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* ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'': Johnny Silverhand and Saburo Arasaka were both veterans of a losing war (World War II for Saburo, the Second Central American War for Johnny), who came home with disabling injuries, new ideas about what the world should be, and a growing willingness to do what it took to make their ideas reality. However, Saburo doubled down on his pro-Japanese Ultranationalist ideals and and became a reactionary force for imperialism through corporate hegemony, where Johnny lost all respect for authority figures and the entire concept of power, and began spreading anti-corporate anarchism through the power of chromatic rock and street violence.

* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': On an individual level we have Buwaro's adoptive older brother Iratu and Kieri's twin Kazai, [[spoiler:Iratu is leading an invasion that has resulted in hundreds if not thousands of [[{{Muggles}} medians]] dead and brushes it off by saying that the good ones will be sent to heaven and the bad ones to hell, earlier we hear Kazai give a similar excuse to not waste time saving them from said attack. They also both view median life as lesser than the lives of their respective species and and will mindlessly follow what they believe are their gods plans, also both become hostile towards their siblings when they don't think in a similar way though the main difference being that Kazai only did so in a moment of anger and genuinely loves his sister while Iratu [[CainAndAbel doesn't love Buwaro]] and [[MoralEventHorizon actually tries to kill him.]]]]

* ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'': Despite how much [[ColonelBadass Commander Badass]] dislikes [[CanadaEh Canadian Guy]], they are more alike than he'd care to admit, in tastes of games, enunciation, and even appearance (to the point that they're {{Palette Swap}}s of each other). Emphasized in [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/if-you-havent-seen-pacific-rim-yet-what-are-you-doing-go-now-drop-everything this comic]] where, despite having three siblings and two children (and though he doesn't mention them, an ex-wife, a love interest, and a surrogate son), Canadian Guy is the one Commander Badass is most [[Film/PacificRim drift-compatible]] with. As it turns out, there's a good reason for that. [[spoiler: Know how the Commander's an ArtificialHuman? Canadian Guy is a bootleg of him made with some regional variants by Canadians.]]

-->'''Belloq:''' You and I are very much alike. Archeology is our religion, yet we have both fallen from the pure faith. 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.

[[caption-width-right:350:They may be different in color, but they share a common desire to blow up the other.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2002'': Cobra Bubbles and the Grand Councilwoman are very similar characters. Both of them are currently or formerly associated with a high-level government body (the CIA and the United Galactic Federation, respectively). Both are tall, bald and imposing. Both have stoic and serious personalities. And both of them start out as [[HeroAntagonist antagonistic]] characters who want to take one half of the titular duo away, but are ultimately {{reasonable authority figure}}s with a penchant for [[LoopholeAbuse using loopholes]] to create scenarios that satisfy everybody involved. It's eventually revealed that they'd actually met back in the 1970s, and when they cross paths again at the end of the movie, they work together to both keep Lilo and Stich together and come up with a plausible justification for doing so.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': ComicBook/DoctorOctopus is the archenemy of Spider-Man in a very classic sense. Otto and Peter have a lot in common, both [[ScienceHero being scientists,]] [[FriendlessBackground who were bullied in school,]] and later got caught up in [[FreakLabAccident freak accidents]] that dramatically changed them forever. Both received a lot of power and both decided to channel that power by adopting an alter-ego based on eight-legged animal. The difference is that Peter chose to be a superhero and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility use his powers for good,]] while Otto chose to become a criminal, [[DrunkWithPower who tries to get back at the world.]] Doctor Octopus is the most recurring villain of the franchise, challenging the very idea of Spider-Man and being responsible for some of the most dramatic incidents in Peter’s career as a superhero: his first defeat, near death, death of Captain Stacey, establishment of Sinister Six and outright [[GrandTheftMe identity theft.]] At the same time, Otto never really cared about the man behind the mask and kept his rivalry with Spider-Man on sort of [[AffablyEvil "gentlemanly"]] level, actually making a point of trying not to hurt Peter's loved ones, and even ''saving'' his life from an illness once, though that edged dangerously close to a HeelFaceDoorSlam seeing as he died shortly afterwards. HeGotBetter.

* In several folklores, including translations of ''Literature/TheAeneid'' and Irish myths, this type of character is referred to as a "fetch" (see {{Doppelganger}}), because seeing an exact duplicate of yourself is supposed to be an omen of your impending death, and the spirit has been sent to "collect" you.

* BloodBrothers

* White Spy and Black Spy of ''ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy'' are practically identical in almost every respect but their color scheme.

* ''Film/LiloAndStitch2002'': Cobra Bubbles and the Grand Councilwoman are very similar characters. Both of them are currently or formerly associated with a high-level government body (the CIA and the United Galactic Federation, respectively). Both are tall, bald and imposing. Both have stoic and serious personalities. And both of them start out as [[HeroAntagonist antagonistic]] characters who want to take one half of the titular duo away, but are ultimately {{reasonable authority figure}}s with a penchant for [[LoopholeAbuse using loopholes]] to create scenarios that satisfy everybody involved. It's eventually revealed that they'd actually met back in the 1970s, and when they cross paths again at the end of the movie, they work together to both keep Lilo and Stich together and come up with a plausible justification for doing so.