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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Big Bad Pete, Pete Pan, Small Pete, Petetronic. This place has got lotsa me!"''
|'''Big Bad [[Pete]]''', ''[[Disney Epic Mickey]]''}}
▲{{quote|''"Big Bad Pete, Pete Pan, Small Pete, Petetronic. This place has got lotsa me!"''|'''Big Bad [[Pete]]''', ''[[Disney Epic Mickey]]''}}
Sometimes, comic artists are famous (or, more likely, infamous) for having [[Only Six Faces|very little differentiation among their characters]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The former [[Trope Namer]] here is taken from the Star System, the name given to the collection of characters who features prominently throughout the career of [[Osamu Tezuka]]. These characters include:
** Shunsaku Ban - Featured as a detective in ''[[Metropolis (anime)|Metropolis]]'', a teacher in ''[[Astro Boy]]'', and just about everything else in between. Noticeable for his moustache. Ban is probably Tezuka's most recurring star, save for Gourdski, appearing in nearly all his works, from as early as ''Metropolis'', to as late as ''[[Buddha]]''.
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*** Tezuka actually kept a list of how much money the actors in his "troupe" were paid for each "performance." He would periodically give them "raises" or "pay cuts" based on their popularity with fans. It was his whimsical way of keeping track of what characters his readers liked.
* [[Hayao Miyazaki]] also has accumulated a fairly large number of recurring castmembers, though, unlike Tezuka, they have no set names (at least, none known to the public). Some of the most notable include:
** [[Future Boy Conan|Lana]] - The female lead in nearly all of Miyazaki's works; she stars (via various "ages") as [[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind|Nausicaa]], [[Kiki's Delivery Service|Kiki]], [[Princess Mononoke|San]], [[Laputa: Castle in the Sky|Sheeta]], [[My Neighbor Totoro|Satsuki]], and [[
** [[Future Boy Conan|Conan]] - Miyazaki's 2nd most prominent character features as the male lead in many of Miyazaki's films, and is almost always the romantic interest to the female lead. He has played (again, through various physical ages): [[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind|Asbel]], [[Laputa: Castle in the Sky|Pazu]], [[Princess Mononoke|Ashitaka]], [[
** [[Laputa: Castle in the Sky|Dola]] - Introduced in ''[[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]]'', she has appeared over the years as bit characters, but recently{{when}} starred as Old Sophie in ''[[
** [[Spirited Away|Kamaji]] - Originally introduced as the old engineer of Dola's ship in [[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]], as well as Dola's husband, he was given a name in his role in [[Spirited Away]]. He is recognizable for his sunglasses and extremely large mustache (some people think he inspired [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Dr. Robotnik/Eggman]]).
** [[My Neighbor Totoro|Mei]] - Miyazaki's end-all-be-all toddler girl. It's somewhat insinuated visually that Sen of [[Spirited Away]] is a much older Mei, rather than a very young Lana. Alternatively, she's a very young [[Kiki's Delivery Service|Ursula]]. She's perhaps best known for her starring turn as the title character in [[Ponyo]].
** [[Spirited Away|Yubaba]] - a relative newcomer to the Miyazaki gallery, she seems to always be represented as a witch with an extremely large head. She also appeared in ''[[
** [[Laputa: Castle in the Sky|Charles]] - a fairly regular comic-relief character; most notably appeared as one of the Ironworks' men in [[Princess Mononoke]], aside from his supporting role in [[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]].
** [[Laputa: Castle in the Sky|Shougun Mouro/General]] - a balding/bald general, featured in [[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]], [[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]], and [[Princess Mononoke]], as well as cameo parts in several other works involving either police or the military
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* [[Masami Kurumada]], creator of ''[[B't X]]'', ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', and a number of series not as well-known in the states usually has a few key designs as well, mainly from recycling characters from his first work, ''Ring ni Kakero''. He subverted this in Saint Seiya, however, when Unicorn Jabu was given a design similar to the hero's rival in Ring ni Kakero, only for him to play a minimal role in the actual series.
** He also likes to play around with personality. Take Shun, [[The Fettered]], emotional, [[Reluctant Warrior]] of [[Saint Seiya]], and compare him with the previous character to use the design, ''Fuma no Kojiro'' 's Kirikaze - a cold, restrained ninja who never hesitated to kill when called to.
* [[Naoki Urasawa]] plays with this, by casting the pacifist, good-with-children Epsilon in ''[[Pluto]]'' with his [[Complete Monster|Johan]] design from ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]''. There's also a character in [[
** Shogun looks like Martin with longer hair.
** There's also the retroactive case of Dr. Reichwein of ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]''. Being a Tezuka fan, Urasawa decided to pay homage to Shunsaku Ban with the psychologist's character design. Of course, then ''[[Pluto]]''(and therefore Shunsaku) [https://web.archive.org/web/20100402175025/http://www.onemanga.com/Pluto/37/04/ comes along]...
** [[Billy Bat|Kevin Yamagata]] resembles [[Pluto|Sahad]] who is a dead ringer for [[Monster (manga)|Karl Neumann]].
** Dr Abullah is the persian cousin of God.
** Heckel from ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' shows up in a minor role in ''20thCenturyBoys''.
** Nina from ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' and Sahad from ''[[Pluto]]'' have the same professor.
*** And Nina looks strikingly similar to [[
* [[Go Nagai]] also does this, which probably helps when you've made hundreds of manga.
** Abashiri Daemon - originally from ''[[Abashiri Ikka]]'', also appears in ''[[Cutey Honey]]'' and ''[[UFO Robot Grendizer]]''.
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