History EvilCounterpart / WesternAnimation

** In the episode, "J-Tots", Bartholomew Chang assembles a group of criminals that are meant to be this to the J-Team. Jackie's counterpart is Tommy Chung, one of China's most wanted and a deadly martial artist. El Toro Fuerte's counterpart is Bob "The Bopper" Halfcock, an American pro wrestler. Tohru's counterpart is Helga Sorenson, the world's strongest woman. Viper's counterpart is Phillip Crane, a fellow master thief.

* Rataxes is Babar's evil counterpart in ''WesternAnimation/{{Babar}}'': both are kings of animal nations but whilst Babar is a [[TheGoodKing benevolent, fair and peace loving Monarch]], Rataxes is a mean dictator.

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* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' had a sketch revealing a "Negative Franchise/WonderWoman". The most evil thing she does in the sketch involves merely robbing a bank, but she does make herself known to act cruder than the real Wonder Woman. As for costume, since Wonder Woman's leotard leaves her arms and legs exposed, but covers up certain feminine parts, Negative Wonder Woman wears an outfit that covers up her arms and legs, but leaves those feminine parts exposed.

** Jet to Sokka. Both are teenagers whose villages were attacked by the Fire Nation while they were young and are skilled non-benders who can keep up with powerful benders. Both also harbored prejudices towards the Fire Nation because of what they experience, but Jet took his prejudice and [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumped off the slippery slope with them]].

* Played for laughs in. ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': TheAntichrist is the exact opposite of Jesus in ''every way''. His opening line is "Condemn them, mother, for they know exactly what they're doing"[[note]]Opposite of "Forgive them, father, for they know not what they do"[[/note]], he builds a deathtrap where Jesus is suffocated in earth (to see if he can swim in land), but the death trap instantly falls apart, since Jesus was a carpenter, while the antichrist isn't handy at all.

* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' gives us Mozenrath to Aladdin. Both of them are very clever and quick-witted, yet they are occasionally prone to letting their youthful impatience and boredom get in their way of completely reaching their [[GuileHero full]] [[MagnificentBastard potential]], and they're both hinted to have rather unpleasant pasts. Oh, and neither of them is ever seen without their faithful animal companions.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'': Just as Scar was one for Simba in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', he's also one to Kion, representing what Kion [[ShadowArchetype can become]] if he let his anger, self-doubts, and envy consume him to the point he becomes power-hungry. Kion often fears he'll end up like Scar, hence why he frequently regulates the use of [[MightyRoar the Roar of the Elders]], having been made aware that Scar was stripped of the Roar for destroying his own Lion Guard when they refused to help him overthrow Mufasa. [[spoiler:Some scenes in Season 3 of ''The Lion Guard'' even depict Scar [[TheCorrupter actively attempting]] to corrupt Kion]].

*** While Blossom can be bossy and vain at times, she's much more compassionate and has more competence as a leader and is much more of a Fiery Redhead than an Evil Redhead like Princess is.

*** While both Bubbles and Princess are very girly and feminine, Bubbles (like Blossom) is much more compassionate than Princess and is more Spoiled Sweet while Princess is just a condescending Spoiled Brat.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': In one of the weirder cases of this trope, Marshall Lee is this to Marceline, being a gender swapped AuthorAvatar of her. He's a much darker and crueler reflection of her, and Marcy almost seems to ''wish'' she could be like him. That said, for a ShadowArchetype, Marshall sure seems to hate seeing Fionna cry.

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** In a rare villain to villain example, Grant Walker to Mr. Freeze. As pointed out by [[http://worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/btas/episodes/deepfreeze/ a reviewer for the episode "Deep Freeze"]], Mr. Freeze is a man who claims to be dead to emotions, but whose emotions - mainly his love for his wife- drive his actions, and what prevents him from carrying out Walker's plan, not to mention hating his frozen state. Walker is a seemingly kind man, who thinks nothing of freezing all but a select few to create his own world, and who prefers the confinement of Mr. Freeze. This made him more of a Mr. Freeze than the original one.

** Dark Danny-[[FutureMeScaresMe his evil future version]]- is the other Evil Counterpart to Danny.

** Negaduck -both versions, the first arguably moreso, as he is the the dark half of Darkwing's personality, given form after he is zapped by Megavolt's Tron Splitter device. He resolves to kill his Posiduck counterpart, so as to conquer the underworld undeterred. The second, from a MirrorUniverse, is no less evil, as he delights in the thought of murder, and at one point tries to destroy all of St. Canard in one fell swoop.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'': Just as Scar was one for Simba in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', he's also one to Kion, representing what Kion [[ShadowArchetype can become]] if he let his anger, self-doubts, and envy consume him to the point he becomes power-hungry. Kion often fears he'll end up like Scar, hence why he frequently regulates the use of [[MightyRoar the Roar of the Elders]], having been made aware that Scar was stripped of the Roar for destroying his own Lion Guard when they refused to help him overthrow Mufasa. [[spoiler:Some scenes in season 3 of ''The Lion Guard'' even depict Scar [[TheCorrupter actively attempting]] to corrupt Kion]].

** In season 3 there's Lightning Dust, who's like Rainbow Dash, just a little bit more reckless in her quest to become the best flier in Equestria.
** In season 4, there's Suri Polomare, an evil counterpart to Rarity. Both wish to make a name for themselves in the world of fashion, but while Rarity is known for her generosity, Suri is selfish and manipulative. She sucks up to Rarity just long enough to take advantage of her generosity and is more than willing to lie, cheat, and steal in pursuit of fame.

** Twilight gains another one in season 5 named [[DarkMagicalGirl Starlight Glimmer]]. Both seek to spread friendship across the land, but Twilight offers genuine friendship while Starlight offers a false one through brainwashing. Twilight studies and trains to overcome her limitations and encourages others to do their best, while Starlight became bitterly jealous of others and so found a spell that can take away the talents of others, so nopony can ever be better than her. While Twilight became a new Princess of Friendship in Equestria, Starlight became a sociopathic dictator in a FalseUtopia town, with aspirations to take her message [[TodayXTomorrowTheWorld outside of her town]]. It also reflects in their backstories. Twilight Sparkle has had friends, social status, and guidance since youth and had the benefit of being a magical prodigy mentored under the tutelege of Princess Celestia, not to mention her ''special cutie mark connection'' with the other Mane Five. Starlight Glimmer on the other hand, has had [[DarkAndTroubledPast no such fortune whatsoever]]. As a filly, Starlight had minimal guidance, no special cutie mark connection and in fact suffered a ''broken'' friendship due to her closest friend ''receiving his cutie mark'', and was forced to have pretty much spend most of her life [[FriendlessBackground alone]], which [[StartOfDarkness led]] to her increasing bitterness and hatred towards cutie marks and talents. It's even lampshaded when the two meet, as Starlight becomes increasingly [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] and [[TheResenter resentful]] of Twilight's talent and fortune, to the point where Starlight develops a personal vendetta against Twilight and her friends that [[RevengeBeforeReason grew even stronger]] after the season 5 premiere. [[spoiler: Twilight Sparkle [[SympathyForTheDevil understood Starlight's plight]] and takes it upon herself to befriend Starlight and teach her about Friendship as her own mentor.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' posits that there was a group of teen mystery busters before Scooby and his crew (also called Mystery Inc.), and their team mascot was a parrot named Professor Pericles. When the Gang learned that Conquistadors left a treasure in their hometown of Crystal Cove and clues to finding it, Pericles became corrupted and struck a deal with a team member, only to be double-crossed and committed to an asylum. In contrast to Scooby--a dimwitted but lovable animal companion known for his unfailing loyalty--Pericles is ''frighteningly'' intelligent, but also entirely amoral, and he's more than willing to stab his friends in the back to make his visions come true.
** The PosthumousCharacter Abigail Gluck is framed as an EvilCounterpart to Velma, taking her famous intelligence and social awkwardness to chilling levels. She served as TheSmartGirl of the Benevolent Lodge of Mystery in the 1880's, but was apparently just as amoral as Professor Pericles, devoting her scientific acumen to building deadly weapons of war in her old age--and she may well have been involved with ''the Nazis'' at one point. [[note]] This being a kid's show, no one ever actually says "Nazis". But she's outright said to have built robotic soldiers in the 1930's, her robots wear UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-era German helmets, and they all have German names. Do the math.[[/note]] She apparently served as an EvilMentor to Pericles, and eventually secluded herself in an underwater base that she built herself, where she eventually died of old age--alone and unmourned.

** Chris [=McLean=] is this to Don. While Don wants everyone to play fair and be more faithful to the rules, Chris always changes rules at every twist and turn, resulting in some unfair losses and eliminations. It is worth noting in the later seasons, Chris becomes more sociopathic at the turn of each season. As if Chris' prison experience at the end of season four (''Revenge of the Island'') did not make him better. After Chris was let out of prison in time for ''All-Stars'' and ''Pahkitew Island'', Chris' behavior became worse. As for Don, while the poster man of a hedonistic host who prefers fair play, he is not as sadistic as Chris. Don is even willing to double check the challenges to ensure it is safe, even if some of them are dangerous (i.e. the Botch or Watch in the Mediterranean, or the Either/Or in Dubai).

*** Zuko and Sokka were originally this and even when Zuko TookALevelInKindness he and Sokka and still [[COmmonality COnnection discover they're not that different]]. Both Zuko and Sokka looked up to their fathers and had heavy responsibilities placed upon them from a young age, both Zuko and Sokka do their best to be intimidating but often embarrass themselves in dorky fashion, Zuko and Sokka are/become MasterSwordsmen and are both [[ChickMagnet Chick Magnets]]. However while Sokka had a loving relationship with Hakoda and (despite the bickering) an equally healthy relationship with his sister Katara to point where Sokka can't even remember his mother Kya and when he does he just pictures Katara while Zuko is at violent odds with his father and sister. In fact, Ozai and Azula’s pretense to care about him is nothing more than manipulation causing Zuko to turn back to the dark side in Season 2. After joining the heroes, Zuko even copies Sokka's ways in the ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch'' being inspired when Sokka expresses his care for Katara to put a blanket over a sleeping Azula.

*** In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames'', Crystal Prep and the Shadowbolts are this to Canterlot High School, having the same competitive edge, but none of the team spirit. After the ACADECA, Sunset gets a warm congratulations from her teammates despite losing, while Human Twilight gets little more than half-hearted applause, despite winning.
*** Abacus Cinch, Crystal Prep's principal, is this both Princess and Principal Celestia. While both characters care about the people under their charge, Cinch sees her students as tools to victory. While Princess Celestia has guided Princess Twilight to the path of good, Cinch blackmailed Human Twilight into serving her ends, [[spoiler: and later forced her to unleash her collected magic, which turned Human Twilight into a dangerous, cosmic-level threat]].

*** Kikimora and King. They are both the smallest members of their teams, and are demons.

*** Zuko and Sokka were originally this and even when Zuko TookALevelInKindness he and Sokka and still discover they're NotSoDifferent. Both Zuko and Sokka looked up to their fathers and had heavy responsibilities placed upon them from a young age, both Zuko and Sokka do their best to be intimidating but often embarrass themselves in dorky fashion, Zuko and Sokka are/become MasterSwordsmen and are both [[ChickMagnet Chick Magnets]]. However while Sokka had a loving relationship with Hakoda and (despite the bickering) an equally healthy relationship with his sister Katara to point where Sokka can't even remember his mother Kya and when he does he just pictures Katara while Zuko is at violent odds with his father and sister. In fact, Ozai and Azula’s pretense to care about him is nothing more than manipulation causing Zuko to turn back to the dark side in Season 2. After joining the heroes, Zuko even copies Sokka's ways in the ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch'' being inspired when Sokka expresses his care for Katara to put a blanket over a sleeping Azula.

* Vlad to Danny in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''. True to the trope, the NotSoDifferent speech is one of Vlad's favourite tactics, leading to the expected denial from Danny.

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Timmy might have three: Remy Buxaplenty, Mr. Crocker, and his imaginary friend Gary. Remy is a rich kid with a fairy godparent and Crocker had fairies (Cosmo and Wanda) [[spoiler:until [[StableTimeLoop Timmy caused them to be revealed when he went back in time]]]]. Timmy has had NotSoDifferent moments with Remy and Crocker before. Gary is a stereotypical cool kid similar in build to Timmy, who can also make Cosmo and Wanda grant wishes for him due to originating from Timmy's psyche.

** To a lesser extent, Ventress is a counterpart to Ahsoka as well: both of their masters were Jedi who fell to Dark Side, both of them strove to prove themselves worthy of their respective masters, they both started by using a single green-bladed ligthsaber, and picked up DualWielding later, and finally the way the Jedi Council abandoned Ahsoka under pressure from the Senate, eerily resembles to how Dooku betrayed Ventress on Sidious's order. [[NotSoDifferent They have even come to realize that they have a lot in common]].

** Ron and Shego are both more laid-back than their driven and proactive partners, content with [[TheSlacker kicking back and relaxing]], whether it's Ron chilling or Shego sunbathing. They tend to be bothered whenever their downtime is disturbed, but when they need to get up and do what they need to, they're always there. Additionally, both of them are fine with following their partners yet at the same time have shown just as much if not more potential greatness. Shego once conquered the world and whenever Ron is turned evil, he becomes a manically laughing but surprisingly and ruthlessly clever villain who is capable of frightening Shego into compliance.

** Kim and Shego are both powerful and clever young women who also have a taste for fashion, often annoyed by their brothers, and have a close relationship with a more bumbling male. Shego also used to be a teen hero herself. The similarities in their overall character design leads some new viewers to think Shego is Kim's EvilTwin.[[note]]"Stop Team Go" shows Shego has a teaching degree, making her at least 6 years older than Kim.[[/note]]

* Red X to Robin in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' animated series, although Red was more of a "[[WildCard Morally Ambigious]] Counterpart". Also, Blackfire to Starfire.

** Kim and Shego are both powerful and clever young women who also have a taste for fashion, often annoyed by their brothers, and have a close relationship with a more bumbling male. Shego also used to be a teen hero herself. The similarities in their overall character design leads some new viewers to think Shego is Kim's EvilTwin.

** {{Dracula}} is ultimately this for Trevor in that they have both become misanthropic as a direct result of the CorruptChurch wrongly prosecuting them and their loved ones, they're also both extremely cynical and hesitant to open up and show how compassionate they are on the inside. The difference is while Dracula goes on RoaringRampageOfRevenge at loss of his MoralityPet wife Lisa and turns into a mad DeathSeeker, Trevor, while jaded, manages to find the drive to be a hero thanks to Sypha. At the end of Season 2, the scene of Sypha urging Trevor to go with her, perfectly echoes Lisa urging Dracula to get out in the world at the start of the series. In Season 3, Trevor is darkly dressed and wears a black BadassCape making him look eerily similar to Drac.
** Unlike the games this is a DefiedTrope with [[{{Dhampir}} Alucard]] and Dracula, despite getting his nickname for seemly being his father's opposite Lisa strove that her son ''wouldn't'' be the antithesis of her husband. In fact Alucard despite being considered a MessianicArchetype by the Speakers isn't too much better than his father, he actually wanted revenge for Lisa's death the same as him. Where the father and son only really differed was that Alucard wanted to narrow the scope to those directly responsible while Dracula preferred to KillAllHumans. [[spoiler: After a HeelRealization and a MercyKill, Alucard becomes the owner of Dracula's castle in his father's place. At the end of the Season 3 Alucard has even started [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice planting his enemies on spikes]] outside his castle, just like dear old dad]].

** {{Dracula}} is ultimately this for Trevor in that they have both become misanthropic as a direct result of the CorruptChurch wrongly prosecuting them and their loved ones, they're also both extremely cynical and hesitant to open up and show how compassionate they are on the inside. The difference is while Trevor is jaded, Dracula goes on RoaringRampageOfRevenge at loss of his MoralityPet wife Lisa, Trevor manages to find the drive to be a hero thanks to Sypha while the loss of Lisa turns Dracula into a mad DeathSeeker. At the end of Season 2, the scene of Sypha urging Trevor to go with her, perfectly echoes Lisa urging Dracula to get out in the world at the start of the series. In Season 3, Trevor is darkly dressed and wears a black BadassCape making him look eerily similar to Drac.

* [[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers Captain Planet]] has an evil counterpart in Captain Pollution, composed of the polluting powers of Super Radiation, Deforestation, Smog, Toxics, and Hate.
** Zarm is a villainous equivalent to Gaia, being a spirit of the Earth like her, except much more malevolent and destructive.

* Kevin, aka "Kevin 11" from ''Franchise/Ben10''. Only a little in his first appearance, but more and more each time he shows up. He starts as a sociopathic kid a little older than Ben with the ability to absorb energy. He absorbs energy from the Omnitrix twice in his debut episode, each time transforming him halfway into one of Ben's alien forms. By the time he resurfaces in his second episode, he's all alien, and can change between them, but can't stay human very long. At the end of that episode, he winds up as a freaky hybrid, incorporating a little bit of human form and aspects of all 10 original aliens, and from then on he's stuck that way.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', ComicBook/TheCreeper was presented as the Joker's ''good counterpart'', being doused by the Joker's PsychoSerum but turning out as a well-intentioned mad man. Amusingly, he is just as obsessively attracted to Harley Quinn as she is to the Joker. It also puts the lie into any idea that the Joker's origin makes a FreudianExcuse: the same thing happened to another man, but while he became just as delightfully insane, he doesn't go around killing people.

* {{Subverted|Trope}} in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', where Mac's BigBrotherBully Terrence attempts to make his own imaginary friend to deal with Bloo, who constantly manages to humiliate and outsmart him whenever he starts picking on Mac. Not only is he square in contrast to Bloo's round, blob like appearance, he's red and, [[SarcasmMode surprisingly]], named Red. It's Subverted though in that, despite being made to be an EvilCounterpart to take on Bloo, Bloo easily outsmarts and humiliates him at every turn, and once he begins to realize Red isn't that bad a guy after he pushes his pranking too far, offers to be friends with him. Red quickly realizes that GoodFeelsGood and starts going after ''[[HoistByHisOwnPetard Terrence]]'' for picking on Mac. All in all, he's arguably a nicer imaginary friend than Bloo himself!

-->'''Fry:''' How can I live my life if I can't even tell good from evil?
-->'''Bender:''' [[{{Jerkass}} Eh, they're both fine choices. Whatever floats your boat.]]

** Appropriately, in a later appearance he and Demona make clones of the rest of the Manhattan Clan to serve as ''their'' {{Evil Counterpart}}s; as a joke, they're all named after places in L.A., to contrast the heroes' New York names. Thailog also secretly made a clone to be his new mate, mixing DNA from both [[BadassNormal Elisa]] ''and'' [[BigBad Demona]], Goliath's current and former {{Love Interest}}s.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has Gideon to both Dipper and Stan; he has knowledge of the supernatural and a desire to unlock the secrets of the town comparable to Dipper, and he and Stan are both [[ConMan con men]] [[spoiler: while both also having links to the genuine paranormal]], but where Stan is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold Gideon is a straight up psychopathic CorruptHick.

* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': [[EvilSorcerer Daolon Wong]] is this to [[OldMaster Uncle]]. They're both old and experienced Chinese chi wizards with a no-nonsense attitude that makes them berate verbally and physically their younger comrades/subordinates. They're both also [[GrumpyOldMan grouchy]] and at least somewhat [[TechnologicallyBlindElders out of touch with modern technology]]. This in {{lampshaded}} InUniverse by Jade often calling Wong "the anti-Uncle". Once Wong himself lampshades this to Uncle when he needed his nemesis' presence in order to invoke a spell.

** Ron and Shego are both more laid-back than their driven and proactive partners, content with [[TheSlacker kicking back and relaxing]], whether it's Ron chilling or Shego sunbathing. They tend to be bothered whenever their downtime is distrubed, but when they need to get up and do what they need to, they're always there. Additionally, both of them are fine with following their partners yet at the same time have shown just as much if not more potential greatness. Shego once conquered the world and whenever Ron is turned evil, he becomes a manically laughing but surprisingly and ruthlessly clever villain who is capable of frightening Shego into compliance.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' the titular protagonist is pitted against various antagonists that reflect her in some fashion.

** In season 4, there's Suri Polomare, an evil counterpart to Rarity. Both wish to make a name for themselves in the world of fashion, but while Rarity is known for her generosity, Suri is selfish and manipulative. She sucks up to Rarity just long enough to take advantage of her generosity, and is more than willing to lie, cheat, and steal in pursuit of fame.

** The PosthumousCharacter Abigail Gluck is framed as an EvilCounterpart to Velma, taking her famous intelligence and social awkwardness to chilling levels. She served as TheSmartGirl of the Benevolent Lodge of Mystery in the 1880's, but was apparently just as amoral as Professor Pericles, devoting her scientific acumen to building deadly weapons of war in her old age--and she may well have been involved with ''the Nazis'' at one point. [[note]] This being a kid's show, no one ever actually says "Nazis". But she's outright said to have built robotic soldiers in the 1930's, her robots wear World War II-era German helmets, and they all have German names. Do the math.[[/note]] She apparently served as an EvilMentor to Pericles, and eventually secluded herself in an underwater base that she built herself, where she eventually died of old age--alone and unmourned.