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* ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'' has Pizzaface, who turns out to be [[spoiler: Pizzahead, a villainous [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] to Peppino's [[VirtuousCharacterCopy heroic]] VideoGame/{{Wario}}. Whereas Mario is a cartoony, jolly everyman who's FunPersonified and happens to be the mascot of a successful real-life corporation, Pizzahead is a clownish, constantly grinning {{Jerkass}} who can't take anything seriously no matter how dire and is the mascot of a failing fictional pizza place. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, he's the most cartoonish character in a very cartoonish game.]]]]

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* ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'' has Pizzaface, who turns out to be [[spoiler: Pizzahead, a villainous [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] to Peppino's [[VirtuousCharacterCopy heroic]] VideoGame/{{Wario}}. Whereas In the fictional backstory of the ''Pizza Tower'' series, he was the mascot protagonist of a Game Boy game where Peppino was the antagonist, which makes him one to Mario, and thus he is a cheerful fellow in overalls who's in opposition to a ruder and cruder counterpart. However, whereas Mario is a cartoony, jolly everyman who's FunPersonified and happens to be the mascot of a successful real-life corporation, Pizzahead is a clownish, constantly grinning {{Jerkass}} who can't take anything seriously no matter how dire and is the mascot of a failing fictional pizza place. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, he's the most cartoonish character in a very cartoonish game.]]]]
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** Nina Williams started off similar to Sarah Bryant of ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' but being a DarkActionGirl instead of a friendly ActionGirl like Sarah, but in later games Nina is more of a corrupted copy of Cammy White. Both are super professional stoic blondes in SensualSpandex who been have mind-controlled by a BigBad and spend a good deal of time in PeopleJars and have RedOniBlueOni dichotomy with another main female fighter (Chun-Li for Cammy, Anna for Nina), except while Cammy is TheAtoner and a geuinely good person, Nina is the IceQueen and TheSociopath who continues working for the villains without the excuse of brainwashing. Additionally, while Cammy cares for her "family" the Dolls, Nina has nothing but distain for her sister Anna and to a lesser extent her son Steve.

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** Nina Williams started off similar to Sarah Bryant of ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' but being a DarkActionGirl instead of a friendly ActionGirl like Sarah, but in later games Nina is more of a corrupted copy of Cammy White. Both are super professional stoic blondes in SensualSpandex who been have mind-controlled by a BigBad and spend a good deal of time in PeopleJars and have RedOniBlueOni dichotomy with another main female fighter (Chun-Li for Cammy, Anna for Nina), except while Cammy is TheAtoner and a geuinely good person, Nina is the IceQueen and TheSociopath who continues working for the villains without the excuse of brainwashing.brainwashing; the best excuse she could come up with is that she only knows what it means to be a professional assassin where [[AboveGoodAndEvil she's not supposed to care about good and evil]], only whoever hires her and gives her a job. Additionally, while Cammy cares for her "family" the Dolls, Nina has nothing but distain for her sister Anna and to a lesser extent her son Steve.
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** Kazuya later can also look like what happens if Vegeta from ''Franchise/DragonBall'' never had a HeelFaceTurn. Aside from having almost similar hairstyles, both are the EvilPrince of a certain influental group of people (the prince of the Saiyan Race and the inheritor of Mishima Zaibatsu) and [[ArrogantKungFuGuy extremely arrogant about their skills]]. Both also had a woman they genuinely loved: Bulma and Jun. But since Jun is absent for the majority of his life, Kazuya goes on full evil without looking back, whereas the constant presence of Bulma eventually softens Vegeta so that he becomes more heroic as time passes. Their relationships with their sons also provide a stark contrast: Vegeta may have had a rocky start with his son Trunks, but he comes to respect his son's future self and tries his best to be a good father when Trunks is actually born and grows up. On the other hand, Kazuya is all too happy to become Jin's ArchnemesisDad as long as it gets him what he wants. Kazuya actually had all it takes to be a StockShonenRival like Vegeta if he's to be considered Jin's rival (as of current, Hwoarang is his rival), but he instead takes those traits to become a full-blown villain.
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* ''VideoGame/BondeesBarnyardSafetyViolation'': In ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' the Security Guard is a ProperlyParanoid protagonist who is defending themselves from the HostileAnimatronics, yet despite being attacked only defends themselves by preventing the animatronics from accessing their office. In ''Bondee's Barnyard'' the Security Guard is hostile to the player, a child trapped in Kou, shocking them for closing the doors or even opening up Kou's jaws to breath. Even their status at The Faceless makes them menacing as opposed to defenseless.

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* ''VideoGame/BondeesBarnyardSafetyViolation'': In ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' the Security Guard is a ProperlyParanoid protagonist who is defending themselves from the HostileAnimatronics, yet despite being attacked only defends themselves by preventing the animatronics from accessing their office. In ''Bondee's Barnyard'' the Security Guard is hostile to the player, a child trapped in Kou, shocking them for closing the doors or even opening up Kou's jaws to breath. Even their status at as The Faceless makes them menacing as opposed to defenseless.
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* ''VideoGame/TheDarkestTales'': Lighty is a far more antagonistic and belittling version of Navi. [[spoiler: Furthermore, while Navi may have gained infamy among players as an AnnoyingVideoGameHelper, she was still a benevolent fairy genuinely trying to save the world alongside Link, whereas Lighty is the true villain of the story, using Teddy to attack Alicia's mental defences and parasitically grow in strength, all so she can spitefully destroy Alicia's mind, becoming the [[RedemptionRejection irredeemable]], FinalBoss of the game.]]

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* ''VideoGame/TheDarkestTales'': Lighty is a far more antagonistic and belittling version of Navi.Navi from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. [[spoiler: Furthermore, while Navi may have gained infamy among players as an AnnoyingVideoGameHelper, she was still a benevolent fairy genuinely trying to save the world alongside Link, whereas Lighty is the true villain of the story, using Teddy to attack Alicia's mental defences and parasitically grow in strength, all so she can spitefully destroy Alicia's mind, becoming the [[RedemptionRejection irredeemable]], FinalBoss of the game.]]
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** Jin Kazama also bares multiple similarities with Ryu and his angst over his inner darkness (Satsui no Hado for Ryu, Devil Gene for Jin); but while Ryu stays on the good path, Jin becomes a WellIntentionedExtremist whose bitter personailty makes him a NominalHero at best. Also, while Ryu cares for his allies, Jin dislikes, or is at least uninterested in, everyone aside from his mother and Xiaoyu.

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** Jin Kazama also bares multiple similarities with Ryu and his angst over his inner darkness (Satsui no Hado for Ryu, Devil Gene for Jin); but while Ryu stays on the good path, Jin becomes a WellIntentionedExtremist whose bitter personailty makes him a NominalHero at best. Also, while Ryu cares for his allies, Jin dislikes, or is at least uninterested in, everyone aside from his mother and Xiaoyu. ''VideoGame/Tekken8'' however managed to give Jin CharacterRerailment into being the hero again, which only makes him even more similar to Ryu.

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