History Main / ClonesArePeopleToo

* In the sequel, ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'', this theme continues, as it is debated whether or not to save the dinosaurs from a volcano on Isla Nublar that is about to erupt and wipe them all out, because they are technically man-made and not natural animals. Later, the protagonists find out that [[spoiler:the little girl Maisie is actually a clone of the late daughter of Lockwood, but they don't treat her any different for this, while the villains are implied to want her for experimentation]]. During the climax, [[spoiler all the dinosaurs are trapped in a room filling up with poisonous gas, and the protagonists are given the choice to let them loose onto the mainland or do nothing and watch them all suffocate to death. They're unable to go through with letting them loose, but Maisie sets them free anyway, because, as she states]]:

** This is touched upon in ''ComicBook/HouseAndPowersOfX''. The Krakoans are revived through a special process by a group of mutants known as the Five which is effectively cloning, but the people revived are effectively the original to them. However, to prevent duplicants from existing, X-Factor is created to make sure those who died are dead-dead and, thus, certify their resurrection. However, some mutants are not revived ''because'' they are clones. Gabby points out that Madelyne Pryor hasn't revived, but Magik tries to reassure her that she wasn't revived because she was ''evil'', not because she is a clone. This still frightens Gabby, as she's worried she might die and not be revived (especially since the Krakoans haven't had any real problems reviving people arguably far worse than Maddy...). [[spoiler:When she does get killed, the Five get sick of this arbitrary dictate, resurrect her, and politely but very firmly inform the Quiet Council that they believe in this trope on the grounds that while they share the same genetics, clones are different ''people''.]]

* Both times in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' when the ship and crew were copied, they treated them with respect and allowed them to be their own beings. The copies from the Y/Demon class planet in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E17CourseOblivion Course: Oblivion]]" parted on good terms with the originals and were allowed to live their own life, [[spoiler:and when they eventually forgot that they were clones, they went on the same journey as the originals. This ends badly as both crew and ship deteriorate without their original atmosphere, and at the end when they all die within a stone's throw of the crew (the only ones who could have saved them), it's played for all the drama it deserves]]. The second time is in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E21Deadlock Deadlock]]", when a NegativeSpaceWedgie creates two Voyagers in overlapping space with crew included; the only mistreatment brought out is an accident out of ignorance to the situation. [[spoiler:When the ships come under attack, one of the ships is sacrificed to save the other, and a couple of the crew come to the other whose counterparts had died in the accident; now and for the rest of the series, Harry Kim and Naomi Wildman are the ones from the ship that ''didn't'' survive, and thus would be considered the 'cloned' or 'alternate' versions. The real kicker, though, is that no one figures out which ship is the copy.]]

* ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'': More like "clones are animals, too,", but Coney's clone Dolly[=/=]Mary is very much her own sheep, even more so after being turned into a baby -- for one thing, she actually ''likes'' her mother's controlling tendencies.

*** The finale of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWarsSeasonSeven Season 7]] highlights how much Palpatine ''doesn't'' share this viewpoint: thanks to having seven seasons humanizing them, Order 66 [[spoiler:visibly shows the clones become almost robotic soldiers, erasing their personalities to enact the Emperor's will and gunning down their friends if they were Jedi or are suspected of corroborating with them. Ahsoka and, eventually, Rex, struggle with this, as they still view them as people who are clearly [[NotHimself not themselves]].]]

* This is explored in an episode of the second season of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' when Will creates an Astral Drop, who are normally little more than mindless drones used by the Guardians to take their places in school while they're saving the world, but the BigBad turns the Astral Drop into a truly sentient Altermere and tries to turn her against Will. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Altermere Will ends up performing a HeroicSacrifice to shield Will, though Will absorbs her memories as she lays dying.]] The Altermere later created of the girls' [[MentorArchetype mentor]] Yan Lin ends up more happily, surviving and being introduced to her family as her "long-lost twin sister Mira".

* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S7E7Replica Replica]]", the clone in question, complete with the memories of the original, was created to replace the wife of a bioengineer who was wrongly thought to be irreversibly comatose. When the original awakens, a discussion begins of how to handle the copy, but murder is clearly off the table and instead their plan would allow the clone to have her own independent life [[spoiler:with a clone of the husband]]. The clone also notes how differences have begun to emerge between them.

*** Dr Beckett's clone is welcomed by the team and treated immediately as an equal. It helps that the real Carson is dead and the clone has most of his memories so he's just filling the old one's position. This is the first to get the same PlotArmor the original enjoyed as well -- apparently, so long as one is left, it doesn't matter which one. Rodney goes out of his way to make sure it's the case, due in part to SurvivorsGuilt over the original's death. When the clone suggests he joins a rescue mission, Rodney is the only one that refused, concerned that the others accepted "because he's a clone and they see him as expendable". However, the treatment of Clone Beckett goes a bit too far in another direction: both the team and the narrative itself view him as the exact same person as Original Beckett in a new body, rather than a new and separate person of his own.

[[caption-width-right:350:One's a [[TheParagon model soldier]], one's a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} total nut]], and one's a KnightInSourArmor. All three are badasses, all three are clones of the same bounty hunter, and all three are heroes. And they are all voiced by the [[Creator/DeeBradleyBaker same guy]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350:One's a [[TheParagon model soldier]], one's a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} total nut]], and one's a KnightInSourArmor. All three are badasses, all three are clones of the same villain, and all three are heroes. And they are all voiced by the [[Creator/DeeBradleyBaker same guy]].]]

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence "Rising Malevolence"]]

* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
** A major plot point involves Touma convincing [[spoiler:Mikoto]]'s clones that they aren't disposable pawns but rather people in their own right because before they were perfectly content with [[ExpendableClone dying for the sake of an experiment]]. While initially they were all nearly exactly the same, after the experiment ended the network that links them allowed them to start differentiating slightly, though despite what the main characters think they still don't consider themselves entirely distinct from each other. In fact, it's impossible to separate them like that.
--->'''Misaka 10032:''' [[ThirdPersonPerson Misaka cannot comprehend your actions...]] if the right materials and drugs are available, Misaka can be automatically created with the push of a button...an artificial body...an artificial mind...each unit is 180,000 yen, with as many as 9,968 left in storage. Yet, for something like that...\\
'''Touma:''' That doesn't matter. That your body's artificial...that your mind's artificial...that you can be made with the push of a button...small things like that aren't even interesting. There's only one ''you'' in this world, and I'm here to help you. So don't go dying by yourself.
** In ''New Testament'', [[spoiler:the {{Cyborg}} Rensa explains that this was the very reason she was created as a countermeasure for a potential rebellion of the Level 5s instead of using more clones, stating that the failure of the Radio Noise Project (the above-mentioned incident with Misaka's clones) was in part ''because'' the clones were able to develop free will and individuality to deviate from their created goal of being slaves to the project. A {{Cyborg}} like her, on the other hand, has no need or desire for such a thing]].
** {{Deconstructed}} in [[spoiler:Mitori Kouzaku's]] StartOfDarkness in ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''. When she confronted the researchers upon learning about [[spoiler:Dolly and the Radio Noise Project]], shouting about how clones are no different from people, the researcher ''agrees'' with her, but points out that to most researchers and the Board of Directors of Academy City, clones and espers are at the end of the day [[LackOfEmpathy just research fodder]]. [[spoiler:This is why in the present she doesn't really mind the idea of killing just about everyone in Academy City to wipe those in power off the map.]]
** Driven home in ''Genesis Testament'', in which the existence of the Sisters becomes public knowledge. Anticipating problems, Academy City's higher-ups collaborate with global media outlets to try to drive home the idea that the clones are still people, and victims of a cruel experiment. The Pope even makes an official decree that the clones are ensouled human beings, with all the rights that entails.
* ZigZagged in ''Manga/{{Gantz}}''. When a transporter accident creates a duplicate Kishimoto, she is treated as just as human as the original. Ditto much later when a duplicate [[spoiler: Kurono]] is created.
** FridgeHorror: "Teleportation" is actually accomplished by creating an exact duplicate of you and then ''disassembling you molecule by molecule''. Deconstructed, analyzed, and shoddily reconstructed (unintentionally) by The Sponsors (The aliens that supplied Gantz technology): [[spoiler:They treat humans and giants as a video game player would to an NPC: as THINGS. To summarize, they don't see the people fighting for their lives as human, and are as willing to resurrect the dead and brutally kill them as they are willing to strike up meaningful philosophical discussions in an attempt to teach them how to stop being stupid. Seeing how everyone was teleported into the room that they hold a discussion in, it's possible they see EVERYONE IN THE ROOM as [=NPCs=]. However, they're also dense to the point that they obliviously explain the physics and semantics of modern-theory afterlife and reincarnation as an actual means to closure (mostly because they don't really know WHY twenty-one grams of matter in the human brain teleports to an alternate dimension when people die, nor why the re-distribution of said mass forms a very obvious but illogically unnatural pattern).]]

*** [[spoiler:Suletta Mercury, the show's protagonist, is described as a "repli-child", an ArtificialHuman created based on the genes of Ericht Samaya, the one person able to fully ignore the GUND Format's DeadlyUpgrade. Ericht (or [[BrainUploading what Ericht had become]], anyway) raised her as a beloved little sister, and Prospera, her creator and "mother," treats Ericht with no small amount of ParentalFavoritism but nonetheless cares for Suletta in her own malformed way. When Suletta herself finds out about this, she is noticeably not all that bothered by it--other revelations at the time may have left it on the backburner for her, but her explanation of it to others is relatively matter-of-fact, only taking it as the reason for Prospera's lack of care for her. Additionally, despite their shared genes, Suletta and Ericht are really no closer personality-wise than you'd expect a pair of siblings to be.]]
* ''[[Manga/KenganAshura Kengan Omega]]'' reveals that the [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Worm]] dabbles with cloning, and it is implied that Masaki Hayami and Ryuki Gaoh are clones to [[SignificantNameOverlap Masaki Meguro]] and Ohma Tokita, respectively. [[spoiler:Hayami is confirmed to be Meguro's clone, while Ohma and Ryuki are both clones of the same mysterious person]]. Despite their identical appearances, however, all four characters have different personalities and motivations.
* ''Literature/KinosJourney'', the light novel, has a chapter dedicated to this. Kino enters a country where the inhabitants are all clones of one male and one female, who are pretty much equal to twins, with differing personalities and traits. [[spoiler:It gets blown up by people who believe otherwise.]] [[spoiler:Nobody dies.]]

** The clones also have various relationships with who they're cloned from depending on the age difference and their situation. Dream!Alicia considered Fate to be a younger sister, Quint viewed Ginga and Subaru as her daughters (although she had adopted them long before finding out they were cloned from her), Erio and Zest both see themselves as continuations of their originals, and Vivio is treated as Olivie's descendant by the [[SaintlyChurch Saint Church]]. Nove also considers Quint to be her mother, but this has more to do with her being adopted by Quint's widower Genya than any genetic connection.

* The Aesop in the original Japanese version of ''Anime/MewtwoStrikesBack'' and it's [[Anime/MewtwoStrikesBackEvolution remake]] amounts to this. The English dub changed it to "fighting is wrong" in the original film. However, they did keep Mewtwo's line about "the circumstances of one's birth". The English dub of the remake [[TruerToTheText keeps the original Japanese version's moral]].
* Franchise/{{Naruto}}:
** ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
*** In ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'', the villain Orochimaru of all people, explains this trope to Naruto, Sasuke and Sarada regarding Shin's clones, saying that unlike Naruto's shadow clones, each Shin clone is a human being with a mind and personality of its own. By the end of the story all of "Shin Jrs" are taken to be raised in an OrphanageOfLove led by Kabuto.

*** This is the reason why [[spoiler: MadScientist Amado joined Kara to begin with. As his attempts to revive his daughter Akebi via cloning, resulted in the creation of Delta. And Delta has all the memories of Akebi, as well as her look and voice, but has her own personality, whereas Amado wished to actually bring back his daughter and Jigen convinces him that this would happen if he helped him in his own goals first]].

* In ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2202'', the Gatlanteans are artificial humanoids who reproduce via cloning. But despite Zordar’s desire that the Gatlanteans be emotionless soldiers, all the Gatlanteans we meet are unique individuals who are emotive, including [[TragicVillain Zordar himself.]]
* In ''Literature/StrikeTheBlood'', the only thing Kojou is concerned about is Yuuma's well-being from the moment he learns that she's a clone of [[spoiler:the Witch of Nortaria]].

* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': Characters/TheVision is a [[BrainUploading mental clone]] of Characters/WonderMan (even though, in practice, [[InformedAbility the two have never actually behaved very much alike]]), and his entire character arc has revolved around his attempts to live his own life. His lot in life has varied a lot over the years DependingOnTheWriter. Some writers give him a fair shake, but others seem to just inexplicably hate the poor guy.
** In ''ComicBook/TheAvengersKurtBusiek'', Vision becomes angry and resentful after Wonder Man's resurrection. But not because of the Love Triangle: it's because Vision's mind is based on that of Simon. Jazz, literature, chess... everything he likes comes from him. He could dismiss it and be his own person while Simon was dead, but now that he's alive, he feels like an Expendable Clone.
* ''ComicBook/ContestOfChampions2015'': In issue #9, the Maestro points out that Thunderstrike is just a clone of Thor. He murmurs that while it is true, he didn't have to say it so rudely.
* ''ComicBook/{{Copperhead}}'': Artificial humans are genetically programmed to seek out and win fights, but have agency to determine how they do it. Many are soldiers, some are employed as guards or enforcers. Ishmael specifically goes out of his way to avoid people and larger conflicts but will step into any unjust scenario to protect the weak.

* ''ComicBook/{{Loki}}'': The 3rd Loki owes their existence to a misfired CloningGambit by the original Loki. Misfired because whatever was past Loki's true essence it got destroyed or lost in the process so the resulting ''clone'' body had a new soul and the personality copy originally intended to restore his memories and powers ended up killing an innocent child when it took over... And feeling very guilty about it. They spent most of ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' and ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' trying to figure out how to be their own person and if it's even possible (at this point they mucked with the original Norse myths and broke the timeline, if they fail it won't be because of lack of trying).
* The comic book ''Machine qui rêve'' (''The Machine that Dreams''), sort of a BizarroEpisode to the comical Belgian comic series ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'', is a long reflection on this. Some unethical scientists create a clone of the title character, a clone created adult, and with all the memories from the real Spirou. Clone!Spirou escapes, and doesn't know he's a clone of the real one. After being chased in the whole town by minions of the scientists, he eventually comes back to the laboratory to find out why he's being chased. There he meets the real Spirou, who doesn't really treat him like a ''machine'' like everybody else did, but more like another himself. Since, well, he's the hero, real!Spirou has the scientists arrested, and lets Clone!Spirou escape. The story closes on Clone!Spirou leaving Europe on a boat, with Seccotine (usually a comic relief in the other stories, but here treated as a character who always wanted to date with Real!Spirou and is implied to eventually have a romantic relationship with Clone!Spirou), who asks him in the last panel what is ''his'' name, personally, indicating that at last, Clone!Spirou is beginning to be someone else distinct from Real!Spirou.
* ''ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}}'': In ''ComicBook/Outsiders2003'', ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}'s clone Shift tries to live his own life as a member of the Outsiders, with the original Metamorpho's blessing. But when his android girlfriend gets corrupted by pre-existing evil programming, betrays the team, and dies, Shift says he can't bear to live any more and begs Metamorpho to reabsorb him, which he reluctantly does.

** In the original Marvel ComicBook/WhatIf involving the original cloning incident with the clone surviving, Peter is nothing but considerate to his duplicate's plight once things settle down. They agree to help him make his own life, while both of them can split the load of being Spider-Man. Really the only disagreement is who has to sleep on the couch until they can get a spare bed.

** The ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Clone Saga makes Spider-Woman an OppositeSexClone of Spider-Man, with all his memories. She is treated as her own character in and out of universe, though with perhaps [[AngstWhatAngst not enough attention paid]] to the fact that from ''her'' point of view, life was normal (well, Peter normal) for 17 years and then one morning she was, well, a ''she,'' and someone else owned her life. Then again, if ''you'' lived [[UnluckyEverydude Peter]] [[ButtMonkey Parker]]'s life and were given a new one, you just might take it too.
*** When she opens up about her situation to Miles Morales, Peter's successor, she admits she found it difficult to deal with or talk about, and she feels she's not a real person -- she's not Peter, but she's not her own person, either. When they go up against the bad guy who funded the Clone Saga, ''he'' calls Spider-Woman not real, too, and that's about when Miles finally has enough of him.
** In ''ComicBook/DeadNoMoreTheCloneConspiracy'', Peter wonders whether or not Gwen can truly be considered the "real" Gwen. He acknowledges that even if she is a clone, she still deserves her own life.
*** The New U cloning process [[spoiler:is capable of truly resurrecting the dead, as proven with Ben Reilly in the ''Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider'' when Mistress Death stated that Ben's soul was horribly damaged from being killed and resurrected dozen of times by the Jackal, and so all the dead brought back in the event were truly reborn.]]

** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' never treated clones as anything but real people, making [[spoiler: the death of TomatoInTheMirror Mary Jane]] very sad. Also, the cross-dimensional team of Spider-Men in the two-part finale included a Ben Reilly whose nemesis was his world's Peter Parker. They'd been through something like the Clone Saga, but neither we nor they ''ever'' learned who the original was.

** In [[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 "Who Stole Supergirl's Life?"]], a depowered clone removes Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}'s memories from her civilian life in order to try to take her place. Kara eventually gets her memories back but she actually feels sorry for her duplicate, acknowledging the fact that she was only a desperate girl who wanted a life of her own, and she promises to help her clone create her own identity.

* ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'': This causes some friction between the Guardians and their Astral Drops, that, differently from the animated adaptation, are always sentient... And don't like being treated as mere substitutes. The resentment coming from this causes quite some trouble, at least until [[BigGood the Oracle]] intervenes while [[WhatTheHellHero calling the Guardians out on their actions]].
** Differently from the others, Hay Lin's copy Pao Chai ''doesn't'' resent her original, as Hay Lin treated her as a sister with an "unusual" situation and her own personality, with the only caveat that she referred to herself as Hay Lin while covering for her (Pao Chai was the only one who choose her name and was quite insistent on being called that-leading to Hay Lin realizing she was indeed her own person and them making their pact). That causes some friction between ''Pao Chai and the other Astral Drop'', as while she goes along with their rebellion it's more out of solidariety and would prefer not causing Hay Lin trouble.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], an OppositeSexClone of [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]], has a completely different [[SugarAndIcePersonality personality]] from Wolverine's. However, because of her DarkAndTroubledPast, it was a while before she even realized she ''had'' a personality. It's also played with quite substantially, as the lead scientist on the project which created her did ''not'' differentiate her from Wolverine, and much of the torture and abuse she suffered as a child was the result of him exacting RevengeByProxy, while the Facility as a whole tends not to view her as a human being with her own wants and desires, instead considering her just a weapon. Additionally, even after joining the X-Men Laura was at times subjected to bullying over her nature, with Hellion in particular using "clone" as a slur (though they did eventually come to accept her). Perhaps even worse was Hellverine's attempts to seduce her into his service by implying that as a clone she doesn't have a soul, which sufficiently rattles Laura that she asks Claudine Renko about it while the latter is the process of [[spoiler: ''[[GrandTheftMe trying to steal her body]]'']], and later making the ''same'' inquiry with the demon Blackheart. For the record, Blackheart claims she does have a soul, pointing out that she's currently in Hell, and you need a soul to get into Hell in the first place. In ''All-New Wolverine'' she is ''very'' insistent that her own clones are and should be treated as people. Only one of those clones, Gabby, survives, and is taken in by Laura, who considers her to be her sister. Logan for his part always treated her as family, with their exact relationship usually resembling a father and daughter. [[spoiler:When, [[ItsALongStory in a pretty complicated example]], Laura is believed to be dead and cloned again by Krakoa, the older Laura tells her younger clone that she is going to live and let live and the clone is welcome to remain the Wolverine, but [[PutOnABus Laura is going to go away and they both better hope they never meet again]].]]
** This is touched upon in ''ComicBook/HouseAndPowersOfX''. The Krakoans are revived through a special process by a group of mutants known as the Five which is effectively cloning, but the people revived are effectively the original to them. However, to prevent duplicants from existing, X-Factor is created to make sure those who died are dead-dead and, thus, certify their resurrection. However, some mutants are not revived ''because'' they are clones. Gabby points out that Madelyne Pryor hasn't revived, but Magik tries to reassure her that she wasn't revived because she was ''evil'', not because she is a clone. This still frightens Gabby as she's worried she might die and not be revived (especially since the Krakoans haven't had any real problems reviving people arguably far worse than Maddy...). [[spoiler: When she does get killed, the Five get sick of this arbitrary dictat, resurrect her, and politely but very firmly inform the Quiet Council that they believe in this trope on the grounds that while they share the same genetics, clones are different ''people''.]]
* ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'': The series has this likelihood [[spoiler: at the end of the series, where cloning is used to preserve the human race]].

* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''VideoGame/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover Athena is a [[LEGOGenetics fusion]] of her highly-trained predecessors, relying on GeneticMemory to take only the best from each. However, she is her own character and the fact that she is a clone never really comes up. Her sisters created by Atlas (later taken by Jakobs) were made for an [[ExpendableClone entirely different purpose]].

* ''[[FanFic/ThreeSlytherinMarauders 3 Slytherin Marauders]]'' has [[spoiler: the young Tom Riddle preserved in the Horcrux diary]] as one of the main characters and he grows to become a ''very different'' person from [[EvilMeScaresMe his other self.]]

* ''Blog/ThePredespairKids'' and ''Blog/AskTheNewHopesPeak'' both have [[spoiler: Ryouko Otonashi]], a clone of [[spoiler: Junko Enoshima based on her true non-despair personality]], who is nonetheless treated like a regular person and friend by most of the cast.

* ''Fanfic/TarkinsFist'': In grand Star Wars tradition, the clones, through Commander Cody, are characterized as loyal veterans and soldiers treated with callous indifference by their non-clone commanding officers.

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* In the sequel, ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'', this theme continues, as it is debated whether or not to save the dinosaurs from a volcano on Isla Nublar that is about to erupt and wipe them all out, because they are technically man-made and not natural animals. Later, the protagonists find out that [[spoiler: the little girl Maisie is actually a clone of the late daughter of Lockwood, but they don't treat her any different for this, while the villains are implied to want her for experimentation]]. During the climax, [[spoiler: all the dinosaurs are trapped in a room filling up with poisonous gas, and the protagonists are given the choice to let them loose onto the mainland or do nothing and watch them all suffocate to death. They're unable to go through with letting them loose, but Maisie sets them free anyway, because as she states:]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Maisie]]''': I had to... They're alive...[[spoiler: like me]].
* ''{{Film/Moon}}'': [[spoiler: Despite the way Lunar Industries treats them, both Sam clones act very much like normal human beings.]]

* The later ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' movies extensively feature cloning as a plot point. Hundreds are killed off every time Umbrella Prime stages a [[ZombieApocalypse product demonstration]], and certain executives use individual clones of themselves as expendable decoys. [[TheHero Alice]] reacts with disgust at the treatment of the "basic models" and doesn't considered her simulation-self's daughter to be anything but a little girl in need of rescue. [[TomatoInTheMirror Alice herself]] has led a very different life than her gene donor, and it shows.

* In ''Literature/ALightInTheDarkness'', this is how the Slavic Empire treats clones. The Utopian States, on the other hand, believes that clones are {{expendable|clone}}.
* In Creator/CJCherryh's ''Literature/AllianceUnion'' universe, the Union uses cloning extensively to build up their population. These are divided into "Parental Replicants" commissioned specifically by certain people (or to replace the deceased) who are treated as human beings, and "azi" (artificial zygote insemination) who are genetically engineered and copied for use as indentured servants, though the children of azi have the same rights as naturally born humans. In ''Literature/FortyThousandInGehenna'', a bunch of mostly azi colonists are dumped on a planet in order to create a LostColony (denying the planet to the Alliance).
* In Creator/RichardKMorgan's ''[[Literature/TakeshiKovacs Altered Carbon]]'', the protagonist uses BrainUploading to make a duplicate of himself near the end because his plan to bring down the BigBad requires him to be in two places at once. Each version of him acknowledges the other to be just as real and deserving of existence, but one of them has to go, and they settle it by reasonable conversation [[spoiler:and ultimately with a game of rocks/paper/scissors, with the loser being the one who gets deleted.]]

* [[Creator/SimonRGreen Simon R. Green's]] ''Literature/{{Deathstalker}}'' has this as one of its central points, where clones are slaves and a 'degenerate' subspecies of humanity. The fight to give them actual rights carries on well beyond the initial rebellion, as best shown with the Stevie Blues and Evangeline Shreck.

* Cloning is commonplace in ''Literature/{{Genome}}'', and clones have all the same rights as normal people. In fact, highly-skilled people are often cloned multiple times in order to preserve their genetics. Clones often take the name of the original but add a middle name that consists of "C" (for "clone") and an ordinal number. For example, Peter C-the-forty-fourth Valk is the 44th clone of Peter Valk. While not outright mentioned, it can be assumed that the problems of CloneDegeneration have been solved, given that the main theme of the novel is that GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke. This doesn't stop [[FantasticRacism some people from hating clones]], partly for the same reason people in RealLife hate illegal immigrants (i.e. taking jobs).
** The ''Dancing in the Snow'' prequel takes place a century earlier, prior to the genetic engineering boom, and the novel's central theme is cloning and free will. It's revealed that the BigBad of the novel is, in fact, a female clone of a genetic engineering genius (the only character to appear in the original novel), who resolves to change humanity with the help of dozens of clones of her own (both male and female). Whenever they find another clone, they explain the situation and then give the clone a choice, whether to accept a new set of memories from the original or not. Either way, the clone is welcome. [[spoiler:The protagonist turns out to be one of the clones but refuses to join them]].
* ''Literature/{{Heroics}}'': Part of the way to tell who the worst characters are is to see which ones treat [[CastingAShadow Alix Tolvaj]] as an actual person instead of a thing. Resident {{Jerkass}} Justin explicitly refers to her as an 'it'; BigBad Alice -- [[AbusiveParents who Alix was cloned from]] -- [[ExpendableClone treats her (and others like her) as a completely expendable tool]]; BigBad John Wechsler doesn't interact with her much but clearly sees her as nothing more than a wayward experiment; and [[spoiler: EvilAllAlong Stephanie]] wants her to be executed mostly just for existing. The rest of the main cast is much, ''much'' more welcoming.

* ''Literature/HouseOfTheScorpion'' is big on this trope, although [[ExpendableClone most characters in it aren't]]. It helps that the main character himself is a clone, with a noticeably different personality from his creator.
** The [[Literature/TheLordOfOpium sequel]] hints that he may not be too different from his original.

* In ''Literature/LineOfDelirium'', cloning is highly illegal in TheEmpire, along with [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetic engineering]]. It's eventually revealed that the protagonist Kay is a genetically-engineered "super" with enhanced strength, speed, intelligence, and linguistic capabilities. He finds out that the boy he's been escorting, who is supposed to be the son of Curtis van Curtis, the wealthiest man in the Empire, is, in fact, van Curtis's clone, although he's, more or less, raised as his son. Despite this, their personalities couldn't be more different, especially since Arthur (the clone) has already [[ResurrectiveImmortality died so many times]] that Kay doesn't think that Arthur can ever truly grow up (mentally that is). He also finds a boy named Tommy Arano, who turns out to be the original clone of Curtis van Curtis, who had his memory erased by aliens and adopted by a human family. Arthur was created under the mistaken assumption that the previous one was dead (memory erasure triggers [=aTan=] just like death). When they finally meet, Tommy is noticeably order than Arthur and considers himself Arthur's older brother. At the end of the novel, [[spoiler:Arthur joins his "father" beyond the Line, while Tommy opts to leave with Kay, proving that they're different]]. Inverted at the end of the sequel ''Emperors of Illusions'', where [[spoiler:Tommy is the one who decides to leave this universe and have another one created for him, while Arthur takes his place at Kay's side]]. It's stated that, if anyone finds out the truth about either Kay or Arthur/Tommy, his life would be forfeit under Imperial law.

* ''Literature/ThePrideOfParahumans'': Parahumans are sterile, so they reproduce by cloning. On Vesta Guild leaders buy so many clone progeny that they form "Cloneclans", most of whom go into the family business. But a few, such as Olga of Clan Wolf and [[spoiler: Maximus Griggs]] have a few differences of opinion from their progenitors.

* Hannu Rajaniemi's ''Literature/TheQuantumThief'': the Founder copyclans rule over most of the inner Solar System. Anyone who isn't a Founder copy is a second class citizen at best, and a sentient missile guidance system at worst.

** This is the whole point of the ''Literature/RepublicCommandoSeries'' by Creator/KarenTraviss.
** Earlier, it was a subplot in the ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'' duology. A group of Imperial sleeper agents are all [[spoiler: clones of Baron Soontir Fel, ace pilot]], but they simply want to live out a normal life as farmers. [[spoiler:Later, it's revealed that the trope was invoked, with their following the CallToAgriculture being the point; Thrawn was preparing for the extragalactic [[Literature/TheNewJediOrder Yuuzhan Vong]], so his widespread sleeper cells ''aren't'' people who want to destroy the New Republic, but people who would fight tooth and nail to protect what's theirs, just like any other sapient.]]
*** Even earlier, this got completely averted in ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy''. Clones are flash-grown expendable soldiers who feel wrong in the Force, the BigBad clone is a mentally unstable monster, and everyone's still terrified of clones because of what happened in the Clone Wars. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness All because nobody told Zahn what happened in the Clone Wars.]] This got chalked up to inferior cloning tech after the fact.

* In the ''Literature/UkiahOregon'' series, Ukiah immediately considers Kitanning ([[BizarreAlienBiology A genetic duplicate of him grown from a mouse made from his blood]]; ItMakesSenseInContext) a new person immediately and thereafter Kit is treated by everyone as his son. Likewise, [[spoiler: Atticus]] and Ukiah are different people, and neither is entirely the same person as [[spoiler: Magic Boy, their deceased progenitor) ]]

* The humanoid-model Cylons in ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' vary on this. Numbers One, Two, Three, Four and Five don't get distinguishing characteristics from others of their own model, but the models played by main cast members, i.e. Numbers Six and Eight (Seven is extinct) have unique individuals like Caprica-Six, Shelly Godfrey, Tough Six, Gina Inviere, Natalie Faust, Lida and Sonja (Sixes) and Boomer, Athena, "Fakeathena" and Sweet Eight (Eights) in addition to the generic Sixes and Eights. They also vary on the memory-sharing factor. Athena downloaded Boomer's memories up to the point of [[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S00E01MiniseriesPart1 the Miniseries]] and "Fakeathena" downloaded Athena's up to the point of [[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S03E12Rapture "Rapture"]], but they don't do this automatically and ([[AllThereInTheManual according to the producers]]) models vary on how often they do it. Even sharing a good chuck of memories didn't stop Boomer and Athena from developing in radically different directions.
** The movie ''[[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003ThePlan The Plan]]'' finally introduces some variation in the Ones and Fours, with a One on Caprica and a Four in the Fleet making [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]] (meanwhile a Four on Caprica and a One in the Fleet do not).

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth "New Earth"]]: The Doctor is ''furious'' when he finds out the Sisters of Plenitude are using thousands of human clones as guinea pigs to create their miracle cures and keeping them imprisoned in tubes, destroying the ones that become self-aware. He sees them as just as alive as himself and Rose.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter "The Doctor's Daughter"]]: The Doctor's OppositeSexClone is a true badass who eventually earns her father's respect.
** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]], the Doctor's duplicate is a ''very'' different individual from his progenitor and is given a happy ending as Rose Tyler's DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest.
** Explored thoroughly in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E5TheRebelFlesh "The Rebel Flesh"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E6TheAlmostPeople "The Almost People"]]. The clones in this case are doppelgängers, or "gangers", remotely controlled by humans and used to mine acid without endangering their real bodies. During a solar storm, the doppelgängers gain consciousness. Since they retain all the memories of the originals, a conflict over whether or not both versions can exist ensues. Ultimately, only one version of each person survives the events of the story, but two of those survivors are gangers.
** And ''then'' you have the twofold question of the original Osgood and her Zygon duplicate. [[AmbiguousCloneEnding Which one did Missy kill, and which one survived? And of the current Osgoods, which one is from the original pair and which one is the dead Osgood's Zygon replacement who used to look like Clara and go by "Bonnie"? Are they still a human and a Zygon or are they two Zygons now?]] Only the Osgoods know, and in the name of peace between humans and Zygons, [[RiddleForTheAges they're not telling]]. As far as the show is concerned, it doesn't ''matter'' which is the original and which is the duplicate, because they're both people.

* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', Zoom treats his time remnants as {{Expendable Clone}}s, killing them rather casually to further his goals. [[spoiler:Barry creates a time remnant of his own to stop Zoom, resulting in the remnant's HeroicSacrifice. Unlike Zoom, Barry and his friends all treat the remnant as a person in his own right and a hero]].
** Savitar, on the other hand, [[spoiler: is the result of Team Flash promptly going AesopAmnesia, and giving him shit for not being the real Barry.]]

** In fact, the clones having independent lives is part of the experiment, since most of them were put into fairly normal households (they were born to mothers who thought they were getting normal ''in vitro'' treatments) and allowed to live "normal" lives without knowledge of their clone status, while [[spoiler: being unknowingly observed by "monitors" who report back to the Dyad.]]

* Alexander Luthor is considered his own person in Series/{{Smallville}}, and not just a clone of Lex. Tess even raises him as her own son in an attempt to [[RaiseHimRightThisTime keep him from turning out like his progenitor]]. Eventually we find out that [[spoiler: half of his DNA comes from Clark]] and he changes his name to Conner Kent, becoming like Clark's little brother. As per the "[[NotWearingTights no tights, no flights]]" rule, we never hear the name "ComicBook/{{Superboy}}."
* ''Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}}'':

* ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars: Dual Strike]]'' has Black Hole create clones of the Allied Nations' best [=COs=] to battle on their behalf, which are at first believed to effectively be robotic empty shells that mindlessly do their job and then vanish. [[spoiler:Then they come face-to-face with the clone of Andy who reveals that he, and likely all the clones that have died thus far, were just ReallyWasBornYesterday by questioning his existence and being happy to learn his original is a good person with friends... [[DownerEnding before also dying]]. [[ThisIsUnforgivable Jake does NOT take this well]].]]

* In ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFilesNirvanaInitiative'' it's revealed that [[spoiler:Mizuki's inexplicable superhuman strength is due to her being a genetically altered clone created as part of an unethical SuperSoldier project and that the masked woman who had appeared throughout the game is an older clone made from the same template. Never once is their personhood called into question and the two very quickly forge a sisterly relationship.]]

** The Murakumo Units are artificial robot clones of Saya (making this trope double over with AndroidsArePeopleToo). On one hand, both Lambda-11 and Nu-13 have MachineMonotone voices and are clearly primarily driven by the directive of their programming. On the other hand, [[spoiler: Noel Vermillion]][=/=]Mu-12 speaks with a perfectly human voice and is driven almost entirely by her emotions, and when Nu-13 comes close to [[AntiHero Ragna]], she, too, switches to a human voice. [[LaughingMad A really]], ''[[{{Yandere}} really]]'' [[IncestSubtext disturbing one]], sure, but a human voice none the less... On the receiving end, both Ragna and Jin are very clearly upset over the fact that [[spoiler: their sister]] has become a clone template, but they still treat [[spoiler: Noel]] as a separate individual. Ragna, in particular, who has set out on a mission to destroy the Murakumo Units, makes clear that though he feels he ''has'' to fight and destroy Nu-13 in the first game, it's not something he ''wants'' to do. While Makoto was friendly to [[spoiler: Noel]] (though not at first) without knowing she's a Prime Field Device, all the truth of the affair does is shock her momentarily; learning [[spoiler: Noel]]'s true nature amidst a graveyard of her "predecessors" does nothing to how she sees the girl. [[spoiler: Noel]] herself takes this position when dealing with Lambda, as she's starting to develop a personality and [[spoiler: Noel]] treats her like a little sister (despite Lambda being the elder).
*** It gets really complicated at the Finale; [[spoiler: Noel[=/=]Mu-12 contains half of the soul of Ragna's and Jin's sister Saya. BigBad Hades-Izanami contains the other half. And when Noel (with Ragna's help) forcibly absorbs Izanami she inherits all of Saya's soul, the clone basically ''becoming'' the original, though she still chooses to identify as Noel for convenience.]]

* In ''VisualNovel/ChaosHead'', Shogun considers [[spoiler: Takumi]] to be a real person, albeit one who was born differently.
* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' has Chaos, Cosmos and [[spoiler:the Warrior of Light]] whom all started life as [[spoiler: Manikins, clones made of crystal ore that acts similar to organic life and grows as living creatures do]]. All three are treated normally as sentient beings. [[spoiler:Though in the case of the warrior, neither he nor any of his fellow warriors know the truth]]. Whether or not they ''can'' do all the things normal lifeforms do. Eat, dream, reproduce, ect. isn't really delved into very deeply.
** It's later confirmed in ''Dissidia 012'' that [[spoiler: perfect Manikins are in fact capable of doing all the things mentioned above, and are ''real people''. Chaos started out as a small child that needed to eat and sleep in order to grow, he even commented on a dream he had once.]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' has the Genomes, a group of people from another world that have virtually no personality or unique traits and they all act very similar to each other. After their homeworld gets destroyed, Zidane decides to take the Genomes with the party and leave them in the Black Mage Village for shelter [[spoiler: since he's a Genome too and they are like siblings to him in a sense. The same is true of BigBad Kuja, as an elder brother to all of them]]. The people in the village are the Black Mages, who are constructs/androids that are similar to the Genomes, but have slightly more personality. The Genomes and the Black Mages quickly, if awkwardly, get along and learn the many aspects of life itself.
* In ''Videogame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'', the Replica Soldiers are cloned, mass-produced {{Super Soldier}}s, but their individuality is not brought up much, as while they are each capable of emotions and semi-independent thought while carrying out their missions, they are ultimately treated as expendable weapons. However, in the situations where a Replica ''does'' start to show individuality, [[PhlebotinumRebel they are immediately targeted for summary execution before they can develop enough independence to actually rebel]].
* As it turns out, in ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'', [[spoiler:[[TheHero Kiana Kaslana]]]] is actually a clone of the original character spliced with [[HumanoidAbomination a Herrscher core]], essentially making her a reincarnated Herrscher. When [[spoiler:Einstein]] attempts to tell [[BadassTeacher Himeko and Theresa]] this fact in order to confirm their resolves to [[DamselInDistress rescue this person]], both quickly reveal that not only did they know the whole time about it, they also don't care -- she's always been just [[spoiler:Kiana]] to them and nothing will stop them from trying to save her.

** The main exceptions to the above are Roxas and Naminé, the Nobodies of Sora and Kairi respectively. Whereas other Nobodies are treated as continuations of their old lives because they have their memories, neither of them have the memories of their original selves thanks to their special circumstances (Sora’s extremely brief stint as a Heartless followed by an immediate restoration, and Kairi’s heart never actually falling to darkness but leaving her body anyway), and both were able to develop into their own individuals as a result, with their newly grown hearts lingering inside Sora and Kairi after they were recompleted. Part of Sora’s motivation in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' is trying to help Roxas get his life back as a separate person, as, despite Roxas’s pushback during their brief discussions across the series, Sora ultimately believes Roxas deserves to be his own being with the life he had created for himself. [[spoiler:He succeeds at this, and Roxas has his own newly created body by the end of the game, allowing him to finally exist as his own person. In addition, a replica body is also left behind by one of the villains, allowing Naminé to inhabit it and also live her own life.]]
** Xion on the other hand is a more conventional clone, having been created deliberately in a lab as a replica made out of some of Sora's memories in order to provide Organization XIII with a backup in case something happens to Roxas, essentially making her a clone ''of'' a clone. Consequently she is viewed as expendable even by other Nobodies, but an integral part of her storyline involves her gaining her own identity and developing a bond with Roxas. Unfortunately, just as Roxas's existence endangers Sora, Xion's existence endangers Sora ''and'' Roxas and she chooses to commit SuicideByCop in a final showdown with Roxas in order to save him. It's Xion's choice to die in this manner that ensures the downfall of the Organization later on and drives Roxas to further pursue his own quest for self-actualization while honoring her sacrifice, even if her existence as a living memory meant he and everyone else was unable to consciously remember her after said sacrifice. [[spoiler:Just as with Roxas and Naminé, she's brought back to live her own life by ''III'', having developed her own heart and also leading to her friends remembering her]].
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'': If you play the Paragon path when you find out the villain in the ''Citadel DLC'' is [[spoiler:an EvilKnockoff Clone of Shepard]], Shepard takes this approach. Unfortunately it doesn't work, [[spoiler:since CloneAngst, a severe InferioritySuperiorityComplex and a case of IJustWantToBeSpecial causes the clone to be DrivenToSuicide when abandoned by their one ally]].
* This is a major plot point in the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series, especially in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots''. At the very end, [[spoiler:Big Boss himself]] tells Snake that he respects him as a soldier, and is sure that Snake would've made very different decisions if placed in the same situations as him. This neatly summarizes the whole [[AnAesop aesop]] of the series: your genes don't determine who you are, your ''actions'' do.
* The Duplicants of ''VideoGame/OxygenNotIncluded'' are gnome-like {{Artificial Human}}s, each with a unique personality and appearance. This one looks like someone's granny and is scared of holes. That one has the brain of a fencepost but is a SupremeChef. All of them are excited when a research project completes or when the [[CloningMachine Printing Pod]] produces a New Friend.

* Played with in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheForceUnleashed'' II, in which the player character is a stable clone of the protagonist of the first game that was [[spoiler: created by Vader after Starkiller performed a HeroicSacrifice to save the founding members of the Rebellion]]. Despite the existence of other clone Jedi in other areas of what was at the time Star Wars canon [[spoiler: including the Dark Side ending to The Force Unleashed II itself]], Starkiller's Jedi Mentor, Rahm Kota insists that Jedi can't be cloned and that Starkiller must be the original. This creates some CanonDiscontinuity between TFUII and ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontEliteSquadron'' as the player character from that game is a force sensitive clone, ''who Rahm Kota trained as a Jedi prior to the events of this game'' if the bandages over his eyes from the original Starkiller's lightsaber is anything to go on.
** What makes this situation worse is that Elite Squadron's X2 obviously isn't the typical run of the mill clone, but rather a clone of a Jedi named Falon Gray. Guess who Gray's master was.
* Pandemic's ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattleFrontII'' has the campaign narrated by a retired clone trooper who served with the 501st Legion all the way from the Battle of Geonosis to the Battle of Hoth. He displays a number of emotions as he recounts the battles fought, from regret during Order 66, rage immediately following the Battle of Yavin, and triumph at the Battle of Hoth.
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando'' puts the player in command of an elite squad of clone commandos, each with their own personalities:
** The PlayerCharacter is “Boss,” a no-nonsense, tough as nails soldier that is about as [[CastingGag close as any republic soldier can be to Jango Fett]]
** “Fixer” is TheSmartGuy on the team. He’s a by the book hacker that is often annoyed by the antics of his squad mates.
** “Sev” is a ColdSniper that has adorned his armor in blood red markings, which one of the loading screens implies might actually be real blood.
** [[MeaningfulName “Scorch”]] is the squad’s demolitions expert. He often gets into competitions with Sev over who can kill the most enemies, and is hit hard when [[spoiler: the squad is ordered to evacuate from the final mission without Sev.]]

* The now-defunct mobile game ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Arena'' uses this in its story mode [[spoiler: as the entire aesop. The player character has been a clone of an existing Tekken character all along, and was to be sold as a soldier alongside other clones. They free a large number of clones from Dr. Bosconovitch to prove their point that clones are people, not products]].
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Pyra is technically [[spoiler:Mythra's LiteralSplitPersonality, created as a means to prevent people from accessing her full power]], but nobody ever questions the fact that she's her own person, and the two are very different personality wise, [[spoiler: which was a deliberate choice on Mythra's part to try and make Pyra a better person than she saw herself as. Mythra herself views Pyra as a sister that she happens to share a body with. By the epilogue, they get restored as separate entities.]]

* In ''[[http://vanheist.deviantart.com/gallery/ Bomango]]'' by Rob Ten Pas, Gogo can reproduce by ''budding,'' having sprouted Didi out of her side (which she did on a caprice because she was bored one day). Didi is as sweet, gentle, and intellectual as Gogo is loud, brash, and dangerous. It's notable that, since they split, Didi's physique has become noticeably more slender than Gogo's muscular frame, because Gogo gets a lot more exercise. Didi also has no navel. Strong hints have been dropped that Gogo has other clones running around, and that they are [[EvilTwin not nice people at all.]] The names Gogo and Didi, btw, are a ShoutOut to ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot''.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'', Helen B. Narbon is a clone of Helen Narbon, [[spoiler: her mother. (The "B" stands for "Beta".)]] Helen B. keeps insisting that she is her own person, not like her genetic progenitor at all. She herself is rather cavalier about cloning people, especially Dave, who gets cloned at least twice: once because his current body had a nasty case of DeathRay, later to [[spoiler: test the mad genius cure on. The second clone has some time to develop a personality, cut short when he's killed by Dave proper in the throes of [[FreakOut madness]]. But his body gets reused to host Dave proper again.]]

** In "Another Five More Short Graybles", Lemongrab 2 [[spoiler:ends up rebelling against the original and getting partially eaten for his trouble. From here on out, he becomes more independent, showing mercy toward their Lemon-children and encouraging Lemonhope to flee with Bubblegum before being devoured whole.]]
** Bizarre circumstances cause Grass Sword and Finn Sword to turn into a grass version of Finn, including with scrambled memories. After figuring out what's going on, Finn decides to help him adjust to new his existence. At first called "Grass Finn," the clone eventually decides to call himself Fern the Human.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In the episode "Steve and Snot's Test-Tubular Adventures", Steve and Snot use CIA technology to clone two random girls to take to prom. The cloned girls come out as babies, but have accelerated aging to the point where they are the appropriate age by prom night. The problem is that Steve and Snot end up developing paternal love for the clones and view them as daughters, even crying upon [[spoiler:their deaths]].
* In the finale of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', [[spoiler:Anne]] dies, but a "backup" is made that's exactly the same as immediately beforehand. Functionally, it's just as if they never died, though [[CloneAngst they can't rule out the possibility]] of [[ExistentialHorror an existential crisis]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' crosses this trope with JustAMachine with the episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE62HisSiliconSoul His Silicon Soul]]". A robot replica of Batman, left behind by the defeat of the evil A.I. HARDAC in "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE39HeartOfSteelPart2 Heart of Steel: Part 2]]", is accidentally reactivated and believes himself to be the original Batman. After he discovers what he truly is, he almost resurrects HARDAC, but when he believes that he killed the original Batman, his [[ThouShaltNotKill conscience]] resurfaces and he destroys HARDAC and himself. Batman surmises that his replica really did have a soul after all. This is an especially interesting example as the original robot clones did not have emotions or anything beyond a copy of the human original's memories, and were ''not'' examples of this trope.

* Cubert of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' is a clone of Professor Farnsworth. He's treated like his son and is good friends with Hermes' son Dwight. The only time being a clone seemed to affect his personal life was when it became apparent that he didn't technically have a birthday but this was remedied by celebrating the day the professor scraped the growth off his back he used to create him instead.
** PlayedWith in one episode, when Farnsworth and Cubert are put on trial for over-clocking Bender. Fearing the jury wouldn't want to convict a child, Mom's lawyer moves to have Cubert excused from the verdict. Bender then points out that the Professor must now be acquitted as well on the grounds of [[HollywoodLaw double jeopardy]], since Farnsworth and Cubert are "technically the same person", and "cannot be tried of the same crime twice." The Judge agrees, calling it a "brilliant legal shenanigan." It's doubtful such an argument would fly in real life.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Thailog is a clone of Goliath, and is treated as Goliath's son, rather than a copy. Unfortunately he was programmed with the values of [[MagnificentBastard Xanatos]], and was raised by [[EvilutionaryBiologist Sevarius]] (which pretty well eliminated any positive aspects of Xanatos's personality from Thailog), and ended up becoming an evil mastermind.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode [[Recap/GravityFallsS1E7DoubleDipper "Double Dipper"]], Dipper clones himself in order to enact a plan to get close to [[PrecociousCrush Wendy]]. Him and the clones are quite friendly towards each other [[spoiler:at first]], even [[GoneHorriblyWrong Paper]] [[CloneDegeneration Jam]] [[TheUnintelligible Dipper]], [[spoiler:with at least some of the clones still obviously acting like ''people'' even after turning against the original]], and Dipper gets quite upset when [[spoiler: Tyrone is killed, even turning out to still miss him [[Recap/GravityFallsS2E15TheLastMabelcorn over a season later]]. Oddly, the episode uses both this and ExpendableClone, since Dipper doesn't seem to have problems with destroying the clones besides [[NominalImportance Tyrone]].]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s third season episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies "Too Many Pinkie Pies"]], Pinkie Pie creates clones from the mirror pool that cause trouble and are ultimately sent back to the mirror pool by Twilight and her friends. All, except for one, who escaped, and judging by a background appearance in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E10TheSaddleRowReview "The Saddle Row Review"]], has been living a rather full life in Manehattan, and looks concerned when she notices the real Pinkie Pie sitting just a stall away.
* Zigzagged with [[spoiler:Hunter]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. [[spoiler:Hunter is the latest in a long line of Grimwalker clones that were seen as completely expendable by Emperor Belos, who regarded their creation as his attempt to make a "[[ReplacementGoldfish better version]]" of his brother Caleb, the original. Hunter is still very much his own person, however, as he slowly starts to break free of the Emperor's Coven's conditioning, makes friends with kids his age, and eventually runs away from the Coven altogether after he learns the truth about what he is. However, learning that he's a Grimwalker has sparked a massive identity crisis for him, as he practically begs Luz not to tell anyone, and calls himself "a copy of someone Belos made disappear."]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', the child-aged copy of the now-adult Enzo accidentally created when Mainframe undergoes a system reboot is ''encouraged'' to be a different person than the original Enzo (who now prefers to be called Matrix). Given what happened to the original, who underwent BreakTheCutie until he grew up to be a NinetiesAntiHero, this is a good idea.

** In "The [=ABCs=] of Beth", Rick gives Beth the option to leave the family and [[WalkingTheEarth travel the universe to find herself]] while he makes a perfect clone of her to look after her family, or stay with them and live a life she finally knows she's chosen. The ending leaves it ambiguous [[AmbiguousCloneEnding what she decided and whether the version of her we see is the real deal or the clone]]; however, in the following season's "Star Mort: Rickturn of the Jerri", it's revealed that [[spoiler:Beth asked Rick to decide whether she would stay and be in his life or leave. Unable to deal with such a choice, he made a clone, sent one of them to space (known as "Space Beth") and kept one on Earth, and hid from everyone, including himself, which one is the original and which is the clone. Thanks to DuplicateDivergence, they are their own, very different people, and both of them know that they ''may'' be the clone or ''may'' be the original, but decide that they don't really care. Rick still loves them both and considers both of them to be his daughter, and Summer and Morty likewise refer to both of them as "Mom"]].
** "Rickmurai Jack" confirms that [[spoiler:many of the Mortys of the Citadel were cloned to create, essentially, a mass Morty-market for the Ricks of the multiverse, since Mortys die so often and Ricks need replacements frequently. While the Ricks of the Citadel treat them as {{Expendable Clone}}s, this attitude is quite clearly portrayed as a horrible MoralEventHorizon to the audience and the main protagonist Morty, who understand that all of these Mortys, clones or originals, are real people with feelings who don't deserve to be alive just for the purpose of serving Rick.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase'', the gang treats the video game versions of themselves as real people, not just computer data.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Copybob Dittopants", [=SpongeBob=] gets along with all of his clones, and is extremely upset when they fade away.
* [[spoiler:Hordak]] in ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower.'' [[spoiler: A clone of the GreaterScopeVillain Horde Prime and but one of many, his separation from the hive mind enables him to experiment with individuality, though he still maintains a blind devotion to his progenitor. It takes [[ThePowerOfFriendship being treated with kindness]] for him to realize he can be whoever he wants to be]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' we have William Boimler, Bradward Boimler’s transporter clone. They’re just a little disappointed in what had happened and the only reason both Boimlers don’t work on the ''Titan'' together is because Starfleet has rules. That being said, Captain Riker and Brad’s old crew mates are happy to have him around after he leaves. [[spoiler:When William is supposedly killed in a freak gas leak accident, Brad suffers a major HeroicBSOD and Commander Ransom convinces Beckett Mariner to help Brad.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' liked to explore this angle (in contrast with the theatrical ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels, which depicted clones other than Boba Fett as {{expendable|Clone}}):
** In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E1Ambush "Ambush"]], the first aired episode after the PilotMovie, despite the fact that the clones were created as {{Expendable Clone}}s, Yoda takes this attitude, telling the clones with him, "Smaller in number are we, but larger in mind." The clone troopers themselves naturally take this attitude, seeing each other as brothers, and over any period of time tend to start [[DivergentCharacterEvolution differentiating themselves]] with varying hairstyles, facial hair, and tattoos in addition to customizing and marking their armor.
** Other episodes have looked into this as well -- Captain Rex and Commander Cody are treated as unique characters with different personalities, [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E10TheDeserter one deserter]] has a life outside the war, [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy yet another]] betrayed the Republic out of resentment towards the clones' status, and so on.
** [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence "Rising Malevolence"]] has a the surviving clones tell Plo Koon that he shouldn't bother saving them after their cruiser is destroyed, and should focus on saving himself since they're expendable and he's not. Plo [[AFatherToHisMen vehemently disagrees]].
** [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E7DarknessOnUmbara One time]] saw Rex telling off [[GeneralRipper General Krell]] about treating his men as expendable and that not only did he have a duty to follow orders, but also to see them through. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, Krell had different reasons for wanting so many clones dead...]]
--->"Sir, if I may address your accusation, I followed your orders. Even in the face of a plan, that was, in my opinion, ''severely'' flawed. A plan that cost us men. Not clones! ''Men!'' As sure as it is my duty to remain loyal to your command, I also have another duty. To protect those men."
** [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E3Fugitive "Fugitive"]] has a scene where Fives has a variation of this discussion with a droid, someone who is actually less of a person.[[note]]While some droids have just as much self-awareness and distinct personality as humans and other biological people, legally and societally even the most intelligent droids are still considered mere objects.[[/note]] Interestingly enough, part of his own affirmation of this trope two seasons [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E10CarnageOfKrell before]] was "We are not a bunch of unthinking ''droids!''"
** The finale of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWarsSeasonSeven Season 7]] highlights how much Palpatine ''doesn't'' share this viewpoint: thanks to having seven seasons humanizing them, Order 66 [[spoiler:visibly shows the clones become almost robotic soldiers, erasing their personalities to enact the Emperor's will and gunning down their friends if they were Jedi or are suspected of corroborating with them. Ahsoka and, eventually, Rex, struggle with this, as they still view them as people who are clearly [[NotHimself not themselves]].]]
* And then ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' takes it even further:
** The members of Clone Force 99 (aka the titular "Bad Batch") are the most prominent examples, even more divergent in appearances and personalities from the other clones. [[spoiler:They're also among the few clones who aren't affected by Order 66]].
** The show in general explores the fate of the Clones in the wake of Order 66: officers view them as expendable or otherwise sub-human, there is constant pressure to replace them with a conscripted army, and one episode makes it very clear that the Empire has ''zero'' retirement plan for them, drawing parallels to real-world military veterans. Much of this is to illustrate outcomes seen in later-set works such as the original trilogy and ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'', and all examples are played for sympathy.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': By the time we see the clones again, [[RetiredBadass Rex, Gregor, and Wolffe]] (pictured above) are even more individuated both in temperament and appearance.
* This is explored in an episode of the second season of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' when Will creates an Astral Drop, who are normally little more than mindless drones used by the Guardians to take their places in school while they're saving the world, but the BigBad turns the Astral Drop into a truly sentient Altermere and tries to turn her against Will. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Altermere Will ends up performing a HeroicSacrifice to shield Will, though Will absorbs her memories as she lays dying]].
** The Altermere later created of the girls' {{Mentor}} Yan Lin ends up more happily, surviving and being introduced to her family as her "long-lost twin sister Mira".
* [[spoiler:Roy Harper aka Speedy, later going by Red Arrow]], of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', who even after finding out he's a clone eventually goes on to get married and have a kid. The original [[spoiler:Roy/Speedy]] (when he is finally located) has no problem with the clone - mainly because said clone didn't ask to be created and eventually ended up being the one to find him when everyone else wrote him off as dead - though he is furious that his mentor [[spoiler:Green Arrow]] failed to notice the switch. By Season 3, the original and the clone, and the second clone, regard each other as effectively triplet brothers and run Bowhunter Security together, with separate names ([[spoiler:the first clone uses Roy's middle name, Will, while the second was always called Jim]]). Amusingly, thanks to his time on ice, the original is now biologically the youngest, while the second clone is biologically the oldest of the three since his supposed identity was as [[spoiler:Speedy]]'s "uncle", his late dad's non-existent younger brother, but he was created ''after'' the first clone. Biologically, they're 20, 28 and 34 as of 2020.

* ''ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}}'': In ''ComicBook/Outsiders2003, ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}'s clone Shift tries to live his own life as a member of the Outsiders, with the original Metamorpho's blessing. But when his android girlfriend gets corrupted by pre-existing evil programming, betrays the team, and dies, Shift says he can't bear to live any more and begs Metamorpho to reabsorb him, which he reluctantly does.

* ''ComicBook/{{Loki}}'': The 3rd Loki owes their existence to a misfired CloningGambit by the original Loki. Misfired because whatever was past Loki's true essence it got destroyed or lost in the process so the resulting ''clone'' body had a new soul and the personality copy originally intended to restore his memories and powers ended up killing an innocent child when it took over... And feeling very guilty about it. They spent most of ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'' and ''Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' trying to figure out how to be their own person and if it's even possible (at this point they mucked with the original Norse myths and broke the timeline, if they fail it won't be because of lack of trying).

* ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'': ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}'s clone Shift tries to live his own life as a member of [[ComicBook/{{Outsiders|2003}} the Outsiders]], with the original Metamorpho's blessing. But when his android girlfriend gets corrupted by pre-existing evil programming, betrays the team, and dies, Shift says he can't bear to live any more and begs Metamorpho to reabsorb him, which he reluctantly does.

* In ''ComicBook/PS238'', [[spoiler:Tyler]] is eventually cloned, the clone specifically designed with only part of a brain so that the original could use him as a spare body. (For the record, the original didn't know any of this.) Through an odd set of circumstances, the clone gained sapience, (politely) kicked [[spoiler:Tyler]] out of his body, grew the rest of his brain and wound up being adopted as the original's brother, "Toby." [[spoiler:In fact, Toby winds up with ParentalFavoritism, since he has superpowers and Tyler doesn't]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', the copy of Enzo is ''encouraged'' to be a different person than the original Enzo. [[NinetiesAntiHero Given what happened to the original]], this is a good idea.
** Bob's friends (including the copy of Enzo) attempt to cheer him up by citing this trope when he's led to believe that he's a copy of another Bob that shows up in Mainframe. [[spoiler: Subverted when they find out that the other Bob is actually a trojan horse with stolen bits of Bob's code.]]

* [[spoiler:Hordak]] in ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower.'' [[spoiler: A clone of [[GreaterScopeVillain Horde Prime]] and but one of many, his separation from the hive mind enables him to experiment with individuality, though he still maintains a blind devotion to his progenitor. It takes [[ThePowerOfFriendship being treated with kindness]] for him to realize he can be whoever he wants to be.]]
** He's not the only one: [[spoiler:"Wrong Hordak" has the same origins, being one of many perfectly obedient, identical, and slavishly loyal clones, until the heroes accidentally disconnect him from the hive mind. Separated from Horde Prime, Wrong Hordak turns out to be an innocent BlankSlate motivated by a desperate eagerness to please his progenitor, and when his loyalty fails to survive a BrokenPedestal moment, Wrong Hordak similarly starts becoming his own individual (first by enthusiastically committing himself to Horde Prime's downfall).]]

** The finale of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWarsSeasonSeven Season 7]] highlights how much Palpatine ''doesn't'' share this viewpoint: thanks to having seven seasons humanizing them, Order 66 [[spoiler: visibly shows the clones become almost robotic soldiers, erasing their personalities to enact the Emperor's will and gunning down their friends if they were Jedi or are suspected of corroborating with them. Ahsoka and, eventually, Rex, struggle with this, as they still view them as people who are clearly [[NotHimself not themselves]].]]

** The show in general explores the fate of the Clones in the wake of Order 66: Officers view them as expendable or otherwise sub-human, there is constant pressure to replace them with a conscripted army, and one episode makes it very clear that the Empire has ''zero'' retirement plan for them, drawing parallels to real-world military veterans. Much of this is to illustrate outcomes seen in later-set works such as the original trilogy and ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'', and all examples are played for sympathy.

** Superboy counts here too, who while still incorporating elements of Superman, [[spoiler:Lex Luthor]], and his initial CloneAngst, has gone on to develop his own personality and live his own life.

* Zigzagged with [[spoiler:Hunter]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. [[spoiler:Hunter is the latest in a long line of Grimwalker clones that were seen as completely expendable by Belos, who regarded their creation as his attempt to make a "[[ReplacementGoldfish better version]]" of his brother Caleb, the original. Hunter is still very much his own person however, as he slowly starts to break free of the Emperor's Coven's conditioning, makes friends with kids his age, and eventually runs away from the Coven altogether after he learns the truth about what he is. However, learning that he's a Grimwalker has sparked a massive identity crisis for him, as he practically begs Luz not to tell anyone, and calls himself "a copy of someone Belos made disappear."]]

* In ''ComicBook/ContestOfChampions2015'' Issue #9, the Maestro points out that Thunderstrike is just a clone of Thor. He murmurs that while it is true, he didn't have to say it so rudely.
* Artificial humans in ''ComicBook/{{Copperhead}}'' are genetically programmed to seek out and win fights, but have agency to determine how they do it. Many are soldiers, some are employed as guards or enforcers. Ishmael specifically goes out of his way to avoid people and larger conflicts but will step into any unjust scenario to protect the weak.
* Discussed in a Twelfth Doctor ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic story, where Clara encounters one of her own splinters for the first time since she created them in "The Name of the Doctor". She is horrified to realise that she might have created thousands of young women who, unknowingly, existed only to sacrifice themselves for the Doctor. She is then reassured when the splinter, despite [[DisneyDeath appearances at one point]], survives the adventure.
* ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' has a few examples:

* In ComicBook/{{Icon}}, the technological advancements by the Cooperative are so advanced that creating clones is a simple matter for them. In fact, it is common practice that if a member of their society meets an unnatural death, both medical and psychological records of the deceased can be used to create a perfect copy of the original. Icon meets his own clone, Arnus II, who has been living his life ever since the original Arnus crash landed on Earth in the 1800s, and its presented as being completely normal with no signs of social discrimination toward the copy.
* In ''ComicBook/IronMan: Fatal Frontier'', Tony Stark's ruining of a clone's life in issue 10 is seen as completely disgusting, and a sign that [[spoiler:phlogistone]] is poisoning his mind.
* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' has many clones, including the protagonist himself. Though all are genetically identical, their personalities and history vary wildly. Where Dredd himself became a celebrated Judge, his clone-brother Rico turned to criminal ways and was ultimately killed for it. Another clone, Dolman, decided to quit the Academy to join the Space Corps instead.
* The 3rd Loki owes their existence to a misfired CloningGambit by the original Loki. Misfired because whatever was past Loki's true essence it got destroyed or lost in the process so the resulting ''clone'' body had a new soul and the personality copy originally intended to restore his memories and powers ended up killing an innocent child when it took over... And feeling very guilty about it. They spent most of ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'' and ''Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' trying to figure out how to be their own person and if it's even possible (at this point they mucked with the original Norse myths and broke the timeline, if they fail it won't be because of lack of trying).

* ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}'s clone Shift tries to live his own life as a member of [[ComicBook/{{Outsiders|2003}} the Outsiders]], with the original Metamorpho's blessing. But when his android girlfriend gets corrupted by pre-existing evil programming, betrays the team, and dies, Shift says he can't bear to live any more and begs Metamorpho to reabsorb him, which he reluctantly does.

* Namorita of the ComicBook/NewWarriors is the clone of Namora, ComicBook/SubMariner's seldom-seen cousin, a DistaffCounterpart who failed to catch on. Namorita, "Nita" to her friends, is not just a character in her own right, but ''much'' more of a major character, appearing continually whereas Namora sometimes goes decades without having her existence acknowledged. Namora couldn't have children, so she had her science folks implant her with an embryo made from herself. The plot has always treated her like more of a daughter, though her clone status has been discovered and caused trouble at times. Namorita's death at the beginning of ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' meant more appearances for Namora, but DeathIsCheap and Namorita's back. Her "mom" is still around, though. It should also be noted that her status as a clone was a RetCon introduced years after her introduction, which is certainly the main reason it has never been central to her characterization.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' examples:
** ComicBook/{{Superboy}} (Kon-El/Conner Kent) in the comics and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''. In both versions he turns out to be cloned from Superman ''and'' ComicBook/LexLuthor, who provided some of his DNA to stabilize the sample, so he's not an exact copy of anyone.

** In [[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 "Who Stole Supergirl's Life?"]], a depowered clone removes ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s memories from her civilian life in order to try to take her place. Kara eventually gets her memories back but she actually feels sorry for her duplicate, acknowledging the fact that she was only a desperate girl who wanted a life of her own, and she promises to help her clone create her own identity.

* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'', there were a group of Autobots whose origins were "Some Autobots back on Cybertron made full copies of their data to be put into new bodies if needed; guess what, now we need 'em." By FridgeLogic, that makes the Earth versions of them just the same as many a ''tragic'' clone; suddenly someone else is living your life and you're an ExpendableClone. The fact that there are other versions of these four wandering around on Cybertron never comes up. Presumably the Earth versions of them never complain because they did volunteer for it; they probably thought "Hey, I'm on that weird "Earth" planet now; let me take care of the crisis that's bad enough to activate this plan, and worry about which "me" gets my room back home later, assuming there's a later." Sadly, we never ''do'' get to see any member of this group meet up with his AlternateSelf. In general, as befitting alien robots, their views on creating life and what makes you "alive" isn't quite the same as a human.
* ComicBook/TheVision is a [[BrainUploading mental clone]] of Wonder Man (even though, in practice, [[InformedAbility the two have never actually behaved very much alike]]), and his entire character arc has revolved around his attempts to live his own life. His lot in life has varied a lot over the years DependingOnTheWriter. Some writers give him a fair shake, but others seem to just inexplicably hate the poor guy.
** ''ComicBook/TheAvengersKurtBusiek'': Vision becomes angry and resentful after Wonder Man's resurrection. But not because of the Love Triangle: it's because Vision's mind is based on that of Simon. Jazz, literature, chess... everything he likes comes from him. He could dismiss it and be his own person while Simon was dead, but now that he's alive, he feels like an Expendable Clone.
* This causes some friction in ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'' between the Guardians and their Astral Drops, that, differently from the animated adaptation, are always sentient... And don't like being treated as mere substitutes. The resentment coming from this causes quite some trouble, at least until [[BigGood the Oracle]] intervenes while [[WhatTheHellHero calling the Guardians out on their actions]].

* Franchise/XMen:
** The ''X-Men'' had Madelyne Pryor, the clone of ComicBook/JeanGrey, who unfortunately became [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds evil]] due to psycho-emotional baggage involving this trope: she was created by EvilutionaryBiologist Mr. Sinister to replace Jean Grey in order to continue the propagation of the [[SuperPowerfulGenetics Summers-Grey]] mixed bloodline, and felt abandoned by her husband, Scott Summers, when Jean returned from the dead and he went to check if this was true.
** There's also Joseph, the RaiseHimRightThisTime clone of WellIntentionedExtremist Magneto, who was secretly created as part of an EvilPlan to TakeOverTheWorld by a former FanGirl of Magneto (and who was thought by everyone to be a de-aged and amnesiac Magneto[[note]]This perception was reinforced by Joseph having periodic flashes of the real Magneto's memories, and by the fact that Magneto had been de-aged before (to an even younger state) so it wasn't considered implausible.[[/note]] until the original was revealed to be alive), who made a HeroicSacrifice SavingTheWorld the world from Magneto. Then, he CameBackWrong thanks to being resurrected by a mutant hater to stoke fear, when Magneto was on the GoodIsNotNice and GoodIsNotSoft side of the revolving door, in ''Magneto: Not A Hero''. He started embracing the old legacy of terror, and the mutant hater very quickly found that EvilIsNotAToy. Magneto did try and talk Joseph down, but cuttingly described him as "nothing but my clone". He also had warped clones of the original Brotherhood, whose necks Magneto snapped, and Magneto ultimately killed him - and the mutant hater.
** Stryfe is another aspect of the Grey-Summers family kudzu, being a back-up clone of Cable who was stolen and raised by Apocalypse as his heir/future host. He also insisted that ''he'' was the original, and was not especially happy to find out that he was the clone. It was even worse, when it transpired that while Stryfe was a powerhouse, Cable at his peak (with the techno-organic virus in remission) far surpassed him, and their little half-brother, [[Characters/MarvelComicsXMan Nate Grey]], far surpassed ''both of them put together'' - which led to Stryfe trying to siphon off both of their powers.
** ComicBook/{{X 23}}, an OppositeSexClone of Wolverine, has a completely different [[SugarAndIcePersonality personality]] from Wolverine's. However, because of her DarkAndTroubledPast, it was a while before she even realized she ''had'' a personality. It's also played with quite substantially, as the lead scientist on the project which created her did ''not'' differentiate her from Wolverine, and much of the torture and abuse she suffered as a child was the result of him exacting RevengeByProxy, while the Facility as a whole tends not to view her as a human being with her own wants and desires, instead considering her just a weapon. Additionally, even after joining the X-Men Laura was at times subjected to bullying over her nature, with Hellion in particular using "clone" as a slur (though they did eventually come to accept her). Perhaps even worse was Hellverine's attempts to seduce her into his service by implying that as a clone she doesn't have a soul, which sufficiently rattles Laura that she asks Claudine Renko about it while the latter is the process of [[spoiler: ''[[GrandTheftMe trying to steal her body]]'']], and later making the ''same'' inquiry with the demon Blackheart. For the record, Blackheart claims she does have a soul, pointing out that she's currently in Hell, and you need a soul to get into Hell in the first place. In ''All-New Wolverine'' she is ''very'' insistent that her own clones are and should be treated as people. Only one of those clones, Gabby, survives, and is taken in by Laura, who considers her to be her sister. Logan for his part always treated her as family, with their exact relationship usually resembling a father and daughter. [[spoiler:When, [[ItsALongStory in a pretty complicated example]], Laura is believed to be dead and cloned again by Krakoa, the older Laura tells her younger clone that she is going to live and let live and the clone is welcome to remain the Wolverine, but [[PutOnABus Laura is going to go away and they both better hope they never meet again]].]]

* ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}'s clone Shift tries to live his own life as a member of [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders the Outsiders]], with the original Metamorpho's blessing. But when his android girlfriend gets corrupted by pre-existing evil programming, betrays the team, and dies, Shift says he can't bear to live any more and begs Metamorpho to reabsorb him, which he reluctantly does.

* Used as a theme on ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'' when, of all people, the villain Orochimaru explains this trope to Naruto, Sasuke and Sarada regarding Shin's clones, saying that unlike Naruto's shadow clones, each Shin clone is a human being with a mind and personality of its own. By the end of the story all of "Shin Jrs" are taken to be raised in an OrphanageOfLove led by Kabuto.
* ''Manga/{{Phoenix}}'': ''Life'' deals strongly with this idea when [[spoiler:the main character, a selfish TV executive, is cloned and sent to be slaughtered for sport with his many copies.]]

* In ''Literature/StrikeTheBlood'', the only thing Kojou is concerned about is Yuuma's well-being from the moment he learns that she's a clone of [[spoiler: the Witch of Nortaria]].

Expect any ZombieAdvocate to take this viewpoint, but expressing this view does not automatically make a person a ZombieAdvocate. See also AndroidsArePeopleToo. WhatMeasureIsANonHuman is when this trope is called into question or outright rejected and DeathMeansHumanity can lead to someone who views clones as lesser lifeforms to change their views to this trope. SubTrope of OurClonesAreDifferent; they tend to be a common part of society yet are [[FantasticRacism treated differently.]]