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*** Jason also serves as an EvilCounterpart and {{Foil}} to Eddie himself. They’re both dramatic impassioned leaders of their respective teams (the Hawkins High basket ball team and the Hellfire club respectively) both put a harsh amount of pressure on the newcomers to their groups, (Lucas for Jason, Mike and Dustin for Eddie) and both Jason and Eddie care deeply for the same girl Chrissy, to the extent of dedicating their actions to her [[spoiler:After she dies]]. However while Eddie despite being [[NeverAcceptedInHisHometown despised by the people of Hawkins]] displays HiddenDepths and [[WhatYouAreInTheDark proves]] to be a real hero, Jason whom in contrast is [[AHeroToHisHometown beloved by the town]], has a SanitySlippage and [[JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope becomes]] a villain. [[spoiler: Even their deaths are similar, though whilst Eddie dies in a HeroicSacrifice, Jason gets unceremoniously killed after attempting murder.]]

** Ulkesh is a Vorlon who replaces Kosh as ambassador to Babylon 5 (although publically referred as Kosh); while Kosh is warm, paternal and gentle with the other characters to the point the mourn his death, Ulkesh is cold, cruel and abusive specially to Lyta. The scary part is that we don't know which (if any) is the most representative of its people.

* ''Series/BabylonFive''; Byron is the "good" counterpart of Bester. Both characters are powerful telepaths, both are leaders of their respective factions and both in their own way want the best for their kind. But whilst Byron is a freedom fighter rebel and telepath rights activist Bester is an authoritarian unethical commander of a brutal Gestapo-like organization plotting to take over the world.

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' have had several evil counterpart teams to the Rangers, though the evil team most people remember are the ones in ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' and ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', the Nejirangers/Psycho Rangers respectively, who actually named a subtrope: ThePsychoRangers. However, there are also episodes in which only one of the Rangers gets an evil counterpart, thus playing this trope straight, rather than the subtrope. Examples are:

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' also frequently makes use of this trope. Most of the time the EvilCounterpart is another Rider who is essentially a PaletteSwap of the original. If not, he still functions largely the same as the original. The earliest known example of this trope in Kamen Rider are the Shocker Riders in the [[Series/KamenRider first series]].

* In Season 9 of ''Series/StargateSG1'', the [[{{Precursors}} Ancients]] were discovered to have been holding another group of [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascended beings]] called the Ori at bay for tens of thousands of years. The Ori have all the {{reality warp|er}}ing powers of the Ancients and none of their ([[NeglectfulPrecursors questionable]]) ethics, having discovered a way to harness lowers' worship to increase their own powers.
** The Asgard are the good counterpart of the Goa'uld, SufficientlyAdvancedAliens seen as gods by the humans of the worlds they lead, but the Asgard protect their charges instead of enslaving them.
** The Goa'uld had a couple of other Good Counterparts of a similar nature, such as the Salish (who posed as Native American spirits) and the Oannes (Mesopotamian deities). However, none of them have the power of the Asgard.
** Finally, the Tok'ra are also Good Counterparts to the Goa'uld, although they don't pose as gods. Both groups come from the same species: however, while the Goa'uld take human hosts by force and essentially "wear" their bodies like clothes until they wear out, the Tok'ra only take willing hosts with whom they have a symbiotic relationship.
** Stargate Command itself has an evil counterpart in the rogue NID agents. Like the SGC, they try to acquire and put to use alien technology; unlike the SGC, they don't care about the repercussions of their actions for either innocent bystanders or the U.S.'s broader interests (such as diplomatic ties with the aliens they steal from). It's eventually revealed that they're acting on behalf of a cabal of business interests who are more interested in the commercial applications of the alien tech than in defending the Earth.

** [[HeelFaceTurn Anya]] = [[PoisonousFriend Halfrek]] (Halfrek is essentially Anya before becoming human.)

* ''Series/UltramanTiga'': Keigo Masaki is this to protagonist Daigo Madoka. They have very similar names, are both descended from the ancient Giants of Light (Ultras in this series), and discover an Ultraman in a statue form that they merge with. However, their interactions with the Ultras are what sets them apart. Daigo was chosen by Tiga to be his host due to their shared lineage and uses his new powers to protect others. Keigo, on the other hand, discovers the petrified form of an unnamed Ultra and uses Daigo's Spark Lens for a ritual that forcefully merges him with the sleeping Ultra in hopes of becoming a PhysicalGod and bringing a new world order. However, whereas Daigo and Tiga exist harmoniously in the same body, Keigo's greed and pride causes his Ultra to become a mindless, rampaging, and uncontrollable brute. And to top it off, GUTS nicknames Keigo's Ultra "Evil Tiga"!

* ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' has Nevel.

* ''Series/{{Bones}}'';

* In a dual example, ''Series/BreakingBad'''s final season gradually develops Todd Alquist and his uncle Jack Welker as the {{Evil Counterpart}}s to Jesse Pinkman and Walter White, respectively. In addition to their individual similarities, Todd and Jack's relationship -- with Todd clearly devoted to Jack as a [[ParentalSubstitute surrogate father figure]], and willing to do anything to please him -- is very much a dark mirror of Jesse and Walt's relationship.
** In contrast to Jesse ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a cocky, foul-mouthed youth who chafes at authority, but has a surprisingly strong conscience]]), Todd is an outwardly polite, affable [[ConsummateProfessional career criminal]] who's [[AffablyEvil gradually revealed to be completely amoral at heart]].
** In contrast to Walt (an outwardly respectable man whose sympathetic motivations help obscure the odd horrific act that he commits), Jack is an unapologetically seamy White Supremacist thug who has the odd PetTheDog moment amidst his long string of horrific acts.
* In ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', Jake has one in Doug Judy, aka [[spoiler:the Pontiac Bandit]]: both are [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears Lawyers]], both are often childish and frivolous, and they're shown to have near-identical interests and a shared love of role playing.
** Captain Holt has two evil counterparts Deputy Chief Wuntch and [[spoiler: FBIAgent Bob Anderson]] who both share his stoicism and hidden intensity.

** A two-part episode introduces Alex Barnes, who has the same hyperactive senses as Jim but turns out to be a ClassyCatBurglar. She's also willing to kill anyone who stands in her way, even someone who helped her get a handle on her abilities. She ends up finding an ancient Peruvian temple and performs a ritual that temporarily boosts her abilities UpToEleven, but this ends up frying her brain.

* In ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'', Dell Frye from the two-part episode "The First" served as this to David Banner. 30 years before the events of the series, Frye was transformed into a Hulk-like creature after taking part in a dangerous experiment involving gamma radiation. However, unlike Banner, Frye was selfish, paranoid, and violent even before his transformation, traits that were only exacerbated after he transformed. While Banner tried his best to avoid hurting anyone during his rampages and only attacked when provoked, Frye deliberately used his powers to kill those who he believed had wrong him.

** In Season 5 episode [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVDemonsAndAngels "Demons and Angels]]" where the boys unwittingly create their Evil Counterparts ''and'' their Good Counterparts. The "High" versions of Lister, Rimmer, Cat, Kryten and Holly are saccharine hippies while the "Low" version are unspeakbly [[{{Squick}} vile]]. Low Lister being a digusting cowboy who spits on people, low Rimmer is a BDSM whip wielding sex fiend, low Cat is a sabretoothed feral beast who eats raw meat, low Kryten is a dirty deranged mechanoid and low Holly is a black haired evil computer bitch.

** Hudzen-10 from Season 3 episode [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIITheLastDay The Last Day]] is a Evil Counterpart to Kryten as while the latter is a sweet doting generally non-violent mechanoid while Hudzen-10 is a six-foot psychotic KillerRobot. However Hudzen despite being a superior model lacks Kryten's development which he gained through his time on Red Dwarf, meaning Kryten was guile enough to trick Hudzen into thinking there was no [[RobotReligion Silicon Heaven]] causing him to have VillainousBSOD and shut down. Kryten himself was unaffected because he knew he was lying, “No Silicon Heaven? Where would all the calculators go?”

** ''Recap/RedDwarfThePromisedLand'' has BigBad Cat Person Rodon who turns out is the EvilCounterpart to [[spoiler: [[CainAndAbel his brother]] Cat. Both are cool, stylish and “fabulous” LargeHam Cats who in spite of their silliness are quite deadly when given the chance, but Rodon much like Cat in the early seasons (before his CharacterDevelopment) is completely selfish and arrogant as well as more feral similar to the Low Cat seen in "Demons and Angels". Rodon evens offers his brother the chance come home and rule with him but Cat in a [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness rare moment of selflessness]] decides to stay with his friends saying “I’m already home”]].

** Bucky finds a evil counterpart in [[spoiler: Sharon Carter]]. Both have been left behind by Steve their closest ally and are greatly heartbroken without him, but deal with the feelings over it in vastly different ways. Bucky learns [[TheAtoner to put the past behind him]] to the point of deliberately refusing to kill Zemo and accepts flaws of Steve's legacy but supports Sam as the new Captain America regardless. [[spoiler: Sharon in contrast felt abandoned after the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' as Team Cap never came back for her, considering Steve's philosophy a BrokenPedestal she pulled a FaceHeelTurn and became the Power Broker. While Bucky manages rid himself of the darkness inside him, Sharon embraces it.]]

** Although Jango Fett is long dead, the eponymous FauxbaFett Din Djarin aka Mando serves as his GoodCounterpart throughout the series. They’re both foundlings who were raised by Mandalorians and grew up to be badass Bounty Hunters who pilot a CoolStarship, are [[GunFu crack shots]] with blasters, have a JetPack and are skilled enough fighters to give even Jedi some trouble. Mando and Jango are also accompanied by skilled gunslinging female partner (Cara Dune and Zam Wesell, respectively) and both Mando and Jango adopt a child ([[spoiler:Grogu]] and Boba) whom they genuinely love as sons. Where they differ is that Mando after meeting The Child grew a [[TookALevelInKindness conscious]] and fought the Empire becoming a real hero in the process, whereas Jango had no such moral hang ups, killing his partner in cold blood and offered his services for Count Dooku and the Confederacy, which got him killed by the Jedi. Ironically Mando on the other hand becomes a friend and ally to the Jedi Order.

** Thematic example in Chapter 16: “The Rescue”. [[spoiler:Luke Skywalker’s BigDamnHeroes moment [[MookHorrorShow wrecking the Dark Troopers in a hallway]] is the good version of his father Darth Vader’s UnstoppableRage against the rebels at the end of ''Film/RogueOne'' to the point where [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ITMIid-0o0I they’re a direct parallel to each other]]. While Vader faces the camera slashing his lighter coloured foes in a white corridor with his crimson lightsaber in ''Rogue One'', in ''The Mandalorian'' the camera is behind Luke as he cuts down his black coloured foes in a dark corridor with his green lightsaber. While Vader’s slaughter is treated as terrifying NightmareFuel complete with scary music as he rips through innocent humans trying to retrieve the Death Star plans the last hope of stopping the Empire, Luke’s destruction of the inhuman Dark Troopers to save the heroes and retrieve Grogu the hope for a new era is treated as an [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome epic moment of righteous goodness]] complete with uplifting music. To quote Creator/GeorgeLucas “It's like poetry, it rhymes”]].

*** Billy also counts as an Evil Counterpart to Will: Both are [[MommasBoy Mommas Boys]], are abused by their fathers and are both possessed by [[EldritchAbomination The Mind Flayer]]. Where they diverge is that Will is genuinely kind to others whereas Billy is TheBully. Also, thanks to the efforts of his mother Joyce and loved ones, Will was saved and freed from the Mind Flayer's control whereas by the time El manages to save Billy, it was too late.

** A downplayed example comes in season 4 : Jason's more of an AntiVillain than outright evil, but he does serve as this to Steve: [[spoiler: Both of them were the BigJerkOnCampus in high school who were popular and good at basketball. Both of them dated a girl (Nancy/Chrissy) that they genuinely fell in love with. Both of them were antagonistic towards the "freaks" of the school (Jonathan/Eddie), and went after said freaks when they thought they'd done something wrong: Jason attempts to track Eddie down when he thinks Eddie killed Chrissy, and Steve breaks Jonathan's camera when he finds out that Jonathan secretly took pictures of him and Nancy at the pool party without their consent. Both of them lashed out when they got hurt on an emotional level: Jason organized a vigilante group with his basketball team to hunt Eddie down after Chrissy was killed whereas Steve participated with Tommy and Carol in spray painting slut-shaming grafitti after he witnessed Nancy with Jonathan and mistakenly believed Nancy was cheating on him. The difference is that Steve underwent massive CharacterDevelopment after having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when he realized how despicable his actions were and made a genuine attempt to atone to Jonathan and Nancy for his behavior whereas Jason has continued to slip further into KnightsTemplar territory. Steve has his flaws, but he has never gone to the extreme of ''wanting to kill someone'' like Jason has. Unlike Jason, who has deluded himself into thinking he's the hero of the town even as his actions are about to hurt innocent people, Steve actually is heroic and has repeatedly put his life on the line for the people he cares about. And while Jason has continued to hold on to his prejudices against outcasts (to the point of organizing a WitchHunt against the Hellfire Club), Steve has let go of his old prejudices after [[TookALevelInKindness taking a level in kindness]] and becoming friends with "outcasts" like Robin and Dustin.]]

** Season 2 blatantly attempts to set up Kali aka Eight as Eleven's Evil Counterpart in "The Lost Sister": both girls were taken from their parents, both of them were tortured by their "father" Doctor Brenner and both Eleven and Kali have powers (the former MindOverMatter, the latter MasterOfIllusion). However while Eleven does join Kali in the pursuit of vengeance against those who wronged them, Eleven still has enough morality to stop thanks to her loved ones in Hawkins raising her right, while Kali has fallen in with the wrong crowd and has become cruel and vindictive. While it's cool in concept, the reason this is a ''attempt'' rather than a success is due to Kali being a BrokenBase character whose [[LeaveYourQuestTest attempts]] to sway Eleven to crime felt completely forced and didn't [[BizarroEpisode mesh with]] the [[OutofGenreExperience tone of the rest of the series]]. The Duffer Brothers acknowledged the faults of the episode so despite being set up as Eleven's opposite, Kali [[AbortedArc made no return appearance]] for Season 3.
** A more subtle but more effective example is Billy who is the Evil Counterpart to both Steve and Jonathan. Like Steve, Billy is a JerkJock who's very popular but acts like a complete bullying douchebag and demeans people due to his shallow standards and poor upbringing. Though Steve [[TookALevelInKindness managed to become a better person]] due to seeing the weight of his actions and redeemed himself by being there for the kids in a crisis, Billy stayed a JerkAss [[spoiler: right up until his last minute HeelFaceTurn and HeroicSacrifce]]. Like Jonathan, Billy has a close relationship with his mother and is physically abused by his biological father, but while Jonathan despite his dysfunctional family loves his little brother Will, Steve abuses his little sister Maxine. [[spoiler: In Season 3, Billy even takes control of his fellow lifeguard Heather, becoming a BattleCouple, who echo Jonathan and his girlfriend Nancy]].
*** Actually Billy might be a more fitting Evil Counterpart to Will, both are [[MommasBoy Mommas Boys]], are abused by their fathers and more importantly both Billy and Will are possessed by [[EldritchAbomination Mind Flayer]]. Where they diverge is that Will, thanks to the efforts of his mother Joyce and loved ones, was saved and freed from the Mind Flayer's control while Billy is alone and by the time his sister Max tried (with Eleven's help) to save him it was too late.

** As a whole, the Time Lords have the Daleks as their evil counterparts. Note that this wasn't always true, but as the series drew on, it became more and more this way, before being cemented as such in the New Series.
** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet "The Tenth Planet"]], Mondas is the evil counterpart of Earth. Mondas looks exactly like Earth but flipped upside down, and the Mondasians are humans but forced to [[{{Cyborg}} replace their bodies with spare parts]], becoming the Cybermen, in order to survive as their planet drifted to the edge of the universe. They are now abominations with no emotions and the inability to comprehend human feelings, [[RomanticismVersusEnlightenment and get to win their ethical arguments anyway]]. However, the Cybermen lost this characterisation later to allow them to fill the Dalek-shaped hole left after the Daleks got ExiledFromContinuity in the Troughton era, becoming generic nasty robotic aliens\a Dalek SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute race from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen "The Tomb of the Cybermen"]] onwards.

** Season 2 of ''Picard'' also introduced the Confederation of Earth, which is in many ways similar to the MirrorUniverse's Terran Empire. Both are xenophobic to the extreme, but the Empire focuses on enslavement, while the Confederation prefers to exterminate aliens. There also seems to be a lot less backstabbing in the Confederation, with loyalty to humanity being paramount. An interesting difference is that the Confederation Star Corps seems to use army ranks instead of navy ranks, so we have General Picard and Colonel Rios. This version of Picard is a ruthless conqueror, slayer of many aliens, including General Martok, Gul Dukat, and Sarek. Also, while the Empire was always on the verge of rebellion from the aliens, the Confederation seems to be a lot more successful in stamping out dissent and is even more successful militarily, having managed to defeat the Borg.

** TheStinger for Season 2 has [[spoiler: the Red Sparrow Academy siblings as the AlternativeTimeline bad counterparts for the Umbrella Academy siblings. The alternative universe Ben in particular is [[{{Jerkass}} mean and rude]] unlike the AllLovingHero and FriendlyGhost Ben of the original timeline who performed a HeroicSacrifice]].

** [[spoiler: After TheReveal in Episode 7, Agatha Harkness serves as the EvilCounterpart to Wanda. Both are powerful sorceresses who have been victimised and made poor choices in the pursuit of empowerment which led to both of them to descend into villainy. Except Wanda found a MoralityChain in the Avengers namely Vision who brought the goodness out of her while Agatha beneath her bubbly persona is cruel and WouldHurtAChildLevel-psychotic with no regard for others besides herself ([[PetTheDog and her demonic bunny rabbit]]). The way they use magic is polar opposite too, Agatha uses TheDarkArts to manipulate, bind, hurt and outright drain the life out of people. Wanda conversely uses her one of a kind [[RealityWarper Chaos Magic]] to resurrect her husband, [[MysticalPregnancy give herself children]] and turn a depressing small town into a cheerful one to the astonished [[EvilCannotComperhendGood disgust]] of Agatha. How they respond to fair persecution is opposite as well, Agatha kills her coven when they try and bring her to justice whereas Wanda when faced with the consequences of what she did to the people of Westview, while she reacts violently at first ultimately lets them go and apologies]].
** [[spoiler: TheStinger of Episode 8 reveals [[LightIsNotGood White Vision]] who is the parts of the original Vision ReforgedIntoAMinion by GeneralRipper Hayward. Unlike the Vision we know, White Vision is cold and inhuman and in Episode 9 almost kills Wanda before being stopped by his GoodCounterpart (who comes the the part of the Mind Stone that lives in Wanda and her good memories of Vision). Subverted though as White Vision deep down is [[BenevolentAI not]] a heartless and violent machine like [[AIIsACrapShoot Ultron]] and through a BattleOfWits and by unlocking his counterparts’s memories Vision is able to restore humanity to his “real” and physical self. Wanda’s Vision also [[NotSODifferentRemark points out]] to White Vision that they’re not all that different, being echoes of one dead synthezoid brought back to life]].

** [=MacPherson=] to Artie. They used to be partners and friends until both fell in love with the same woman. The break happened when the woman was trapped in a burning building, and Artie refused to use the Phoenix, an artifact that would allow one to survive being burned but would kill a random person instead. [=MacPherson=] used the Phoenix to save her and was kicked out of the Warehouse. He has since spent years tracking down artifacts, like Artie. However, he doesn't want to put them away for safekeeping but to use them to further his own ends. He even has a [[StunGun Tesla]] of his own.