History Main / Evilcounterpart

* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Percy has both the Briarwoods and Dr. Anna Ripley.

Often leads to a NotSoDifferentRemark.

SisterTrope to EvilTwin (evil biological twin), EvilKnockoff (intentionally created evil duplicate), EvilDoppelganger (evil AlternateUniverse persona) and CriminalDoppelganger (evil IdenticalStranger). In continuing works, has a chance of becoming ReformedButNotTamed.

* In ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', we have [[spoiler: the {{Big Bad}}s of Season 15, the Blues and Reds. It doesn't seem like it at first, though, because [[FauxAffablyEvil they first act genuinely polite and friendly towards the heroes,]] the Reds and Blues. Later on, it's discovered that Church's EvilCounterpart is a SerialKiller that plans on destroying the UNSC. His name is Mark Temple and he is the leader of the Blues and Reds. Almost every member of the Blues and Reds is an evil counterpart to every member of the Reds and Blues (Surge to Sarge, Gene to Simmons, Buckey to Tucker, Loco to Caboose [[TokenGoodTeammate (sort of)]], Temple to Church, Cronut to Donut). Here, we have a rare case where not only the evil counterparts came chronologically before the heroes, but also where not all of them are evil and where not all of them meet at all (Biff and Loco, despite being Caboose and Grif's counterparts, aren't really evil themselves. Also, Biff and Church both died before Season 15, so neither of them met their respectful counterpart from each opposing team).]]

->''"Our methods have not differed as much as you pretend. I am but a shadowy reflection of you. It would take only a nudge to make you like me. To push you out of the light."''

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Mercury to Yang. Yang is a gold-themed, boisterous, outgoing BoxingBattler; she has a cybernetic arm, using {{Arm Cannon}}s and Fire Dust in battle. Her [[GoodParents father]] taught her through [[ToughLove compassionate wisdom]] to learn from bitter experience to fight smarter, use her Semblance as a last resort, and move beyond her pain; Mercury is a silver-themed, calculating, laid-back DanceBattler; he has cybernetic legs, using ArmedLegs and Wind Dust in battle. Mercury's [[AbusiveParent father]] taught him through [[SelfMadeOrphan abusive]] TrainingFromHell to fight unaugmented, [[MiseryBuildsCharacter trapping him]] in a cycle of pain after [[DePower stealing]] his Semblance. Both are protectors; Yang for her sister, Ruby, and Mercury for his friend, Emerald.
** Ruby gains a dark mirror image during Volume 9. [[spoiler:The Curious Cat's true character reflects Ruby's HeroicFatigue throughout Volume 9, and it shows what Ruby could have become if she hadn't found her way out of it. Both of them started out as a kind person who revitalized the spirits of their peers when they were weary or misguided, but was never expected by those around them to equally need someone who could fix ''their'' spirit in turn; driving them to anger, despair and isolation as their mental problems mounted with no-one acting to alleviate them. The Cat's ability to [[MaskOfSanity disguise the extent of their instability]] from Alyx and from Team RWBY also reflects how Ruby's own mounting troubles went unnoticed by all her friends until the breaking point, which in turn reflects real-life failures to detect depression. Whereas Ruby found her way back out from her funk, the Cat tragically remained lost to madness and bitterness up until their permanent death]].

* Frosties (the UK name for Frosted Flakes cereal) had a series of animated commercials (done by Creator/RichardWilliams' studio), such as [[https://youtu.be/eDyhv6zpWn8 this]], in which Tony the Tiger is opposed by an evil tiger named Tigerman, who wants to steal the Frosties Secret Formula to improve his own "Fake Flakes." Tigerman is LeanAndMean to contrast Tony's HeroicBuild, and has much more prominent stripes than Tony's, including black marks around his eyes shaped like a DominoMask. Tigerman also has a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep voice]] with a [[EvilBrit Cockney accent]], while Tony is a BadassBaritone with an American accent.

** Ruby gains a dark mirror image during the Volume 9 arc. [[spoiler:The Curious Cat's true character reflects Ruby's HeroicFatigue throughout Volume 9, and it shows what Ruby could have become if she hadn't found her way out of it. Both of them started out as a kind person who revitalized the spirits of their peers when they were weary or misguided, but was never expected by those around them to equally need someone who could fix ''their'' spirit in turn; driving them to anger, despair and isolation as their mental problems mounted with no-one acting to alleviate them. The Cat's ability to [[MaskOfSanity disguise the extent of their instability]] from Alyx and from Team RWBY also reflects how Ruby's own mounting troubles went unnoticed by all her friends until the breaking point, which in turn reflects real-life failures to detect depression. Whereas Ruby found her way back out from her funk, the Cat tragically remained lost to madness and bitterness up until their permanent death]].

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Mercury to Yang. Yang is a gold-themed, boisterous, outgoing BoxingBattler; she has a cybernetic arm, using {{Arm Cannon}}s and Fire Dust in battle. Her [[GoodParents father]] taught her through [[ToughLove compassionate wisdom]] to learn from bitter experience to fight smarter, use her Semblance as a last resort, and move beyond her pain; Mercury is a silver-themed, calculating, laid-back DanceBattler; he has cybernetic legs, using ArmedLegs and Wind Dust in battle. Mercury's [[AbusiveParent father]] taught him through [[SelfMadeOrphan abusive]] TrainingFromHell to fight unaugmented, [[MiseryBuildsCharacter trapping him]] in a cycle of pain after [[DePower stealing]] his Semblance. Both are protectors; Yang for her sister, Ruby, and Mercury for his friend, Emerald.

-->-- '''Rene Belloq''', ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''

A character who has [[MirrorCharacter similarities to a good or not as evil character]], but is evil(er). They may look like that character and have/had abilities and obstacles similar to them. Sometimes, but not always, a BigBad. Classically, an EmbodimentOfVice pitched against a correlating EmbodimentOfVirtue.

* In ''Machinima/RedVSBlue'', we have [[spoiler: the {{Big Bad}}s of Season 15, the Blues and Reds. It doesn't seem like it at first, though, because [[FauxAffablyEvil they first act genuinely polite and friendly towards the heroes,]] the Reds and Blues. Later on, it's discovered that Church's EvilCounterpart is a SerialKiller that plans on destroying the UNSC. His name is Mark Temple and he is the leader of the Blues and Reds. Almost every member of the Blues and Reds is an evil counterpart to every member of the Reds and Blues (Surge to Sarge, Gene to Simmons, Buckey to Tucker, Loco to Caboose [[TokenGoodTeammate (sort of)]], Temple to Church, Cronut to Donut). Here, we have a rare case where not only the evil counterparts came chronologically before the heroes, but also where not all of them are evil and where not all of them meet at all (Biff and Loco, despite being Caboose and Grif's counterparts, aren't really evil themselves. Also, Biff and Church both died before Season 15, so neither of them met their respectful counterpart from each opposing team).]]

* BastardBastard [[EvilPrince Mordred]] to HeroicBastard [[KnightInShiningArmor Galahad]] in [[Myth/KingArthur Arthurian]] legend.

* The acquisition of [[AppleOfDiscord Eevee]] was one of the most controversial moves ever made in ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonRed''. Its evolution into the False Prophet [[TheAntichrist Flareon]] later solidified it as one of the stream's primary villains. The Eevee in ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonCrystal'' serves as its Good Counterpart: his arrival was greeted quite fondly, it is believed that he is destined to [[RedeemingReplacement redeem Flareon's legacy]], and now that he's evolved into Espeon through ThePowerOfLove, he serves as TheHeart to the TPP Crystal team.

* In UsefulNotes/{{Kabbalah}}, the ten Sephiroths that represent ten different branches of the Tree of Life have the counterpart of the Qliphots which are dark/demonic shadows of the Sephiroths. Needdles to say Left Hand Path practicioners generally work with the Qliphots and not with the Sephiroths.
* In some Jewish Talmudic traditions Samael and Lilith are seen as the evil counterpart of Adam and Eve as the forefathers of many demons.

* The {{Doppelganger}} is suppose to be an Evil Counterpart of a person. In some myths if you see your Doppelganger it is a death omen, and/or the Doppleganger will kill you.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Mercury to Yang. Yang is a gold-themed, boisterous, outgoing BoxingBattler; she has a cybernetic arm, using {{Arm Cannon}}s and Fire Dust in battle. Her [[GoodParents father]] taught her through [[ToughLove compassionate wisdom]] to learn from bitter experience to fight smarter, use her Semblance as a last resort, and move beyond her pain; Mercury is a silver-themed, calculating, laid-back DanceBattler; he has cybernetic legs, using ArmedLegs and Wind Dust in battle. Mercury's [[AbusiveParent father]] taught him through [[SelfMadeOrphan abusive]] TrainingFromHell to fight unaugmented, [[MiseryBuildsCharacter trapping him]] in a cycle of pain after [[DePower stealing]] his Semblance. Both are protectors; Yang for her sister, Ruby, and Mercury for his friend, Emerald.
** Cinder could arguably qualify as one to Ruby. Both incorporate the color red in their attire, although Ruby accents hers with silver and Cinder with gold. Ruby wields a SinisterScythe that also functions as a sniper rifle and is typically a LongRangeFighter whereas Cinder wields dual [[SinisterScimitar Sinister Scimitars]] that can fuse into a bow and usually fights up close and personal. Although both [[TheLeader led their respective teams]], Ruby is caring, compassionate, and understanding towards her [[TrueCompanions teammates]] whereas Cinder is [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]] and even [[BadBoss abusive]] to her subordinates, who she only sees as means to an end. Ruby is [[AllLovingHero selfless]] and wants to [[AWorldHalfFull make the world a better place]] and [[WeHelpTheHelpless Help The Helpless]] out of moral obligation; and has an IJustWantToBeNormal mentality, as opposed to the [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] Cinder, who cares for no one other than herself and [[AmbitionIsEvil is only out for more power, strength, and fear]]. Both also possess supernatural powers outside of their Semblances, but while [[SuperpowerfulGenetics Ruby was born with her]] [[LightEmUp silver eyes]], [[PowerParasite Cinder had to steal]] [[PlayingWithFire the powers of the Fall Maiden]] for herself. In addition, while Ruby is usually a GenkiGirl and WideEyedIdealist but can be [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness frighteningly stoic]] when the situation calls for it, Cinder is a SmugSnake most of the time but prone to [[VillainousBreakdown Villainous Breakdowns]] when things don't go her way.

SisterTrope to EvilTwin (evil biological twin), EvilKnockoff (intentionally created evil duplicate), and CriminalDoppelganger (evil IdenticalStranger). In continuing works, has a chance of becoming ReformedButNotTamed.

* Parodied by the "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/evil-x-be-like Evil [X] Be Like]]" meme template, which consists of using an image of a celebrity or fictional character -- often edited with GlowingEyesOfDoom or a PhotoshopFilterOfEvil -- accompanied by an inverted version of a well-known line or song lyric associated with them as the bottom caption, such as "evil" UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr saying "I have an nightmare" instead of "I have a dream," or "evil" Music/BillyJoel singing "[[WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies We DID start the fire]]" instead of "We didn't start the fire."

* 1d4chan has created an epic inversion with [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/BrightHammer40k_(1st_edition) Brighthammer 40k]], a reimaging of ''Warhammer 40,000'' that replaces the {{Grimdark}} future of Warhammer 40k with a bright happy ''Star Trek''-esque universe where the everything is going great and instead of war, there is only [[MemeticMutation HIGH ADVENTURE]]. Essentially, it takes Warhammer 40k from the cynical side of the scale and slams it down to the idealistic side.

** A common Christian term for spiritual enemies (the [[HeroWithBadPublicity world]], the [[FatalFlaw flesh]], and the [[{{Satan}} devil]]) has been [[https://blogs.blueletterbible.org/blb/2013/02/11/the-anti-trinity/ analogized]] as a sort of anti-Trinity to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

** Delilah Briarwood, like Percy, made a DealWithTheDevil out of love. [[LoveMakesYouEvil Delilah did it to save the life of her beloved husband]] whereas [[RevengeBeforeReason Percy did it to bring vengeance to the Briarwoods for the murder of his family]]. The difference is that Delilah (and her husband, Sylas) doubled down on their deal, whereas Percy worked to back out of it once the full consequences became known.

** Delilah Briarwood, like Percy, made a DealWithTheDevil out of love. [[LoveMakesYouEvil Delilah did it to save the life of her beloved husband]] whereas [[RevengeBeforeReason Percy did it to bring vengeance to the Briarwoods for the murder of his family]]. The difference is that Delilah (and her husband, Sylas) doubled down on their deal, whereas Percy worked to back out of it.

** Delilah Briarwood, like Percy, made a DealWithTheDevil out of love. [[LoveMakesYouEvil Delilah did it to save the life of her beloved husband]] whereas [[RevengeBeforeReason Percy did it to bring vengeance to the Briarwoods for the murder of his family]]. The difference is that Delilah (and her husband, Sylas) doubled down on their deal, whereas Percy refused to go further.

** Like Delilah Briarwood, Percy made a DealWithTheDevil thanks to love. [[LoveMakesYouEvil Delilah did it to save the life of her beloved husband]] whereas [[RevengeBeforeReason Percy did it to bring vengeance to the Briarwoods for the murder of his family]]. The difference is that Delilah (and her husband, Sylas) doubled down on their deal, whereas Percy refused to go further.

** [[spoiler: Holokara]] later becomes Linkara's ''literal'' evil counterpart. [[spoiler: He is a hologram programmed with Linkara's memories, and the two start off as basically identical. Linkara puts Holokara in charge of the show while he goes to find out why his magic stopped working, which turns out to be because Linkara, who had become increasingly arrogant and self-centered, was in danger of turning evil. Linkara, horrified at this realization, begins [[TheAtoner working on becoming a better person]]. Holokara, however, [[DivergentCharacterEvolution never receives this epiphany]], and eventually [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] and becomes more and more AxeCrazy, culminating in a plan to [[DisproportionateRetribution blow up the Marvel offices]] [[SeriousBusiness if they don't undo all the damage they've done to the characters of his favorite superheroes over the years.]]]]

** A common Christian term for spiritual enemies (the world, the flesh, and the devil) has been [[https://blogs.blueletterbible.org/blb/2013/02/11/the-anti-trinity/ analogized]] as a sort of anti-Trinity to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.