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== Western Animation ==
* From the early years of [[The Golden Age of Animation]], we have the Warner Bros. star Foxy, whose image is adorned at the top of this page, and whom some of you might even remember appearing in the ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' episode
** In fact, he and Roxy had to be completely redesigned for ''
* Probably the most well known Captain Ersatz of all time would have to be none other than [[Mickey Mouse]]. How, and of whom was he a Captain Ersatz of? [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
** ...and that guy was, in turn a pretty obvious Captain Ersatz of [[Felix the Cat
* [[Woody Woodpecker]] is a rather obvious one of the early Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny prototypes. No surprise, since the Bugs Bunny prototypes and [[Woody Woodpecker]] were made by Ben Hardaway, who was a prominent writer in the [[Woody Woodpecker]] cartoons after he left Warner Bros. for Universal Cartoons.
** [[Mel Blanc]] himself voiced Woody for his first few appearances (and invented that famously annoying laugh) before being replaced because of his contract with Warner Brothers.
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** Also, Karai - who first appeared in a 1993 comic and later in the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 series)| 2003 series]] - may have been at least partially based on Lotus from the 1987 series episode "Lotus Blossom". The characters looked similar, and both had a crush on Leonardo, despite being on the villains' side. The fact that Karai was the [[Final Boss]] of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters]]'' (where character designs are based on the 1987 series) complicates this even more.
* ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' were this, originally. The two protagonists were in a short parody film of ''[[Back to The Future]]'' where they parodied Doc Brown and Marty McFly. However, they were quickly adapted to an original series.
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back", the creature guarding the entrance to the Master In-Pile is obviously a beholder, a popular monster in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''. Of course, seeing as [[Gary Gygax]] himself designed the beholder and was known to be a fan of the show (even appearing as a guest star in one episode), he likely approved.
* Many of the bad guys on ''[[Laff-A-Lympics]]'' were this, due to a snafu over who owned rights to the names. The Great Fondoo even mentions this in the ''[[Robot Chicken]]''
** Dread Baron was the most obvious, and clearly supposed to be Dick Dastardly.
** The Creepy family were in fact the Gruesomes, who first appeared in ''[[The Flintstones]]''
** Daisy Mayhem was an evil version of ''[[Li'l Abner]]'' character Moonbeam McSwine, the only Captain Ersatz on the show where the source is not from Hanna-Barbera.
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