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** This is actually lampshaded [[Incredibly Lame Pun|depres]][[Tear Jerker|singly]] in the episode "Depressing News," when Hawkeye is lamenting to B.J. how the war rolls on even as the people fighting it are killed or replaced (using the surplus tongue depressors that have been shipped to the 4077th as a visual aid):
{{quote|'''Hawkeye:''' Tongue depressors, doctors, soldiers, we're all the same...(''holds up one tongue depressor'') Trapper John goes. No problem, there's plenty more where he came from. (''tosses it aside and picks up another'') B.J. Hunnicutt. Same size, same shape. (''picks up another'') Frank Burns out... (''picks up another'') Winchester in. Just a hair's difference. (''picks up another'') Henry Blake. (''snaps it in two'') Rest in peace, Henry. (''picks up another'') Incoming Sherman Potter. (''to B.J.'') My God, hasn't this elimination tournament gone on long enough?}}
* Capt. Oliver Hudson on ''[[SeaQuest DSV]]''.
** Lonnie Henderson is probably a better example, going so far as to step in as Ford's love interest in season 2 to replace Katie Hitchcock.
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* ''[[Bedlam]]'' replaces Jed, [[I See Dead People|a man who sees ghosts and works to put them at rest]] and investigating the house's mysteries, with Ellie, a girl who can see ghosts, investigating what happened to Jed.
* In ''[[Mortal Kombat: Conquest]]'', Qali was a female assassin who was a childhood friend of Kitana, and tended to dress in green, much like Jade. In fact, she may have actually ''been'' Jade, using her real name. Reptile had an actual name in the series too, so it's not a stretch to believe that had the series continued, Qali might have simply taken the name "Jade" as a ''nom de plume''.
* The Live-Action ''[[Superboy]]'' series did this a lot, including villains that were members of [[Superman]]'s rogues gallery in all but name, seeing as the hero was a teenager and in regular continuity, and wouldn't meet the "true" villains until he was an adult. For example, Nick Knack was Toyman, and Neila was Maxima.
== Music ==
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** From one game to the next half the cast will be this for the previous game. There's a set of archetypes that are well known in the fandom such as the two (occasionally three) cavaliers and the [[Crutch Character|Jeigan]].
* In the PSP Game ''[[Jeanne D'Arc]]'', {{spoiler|Liane is burned at the stake in Jeanne's place, and replaced by Cuisses}}, who is, thankfully, virtually the same. (Because {{spoiler|Liane}} was probably one of your healers)
* ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]''
** The first two partners in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Goombella and Koops, are similar at first to the first two in the original ''Paper Mario'', Goombario and Kooper, having the same attacks and abilities- except upgraded. Also, unlike Kooper, Koops actually has a ''personality''. After that though, the partners are all new, although {{spoiler|Admiral Bobbery has the same abilities as Bombette and Vivian's field ability is functionally identical to Bow's}}.
*** Also in that game, Kammy (a Magikoopa and [[The Dragon]] to Bowser) seems to be a [[Distaff Counterpart]] to Kamek from previous games, such as ''[[Yoshi's Island]]''.
** In ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', Princess Daisy took up the "kidnapped princess" role Peach normally has in other Mario games.
*** Peach herself was sort of a substitute for Pauline, the damsel in ''[[Donkey Kong]]'', except she's one of the few examples to overshadow her predecessor. When they brought back Pauline in the [[Game Boy]] version, they had to dye her hair color to brown to distinguish her.
*** Pauline's recent revival in ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis'' could possibly count as a [[Subverted Trope|subversion]] of this trope, since she's ironically replaced Peach (replacing your replacement?) as Mario's main woman in the game (even despite having Mini-Peaches and not Mini-Paulines). Not to mention, probably very few younger gamers knew who Pauline was, meaning ''she'' was ''Peach's'' replacement... [[Nostalgia Filter|in their minds.]]
*** Finally, ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' had both characters in the same game, and it seems both have established their own identities rather well.
**** Some Japanese fans actually consider the ''DK94'' version of Pauline to be a different character from the Pauline in the original 1981 arcade game, since the original Pauline was actually named "Lady" in Japan.
*** And in the same vein, Foreman Spike from ''[[Wrecking Crew]]'' was Mario's original rival, an irritable tough guy with crazy facial hair and a grudge. Yes, essentially a prototype version of Wario and Waluigi; ''[[Mario Kart]] DS'' even lampshades this by having Waluigi's default kart, the Gold Mantis, be Spike's steamshovel.
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* In [[Super Mario Bros.]], Pewee Piranha and Digga Legg from [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]] are pretty much suspiciously similar substitutes to Dino Piranha and Megaleg from the original [[Super Mario Galaxy]]. The former is even found in the same general point in the game as the latter, and defeated in nearly the same way. Also, the Topmen from Galaxy are basically the same thing as the Bullies from [[Super Mario 64]], both being enemies defeated by being pushed off the edge of the platform. They even both have nearly the same boss battles in the [[Mario Kart]] series!
* In [[Yoshi's Island]] DS, about half the bosses and a good few of the levels are nearly the same thing as their equivalents from the first game. The Big Burt Bros are the most obvious, they're literally just two smaller versions of Burt the Bashful, killed the exact same way and found in a level with roughly the same layout. Others include Bungee Piranha (which is very much like Naval Piranha, complete with a castle designed like a sewer system) and Bowser himself, who pretty much acts as a near identical replacement to both Hookbill the Koopa and the giant version of his baby self.
* The 1983 [[LaserDisc]] game ''[[Cliff Hanger]]'' features a protagonist with a remarkable resemblence to a certain anime anti-hero, along with other familiar characters. This is, of course, no surprise, as the animated footage in the game was taken directly from two ''[[Lupin III]]'' animated films (''Castle of Cagliostro'' and ''The Mystery of Mamo'') making the game a sort of dubbed [[Interactive Fiction]]. Not a bad thing, as the game did pique American interest in the anime series.
== Web Animation ==
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** Unlike most other un-substituted SSS's, [[Breakout Character|Butters]] also managed to maintain an increased presence on the show, becoming somewhat of an [[Mauve Shirt]].
*** The ever-[[Genre Savvy]] ''[[South Park]]'' also lampshaded this with Chef's temporary replacement Mr. Derp in the episode "Succubus."
* When she was shoehorned into ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', [[Creator's Pet
* In a lampshade similar to the ''[[Futurama]]'' one above, ''[[Family Guy]]''{{'}}s [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]] for ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'' was named "Jerome Is the New Black" as [[Black Best Friend]] Cleveland gets [[Put on a Bus]] to his own [[Spin-Off]].
* Whizz The Robot became this in ''[[Noddy In Toyland]]'', where he replaced Mr. Sparks the mechanic. He previously was not this in his introductory series ''[[Say It With Noddy]]''.
* The [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' mirrored its non-animated counterpart in using Coy and Vance instead of Bo and Duke for one season only, though that season was its first.
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