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A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Five-Bad Band]] and [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]. May to various extents also be a [[Similar Squad]]. Can be part of a [[Geodesic Cast]]. Usually turns out to be an [[Evil Knockoff]] team. May lead to [[Counterpart Combat Coordination]].
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== Trope Namer ==
* The trope namer are the Psycho Rangers from ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'', a group of evil rangers that fought against the Space Rangers during the course of the series. Their counterparts in ''[[Denji Sentai Megaranger]]'' were the Jaden Sentai Nejiranger.
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** For unknown reasons, Hulkling doesn't have a counterpart in the other team. The Dark Young Avengers are somewhat unusual, because the Dark Young Avengers were not gathered together to fight the original Young Avengers, but just want to be heroes. However, they will probably end up under Osborn's control. What's more, some relationships between the members of the Dark Young Avengers mirror those in the Young Avengers. just like Stature and Vision love each other, Big Zero has a crush on Egghead.
** The title of the story arc; "Young Masters", combined with their names, offers a pretty big clue as to where it's going.
* ''[[X-Men]]'' examples:
** In one of the ''
** In the ''Fall of the Mutants'' arc, when the X-Men went missing, the villain Mojo tried to use cloning technology to create his own version of them. He first tried gender-swapped and [[Furry]] versions of them (Mojo is far more concerned with a minion's entertainment value than battle prowress) but considered the results failed experiments [[Bad Boss| and had them destroyed]]. He then created child versions of them (the second incarnation of the "X-Babies", the first being the actual team that had been de-aged) but again considered them a failure and ordered them disposed of... But they escaped, and would ally themselves with ''[[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]]'', making this a Subversion. They would ultimately work for Mojo again, after he agreed to a ''very'' long list of contract negotiation conditions in their favor.
* The original Soviet Super Heroes team primarily featured clear counterparts to [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] team they often opposed. Perun, the Slavic god of thunder, was the Thor counterpart; Sputnik/Vostok, a calculating android, was the Vision's counterpart; the Red Guardian, uber-patriotic Soviet supersoldier, was the Captain America analogue; Surge, a man in a suit of [[Powered Armor]], was Iron Man; Sabercat was the Beast, Vanguard was Hawkeye, Darkstar was the Scarlet Witch, etc.
* Another case of the Psycho Rangers not actually facing their counterparts (because [[Final Crisis|they're dead]]) is the team of knock-off [[New Gods]] that have bedeviled the [[Justice League of America]]: Dr Impossible, the evil Mr Miracle from an early storyline, is now joined by Hunter (evil Orion); Neon Black (evil Lightray); Chair (evil [and dumb] Metron); and Tender Mercy (evil Big Barda).
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* In the [[Archie Comics]] version of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', there's at least three groups. The first is the Suppression Squad, [[Mirror Universe]] counterparts of the Freedom Fighters. The second is the Destructix, a group of mercenaries lead by Scourge the Hedgehog, Sonic's [[Mirror Universe]] counterpart, and his girlfriend Fiona Fox (which may be a jab at Sonic and Sally being unable to stay together). Recently, Eggman's unleased a series of Metal-series bots comprised of Metal Sonic, Metal Tails, Metal Knuckles and {{spoiler|Mecha Sally}}.
== Fan
* A rather interesting case in ''[[Pretty Cure Perfume Preppy]]''. The Akutare brothers, managers of the Sunday Scent Shop, oppose the girls in episodes 16 and 17... But the girls are five, so neither Ayameko nor Hanae have counterparts.
** Counterpart fan series ''[[Shining Pretty Cure]]'' and ''[[Pretty Cure Full Color]]'' play this more straightly, with the main villains being an equally element-oriented team of [[Evil Counterpart]]s.
* In the [[All Things Probable Series|"All Things Probable" series]] of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' fanfics, [http://www.fanhistory.com/wiki/Team_Probable Team Probable]{{Dead link}} is a group similar to Team Possible, except that they assist villains for pay rather than stopping them for free. Its members (except the [[Team Pet]]) are the [[Distaff Counterpart|opposite]] [[Spear Counterpart|gender]] from their respective counterparts.
* In ''[[My Little Avengers]]'', [[Big Bad|Loki]] eventually assembles a team of Dark Avengers to combat Thor's Avenger team, selecting ponies whose powers make them [[Evil Counterpart]]s to the heroes, with Loki himself serving as Thor's counterpart. The only standout is Loki's [[The Dragon|apprentice]] Trixie, who has no counterpart among the main characters—though this admittedly becomes a moot point by the [[Final Battle]], as {{spoiler|by then, Trixie's failed an attempt to double-cross Loki and has fled for her life}}, and in any case, all the Avengers (except for Thor, who still takes on Loki) [[Opponent Switch|swap opponents]] in order to get an advantage.
* {{spoiler|The Axem Rangers X}} in Part 2 of ''[[Clash of the Elements]]''
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*** or because of the Bat embargo, none of his rogue's gallery could appear.
* ''[[6teen]]'' has a darker [[Six-Student Clique]] that are friends of [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis|Tricia's]] that tried to take over their favorite lunch spot.
* ''[[
* Clones of the protagonists from ''[[Gargoyles]]''. Subverted in that only Goliath's clone [[Sdrawkcab Name|Thailog]] was actually evil. But they did have the same fighting their doubles problem.
** In the comic book continuation, {{spoiler|Lexington's clone Brentwood chose to stick with Thailog. He's portrayed, like the rest, as more gullible and naive than actually evil.}}
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