the series made a jump to 3D for ''[[Mortal Kombat 4 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 4]]'', the programmers made sure that each character would have their own unique appearance.
* Rather humorously [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in ''[[Baldurs Gate|Baldur's Gate II]]'', where your party will eventually run into Drizzt himself. Generally, you can use the opportunity to either ask for his aid on your assault on a vampire compound or just murder him and his party for their awesome gear. If you're playing an elf named Drizzt and have a low enough [[Karma Meter|reputation]], however, you never get the chance -- [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|he'll simply challenge you to a duel for the honor of his name]].
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