History Main / ThePsychoRangers

** The Brute: Sabah, the Captain. A giant of a woman who moves like lightning and whose [[DropTheHammer hammer]] hits like a trebuchet stone, and that's when she chooses not to outright turn into a monster.

** [[Cadell -> Bairon. Both are physically imposing individuals renowned for being TheAce. Fittingly, at the climax of Volume 7, Bairon (with help from Arthur) goes up against Cadell [[spoiler:when he attempts to assassinate Virion, only for Cadell to effortlessly defeat both of them]].
** Seris -> Olfred. Both [[spoiler:end up betraying their respective groups, but while Olfred does so out of [[MyMasterRightOrWrong his loyalty to the traitorous Rahdeas]], Seris turns out to be GoodAllAlong as she never loyal to Agrona and the Vritra in the first place for she recognized for them for the tyrants that they are]].
** Melzri -> Varay. Both are very talented mages who have white hair. However, Varay also parallels Cadell in that both are TheAce and TheLeader for their respective groups.
** Viessa -> Aya. While Viessa's personality is more similar to Varay's, the main similarity she has with Aya is that both are [[MasterOfIllusion masters of illusory magic]].
** Dragoth -> Mica. TheBigGuy[=s=] for their respective teams, Mica is a CuteBruiser and PintSizedPowerhouse who wields a massive hammer, whereas Dragoth is a brutish individual who resembles a fantasy barbarian. Both are also BloodKnight[=s=] who live for a good fight.
** [[spoiler:Nico]] -> Arthur. The SixthRanger to their respective groups, [[spoiler:both are [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld reincarnates]] who in spite of their youth are among the most talented mages in the setting, and [[WeUsedToBeFriends they used to be best friends]] in both their past lives and their current ones]].

* ''Fanfic/VengeanceOfDawn'' has Breaking Dawn (a disgruntled, jealous former student of Celestia who isn't so different from Twilight) and her friends. They are Laurel, (generous like Rarity, but unlike her is homely and poor) Razor Wind, (fast and loyal like Rainbow Dash) Cherry Blossom, (kind and shy like Fluttershy) Hard Candy, (zany and silly like Pinkie Pie, also a Minty {{Expy}}) and Hardy Bloom. (honest and straightforward like Applejack)

* The Hana Kunoichi Gumi (the "Flower Kunoichi Gang" from ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' were an all-female gang of ninjas who were actually stray cats that were transformed into women by Gasha Skull (Rito Revolto's Japanese counterpart). Unlike other evil ''Sentai'' teams, their colors were different from the good team (except for blue) and they were all female. You also almost never got a five-on-five battle.

[[caption-width-right:349:One team is the {{Trope Namer|s}}. The other is the original. [[ObviouslyEvil Guess which is which.]]]]

* The main antagonists of ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' are a group of six ranger-like villains whose transformed states are based on heroes from some of ''Creator/{{Toei}}'''s less well-known Toku shows. They also fight the MonsterOfTheWeek but with the intent to kill them, unlike the rangers who want to save the monsters by returning them to human form in this season. Episode 18 introduced a new purple evil ranger called Don Murasame, who can Avatar Change into previous warriors mostly under this category as well as lone {{antihero}}es that stood against their main teams as TheRival. Three of the villains end up turning good and joining the Donbrothers, while Don Murasame, who doesn't have a human form and is actually a sentient sword that manifests a humanoid body, ends up in the possession of Inu Brother and joins the Donbrothers in the final episode. Also during the final episode, [[spoiler:the three villains who didn't join the Donbrothers are executed by two new villains who steal the powers from two of them.]]

* The UrExample would be the Dummy JAKQ from ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' though they never actually fought their respective team. They were just a group of four {{Mooks}} who dressed up as the JAKQ for a training exercise conducted with the MonsterOfTheWeek.

* ''Series/CobraKai'' very much establishes this in Season 4 with their core fighters.
** The BigBad: [[spoiler:Or rather the BigBadWannabe for]] John Kreese, being the original sensei of the dojo by the start of Season 4, and puts himself into the position as Silver's captain.
** TheDragon: [[spoiler:Or rather the DragonInChief for]] Terry Silver, being Kreese's co-sensei who possess greater skill, far more resources (given his wealth and status), and a much more pragmatic approach against the Miyagi-Do/Eagle Fang alliance. However, Kreese considers him as a subordinate, given his previous status as Kreese's lieutenant [[spoiler:which Silver takes it to personal offense, and later becomes TheStarscream by betraying Kreese via framing]].
** TheEvilGenius: Robby Keene, teaching the class the Miyagi-Do moves he previously learned to Cobra Kai's advantage, as well as successfully recruiting Kenny Payne to the class and coming up with ideas on retaliating against the Miyagi-Do & Eagle Fang alliance, [[spoiler:including their shaving of Hawk's mohawk]]. He's also possibly the only Cobra Kai that doesn't completely buy into Kreese and Silver's teachings, training in Cobra Kai on his own will.
** TheBrute: Kyler Park, being the dojo's resident {{Sadist}} and dumb muscle who mainly uses athleticism and intimidation as his skill set.
** TheDarkChick: Tory Nichols, being the dojo's female champion and a ruthless DarkActionGirl with a LadyMacbeth streak.
** TheSixthRanger: Kenny Payne and Piper Elswith, being two of the newest core members of the dojos. Kenny in particular being the dojo's TagAlongKid (given his status as the dojo's youngest member, as well as his history of being a bully victim), and Piper being the newest core recruit and second to Tory when it comes to female fighters.

* During the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' Season 4 finale, each member of Angel Investigations is given a tour of the rebuilt Wolfram & Hart by a somewhat dark mirror of each member:

** They had to fight two more sets of Psycho Rangers before that. First in a season one episode it was a trio of Warlock brothers, though one was [[HeelFaceTurn saved by becoming a priest]]. Then also in the sixth season, it was a trio of three evil witch sisters - the Stillmans. They stole the sisters' powers and rewrote reality to steal their identities too. Oh and they were blonde.

* The main antagonists of ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' are a group of six ranger-like villains whose transformed states are based on heroes from older toku shows. They also fight the MonsterOfTheWeek but with the intent to kill them, unlike the rangers who want to save the monsters by returning them to human form in this season. Episode 18 introduced a new purple evil ranger called Don Murasame, who can Avatar Change into previous warriors mostly under this category as well as lone {{antihero}}es that stood against their main teams as TheRival. Three of the villains end up turning good and joining the Donbrothers, while Don Murasame, who doesn't have a human form and is actually a sentient sword, ends up in the possession of Inu Brother and joins the Donbrothers in the final episode. Also during the final episode, [[spoiler:the three villains who didn't join the Donbrothers are executed by two new villains who steal the powers from two of them.]]

* ''Fanfic/FateHeroAndSword'' has this going on between [[Franchise/FateSeries The Holy City Camelot]] and [[LightNovel/Overlord2012 The Great Tomb of Nazarick]]. Their membership includes:

*** ''Series/KamenRider555'' has the Riotroopers, a {{Mook}} force of Kamen Rider-like soldiers.

** ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' once visited the Negative World, which was populated entirely by Dark Riders. While each on their own was just an EvilCounterpart or EvilTwin of their respective main Rider, collectively they formed this sort of team, with [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Dark Kiva]], the evil twin of the most recent Rider before Decade, as the group's leader. Unusually, there was no evil doppelganger of Decade himself, except in the video game ''Climax Heroes'', which swapped the rest of the Dark Riders for the non-canon Dark Decade.
** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' plays this trope the straightest: so straight, in fact, that the four core Riders fight a group of Psycho counterparts of themselves ''twice''. The parallels are most directly drawn between Gaim, Zangetsu, and Roshuo, each of whom has a samurai motif, are the only unequivocally good members of their respective teams, and struggle with making moral choices in the face of an apocalypse, or in Roshuo's case having already made those choices and now struggling over the fact that in hindsight, [[WasItReallyWorthIt it wasn't worth it]].
** ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' has the Gammaizers as the collective Psycho versions of the 15 Heroic Spirits. In this case it's the reverse, though: the Spirits were called back from the beyond specifically in an attempt to counter the power of the Gammaizers.
** The Transteam Gun users in ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' transform utilizing similar technology to the Build Drivers Build and Cross-Z use. Later on, the villains get their hands on Sento's research and are able to develop their own Kamen Riders based on his schematics for a new Driver.

** ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' has the same powers as Judo above, except that the Riders he can transform to span ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' to ''Series/KamenRiderKiva''. Also, one of the worlds his crew visited was the Negative World, where evil Riders and {{monster|OfTheWeek}}s rule supreme and normal humans are killed on sight, all but extinct. There was no evil doppelganger of Decade himself[[note]]although there is if you count the game ''Kamen Rider Climax Heroes'' as canon[[/note]], but instead he fought against evil Riders from past series - [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuga, Alternative]], [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Orga]], [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Dark Kabuto]], and [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Dark Kiva]]. Dark Kiva himself is an EvilTwin of a heroic character from ''Kiva'', and acts as the group's leader.
*** The video game ''Climax Heroes'' introduced the non-canon Dark Decade, a black, gray, and gold EvilTwin of Decade who fulfills the aforementioned Dark Riders' role in the game's reimagined version of the TV series plot.
** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' plays this trope the straightest (ironic given that its written by Urobuchi) with the original Armored Riders being opposed by Yggdrasill's New Generation Riders.
*** Gaim to Zangetsu-Shin, both are based on samurai's are the most moral Riders and while Gaim is an AllLovingHero who wants to save everyone, Zangetsu-Shin is a DarkMessiah who is willing to sacrifice anything to save humanity.
*** Baron to Duke, both are based on knights but are anything but chivalrous and while at first they appear different, Baron is an up front AntiHero while Duke is a quirky MadScientist they are both revealed to be [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinists]] willing to sacrifice anything to attain unlimited power.
*** Ryugen to Marika, both are based on foreign warriors (Chinese and Arabian) both have UndyingLoyalty to another Rider at first, but as time goes on they both develop separate agendas.
*** Gridon to Sigurd, both are based off of Vikings and both are the most manipulative of their respective Rider group while being the most amoral members. Amongst their respective groups, they can be seen as the JokeCharacter (Gridon[[note]]who somehow manages to be a worse fighter than ''Hase'', despite having a lockseed that should be on par with Gaim Pine Arms or Baron Mango Arms, going by stats[[/note]] moreso than Sigurd[[note]]the second Gaim Jimber Lemon Arms and Baron Lemon Arms debuted, Sigurd was hopelessly outclassed not just by his fellow New Generation riders, but also some of the Beat Riders; it got to the point where he tried to use 3 autonomous Suika Arms against Gaim Kachidoki Arms, only for the latter to defeat them in a CurbStompBattle[[/note]]). The difference lied in their approach to other members of their group - Gridon turned on Hase early on, [[spoiler: but later pulled a HeelFaceTurn along with his mentor, Oren, taking the role in the FiveManBand that Micchy had abandoned, and [[TheAtoner even began working to make up for betraying the now deceased Hase]]]]; Sigurd, while not exactly the most loyal, remained committed to Yggadrasil early on, [[spoiler: becoming TheStarScream once he had the chance, only to end up dying at the hands of [[AntiVillain Roshuo]]]].
*** Then, later in the series, come [[spoiler:the [[AliensAreBastards Overlords]], the main four of which being {{Foil}}s to each of the tetragonists: [[WasItReallyWorthIt Roshuo]] to [[TotalitarianUtilitarian Takatora]], [[AxCrazy Deemushu]] to [[NobleDemon Kaito]], [[DragonInChief Redyue]] to [[BigBadWannabe Mitzusane]] and, in the movie, [[TokenHeroicOrc Lapis/Shamubishe]] to [[AllLovingHero Kouta]]]].
** ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' had two, the TV series' BigBad Gold Drive and the movie's Dark Drive. The latter is worth special note since [[spoiler:he was originally a good guy, being the son of the original Drive [[LegacyCharacter who took up his father's mantle]] until the movie's villain [[IdentityImpersonator stole his identity and powers]]]].
** ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' has the movie-exclusive Dark Ghost, but in a twist [[spoiler:TheMentor uses the Dark Ghost powers in the TV series...though mostly just so he can be the butt of some CrackOhMyBack jokes]].
** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' has Genm, who's actually called "the black Ex-Aid" for the first few episodes before the protagonists learn his proper name. [[spoiler:And then subverted late in the series when he pulls an EnemyMine and joins with the good guys.]]

* The main antagonists of ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' are a group of six ranger-like villains whose transformed states are based on heroes from older toku shows. They also fight the MonsterOfTheWeek but with the intent to kill them, unlike the rangers who want to save the monsters by returning them to human form in this season. Episode 18 introduced a new purple evil ranger called Don Murasame, who can Avatar Change into previous warriors mostly under this category as well as lone {{antihero}}es that stood against their main teams as TheRival. Three of the villains end up turning good and joining the Donbrothers, while Don Murasame, who doesn't have a human form and is actually a sentient sword, ends up in the possession of Inu Brother and joins the Donbrothers in the final episode. Also during the final episode, [[spoiler:the three villains who didn't join the Donbrothers are executed by two new villains who steal the powers from powers from two of them.]]

* The main antagonists of ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' are a group of ranger-like villains whose transformed states are based on heroes from older toku shows. They also fight the MonsterOfTheWeek but with the intent to kill them, unlike the rangers who want to save the monsters by returning them to human form in this season. Episode 18 introduced a new purple evil ranger called Don Murasame, who can Avatar Change into previous warriors mostly under this category as well as lone {{antihero}}es that stood against their main teams as TheRival. Three of the villains end up turning good and joining the Donbrothers, while Don Murasame, who doesn't have a human form and is actually a sentient sword, ends up in the possession of Inu Brother and joins the Donbrothers in the final episode.

* The main antagonists of ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' are a group of ranger-like villains whose transformed states are based on heroes from older toku shows. They also fight the MonsterOfTheWeek but with the intent to kill them, unlike the rangers who want to save the monsters by returning them to human form in this season. Episode 18 introduced a new purple evil ranger called Don Murasame, who can Avatar Change into previous warriors mostly under this category as well as lone {{antihero}}es that stood against their main teams as TheRival. Three of the villains end up turning good and joining the Donbrothers, while Don Murasame, who doesn't have a human form and is actually a sentient sword, ends up in the possession of Inu Brother, but has not yet fought alongside the Don Brothers.

* The closest ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' would get to it are the Three Gorma Stooges, a trio of incompetent Gorma with a sense of competition that would recurringly challenge the Dairangers to some (usually rigged) match, who also had their own SuperSentaiStance and had rivalry with Tenma Ranger in particular. [[spoiler: Though they would end pulling a HeelFaceTurn once other Gorma tried to kill them as part of a plan, going to WanderTheEarth]].

* ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' features a group of ranger-like villains whose designs are inspired by heroes from older toku shows. They also fight the MonsterOfTheWeek but with the intent to kill them, unlike the rangers who want to save the monsters by returning them to human form in this season. Episode 18 introduced a new purple evil ranger called Don Murasame, who can Avatar Change into previous warriors mostly under this category as well as lone {{antihero}}es that stood against their main teams as TheRival.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1699387 The Coven of Reformed Supernaturals]]'' series opens by featuring the titular team coming together; [[Series/{{Angel}} Angel, Spike, Illyria]], [[Series/Charmed1998 Leo Wyatt, Cole Turner]], [[Film/BladeTrilogy Blade]], [[Film/Hellboy2004 Hellboy]], [[Film/Constantine2005 John Constantine]] and [[ComicBook/BatmanVampire the vampire Batman]]. The second fic in the series sees [[Film/Spawn1997 Spawn]] replace Batman as the team face the Gathering of Supernatural Psychopaths, who were explicitly created to be a gathering of supernatural killers for no greater purpose than to kill a lot of people (really [[spoiler:to keep the Coven occupied while the Devil prepares the Apocalypse]]). The Gathering was led by Spawn's foe the Clown and included [[Franchise/ChildsPlay Chucky]], [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Drusilla]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]], the [[Film/SleepyHollow1999 Headless Horseman]], the [[Film/JeepersCreepers Creeper]], and [[Literature/{{It}} It]].

* ''Film/TheMuppets'' evidently has one called the "Moopets", who dress like gangbangers. They also seem to be an in-universe example of SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute[=/=]PoorMansSubstitute.

* In the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' novels, the whole SOS Brigade is diametrically opposed by the Anti-SOS brigade, a team consisting of a time traveler, an alien humanoid-interface, an esper, and a depowered version [[WildMassGuessing of whatever Haruhi is]]. Ironically, Mikuru's opposite more closely resembles an EvilCounterpart to Itsuki (something Kyon even comments on), while Itsuki's opposite would be more suited as an EvilCounterpart to Mikuru. Pointedly, the only thing missing is a Kyon-counterpart. The Anti-SOS make several attempts to recruit Kyon, instead, believing him critical to their plans and fueling a great deal of WildMassGuessing. However, this trope is ultimately subverted, in that the Anti-SOS Brigade are not in any sense a coherent group, and its members do not actually care about each other at all, as shown by the fact that there are four of them but are split into at least three factions. In fact, [[spoiler:Sasaki disagrees completely with what the other three want, so much so that she tries to help Kyon oppose the others.]]

* ''Fanfic/FateHeroAndSword'' has this going on between [[Franchise/{{Fate}} The Holy City Camelot]] and [[LightNovel/Overlord2012 The Great Tomb of Nazaric]]. Their membership includes:

* ''Fanfic/ASongOfSilkAndSaplings'': Hornet's captors are a trio recurring antagonists who are direct counterparts to Team Snakemouth:

* In the [[Fanfic/AllThingsProbableSeries "All Things Probable" series]] of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' fanfics, [[http://www.fanhistory.com/wiki/Team_Probable Team Probable]] is a group similar to Team Possible, except that they assist villains for pay rather than stopping them for free. Its members (except the TeamPet) are the [[DistaffCounterpart opposite gender]] from their respective counterparts.
* The crossover story ''Fanfic/TheBridge'' gives a loose but present example. The main four heroic kaiju (Godzilla Jr., Mothra Lea, Anguirus, and Rodan) agree to work with the Equestrians to find a way home. Knowing this, the BigBad recruits a group of villainous kaiju. The most prominent are [[NobleDemon Monster X]], [[DarkActionGirl Hyper Gyaos/Irys]], [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Megalon]], and [[AloofBigBrother Gigan]]. The quartet also serves as the VillainProtagonist leads of the Specials. The two teams mirror one another with poorly socialized leader who has trouble controlling his powers (Godzilla to Monster X), a chronologically youngest member with mystic based powers (Mothra to Irys), and two sibling artificial creations from the same "production line" (Anguirus and Rodan to Gigan and Megalon).
%% * [[spoiler:The Axem Rangers X]] in Part 2 of ''Fanfic/ClashOfTheElements''.
* The Knights of the Round become this when given Galra enhanced Knightmare Frames to better combat the Lions in ''Fanfic/CodeGeassPaladinsOfVoltron''. Each of the knights serve as a counter to each of the Paladins: Bismark to Lelouch/Zero, as the leader of their respective teams, Dorothea to Kallen, who are the most hotheaded members with FantasticRacism[[note]]Though Kallen has begun to temper hers down[[/note]], Gino to Rivals, both of whom are nice guys who try to woo the ladies, Luciano to Milly, whose quirks annoy their teammates, Anya to Rai, who are the most logical members[[note]]Though Rai is more emotional than Anya[[/note]], Monica to Shirley, who are the most ‘normal’ members of their teams[[note]]though Monica is canonically a BloodKnight[[/note]], and due to Nonette’s defection, [[Anime/CodeGeassAkitoTheExiled Shin Hyūga Shaing]], is brought in to replace her as the Knights’ seventh member to act as a counter to Suzaku, as both of them are Japanese pilots who both have limited views on their own lives.

* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/15353/inner-glory Inner Glory]] has the reflections of the Lost World. They are Lustrous Revolt, (Twilight Sparkle's reflection) Spectral Slash, (Rainbow Dash's reflection) Shuddercry, (Fluttershy's reflection) Pinkamina Diane, (Pinkie Pie's reflection) and Temperament (Rarity's reflection)Jackie, (Applejack's reflection) and Thorn. (Spike's reflection) [[spoiler: But none of them are really evil, and they all make {{Heel Face Turn}}s in the end.]]
* In ''Fanfic/MyLittleAvengers'', [[BigBad Loki]] eventually assembles a team of Dark Avengers to combat Thor's Avenger team, selecting ponies whose powers make them {{Evil Counterpart}}s to the heroes, with Loki himself serving as Thor's counterpart. The only standout is Loki's [[TheDragon apprentice]] Trixie, who has no counterpart among the main characters -- though this admittedly becomes a moot point by the FinalBattle, as [[spoiler:by then, Trixie's failed an attempt to double-cross Loki and has fled for her life]], and in any case, all the Avengers (except for Thor, who still takes on Loki) [[OpponentSwitch swap opponents]] in order to get an advantage.
%% * A rather interesting case in ''Fanfic/PrettyCurePerfumePreppy''. The Akutare brothers, managers of the Sunday Scent Shop, oppose the girls in episodes 16 and 17... But the girls are five, so neither Ayameko nor Hanae have counterparts.
* The ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'' has this pop up near the end of [[BadFuture Dark World]]: [[spoiler:Nightmare Paradox has fused with five other Nightmares from [[GroundhogDayLoop previous cycles]], the six of them forming one of these to the heroes. However, only two of them are the actual SuperpoweredEvilSide of their counterpart, due to the Elements having changed hooves: (Nightmare Mirror to [[WarriorTherapist Rarity]], [[MonsterClown Nightmare Granfalloon]] to [[CheerfulChild Apple Pie]], [[LotusEaterMachine Nightmare Whisper]] to [[MasterOfIllusion Applejack]], [[KnightTemplar Nightmare Banneret]] to [[UndyingLoyalty Spike]], [[ControlFreak Nightmare Manacle]] to [[MamaBear Derpy]], and of course, [[BigBad Nightmare Paradox]] herself to [[TheHero Twilight]])]].

* Fanfic/SuperSentaiVsSuperSentai features one in the “Another” story, the Kyokingers, consisting of [[Series/HikariSentaiMaskman Tube Red]], [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Alien Blue]], [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Dora Pink]], [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Yokai Black]], [[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger NeziYellow]], [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Rin Green]] and [[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Evol White]]. [[BigBad Long]] later tries to give them another member in [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Jakan Blue]].

* In the LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya novels, the whole SOS Brigade is diametrically opposed by the Anti-SOS brigade, a team consisting of a time traveler, an alien humanoid-interface, an esper, and a depowered version [[WildMassGuessing of whatever Haruhi is]]. Ironically, Mikuru's opposite more closely resembles an EvilCounterpart to Itsuki (something Kyon even comments on), while Itsuki's opposite would be more suited as an EvilCounterpart to Mikuru. Pointedly, the only thing missing is a Kyon-counterpart. The Anti-SOS make several attempts to recruit Kyon, instead, believing him critical to their plans and fueling a great deal of WildMassGuessing. However, this trope is ultimately subverted, in that the Anti-SOS Brigade are not in any sense a coherent group, and its members do not actually care about each other at all, as shown by the fact that there are four of them but are split into at least three factions. In fact, [[spoiler:Sasaki disagrees completely with what the other three want, so much so that she tries to help Kyon oppose the others.]]

** A TokenHuman leader in the form of Shirou and Ainz, though unlike Ainz Shirou has a lot of experience with life outside of YGGDRASIL and is consequently better at treading the members of Camelot than Ainz is at reading the NPCs of Nazaric.

* The first straight example would be the Deathdark-V from episode 45 of ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive'', who were a group of {{Mooks}} turned into copies of the heroic Goggle V by an appearance mimicking MonsterOfTheWeek. To denote their status as an evil team, they each wield black versions of their respective Goggle V member's WeaponOfChoice and their SuperSentaiStance is them pointing their arms downward, in an inverse of the Goggle V's upward "V" pose.

Contrast MirroringFactions. May to various extents also be a SimilarSquad. Can be part of a GeodesicCast. Usually turns out to be an EvilKnockoff team. May lead to CounterpartCombatCoordination. The heroes and the Psycho Rangers are often shown in a MirroredConfrontationShot. For a team like this minus the evil, it's AntiHeroTeam.