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** A heroic example almost happens in "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E20StyleQueenQueensBattlePart1 Style Queen]]" when Ladybug goes to give [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugAlyaCesaire Alya Césaire]] the Bee Miraculous. Alya had previously wielded the Fox Miraculous as Rena Rouge. Subverted when Alya is struck by Style Queen and becomes a statue. The Miraculous then falls into Chloe's hands...

** Put the above examples together, and you get Queen Wasp. Chloe has already been akumatized into being Antibug, but when she's akumatized while using the Bee Miraculous, she goes from Queen Bee to Queen Wasp.

** Chloe's half-sister Zoe Lee, who is [[spoiler:the second Bee Hero Vesperia]] would get a second hero form in the season 5 two-part special "The Kwamis' Choice" [[spoiler:when she becomes the temporary Cat Hero Kitty Noire]].

** Issue #119 revolves around a superhero named "Tigerman", who turns out to be...Superman.
** Issue #155 revolves around a new hero named Nightman who teams up with Superman instead. It turns out Supernman had hypnotized Batman into taking the identity to give him a challenging case to solve.

** ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest1941'' #119 revolves around a superhero named "Tigerman", who turns out to be...Superman.

** A villainous example is present in the episode "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E01TheCollector The Collector]]", [[spoiler:where Gabriel Agreste, revealed to be Hawk Moth, akumatizes ''himself'' and turns into The Collector to throw off any suspicion that he is the BigBad]].

** A heroic example almost happens in "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E20StyleQueenQueensBattlePart1 Style Queen]]" when Ladybug goes to give Alya the Bee Miraculous. Alya had previously wielded the Fox Miraculous as Rena Rouge. Subverted when Alya is struck by Style Queen and becomes a statue. The Miraculous then falls into Chloe's hands...

** Ladybug and Cat Noir themselves get a few of these.

* ComicBook/MartianManhunter: Since he's a ShapeShifter who has been on Earth since 1955, J'onn has used a number of identities, including the superheroes The Bronze Wraith in [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks the seventies]] and Bloodwynd in [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks the nineties.]] Although [[TheRealRemingtonSteele there was a real Bloodwynd]].

* In ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', Lex Luthor thinks Franchise/{{Superman}} has done this and become the new hero Supernova. After looking into it, his subordinates come to the conclusion it's actually Superboy. Of course, they're all wrong. It's [[spoiler:ComicBook/BoosterGold]].

* ComicBook/MartianManhunter: Since he's a ShapeShifter who has been on Earth since 1955, J'onn has used a number of identities, including the superheroes [[{{ComicBook/Chase}} The Bronze Wraith]] in [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks the seventies]] and [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Bloodwynd]] in [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks the nineties.]] Although [[TheRealRemingtonSteele there was a real Bloodwynd]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48488527/chapters/122307433 Miraculous City]]'': Thanks to a freak event [[MassSuperEmpoweringEvent causing everyone in Paris to be able to use Miraculous powers]], this tends to happen to those who already had a Miraculous but now have indefinite access to their respective abilities.
** In chapter 2, when a group of expelled bullies invade and attack Dupont, Marinette uses her internal Ladybug powers to take a new appearance, which is publicly named "Maribug".
** In chapter 5, Sabrina (already the dog hero Miss Hound) transforms into Stray Hound when dragged by Chloe into performing heroics [[GlorySeeker for the latter's own desire of fame]].
** In chapter 6, when the same group of bullies turn villains attack a fair Adrien and Marinette were attending, he transforms into Cat Walker to help Maribug and Lady Beetle.
** In chapter 7, it's revealed by flashback that Luka used an unnamed snake transformation [[ProperlyParanoid as a precaution]] when signing a record deal with [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Bob Roth]], which lets him turn back time after signing and learning how skewed the contract really was in the fineprint. In chapter 12, this new identity is named Snake Charmer while his sister Juleka would have another Tiger form named Goth Tiger.

* ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'': Clint Barton USUALLY goes by Hawkeye, but he's also been Ronin (the second Ronin in the Avengers) and Goliath. Plus he tried out the Captain America identity after the death of the original, but decided it wasn't for him.