History Expy / Batman

* [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]] was initially written as one of [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]]. It's no secret that Chuck Dixon based Tim Drake's adventures on the first 50 issues of ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963''. Fans used to compare him to the iconic Marvel superhero, calling him the Peter Parker of Gotham.

* The Kali Corporation from ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth'' is one of [[Franchise/JamesBond SPECTRE]] (down to the similar meanings of their logos), with a dash of [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 Cobra Unit]] thrown in as well.

* The Batman Who Laughs from the ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' crossover is inspired both visually and in motif by [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd Judge Death]] — a heinous monster who slaughters his entire universe simply because he can, and is inspired to bridge the gap to other worlds just to be able to do it all again.

{{Expy}} in this series.

* Kirk "Man-Bat" Langstrom is to [[Franchise/SpiderMan Curt "The Lizard" Connors]]. Really, regardless of where each character ended up, the only difference between their origins is the specific ailment they were trying to cure and the specific animal they were working on.

* [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]] was initially written as one of [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]]. It's no secret that Chuck Dixon based Tim Drake's adventures on the first 50 issues of ''[[Franchise/SpiderMan The Amazing Spiderman]]''. Fans used to compare him to the iconic Marvel superhero, calling him the Peter Parker of Gotham.

!!Comic Books

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'''s Morgan Le Fay almost identical to Disney's [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]], both being powerful evil witches obsessed with gaining power who magically transform into dragons to fight the heroes, even both dying from being stabbed in the stomach by a magical sword while in dragon form.
** At least visually, the show's version of ComicBook/{{Katana}} was influenced by Gogo Yubari from ''Film/KillBill''.
** Kru'll the Eternal is an Expy of both ComicBook/VandalSavage and the ComicBook/{{Shazam}} foe King Kull, with a hint of Darkseid's son Kalibak.
** The show's version of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} is basically an aquatic version of ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules.
** Fun Haus substitutes for Toyman and/or Prankster with some Joker tendencies, but no one's really sure.
** Slug seems to be a stand-in for Sleez from the ComicBook/NewGods and/or Tobias Whale, in terms of looks and personality.
** Scream Queen is a redesigned Silver Banshee.
** The Music Meister strongly resembles a modernized version of The Fiddler, using singing instead of violin-playing for his mind control.
*** He much more closely resembles Fiddler stand-in Music ''Master'' from the Justice Guild episodes of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', down to the wild hair and gapped teeth.
** Equinox shares a similar backstory and obsession with balance to Silver Age [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis Libra]].
** The Faceless Hunter to the ComicBook/SilverSurfer, with a twist. Like the Surfer, he is the herald of an oncoming scourge of entire worlds, a deal he made with said scourge - Starro in this case - over the fate of his own planet. [[spoiler:The twist being he's everything the Surfer ''isn't''. Norrin Radd became the Surfer in exchange for Galactus sparing his world. In this case, though, we find out in the final battle that when Starro found a faceless race that his facehugging mini-Starros could not control, he was just going to leave, but the man who would become the Faceless Hunter said that he would find other worlds for Starro to enslave in exchange for Starro ''destroying'' his world. He proves to be an OmnicidalManiac and eclipses Starro as the final enemy of the season finale.]]
** Ted Kord's heroic death has much more in common with that of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's sidekick ComicBook/BuckyBarnes than his actual death in the comics.
** The Haunted Tank [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard jumps a drawbridge, has a horn that plays "Dixie", and is driven by the ghost of a civil war soldier]].

* In the ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'' story "Selina's Big Score", Stark is a blatant Expy of Parker, VillainProtagonist of a series of crime novels by Richard Stark. He also [[ComicBookFantasyCasting looks like]] Lee Marvin, who played Parker (renamed Walker) in the film adaptation of the first novel, ''Film/PointBlank''. (Darwyn Cooke, who wrote and drew the story, later went on to officially adapt the Parker novels to the comic medium.)

* Batman Japan/Mr. Unknown from ''[[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman, Inc.]]'' is an Expy of the original Series/KamenRider, right down to the motorcycle and ScarfOfAsskicking. His civilian name ("Jiro Osamu") is a ShoutOut to Creator/OsamuTezuka.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''
** Personality-wise, Terry [=McGinnis=] has more in common with [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] than with most other versions of Batman; he's an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who becomes a superhero following the death of his paternal figure, struggles to [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld balance his personal life with the demands of his crime-fighting career]], and has a strong [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic streak]]. Even some of his supporting characters [[note]] Dana = Mary Jane, Nelson Nash = Flash Thompson [[/note]] and Rogues Gallery [[note]] Derek Powers = Norman Osborn, Stalker = Kraven The Hunter, etc.[[/note]] mirror Peter's.
** Most of Terry's RoguesGallery is made up of Expies of Spider-Man villains, including Stalker (Kraven the Hunter), Shriek (Shocker [[CompositeCharacter with the name and color scheme of Shriek]], an obscure Spidey villain with similar soundwave-based powers), and Spellbinder (Mysterio, [[CompositeCharacter with the name and color scheme an obscure Silver Age Batman villain]], who is also a Mysterio Expy himself). And let's not forget Inque (Venom, and alien symbiotes in general). [[note]]Just try watching her introductory scene and not get a Venom symbiote vibe. The animators had fun lampshading this one, as her debut episode has [[http://imgur.com/a/6mhSx a scene depicting her with two white spots on her face]] (she has a single one the rest of the time) that make her look remarkably like Spider-Man in his symbiote costume. And just after that scene, she makes a symbiote-esque claw, forms and throws spikes that look identical to Carnage's (except black), and turns her arms into spiky bladed weapons, reminiscent of Carnage. Then her second appearance had her wrapping herself around another person like the symbiote, and making a Venom-like tongue. In a number of issues from the tie in comic (which was written by one of the show's writers), she even displays the symbiotes' ability to take control of people's bodies by wrapping themselves around them! Lastly, her weaknesses are based on the symbiotes' weakness (fire), except that they're the opposite (contact with water, and getting frozen).[[/note]]
*** An amoral businessman whose experiments turn him into a deranged, green-colored supervillain and ArchEnemy to a teenage crime fighter. Are we talking about Derek Powers or Norman Osborn?
*** Besides being an analog for Clayface, Inque bares more than a few similarities to Marvel's ComicBook/{{Mystique}}, as both are blue-skinned shapeshifting FemmeFatale, complete with difficult relations to their estranged children.
*** Willie Watt Of [[Literature/{{Carrie}} Carrie White]], also a DistaffCounterpart. A meek teenager who's always being bullied by classmates, not helped at all by an abusive parent, who develops psychic powers which are let loose at a dance after an incredibly vicious humiliation. Also of ComicBook/DoctorOctopus from the Marvel universe. Like Doc Ock, Willie is a {{jerkass woobie}} {{technopath}} who was bullied in school and who grew up with a cruel father. The two even have similar hair styles.
*** Shriek bears a resemblance to the Shocker, a recurring Spider-Man villain.
*** While there is in fact a Spellbinder in the Batman comics ([[LegacyCharacter four of them in fact]]), this guy--an evil psychologist and illusionist who is a bit of a wimp underneath the mask--is most likely the ''Beyond'' version of ComicBook/TheScarecrow. He also shares similarities with the Spider-Man villain, Mysterio.
*** The Stalker is an EgomaniacHunter who wants to battle a masked superhero in the city? It sounds an awful lot like Spider-Man's Kraven the Hunter.
*** Mad Stan is a more violent version of Spider, Music/HenryRollins's character in ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic''.
** Kobra, despite being based on an organization from the comics, was made an expy of Cobra-La from ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' in the show. Its leader, original character Zander, is an expy of Serpentor.
*** Which is even more amusing, as GI Joe and Cobra were themselves expies of Marvel's SHIELD and Hydra. Hasbro asked Marvel to make backstories for their GI Joe toys, and Marvel basically pulled a rejected comic about the son of Nick Fury out of the trash can and changed the names.
** Zander is exceedingly similar to Serpentor, the genetically engineered leader of Cobra from GI Joe.
** Minor subtle example. Dr. Howard Hodges's jealous rivalry with Mike Morgan brings to mind that of [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Victor von Doom's]] with Reed Richards.
** Being a sadistic prison warden toward his charges, along with his obsession with punishing people he thinks are responsible for society's moral failing and coddled for their crimes. Dr. David Wheeler slightly resembles a more mundane version of Lyle Bolton/Lock-Up from the original WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries.
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' introduces Dee Dee, evil acrobatic twins based on Nightwing foes Double Dare.
** Nelson Nash is pretty clearly one of [[Franchise/SpiderMan Flash Thompson]], minus the redeeming traits.
** Kai-Ro is an expy of Kairo from ''The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure''.