History Foil / AnimeAndManga

** Generally, unless they're a BigBrotherMentor, the CharClone of a Gundam series will usually serve as the foil to one of the main cast. This is most common when the Char Clone is TheRival, but it's not uncommon for a Char Clone to be the BigBad and also be a foil.

** Kaiba Seto and Jounouchi Katsuya are foils to each other. Kaiba's signature monster is Blue-Eyes White Dragon while Jounouchi's is Red-Eyes Black Dragon. They also have a hot versus cold dynamic.

* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'' has Akko Kagari and Diana Cavendish, two aspiring witches from Luna Nova Magical Academy who wish to follow the example of Shiny Chariot. Akko hails from a family of average, non-magical folks, and is a bumbling klutz who tends to cause trouble, but also possesses vast, untapped magical potential. Diana, by comparison, comes from a long line of respected magicians and is a straight-laced student whose command over magic is prodigious compared to her peers. [[spoiler:As it turns out, both of them also attended the same magic show where they got their inspiration to become witches, but also lost any ability to use magic due to Shiny's DangerousForbiddenTechnique. While Akko struggles to use magic as a result, Diana spent her time before attending Luna Nova training and, through great effort, regained her magical abilities.]]
* Kouen and Sinbad in ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic''. [[TheStoic Kouen]] is the [[RoyalBlood first crown prince]] of the Kou empire and is [[BewareTheQuietOnes quiet and serious]], valuing his family above everything. Sinbad is constantly [[{{Keet}} happy and goofy]], born into poverty but [[SelfMadeMan became rich and founded his own country]] and is a KnightTemplar for the world. Both inspire UndyingLoyalty from their subordinates and hold multiple Djinns at their command. And as revealed in chapter 212, both are willing to dirty their hands and use morally questionable methods to protect their countries.

*** Gohan, his son. Both are among the most powerful warriors in the universe, with many saying that Gohan has the potential to grow even stronger than his own father. Therein, however, lies one of their biggest contrasts: Goku is something of a BloodKnight who revels in fighting, whereas Gohan ''dislikes'' fighting and only does so when he must to protect his friends and family. Because of his pacifistic nature, Gohan has little interest in actually unlocking his fighting potential; his interests are more academic in nature, with his stated goal in life being to become a scholar, while Goku is primarily interested in pushing the limits of his strength and fighting strong opponents.