History Main / EffectiveKnockoff

* ComicBook/WonderWoman Volume 5 introduces Peng Delian, a friend to Diana of Themyscira who imitates her as ''Wonder-Woman" with her own versions of Diana's [[ClarkesThirdLaw sufficiently advanced]], ForgedByTheGods and divinely blessed equipment. While she hasn't figured out how to duplicate everything, the shield blade and lasso Peng does field prove to be mostly on par when Lex Luthor and The Dark Fates help Cheetah steal Wonder Woman's stuff and Diana borrows Peng's versions to it all back. It's revealed is in fact the green snake from ''Legend Of White Snake'', at the point where the two snakes had elevated themselves to heavenly status, and Peng might be ''under''achieving.

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', the StarterVillain Father Cornello is given a fake Philosopher's Stone to [[PathOfInspiration attract mindless followers into his religious order]]. However, it follows the same effects such as the apparent violation of EquivalentExchange that it fools the Elric brothers into mistaking it for the real thing. In fact, in the manga and 2009 anime, the stone is real after all, the protagonists merely assume it isn't due to its disintigration.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' Momonosuke ate an artificial copy of the Fish-Fish Fruit; Model: Dragon. The Devil fruit was introduced being discarded as a failure and unlike [[spoiler: Kaido]], the original user of the fruit, Momonosuke's transformation manifests as a tiny eel-like dragon with no fighting capabilities rather than an invincible giant serpent capable of destroying entire towns. However, it is eventually revealed that this is due to Momonosuke being only 8 years old and inexperienced as [[spoiler: when he is aged up, he possesses the same giant size and deadly strength as Kaido, albeit still lacking control due to inexperience]]. It is eventually revealed that the reason that the fruit was labeled as a failure was due to it being the wrong color.

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', the StarterVillain Father Cornello is given a fake Philosopher's Stone to [[PathOfInspiration attract mindless followers into his religious order]]. However, it follows the same effects such as the apparent violation of EquivalentExchange that it fools the Elric brothers into mistaking it for the real thing. In fact, in the manga and 2008 anime, the stone is real after all, the protagonists merely assume it isn't due to its disintigration.