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* ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' included Captain Ersatzes of rival shows and various movies, including [[Dracula]] (referred to by his real name, "Count Tepes"). There were only three things that were referred to by their real names: ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Newhart]]'', and [[Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu]].
** The funny thing, Dracula is a [[Public Domain Character]], they didn't needed to "create" a Captain Ersatz.
** Dracula was indeed mentioned in that episode; in-universe, the original novel was, according to Tepes, a fictional account of the history of his family, with many liberties taken.
* ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'', a parody of anime, contains tons of characters who are legal rip-offs of real anime characters, in the same vein as ''[[Drawn Together]]''. The character Gonard gets bonus points, since he is believed by fans to be an expy of [[Dragonball Z|Goku]], thanks in no small part to both of them sharing the [[Sean Schemmel|same English voice actor]]!
* Depending on who you ask, The Dread Baron and Mumbly are either these, or Expys. According to some accounts, Hanna-Barbera was in a legal conflict with Heatter-Quigley (who helped co-create ''[[Wacky Races]]'') over who owned the rights to the Dick Dastardly and Muttley characters, which led to the creation of the new characters for the show [[Laff-A-Lympics]]. Others point out that Mumbly actually pre-dated Muttley (though he originally was a ''good guy''.)
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