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* This was sort of the entire point of ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' -- the old school [[Looney Tunes]] ran an academy at which they could teach their skills to the next generation of [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|Suspiciously Similar Substitutes]].

* In the ''[[The Legend of Korra]],'' episode "Welcome to Republic City" Katara, aged survivor of the previous series ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]],'' [[Lampshaded Trope|lampshades]] this in her [[Passing the Torch]] speech to young Avatar Korra:

** It was played with a little bit previously, as the Avatar is a constantly reincarnated series of heroes, and Aang was frequently compared with his previous incarnations Roku and Kyoshi. Korra gets it a little worse though as there are plenty of people living who still remember Aang.