Counterpart Combat Coordination: Difference between revisions

'''{{color|red|Red Ranger:}}''' ''Oh, sorry Green, I was aiming for Psycho Green. Wait, why's Psycho Yellow [[Too Dumb to Live|punching himself in the face]]? Alright, ''time out'', all '''[[Five -Man Band|1]][[Five -Bad Band]]''' of us!<ref> You too, [[Sixth Ranger|sixth guys!]]</ref>'' }}

Maybe it's to help each other understand what's going on. Maybe ''[[ItsIt's Personal]]'', or to stop a case of [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]. If this ''shouldn't'' be possible due to the characters looking [[Obviously Evil|nothing]] [[Stylistic Suck|like]] [[Easy Impersonation|each]] other, this is meant to invoke a bit of [[Rule of Funny]].

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* In ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', three tattooed, adult male criminals (one of them [[Paper -Thin Disguise|black]]) dress up as the girls, and fool everyone but Miss Bellum, ''including'' the girls themselves. Both teams wind up attacking each other during the fight, despite everything listed above, and the girls ''flying'', until they agree to attack their counterparts only.

** In the later episode ''Divided We Fall'', this was yet again the standard, with "Brainthor/Luthoriac" constructs designed to resemble the Lords. As it turns out, Flash, Batman and J'onn beat their counterparts pretty much instantly. Superman and [[Wonder Woman]] have to trade partners because Superman can't kill his own<ref>as it changed to resemble Luthor, Lord!Superman's killing of Luthor also causing the [[For Want of a Nail]] / [[Bad Future]] described above</ref>, while [[Green Lantern]] John Stewart and Shayera swap and [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|rather transparently]] let loose some [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|old]] [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|frustration]]. Of course, we can never be too sure if J'onn beat his clone, because they both shapeshifted into the same thing.