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** The titular SuperFamilyTeam are a dead ringer for the Four, right down to their adjectival descriptors (Fantastic vs. Incredible): you've got your big strong guy (Mr. Incredible, whose superhero name is also an obvious send up to Mr. Fantastic), your stretchy gal (Elastigirl), your invisibility-and-forcefields gal (Violet), and your super speed guy (Dash). It does play around a bit with the family dynamics in that they're all part of the same nuclear family, and that the Ben analogue is married to the Reed expy while the Storm siblings are their children. Speaking of which, there's even a fifth member in the form of the third child Jack-Jack, who's still settling in to his powers but seems to center around metamorphosis (not unlike the occasional FF member She-Hulk).
** In terms of the villains, there's Syndrome, who like Doctor Doom is a mad scientist/inventor with a deep-seated personal grudge against the resident Mr. Fantastic expy. There's also a Mole Man-like villain that pops up at the very end of the first film who goes by The Underminer.
** The titular SuperFamilyTeam are a dead ringer for the Four, right down to their adjectival descriptors (Fantastic vs. Incredible): you've got your big strong guy (Mr. Incredible, whose superhero name is also an obvious send up to Mr. Fantastic), your stretchy gal (Elastigirl), your invisibility-and-forcefields gal (Violet), and your super speed guy (Dash). It does play around a bit with the family dynamics in that they're all part of the same nuclear family, and that the Ben analogue is married to the Reed expy while the Storm siblings are their children. Speaking of which, there's even a fifth member in the form of the third child Jack-Jack, who's still settling in to his powers but seems to center around metamorphosis (not unlike the occasional FF member She-Hulk).
** In terms of the villains, there's Syndrome, who like Doctor Doom is a mad scientist/inventor with a deep-seated personal grudge against the resident Mr. Fantastic expy. There's also a Mole Man-like villain that pops up at the very end of the first film who goes by The Underminer.
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** The titular SuperFamilyTeam are a dead ringer for the Four, right down to their adjectival descriptors (Fantastic vs. Incredible): you've got your big strong guy (Mr. Incredible, whose superhero name is also an obvious send up to Mr. Fantastic), your stretchy gal (Elastigirl), your invisibility-and-forcefields gal (Violet), and your super speed guy (Dash). It does play around a bit with the family dynamics in that they're all part of the same nuclear family, and that the Thing analogue is married to the Reed expy while the Storm siblings are their children. Speaking of which, there's even a fifth member in the form of the third child Jack-Jack, who's still settling in to his powers but seems to center around metamorphosis (not unlike the occasional FF member She-Hulk).
** Additionally, there is a Mole Man-like villain that pops up at the very end of the first film, who goes by The Underminer.
** Additionally, there is a Mole Man-like villain that pops up at the very end of the first film, who goes by The Underminer.
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** The titular SuperFamilyTeam are a dead ringer for the Four, right down to their adjectival descriptors (Fantastic vs. Incredible): you've got your big strong guy (Mr. Incredible, whose superhero name is also an obvious send up to Mr. Fantastic), your stretchy gal (Elastigirl), your invisibility-and-forcefields gal (Violet), and your super speed guy (Dash). It does play around a bit with the family dynamics in that they're all part of the same nuclear family, and that the Thing Ben analogue is married to the Reed expy while the Storm siblings are their children. Speaking of which, there's even a fifth member in the form of the third child Jack-Jack, who's still settling in to his powers but seems to center around metamorphosis (not unlike the occasional FF member She-Hulk).
**Additionally, there In terms of the villains, there's Syndrome, who like Doctor Doom is a mad scientist/inventor with a deep-seated personal grudge against the resident Mr. Fantastic expy. There's also a Mole Man-like villain that pops up at the very end of the first film, film who goes by The Underminer.
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* The titular family of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' are a dead ringer for the First Family: you've got your big strong guy (Mr. Incredible), your stretchy gal (Elastigirl), your invisibility-and-forcefields gal (Violet), and your super speed guy (Dash). It does play around a bit with the family dynamics in that they're all part of the same nuclear family, and that the Thing analogue is married to the Reed expy while the Storm siblings are their children. Speaking of which, there's even a fifth member in the form of the third child Jack-Jack, who's still settling in to his powers but seems to center around metamorphosis (not unlike the occasional FF member She-Hulk).
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':
** The titularfamily of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' SuperFamilyTeam are a dead ringer for the First Family: Four, right down to their adjectival descriptors (Fantastic vs. Incredible): you've got your big strong guy (Mr. Incredible), Incredible, whose superhero name is also an obvious send up to Mr. Fantastic), your stretchy gal (Elastigirl), your invisibility-and-forcefields gal (Violet), and your super speed guy (Dash). It does play around a bit with the family dynamics in that they're all part of the same nuclear family, and that the Thing analogue is married to the Reed expy while the Storm siblings are their children. Speaking of which, there's even a fifth member in the form of the third child Jack-Jack, who's still settling in to his powers but seems to center around metamorphosis (not unlike the occasional FF member She-Hulk).She-Hulk).
** Additionally, there is a Mole Man-like villain that pops up at the very end of the first film, who goes by The Underminer.
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* The titular family of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' are a dead ringer for the First Family: you've got your big strong guy (Mr. Incredible), your stretchy gal (Elastigirl), your invisibility-and-forcefields gal (Violet), and your super speed guy (Dash). It does play around a bit with the family dynamics in that they're all part of the same nuclear family, and that the Thing analogue is married to the Reed expy while the Storm siblings are their children. Speaking of which, there's even a fifth member in the form of the third child Jack-Jack, who's still settling in to his powers but seems to center around metamorphosis (not unlike the occasional FF member She-Hulk).
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* The Atom Family in ''TabletopGame/FreedomCity'' are loosely based on the Fantastic Four, although the "original" Atoms were a group of non-powered explorer heroes led by Dr Alexander Atom (the Reed Richards counterpart), and the current members are his four superpowered grandchildren: {{Sizeshifter}} Maximus, [[HandBlast radiation blaster]] Tess (who also followed in her grandfather's footsteps as a scientist), RubberWoman Vicky, and {{Telepath}} Chase.
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* The Council Of Ricks, an [[AllianceOfAlternates Alliance Of Alternate]] Rick's from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' are a parody of Interdimensional Council of Reeds from Jonathan Hickman's run on the ''Fantastic Four'' comics.
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** Hulk and Thing expies are seen wrestling eachother amongst the Catholics and protestants at a Saint Patrick's Day parade in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E1SexPiesAndIdiotScrapes Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrape]]". The Hulk is later identified as The Mulk so The Thing expy was likely The Thung.
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** Hulk and Thing expies are seen wrestling eachother amongst the Catholics and protestants at a Saint Patrick's Day parade in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E1SexPiesAndIdiotScrapes Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrape]]".Scrapes]]". The Hulk is later identified as The Mulk so The Thing expy was likely The Thung.
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* The Ultra-Conservative sends the ''The Fanatic Four'' after ''ComicBook/{{Normalman}}'', consisting of Mr Fanatical, Helpless Woman, The Humane Touch and The Lunk.
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* The Human Torch makes an unlicensed appearance in ''Film/SuperheroMovie'' where he demonstrates his powers and starts rolling on the floor, screaming. The Dragonfly tries hitting him with various things to put him out before dousing him with a bucket of what turns out to be gasoline. The Torch then dives off the side of the building, presumably to his death.
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* The Human Torch makes an unlicensed appearance in ''Film/SuperheroMovie'' where he demonstrates his powers and starts rolling on the floor, screaming. The Dragonfly tries hitting him with various things to put him out before dousing him with a bucket of what turns out to be gasoline. The Torch then dives off the side of the building, presumably to his death.
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E7HusbandsAndKnives Husbands and Knives]]" Milo wonders which comic book hero is stronger, a HulkMashUp called The Formidable Mulk or a Thing expy called The Thung. The Thung is shown holding the 1985 Chicago Bears team with a [=LOOK WHO'S DOING THE SUPER THUNG SHUFFLE!=]" caption.
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E7HusbandsAndKnives Husbands and Knives]]" Milo wonders which comic book hero is stronger, a HulkMashUp called The Formidable Mulk or a Thing expy called The Thung. The Thung is shown holding the 1985 Chicago Bears team with a a [=LOOK WHO'S DOING THE SUPER THUNG SHUFFLE!=]" caption.
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* Cartman's retellings of claiming he created Jimmy's joke in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode, "[[Recap/SouthParkS13E5Fishsticks Fishsticks]]"
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* Cartman's retellings of claiming he created Jimmy's joke in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode, "[[Recap/SouthParkS13E5Fishsticks Fishsticks]]"
Fishsticks]]" get sillier each time that one of the later ones has him going outside afterwards and flying around shooting fire at an army of Jewish robots in a style similar to The Human Torch.
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** Near the end of the "Treehouse of Horror XIV" short "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off", Lisa fiddles with a cosmic stopwatch and turns her family into different versions of themselves, including the Fantastic Four, with Homer as The Thing, Marge as the Human Torch, Bart as Mr. Fantastic, and Maggie as The Invisible Woman.
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** Near the end of the "Treehouse of Horror XIV" "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E1TreehouseOfHorrorXIV Treehouse Of HorrorXIV]]" short "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off", Lisa fiddles with a cosmic stopwatch and turns her family into different versions of themselves, including the Fantastic Four, with Homer as The Thing, Marge as the Human Torch, Bart as Mr. Fantastic, and Maggie as The Invisible Woman.Woman.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E7HusbandsAndKnives Husbands and Knives]]" Milo wonders which comic book hero is stronger, a HulkMashUp called The Formidable Mulk or a Thing expy called The Thung. The Thung is shown holding the 1985 Chicago Bears team with a [=LOOK WHO'S DOING THE SUPER THUNG SHUFFLE!=]" caption.
** Hulk and Thing expies are seen wrestling eachother amongst the Catholics and protestants at a Saint Patrick's Day parade in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E1SexPiesAndIdiotScrapes Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrape]]". The Hulk is later identified as The Mulk so The Thing expy was likely The Thung.
* Cartman's retellings of claiming he created Jimmy's joke in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode, "[[Recap/SouthParkS13E5Fishsticks Fishsticks]]"
get sillier each time that one of the later ones has him going outside afterwards and flying around shooting fire at an army of Jewish robots in a style similar to The Human Torch.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E7HusbandsAndKnives Husbands and Knives]]" Milo wonders which comic book hero is stronger, a HulkMashUp called The Formidable Mulk or a Thing expy called The Thung. The Thung is shown holding the 1985 Chicago Bears team with a [=LOOK WHO'S DOING THE SUPER THUNG SHUFFLE!=]" caption.
** Hulk and Thing expies are seen wrestling eachother amongst the Catholics and protestants at a Saint Patrick's Day parade in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E1SexPiesAndIdiotScrapes Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrape]]". The Hulk is later identified as The Mulk so The Thing expy was likely The Thung.
* Cartman's retellings of claiming he created Jimmy's joke in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode, "[[Recap/SouthParkS13E5Fishsticks Fishsticks]]"
get sillier each time that one of the later ones has him going outside afterwards and flying around shooting fire at an army of Jewish robots in a style similar to The Human Torch.
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* ''ComicBook/TheTerrifics'', a team consisting of ComicBook/Metamorpho, a shapechanger in monstrous form who was basically doing Ben Grimm's whole thing a decade before Ben's debut, a shapechanging jokey prankster ComicBook/PlasticMan, ComicBook/MisterTerrific, one of smartest people in the world, and new Phantom Girl (ancestor of one from ComicBook/LegionOfSuper-Heroes), with powers of intangibility. Few stories were told about the team's conception, but it is generally believed that Creator/JeffLemire has realized the similarities halfway through and decided to roll with it, possibly recycling his rejected pitch for a ''Fantastic Four'' book. The series has done a lot of homages to classic Lee and Kirby era of Fantastic Four as well, from discovering a corpse of an alien very similar to Galactus to fighting a blatant Doctor Doom parody, Doctor Dread.
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* ''ComicBook/TheTerrifics'', a team consisting of ComicBook/Metamorpho, ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}, a shapechanger in monstrous form who was basically doing Ben Grimm's whole thing a decade before Ben's debut, a shapechanging jokey prankster ComicBook/PlasticMan, ComicBook/MisterTerrific, one of smartest people in the world, and new Phantom Girl (ancestor of one from ComicBook/LegionOfSuper-Heroes), ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes), with powers of intangibility. Few stories were told about the team's conception, but it is generally believed that Creator/JeffLemire has realized the similarities halfway through and decided to roll with it, possibly recycling his rejected pitch for a ''Fantastic Four'' book. The series has done a lot of homages to classic Lee and Kirby era of Fantastic Four as well, from discovering a corpse of an alien very similar to Galactus to fighting a blatant Doctor Doom parody, Doctor Dread.
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* ''ComicBook/TheTerrifics'', a team consisting of ComicBook/Metamorpho, a shapechanger in monstrous form who was basically doing Ben Grimm's whole thing a decade before Ben's debut, a shapechanging jokey prankster ComicBook/PlasticMan, ComicBook/MisterTerrific, one of smartest people in the world, and new Phantom Girl (ancestor of one from ComicBook/LegionOfSuper-Heroes), with powers of intangibility. Few stories were told about the team's conception, but it is generally believed that Creator/JeffLemire has realized the similarities halfway through and decided to roll with it, possibly recycling his rejected pitch for a ''Fantastic Four'' book. The series has done a lot of homages to classic Lee and Kirby era of Fantastic Four as well, from discovering a corpse of an alien very similar to Galactus to fighting a blatant Doctor Doom parody, Doctor Dread.
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* ''Podcast/TheThrillingAdventureHour'': A group of characters that show up in "The Cross-Time Adventures of Colonel Tick-Tock" and "Amelia Earhart, Fearless Flyer" are the Algonquin Four, four members of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Round_Table The Algonquin Round Table]], a gathering of New York City writers, critics, actors, and wits, that gain truly fantastic powers after being struck by a comet. The Algonquin Four's members are magician Harry Houdini, with the power to stretch his limbs, American president Woodrow Wilson, possessing Invisibility and a laugh like WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker, New Yorker essayist Robert Benchley, who has power over flame, and finally poetess Dorothy Parker, who is best described by the master wordsmith herself:
-->'''Dorothy Parker:''' I'M A ROCK MAN!!
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* ''Podcast/TheThrillingAdventureHour'': A group of characters that show up in "The Cross-Time Adventures of Colonel Tick-Tock" and "Amelia Earhart, Fearless Flyer" are the Algonquin Four, four members of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Round_Table The Algonquin Round Table]], a gathering of New York City writers, critics, actors, and wits, that gain truly fantastic powers after being struck by a comet. The Algonquin Four's members are magician Harry Houdini, with the power to stretch his limbs, American president Woodrow Wilson, possessing Invisibility and a laugh like WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker, New Yorker essayist Robert Benchley, who has power over flame, and finally poetess Dorothy Parker, who is best described by the master wordsmith herself:
-->'''Dorothy Parker:''' I'M A ROCK MAN!!
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->''"And don't tell me there's no way to make a good ''Fantastic Four'' movie; it's called ''The Incredibles'', and it's perfect."''
-->--'''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''' on Tim Story's ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2005}}'' duology
-->--'''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''' on Tim Story's ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2005}}'' duology
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* ''Series/SesameStreet'' features Telly, Elmo, and Abby dressing as "The Furry Four" based on Telly's comic. Elmo becomes the Furry Flash (who has SuperSpeed), Abby becomes as the Furry Tornado (capable of SpectacularSpinning), Telly becomes Mr. Furry (having the power to turn invisible), and Furry Muscles (SuperStrength) but have a hard time recruiting a fourth person to fill that role, before eventually settling on Chris.
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* ''Series/SesameStreet'' features Telly, Elmo, and Abby dressing as "The Furry Four" based on Telly's comic. Elmo becomes the Furry Flash (who has SuperSpeed), Abby becomes as the Furry Tornado (capable of SpectacularSpinning), Telly becomes Mr. Furry (having the power to turn invisible), and Furry Muscles (SuperStrength) but have a hard time recruiting a fourth person to fill that role, before eventually settling on Chris.
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* ''Series/SesameStreet'' features Telly, Elmo, and Abby dressing as "The Furry Four" based on Telly's comic. Elmo becomes the Furry Flash (who has SuperSpeed), Abby becomes as the Furry Tornado (capable of SpectacularSpinning), Telly becomes Mr. Furry (having the power to turn invisible), and Furry Muscles (SuperStrength) but have a hard time recruiting a fourth person to fill that role, before eventually settling on Chris.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'' features Telly, Elmo, and Abby dressing as "The Furry Four" based on Telly's comic. Elmo becomes the Furry Flash (who has SuperSpeed), Abby becomes as the Furry Tornado (capable of SpectacularSpinning), Telly becomes Mr. Furry (having the power to turn invisible), and Furry Muscles (SuperStrength) but have a hard time recruiting a fourth person to fill that role, before eventually settling on Chris.
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* ''Series/SesameStreet'' features Telly, Elmo, and Abby dressing as "The Furry Four" based on Telly's comic. Elmo becomes the Furry Flash (who has SuperSpeed), Abby becomes as the Furry Tornado (capable of SpectacularSpinning), Telly becomes Mr. Furry (having the power to turn invisible), and Furry Muscles (SuperStrength) but have a hard time recruiting a fourth person to fill that role, before eventually settling on Chris.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'' features Telly, Elmo, and Abby dressing as "The Furry Four" based on Telly's comic. Elmo becomes the Furry Flash (who has SuperSpeed), Abby becomes as the Furry Tornado (capable of SpectacularSpinning), Telly becomes Mr. Furry (having the power to turn invisible), and Furry Muscles (SuperStrength) but have a hard time recruiting a fourth person to fill that role, before eventually settling on Chris.
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* ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'': The Southwest Sentinels are clearly based on the Fantastic Four, with the personalities and roles shuffled around.
** Mainstay - BoisterousBruiser leader with SuperStrength and SuperToughness
** Doctor Medico - [[FlyingFirepower Flying]] EnergyBeing and former surgeon, who prefers to stick to [[HealingShiv projecting healing energy]]
** Idealist - [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Amnesiac]] young girl who can create [[MindOverMatter telekinetic]] [[ImaginationBasedSuperpower force constructs]], adopted by Doctor Medico and his husband
** Writher - GadgeteerGenius who accidentally turned himself into a LivingShadow, granting him an [[RubberMan amorphous body]] and ShadowWalker powers
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* ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'': The Southwest Sentinels are clearly based on the Fantastic Four, with the personalities and roles shuffled around.
** Mainstay - BoisterousBruiser leader with SuperStrength and SuperToughness
** Doctor Medico - [[FlyingFirepower Flying]] EnergyBeing and former surgeon, who prefers to stick to [[HealingShiv projecting healing energy]]
** Idealist - [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Amnesiac]] young girl who can create [[MindOverMatter telekinetic]] [[ImaginationBasedSuperpower force constructs]], adopted by Doctor Medico and his husband
** Writher - GadgeteerGenius who accidentally turned himself into a LivingShadow, granting him an [[RubberMan amorphous body]] and ShadowWalker powers
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* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': The First Family are analogous to the Four ("First Family" is even a moniker occasionally used for the team within the Marvel universe), being a SuperFamilyTeam of space-age-inspired explorers and adventurers.
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* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': The First Family are analogous to the Four ("First Family" is even a moniker occasionally used for the team within the Marvel universe), being a SuperFamilyTeam of space-age-inspired explorers and adventurers. Reportedly, Kurt Busiek didn't want to give them that name, as it made the homage a little ''too'' blatant, but found that he couldn't come up with a better one.
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** Near the end of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorXIV Treehouse of Horror XIV]]", Lisa fiddles with a cosmic stopwatch and turns her family into different versions of themselves, including the Fantastic Four, with Homer as The Thing, Marge as the Human Torch, Bart as Mr. Fantastic, and Maggie as The Invisible Woman.
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** Near the end of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorXIV Treehouse the "Treehouse of Horror XIV]]", XIV" short "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off", Lisa fiddles with a cosmic stopwatch and turns her family into different versions of themselves, including the Fantastic Four, with Homer as The Thing, Marge as the Human Torch, Bart as Mr. Fantastic, and Maggie as The Invisible Woman.
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** "Treehouse of Horror X" short "Desperately Xeeking Xena" has Bart and Lisa getting hit by X-rays and gaining superpowers. Bart gains RubberMan powers and becomes Stretch Dude, while Lisa gains SuperStrength and SuperToughness and becomes Clobber Girl. Unlike most examples of this trope they are a duo rather than a quartet. "Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl" would later go on to have their own shorts in ''Simpsons'' comics.
** Near the end of "Treehouse of Horror XIV", Lisa fiddles with a cosmic stopwatch and turns her family into different versions of themselves, including the Fantastic Four, with Homer as The Thing, Marge as the Human Torch, Bart as Mr. Fantastic, and Maggie as The Invisible Woman.
** Near the end of "Treehouse of Horror XIV", Lisa fiddles with a cosmic stopwatch and turns her family into different versions of themselves, including the Fantastic Four, with Homer as The Thing, Marge as the Human Torch, Bart as Mr. Fantastic, and Maggie as The Invisible Woman.
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** "Treehouse "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorX Treehouse of Horror X" X]]" short "Desperately Xeeking Xena" has Bart and Lisa getting hit by X-rays and gaining superpowers. Bart gains RubberMan powers and becomes Stretch Dude, while Lisa gains SuperStrength and SuperToughness and becomes Clobber Girl. Unlike most examples of this trope they are a duo rather than a quartet. "Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl" would later go on to have their own shorts in ''Simpsons'' comics.
** Near the end of"Treehouse "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorXIV Treehouse of Horror XIV", XIV]]", Lisa fiddles with a cosmic stopwatch and turns her family into different versions of themselves, including the Fantastic Four, with Homer as The Thing, Marge as the Human Torch, Bart as Mr. Fantastic, and Maggie as The Invisible Woman.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': The episode "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E19BatInTheBelfry Bat in the Belfry]]" shows the Turtles reading comics parodying various famous superheroes. Raphael's favorite superhero comic is "The Fantastic Four Food Groups".
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2012}}'': The episode "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E19BatInTheBelfry Bat in the Belfry]]" shows the Turtles reading comics parodying various famous superheroes. Raphael's favorite superhero comic is "The Fantastic Four Food Groups".
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** "Treehouse of Horror X" short "Desperately Xeeking Xena" has Bart and Lisa getting hit by X-rays and gaining superpowers. Bart gains RubberMan powers and becomes Stretch Dude, while Lisa gains SuperStrength and SuperToughness and becomes Clobber Girl. Unlike most examples of this trope they are a duo rather than a quartet. "Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl" would later go on to have their own shorts in ''Simpsons'' comics.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': The episode "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012S4E19BatInTheBelfry Bat in the Belfry]]" shows the Turtles are shown reading comics parodying various famous superheroes. Raphael's favorite superhero comic is "The Fantastic Four Food Groups".
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** "Treehouse of Horror X" short "Desperately Xeeking Xena" has Bart and Lisa getting hit by X-rays and gaining superpowers. Bart gains RubberMan powers and becomes Stretch Dude, while Lisa gains SuperStrength and SuperToughness and becomes Clobber Girl.
** Near the end of "Treehouse of Horror XIV", Lisa fiddles with a cosmic stopwatch and turns her family into different versions of themselves, including the Fantastic Four, with Homer as The Thing, Marge as the Human Torch, Bart as Mr. Fantastic, and Maggie as The Invisible Woman.
** "Treehouse of Horror X" short "Desperately Xeeking Xena" has Bart and Lisa getting hit by X-rays and gaining superpowers. Bart gains RubberMan powers and becomes Stretch Dude, while Lisa gains SuperStrength and SuperToughness and becomes Clobber Girl.
** Near the end of "Treehouse of Horror XIV", Lisa fiddles with a cosmic stopwatch and turns her family into different versions of themselves, including the Fantastic Four, with Homer as The Thing, Marge as the Human Torch, Bart as Mr. Fantastic, and Maggie as The Invisible Woman.
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** The ''ComicBook/XMen'' were deliberately created to be both similar and {{Foil}}s to the Fantastic Four. For example, Prof. X was a parallel to Mister Fantastic, The Beast was intended to mimic The Thing, Iceman was directly meant to contrast The Human Torch, and Marvel Girl played a similar role to the Invisible Girl.
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* Alan Moore's Silver Age homage ''ComicBook/{{1963}}'' features "Mystery Incorporated," a super team that has other powers but otherwise matches the Fantastic Four perfectly.
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** There are numerous villainous teams which have been formed either to fight or to mimic the FF, most famously the Frightful Four and the U-Foes. The latter even tried to replicate the circumstances that provided the FF their powers, down to hiring the same engineers to build an exact replica of their original spaceship, and even has a team make-up of an energy guy, an incorporeal/vapor girl, and a giant strongman made of steel. (Although the last member emits X-rays and isn't a RubberMan.)
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** There are numerous villainous teams which have been formed either to fight or to mimic the FF, most famously the Frightful Four and the U-Foes. The latter even tried to replicate the circumstances that provided the FF their powers, down to hiring the same engineers to build an exact replica of their original spaceship, and even has a team make-up of an energy guy, an incorporeal/vapor girl, and a giant strongman made of steel. (Although the last member emits X-rays and isn't is a [[MindOverMatter telekinetic]] rather than a RubberMan.)
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'': Professor Impossible is almost a note-for-note parody of Reed Richards, down to being a scientist with rubber abilities. The rest of his group include his wife Sally, who can only turn her ''skin'' invisible, Sally's cousin Ned, who became a strong, mentally-impaired monster, and Sally's brother Cody, who can set himself on fire (but without the immunity to burning). The parody plays up the darker aspects of the FF and turns them UpToEleven, with the team eventually falling apart and Impossible becoming an antagonist in later seasons.
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** Common {{Archenem|y}}ies include send-ups to Richard's [[TheRival rival genius]] and megalomaniac ComicBook/DoctorDoom, the futuristic Kang the Conqueror, the bug-like alien Annihilus, the CosmicEntity ComicBook/{{Galactus}} or less-popular ones like the Mole Man, the Skrulls or the Impossible Man. The team may also have [[TeethClenchedTeamwork uneasy alliances]] with characters mirroring Namor the ComicBook/SubMariner or the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk.
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[[caption-width-right:350:All of these families seem pretty "fantastic".[[note]]Clockwise from top-left: The original ComicBook/FantasticFour, [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond The Terrific Trio]], [[ComicBook/AstroCity the First Family]], and WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.[[/note]]]]
The ComicBook/FantasticFour were Creator/MarvelComics' first superhero property of UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, often credited with turning the company into the massive juggernaut it is today. For this reason, they are often called Marvel's "First Family", and they remain one of its core intellectual properties to this day.
* The team's premise is simple:
** A SuperTeam of four[[note]]Sometimes slightly lower or higher.[[/note]] characters who are a combination of both superheroes and explorers. Some variations may instead be villainous. But in general, they are [[BadassCrew smaller than most super teams]].
** They are portrayed as a close-knit SuperFamilyTeam or BadassFamily, with all the positives and negatives that entails. Various members will likely be an OfficialCouple, [[BashBrothers familial siblings]], [[ParentChildTeam parents and children]], old friends or colleagues and so-forth. This character dynamic invites just as much [[TrueCompanions familial love]] as it does [[BigScrewedUpFamily family drama and bickering]].
** Common {{Archenem|y}}ies include send-ups to Richard's [[TheRival rival genius]] and megalomaniac ComicBook/DoctorDoom, the futuristic Kang the Conqueror, the bug-like alien Annihilus, the CosmicEntity ComicBook/{{Galactus}} or less-popular ones like the Mole Man, the Skrulls or the Impossible Man. The team may also have [[TeethClenchedTeamwork uneasy alliances]] with characters mirroring Namor the ComicBook/SubMariner or the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk.
* The character archetypes are as follows:
** They are usually led by a ScienceHero {{Expy}} of ComicBook/MisterFantastic, with whatever IncitingIncident that caused them to become heroes or misfits being [[MyGreatestFailure entirely his fault]]. For this reason, he may act as [[TeamDad a father figure]] to the group -- although again, this can be portrayed both [[TeamDad positively and negatively]]. Often has RubberMan powers to complete the allusion.
** Opposite of the leader will be TheChick that substitutes for the ComicBook/InvisibleWoman, the TeamMom. Depending on the era that the copy wishes to homage/parody, she will either be a near-useless DamselInDistress with powers based on {{Invisibility}}, {{Intangibility}} or some other form of incorporeality, or she will be an extremely strong-willed ActionGirl with arguably the strongest powerset of the entire group, although they tend to be [[GuysSmashGirlsShoot based on non-physical]] traits like [[BarrierWarrior forcefields]], [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] and/or PsychicPowers.
** One of the members is the typical [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]], akin to ComicBook/TheThing. Tough and strong, and possibly a BruiserWithASoftCenter. He may also be some sort of [[WasOnceAMan human-turned-monster]] and thus become TheWoobie due to this fate. As TheLancer, he also has shades of TheGadfly and JerkassWoobie due to his tendency to butt heads with the leader or tease his teammates. The Thing was directly the inspiration for the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, so the character might [[HulkMashUp copy him as well]].
** The fourth member is often the [[HotBlooded hot-head]] of the team (echoing the ComicBook/HumanTorch). Their only interest is [[GloryHound fame, glory]], [[OnlyInItForTheMoney money]] or [[TheCasanova the opposite sex]]. They may also be one of the more powerful members, with an emphasis on ElementalPowers or SuperSpeed ([[ElementalSpeed or both]]).
** The final (optional) archetype can be [[SixthRanger practically anyone]], as there are a lot of possible dynamics to work on. Sometimes, they will be the child of two of the members (ala Franklin Richards), or merely a friend of the team (ala Franchise/SpiderMan or ComicBook/SheHulk), or even a [[DefeatMeansFriendship former villain]] that pulled a HeelFaceTurn (mirroring the occasional times ComicBook/DoctorDoom has joined the team). It's also not uncommon for a character to possess a blend of several recognizable traits.
Do not confuse with WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox.
For more {{superhero}} expies, SupermanSubstitute, BatmanParody, SpiderManSendUp, HulkMashUp, WolverineWannabe, WonderWomanWannabe and CaptainPatriotic.
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* ''ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse'': The Challengers of the Fantastic are an [[CompositeCharacter amalgamation]] of the Fantastic Four and the Challengers of the Unknown.
* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': The First Family are analogous to the Four ("First Family" is even a moniker occasionally used for the team within the Marvel universe), being a SuperFamilyTeam of space-age-inspired explorers and adventurers.
* ''ComicBook/TheBoys:'' The archetype shows up as Fantastico, whose known members are Reacher Dick, Invisi-lass, and the Doofer (the Human Torch's expy isn't named). First introduced during a huge supers-only orgy, Invisi-lass is permanently invisible but keeps her lingerie on, Doofer (who is either covered in bricks or a moving sentient pile of bricks) dies of a heroin overdose, and Reacher is mentioned to have helped an old lady across the street so he could pickpocket her (his personality is closer to Plastic Man than Reed Richards).
* ''ComicBook/ChallengersOfTheUnknown'' are the UrExample; they actually predate the Fantastic Four by about three years, and were also created by Creator/JackKirby. Kirby in fact used them as the template for creating the Fantastic Four, and DC has often retooled or reinterpreted the characters to be more similar to their more-famous knockoffs.
* The original iteration of the ComicBook/DoomPatrol was a rather obvious homage to the Fantastic Four, with Robot Man having super-strength and a freakish appearance, Elasti-Girl having stretching abilities, Mr. Negative having energy powers, and the Chief having super-intelligence, and with the exception of the Chief, all their powers came from freak accidents (later retconned as having been caused by the Chief himself.)
* In the wider Franchise/MarvelUniverse:
** There are numerous villainous teams which have been formed either to fight or to mimic the FF, most famously the Frightful Four and the U-Foes. The latter even tried to replicate the circumstances that provided the FF their powers, down to hiring the same engineers to build an exact replica of their original spaceship, and even has a team make-up of an energy guy, an incorporeal/vapor girl, and a giant strongman made of steel. (Although the last member emits X-rays and isn't a RubberMan.)
** The Future Foundation was originally a re-branding (both in-and-out-of-universe) of the Fantastic Four (thus keeping the "FF" initials), with an emphasis on using their abilities, resources and discoveries to completely defy the ReedRichardsIsUseless trope and make the world a better place. Since then, the original FF members have gone back to calling themselves the Fantastic Four, leaving a team of their friends, allies and students to carry on the Future Foundation name in their place.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' introduced the character Hank Henshaw and his family as a brutal, vicious {{Deconstruction}} of the Fantastic Four formula: they are an astronaut and his wife, along with two others who travel into space and are bombarded by radiation. The radiation, however, immediately kills two of them and forces them to create bodies of out of rock and energy respectively (thus becoming parallels to The Thing and the Human Torch). Terri Henshaw likewise becomes more and more intangible to reality until her husband is forced to build her a robotic body to live in. These circumstances leave them all mentally unhinged, and all three are eventually DrivenToSuicide. Henshaw's own body also decays and he eventually becomes a consciousness that can live in machinery and computer circuitry, later returning as a major archenemy: the Cyborg Superman.
* ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' has expies of the Fantastic Four as the main villains of the piece, depicted as selfish technophiles who use fantastic science for their own self-serving purposes and deliberately withold it from the general population.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', as a direct reference to The Fantastic Four, Jimmy and his friends get superpowers while flying through a radiation belt in space, becoming the N-Men. Cindy gets super strength, Sheen gets super speed, Carl has super burps, Libby has invisibility, and Jimmy [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers turned orange]], though it turns out that he can turn into a raging monster when upset.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' featured a CorruptedCharacterCopy of the Fantastic Four known as the Terrific Trio, who are similarly given superpowers by a scientific catastrophe and represent clear analogues to Mr. Fantastic, the Thing (with some aspects of the Human Torch as well), and Susan Storm. However, in this case the "accident" was deliberately manufactured by a "[[FalseFriend friend]]" in a bungled attempt to MurderTheHypotenuse. They start off as heroes, but after learning about their true origin and that the aftereffects of the event are slowly killing them, they quickly descend into villainy, forcing Batman to stop them.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Near the end of "Treehouse of Horror XIV", Lisa fiddles with a cosmic stopwatch and turns her family into different versions of themselves, including the Fantastic Four, with Homer as The Thing, Marge as the Human Torch, Bart as Mr. Fantastic, and Maggie as The Invisible Woman.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'': While the International Justice League of Super Acquaintances (first seen in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V" when [=SpongeBob=]'s friends borrow their outfits to get superpowers, then seen in their original incarnations in "The Bad Guy Club for Villains") has an aesthetic and name more reminiscent of the Justice League, the powers fit the Fantastic Four archetypes much better. The Elastic Waistband has stretchy powers a la Mister Fantastic, Miss Appear is an ActionGirl with invisibility powers a la the Invisible Woman, and Captain Magma shoots hot lava similar to the Human Torch's fire ability (and activates his powers with a CatchPhrase like the Torch does). The Quickster and Mermaid Man don't fit a particular mold, however, as they're parodies of ComicBook/TheFlash and ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} respectively.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'': Professor Impossible is almost a note-for-note parody of Reed Richards, down to being a scientist with rubber abilities. The rest of his group include his wife Sally, who can only turn her ''skin'' invisible, Sally's cousin Ned, who became a strong, mentally-impaired monster, and Sally's brother Cody, who can set himself on fire (but without the immunity to burning). The parody plays up the darker aspects of the FF and turns them UpToEleven, with the team eventually falling apart and Impossible becoming an antagonist in later seasons.
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[[caption-width-right:350:All of these families seem pretty "fantastic".[[note]]Clockwise from top-left: The original ComicBook/FantasticFour, [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond The Terrific Trio]], [[ComicBook/AstroCity the First Family]], and WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.[[/note]]]]
The ComicBook/FantasticFour were Creator/MarvelComics' first superhero property of UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, often credited with turning the company into the massive juggernaut it is today. For this reason, they are often called Marvel's "First Family", and they remain one of its core intellectual properties to this day.
* The team's premise is simple:
** A SuperTeam of four[[note]]Sometimes slightly lower or higher.[[/note]] characters who are a combination of both superheroes and explorers. Some variations may instead be villainous. But in general, they are [[BadassCrew smaller than most super teams]].
** They are portrayed as a close-knit SuperFamilyTeam or BadassFamily, with all the positives and negatives that entails. Various members will likely be an OfficialCouple, [[BashBrothers familial siblings]], [[ParentChildTeam parents and children]], old friends or colleagues and so-forth. This character dynamic invites just as much [[TrueCompanions familial love]] as it does [[BigScrewedUpFamily family drama and bickering]].
** Common {{Archenem|y}}ies include send-ups to Richard's [[TheRival rival genius]] and megalomaniac ComicBook/DoctorDoom, the futuristic Kang the Conqueror, the bug-like alien Annihilus, the CosmicEntity ComicBook/{{Galactus}} or less-popular ones like the Mole Man, the Skrulls or the Impossible Man. The team may also have [[TeethClenchedTeamwork uneasy alliances]] with characters mirroring Namor the ComicBook/SubMariner or the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk.
* The character archetypes are as follows:
** They are usually led by a ScienceHero {{Expy}} of ComicBook/MisterFantastic, with whatever IncitingIncident that caused them to become heroes or misfits being [[MyGreatestFailure entirely his fault]]. For this reason, he may act as [[TeamDad a father figure]] to the group -- although again, this can be portrayed both [[TeamDad positively and negatively]]. Often has RubberMan powers to complete the allusion.
** Opposite of the leader will be TheChick that substitutes for the ComicBook/InvisibleWoman, the TeamMom. Depending on the era that the copy wishes to homage/parody, she will either be a near-useless DamselInDistress with powers based on {{Invisibility}}, {{Intangibility}} or some other form of incorporeality, or she will be an extremely strong-willed ActionGirl with arguably the strongest powerset of the entire group, although they tend to be [[GuysSmashGirlsShoot based on non-physical]] traits like [[BarrierWarrior forcefields]], [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] and/or PsychicPowers.
** One of the members is the typical [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]], akin to ComicBook/TheThing. Tough and strong, and possibly a BruiserWithASoftCenter. He may also be some sort of [[WasOnceAMan human-turned-monster]] and thus become TheWoobie due to this fate. As TheLancer, he also has shades of TheGadfly and JerkassWoobie due to his tendency to butt heads with the leader or tease his teammates. The Thing was directly the inspiration for the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, so the character might [[HulkMashUp copy him as well]].
** The fourth member is often the [[HotBlooded hot-head]] of the team (echoing the ComicBook/HumanTorch). Their only interest is [[GloryHound fame, glory]], [[OnlyInItForTheMoney money]] or [[TheCasanova the opposite sex]]. They may also be one of the more powerful members, with an emphasis on ElementalPowers or SuperSpeed ([[ElementalSpeed or both]]).
** The final (optional) archetype can be [[SixthRanger practically anyone]], as there are a lot of possible dynamics to work on. Sometimes, they will be the child of two of the members (ala Franklin Richards), or merely a friend of the team (ala Franchise/SpiderMan or ComicBook/SheHulk), or even a [[DefeatMeansFriendship former villain]] that pulled a HeelFaceTurn (mirroring the occasional times ComicBook/DoctorDoom has joined the team). It's also not uncommon for a character to possess a blend of several recognizable traits.
Do not confuse with WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox.
For more {{superhero}} expies, SupermanSubstitute, BatmanParody, SpiderManSendUp, HulkMashUp, WolverineWannabe, WonderWomanWannabe and CaptainPatriotic.
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[[folder: Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse'': The Challengers of the Fantastic are an [[CompositeCharacter amalgamation]] of the Fantastic Four and the Challengers of the Unknown.
* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': The First Family are analogous to the Four ("First Family" is even a moniker occasionally used for the team within the Marvel universe), being a SuperFamilyTeam of space-age-inspired explorers and adventurers.
* ''ComicBook/TheBoys:'' The archetype shows up as Fantastico, whose known members are Reacher Dick, Invisi-lass, and the Doofer (the Human Torch's expy isn't named). First introduced during a huge supers-only orgy, Invisi-lass is permanently invisible but keeps her lingerie on, Doofer (who is either covered in bricks or a moving sentient pile of bricks) dies of a heroin overdose, and Reacher is mentioned to have helped an old lady across the street so he could pickpocket her (his personality is closer to Plastic Man than Reed Richards).
* ''ComicBook/ChallengersOfTheUnknown'' are the UrExample; they actually predate the Fantastic Four by about three years, and were also created by Creator/JackKirby. Kirby in fact used them as the template for creating the Fantastic Four, and DC has often retooled or reinterpreted the characters to be more similar to their more-famous knockoffs.
* The original iteration of the ComicBook/DoomPatrol was a rather obvious homage to the Fantastic Four, with Robot Man having super-strength and a freakish appearance, Elasti-Girl having stretching abilities, Mr. Negative having energy powers, and the Chief having super-intelligence, and with the exception of the Chief, all their powers came from freak accidents (later retconned as having been caused by the Chief himself.)
* In the wider Franchise/MarvelUniverse:
** There are numerous villainous teams which have been formed either to fight or to mimic the FF, most famously the Frightful Four and the U-Foes. The latter even tried to replicate the circumstances that provided the FF their powers, down to hiring the same engineers to build an exact replica of their original spaceship, and even has a team make-up of an energy guy, an incorporeal/vapor girl, and a giant strongman made of steel. (Although the last member emits X-rays and isn't a RubberMan.)
** The Future Foundation was originally a re-branding (both in-and-out-of-universe) of the Fantastic Four (thus keeping the "FF" initials), with an emphasis on using their abilities, resources and discoveries to completely defy the ReedRichardsIsUseless trope and make the world a better place. Since then, the original FF members have gone back to calling themselves the Fantastic Four, leaving a team of their friends, allies and students to carry on the Future Foundation name in their place.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' introduced the character Hank Henshaw and his family as a brutal, vicious {{Deconstruction}} of the Fantastic Four formula: they are an astronaut and his wife, along with two others who travel into space and are bombarded by radiation. The radiation, however, immediately kills two of them and forces them to create bodies of out of rock and energy respectively (thus becoming parallels to The Thing and the Human Torch). Terri Henshaw likewise becomes more and more intangible to reality until her husband is forced to build her a robotic body to live in. These circumstances leave them all mentally unhinged, and all three are eventually DrivenToSuicide. Henshaw's own body also decays and he eventually becomes a consciousness that can live in machinery and computer circuitry, later returning as a major archenemy: the Cyborg Superman.
* ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' has expies of the Fantastic Four as the main villains of the piece, depicted as selfish technophiles who use fantastic science for their own self-serving purposes and deliberately withold it from the general population.
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', as a direct reference to The Fantastic Four, Jimmy and his friends get superpowers while flying through a radiation belt in space, becoming the N-Men. Cindy gets super strength, Sheen gets super speed, Carl has super burps, Libby has invisibility, and Jimmy [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers turned orange]], though it turns out that he can turn into a raging monster when upset.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' featured a CorruptedCharacterCopy of the Fantastic Four known as the Terrific Trio, who are similarly given superpowers by a scientific catastrophe and represent clear analogues to Mr. Fantastic, the Thing (with some aspects of the Human Torch as well), and Susan Storm. However, in this case the "accident" was deliberately manufactured by a "[[FalseFriend friend]]" in a bungled attempt to MurderTheHypotenuse. They start off as heroes, but after learning about their true origin and that the aftereffects of the event are slowly killing them, they quickly descend into villainy, forcing Batman to stop them.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Near the end of "Treehouse of Horror XIV", Lisa fiddles with a cosmic stopwatch and turns her family into different versions of themselves, including the Fantastic Four, with Homer as The Thing, Marge as the Human Torch, Bart as Mr. Fantastic, and Maggie as The Invisible Woman.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'': While the International Justice League of Super Acquaintances (first seen in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V" when [=SpongeBob=]'s friends borrow their outfits to get superpowers, then seen in their original incarnations in "The Bad Guy Club for Villains") has an aesthetic and name more reminiscent of the Justice League, the powers fit the Fantastic Four archetypes much better. The Elastic Waistband has stretchy powers a la Mister Fantastic, Miss Appear is an ActionGirl with invisibility powers a la the Invisible Woman, and Captain Magma shoots hot lava similar to the Human Torch's fire ability (and activates his powers with a CatchPhrase like the Torch does). The Quickster and Mermaid Man don't fit a particular mold, however, as they're parodies of ComicBook/TheFlash and ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} respectively.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'': Professor Impossible is almost a note-for-note parody of Reed Richards, down to being a scientist with rubber abilities. The rest of his group include his wife Sally, who can only turn her ''skin'' invisible, Sally's cousin Ned, who became a strong, mentally-impaired monster, and Sally's brother Cody, who can set himself on fire (but without the immunity to burning). The parody plays up the darker aspects of the FF and turns them UpToEleven, with the team eventually falling apart and Impossible becoming an antagonist in later seasons.
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