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| 14 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[VideoGame/MetalGear Snake]] and [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork Snake]]. No relation.]] |
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| 16 | Hmm... Do any of these video game characters (or pixels) [[{{Expy}} look familiar to you]]? |
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| 18 | %%* Nell from the first ''Advance Wars'' was made as an expy of Caroline from ''Super Famicom Wars''. |
| 19 | %%* Naggi from ''VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures'' is clearly a parody of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Navi]]. |
| 20 | %%* Ben and Dan from ''VideoGame/BenThereDanThat'' and ''TimeGentlemenPlease'' were created as expies of Franchise/{{Sam and Max|FreelancePolice}}, and even affectionately call each other "Sam" and "Max" from time to time. |
| 21 | %%* MAAX [[FunWithAcronyms (Meteoroid And Asteroid eXploder)]] from VideoGame/BillNyeTheScienceGuyStopTheRock is a blatant expy of [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]]. |
| 22 | %%* Wrath from ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' was built as a ShoutOut to VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}. |
| 23 | %%* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'', being a SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', has a number of these: |
| 24 | %%** Slayer -> Valkenhayn R. Hellsing |
| 25 | %%** Sol Badguy -> Ragna the Bloodedge |
| 26 | %%** Ky Kiske -> Jin Kisaragi |
| 27 | %%** Potemkin -> Iron Tager |
| 28 | %%** Zato-1 -> Arakune |
| 29 | %%** Chipp Zanuff -> Bang Shishigami |
| 30 | %%** Justice -> Nu-13 |
| 31 | %%** Dizzy -> Mu-12fi |
| 32 | %%** Jam Kuradoberi -> Lichi Faye Ling |
| 33 | %%** Johnny -> Kagura Mutsuki. |
| 34 | %%* ''VideoGame/{{Bombshell}}'' had its early origins as a ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' game (which had to be changed for legal reasons), and as such, people naturally see quite a lot of Duke in its new protagonist, Shelly (despite the [[DistaffCounterpart different gender]]). |
| 35 | * ''VideoGame/BookOfDemons'' has everyone mirroring the characters from ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'': |
| 36 | ** FighterMageThief: The Warrior, the Rogue and the Mage are expies of the Warrior, the Rogue and the Sorcerer. Their playstyles is exactly the same. Both Warriors are male and fight with melee weapons. Both Rogues are female and fight with a bow. Both the Mage and the Sorcerer use magic are also EthnicMagician. |
| 37 | ** One of the major boss is The Cook which an expy of The Butcher. Both demons are slaying and hacking victims to keep their body parts. |
| 38 | ** The Antipope is an expy of the Archbishop. Both are enemy mages and serve the BigBad as TheDragon. |
| 39 | ** The Archdemon is and expy of Diablo. They are both the FinalBoss and demons who use [[KillItWithFire fire attacks]]. |
| 40 | ** The Sage is like Deckard Cain the Elder. They are old men with a beard and guide the player with knowledge of demons. They also provide indentify services for a fee. |
| 41 | ** The Healer and Pepin fonction as TheMedic NPC and heal the players. |
| 42 | ** The Fortuneteller is an outsider to the town, just like Adria. They both sell magical wares to the players. |
| 43 | ** The Barmaid standouts as she's a combination of both Ogden and Gillian, who are an innkeeper and a barmaid respectively. She helps the players with magical cauldron services, something that doesn't exist in the Diablo game. |
| 44 | * ''VideoGame/CassetteBeasts'' has a couple of character designs based on things from ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 45 | ** Binvaders are inspired by the Daleks -- the art book says their origins will be obvious to anyone familiar with British sci-fi -- being aliens wearing cylindrical metal armour. |
| 46 | ** The Amber Lodge is similar to the TARDIS, being a blue, sapient cuboid who travels through time and space, is BiggerOnTheInside, and sometimes takes the form of a woman. |
| 47 | %%* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' has these everywhere - millionaire playboy with no actual superpowers Justin Sinclair, kilt-clad time traveler Mender Lazarus and [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Statesman]] are only a few of the many. |
| 48 | %%* ''VideoGame/TheClub'' has Finn or [[Film/{{Memento}} Leonard Shelby]] in it. |
| 49 | * ''VideoGame/TwoDark'': |
| 50 | ** Mr. Smith is an alcoholic widowed version of Edward Carnby; |
| 51 | ** Antonio Petronelli is Pennywise with some elements of The Joker; |
| 52 | ** Sylvia Scarlett has a butler named Benjamin Sagot, who is pretty clearly styled after Alfred Pennyworth. |
| 53 | ** Delicatessen is a one armed Leatherface wearing a pig-mask like Piggsy; |
| 54 | ** Dr. Ernest Miguele is a badly scarred Frankenstein with elements of real-life nazi Mad Scientist Josef Mengele; in fact, the player can find a "New Scientist International" in his clinic that has him on its cover, and straight-up calls him "a modern Dr. Frankenstein", who defends a thesis of immortality. |
| 55 | ** Doggy Doug is a metal-jawed Shell-Shocked Veteran version of Dr. Faustus. He also bears some resemblance to Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight version of Bane. |
| 56 | * The main character of ''VideoGame/OneThousandAndOneSpikes'', Aban, is pretty much Franchise/IndianaJones with anger and daddy issues. One of his alternate colour sprites also bears an uncanny resemblance to [[VideoGame/LaMulana Lemeza Kosugi]]. |
| 57 | * ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'' has multiple ''Website/SCPFoundation'' expies. It was originally developed as an original ''SCP'' work before being revamped while keeping the ''SCP'' traits. [[NGOSuperpower The Consortium]] is a near-exact copy of the SCP Foundation, complete with the goal of containing anomalies, known here as "variants" and keeping the world at large in the dark about the supernatural. Some of the [=SCPs=] included/referenced are; a MadDoctor with a plague mask (SCP-049), an enormous reptilian creature called The Varanus (SCP-682), a telephone kept in containment (SCP-145), and Sigrid, a young girl who has the ability to [[RealityWarper alter reality]] by focusing on it (SCP-239). |
| 58 | * All characters in ''VideoGame/{{Battlerite}}'' base their gameplay off of one of the bloodlines from ''VideoGame/BloodlineChampions'', the game it is a SpiritualSuccessor to. |
| 59 | * According to top Creator/BioWare writer David Gaider, BW's writers build characters by taking ones from other works and reworking their names and backstories. |
| 60 | ** [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins Alistair]] for example was heavily based on Xander from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.[[note]]This is why they chose the name Alistair, it's the Scottish form of Alexander.[[/note]] |
| 61 | ** [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Bastila]] is essentially a carbon copy of [[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights Aribeth]]. |
| 62 | ** [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins Shale]] is [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic HK-47]] but made of rock. |
| 63 | * Ragna the Bloodedge from ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' is a dead-ringer for [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Vash the Stampede]]. According to the developers, he's a deliberate homage. |
| 64 | ** A good number of the ''Blazblue'' cast have the vestigial [=DNA=] of their counterparts from the game's inspiration, ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''. Ragna for example with his red and white colouration, holding a CoolSword in ReverseGrip and swearing like a trooper, is obviously a carry-over from Sol Badguy. |
| 65 | ** Iron Tager is meant to be the ''Blazblue'' equivalent of Potemkin, as another [[FaceOfAThug intimidating wall of muscle who is actually a gentle]] GeniusBruiser. Tager even has some of Potemkin's moves. |
| 66 | ** Bang Shishigami is a {{Ninja}} IdiotHero whose antics are played for comic relief and hardly anybody in the cast takes the guy seriously, much like Chipp Zanuff. Also like Chipp, Bang [[FragileSpeedster has crap for defences]]. |
| 67 | ** As a sharply dressed and well-trimmed gentleman with a monstrous side who fights barehanded, Valkenhayn is a fairly obvious dead-ringer for Slayer, except he's a werewolf not a DaywalkingVampire. [[LittleMissBadass Rachel's]] the vampire of the cast, and she carries over Slayer's {{Story Breaker Power}}s and [[DeadpanSnarker cutting snark]]. |
| 68 | ** Kagura Mutsuki, as a fairly clownish ChivalrousPervert who actually [[BunnyEarsLawyer displays great competence when pressed]], is the ''Blazblue'' iteration of Johnny. |
| 69 | * In ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'', Gebel is basically one of ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'''s {{Dracula}}, as he was once a normal human who has since become a HumanoidAbomination and created a castle infested with demons. Miriam is one of Shanoa from ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia Order of Ecclesia]]'' due to her magic powers, amnesia and an outfit that reveals her back, or rather the design on her back. |
| 70 | * While their personalities are distinct, Sion of ''VideoGame/TheBouncer'' saw his design (down to the style and preferred colors on their clothes) almost completely recycled for Sora in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''. In particular, the excess [[ChainedByFashion chains]] and [[{{Zipperiffic}} zippers]] are shared by both characters. [[spoiler:Heightened in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'' -- Xion (whose name in Japanese, Shion, is shared with Sion) is an element of Sora that is ultimately absorbed back into him.]] |
| 71 | * ''VideoGame/BungoToAlchemist''[='=]s whip class is the expy of ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'''s ''naginata'' – they're fairly sturdy, they [[HerdHittingAttack hit all enemies]] in one attack and they have a distressingly low growth rate which requires high leveling for their attacks to become more than ScratchDamage. |
| 72 | * Cheritz: |
| 73 | ** Yoosung from ''VisualNovel/MysticMessenger'' closely resembles Yeonho from ''VisualNovel/{{Nameless}}'', an earlier game from the same company: both are blond {{Keet}}s who are TheBabyOfTheBunch, [[StepfordSmiler harbor deep insecurities behind their cheerful smiles]], and can become disturbingly clingy towards the female protagonist in their bad endings. |
| 74 | ** Every Cheritz game so far has had a male love interest with long white hair: Jihae from ''VideoGame/{{Dandelion}}'', Lance from ''Nameless'', and Zen from ''Mystic Messenger''. Jihae and Lance also have similar [[SugarAndIcePersonality Sugar and Ice Personalities]], although the same cannot be said of [[TheCharmer Zen]]. |
| 75 | * ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight'': |
| 76 | ** Aurora, in addition to having the same name as the protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' and suffering a similar fate at the beginning of the story, is reminiscent of [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} a certain other]] [[FieryRedhead redheaded]] {{Action| Girl}} Princess. |
| 77 | ** Genovefa resembles Naija from ''VideoGame/{{Aquaria}}''; both being [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent amphibious mermaids]] [[LastOfHisKind whose peoples fell victim to genocide]]. |
| 78 | ** [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]] [[WickedStepmother Umbra]] is an amalgam of [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Queen Grimhilde]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Lady Tremaine]], and [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]], complete with a ScaledUp OneWingedAngel form like the latter. |
| 79 | ** Several parallels can be drawn between Nox[[spoiler:/Norah]] and [[VideoGame/BravelyDefault the Evil One]][[spoiler:/Airy]]; both being [[WhiteHairBlackHeart white-haired]] girls who seem to be on good terms with the heroes, only to be [[TheReveal revealed]] to be EvilAllAlong enforcers of a greater evil's will before their respectives games are over, are vile {{Hate Sink}}s upon showing their true colors, are fought near the end of their respective games, and [[OneWingedAngel transform into monstrous forms]] to fight the heroes. |
| 80 | * ''VideoGame/ChromaSquad'', being an AffectionateParody of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', is stuffed to the gills with expies. |
| 81 | ** The heroes' old boss, Dr. Soap, is a caricature of Haim Saban, the founder of Creator/SabanEntertainment which created ''Power Rangers''. His depiction as an overbearing and litigious blowhard is [[TakeThat a jab]] at the fact that Saban Entertainment was not a fun place to work for a lot of actors, in addition to the company's overprotectiveness of its brand (to reinforce this, he was originally named [[SdrawkcabName Mr. Mi Ah]]). |
| 82 | ** Cerebro is an obvious stand-in for Zordon. |
| 83 | ** Lord Gaga shares his name and flashy mannerisms with Music/LadyGaga. |
| 84 | ** In the final season, your team is joined by one of three [[SixthRanger Sixth Rangers]]: [[spoiler:either Galactic Sheriff, an expy of Series/MetalHeroes; Night Driver, a Franchise/KamenRider expy; or Tammy, an expy of the original Sixth Ranger [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Tommy Oliver]]]]. |
| 85 | * ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'' has a lot of this with ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'': |
| 86 | ** Suzanne Fielding and the American Reclamation Corporation bear a lot of similarities to Nwabudike Morgan and Morgan Industries, though her faction bonus is towards espionage, more like the Data Angels. Hutama, leader of Polystralia, also bears a lot of similarities to Morgan, as a student-activist turned politician with a charismatic personality [[WorkingClassHero who really doesn't seem to belong on a space expedition]]. |
| 87 | ** Commander Rejinaldo Leonardo Pedro Bolivar de Alencar-Araripe has characteristics of Colonel Corazon Santiago of the Spartan Federation. He also looks quite a bit like [[Film/{{Avatar}} Col. Miles Quaritch]]. |
| 88 | ** Vadim Kozlov, leader of the Slavic Federation, is based a lot on the real life Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Lampshaded in-game as the achievement you get for winning a game playing as him is called "Gagarin's Legacy". |
| 89 | ** The new British/Scandinavian-flavoured North Sea Alliance in ''Rising Tide'' harkens back to the Nautilus Pirates of ''Alpha Centauri'''s own expansion pack, ''Alien Crossfire''. |
| 90 | ** WordOfGod says that the African Union faction behaves a lot like the Shoshone of ''Civilization V'', expanding very quickly and grabbing territory, and then fiercely defending it. Similarly, the Pan-Asian Co-operative play similarly to Egypt from the same game. |
| 91 | ** WordOfGod also compared the three affinity choices to various icons from films, TV and gaming. Supremacy [[note]]an affinity all about building a variety of unmanned drones and combat robots while also upgrading your troops with cybernetic implants and eventually using full BrainUploading into robotic bodies, with the intent to allow humans to become independent of planetary biospheres[[/note]] has been compared to [[Series/DoctorWho the Cybermen]], the Franchise/{{Terminator}} and [[Franchise/StarTrek the Borg]]. Harmony [[note]]an affinity all about OrganicTechnology, gene-splicing, cloning local alien wildlife to use as battle companions and mounts, and interfacing with the local GeniusLoci[[/note]] has been compared to the [[Film/{{Avatar}} Na'vi]] and Franchise/{{Predator}}, though some have made less flattering comparisons to the [[Literature/NewJediOrder Yuuzhan Vong]]. Purity [[note]]an affinity that celebrates human history and identity, using big vehicles and mechsuits with a strong DieselPunk[=/=]{{Space Roman|s}} aesthetic and an undercurrent of FantasticRacism against Supremacy cyborgs and Harmony mutants[[/note]] has been called a secular, more family-friendly version of [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} the Imperium of Man]]. |
| 92 | * Many of the elements in ''[[VideoGame/LauraBow The Colonel's Bequest]]'' are expies of the setting, characters and even murder implements from the board game ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''. The video game as a whole is an unofficial adaptation of the board game. |
| 93 | * There are quite a lot of expies in the ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' series: |
| 94 | ** The final boss in the arcade version of ''Super Contra'', Emperor Devil Gava (aka The Red Falcon), is based on Mad Emperor Asmodeus, the final boss of another Konami arcade game, ''[[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/c/bats.htm Battlantis.]]'' ''Battlantis'' was directed by Hideyuki Tsujimoto, who was co-programmer in the original arcade version of ''Contra'' and later directed ''Super Contra'', as well as ''VideoGame/SunsetRiders'' and ''VideoGame/MysticWarriors''. |
| 95 | *** Emperor Devil Gava has also some similarities with the [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph Queen from the Alien franchise]], especially in his ''Super Contra'' debut. Compare [[http://www.klustr.net/contra/images/articles/gyaba_1.png Gava's head]] from ''Super Contra'', and [[http://www.thebeerdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Alien-Queen.png that of the Queen/]] Both give birth to the other aliens, and are their leaders. |
| 96 | *** In ''Contra [=ReBirth=]'', Gava has mandibles, that make him look a bit like a [[Franchise/AlienVsPredator Predalien]]. |
| 97 | ** The Aliens are in series, generally are based on those from the ''Alien'' movies. In The Final level of the original game, there is Devil Dragon Emperor Java(the big Xenomorph-like head), and Facehuggers. In ''Super C'' and ''Alien Wars'', there are enemies, that look like adult Xenomorphs, not to mention the Metal Alien, who looks like a winged one. |
| 98 | ** The Waterfall Boss from the Jungle Stage in ''Contra: Hard Corps'' looks like a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Space Jockey]]. [[spoiler:[[Film/{{Prometheus}} Well, at least one in their biomechanical]] PoweredArmor.]] |
| 99 | ** [[spoiler:The Moirai]] in ''Shattered Soldier'' have a similar role to the Engineers/Space Jockeys, [[spoiler:both being very advanced species, who created the alien enemies in series]]. |
| 100 | ** The TrueFinalBoss of ''Contra III'' also resembles the Golem from ''[[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Salamander]]''. |
| 101 | ** In ''[=ReBirth=],'' the Contra commander looks like Che Guevara, and Brownie the RobotGirl looks suspiciously like Drossel Von Flugel from ''Anime/{{Fireball}}''. Brownie/Tsugu-Min also very resembles Browny from ''Contra: Hard Corps'', both in looks and gameplay. |
| 102 | ** Bill Rizer [[ComicBookFantasyCasting resembles]] very much Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, and Lance Bean Creator/SylvesterStallone. |
| 103 | ** A pretty weird example from ''Contra: Hard Corps'', were there is an expy of an attack, rather than a character. [[spoiler:The first form of]] Colonel Bahamut [[spoiler:after fusing with Alien Cell]] uses an attack that is pretty much the [[TheWorfBarrage Continuous Energy Bullets attack]] from ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. His second form [[spoiler:after he loses control over the Alien Cell]] looks like Slave Beast Taka aka the giant turtle boss from ''Alien Wars'' and ''Shattered Soldier''. |
| 104 | ** The fight against The [[spoiler:Relic of Moirai fused with the Triumvirate]] from ''Shattered Soldier'' is oddly enough, an expy of the multi-fazed boss fight against Colonel Bahamut. And their first form resembles Super Buu, again from ''Dragon Ball Z''. |
| 105 | ** Genbei "Jaguar" Yagyu, is obviously based on the historical Samurai Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi. |
| 106 | ** In ''Contra [=ReBirth=]'', Rocket Ninja Sasaki, looks very much like a Franchise/{{Predator}}, or a [[Franchise/MortalKombat Lin Kuei Cyborg Ninja]]. |
| 107 | ** The RecurringBoss Big Fuzz looks like a gigantic [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminator skeleton]], and the two androids that are fought before him in ''Alien Wars'' look like normal sized ones. The three, however, are actually expies of the Snatchers from ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'', made specifically more apparent in the name of their debut stage being "Neo Kobe", the setting of ''Snatcher''. |
| 108 | * ''VideoGame/HardCorpsUprising'', being a ''Contra'' game by Creator/ArcSystemWorks, has ''a lot'' of expies of characters from their earlier works, other ''Contra'' games, and other franchises: |
| 109 | ** Sayuri = [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Baiken]]. |
| 110 | ** Bahamut = [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Sol Badguy]] or Bill Rizer (which would also make him an expy of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, as noted above) or a gun-toting [[VideoGame/StarGladiator Hayato Kanzaki]]. |
| 111 | ** Krystal, while easily likened to [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Millia Rage]] or Brownie/Tsugu-Min, actually shares more in common, at least in terms of looks, with [[Characters/MetroidSamusAran Samus Aran]]. Her gun is based on the ArmCannon of Samus's [[PoweredArmor Power Suit]] and Krystal even has an alternate color scheme where she looks exactly like [[VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission Zero]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Suit Samus]]. |
| 112 | ** Harley = [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Potemkin + Johnny]]. He also seems to have been designed as a fully human version of Brad Fang from ''Contra: Hard Corps''. |
| 113 | ** Leviathan = [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Ky Kiske + Chipp Zanuff]]. |
| 114 | *** He is also an equivalent of [[WellIntentionedExtremist Lance Bean]], who was Bill Rizer's former friend in the old ''Contra'' titles and an enemy in ''Shattered Soldier''. Both have accused their former friend (Bill/Bahamut) for the atrocities they have done [[spoiler:(Bill accidentally wiped out 80% of human population and nearly killed Lance, Bahamut betrayed Leviathan and the Commonwealth Empire)]] before becoming enemies. |
| 115 | *** He also resembles Deadeye Joe from ''Hard Corps''. Both have lower parts of their faces obscured by their masks, both are chased by the player, both have NobleDemon tendencies, and both fight against the player character, both personally and from inside of a {{Mecha}}. |
| 116 | *** He's quite similar to [[Franchise/BlazBlue Jin Kisaragi]], too. Both are sometimes at least a bit [[AxCrazy crazy]], had a deep bond with one of the characters (Ragna/Bahamut) that was broken, and consider themselves kind-off the good guy, at least in the beginning, despite being on the definitely wrong side of the conflict. Their faces and hair are also definitely similar. |
| 117 | ** Tiberius = [[VideoGame/MegaManX4 Colonel]] or Master Contra of ''Neo Contra'' + Chief Salamander of ''Contra [=ReBirth=]''. |
| 118 | ** [[spoiler:Tiberius Augustus = [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Justice]].]] |
| 119 | *** [[spoiler:In this form, he also resembles the first two stages of [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 G-Virus mutated William Birkin]], with both sharing the overgrown one arm, complete with a pulsating, giant eye.]] |
| 120 | *** [[spoiler:Ironically, he also resembles the Triumvirate from ''Shattered Soldier'' if you count the Relic of Moirai overwhelming them.]] |
| 121 | ** [[spoiler:Tiberius Invictus = [[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Chaos]]. Other alternatives include Valentine from the final battle of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear 2: Overture'' or Project C of ''Neo Contra''.]] |
| 122 | ** Some of the enemies are not free of this either. There's one resembling a Gigafly (from ''Contra III'', ''Shattered Soldier'' and ''Contra 4'') that tries to "kidnap" your character by taking them away to the top of the screen. |
| 123 | ** The Cerberus boss resembles Devil Emperor Gava, who [[RecurringBoss appears in other]] ''[[RecurringBoss Contra]]'' [[RecurringBoss titles]], but is much more mobile. |
| 124 | ** Both 573-Tigris and 573-Draconis (Kasuga series in the Japanese version) resemble the Magnus Tank series. |
| 125 | ** 573-Draconis from the end of Stage 3, seems to be based on the blue battleship/submarine boss from the beginning of the second stage in ''Contra: Shattered Soldier''. It also resembles the TIM Gunboat in ''Neo Contra''. |
| 126 | ** The Lux Corona resembles a combination of Rocket Ninja Sasaki (from ''Contra [=ReBirth=]'') and Great Awakening Robo Big Fuzz. |
| 127 | ** The transforming black robot from Stage 6 looks, and behaves like, a [[CompositeCharacter combination of]] Super Power Robot Yokozuna from ''Contra: Hard Corps/Shattered Soldier'' and the Heli-bot from the beginning of Stage 6 in ''Shattered Soldier''. |
| 128 | * The titular character of ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot''. A species of Australian marsupial who performs tornado spins to break everything in his path. Wait, were we talking about [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Taz]] or Crash? |
| 129 | * ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'' has one plotline where you have to deal with the unnamed leader of [[Myth/RobinHood a band of merry men]] causing havoc in your realm. Several of the story branches feature scenes straight out of the legend, but allow you to change the outcome. In the same vein, a Christian ruler in a bind may end up presented with their very own JeanneDArchetype and can either pick story decisions leading her to a death by burning, or save ([[{{Fanservice}} and potentially marry]]) her. |
| 130 | * Devilotte of ''VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}'' was built as an expy of Doronjo from ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'' -- both being blonde, female comedic mecha villains constantly accompanied by a pair of male lackeys. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in Doronjo's ending in ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'', where she ends up going after Devilotte for stealing her gimmick. |
| 131 | * ''[[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]'''s planet Blenjeel is based on the planet Arrakis from ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''. |
| 132 | * ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': |
| 133 | ** In general, the series has a lot of characters based on characters from its [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Predecessor]], ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls''. |
| 134 | *** From ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'': The Crestfallen Warrior is one to the character of the same name (both being soldiers who lost the will to go on, can be found in their game's main HubLevel, and share the same voice actor), The Undead Merchant is one to the Dregling Merchant (a human turned monster who managed to retain their sanity, and acts as an early game merchant), the Bell Gargoyles are ones to the Maneaters (flying monsters with similar appearances and fighting styles, who are initially fought one to one until [[DualBoss a second one spawns after the first reaches half-health]]), Lautrec of Carim is one to Yurt the Silent Chief (an AxCrazy warrior in heavy armor wielding a [[SinisterScimitar scimitar]] as his weapon), Snuggly the Crow is one to Sparkly the Crow (an unseen NPC who can exchange specific items with the player), Kirk, Knight of Thorns is one to Garl Vinland ([[spoiler:an AntiVillain knight whose goal is centered around protecting a DelicateAndSickly girl]]), Quelana of Izalith is one to Yuria the Witch (both being pyromancy trainers and {{Broken Bird}}s who wear similar attire and share a voice actress), Maneater Mildred is one to both Executioner Miralda (a DarkActionGirl who [[TheFaceless always wears a sack over her face]]) and the unnamed black phantom fought in the Valley of Defilement (a phantom enemy fought in a poisonous swamp area), the Fair Lady and Crossbreed Priscilla are ones to Maiden Astraea (the former a demon who managed to retain her free will, has the ability to heal the sick by [[EmpathicHealer taking their ailments onto herself]], and also has a loved one guarding her that the player needs to beat in order to get to her, while the latter being a NonMaliciousMonster who [[YouBastard calls the player out for their cruel actions]], and also shares a voice actress), Siegmeyer of Catarina is one to both Biorr of the Twin Fangs (a BoisterousBruiser in heavy armor who [[spoiler:performs a HeroicSacrifice to help the player on their journey]]) and Ostrava of Boletaria (a DistressedDude who the player can help throughout their journey, only to eventually [[spoiler:cross the DespairEventHorizon and need to be put down]]), Big Hat Logan and Griggs of Vinheim are ones to Sage Freke and his apprentice, respectively (the former a [[TheArchmage skilled mage]] with an unhealthy fascination with magic, who is first found locked in a cage in need of rescuing, and the latter having a similar appearance and being the apprentice to a powerful mage who they've been separated from), Blacksmith Vamos is one to Blacksmith Ed (a [[GrumpyOldMan grumpy]] [[TheBlacksmith blacksmith]] encountered in the later half of the game, who can make some of the most powerful upgrades in the game), and the Bed of Chaos is one to the Old One and True King Allant (a BotanicalAbomination that hides a pathetic slug that was once a great ruler inside it). |
| 135 | *** From ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'': Index Gundyr is one to Old King Doran (an ancient champion who fights the player to test their worth as a warrior), The Fire Keeper is one to the Maiden in Black (a blind, shoeless woman found in the game's HubLevel, who acts as the player's source to level up), Greirat of the Undead Settlement is a combination of the Dregling Merchant (a merchant encountered in the game's first true area), Graverobber Blidge (a scavenger who acts as TheRival to Patches), and Stockpile Thomas (having a very similar questline), Yuria of Londor is one to Mephistopheles (a [[CoolMask masked]] woman who tasks the player with assassinating another character), the Evangelist are ones to the Fat Officials (having the same outfit and fighting style), Anri of Astora's straight sword is one to the Blueblood Sword (a sword that scales in luck and was previously owned by royalty), Karla is one to Yuria the Witch (a woman with a similar appearance, mannerisms, and voice, and being someone who the player can save from an enemy), Slave Knight Gael is one to the Dreglings (slaves who were forced to fight in battles with only the most basic equipment), and Sir Vilhelm is one to Yurt the Silent Chief (a BlackKnight with a [[EvilSoundsDeep very deep voice]]). |
| 136 | ** All three games have a DownloadableContent boss clearly based off of [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]]: |
| 137 | *** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' has Knight Artorias, a warrior with a [[AnimalMotifs wolf motif]], an injured left arm, and wielding a {{BFS}} that can kill otherworldly monsters. His pose on the cover of the game's ''[[UpdatedRerelease Prepare to Die]]'' [[UpdatedRerelease edition]] also resembles Guts' pose from the cover of Volume 28 of the manga, and Artorias' [[TheBerserker combat style]] in his boss fight greatly resembles Guts' when the Berserker Armor is equipped. |
| 138 | *** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' has the Fume Knight, a heavily armored BlackKnight weilding a {{BFS}} that, in the words of ''Berserk'''s narrator, is less a sword and more a slab of raw iron. |
| 139 | *** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' has [[spoiler:Slave Knight Gael, whose first phase of his boss fight has him performing animalistic attacks and movements similar to Guts in the Berserker Armor, while his second phase has him using an auto crossbow and one handed {{BFS}} with a fighting style that greatly resembles Guts' as the Black Swordsman]]. |
| 140 | ** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'': |
| 141 | *** Gwyn seems to take inspiration from [[Myth/NorseMythology Odin]], the [[TopGod Top]] GrandpaGod with an epic beard who attempts to prevent the inevitable end of the world [[spoiler:and ultimately fails]], as well as [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Zeus]], a TopGod with [[BoltOfDivineRetribution lighting-based powers]], though Gwyn is considerably less of an [[JerkassGods asshole]]. |
| 142 | *** Dark Sun Gwyndolin is one to [[Series/SpaceSheriffShaider High Priest Poe]], a CreepyCrossdresser wearing white robes and a mask who attacks using a blue blast of magic shot from his staff. |
| 143 | *** The Wisps are ones to the [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Lost Souls]], floating skull enemies who attack the player by flying towards them. |
| 144 | *** The Four Kings are ones to the [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Nazgul]], former rulers who became [[TheCorrupter corrupted by temptation]] and transformed into [[EvilMakesYouUgly deformed monsters]]. Also, like the Nazgul, the group wields corrupt swords and [[WolfpackBoss attacks the player together if given the chance]]. |
| 145 | *** According to WordOfGod, the Humanity Phantoms are this to the [[VideoGame/{{ICO}} shadow monsters]]. |
| 146 | *** Black Dragon Kalameet is one to [[VideoGame/KingsField Black Dragon Guyra]], a one-eyed black dragon who is a rival to another dragon named Seath. |
| 147 | *** Velka is one to the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Raven Queen]], a goddess with a [[AnimalMotifs crow and raven motif]], as well as an association with winter, who performs judgement on the deceased. |
| 148 | ** The Pursuer from ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' is one to [[VideoGame/ArmoredCore Nine-Ball]], a RecurringBoss with a [[CyberCyclops cyclops-like design]] and a [[AnimalMotifs black bird motif]]. |
| 149 | ** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'': |
| 150 | *** Many characters in the game are very clearly based on characters from the series' SpiritualSuccessor, ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'': The Fire Keeper is one to the Doll (a woman who's found in the game's HubLevel, acts as the player source to level up, and has a side quest based around finding a specific item for them), Ringfinger Leonhard and the Abyss Watchers are both this to the Hunters (the former having similar dialogue relating to hunting beasts, referring to the player as one, and his eventual betrayal mirroring a Hunter succumbing to the Scourge, while the latter group were once warriors with an aggressive fighting style who dedicated their lives to hunting monsters, but have all since been driven mad), Yuria of Londor is one to Annalise (a masked, AmbiguouslyEvil woman leading an unseen faction), the Giant Archer is one to Djura (a character who initially attacks the player from an elevated area before the player befriends them), the Lycanthropes are ones to the Scourge Beasts (werewolf like monsters with a feral fighting style), Sulyvahn's Beast is one to the Watchdog of the Old Lords (a monstrous dog-like creature), the Irithyllian Slaves are ones to the Mad Ones (extremely tiny enemies with GlowingEyesOfDoom), the Man Serpents are ones to the Fishmen (having a hunched over body and wearing ragged clothing, as well as having a very similar fighting style), the Farron Followers are this to the Hunter of Hunters covenant (a group that specialize in fighting {{Eldritch Abomination}}s that were once [[HeWhoFightsMonsters members of their group]]), and Sir Vilhelm is one to Brador the Church Assassin (a member of a group tasked with killing those who delve to deep into what they don't want people to know). |
| 151 | *** While the series as a whole has taken heavily inspiration from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', this fact becomes much more noticeable with this game, with a large number of characters taking heavy inspiration from characters in the manga: The Winged Knights are ones to Bazuzo (having a very similar appearance), [[spoiler:their golden versions are ones to the empowered versions of Bishop Mozgus and his disciples (having a similar fighting style and appearance)]], the Evangelist are ones to Bishop Mozgus (having a similar appearance and using their heavy tomes as a weapon), Sulyvahn's Beast is one to the Beast of Darkness (a monstrous, dog-like beast), and Pontiff Sulyvahn is one to Griffith (a former peasant turned high ranking noble who's [[TheHeavy responsible for most of the story's problems]] who managed to achieve his goal though making a pact with four powerful beings, betraying his allies, and breaking the mind of a female ally). |
| 152 | *** The Curse-rotted Greatwood is one to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Exdeath]], a BotanicalAbomination with a near identical backstory. |
| 153 | *** Orbeck of Vinheim may be one to [[Literature/HarryPotter Severus Snape]], being a man with a sour personality, a dry voice, and wavy black hair. |
| 154 | *** Appearance wise, the Pontiff Knights heavily resemble the [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Nazgul]]. |
| 155 | *** Lothric, The Younger Prince is one to [[Literature/TheElricSaga Elric]], a sickly albino prince doomed by destiny with a similar sounding name. |
| 156 | *** The Painter is one to [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]], an artistic, barefoot young woman with extremely long blonde hair, who is kept in captivity by a witch. |
| 157 | *** Princess Filianore is one to [[Anime/AngelsEgg the little girl]], a MysteriousWaif with long hair who guards a strange egg. |
| 158 | * ''VideoGame/DeadIslandRiptide'' introduces us to Australian sailor John Morgan. Here's a [[http://images.wikia.com/x-men/images/3/30/Wolverine-marvel-huge-jackman.jpg photo]] of [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan who he looks like]] and how [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ag9ys2c1ZW0/maxresdefault.jpg he actually appears in game.]] |
| 159 | * Most of the Psychopaths in ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' are mix-and-match expys of the Psychopaths from ''VideoGame/DeadRising''. |
| 160 | * Belltower Heavies from ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' wear armour that resembles bomb squad suits and bring MoreDakka, similar to the Juggernauts of ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare2''. |
| 161 | * ''VisualNovel/TheDevilOnGString'': Maou[[spoiler:/Kyouhei Samejima]] was built as an expy of Lelouch from ''Anime/CodeGeass'', down to having the [[Creator/JunFukuyama same voice actor]]. |
| 162 | * ''VideoGame/Destiny2'' has a character in lore named Rezyl Azzir. His backstory of how he became Dredgen Yor is similar to Darth Vader's backstory. Bungie writers were inspired by Star Wars when making Destiny |
| 163 | * ''VideoGame/DiscworldNoir'': Many of the characters in the game are quite clearly Discworld versions of characters from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' and ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}''. "Tomb evacuator" Laredo Cronk is an obvious [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] reference, and the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' theme occasionally ''almost'' plays in the background of the archaeologist's guild. |
| 164 | * Kurtis from ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' was created as an expy / ShoutOut to Jet Link AKA Cyborg 002 from ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}''. |
| 165 | * Ada, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{DLIRIUM}}'' is a dark grey unicorn with a black mane who bears a lot of resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic King Sombra]]. [[spoiler:Both of them also become {{Evil Overlord}}s after becoming corrupted by dark magic.]] |
| 166 | * ''VideoGame/DongDongNeverDie'' has so many that the game itself could be considered an Expy. Just a few of the more notable ones... |
| 167 | ** Several of the stages are recreated expies of various ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' stages. |
| 168 | ** The intro is more or less ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters '98''. |
| 169 | ** Dong Dong, Terminator, Sheng Hua Nang, and '''the entire plot''' are tied to ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. |
| 170 | ** Ken is...[[Franchise/StreetFighter Ken]]. |
| 171 | ** Liu Mang seems to be a huge reference to ''Film/ShaolinSoccer'' and ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory''. |
| 172 | ** Mian Hua Tang summons [[{{Franchise/Transformers}} Optimus Prime]]. |
| 173 | ** On a related note, Xiao Pan wears an Autobot T-shirt, but otherwise has absolutely nothing to do with Transformers. Instead, he has [[Franchise/StreetFighter Guile's]] move set. |
| 174 | ** Fei Fei is basically a female [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Iori Yagami]]. |
| 175 | * ''[[VideoGame/DoubleDragon Double Dragon Advance]]'': |
| 176 | ** [[BigBad Willy's]] [[TheDragon bodyguard]] Raymond is based on the nameless final boss from the second NES game. While the Mysterious Warrior's fighting style from ''Double Dragon II'' was called "Gen-Satsu-Ken" (Phantom Murder Fist), Raymond's style is known as "Gen-Setsu-Ken" (Phantom Interception Fist). |
| 177 | ** Duke, the BigBad of ''Super Double Dragon'', also resembles the Mysterious Warrior. |
| 178 | * [[Characters/DragonBallAndroid21 Android 21]] of ''VideoGame/DragonballFighterz'' is an expy of [[Characters/DragonBallCell Cell]], being a bio-android with PowerCopying, and of [[Characters/DragonBallMajinBuu Super Buu]], being a murderous Majin that turns other into food to satisfy her HorrorHunger. |
| 179 | * Mercedes Marten of ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' is an expy of Casca from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' more or less. The game is already crawling with ''Berserk'' references, so it's not hard to imagine that the headstrong but insecure, short-haired, ambiguously brown, tomboyish, female commander of an army being a ''tad bit'' inspired by the female lead of the dark fantasy manga. It's pretty hard not to [[http://cult-of-casca.tumblr.com/tagged/mercedes-marten once you've seen them.]] |
| 180 | * The dragon in ''VisualNovel/DraKoi'' is an expy of Lala Satalin Deviluke from ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' in appearance, though her personality is only somewhat similar. They both have long pink hair and a very distinctive hat. In the case of the original, it's a shapeshifting robot. The dragon's hat just happens to look like it. |
| 181 | * The ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' dog has a laugh very similar to Muttley from ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces''. |
| 182 | * The FinalBoss of Creator/{{Jaleco}}'s ''EDF: Earth Defense Force'' looks suspiciously like Subatomic, the first boss of ''VideoGame/RType II''. |
| 183 | * Nearly all the agents in ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' were designed to be westernized versions of their Japanese counterparts in ''Ouendan''. |
| 184 | * ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'', a SpinOff of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', does this for nearly the entire cast. The mecha also pull this off: [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Alt Eisen Riese]] -> Alt Eisen Nacht; [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Ialdabaoth]] -> Ark-On; Soulgain -> Arkgain; [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Fairlion]] -> Fee-Kleid; [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Thrudgelmir]] -> [[spoiler:Svaiser]]; [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Weiss Ritter]] -> Weiss Ritter Abend. |
| 185 | %%** Kyosuke and Excellen -> Haken Browning and Kaguya Nanbu |
| 186 | %%** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Echidna Iisaki]] -> Cardia Basirissa |
| 187 | %%** Folka -> [[Characters/EndlessFrontier Aledy Nassh]] |
| 188 | %%** [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Persoenlichkeit]] -> [[spoiler:Wahrschein Lichkeit]] |
| 189 | %%** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Wodan Ymir]] -> [[spoiler:Gagun Laos/Gymnos Basileus]] |
| 190 | %%** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Marion Radom]] -> Marion Sumii |
| 191 | * The main character of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uny7FGK4vMc Esoteric Ebb]] is basically a 5E TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Cleric roleplayed by [[VideoGame/DiscoElysium Harry DuBois.]] |
| 192 | * Alexandra Roivas of ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' is basically a slightly older [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy Summers]], being a college-aged blond woman who learns she has a SecretLegacy to fight against [[OurLichesAreDifferent Pious Augustus]] and his chosen [[EldritchAbomination Ancient]], but unlike Buffy's inherent supernatural knowledge and abilities as Slayer, Alex receives her wisdom from a TomeOfEldritchLore, filled with the experiences and magickal knowledge of previous Tome bearers. |
| 193 | * The Wanderer class from ''[[VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Etrian Mystery Dungeon]]'' is heavily inspired by Shiren, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/ShirenTheWanderer'', the most prolific ''Mystery Dungeon'' series and the only one with original characters. In addition to a heavy physical resemblance, they focus mostly on utility skills intended to help explore the dungeon, while the other classes are lifted from the main series and fill more standard RPG class roles. |
| 194 | * Sally from the ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' DLC ''Mothership Zeta'' resembles Sherry from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'', who in turn was based on Newt from ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. There are also the vast scores of raiders that make up the bulk of the enemies you face in the game look like they were plopped into the game straight from ''Film/MadMax''. |
| 195 | * Dr. 0 in the ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' expansion ''Old World Blues'' is based on Rusty Venture from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' Not only do they share the same voice actor -- and yes, James Urbaniak makes sure to use the same voice and inflections -- but they also share similar personalities as well. Both are inventors of dubious competence with a deep inferiority complex towards a superior scientist (Mr. House and Jonas Jr. respectively) as well as drug habits (Mentats for 0 and "diet pills" for Rusty). With the [[SillinessSwitch Wild Wasteland trait]], one of 0's old labs contains "walking eye" robots; Rusty invented a Walking Eye on the show. |
| 196 | * ''VideoGame/FarnhamFables'': The Edisons are based on the Apple family from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. |
| 197 | ** They're farmers who love apples and speak in a Southern drawl. The family members who get the most focus are one brother, who's the eldest, two sisters, and a grandparent. |
| 198 | ** Wendy, the older sister, is based on Applejack. She's kind, trustworthy, and a very hard worker, but can sometimes be a bit blunt. She's often seen wearing her signature brown cowboy hat. |
| 199 | ** Winona, the youngest sister, is based on Apple Bloom. She's very cheerful and energetic, but with occasional depressive episodes. She wears a pink ribbon in her hair. |
| 200 | ** William, the eldest brother, is based on Big Macintosh. He's the one who takes care of the heavy lifting around the farm, and is mentioned to rarely argue or raise his voice, though he will do it when pushed far enough. |
| 201 | ** Wilford is a {{Gender Flip}}ped version of Granny Smith, being the above three characters' grandfather and [[RaisedByGrandparents raising them in their parents' stead]] (though one difference is that the Edisons' parents moved away to the city, while the Apple parents are heavily implied to be deceased). |
| 202 | * ''VideoGame/FatalFury'': |
| 203 | ** Geese Howard is based on [[Characters/FistOfTheNorthStarFirstSeries Souther/Thouzer]] from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', especially his flying pose when changing from one plane to another in the first game. |
| 204 | ** Rock Howard's moveset in SuperMode is based on Kaede from ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade''. |
| 205 | ** Axel Hawk is based on George Foreman. |
| 206 | ** Blue Mary is based on [[Anime/DragonBallZ Android 18]], though the resemblance lessened as time went on. |
| 207 | ** Sokaku seems to be based on a [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3X7poql8fXs/SIc4ASTHrrI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/2tnkfg6AO5M/s400/1993+sengoku+2.png generic enemy]] of ''[[VideoGame/{{Sengoku}} Sengoku 2]]''. |
| 208 | * Some characters from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' are expies of characters from one of the author's previous work, ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'': Kirei Kotomine and Souren Araya (both voiced by Creator/JojiNakata), Shirou Emiya and Tomoe Enjou, Rin Tohsaka and Azaka Kokutou (made even more obvious in a flashback that shows Azaka had the same hairstyle as Rin), Souichirou Kuzuki and Satsuki Kurogiri. The franchise's queen of this trope is Saber and this is made fun of in-universe: in the gag manga Koha-Ace, it was announced that a new character was going to be introduced only for it to be another Expy which had the characters themselves say "''Another'' Saber!?". In TYPE-MOON's April Fools special of 2013, Saber herself (under the PaperThinDisguise of "Mysterious Heroine X") joins Satsuki, Sion and Riesbyfe in their quest to overthrow the Gold Heroines because she wants to "get rid of the clones". |
| 209 | ** Also, Rin is VERY similar to Evangelion's Asuka. Both are tsunderes. While Asuka is half-German, Rin has spells in the German language. Similar hairstyle. Both are known as geniuses in their field. |
| 210 | ** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' is no exception. As one of many examples, Minamoto no Raikou has a startling resemblance to Suzuhara Misae from Zettai Junpaku Mahou Shoujo -- they have the same character designer: Honjou Raita. |
| 211 | * Duke Snakeheart in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' bears a lot of similarities to Kefka from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' since both characters seek power to rule over people and will commit atrocities and betrayals [[ItAmusedMe for the giggles]]. |
| 212 | * While not applying to a Character, the double-barrelled Devestators of ''VideoGame/DuneII'' have an expy in all ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' games to date save for ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun Tiberian Sun]]'', in the form of the Mammoth, Apocalypse and Overlord tanks. |
| 213 | * Reno from ''Franchise/CompilationOfFinalFantasyVII'' and Axel/Lea from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', complete with the same voice actors. Confirmed by {{Word Of God}}. |
| 214 | * WordOfGod states that ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'''s [[TheStoic Paine]] was intended as a gender-bent version of Squall Leonhart from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''. Ditto [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]], of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]]. |
| 215 | * Many have commented that the new cast in ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'' are basically the entire cast of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. Rosso the Crimson's a sexy sadist with a ludicrous accent like Sniper Wolf, Azul the Cerulean is a huge GeniusBruiser with a minigun and weirdly defined, animal-related magic powers like Vulcan Raven, Nero the Sable's an insane, Freudian mind-reader in bondage gear like Psycho Mantis, Shelke the Transparent is the cybernetically-enhanced ninja sibling of a sexy female scientist who has an intensely personal history with the main character like Gray Fox, and Weiss the Immaculate is a ranting, shirtless helicopter pilot and Vincent's inverse and rival like Liquid Snake. Shalua is a helpful, brooding scientist with damage and a dark secret whose sibling was turned into a scientifically-enhanced ninja, like Naomi Hunter. It almost qualifies as a WholePlotReference. |
| 216 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has several characters who share names and likenesses with other characters from earlier installments, including: |
| 217 | ** Matoya, Y'shtola's mentor, is named after a witch from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI''. She even has a Crystal Eye. |
| 218 | ** Krile Mayer Baldesion, one of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, is named after one of the playable characters of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''. Like her namesake, she wears a cat-eared hood and has a grandfather named Galuf. |
| 219 | ** The Warriors of Darkness are based on late-game bosses from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'', with their titles taken from jobs from the same game: Warrior, Devout (an evolution of the WhiteMage), Magus (an evolution of the BlackMage), Ranger, and Knight. |
| 220 | ** While not referencing a previous FF game, ''Shadowbringers'' features a HumongousMecha that features prominently in a post-game questline called "G-Warrior", which is colored in a manner similar to a Franchise/{{Gundam}}, makes a similar pose to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ ZZ Gundam]], and gets an upgrade later on with a rename to "Film/GSaviour''. |
| 221 | * Wol in ''VideoGame/MobiusFinalFantasy'' hits major points from Kazushige Nojima's previous ''FF'' heroes - Squall's fear of getting emotionally involved, Cloud's DeadpanSnarker side, and Tidus's FishOutOfWater personality. Heavily lampshaded in Gilgamesh's storyline, where Gilgamesh is trying to get Wol to find himself a role model among the Warriors of Light in history - 'you sound like a few of them already'. Wol tells Gilgamesh to go and talk to a wall, a phrase used by Squall, and when asked if he's a fan of Squall says he's 'not interested' while doing Cloud's distinctive shrug. Gilgamesh becomes concerned that Wol will never be able to be more popular than Cloud, but wishes him good luck anyway. (she |
| 222 | * Cody Travers from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' had his looks and the entire story of his videogame lifted from 1984's ''Film/StreetsOfFire'' starring Michael Paré (as Tom ''Cody'') and a young Creator/DianeLane (who was aboutt 17 to 18 years old when filming began in 1982). |
| 223 | * ''Franchise/FireEmblem'', to a notorious degree, as there are so many similar characters fandom categorized them into [[http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Archetype archetypes.]] |
| 224 | ** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', characters such as Caeldori, Rhajat, and Asugi are all dead ringers for characters in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' (Cordelia, Tharja, and Gaius respectively) and share very similar personality traits. [[spoiler:Then again, Caeldori could possibly be the granddaughter of Cordelia (depending on if her father marries Cordelia's daughter), and it's hinted that Rhajat and Tharja are part of the same reincarnation cycle (just who reincarnates into who is up for debate) so it strays a little from this trope.]] |
| 225 | ** [[Characters/FireEmblemThreeHousesEdelgard Edelgard]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' is a charismatic, intelligent {{Warrior Prince}}ss {{Anti Hero}}ine with light hair and a shocking brutality towards her enemies, [[spoiler:who launches a war of conquest against an entire continent]]. Making her a DragonRider through her Wyvern Rider[=/=]Lord class (a move supported by her stat layout heavily favouring this class) completes the comparisons to [[Series/GameOfThrones Daenerys Targaryen]]. |
| 226 | * ''VideoGame/ForkParkersCrunchOut'': The games [[PlayerCharacter Fork]]'s company plays have titles like "[[Franchise/StreetFighter Alley Fighter]]" and "[[Franchise/DragonQuest Wyvern's Quest]]". |
| 227 | * [[https://www.culturaneogeo.com/imagenes/entrevistas/ghostlop/ghostlop002.jpg Bruce and [=McCoy=],]] the protagonists of the unreleased Creator/DataEast game ''Ghostlop'', are basically Film/TheBluesBrothers if they were a pair of ghost hunters. Similarly, their enemy Mushman (as seen in ''VideoGame/MagicalDrop V'') is pretty much a purple [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man]]. |
| 228 | * ''[[VideoGame/GhostTrick Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]]'': [[spoiler:Yomiel]] is an expy of [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Yanni Yogi]], in a way. [[spoiler:Both had their lives ruined by being wrongly arrested by the police (including having their fiancées DrivenToSuicide because of it), and later dedicated themselves to {{Revenge}} against the officers involved. The icing on the cake is that they both had pets named after their deceased fiancées.]]Both games were created by Shu Takumi. |
| 229 | * ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'': Ken Rosenberg, of David Klinefeld from ''Film/CarlitosWay''. |
| 230 | * ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': Axl Low is quite obviously based a lot on Axl ''Rose'', the vocalist for Music/GunsNRoses, but being a goofy and humourous British time traveller, there's also a lot of [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] in him. [[spoiler:With the TomatoInTheMirror in ''Xrd -REVELATOR-'' that he's a magical time being as well, he's even closer.]] |
| 231 | * Each of the Dickens sleuths in ''VideoGame/GuiltyParty'' draws direct inspiration from another famous detective character. Dorian "The Commodore" Dickens is Sherlock Holmes, with his vaguely British accent and deerstalker cap. Max Dickens is [[Literature/TheMalteseFalcon Sam Spade]], with his fedora and trenchcoat. His sister Phoebe, with her FBI badge and habit of being the [[OnlySaneMan only sane one]], is Agent Scully of ''Series/TheXFiles''. Her son Rudy "Kid Riddles" Dickens, the overenthusiastic child detective, is Literature/EncyclopediaBrown. On the Dickens-Johnson side of the family, Dorian's sister Charlotte Dickens is an [[LittleOldLadyInvestigates investigative little old lady]] in the mold of Literature/MissMarple. Her husband, Butch Johnson, is a tall, imposing man in the mold of Film/{{Shaft}} (daaaamn right). And their adoptive daughter Ling Ling Dickens-Johnson is a smart, analytical teenaged girl in the mold of ''Franchise/NancyDrew''. |
| 232 | * The G-Man from ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' was stated by Marc Laidlaw, one of the series' main writers, in an [[https://www.combineoverwiki.net/wiki/References:Marc_Laidlaw_emails#On_connections_between_Half-Life_and_his_books email]] to be "weirdly/interdimensionally" related to a character named Theodore Slowslop from the obscure Japanese point-and-click adventure series ''[[VideoGame/GadgetPastAsFuture Gadget]]'', the tie-in novel for which (titled ''The Third Force: A Novel of Gadget'') Laidlaw wrote before joining Valve. Both characters are the cold, suited, mysterious, AmbiguouslyHuman handlers of their games' protagonists at the behest of their employers, but both characters will act against these employers for mysterious reasons, such as Slowslop collaborating with scientists he was supposed to be hunting down and the G-Man rescuing Alyx Vance from Black Mesa despite her infancy. |
| 233 | * Much of ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe 2'''s cast are expies of characters from the original storyline. |
| 234 | ** Yasuaki -> Abe no Yasutsugu |
| 235 | ** Fuji-hime -> [[HalfIdenticalTwins Yukari-hime & Misono]]. |
| 236 | * Despite having vastly different character designs, Ella and Elly Cole from ''VideoGame/HarvestTown'' is obviously based on Akane and Kasumi Tendo from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. They're both sisters who have a TomboyAndGirlyGirl dynamic, with the older (Elly/Kasumi) being a gentle and motherly YamatoNadeshiko, while the younger (Ella/Akane) is a fierce and unladylike martial artist. The younger sister once tried growing out her hair after her sister mentioned that her crush (Andy Reed/Dr. Tofu) might not like tomboys, but now wears her hair short after an accidental haircut. Regardless of how the younger sister fixes her hair, though, her love remains unrequited because her crush is actually in love her older sister (and turns into a blubbering idiot in her presence), though the latter remains oblivious to his attraction. |
| 237 | * ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' has a few of these. |
| 238 | ** Jacket is a rather blatant one of the Driver from ''Film/Drive2011''; they are both very quiet, mysterious, blonde-haired men who are known by their [[IconicOutfit iconic jackets]] and are capable of committing acts of extreme violence and brutality with surprising skill and efficiency. |
| 239 | ** The Producer whom Jacket fights in "Decadence" is likely based on Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan's portrayal of [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin the Kingpin]] in ''Film/Daredevil2003''. |
| 240 | ** The Son from [[VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber the second game]] is one of Tony Montana's character in ''Film/Scarface1983''; they are both infamous criminals with noticeable facial scars who become drug kingpins of Miami by ruthlessly murdering their rivals, [[spoiler:and they are both killed while desperately fighting off assaults on their respective compounds while extremely high on drugs]]. |
| 241 | ** The Colonel (also from the second game) is one of Kurtz from ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', complete with a similar appearance and character arc. |
| 242 | * ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' has Volga the Dragon Knight: a violent, [[ArrogantKungFuGuy arrogant]] BloodKnight who wields a mean spear? Sounds an awful lot like [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Lu Bu]]... |
| 243 | * Eboshidori, the first boss of ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}'' was based off the [[Film/{{Aliens}} Xenomorph Queen]]. |
| 244 | * Cybird's ''VisualNovel/IkemenRevolution'' has several characters who are very clearly based on ones from the company's previous game ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku'': |
| 245 | ** The most blatant example is Ray Blackwell whose [[ColorCodedCharacters black-themed]] appearance and "aloof military leader with a hidden cheeky side" role/personality mimic Nobunaga Oda's to such an extent that he even shares Nobunaga's [[https://imgur.com/dzS4u2x "tilted head and smug grin" pose]]. |
| 246 | ** Sirius Oswald, like Hideyoshi Toyotomi, is the right-hand man to his army's leader and acts like a perpetually worried parent to the rest of his army's members who constantly tease him about his mother-henning. |
| 247 | ** Fenrir Godspeed, like Masamune Date, is a playful, fearless SpiritedCompetitor who [[DualWielding wields two weapons at once]] and initially frightens the female main character with his battle lust until she learns his reasons for fighting. |
| 248 | ** Blanc Lapin, like Sasuke Sarutobi, is a bespectacled NiceGuy whose chance encounter with the main character inadvertently causes her to become trapped in another time/world. He even warns her not to fall in love with anyone before she returns to her original time/world like Sasuke does. |
| 249 | ** Amon Jabberwock, like Kennyo, is a ManipulativeBastard who's PlayingBothSides of a war between two opposing armies and keeps his identity and true mastermind status a secret from them until TheReveal. The two armies also eventually [[EnemyMine join forces to defeat him]] in most routes. |
| 250 | * Ranmaru Mori from ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku'' has several striking similarities to Nico Meier from Cybird's earlier game ''Midnight Cinderella'': both of them have pink hair and boyishly cute looks, act as [[{{Keet}} sweet and cheerful]] attendants for the main character's faction, but are secretly TheMole for an enemy faction even though they feel increasing guilt about deceiving the MC. |
| 251 | * Just like in Cybird's previous game ''Ikemen Revolution'', some characters in ''Ikemen Vampire'' are strikingly reminiscent of certain ''Ikemen Sengoku'' characters and their similarities are amplified even further by [=IkeVamp=]'s character design artist being the same as [=IkeSen=]'s: |
| 252 | ** Napoleon Bonaparte is an even more obvious Nobunaga Oda expy than Ray Blackwell was; not only is he also a historically famous dark-haired military leader who earned both undying admirers and undying enemies for his WellIntentionedExtremist methods, but the game even gives him an eagle as a pet to parallel Nobunaga having a hawk as his pet. |
| 253 | ** Leonardo da Vinci, like Masamune Date, is a flirty, teasing charmer who calls the main character by an AffectionateNickname, kisses her far, far earlier than any of the game's other guys do, and frequently spirits her away (sometimes against her will) on adventures outside to encourage her to loosen up and let go of her fears and worries. |
| 254 | ** Vincent van Gogh is portrayed so similarly to Mitsunari Ishida as a [[NiceGuy pure-hearted]] and ambiguously neurodivergent genius who initially [[ObliviousToLove does not understand the concept of love]] that the main character even frequently likens him to an angel just like [=IkeSen=]'s MC does with Mitsunari. Ironically, the character artist also made him look like a dead ringer for Ieyasu Tokugawa, Mitsunari's SitcomArchnemesis in [=IkeSen=]. |
| 255 | ** Sebastian shares Sasuke's role as the only romanceable character in his game who isn't a famous historical figure but an ordinary human who came from the same modern era as the main character and also Sasuke's personality traits of appearing to be TheStoic on the outside [[NotSoStoic but turning out]] to be a huge history geek who [[AscendedFanboy gleefully fanboys]] over the famous men he's now living/working with. |
| 256 | * ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven GO'': |
| 257 | ** The game plays this with the manager trio, Sorano Aoi, Seto Midori, and Yamana Akane are expies to the prequel's Aki Kino, Raimon Natsumi, and Otonoshi Haruna. |
| 258 | ** The commentator Kakuma Ayumu is this to Kakuma Keita. After all, they're brothers that have a common interest and share the same VA. |
| 259 | * ''VideoGame/IslandSaver'': Rainbow Cat is a colour-changing version of the [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Cheshire Cat]]. |
| 260 | * IOS games tend to make common use of expy and CaptainErsatz characters. Psyche from [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]] was a beautiful princess in a tower that the god Eros fell in love with. In Com 2 Us's game ''Majestia'', she's made into a fighter with a sword and shield and wearing a NavelDeepNeckline white robe. In other words, she's an expy of the ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur IV]]'' version of Sophitia but with red hair and no braid. |
| 261 | * Cuisses, the TeamPet who can eat skill stones to fuse them from Creator/{{Level 5}}'s ''VideoGame/JeanneDArc'' was made as an Expy of the TeamPet Toad from Level 5's ''VideoGame/RogueGalaxy''. |
| 262 | * The first boss of ''VideoGame/KeroBlaster'', the Shield Plant, is one of Omega from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'', both of which were created by Creator/StudioPixel. Aside from being a giant plant monster instead of a sand monster, it has the same attack pattern as Omega: be immune to damage until the two halves of its shell open up to expose its weak point and fire projectiles into the air. |
| 263 | * In ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', it is even {{lampshade|Hanging}}d that Komaytos are identical to Metroids. |
| 264 | * ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': |
| 265 | ** King's androgynous fashion sense was inspired by Creator/GraceJones, while her fighting style and physical appearance were influenced by Dutch actress and Muay Thai fighter Saskia Merk van Rijswijk (specifically in her role as a [[https://youtu.be/QQhNHeEkbDo?t=82 henchwoman]] in ''China White''). |
| 266 | ** Benimaru Nikaido was modeled after Jean-Pierre Polnareff from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. According to [[http://shmuplations.com/kof94/ an interview]], Benimaru was even jokingly called Polnareff by the development team that worked on ''The King of Fighters '94''. |
| 267 | ** According to the official KOF website, Shermie was based on Fujiko Mine from ''Franchise/{{Lupin III}}'', which is evidenced by her flirtatious demeanor and massive breasts. |
| 268 | ** SerialKiller Choi Bounge is based on [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], sporting the same hat, sunglasses and [[WolverineClaws clawed gloves]]. |
| 269 | ** According to WordOfGod, Chizuru's design was inspired by Yoko Shiraki from ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe''. Both are long-and-dark-haired [[{{Ojou}} high-class]] young women who handle venues related to fighting: Yoko sponsors a boxing gym with her grandfather, Chizuru organized the KOF tournament more than once. |
| 270 | ** Rather infamously, K9999 was a blatant homage to Tetsuo from the movie ''Manga/{{Akira}}'', bearing a similar design, fighting style (right down to certain moves that were lifted straight from the film) and even [[Creator/NozomuSasaki the same voice actor]]. It has been speculated that sheer blatantness of the similarities are part of the reason why he was [[ExiledFromContinuity quickly dropped from the series and hadn't been seen since]] [[spoiler:up until ''KOF XV'', where he returns under the new identity of "Krohnen" and with his ''AKIRA'' references toned down considerably]]. |
| 271 | ** Sylvie Paula Paula is based on real life idol Music/KyaryPamyuPamyu. |
| 272 | ** Chin Gentsai of the Psycho Soldier team is plainly based on Beggar So from the first ''Film/DrunkenMaster'' film. |
| 273 | * Riku from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' have his characteristics coming from Yui Hongo of ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''. Both are best friends of the main character (Sora and Miaka), [[FaceHeelTurn sided]] [[RivalTurnedEvil with the villain]] (Maleficent and Nakago) [[IDidWhatIHadToDo just to get a desired person]] (Kairi and Tamahome), [[HeelFaceTurn turn good]] at the cost of being [[HijackedByGanon taken over by the main villain]] (Ansem and Seiryuu), and after getting out of this mess, become TheAtoner. They also have their hairs growing long in the sequel series. |
| 274 | * Lololo and Lalala (aka Fololo and Falala) from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series are based on Lolo and his girlfriend Lala from the ''VideoGame/AdventuresOfLolo'' series, having almost identical character designs; Lolo and Lala have mouths, while Lololo and Lalala do not (as they are based on Lolo and Lala's sprite artwork, where their mouths are generally InvisibleAnatomy). |
| 275 | * ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': |
| 276 | ** Creator/ChrisAvellone stated he created Kreia because he "thought it would be cool to be in an adventuring party with [[VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment Ravel Puzzlewell]]!". |
| 277 | ** ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends By The Emperor's Hand]]'' introduces us to Mara Jade. Mira in the second game is an expy of Mara, right down to wearing one of the outfits Mara did in the comic. |
| 278 | * Each of the playable classes of ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' is a clear analog to an iconic ''Franchise/StarWars'' character from the films to one degree or another: |
| 279 | ** The Jedi Knight is based on Luke and Anakin Skywalker, as well as a young Obi-Wan Kenobi. |
| 280 | ** The Jedi Consular is based on Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi in his later years. |
| 281 | ** It's ''really'' transparent that the Smuggler is Han Solo in all but name. One of your first companions is a Wookie who owes you a life-debt, the love-interest for Light-Side Male Smugglers, Risha, is [[spoiler:secretly a princess]] with BelligerentSexualTension with the Smuggler, you're being hounded by a crime-lord whose cargo you lost early on, and even your ship looks like a boxier and less advanced Millennium Falcon. Of course, for some people that's the appeal... |
| 282 | ** The Republic Trooper is based on the Clone Troopers from the prequel trilogy. The most prominent NPC who represents the class, Jace Malcom, even bears some similarity to Jango Fett, the original donor from whom all clones derive from. The female Trooper is also a stand-in for [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]] due to their [[Creator/JenniferHale voice actress]]. |
| 283 | ** The Sith Warrior is reminiscent of Darth Vader, especially in the case of his most prominent in-game NPC, Darth Malgus. The player character also borrows elements from the latter, like him (potentially) having a Twi'lek wife. Said Twi'lek, Vette, is an expy herself: same species, personality, and ''[[Creator/CatherineTaber voice actress]]'' as [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Mission Vao]]. The main difference is that Vette's "of age" and a romanceable option. |
| 284 | ** Unlike with other classes, the Sith Inquisitor's templates are two rather different characters: the Force Sorcerer Darth Sidious and the Force Ninja Darth Maul. |
| 285 | ** The Bounty Hunter is based on Boba and Jango Fett. |
| 286 | ** The Imperial Agent is kinda inspired by prominent Imperial figures like Grand Moff Tarkin and Grand Admiral Thrawn; though here the similarities become very fleeting as they fit the role of a NonActionGuy, which is the opposite of the Agent. |
| 287 | * ''VideoGame/KyleAndLucyWonderworld'': With their similar character designs (One being a bird robot and the other being a robot with a large drill in place of a nose) and roles in the story (Bumbling minions of another, more prominent villain), Spike and Ballast are a dead ringer for Scratch and Grounder, from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''. |
| 288 | * Croix Raoul from ''VideoGame/LaPucelle'' looks an awful lot like Nicholas D. Wolfwood from ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''. |
| 289 | * Russian browser-based game League 17 used to contain actual Pokémon, but, after being hit with cease-and-desist, they have replaced them with blatant (even occupying the same dex slots and having similar names) substitutes. [[https://wiki.league17.ru/001 See for yourself]]. |
| 290 | * Jinx in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' is according to WordOfGod a RuleSixtyThree Expy of the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' version of the Joker (with Caitlyn being Commissioner Gordon and Vi being Batman). Although there's also quite a lot of ComicBook/TankGirl in there. |
| 291 | ** Veigar reminds a lot of people of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Vivi Ornitier]]. |
| 292 | ** Samira is effectively Dante of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' if he was a fully human, [[HandicappedBadass one-eyed]] Arabic woman, both being [[StylishAction stylish]] {{Thrill Seeker}}s who fight using flashy GunFu with [[DualWielding dual guns]], a giant sword, and a [[GameplayGrading combo-grading system]]. [[ShoutOut She outright quotes several of his iconic]] [[CatchPhrase catchphrases]]. |
| 293 | * ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'': |
| 294 | ** Ellis is based around designs for the Scout from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. |
| 295 | ** Louis also has his clothes and background being an almost duplicate of the title character from ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead''. Once Louis and the other survivors from the first game were made available in the second game, the resemblance is even more similar once you give Louis a cricket bat. |
| 296 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': |
| 297 | ** Kholdstare from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' greatly resembles Kracko from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series. |
| 298 | ** Yuga from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' is basically a mixture of Agahnim from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' and Ghirahim from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''. Like the former, he's trying to revive Ganon, captures Maidens, is fought before you enter the Dark World equivalent and is a mysterious magician from nowhere. Like the latter, he shares an effeminate appearance, a need to revive his master, is the boss of the first dungeon and is fought three times throughout the adventure. |
| 299 | ** Groose from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' bears a striking resemblance to Wakka from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' and even goes through similar character developments. |
| 300 | ** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'' gave us Linebeck, who has his share of similarities with a certain [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain called Jack]]. |
| 301 | ** The recurring boss/enemy Mothula is clearly based on the {{kaiju}} Film/{{Mothra}}. |
| 302 | ** The champion Revali from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', a cocky, bluish-feathered [[BirdPeople Rito]], is pretty much a medieval version of [[Franchise/StarFox Falco]]. |
| 303 | ** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', the pregnant Uli and her husband Rusl resemble Osono and Fukuo, respectively, from ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService''. |
| 304 | ** Also in ''Twilight Princess'', Shad looks uncannily like a Hylian version of Franchise/HarryPotter. |
| 305 | * Kyousuke of ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' is clearly based on Yoshino Yuusuke from ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'', both having similar hairstyles, voices, and names, and propensities for inexplicably charismatic speeches about love or friendship or hope in totally mundane situations. However, they're far from the same character - for example, where Yuusuke is always totally serious and stoic, Kyousuke is much more overdramatic and expressive and happy. Most of all, Kyousuke comes across as something of an expansion on Yuusuke's character, as while Yuusuke only ever had a minor role at best in ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'', being mostly a one-off joke, Kyousuke is absolutely integral to the plot of ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' and gets a whole lot more character development. |
| 306 | * The VillainProtagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Lucius}}'' is clearly an Expy of Damien from ''Film/TheOmen''. (In fact, the game is pretty much ''Omen: The Video Game''.) |
| 307 | * ''VideoGame/LufiaTheLegendReturns'' has Deckard, an Expy of Dekar from ''VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals''. Spiky blue hair, [[BadassNormal badass normaltude]], [[IdiotHero amazingly stupid]]... |
| 308 | * VideoGame/MaxPayne is a rogue vigilante with a leather jacket, a bag full of guns, and a family killed in a senseless act of violence. Now, he's out for revenge on the criminals of the world. In other words, he's ComicBook/ThePunisher. There's even a physical resemblance. |
| 309 | * Beyond the fact that the premise of the the [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Classic]] series (and preliminary designs for VideoGame/MegaManX) were inspired heavily by ''Anime/NeoHumanCasshern'' (Mega Man and Rush are practically Casshern and Friender), ''Franchise/MegaMan'' has several expies [[FountainOfExpies within its own universe]]: |
| 310 | %%** Several of the Mavericks from ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX1 X1]]'' could be considered expies of the ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'' Robot Masters: |
| 311 | %%*** Cut Man -> Boomer Kuwanger |
| 312 | %%*** Guts Man -> Armored Armadillo |
| 313 | %%*** Ice Man -> Chill Penguin |
| 314 | %%*** Fire Man -> Flame Mammoth |
| 315 | %%*** Elec Man -> Spark Mandrill |
| 316 | %%** In the same vein, the King Number Robot Masters from ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'' could be considered expies of the Robot Masters from the first game: |
| 317 | %%*** Ice Man -> Cold Man |
| 318 | %%*** Fire Man -> Burner Man |
| 319 | %%*** Guts Man -> Ground Man |
| 320 | %%*** Elec Man -> Dynamo Man |
| 321 | %%*** Bomb Man -> Pirate Man |
| 322 | %%*** Cut Man -> Magic Man |
| 323 | ** In-universe, Guts Man seems to be a recurrent template for bosses in subsequent games, with one of the most obvious examples being [[VideoGame/MegaMan9 Concrete Man]]. |
| 324 | ** Slash Man of ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'' owes his design to [[VideoGame/MegaManV Pluto of the Stardroids]]. |
| 325 | ** [[VideoGame/MegaMan9 Tornado Man and Splash Woman]] are, respectively, [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Sage Harpuia and Fairy Leviathan]]. |
| 326 | ** [[VideoGame/MegaManZX Giro]] is [[VideoGame/MegaManX Ze]][[VideoGame/MegaManZero ro]]. Besides possessing [[LegacyCharacter Model Z]] (which may or may not be Zero's SoulJar), this similarity is explicitly remarked upon in-series; Prairie, the leader of the Guardians, is heavily implied to be [[spoiler:an older Alouette from the ''Zero'' tetralogy--right down to [[Creator/RyoHirohashi sharing her voice actress]]--]]and is suggested to nurse feelings for Giro [[LovingAShadow because of how much]] [[YouRemindMeOfX he reminds her of someone she once knew]] (i.e. Zero). |
| 327 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGear'': |
| 328 | ** Creator/HideoKojima created ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'''s Meryl Silverburgh as an {{Expy}} of the Meryl Silverburgh from his earlier game ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}'', who in turn was created as an Expy[=/=]DistaffCounterpart of Solid Snake from his even ''earlier'' game ''VideoGame/MetalGear1''. |
| 329 | ** Kojima also later exported a {{Race Lift}}ed Benson Cunningham from ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' to ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps''. |
| 330 | ** And Dr. Pettrovich Madnar, the Metal Gear engineer in ''VideoGame/MetalGear1'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'', was exported to be the head of the Frankenstein Project in ''Snatcher''. |
| 331 | ** Drebin from ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 4|GunsOfThePatriots}}'' to the Smuggler from ''VideoGame/DeusEx''. Both are shades-wearing black men who do questionably legal defeating of biometrics. They even have [[Creator/KharyPayton the same voice actor]]. |
| 332 | ** Most of boss cast of ''VideoGame/MetalGearGhostBabel'' are direct stand-ins for FOXHOUND from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. Slasher Hawk is an Aboriginal shaman with a bird association, to go with Vulcan Raven the Athapaskan shaman; Marionette Owl, with his madness, GothicHorror elements and kinky serial killer routine, is a take on Psycho Mantis; Black Arts Viper is vengeance-crazed and TheRival like Liquid Snake; and Sophia N'Dram is a tragic, sexy racially-oppressed woman with a NobleDemon side and extremely heavy weaponry like Sniper Wolf. Pyro Bison doesn't really fit anywhere, though. |
| 333 | ** EVA from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' was stated by Kojima to be his take on Fujiko Mine from ''Franchise/LupinIII''. She's a similarly powerful motorcycle-riding ActionGirl who disguises herself and uses sex to get an advantage, and also her ultimate action is to stab Snake in the back and steal a legendary item from him. |
| 334 | ** Snake himself is VERY similar to ''Creator/KurtRussell'''s character Snake Plissken from ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''. For his part, [[WordOfGod Kojima]] has said the resemblance is intentional, as ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' is one of his favorite films. Snake also uses the alias "Iroquois Pliskin" in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. |
| 335 | ** From ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'', we have the FinalBoss, [[spoiler:Metal Gear ''Sahalanthropus'', which is similar in many respects to [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelions]]: in addition to being distinctly humanoid in its build compared to other Metal Gears in such a way as to physically resemble an Evangelion, it has some bestial behaviors like Unit-01 when it goes berserk. Also like the Evangelions, they are designed in such a way that they can only be piloted by ChildSoldiers. Further driving this home is the fact that the fight against ''Sahalanthropus'' entails the mecha being manipulated by a malevolent psychic child named Tretij Rebenok, whose name translates from Russian into "Third Child" -- the same designation given to Shinji Ikari.]] |
| 336 | * ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus'' |
| 337 | ** Tsumuris are zoomers of ''VideoGame/Metroid1'' in function, only you see their profile rather than their mugshot. Official art makes them more snail-like. |
| 338 | ** The Metroids already cribbed a page from ''Alien'''s Facehuggers (although in this game they hug Samus's belly) and this game makes the similarities even more blatant by having the Metroid phases of evolution crib a page from the Xenomorphs. They even have a Queen Metroid that lays eggs. |
| 339 | * ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'', being made by ''Franchise/MegaMan'' creator Creator/KeijiInafune sans the actual rights to the series, has Mega Man and Roll being substituted with heroes Beck and Call. Dr. White is essentially a YoungerAndHipper Dr. Light (though the MissionControl aspects of the character are given to Dr. Sanda), Dr. Blackwell is Dr. Wily, most of the Mighty Numbers are based off various Robot Masters (for example, No. 7/Brandish is Proto Man mixed in with Cut Man and No. 4/Seismic is Guts Man; notably, No. 6/Aviator draws inspiration from [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork GyroMan.EXE]]), [[spoiler:Trinity's first form]] uses the attack patterns of the Yellow Devil, and [[spoiler:Ray]] is [[spoiler:a gender-flipped fusion of [[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]] and Bass/Bass.EXE]]. |
| 340 | * ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'': Endercon is this of Minecon. |
| 341 | * Many of your units (and the enemy units) in ''VideoGame/MiniRobotWars'' are expies of plants and zombies from ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''. |
| 342 | * ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'', a SpiritualSuccessor of ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial 1'' made by the same Creator/{{Konami}} team as ''[=TM1=]'', had a few Expies in its cast: |
| 343 | ** Lesley, of Ayako Katagiri: they share the same specific personality traits unique to their character, i.e. an obsessive love for painting, and [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes a horrible fear of water]] which plays an important role in some special Events and dates at swimming locations; |
| 344 | ** [[RichBitch Linda]], of [[AlphaBitch Mira Kagami]]: they have the same hair color, the same [[AlphaBitch haughty voice]] [[WellExcuseMePrincess and attitude]], a similar NoblewomansLaugh, and [[spoiler:comparable HiddenDepths]]); |
| 345 | ** [[AristocratsAreEvil Johan]], of [[AloofBigBrother Rei Ijuin]]: they both act as the rival of their respective games' protagonists; both are heirs of very rich and influencial families, and they share the same arrogant and ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney attitudes, along with [[SomethingAboutARose a love of showing off with roses]]). |
| 346 | * Ninten and Ness, both from the ''[[VideoGame/{{Mother}} Mother/Earthbound]]'' franchise. In fact, most of your party in ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' serve as expies of the party from ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings''. Ninten, Ana, and Lloyd -> Ness, Paula, and Jeff, where the members of both trios fill the role of the striped shirt protagonist with a red cap, the female esper with a pink dress, and the bespectacled boy who specializes in weapons. |
| 347 | * ''VideoGame/MoonlightBerry'': Blueberry was created as a PaletteSwap of [[VideoGame/SaltysSundayNight Itsumi]], before [[CharacterizationMarchesOn developing characterization on her own]] and being remade into a distinct, but still noticeably similar character. The two are now canonically cousins. |
| 348 | * Kongōke Bosatsu "Hana" from ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'' is very obviously an expy of Sengo Muramasa from ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'', what with their equally eccentric personalities, dress sense and ''especially'' their fixation on nudity and constant insistence on stripping off clothing. |
| 349 | * ''VideoGame/{{Nefarious}}'' has Princess Mayapple, who is pretty much [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]] by another name, sharing the same style outfit she has, as well as the same dynamic with Crow that Peach has with Bowser. Albeit, she's a tad bit more [[DeadpanSnarker snarkier]] about her frequent kidnappings by him than Peach is. |
| 350 | %%* Many of the [=COs=] in ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars: Day of Ruin]]'' are similar in personality and/or abilities to those from the previous games. |
| 351 | %%** Jake -> Will |
| 352 | %%** Sonja -> Lin |
| 353 | %%** Eagle -> Tasha |
| 354 | %%** Lash -> Penny |
| 355 | * While ''VideoGame/NexusClash'' is crammed with Expies as player characters, everyone in the official lore is an OriginalCharacter...except possibly the setting in near-future ShiningCity Laurentia, which is pretty clearly an Expy of [[spoiler:Vancouver]]. |
| 356 | * The rabbit Marquis de Hoto from ''VideoGame/TheNightOfTheRabbit'' is an expy from the rabbit of ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''. In both works a kid follows a rabbit into a magical world. |
| 357 | * ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni'': |
| 358 | ** Marcassin, who is an absolute dead ringer for Howl of ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle''. In the English version, he even spends his first few moments on screen hiding his face, complaining about how "hideous" he is -- just like Howl does! (This ''is'' Creator/StudioGhibli, however, who are known for their {{Reused Character Design}}s.) |
| 359 | ** There's also the Toko class of creatures, who are an obvious [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Totoro]] expy, especially Chibi-Totoro. |
| 360 | * ''VideoGame/NostalgiaRedEntertainment'' has Doctor Brown, who looks like Franchise/IndianaJones with a thick mustache. |
| 361 | * Catfish Carl, the shopkeeper in ''VideoGame/{{Octogeddon}}'', is basically a fish version of Crazy Dave, the shopkeeper from ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''. Justified, as both games are from the same creator. |
| 362 | * In ''VideoGame/OriAndTheWillOfTheWisps'': |
| 363 | ** Opher, a warrior monkey armed with a battle staff, resembles a composite of [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]] and [[Franchise/TheLionKing Rafiki]]. |
| 364 | ** The Stink Spirit, though named after the corrupted version of the River Spirit from Creator/StudioGhibli's ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', more resembles the Tatarigami's first form in ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', which is further referenced with the creature's later DemonicPossession of Kwolok. |
| 365 | ** The SandWorm in Windtorn Ruins appears to be modeled after the Shai-Hulud worms from ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', with elements of the Graboids from ''Film/{{Tremors}}''. |
| 366 | ** [[https://oriandtheblindforest.fandom.com/wiki/Twillen?file=Twillen.png Twillen]], the Shard merchant first met in [[TheLostWoods Kwolok's Hollow]], has a suspicious resemblance to the [[https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fzelda.fandom.com%2Fwiki%2FSkull_Kid_(race)&psig=AOvVaw2oMuOdGw6EUvnrfvzg8V9E&ust=1586118767430000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCLCGvq3Pz-gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAN Skull Kids]] from the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. |
| 367 | ** Mora, the GiantSpider guardian of Mouldwood Depths, has drawn many comparisons with Shelob, the GiantSpider guardian of Cirith-Ungol in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings: The Two Towers'', although Mora is merely BrainwashedAndCrazy rather than outright evil. |
| 368 | * [[MadScientist Phineas Welles]] from ''VideoGame/TheOuterWorlds'' has been said to be a hybrid of [[Franchise/RickAndMorty Rick Sanchez]] and [[Series/{{Fringe}} Walter Bishop]], with a dash of Creator/PeterCapaldi's [[Series/DoctorWho Twelfth Doctor]]. |
| 369 | * ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'': |
| 370 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona3'': |
| 371 | *** Both the game's [[PlayerCharacter male protagonist]] and Aigis act as [[ReiAyanamiExpy expies]] of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]]—the former being a {{stoic}} with blue hair who warms up to the other characters over time while also having some WhenHeSmiles moments, and the latter being an EmotionlessGirl who slowly gains emotions over time and acts as the protagonist's primary {{Love Interest|s}}. |
| 372 | *** Akihiko Sanada acts as this to [[Manga/Reborn2004 Ryohei Sasagawa]], a silver-haired boy with [[PointlessBandAid something on his left temple]] who acts as [[BoxingBattler the captain of the boxing team]]. The only difference is that Akihiko is '''much''' smarter. |
| 373 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona4'': |
| 374 | *** Teddie was designed as a DeconReconSwitch of the classic Japanese children's character Manga/{{Doraemon}}. Much like the blue cat mascot who provides useful tools to the main character but barely resembles a cat, Teddie is a blue bear mascot who provides the tools the protagonists need to navigate and leave the TV world. |
| 375 | *** Naoto Shirogane acts as an [[ReiAyanamiExpy expy]] of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]], a mysterious blue-haired girl who shows a rather endearing side to those she warms up to. |
| 376 | *** Mr. Morooka seems to take inspiration from a number of characters from other series, including [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Mr. Akashi]], a SadistTeacher with goofy teeth who hates the main characters just for existing, [[Manga/OsomatsuKun Iyami]], having ''very'' similar looking teeth and hair, and [[Series/KinpachiSensei Mr. Kinpachi]], a teacher with a similar haircut who wears pinstripe suits and genuinely wants his students to succeed, though Kinpachi is far less abrasive about it. |
| 377 | *** Ms. Kashiwagi seems to be based on [[Manga/DearS Mitsuki-sensei]], a {{stripperiffic}} HotTeacher who constantly tries (and fails) to invoke [[TeacherStudentRomance Hot For Teacher]]. |
| 378 | ** Tohru Adachi's fighting style in ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'' is very similar to [[Franchise/BlazBlue Hazama]]'s, with one attack in particular resembling Hazama's Astral Finish. |
| 379 | ** The Queen of Hearts from ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' gets her name and appearance from [[Literature/AliceInWonderland the Queen of Hearts]], fitting the game's overall AliceAllusion. |
| 380 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona5'''s Sojiro Sakura is based on [[Franchise/LupinIII Daisuke Jigen]], a {{picaresque}} thief from a franchise that Creator/{{Atlus}} noted as one of their inspirations for ''Persona 5''. This includes Sojiro sporting Daisuke's distinctive beard, haircut, and nose, as well as wearing a trilby hat in his casual outfit reminiscent of Jigen's iconic fedora. |
| 381 | ** ''VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth'': |
| 382 | *** Nagi is one to [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Catherine}} Dumuzid/Boss]], a Mesopotamian god in white who disguise themselves as human, traps people in nightmares, and doesn't actually do anything until the very end of the game, where they're revealed to be the BigBad]]. |
| 383 | *** Kamoshidaman is an [[SupermanSubstitute expy]] of Franchise/{{Superman}}, a FlyingBrick who engages in ClarkKenting and is adored by the masses. The only difference is that Kamoshidaman is a VillainWithGoodPublicity, rather than a straight hero. |
| 384 | ** Akira Konoe from ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' is this to ComicBook/IronMan, being a rich tech guru praised as a hero by the public, and also has a notably similar appearance. [[spoiler:His [[EnemyWithin Shadow]] also wears a mechsuit greatly resembling Iron Man's own]]. |
| 385 | * ''VideoGame/PlagueInc'': in the [[ZombieApocalypse Necroa Virus]] scenario, as soon as the Necroa Virus revives it's first zombie, HeroAntagonist Z-COM appear. If whom [[VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown Z-COM]] are supposed to be is not apparent enough, the achievement for destroying a Z-COM base is called ''Z-Com: Enemy Undead''. [[Fridge/PlagueInc Fittingly]], for a PerspectiveFlip of a game notorious for it's EarlyGameHell, Z-COM is an IncreasinglyLethalEnemy growing in strength over time. |
| 386 | * In ''VideoGame/PocketArcadeStory'', the first three characters you'd most likely encounter in the game in fighting mode are ''Ryuchiro'', ''Speedy Joe'' and ''Chunchun''- expies of Ryu, Guile and Chun-Li respectively. |
| 387 | * In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': |
| 388 | ** Most of the male protagonists are expies of the original hero, Red. Ethan, Brendan, and Lucas take after his original design while Hilbert, Nate, and Calem take after his modern one. The latter two are also expies of Hilbert, most obviously with Nate. |
| 389 | ** N from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' takes after Kaworu of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. |
| 390 | ** The unnamed protagonist of ''VideoGame/PokemonStadium'' is obviously meant to look similar to Red from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''. The female protagonist in the sequel game looks like a brunette Kris from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon Crystal]]''. |
| 391 | ** Looker is one to Inspector Zenigata of the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' franchise. They're slightly goofy but largely competent {{Interpol Special Agent}}s. Looker's trenchcoat is very similar to his as well. |
| 392 | ** Throughout the series, species have tended to repeat themselves as well: |
| 393 | *** Most infamously, SeriesMascot Pikachu has had a new cheerful, circle-cheeked, FragileSpeedster electric rodent just like it in every generation, in order: Pichu, Plusle and Minun, Pachirisu, Emolga, Dedenne, Togedemaru, Morpeko and now Pawmi and its evolutions. |
| 394 | *** Although none of them are Electric types, Marill, its evolutionary relatives, and Mimikyu are also sometimes included in this group by Pokémon fans. |
| 395 | *** Every generation up through 5 has a small, cute, [[PermanentlyMissableContent unobtainable]] legendary with [[JackOfAllStats an even spread of 100 among all stats]]. In order: Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Manaphy, Shaymin, and Victini. To further the pattern, all but two, Manaphy and Shaymin, are at least part-Psychic-types. |
| 396 | *** The earlier routes are known for having a number of recurring patterns in the ComMons, such as with the Normal Mammals[[note]]Rattata, Sentret, Zigzagoon, Bidoof, Patrat, Bunnelby, Yungoos[[/note]] and the Normal/Flying Birds[[note]]Pidgey, Starly, Pidove, and Pikipek along with Spearow, Hoothoot, and Taillow[[/note]]. ''X and Y'' has noticed the pattern and subverted it; Bunnelby evolves into Diggersby, a ''[[NauseaFuel really not cute]]'' Normal/Ground type who's a MightyGlacier rather than a FragileSpeedster, and Fletchling, who at first appears to be the Normal/Flying bird, evolves into Talonflame, a Fire/Flying type who's [[DiscOneNuke one of the deadliest non-legendary Pokémon in existence]]. |
| 397 | *** ''Black and White'' was known for completely wiping the pokédex up to that point to fill the region with new species. While this has had [[BrokenBase different results depending on who you ask]], the Roggenrolla[[note]]Expy of Geodude, a three-stage rock-type that had the ability Sturdy and had its final stage evolve by trade[[/note]], Woobat[[note]]A [[GoddamnedBats very common bat]] that confused opponents like Zubat[[/note]], Audino[[note]]A pink, fluffy MetalSlime that spreads joy and commonly works in medicine, like Chansey[[/note]], Munna[[note]]A psychic-type based on the mythical tapir Baku that feeds on dreams, like Drowzee. Unlike Drowzee, however, Munna evolves with a Moon Stone[[/note]], Timburr[[note]]A three-stage fighting-type with very high attack and has the last stage evolve through trade, like Machop[[/note]], Throh/Sawk[[note]]Hitmonlee/Hitmonchan, twin fighting types which looked similar but had different focuses, along with the fact that you could only have one of the two[[/note]], and Bouffalant[[note]]A normal-type bovine that strongly resembles Tauros with an afro[[/note]] lines seem oddly familiar. |
| 398 | *** ''Ruby and Sapphire'' was a similar case, even though the Pokédex was only partially wiped. One can easily see the first-gen inspiration from Beautifly and Dustox[[note]]Both going through cocoon metamorphosis similar to the Butterfree line, with Dustox taking after Venomoth[[/note]], the Shroomish line[[note]]Mushroom-based Pokémon similar to the Paras line which also has access to the otherwise exclusive Spore; [[DecompositeCharacter one could also make a case for the Nincada line]], which also includes an undead cicada similar to Parasect in Shedinja[[/note]], the Aron line[[note]]Rock-type mineral kaiju resembling a dinosaur similar to the Rhyhorn line[[/note]], Seviper[[note]]Venomous snake used by Jessie of Team Rocket, who replaced Arbok[[/note]], and the Corphish line[[note]]Crustacean Pokémon similar to the Krabby line, both caught by Ash[[/note]]. |
| 399 | ** In ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament'', Pikachu's mannerisms and fighting style are reminiscent of Heihachi and Kazuya Mishima from the ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' series. |
| 400 | ** A lot of Pokémon are inspired by Japanese pop culture, but in particular there's a surprising amount of Pokémon directly based on {{Kaiju}} movies--Nidoking and Nidoqueen are clear parodies of the subterranean monster Baragon, right down to having [[DishingOutDirt the Ground-type]]; Aerodactyl has a lot in common with the pterosaur-like Rodan, including the fact that both their Japanese names are derived from the word "''Pteranodon''" ("Ptera" for Aerodactyl and "Radon" for Rodan); Tyranitar is just a straight up expy of Godzilla himself; and Generation Five would introduce the quasi-divine, mothlike Volcarona and destructive three-headed dragon Hydreigon, clear expies of Mothra and King Ghidorah respectively. Additionally, Butterfree's Gigantamax form introduced in Generation Eight resembles Mothra as she appears in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''. |
| 401 | * Angela Belti from ''VideoGame/PowerInstinct'' was based on pro-wrestler Reggie Bennett, specifically as she appeared in a [[{{Japandering}} Japanese energy drink commercial]] in the early 90s. |
| 402 | * Kogoro Tenzai and Mii Koryuji from ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' are based off of Sun Wukong and Xuanzang from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', respectively. Appearance-wise, Mii is basically a cross between VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}, [[VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw Juliet Starling]], and [[VideoGame/ArcanaHeart Petra Johanna Lagerkvist]]. |
| 403 | * ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'''s Blackwatch was created as an expy of Blue Unit from Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{Dreamcatcher}}''. |
| 404 | * ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' did this to ''itself'' by introducing a cast of new characters in ''Puyo Pop Fever'' who are meant to be equivalents to the characters from the franchise's Creator/{{Compile}} era. |
| 405 | ** The new protagonist, Amitie, is the original hero Arle. Both are teenaged girls who know some of the same magic spells ("Bayoeen" is a more specific one, but they do know fire, ice, and lightning spells that they give different names). |
| 406 | ** Raffina is Amitie's rival, very wealthy, and a big jerk, just like Arle's rival Rulue. |
| 407 | ** Dongurigaeru, like the Compile-era Nohoho, is a frog. That doesn't really constitute an expy by itself, but they both use the same puyo dropset - they fill the right side of their playfield with puyos, leaving the left open. |
| 408 | ** The Ocean Prince is meant as a stand-in for Suketoudara. |
| 409 | ** Lidelle/Rider has elements of Draco Centaurus (her horns, green hair, and weak AI) and the ''Puyo Puyo~n'' character Chico (small size, ears). Once Draco herself returned in ''Puyo Puyo 7'', she even borrows Lidelle's dropset. |
| 410 | ** The Compile era had a [[DemBones talking skeleton]] named Skeleton-T, whose role was taken up in the ''Fever'' era by Oshare Bones a.k.a. Dapper Bones. |
| 411 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr-DOBtsDkM ''Revenant Hill'']]: The main character, Twigs is an expy of Mae Borowski from ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' except [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism less anthropomorphic.]] |
| 412 | * ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': Perhaps intentional on the part of Creator/RockstarGames, Micah Bell seems to be an extreme version of a mix between [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Michael [=DeSanta=] and Trevor Philips]]. In many ways, Micah is a ShadowArchetype, {{Foil}} and even an EvilCounterpart to both characters -- a dark mirror of their worst traits, having all of Trevor's [[AxCrazy Ax-Crazyness]] and all of Michael's {{greed}}, ruthlessness and individualism but none of the charm and redeemable traits that Trevor and Michael are best known for. Ironically, Trevor and Michael were two of the main protagonists of Rockstar's previous game while here, Micah is [[spoiler:the main BigBad]]. It's almost as if the company has created an [[EvilCounterpart antagonistic, evil, unsympathetic version]] of both characters. |
| 413 | ** To Trevor Philips. Both are [[ChaosIsEvil chaotically]] AxCrazy [[PsychoPartyMember members of their respective game's main gang/family unit, and are more than likely to kill on a whim]]. Additionally, [[spoiler:Micah starting his own gang after selling out Dutch mirrors Trevor's small criminal empire, Trevor Phillips Enterprises]]. That's where their similarities begin, and they quickly end with Micah lacking many of Trevor's redeeming and/or comedic traits. Trevor has many {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies and a HairTriggerTemper while Micah is more well-composed and is rather serious in his acts. Trevor is ThePigPen while Micah keeps a well-groomed gunslinger image. Both are also opposites in regards to racial views and moral codes in their respective stories. Trevor is EqualOpportunityEvil and cares little for the ethnicity and gender of those he works with or hurts, while Micah is an [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain unapologetic bigot]]. And most of all, Micah lacks Trevor's main virtue: [[spoiler:[[UndyingLoyalty Loyalty]]. He sells out his gang, friends and surrogate family to the Pinkertons so he can branch out on his own]]. |
| 414 | ** To Michael [=DeSanta=], which is fitting since Micah is just two letters away from Michael. Like Michael, Micah is a malignant {{narcissist}} who grew up in a life of crime, and played a major role in the running of a gang. [[spoiler:Both also made deals with federal agents that led to the disbandment of their respective gangs.]] That is where their similarities end, and their differences could not be any starker. Michael will never commit wanton violence for the fun of it, and [[PragmaticVillainy many of his plans usually try to avoid unnecessary violence]], whereas Micah never plans and commits violence [[ForTheEvulz for his own amusement]] left, right, and center. [[spoiler:While Michael made a deal with the FIB to protect his family, and he would do anything for them, Micah made a deal with the Pinkertons that only he would benefit from, and he couldn't care less for the gang he destroyed.]] Their arcs also end differently, at least by player choice. [[spoiler:While Michael can ultimately reconcile with his family and begin to move on from his life of crime, Micah remains an unrepentant criminal and dies because of it.]] |
| 415 | * Several of the fighters in ''VideoGame/RivalsOfAether'' are {{Composite Character}}s based off of characters throughout the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, as the game was explicitly created for the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' fandom. |
| 416 | ** Zetterburn is heavily based on the "Spacies" archetype (that is, [[Franchise/StarFox Fox, Falco, and Wolf]]) that has historically been exceptionally popular in the ''Smash'' competitive scene. This is especially evident in his Up and Neutral Special Moves -- his Up-Special is Fox's "Fire Fox" with no change in function, and his Neutral-Special is based on his Reflector -- without the reflection capabilities, instead focusing on its [[NotTheIntendedUse unintended offensive capabilities as one of the fastest attacks in the series]]. In addition, many of his standard attack animations are taken directly from Wolf's moveset in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''.[[note]]In a HilariousInHindsight move, their movesets did [[DivergentCharacterEvolution split]]... on Wolf's end, when he returned in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.[[/note]] When the series began to expand, he [[DivergentCharacterEvolution drifted apart from Fox personality-wise]], but in the original game, the inspiration remains clear. |
| 417 | ** Wrastor's moveset takes attacks from [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]], [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Meta Knight]], and [[Franchise/StarFox Falco]]. Along with his being a bird, his characterization as a rude, cocky flier is based on Falco as well, and his Brooklyn accent in promotional materials is based on the voice Falco had in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''. |
| 418 | ** Orcane takes his moveset directly from [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Vaporeon]] in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashLand'' -- creator Dan Fornace's previous project. They're both built around the central gimmick of leaving puddles of water and teleporting between them. |
| 419 | ** Of the expies in ''Rivals'', Clairen remains the closest to her source character. She takes the majority of her moveset from [[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Marth]] down to animations and the gimmick of the tip of her sword being stronger than the blade, and takes her backstory from [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Lucina]] in that she travelled into the past to aid her ancestor (for Lucina, Chrom; for Clairen, Forsburn) in order to prevent a BadFuture. |
| 420 | ** Absa takes moves from [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Ness]], [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Mewtwo]], and [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]], in the case of the latter some of said attacks even having the same name. She's also built around Ness/Mewtwo's unique jump mechanics. |
| 421 | * Randy and Andy, the Dragon Twins from ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'', are based on Billy and Jimmy Lee, right down to using their same theme music. The reference was even more blatant in the Japanese version, ''[[VideoGame/KunioKun Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari]]'', where Randy and Andy's Japanese counterparts were [[DubNameChange originally named]] Ryūichi and Ryūji Hattori (their names meaning First Dragon and Second Dragon). |
| 422 | * In ''VideoGame/RoadRedemption'', the unlockable character John Spartan is based not on the protagonist of ''Film/DemolitionMan'', but on [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Spartan John-117 AKA Master Chief]]. Likewise, Jack Traven, though he has the same name as the hero of ''Film/{{Speed}}'', more resembles [[Franchise/{{Hitman}} Agent 47]]. |
| 423 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Robopon}}'', ''Robopon 64'' had you play as expies of Cody and Bisco, the hero and his rival from the GBC games. |
| 424 | * From ''VideoGame/{{Roommates}}'', Isabella greatly resembles a [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII certain Rivaini pirate]] and, for all intents and purposes, could be seen as a modern-day [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl college equivalent]]. Rakesh may put people in mind of [[Series/TheBigBangTheory another quirky Indian fellow]] with a one-letter difference in his name.[[note]]It doesn't help that the two letters are side-by-side on a standard QWERTY keyboard, making it ''extremely'' easy to mistype one for the other.[[/note]] |
| 425 | * Red and Blue from ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'' were based on characters of the same name from ''VideoGame/TreasureHunterG''. |
| 426 | * The titular VideoGame/SeriousSam is pretty much the equally titular VideoGame/DukeNukem without all the sexual and toilet humor (but still with plenty of cheesy one-liners.) This, plus the fact that the first game came out the same year that 3D Realms announced "''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' will be done when it's done" could be used to argue that the former is a SpiritualSuccessor to the latter (especially when ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' bombed horribly, while ''Serious Sam 3'' fared considerably better.) |
| 427 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsFromTheNewWorld'' lifts some characters from previous ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' games. |
| 428 | ** Anne Lafitte is basically Anastasia from ''[[VideoGame/ShadowHeartsCovenant Covenant]]'' - a TokenMiniMoe with {{Improbable Weapon|User}} and an energetic and somewhat annoying personality. |
| 429 | ** Lady and Killer are basically evil [[VideoGame/ShadowHearts1 Alice and Yuri]]. Both Lady and Alice are white-haired young women with mysterious powers, who empower their protectors. Both Killer and Yuri are brooding older men in {{Badass Longcoat}}s with TooManyBelts and GoodOldFisticuffs battle style. |
| 430 | * Both {{Miko}} SHMUP Heroines Sayo Yuuki from ''VideoGame/CastleOfShikigami'' and Reimu Hakurei from ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' are said to be based on Sayo-chan/Pocky from Kiki Kaikai/Pocky and Rocky. |
| 431 | * ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' takes a lot of influence from the 8-bit era of gaming due to being a homage and {{Retraux}}, with many influences coming from ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic''. |
| 432 | ** The Order of No Quarter are based off the concept of the Robot Masters. They're a group of highly memorable bosses who wait at the end of specifically themed levels, have great visual designs and a lot of personality for one-off bosses, fight with very specific gimmicks, and are fought a second time in a BossRush toward the end of the game. They even have a very similar naming scheme. |
| 433 | ** Shovel Knight and Shield Knight are visually based off of Mega Man and Proto Man (although the latter only in terms of appearance). |
| 434 | ** Black Knight is also an expy of Proto Man in that he's not only fiercely independent, he also serves as a somewhat similar foil to Shovel Knight. He's also an expy to Bass in that he's a black-armored rival to Shovel Knight, using the same form of attack as him [[spoiler:and not being aligned to the main antagonist]]. |
| 435 | ** The game's BigBad, the Enchantress, has a design that is heavily reminiscent of Maleficent from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. Both have green skin, wear a cloak with black and purple as its main colors, horns on top of their heads, and utilize [[TechnicolorFire green fire]]. |
| 436 | %%* In ''Silent Dragon'', Wolfkid is based on [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Jagi]]. |
| 437 | * The Butcher in ''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins'' and the Bogeyman in ''VideoGame/SilentHillHomecoming'' are expies of Pyramid Head in ''VideoGame/SilentHill2''. It goes beyond just being an Expy in Homecoming; the Bogeyman is more or less just Pyramid Head renamed. |
| 438 | * In ''VideoGame/SilentScope'', [[TheDragon Monica]] [[{{Dominatrix}} the Armored Secretary]] is basically an armor-plated version of Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}}. |
| 439 | * Drachma from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' was created as an expy of Captain Ahab from the classic ''Literature/MobyDick''. TheHero Vyse also has a lot of Anime/CaptainHarlock in him. |
| 440 | * ''VideoGame/SmallTownMurders'': several from ''VideoGame/CriminalCase''. |
| 441 | ** Mike Shanahan for David Jones. |
| 442 | ** Sal Manzanella for Tony Marconi. |
| 443 | ** Zoe Maurice for Ruby Rees (only in physical appearance). |
| 444 | ** Winnifred Wayward for Agnes Leek (the former isn't as grumpy as the latter). |
| 445 | ** Esme Wayward for Morgana Blackhawk. |
| 446 | ** Luna Wayward for Belinda. |
| 447 | ** Tyler Parks for Bobby Prince. |
| 448 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': |
| 449 | ** Dr. Eggman's robot companions in ''VideoGame/SonicColors'', Orbot and Cubot, strangely resemble Decoe and Bocoe from ''Anime/SonicX'', who themselves are expies of Scratch and Grounder from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''. |
| 450 | ** Dr. Eggman borrowed some ideas from another mad scientist antagonist in video games, Dr. Wily- Egg Mobile is similar to Wily Capsule, both have robotic minions, both reside in futuristic fortresses. In Game Boy ''Mega Man'' games Dr. Wily's final stage sets in space, while in many Sonic games Dr. Eggman's final stage also sets in space. But in ''VideoGame/MegaManV'' Dr. Wily has Death Star-like space station, like his fellow Dr. Eggman made his own space station months earlier. While both seek for achieving and maintaining world dominance, historical personalities, they based on are pacifists- Theodore Roosevelt and Albert Einstein respectively. |
| 451 | ** [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere King Boom Boo]] and his minions in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' are the series equivalent of King Boo and his minions in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series. |
| 452 | ** Rouge the Bat is basically an animal take on Morrigan from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''. |
| 453 | ** The Nocturnus are very similar to the group of Echidnas, the Dark Legion, from [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics the Archie Comics]], and Shade is similar to Julie-Su, and their home dimension "The Twilight Cage" has a similar name to the Dark Legion's dimension "The Twilight Zone". Ix also looks similar to the ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' character Dr. Zachary, and Archie's version Dr. Finitevus. |
| 454 | ** The Ifrit in ''Sonic Rivals 2'' is very clearly an expy of [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Iblis]]. Like Iblis, the Ifrit is an immortal fire monster named after a djinn in Middle Eastern mythology, and who is responsible for destroying the world in Silver's future. Even their designs are similar, with the Ifrit resembling a winged version of one of Iblis' forms. |
| 455 | ** The Sonic games also have many similarities to ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Sonic, Shadow, and Silver are essentially expies of Goku, Vegeta, and Future Trunks, respectively. There's also the super forms and the seven magical Chaos Emeralds. Unsurprising, considering the manga influenced quite a bit of the overall franchise. |
| 456 | * ''Sorcery Saga'' has ''extremely'' transparent stand-ins for the main ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari'' and ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' cast. While there are some tiny differences to try and make them different from their ancestors, the blueprint is still there. |
| 457 | ** Pupuru is Arle's expy, being the curry-loving {{Bokukko}} magic student trying to graduate magic school. Both of them are also the OnlySaneMan in a CastFullOfCrazy, though Pupuru is a bit more scatter-brained and slow-witted compared to Arle. |
| 458 | ** Cliora is Rulue's, being TheRival to the heroine in romantic pursuits. Unlike Rulue, however, Cliora is capable of casting magic. |
| 459 | ** Zeo is Schezo's, an expert magician specializing in dark magic with dodgy vocab choices. Zeo, however, claims to have deliberately vague wording to try and be more mysterious. |
| 460 | ** Gigadis is an expy of Satan, being a pathetic and laughable demon king that pines for the main heroine that has zero interest in him. |
| 461 | ** Kuu is Carbuncle's, as the weird little cute creature with a connection to Gigadis, the Satan expy. Both of them accompany the heroine on adventures, and are {{Extreme Omnivore}}s, but their reason for following the heroine differ. Kuu just wants food, Carbuncle seems genuinely happy to be with Arle despite wandering off now and then. |
| 462 | * ''VideoGame/SpellingJungle'': In the sequel ''Spelling Blizzard'', all six animal types (excluding the Abominable Snowman, which is functionally a hybrid of an animal and a Trickster) serve the same functions as six of the animals from ''Spelling Jungle'' (the polar bears fill the role of the lions; the wolves fill the role of the tigers; the penguins fill the role of the gazelles; the moose fill the role of the rhinos; the walruses fill the role of the alligators; and the whales fill the role of the hippos). |
| 463 | * Officer Ooe from ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'' is one to Mashita from the previous game ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMark''. With her black hair, half-lidded eyes, and role as a CowboyCop who bucks the rules in favour of the truth, she's strikingly similar to a female version of him. This is shown to be deliberate in the concept artwork, which features a sketch of Mashita alongside her own. |
| 464 | * The Planet Buster in ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' is an expendable item which is essentially a "[[Film/ANewHope Destroy Alderaan Button]]". Of course, just like its source, the Planet Buster will make everyone in the galaxy hate/fear you. |
| 465 | * ''VideoGame/StarOcean'': |
| 466 | ** The three starting party members from the [[VideoGame/StarOcean1 original game]] are clearly expies of some of ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' characters. In the [[VideoGame/StarOceanAnamnesis Anamnesis]][=/=][[VideoGame/TalesOfTheRays Rays]] [[https://starocean.fandom.com/wiki/Roddick_Farrence?file=SOA_Tales_illustration.jpg collab artwork]] they even have mirrored positions. Not surprising, given that ''Star Ocean'' was created by the same team as ''Tales of Phantasia''. |
| 467 | *** Roddick is a clear counterpart to Cress, being a [[HeroesPreferSwords sword-wielding]] hero, who longs for adventure and, unfortunately, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor gets it]] by the way of [[DoomedHometown destruction of his village]]. In ''First Departure'' he even wears almost the same armor. |
| 468 | *** Dorne is an expy of Chester. Both are friends to the hero, who leave the party early on, and not on their own will (Chester [[spoiler:is accidentally left out of time-warping spell]] while Dorne [[spoiler:is TakenForGranite by a disease]]). Both even share their EyesAlwaysShut trait, although Chester drops it in later appearances. |
| 469 | *** Millie is a fusion of Mint and Arche, being a WhiteMagicianGirl (like Mint), who, however, has {{Tsundere}} tendencies, and is easy to anger (like Arche). She shares her spellist with Mint, but physically resembles Arche. |
| 470 | ** Nel Zelpher from ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' was created to be an expy of Phia from ''VideoGame/StarOcean1''. Phia's combat style in the PSP UpdatedRerelease of the first game was even reworked to be more like Nel's later on. |
| 471 | * The protagonists of ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'', ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood'', and ''VideoGame/{{Armikrog}}'' all resemble each other. They also resemble character Creator/DougTenNapel has created in other media. ''VideoGame/{{Armikrog}}''[='=]s BigBad [[spoiler:Vognaut]] is an obvious reference to ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood''[='=]s BigBad Klogg, right down to [[spoiler:being the protagonist's older brother]]. He is even shown wielding a similar weapon. |
| 472 | * All the hero characters in Mobirix's Zombie Hive are based off of characters elsewhere: Red Fox is Claire Redfield from ''Resident Evil'', Jack [=McLaine=] is John [=McClane=] from ''Franchise/DieHard'', Lady Hawk is Marvel's ComicBook/BlackWidow but with an inverted colour scheme and an electrified submachine gun rather than shockrods, Mr. Blood Jacket is Franchise/{{Rambo}} down to the bare chest and M60 but he's a black man now and finally there is Iron Shark who's a total expy of ComicBook/IronMan (complete with missile-firing cannon off of [[Characters/IronManHeroes War Machine]]). |
| 473 | * The [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace Shroud]] in ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'', and four of its five most powerful beings, are expies of the Warp from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' and its Chaos Gods. The Shroud's versions, while still [[BlueAndOrangeMorality highly dangerous]], [[LighterAndSofter are typically more balanced in the positive and negative aspects of their domains than their Chaos counterparts]]: |
| 474 | ** The Whispers in the Void are Tzeentch. The Whispers provide a great boon to your science as they share cosmic secrets, but some of those so "gifted" may GoMadFromTheRevelation. |
| 475 | ** The Composer of Strands is Nurgle. Instead of disease, however, it brings mutation (often positive) in a BizarreBabyBoom. |
| 476 | ** The Instrument of Desire is Slaanesh. It will greatly benefit your economy, inspiring your people, but that inspiration may also lead to counter-cultural political movements or consumerist decadence. |
| 477 | ** The Eater of Worlds is Khorne, and an exception to the "less nasty than its ''Warhammer'' counterpart" rule. Your admirals and warriors will fight with unrivaled ferocity and courage, but the Eater will occasionally devour entire cities, causing them to "mysteriously vanish", in exchange. |
| 478 | ** The fifth, [[CosmicHorrorStory the End of the Cycle]], is not an expy of any specific Chaos God. But making a bargain with it ([[SchmuckBait which the game explicitly warns you is a bad idea]]) results in [[spoiler:a disaster very much like the Fall of the Eldar. The empire that made the bargain is ''simply annihilated'', and the souls of its billions, if not trillions of people are devoured to give birth to psychic monstrosities that will sow havoc and destruction across the galaxy]]. |
| 479 | * Many of the characters from ''Franchise/StreetFighter''[[note]]Visit the [[ShoutOut/StreetFighter Shout Out]] page for more details[[/note]]: |
| 480 | ** Ryu and Sagat from the original ''VideoGame/StreetFighterI'' onwards [[http://www.cracked.com/article_23768_7-famous-characters-you-didnt-know-were-stolen.html were based off of]] real-life karate masters Mas Oyama/Yoshiji Soeno and Reiba, respectively, from the manga ''[[Creator/IkkiKajiwara Karate Baka Ichidai]]''. Sagat's design is especially blatant, as both he and Reiba are dark-skinned Muay Thai masters with no hair and one eye. |
| 481 | ** Ken Masters (along with Joe from the first ''Street Fighter'') is based off real-life karate champion [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lewis_(martial_artist) Joe Lewis]]. |
| 482 | ** Eagle is [[http://fightingstreet.com/folders/variousinfofolder/ripofffolder/ripoffpage1.html based on]] Petrov, the Russian fighter from ''Film/FistOfFury'', right down to the identical clothing and facial hair. His redesign in ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium'' made him look more like Music/FreddieMercury. |
| 483 | ** Chun-Li from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' is [[https://web.archive.org/web/19990129053800/http://www.capcom.co.jp/newproducts/arcade/mvsc/support.html primarily based]] on [[Characters/VillainsFromTheStriderGames Ton Pooh]] from ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}''. |
| 484 | ** Blanka looks like the green-skinned version of Malaysian wild man boxer [[https://joe.fandom.com/wiki/Harimau Harimau]] from ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe''. Harimau can also do his own RollingAttack. |
| 485 | ** Dhalsim is based on [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/5865126/was-this-insane-kung-fu-battle-the-inspiration-for-dhalsim-from-street-fighter La Seng]], the Indian Yoga master from ''Film/MasterOfTheFlyingGuillotine''. It is believed Dhalsim's fighting style and ability to stretch were taken from the character. |
| 486 | ** Zangief is mostly likely based off Soviet Union professional wrestler [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Zangiev Victor Zangiev]], who had a stint at Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling from 1989-1990. |
| 487 | ** Balrog/[[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Mike Bison]]/Boxer and Fei Long are modeled after Creator/MikeTyson and Creator/BruceLee respectively. |
| 488 | ** M. Bison/Vega/Dictator is visually based off of [[http://fightingstreet.com/folders/variousinfofolder/ripofffolder/ripoff_pics/vegakato.jpg Yasunori Katō]] from the novel ''Literature/TeitoMonogatari'' and its various adaptations[[note]]''Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis'' and ''Doomed Megalopolis'' in particular[[/note]], right down to [[http://i.imgur.com/XeYcqCA.jpg the cape, hat]], and use of dark powers. Build-wise he's more closely modeled after [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVQkGwyWUAE-TI8.jpg Washizaki]] from Manga/RikiOh... who is in turn ''also'' visually inspired by Yasunori Kato. |
| 489 | ** Dee Jay was [[http://www.capcom-unity.com/kramez/blog/2009/10/02/the_origin_of_dee_jay_straight_from_creator_james_goddard inspired by]] Billy Blanks' character from ''The King of the Kickboxers''. |
| 490 | ** Cammy White, the former brainwashed assassin of Shadaloo, has a design based on Alita/Gally from Manga/BattleAngelAlita. |
| 491 | ** Alex from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' is probably the beardless version of Wrestling/HulkHogan, particularly when he does his intro pose where he tears apart his shirt. |
| 492 | ** Hugo/Andore from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' is himself an expy of Wrestling/AndreTheGiant. When he made his appearance in ''Street Fighter III'', he helped solidify this comparison by doing with Alex the Wrestling/WrestleMania III [[https://ifunny.co/picture/RA0rL6re8 pose-down]] between Hogan and Andre. |
| 493 | ** The twins Yun and Yang from ''Street Fighter III'' are based on Duo Maxwell and Trowa Barton respectively from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', particularly their hairstyles. |
| 494 | ** Makoto from ''Street Fighter III'' is based on Akane Tendo, the female lead of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. |
| 495 | ** [[TheMagnificent "The Last Emperor"]] of Russia, MMA Legend [[Characters/UniversalWrestlingFederationRINGSRussia Fedor]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedor_Emelianenko Emelianenko]], inspired the character design and fighting style of Abel [[spoiler:and his fellow Bison/Dictator clone(s), the FinalBoss [[AllYourPowersCombined Seth]]]] from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''. |
| 496 | ** El Fuerte from ''Street Fighter IV'' is more than highly reminiscent of Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr in terms of his fighting style, with shades of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Santo El Santo]] thrown in the mix. |
| 497 | ** There are at least ''four'' separate fighters [[https://thesaltminedotcom.wordpress.com/2015/12/06/make-a-street-fighter-one/ inspired by characters]] from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 498 | *** Guile's trademark AnimeHair was originally based on Jean-Pierre Polnareff, one of the characters from ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]''. |
| 499 | *** Rose from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' was inspired by Lisa Lisa, also from ''Battle Tendency''. Aside from the very similar physical appearances, both women have long, flowing scarves that they use to [[ScarfOfAsskicking channel energy during battle]]. |
| 500 | *** The FinalBoss of ''Street Fighter III'', Gill, is probably based off of [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Kars]], the BigBad of ''Battle Tendency''. |
| 501 | *** Juri from ''Street Fighter IV'' is heavily based on Jolyne Cujoh, the main protagonist of ''Stone Ocean''. They have extremely similar outfits and hairstyles, and Juri even shouts something akin to Jolyne's "Ora ora ora!" BattleCry during certain moves. Both women also have bug motifs, with Jolyne tied to butterflies and Juri tied to spiders. |
| 502 | *** Necalli from ''Street Fighter V'' is very reminiscent of the Pillar Men from ''Battle Tendency''. Both are half-naked ancient long-haired warriors modeled after Aztecs, and they share the ability to devour people through their own skin. When he activates his [[TurnsRed V-Trigger]], his hair also resembles that of [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Kars]]. |
| 503 | ** Famously, Dan Hibiki from ''Street Fighter Alpha'' was created as a CompositeCharacter [[http://www.gamesradar.com/the-pathetic-history-of-dan-hibiki/ parody]] of Ryo Sakazaki, Yuri Sakazaki and Robert Garcia, the three protagonists of ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting''. |
| 504 | *** His clothing and fighting style were taken from Ryo, his face and hairstyle were from Robert, and his effeminate mannerisms from Yuri. His father, Go Hibiki, was even designed to look like Mr. Karate, the father of Ryo and Yuri. |
| 505 | *** And of course, the whole reason Dan exists in the first place is because Creator/{{Capcom}} was annoyed that Creator/{{SNK}} created Ryo, a blatant clone of Ryu from ''Street Fighter''. Given that both ''Art of Fighting'' and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterI'' were created by Creator/TakashiNishiyama and Creator/HiroshiMatsumoto, the similarities between Ryu and Ryo were likely 100 percent intentional. |
| 506 | *** ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter'' later gave Dan a teenage sister named Yuriko, making her Capcom's Expy of Yuri Sakazaki. |
| 507 | * WordOfGod says Grandmaster Meio from ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'' was inspired by [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]], specifically in his appearance in a cover art for the first book. This is noticeably in their similar cloaked/shadowy appearances and the fact "Meiō" is a title equivalent to Sauron's "Dark Lord", which is actually used in the book's Japanese localization. |
| 508 | ** Solo is one to Boba Fett: Solo was inspired by Fett's [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishing scene]] where he's contracted by the Empire, both are bounty hunters who use flight-capable and face-concealing armored suits and fight exclusively with ranged weaponry. His name may even allude to Han Solo, the one Boba Fett was hunting down. |
| 509 | ** On the other hand, Creator/KeijiInafune [[WordOfGod has said]] that Solo was part of his inspiration when designing [[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]] and staff at Capcom has implied [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] was a non-evil expy of Tong Pooh. |
| 510 | * The ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series seems to be a magnet this for many of its characters and HumongousMecha: |
| 511 | ** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Kyosuke Nanbu and Excellen Browning]] -> [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom Reiji Arisu and Xiaomu]][[note]]Unsurprisingly, the games for both pairs had the same director.[[/note]] |
| 512 | *** [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Alt Eisen]] -> [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs Vita]]; her [[InstantArmor barrier jacket]] is predominantly red and black (with some white highlights), her [[EmpathicWeapon armed device]] is called "Graf ''Eisen''" which, while a hammer, functions as a barrier-piercing PileBunker via spending cartridges and also has the power to attack her enemies with tons of iron balls. |
| 513 | *** Lamia -> [[VideoGame/TalesOfHearts Richia Spodune and Kunzite]]; the former shares her [[Creator/KaoriShimizu voice actor]], green hair and {{Stripperiffic}} outfit, the latter her ArtificialHuman RobotGirl background, TheStoic personality and similar TinMan to BecomeARealBoy story. |
| 514 | ** Aside from the Hermodr battleship and Zyflud, none of the Balmarian mecha in ''VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars'' reappear in future [=SRWs=]. However, the Zadoc and Cees in ''Shin'' are most likely the base designs of the Zechariah and Megillot from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha''. |
| 515 | ** Each of the original mecha in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars64'' are essentially slightly redesigned and recolored for the ones in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance'': Earthgain -> Soulgain; Super Earthgain -> Zweizergain, Virose -> Vysaga; Simurgh Splendid -> Angelg; Soldifar and Ashcleef -> Ash Savior; Svanhild -> Laz Angriff; Rathgrith Custom -> Laz Angriff Raven[[note]]Laz Angriff Raven, however, only appears in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration''[[/note]]. |
| 516 | ** [[Anime/{{Gravion}} God Gravion/Sol Gravion]] -> [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Compatible Kaiser/G Compatible Kaiser]]; in this case, ''Anime/{{Gravion}}'' creator, designer and director Masami Obari was asked by developer Banpresto to give the Kaiser a new look. |
| 517 | ** Anime/GaoGaiGar -> [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Gunleon]], a lion-themed mecha that [[ImprobableWeaponUser uses construction tools as weapons]] with a really [[{{BFS}} BIG]] one as its most powerful and associated with/powered by a green-colored energy source. |
| 518 | ** {{Franchise/Gundam}} -> Huckebein series; this example is rather infamous, as the entire mech family [[DroppedABridgeOnHim got bridge'd]] in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2nd Original Generations]]'' after Creator/{{Sunrise}} complained about the similarities. This resulted in the creation of the [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Exbein]], which is about 99% identical to the old Huckebeins, lacking only the most blatant Gundam design elements. |
| 519 | %%** [[Manga/SakigakeOtokojuku Juzo Akashi]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Sanger Zonvolt]] |
| 520 | %%*** Sanger -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Al-Van Lunks]], since Sanger's a {{samurai}} and Al-Van's a KnightInShiningArmor lunarian equivalent. |
| 521 | %%** [[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Kazumi Amano]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Sleigh Presty]] |
| 522 | %%** Creator/BruceLee -> [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Folka Albark]] |
| 523 | %%*** [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Alkaid Nassh]] |
| 524 | %%*** [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Shin and/or Jagi]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Fernando Albark]] |
| 525 | %%*** [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Jyuza of the Clouds]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Alion Lucada]] |
| 526 | %%*** [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Toki and/or Shuren of the Flames]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Altis Tarl]] |
| 527 | %%** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Selena Recital]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsJudgment Calvina Coulange]] |
| 528 | %%** [[Manga/HadesProjectZeorymer Miku]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsL AL-3 Alice]] |
| 529 | %%** [[Characters/MasouKishin Lubbikka Heinken]] and/or [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Gauron]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Archibald Grims]] |
| 530 | %%** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Tempest Hawker]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Lee Linjun]] |
| 531 | %%** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Euzeth Gozzo]] -> [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Arteil Steinbeck]], due to MesACrowd]] |
| 532 | %%** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Xine Espio]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Marguerite Pistail]] |
| 533 | %%** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Agilla Setme]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Anbrorn Jeus]] |
| 534 | %%** The Prince of ''Literature/TheHappyPrince'' -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Uther Insaraum]] |
| 535 | %%*** The swallow in ''The Happy Prince'' -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Marilyn Catto]] |
| 536 | %%** [[Characters/MasouKishin Masaki Andoh and the Cybuster]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Asakim Dowin and the Shurouga]] |
| 537 | %%** [[Manga/AhMyGoddess Belldandy (and the series in general)]] -> [[Characters/MasouKishin Tytti Noorbuck and the Gaddeath]] |
| 538 | %%*** Alt Eisen -> [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Flickerei Geist]] |
| 539 | %%** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Lamia Loveless]] -> [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs Signum]] |
| 540 | %%** The multiplying, regenerative qualities of the Machine Cells from ''Alpha Gaiden'' are the [=SRW=] equivalent of [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam DG Cells]]. |
| 541 | %%** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Human Instrumentality Project]] -> [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration ODE System]], albeit a cybernetic version |
| 542 | %%** [[Manga/HadesProjectZeorymer Zeorymer]] -> [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL Rushbird]], complete with a [[spoiler:dimensional manipulating RobotGirl co-pilot]]. |
| 543 | %%** [[Anime/DancougarNova R-Daigun]] -> [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL Straybird]] |
| 544 | %%** Anime/MazingerZ -> Grungust series |
| 545 | * ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'' has a few: Several Grand Menaces carry inspiration from earlier sources. The Puppet Master is based on the Beast from ''VideoGame/HomeworldCataclysm'' (which was made by the team that would become KP). The System Killer reminds one of the [[PlanetEater The Doomsday Machine]] from ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}: TOS''. The Peacekeeper is based on the spaceship in ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951''. |
| 546 | * [=SolForce=] from ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'' is one for [=EarthForce=] from ''Series/BabylonFive''. The name and functions are similar, the backstory of [=SolForce=] involves a democratic administration being suborned by jingoist militants that eventually get pushed back, just like the other, and the creators have even admitted to being fans of the show. |
| 547 | ** The Bloodweaver aka He Who Shapes is the most paternal of the Suul'ka and the most adept at biological warfare. The Zuul females under him are constantly in pain and warped in form. Doesn't that sound like [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Grandpa Nurgle]]? |
| 548 | ** The Loa to the spirits in real life Haitian Religion, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loa. Hardly surprising, as most races have some kind of historical analogue and the Lore writer is trained in historical anthropology. |
| 549 | ** Despite [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} the name]], the Zuul are more like the Reavers from ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. Ramshackle ships, into abduction, piracy and slaving, have a taste for rape ([[MindRape mental]], not physical, which isn't much better) and murder, make lots of use of grappling harpoons and {{Boarding Part|y}}ies... |
| 550 | * Flynn from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' looks a heck of a lot like Guy from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''. WordOfGod is that they wanted to experiment by putting a similar design on someone with a completely different role. |
| 551 | * ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'': |
| 552 | ** Milla bears similarities to [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Dhaos]], having a mastery of four basic magic elements, and also having a mission to destroy the technology that's disrupting her world's mana. Appropriately, she gets his outfit as a costume. |
| 553 | ** Dhaos gets a second, villainous Expy in the sequel in the form of Chronos, who possesses all of his signature moves (Tetra Spell, Tetra Assault, Chronos Corridor/Laser), and harbors a similar disdain for humanity. It's likely a nod to the fact that a CaptainErsatz of Dhaos named Sekundes served as the Craymel of Time in ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'' (Chronos being the prime spirit of time in Xillia's universe). It's made even more apparent with Chronos's Mystic Arte "Chrono Erosion", which is literally named Time Craymel in the original Japanese. |
| 554 | %%* ''VideoGame/TechRomancer'', being an homage to mecha anime, has Expies out the wazoo, for both the mechs and their pilots. |
| 555 | %%** G. Kaiser = Anime/MazingerZ |
| 556 | %%*** Junpei Todoriki = [[Anime/MazingerZ Kouji Kabuto]] |
| 557 | %%** Dixen = Various [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Gundams]], particularly [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Zeta Gundam]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Nu Gundam]]. |
| 558 | %%*** Nakato = [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray]] |
| 559 | %%*** Halma = [[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Noriko Takaya]] |
| 560 | %%** Pulsion = Series/{{Ultraman}} (in terms of plot and fighting style) + [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]] (in terms of design and weapons) |
| 561 | %%** Rafaga = [[TransformingMecha Valkyries/Veritech Fighters]] from ''Anime/{{Macross}}''/''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' |
| 562 | %%*** Simon Harvard = [[Anime/{{Robotech}} Roy Fokker]] |
| 563 | %%** Twinzam V = Manga/GetterRobo |
| 564 | %%** Diana-17 = [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_%28anime%29 ARIEL]] |
| 565 | %%*** Reika Amamiya = a female [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]] |
| 566 | %%** Wise Duck = Various western-style mecha, such as VideoGame/MetalGear and the mechs from ''VideoGame/MechWarrior'' |
| 567 | %%** Bolon = [[Anime/MazingerZ Boss Borot]] |
| 568 | %%** Gourai = [[Anime/TheBraveFighterOfLegendDaGarn Red Geist]] |
| 569 | %%*** ...and Shadow Red is a blatant CharClone. |
| 570 | * Aska from ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' was based on Mitsu, the female Japanese rebel from ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII''. However, her name ended up being changed for unknown reasons. |
| 571 | * Leo from ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' is an homage to Rock Howard from ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]''. Both characters are young, slender {{Bishonen}} (well, {{Bifauxnen}} in Leo's case) with short blond hair and outfits consisting of a red and white jacket worn over a black top. |
| 572 | * ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'' is heavily inspired by ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', and several species play similar roles: |
| 573 | ** Like Ditto, Mimit is a genderless shape-shifter that can breed with almost every other species. |
| 574 | ** Like the Machop line, the Osuchi line are humanoids who specialise in hand-to-hand combat and whose final stage has four arms. |
| 575 | ** Like the Abra line, Hocus and Pocus are psychic humanoids named after magic words. |
| 576 | ** Like Eevee, Tuwai has multiple evolutions that each specialise in different ElementalPowers. |
| 577 | ** Like Celebi, Kinu is an elusive nature spirit with PsychicPowers and a metaphorical GreenThumb. |
| 578 | * ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'': |
| 579 | ** The character sprites in alpha were rather blatantly based off of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' combat sprites, but they were thankfully changed for its release on Steam to avoid a lawsuit from Creator/SquareEnix. |
| 580 | ** [[spoiler:The Moon Lord]] is obviously [[spoiler:Cthulhu]].[[labelnote:note]]According to WordOfGod, he is Cthulhu's brother.[[/labelnote]] |
| 581 | * The indie fighting game ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'' has a revealed cast that is based on characters from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', since the game was based on the fangame ''VideoGame/MyLittlePonyFightingIsMagic''. |
| 582 | * ''VideoGame/TombRaiderLegend'' adds a geeky British assistant named Alister to Lara's support team, with the character having been inspired by Bryce, Lara's [[GadgeteerGenius tech guy]] from the [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider live-action movies]]. |
| 583 | * ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': |
| 584 | ** The Fallen Human is an AmbiguousGender riff on the protagonists of the ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'' games. |
| 585 | ** Undyne, a sharp, cool, and dutiful eyepatch-sporting soldier famed and respected in the setting, and her good friend Dr. Alphys, an awkward anime nerd with crippling insecurity and a tendency to keep creating killer robots, seem to have a certain amount of inspirational pedigree from Solid Snake and Otacon from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. |
| 586 | * ''VideoGame/VGAPlanets'' is a multiplayer FourX space-empire game, where each player heads up a faction modeled directly off a race or group from either Franchise/StarWars, Franchise/StarTrek or Franchise/BattlestarGalactica. The more recent Nu version has toned this way back in an attempt to avoid lawsuits. |
| 587 | * ''VideoGame/VictorVran'' eponymous protagonist is basically a [[Film/VanHelsing Gabriel Van Helsing]] expy. Both are mysterious monster hunters proficient in fighting, and both wear badass leather suits with a cool hat. |
| 588 | * Dandy-J from ''VideoGame/WakuWaku7'' is heavily based on Joseph Joestar from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', right down to copying Joseph's hat and fighting style. |
| 589 | * Carley from ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' is an expy of Rebecca Chang from ''VideoGame/DeadRising2''. Both women are pistol-toting attractive reporters who wear the same outfits (a white buttoned shirt, black skirt and matching slippers/heels), and they both [[spoiler:die very shocking and sudden deaths from being shot in the head]]. |
| 590 | * Arthas of ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III'' was inspired by [[Literature/TheElricSaga Elric of Melniboné]], and [[EvilWeapon Frostmourne]] by Stormbringer. |
| 591 | * A huge number of the [[RatMen Skaven]] in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer|Fantasy}}: VideoGame/TheEndTimesVermintide'' are based on the Infected from the ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'': |
| 592 | ** Packmasters incapacitate and drag heroes around while slowly damaging them like the Jockey. |
| 593 | ** Poison Wind Globadiers use a lingering HerdHittingAttack that deals DamageOverTime and obscures vision, similar to a combination of the Spitter and Boomer. |
| 594 | ** Gutter Runners leap on heroes to incapacitate them, then repeatedly stab them in a manner to the Hunter. |
| 595 | ** Skavenslaves [[ZergRush attack in huge numbers]] at one go, essentially simulating the horde attack of regular zombies. |
| 596 | ** Rat Ogres are big, tough and attack with powerful melee like the Tank. |
| 597 | ** [[MetalSlime Sack Rats]] carry useful items but attempt to run from the players just like the Fallen Survivors. |
| 598 | * ''VideoGame/WhiteNoiseOnline'': |
| 599 | ** Two of the investigators bear a noticeable resemblance to [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Velma Dinkley and Shaggy Rogers]]. |
| 600 | ** One of the new investigators for ''VideoGame/WhiteNoise2'', Vincent, is essentially Creator/VincentPrice. |
| 601 | * The Quarter Knights in the original ''[[VideoGame/WildArms Wild Arms]]'' are based on the Sinistrals / Four Mad Gods from the Lufia / Estpolis series. |
| 602 | * ''VideoGame/WintermoorTacticsClub'': |
| 603 | ** The most obvious one is the game the Tactics Club formed around, Curses & Catacombs; it's a near beat-for-beat AffectionateParody of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Almost everything about the game is a reference in some way. |
| 604 | ** Much later on, [[spoiler:the game Baphomet writes is very clearly an Expy of ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', though the game never comes out and directly says it]]. |
| 605 | ** [[spoiler:Colin's ultimate challenge for the party]] is also this -- a C&C module called the Crypt of Impossible Terrors, a clear reference to the ''TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors''. |
| 606 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfHorror'': The Old Gods you might face in the game are each based off a different fictional creature, mainly based on the Franchise/CthulhuMythos or the works of Creator/JunjiIto: |
| 607 | ** Cthac-Atorasu, the Spider God, is based off H.P. Lovecraft's Atlach-Nacha. |
| 608 | ** Ath-Yolazsth, a [[GeniusLoci living planet]] that seeks to consume the Earth, is a mix of ''Hellstar Manga/{{Remina}}'' and Ghroth the Harbringer. |
| 609 | ** Goizo, the Thing Forsaken by God, is a reference to the Japanese horror movie ''Guzoo, the Thing Forsaken by God'', which also featured an EldritchAbomination that attacked people through mirrors. |
| 610 | ** Ithotu, the Devouring Fire, is based on Lovecraft's fiery Elder God Cthugha. |
| 611 | ** Ygothaeg, the Irresistible Gaze, is a giant axolotl with a hypnotizing gaze that was awoken by nuclear testing, making it a combination of Franchise/{{Godzilla}} and [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} the Hypnotoad]]. |
| 612 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' is chock full of 'em. For example, the spymaster of Stormwind occasionally introduces himself as [[Characters/JamesBondTheCharacter "Shaw. Mathias Shaw."]] |
| 613 | * ''XCOM Legends'', a follow-up mobile game to ''VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad'', has a character named Angel who's pretty blatantly based on Mercy from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}''. Besides having a similar color scheme, both characters have the artificial "angelic wings and halo" contraption to keep them floating or flying (though Angel's alien technology version gives hers a more mystical "feel" as the components aren't attached and float through empty air). Both are also the most powerful healers of their respective game though Angel can't resurrect and instead carries far more firepower. The biggest differences are in the storyline (Mercy is a Swiss doctor while Angel is an Italian ADVENT scion who rebelled against her evil family to first work at a gene clinic and later steal unique alien-based technology then joined XCOM) and their hair color - Mercy's a blonde while Angel is a brunette. |
| 614 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'', and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' series are flush with innumerable expies, owing to the fact that, despite the games being produced and owned by different developers and publishers, all involve the creative efforts of writer/director Tetsuya Takahashi. The expies include about a dozen variants based on main characters alone, and often these characters share not just superficial design features and a few character traits but rather have nearly identical plot arcs. All told, there are dozens and dozens of borrowed characters across the games, making them some of the most expy-heavy works ever. As just a few examples: |
| 615 | ** ''Xenosaga''[='s=] Jin Uzuki, who is clearly based as both a visual design and narrative matter on ''Xenogears''' Citan Uzuki; both characters are master swordsmen, but more importantly to the plot, [[GentlemanAndAScholar sagacious faunts of knowledge and wisdom]]. Both provide moral support, guidance, and a dose of restraint to the larger group of principal protagonists, but in both cases they are [[KeepingSecretsSucks keeping deep secrets]] from their compatriots about their own nature, because disclosing all that they know would be dangerous. |
| 616 | ** KOS-MOS, one of the principal characters of the ''Xenosaga'' trilogy, appears in ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2''; in both narratives, she is a [[TinMan Tin Woman]] variety of RobotGirl and a prototypical LivingWeapon who [[BecomeARealBoy slowly learns to feel]] and eventually discovers a [[IdentityAmnesia hidden past]]. Main party member Poppi also embodies these traits, minus the IdentityAmnesia part. |
| 617 | ** Abel appears in both ''Xenogears'' and ''Xenosaga'' as an identical-looking young boy who is the only person with the power to speak directly to [[TopGod God]]. |
| 618 | ** ''Xenogears''' Maria Balthasar makes a minor appearance as Mai Magus in ''Xenosaga III''; in both cases she is a [[WrenchWench technical wunderkind]] and a chip off the old block to her father, a genius engineer who builds her a personal mech superweapon that she ultimately completes [[JustInTime just in the nick of time]]. |
| 619 | ** Additionally, innumerable secondary characters appear repeatedly across the games. As just one example, Vandham of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' is nearly identical to the Vandham of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'', who in turn is clearly based upon the character Vangarre from the original ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'', who in turn bears some similarity to Vanderkaum, who appears in the first two ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' games, who in turn is virtually identical in terms of both visual design and character traits to Vanderkam, a character from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''. |
| 620 | ** Even God itself can't avoid being pulled in as a recycled character, appearing as the nearly identical 'Wave Entity' (''Xenogears'') and U-DO (''Xenosaga'') -- and in both cases it is an omnipotent being from a [[MoreThanThreeDimensions higher dimension]] that is [[DisabledDeity partially trapped in the physical universe]] so that its power can be siphoned and utilized by a much more nefarious [[PhysicalGod demiurge]]. |
| 621 | %%* ''VideoGame/YokusIslandExpress'': The Sootlings are ''very'' clearly inspired by the Soot Sprites from ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro''. |
| 622 | * ''VideoGame/{{Xenonauts}}'': The chief scientist of the Xenonauts program in both the first and second games, has both the appearance and narcissistic personality of Gaius Baltar from ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003''. |
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