Send in the Clones: Difference between revisions

Not to be confused with [[Follow the Leader]], which is when the industry Sends in Clones of a popular work. Does not necessarily have to do with [[Cloning Blues]] or its subtropes.

 

 

== Anime ==

* The manga ''[[Gunnm]]'' (''Battle Angel Alita'') has its titular character's current chassis duplicated (complete with more 'reliable' [[Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligences]]) by the shady agency that supervises her around the end of the comic. In the sequel ''Battle Angel Alita: Last Order'' three 'clones' survive to be regular characters. One of them, Sechs, rebuilt herself into a [[Spear Counterpart]] of Alita; while the other two (Elf and Zwölf) went for the [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] [[Genki Girl]] [[Creepy Twins]] thing.

** The series iconic [[Mad Scientist]]<ref>And, basically, a secondary protagonist</ref> Desty Nova ''explodes'' in number in the Last Order, with all flavors and variations imaginable. It goes from the portable virtual reality Nova Pod through somewhat more mundane Nova X and Nova [[Trademark Favorite Food|the Flan-Cook]] to the [[Complete Monster|uber-evil]] [[Funny Afro]] Super Nova, who are definitely NOT adverse to duking it out between them too.

* It's implied in the anime version of ''[[Dance in The Vampire Bund]]'' that {{spoiler|''[[Dance in The Vampire Bund|Mina]]'' is this, being [[Last of His Kind|the only breedable True Blood female vampire in existence]].}}

** In the more recent manga chapters we find out that {{spoiler|not only is the [[The Chessmaster|head of Telomere]] [[Evil Twin|outwardly identical]] to Mina Tepes, but she can [[Vampire Monarch|exert her will over those vampires bound to said princess]]. It remains an open question which is the original}}.

* [[Dragonball]] Z: After Cooler's [[Hurl It Into the Sun|defeat]] in Movie 5, the last remaining scrap of him is found and assimilated by the "Big Gete Star" in Movie 6. He builds a remote-controlled, self-repairing new body that Goku and Vegeta have to work together to defeat...and a few hundred or so more for when they [[Hope Spot|think they've won.]]

 

** The [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] for that comic has to be the latest group of Wolverines in a building, when suddenly they hear an approaching sound - a chorus of hundreds of "Bub!"s.

** Nightcrawler also had a limited series where he visted a dimension ruled by a species with a [[Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism]] -- all the females were [[Opposite Sex Clone|Opposite Sex Clones]] and all the males were diminutive [[Chibi|Chibis]].

* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' had a storyline where Calvin builds [[Cardboard Box Technology|a duplicator]] with the intention of having his clone do his chores for him. He is surprised to find out that his clone, and the subsequent clones he makes, are each as much of a jerk as he is.

** A similar ploy to travel back in time and get earlier versions of himself to do his homework also ends in failure.

* Marvel's new [[Wolverine Publicity|poster boy]], [[Deadpool]], has recently been joined by [[Marvel Zombies|Headpool]], [[Opposite Sex Clone|Lady Deadpool]], [[Spinoff Babies|Kid Deadpool]] and [[Team Pet|Deadpool Dog]] in the series ''Deadpool Corps''. Thing is, [[Played for Laughs|it's meant to be funny]], so that's okay.

* [[The Authority]] opens with the [[Evil Genius|evil mastermind]] mass producing ''thousands'' of Superman clones for terrorist attacks.

* Ever since [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]] established the precedent back in the [[Golden Age]], truly iconic superheroes have tended to accrue "families" of similarly-themed heroes. The Marvel family had Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Junior, Uncle Marvel, the Lieutenant Marvels, and Mr. Tawky Tawny. Superman has Supergirl, Superboy, and Krypto (and Beppo and Comet, back in the Silver Age). Batman has all the Robins and Batgirls, as well as Alfred. Thor at one point commanded a team of expies called the Godpack, as well as having expies in Beta Ray Bill, Thunderstrike, Thor Girl, and Red Norvell. The Hulk has recently accrued a large family, with She-Hulk, A-Bomb, Red Hulk, Red She-Hulk, Skaar, and Lyra. Spider-Man is odd in having had [[Spider Woman|about a half dozen unrelated distaff counterparts,]] but they've never formed an actual team, except briefly.

 

* Comedically done with Rufus (the naked mole rat) in the first ''[[Kim Possible]]'' movie, ''A Sitch in Time''.

* ''[[Toy Story]] 2'' introduced a second Buzz Lightyear action figure, to recreate the "toy who doesn't realize he's a toy" humor of the first movie and highlight how much the first Buzz has [[Character Development|grown]].

* The ending to the first ''[[Futurama]]'' movie, "Bender's Big Score" features {{spoiler|an army of time-duplicated Benders (with collected loot), who promptly explode out of sheer [[Temporal Paradox]]}}.

 

* In [[Futurama]] Bender does this with a machine that makes two smaller duplicates of himself. Those duplicates repeat the process ''ad infinitum'' creating uncountable Benders at increasingly smaller sizes. They eventually turn into a [[Grey Goo]].

** A classic episode of ''[[Futurama]]'' has an army of robo-Lucy Lius.