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A regular [[Legion of Doom]] has members which oppose the heroes and are often their archrivals, but their powers are scattered all over the place, and they're not necessarily [[Evil Counterpart|Evil Counterparts]] even if they have the same number of members.

The Psycho Rangers ''are'' the collective [[Evil Twin]] of the [[Five Man Band]]. Each one's nature/powers mirror a specific hero and they work together as a group. The same way [[The Hero]] can get his [[True Companions]] together to fight the [[Monster of the Week]], sometimes [[Big Bad|The Big Bad]], [[The Rival]], [[Evil Twin]], [[Monster of the Week]] or [[Evil Counterpart]] can get himself a team made up entirely of Evil Counterparts to the main cast. As a result, if the team includes such specific characters as the [[Big Bad]] and [[The Dragon]], they may also be a [[Five Bad Band]].

The Psycho Rangers ''are'' the collective [[Evil Twin]] of the [[Five-Man Band]]. Each one's nature/powers mirror a specific hero and they work together as a group. The same way [[The Hero]] can get his [[True Companions]] together to fight the [[Monster of the Week]], sometimes [[Big Bad|The Big Bad]], [[The Rival]], [[Evil Twin]], [[Monster of the Week]] or [[Evil Counterpart]] can get himself a team made up entirely of Evil Counterparts to the main cast. As a result, if the team includes such specific characters as the [[Big Bad]] and [[The Dragon]], they may also be a [[Five-Bad Band]].

If they know all the moves of their heroic counterparts, the Psycho Rangers may be too strong for their duplicates one-on-one. The heroes can sometimes turn the tables by [[Opponent Switch|switching opponents and fighting each others' evil doubles]]. Without knowledge of the heroes' fighting techniques, the Psycho Rangers become much easier to defeat. (Unless they promptly switch ''back'' again.)

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The most extreme, but not the most common, type of Psycho Rangers are literally evil clones or [[Mirror Universe]] counterparts of the heroes.

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]].

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]].

== Trope Namer ==

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** There was also an early [[Monster of the Week]] in the episode 'Double Trouble for Princess Vi' who could morph into any of the three Pizza Cats and copy their weapons too. He was destroyed by Speedy before he could do anything clever or funny with that ability.

* Blackbeard's Pirates in ''[[One Piece]]''. Based on what we've seen here's how it goes:

** Blackbeard: In many ways, he's a fully grown version of Luffy, but with completely opposite opinions. This can range from simple disagreements on food or drink to the best way to achieve a goal. Both stole their [[Power Up Food|Devil Fruits]]: Blackbeard sought out a particular fruit while Luffy thought it was dessert.

** Blackbeard: In many ways, he's a fully grown version of Luffy, but with completely opposite opinions. This can range from simple disagreements on food or drink to the best way to achieve a goal. Both stole their [[Power-Up Food|Devil Fruits]]: Blackbeard sought out a particular fruit while Luffy thought it was dessert.

*** Everything bounces off of Luffy. Everything sticks to Blackbeard.

** Lafitte: Navigator of the Blackbeard pirates, he used to be a law enforcement official of some sort, manically/maniacally cheerful, and is very stealthy given his ability to sneak into a high security government meeting unnoticed. Nami, navigator of the Straw Hat pirates, is the adopted daughter of a Marine woman, has a more [[Tsundere|Tsunderish]] personality, and has spent the last eight years of her life as a sneak thief before joining Luffy.

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** [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]-in-remission Neji versus [[Evil Genius]] Kidoumaru, who's an Arrogant Archery Guy, much to Neji's initial dismay.

** Wild child Kiba and his tiny ninja [[Angry Guard Dog]] Akamaru go up against sadistic [[The Dragon]] Sakon {{spoiler|whose secret weapon, his twin brother Ukon, lives in his body, making him bonus [[Creepy Twins]] as well}}, resulting in some rather literal [[Kick the Dog]] moments.

** [[Brilliant but Lazy]] [[Smart Guy]] Shikamaru takes on [[Dark Chick]] Tayuya, who much like Shikamaru hides her substantial brainpower, but behind the Japanese equivalent of [[Cluster F Bomb|Cluster F Carpet-Bombing.]]

** [[Brilliant but Lazy]] [[Smart Guy]] Shikamaru takes on [[Dark Chick]] Tayuya, who much like Shikamaru hides her substantial brainpower, but behind the Japanese equivalent of [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster F Carpet-Bombing.]]

** Taijutsu specialists face off when [[Incurable Cough of Death|sick and dying]] yet still unbeatable Kimimaro meets still-recovering miniature [[Bruce Lee Clone]] Rock Lee.

** Then the series proceeds to set Sasuke himself up as Naruto's very own Psycho Ranger. Right up to the point where Naruto and his charming spiritual freeloader start to psycho back...

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' had a set of these guys in most seasons (in order of appearance: Shittenou, Ayakashi Sisters, Witches 5, Amazones Quartet and Amazon Trio). Each of these groups was made up of [[Colour Coded for Your Convenience|colour-coded]] and power-coded [[Evil Counterpart|evil counterparts]] of the Four Guardians (Ami, Rei, Makoto and Minako). In the manga, the Witches 5 were even resurrected ''just'' to kill the senshi they copied!

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' had a set of these guys in most seasons (in order of appearance: Shittenou, Ayakashi Sisters, Witches 5, Amazones Quartet and Amazon Trio). Each of these groups was made up of [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience|colour-coded]] and power-coded [[Evil Counterpart|evil counterparts]] of the Four Guardians (Ami, Rei, Makoto and Minako). In the manga, the Witches 5 were even resurrected ''just'' to kill the senshi they copied!

** Classic Sailor Moon: The Shittenou. Jaedite - Mars, Nephrite - Jupiter, Zoicite - Mercury, Kunzite - Venus.

** Sailor Moon R / Black Moon: The Ayakashi Sisters. Kooan - Mars, Berthier - Mercury, Petz - Jupiter, Calaveras - Venus.

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* ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'''s Dark Legendary Warriors. Notably, there's not as many straight match-ups as you think; [[Holy Hand Grenade|Lobomon]] has a rivalry with [[Dark Is Edgy|Duskmon]], as does [[Designated Girl Fight|Kazemon with Ranamon]], but the other three per team aren't as clear-cut - the good guys tended to encounter just one of their dark counterparts at once, and they'd all team up against him.

** ''[[Digimon Savers]]''' Bio-Hybrids. Kouki to Marcus (both are [[Hot Blooded]] fighters, but Kouki takes it all the way to sadistic [[Blood Knight]]), Nanami to Thomas (both [[Teen Genius|Teen Geniuses]]), and Ivan ([[Punch Clock Villain]]) to Yoshi ([[The Chick]]).

* In a recent chapter of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', while observing [[Floating Continent]] Ostia, [[Arch Enemy]] [[White Haired Pretty Boy|Fate]] has revealed that he has his own [[Transformation Trinket|Pactio cards]] and a squad of partners to match the Ala Alba. It was also revealed that Nagi Springfield's team the Ala Rubra when ''they'' fought Fate had a similar set of opponents each to match their abilities: a [[Supernatural Martial Arts|martial artist]], a [[The Big Guy|Big Guy]], a [[Glass Cannon|wide-spread destroyer]], a [[Barrier Warrior|barrier fighter]] and Fate himself to match the [[Kung Fu Wizard|combat]] [[Magic Knight|mage]] hero Nagi.

* In a recent chapter of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', while observing [[Floating Continent]] Ostia, [[Arch Enemy]] [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Fate]] has revealed that he has his own [[Transformation Trinket|Pactio cards]] and a squad of partners to match the Ala Alba. It was also revealed that Nagi Springfield's team the Ala Rubra when ''they'' fought Fate had a similar set of opponents each to match their abilities: a [[Supernatural Martial Arts|martial artist]], a [[The Big Guy|Big Guy]], a [[Glass Cannon|wide-spread destroyer]], a [[Barrier Warrior|barrier fighter]] and Fate himself to match the [[Kung Fu Wizard|combat]] [[Magic Knight|mage]] hero Nagi.

* Mewtwo's Pokemon clones from the [[Pokémon the First Movie|first movie]]. The Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise and Pikachu clones sport markings to distinguish them from the originals but the rest all look the same. It's subverted when {{spoiler|Ash gets killed in the crossfire and their tears revive him}}. In fact the movie might count as a deconstruction of this trope.

* In ''[[Pretty Sammy|Magical Project S]]'', Pretty Sammy tried to challenge the Team Sexy Mrs. (AKA Team Lovely Madams in the subtitled version) to a battle, but she lost.

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** Byakuya vs. Zommari. Both very skilled in [[Flash Step|shunpo/sonido]], Byakuya's pride and devotion to the laws of Soul Society is mirrored by Zommari's zealous worship of Aizen. Zommari even tries to call Byakuya out on his flaws, saying he's only fighting because he believes Shinigami are inherently superior to Hollows. Byakuya then shows off his [[Character Development]] by saying he doesn't give a damn about the Shinigami/Hollow thing; Zommari tried to [[Papa Wolf|hurt his little sister]], and that's more than enough reason to kill him.

** Unohana vs. Rudbones. As captain of the 4th squad, Unohana's job is to find the wounded and heal them. As captain of the Exequitas, Rudbone's job is to find the wounded and kill them. Not to mention that Rudbones isn't actually strong enough to be an Espada, while Unohana is implied to be one of the strongest captains. The power gap makes it pretty obvious [[Curb Stomp Battle|why they didn't actually fight]].

** Kyoraku vs. Starrk. Both proved to be [[Brilliant but Lazy]] [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]] type characters, although Starrk's backstory reveals he's not so much an [[Evil Counterpart]] as a neutral (and fairly sympathetic) counterpart to Kyoraku that considered the other Espada his [[True Companions|group of friends]].

** Kyoraku vs. Starrk. Both proved to be [[Brilliant but Lazy]] [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] type characters, although Starrk's backstory reveals he's not so much an [[Evil Counterpart]] as a neutral (and fairly sympathetic) counterpart to Kyoraku that considered the other Espada his [[True Companions|group of friends]].

** The clones in the filler Invasion arc. They are stronger and more violent than the originals. And the filler [[Big Bad]] has cloned most of the captains. [[Cool Versus Awesome|Fun times]].

* The tail end of the last episode of the first season of ''[[Galaxy Angel (Anime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' showed a team of evil counterparts to the Angels, one of whom was a spy that the real Angels just helped release. Unfortunately, [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|this is all we ever see of them.]]

* In ''[[Berserk]]'', the "reborn" (for lack of a better term) Griffith creates a new Band of the Hawk (comprised mostly of [[Legions of Hell|Apostles]] like himself) that has counterparts to the {[[True Companions|group of friends]] formed by [[Anti Hero]] Guts

* In ''[[Berserk]]'', the "reborn" (for lack of a better term) Griffith creates a new Band of the Hawk (comprised mostly of [[Legions of Hell|Apostles]] like himself) that has counterparts to the {[[True Companions|group of friends]] formed by [[Anti-Hero]] Guts

** Grunbeld is a massive warrior who wears similar armor and has an [[Arm Cannon]] like Guts

** Irvine and Locus are [[Bishounen]] [[Noble Demon]] characters who are obvious counterparts to two nobles (literally and figuratively) on Guts' side, Serpico and Roderick

** Sonia, a young oracular [[Anti Villain]] to [[Cute Witch]] Schierke

** Sonia, a young oracular [[Anti-Villain]] to [[Cute Witch]] Schierke

** New Band Of The Hawk seems to be made of evil counterparts to the members of original Band of The Hawk {{spoiler|most of who are already dead}}.

* The ''[[Yes Pretty Cure 5]]'' movie features a Dark Cure team. In what is perhaps a bit of [[Genre Savviness]], the first thing they do when they face the Pretty Cure team is to warp their counterparts off to different locations so they can't use the "switching opponents" trick.

* The Garuru Platoon from ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]''. Giroro's counterpart is [[Aloof Big Brother|Garuru]], Dororo's counterpart is [[Unknown Rival|Zoruru]], Kururu's counterpart is Tororo, Tamama's counterpart is Taruru, and Keroro's counterpart is {{spoiler|a child-aged clone of himself from before he met Fuyuki and Natsumi.}}

* [[Deconstructed]], like so many other tropes, in ''[[Angel Densetsu (Manga)|Angel Densetsu]]'', the various evil (and often [[Distaff Counterpart|spear]]) counterparts to the [[Five Bad Band]] (no, that's not a typo) are not a cohesive unit, but come in bit and pieces, you have to think on it a bit to see all the similarities. Oh, and of course [[Zig Zagging Trope|zig zagged]] too, the ''heroes'' are a Five '''Bad''' Band, so their enemies are... [[Delinquent|delinquents]] too. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].

* [[Deconstructed]], like so many other tropes, in ''[[Angel Densetsu (Manga)|Angel Densetsu]]'', the various evil (and often [[Distaff Counterpart|spear]]) counterparts to the [[Five-Bad Band]] (no, that's not a typo) are not a cohesive unit, but come in bit and pieces, you have to think on it a bit to see all the similarities. Oh, and of course [[Zig Zagging Trope|zig zagged]] too, the ''heroes'' are a Five '''Bad''' Band, so their enemies are... [[Delinquent|delinquents]] too. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].

* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' had traces of this in both Shinryuuji amd Ojou. Hiruma, Unsui, amd Takami are all physically average quarterbacks who compensate with their dedication and intelligence, Kurita, Yamabushi, and Ootawara are all incredibly large noseguards who cry at the end of their games, Monta, Ikkyu, and Sakuraba are all recievers determined to be the best who have one area of specialty, and Sena, Agon, and Shin are the "aces" of their team.

* ''[[Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt (Anime)|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'' has the two [[Lawful Evil|rule-obsessed]] demon sisters Scanty and Kneesocks, whom are also the [[Big Bad]]'s daughters. Respectively they battle their counterparts with [[Revolvers Are Just Better|revolvers]] and [[Sinister Scythe|scythes]].

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== [[Comic Books]] ==

* ''[[The Dandy (Comic Book)|The Dandy]]'' featured ''The Jocks & The Geordies''; A strip about two [[Five Man Band|Five person teams]] doing everything possible to abuse, beat up, insult and undermine the other team.

* ''[[The Dandy (Comic Book)|The Dandy]]'' featured ''The Jocks & The Geordies''; A strip about two [[Five-Man Band|Five person teams]] doing everything possible to abuse, beat up, insult and undermine the other team.

* The Blitzkrieg Squadron in the [[Marvel Universe]] were created as a Nazi counterpart to the heroic [[Howling Commandos]].

* Deathstroke's "Titans East" of recent ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' comics, which included The Match, an evil clone of Superboy (who had, by this point, degenerated into as good a clone of Superboy as [[Bizarro Universe|Bizarro]] is of [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]]); Inertia, an evil clone of Kid [[Flash]], and Kid Crusader, who is...[[And Zoidberg|the only person Slade could find who had ever heard of Kid Devil while also wanting to kill him]]. They also had Joker's Daughter, Enigma (both chose to style themselves after their inspirations the same way Tim Drake sought out Batman, although Deathstroke probably didn't know that), and a brainwashed Batgirl for Robin and Risk (a former Titan who lost his arm and decided against a prosthetic) for Cyborg.

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*** Carried to its ultimate extreme in ''[[Ultimate Fantastic Four]]'', where the Frightful Four are the counterparts of the regular (read Ultimate, in this case) FF from another universe, just with fifteen more years of experience. Oh yeah, and they're ''[[Marvel Zombies|flesh-eating zombies]]''.

* In the [[Silver Age]], DCU (again) introduced the alternate Earth of Earth-3, where the counterparts of the JLA were known as the Crime Syndicate. After massive retcons, there are ''two'' versions of this - the Crime Syndicate from the Antimatter Universe, and a new Earth-3 with the Crime Society, which are more like the JSA than the JLA.

* The [[Shadowpact]] (DCU ''again'') had the Pentacle, set up by a witch called Strega, which "just happened" to feature counterparts to the magical heroes. (Strega herself was the counterpart to the Enchantress; Jack of Fire to Blue Devil [and turned out to be [[Luke I Am Your Father|his brother]]]; Sister Shadow to Nightshade; Bagman to Ragman; Karnevil to Detective Chimp (kinda); and White Rabbit to Nightmaster.)

* The [[Shadowpact]] (DCU ''again'') had the Pentacle, set up by a witch called Strega, which "just happened" to feature counterparts to the magical heroes. (Strega herself was the counterpart to the Enchantress; Jack of Fire to Blue Devil [and turned out to be [[Luke, I Am Your Father|his brother]]]; Sister Shadow to Nightshade; Bagman to Ragman; Karnevil to Detective Chimp (kinda); and White Rabbit to Nightmaster.)

* In ''[[Batman and The Outsiders]]'', Maxie Zeus formed a team called the New Olympians with each member being a counterpart to one of the Outsiders. Specifically:

** Antaeus = Geo-Force

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* The ''[[City of Heroes]]'' [[Expanded Universe]] novel ''The Freedom Phalanx'' has the Tyranny Legion, Psycho Rangers for the not-yet-formed Phalanx. The armored hero Positron has his old boss, Doctor Null, who's stuck inside his armor; Synapse, who got his powers from one of Null's experiments, has Revenant, his ex-friend who was turned into a zombie through a similar experiment; Sister Psyche, the mutant psychic, has the Shadow Queen, whose psychic powers come from a possessed mask; Manticore, a [[Batman (Comic Book)|Batman]]-esque vigilante, has Protean, the shapeshifter who killed his parents; and, of course, Statesman has Lord Recluse, whose rivalry the entire game revolves around.

* [[Tom Clancy]]'s ''[[In Name Only|Op-Center]]'' series (which, as the [[Pothole]] implies, was ghostwritten) has the titular crisis command headquarters and its Russian counterpart, ''Mirror Image''. Sometimes they cooperate, sometimes not.

* Sherman Alexie's horror novel ''[[Indian Killer]]'' features two [[Power Trio|Power Trios]], one of white guys who harass Indians and one of Indians who harass white people. The leaders of both gangs are out for revenge because of some perceived slight. (The Indian leader's white father abused him, and the white leader thinks his brother was killed by Indians.) There is one guy who is mostly neutral. And there is one guy who ultimately says [[What Have I Become]] and turns himself in to the cops. It's all part of the [[He Who Fights Monsters]] theme.

* Sherman Alexie's horror novel ''[[Indian Killer]]'' features two [[Power Trio|Power Trios]], one of white guys who harass Indians and one of Indians who harass white people. The leaders of both gangs are out for revenge because of some perceived slight. (The Indian leader's white father abused him, and the white leader thinks his brother was killed by Indians.) There is one guy who is mostly neutral. And there is one guy who ultimately says [[What Have I Become?]] and turns himself in to the cops. It's all part of the [[He Who Fights Monsters]] theme.

* In ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'', [[Sixth Ranger Traitor|David]]'s ultimate plan for the [[Super Empowering|blue box]] was to use it to create a gang of morphing criminals to counter the Animorphs. The Animorphs were able to defeat him before he could put this plan into action.

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** Also, in one episode Oleander created her own team of living food fighters to counteract the Sushi Pack. Unfortunately, she made them too much like the Pack, and the two teams were able to see past their differences. That, and she tipped her hand too early (she was planning on eating both teams), so they all teamed up to defeat her instead of each other.

* The Anti J-Team in ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', comprised of criminal counterparts of Jackie, Jade, Viper, El Toro, and Tohru.

* The Delightful Children From Down The Lane in ''[[Codename Kids Next Door]]'' look eerily similar to [[Five Man Band|Sector V]]. {{spoiler|The movie reveals that they were once the lost team from Sector Z.}}

* The Delightful Children From Down The Lane in ''[[Codename Kids Next Door]]'' look eerily similar to [[Five-Man Band|Sector V]]. {{spoiler|The movie reveals that they were once the lost team from Sector Z.}}

* CHYKN in ''[[WITCH (Animation)|WITCH]]''. Formerly the team that did the job WITCH does now, Season 2 Big Bad and [[Fallen Hero|Fallen Heroine]] Nerissa used them to go up against the current team. Of course, for her to pull that off, she ended up having to [[Brainwashed and Crazy|capture and brainwash]] three of her former allies (Kadma, Halinor and Yan Lin), create an Altermare of one of the three so she could be evil (Yan Lin, which lead to her granddaughter Hay Lin's [[Heroic BSOD]]) and resurrect a fourth {{spoiler|whom she killed many years ago}} (Cassidy). Of course, this didn't mean much: they were defeated a few episodes after their reunion and put back inside the Seal of Nerissa for the rest of the season, until she was defeated by WITCH.

** CHYKN was technically stronger than WITCH because they had two [[Amplifier Artifact|Amplifier Artifacts]] to their one, but because they were mind-controlled their reliance on Nerissa meant they were screwed if she was distracted. Nerissa, being [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] changed tactics and later used them to attack WITCH when they were split up and not transformed.

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* In the Original ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' Series, the Punk Frogs are a notable subversion. While Shredder did (indirectly) mutate them from ordinary frogs, going as far as to teach them how to fight as well as even ''naming them'' based off his heroes such as [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] and Genghis Khan, he had to trick the frogs into believing that the Turtles were the bad guys in order [[Let's You and Him Fight|for the Frogs to fight them.]] When they find out the truth, the Frogs instantly turn against him.

* Played straight and subverted on ''[[Justice League]]''. In the original, there were three versions of the Injustice Gang. However, only the third was made of any form of counterparting to the seven members of the League (and even then, the relations were stretched at best), and the fights for each tended to trade off who fought who every time. In ''Unlimited'', the various Injustice League members merged into the [[Legion of Doom]], which had grown in response to the Justice League's growth. It should be noted that the villain The Shade has the distinction of being on all four Injustice Leagues. (He points this out at the third Injustice League formation, to which the villain recruiting him replies "Third time's the charm".)

** The [[Alternate Universe]] counterparts introduced in ''A Better World'' are near perfect Psycho Rangers. [[Superman]] and [[Batman]] did mention that having counterparts willing to break any "rules" they kept would make them much more difficult to fight. It was somewhat subverted when {{spoiler|Batman's counterpart proved to still have the same sense of morality.}} In ''Unlimited'', {{spoiler|Brainiac/Luthor}} recreated the alternate universe counterparts, and a few needed to trade partners to defeat them. (Flash defeated his counterpart in a most excellent way. His counterpart taunted him [[Hannibal Lecture|by saying no one else trusts him with his childish behavior]] and the Flash responded with [[Shut UP Hannibal|"Says you! I got a seat at the big conference table...I'm going to paint my logo on it!" And he proceeded to destroy the counterpart.]])

** The [[Alternate Universe]] counterparts introduced in ''A Better World'' are near perfect Psycho Rangers. [[Superman]] and [[Batman]] did mention that having counterparts willing to break any "rules" they kept would make them much more difficult to fight. It was somewhat subverted when {{spoiler|Batman's counterpart proved to still have the same sense of morality.}} In ''Unlimited'', {{spoiler|Brainiac/Luthor}} recreated the alternate universe counterparts, and a few needed to trade partners to defeat them. (Flash defeated his counterpart in a most excellent way. His counterpart taunted him [[Hannibal Lecture|by saying no one else trusts him with his childish behavior]] and the Flash responded with [[Shut UP, Hannibal|"Says you! I got a seat at the big conference table...I'm going to paint my logo on it!" And he proceeded to destroy the counterpart.]])

** In the [[Grand Finale]], when the Legion of Doom and the Justice League were about to come to blows, there was an excellent shot of everybody facing off with their [[Evil Counterpart]]: Green Lantern vs. Sinestro, Superman vs. Bizarro, Atomic Skull vs. [[Captain Atom]], Giganta vs. Iron Giant, Volcana vs. Fire...and Batman standing alone, since nobody is cool enough to beat Batman.

*** or because of the Bat embargo, none of his rogue's gallery could appear.

* ''[[Sixteen|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.

* ''[[Sixteen|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.

* ''[[Re Boot]]'' featured a game where the heroes had to fight game sprite copies of themselves in the final level.

* Clones of the protagonists from ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]''. Subverted in that only Goliath's clone [[Sdrawkcab Name|Thailog]] was actually evil. But they did have the same fighting their doubles problem.