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| 5 | [[caption-width-right:350:Creator/MarvelComics' GalacticConqueror and Creator/DCComics' GalacticConqueror.]] |
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| 7 | Occasionally, when two creators are striving to fill the same niche or appeal to the same demographic, one will end up creating characters and stories that bear a more-than-passing resemblance to the other's. |
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| 9 | For instance, Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} and Creator/{{DC|Comics}}, being the most prominent producers of superhero comics, have led a sizable rivalry, sometimes friendly, sometimes not. This is sometimes reflected in the creation of characters. You could argue that, given the sheer number of characters in comic books, certain superpowers will overlap. Occasionally a new character, even one who appears for a short time, seems suspiciously similar to another. |
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| 11 | Usually, this is done as overt parody or homage. If not, it can be seen as one ripping off the other; however, occasionally it happens by pure coincidence, and the characters become fondly remembered equivalents. When the rival creators both fully embrace this trope, it may be hard to sort out the original characters from the {{Captain Ersatz}}es. |
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| 13 | A SubTrope of {{Expy}} (where a character is based on another character) and CaptainErsatz (which is basically a character with his/her name changed and a few other aspects to distinguish that character from the original). When this happens to TV shows, video games or movies, you have [[DuelingWorks/LiveActionTV Dueling Shows]], [[DuelingWorks/{{Games}} Dueling Games]] and [[DuelingWorks/{{Film}} Dueling Movies]], or a case of FollowTheLeader. Contrast CorruptedCharacterCopy, when a character is a deliberate TakeThat towards another character. Compare VirtuousCharacterCopy, when a character is a ShoutOut to another character but has a nicer personality. |
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| 15 | Compare SerialNumbersFiledOff. |
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| 17 | !Examples |
| 18 | [[index]] |
| 19 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent/ComicBooks |
| 20 | [[/index]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 25 | * Not unlike WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, Advertising/ToucanSam has a trio of identical nephews who go on adventures with him. Even their names -- Puey, Susey, and Louis -- sound an awful lot like Huey, Dewey, and Louie from the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse. |
| 26 | [[/folder]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 29 | * Near the turn of the millennium, Creator/FourKidsEntertainment dubbed ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', which aired on Creator/KidsWB. Creator/SabanEntertainment dubbed ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'', which aired on Creator/FoxKids. It even applied to the movies, with Creator/WarnerBros releasing the first three ''Pokémon'' films, and Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios distributing ''Anime/DigimonTheMovie''. This even applied up until 2016, though to a much lesser extent. ''Pokémon'' aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork, with reruns of older episodes airing on sister network Creator/{{Boomerang}}. Beginning in 2017, ''Pokémon'' aired on Creator/DisneyXD exclusively before moving to Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2020. Meanwhile, ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' briefly aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}; the rest of the series, and reruns of the earlier installments, aired on Creator/{{Nicktoons}}. Interestingly, years before ''Pokémon'' aired on Disney XD, ''Digimon'' aired reruns, and later ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'', on the Jetix block of Disney XD's predecessor Creator/ToonDisney. |
| 30 | ** In Latin America, however, there's an averted example: ''Digimon'' and '' Pokémon'' [[FollowTheLeader used to be broadcast in those respective channels]], until 2014, when ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' aired on Cartoon Network alongside some seasons of ''Pokémon''. As of 2017, ''Pokémon'' still airs on Cartoon Network in that region, but no ''Digimon'' anime is currently airing in any channel. At least, there's ''Anime/YoKaiWatch'' airing on Disney XD [[FollowTheLeader also like it happens in North America]]. |
| 31 | [[/folder]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[folder:Film]] |
| 34 | * During UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, film stars and other talent were normally contracted to a single studio. Sometimes one studio lent a performer or director to another studio, but in other cases, studios sought out performers in hope of replicating other studios' successes. |
| 35 | ** In response to [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]]'s success with child star Creator/ShirleyTemple, Creator/WarnerBros signed and cultivated Sybil Jason. |
| 36 | ** Samuel Goldwyn brought Soviet film actress Anna Sten to Hollywood in 1932, intending her to compete with Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer's Creator/GretaGarbo and Creator/{{Paramount}}'s Creator/MarleneDietrich. Sten failed to match these women's successes, albeit she did appear in a notable film by Creator/KingVidor, ''The Wedding Night'' and she also played Grushenka in ''The Murderer Dimitri Karamasoff''. |
| 37 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' is often considered the only good ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' movie: both are about a team of four superheroes who shares a familial bond with each other. Bob, like Ben, has SuperStrength; Helen, like Reed, is a [[RubberMan Rubber (Wo)man]]; and Violet, like Sue, has the combination of {{Invisibility}} and [[BarrierWarrior force fields]]. FragileSpeedster Dash is also similar to Johnny in personality, while [[spoiler:baby Jack-Jack has [[WreathedInFlames Johnny's powers]], [[ComboPlatterPowers and several others]]]]. WordOfGod says these were just {{Personality Power}}s and the similarities weren't intentional. |
| 38 | * ''Film/{{Descendants}}'' is the Disney equivalent of ''Toys/EverAfterHigh''. They both feature the [[SpinOffspring children]] of various fairy-tale characters going to high school. Their two leads, Mal and Raven, are the PerkyGoth daughters of the most evil villain in the series, but [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon neither are evil like their mother]]. ''Descendants'' started out as a live-action film, unlike ''Ever After High'''s animated films, but it has expanded into books and toys like its counterpart series. A year after ''Descendants'' came out, Mattel put ''Ever After High'' on a "hiatus" to focus on its other properties. |
| 39 | * As an AffectionateParody of superheroes, ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' has several equivalents of Creator/DCComics characters. |
| 40 | ** Metro Man is a clear SupermanSubstitute, with all of Superman's powers and moments of classic SuperDickery. |
| 41 | ** Hal Stewart, like [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]], is a red-haired nerdy photographer, [[spoiler:although his being given Metro Man's powers after the hero's "death" makes him an equivalent to Superboy. Him turning evil makes him equivalent to Superboy-Prime]]. |
| 42 | ** Megamind himself is a nod to [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]], being another bald alien invader, but he later becomes a sendup to [[spoiler:Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} of all characters by becoming a caped, black-clad gadgeteer hero after his HeelFaceTurn]]. |
| 43 | * ''Film/WillysWonderland'' is more or less the Screen Media Films version of ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' as both works have a silent protagonist who works the night shift at a SuckECheeses pizza restaurant with a dark past and has to fight off the hostile animatronics out to kill him. [[spoiler:Both works even share the same plot point of a serial killer transferring his soul to an animatronic robot after death]]. |
| 44 | [[/folder]] |
| 45 | |
| 46 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 47 | * The [[Literature/NewJediOrder Yuuzhan Vong]] have a striking similarity to the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Borg]] (i.e. seemingly overwhelming {{scary dogmatic alien|s}} invaders with radically different technology), albeit somewhat {{inverted|Trope}} at the same time (biotech-using religious zealots who condemn all mechanical technology as "abominations," as opposed to coldly logical all-assimilating cyborgs). |
| 48 | [[/folder]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 51 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''Series/DoctorWho'' have a similar relationship with their monsters, most notably with the Cybermen and The Borg. Star Trek fans sometimes complain that Doctor Who ripped off their ideas for an evil race of cybernetic humans. Doctor Who fans just [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet laugh at this]] [[OlderThanTheyThink and then ignore them]]. |
| 52 | * When Creator/{{NBC}} attempted to run a TV series based on the movie ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', Creator/{{Fox}} countered with the much more successful ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose''. |
| 53 | * When Creator/{{ABC}} aired a TV series based on ''Film/AnimalHouse'', Creator/{{NBC}} countered with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_and_Sisters_(1979_TV_series) Brothers and Sisters]] and Creator/{{CBS}} countered with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-Ed_Fever Co-Ed Fever]]. |
| 54 | * Parodied on ''Series/TheDailyShow''. When Jim Cramer went on various Creator/{{NBC}} shows to defend himself against attacks from Creator/JonStewart, Stewart countered by inserting himself onto various Viacom shows. This included ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' and Creator/{{MTV}}'s ''Real Life''. |
| 55 | * ''Series/TheTonightShow'' has a CBS equivalent in ''[[Creator/DavidLetterman The Late Show]]''. Similarly, CBS's ''Series/TheLateLateShow'' can be seen as equivalent to NBC's ''Series/LateNight''. |
| 56 | * ''Fridays'', an early 1980s sketch show, was specifically made to be ABC's answer to ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', complete with popular music guests of the day, celebrity hosts (though they were called "special guests"), a Weekend Update-style fake news segment, wacky recurring characters and sketches, a cast of unknown comedy stars (some of which became famous years later, like Creator/LarryDavid, Creator/MichaelRichards, [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Melanie Chartoff]], [[Film/PoliceAcademy Bruce Mahler]], and [[Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou Rich Hall]]), and humorous sketches that skewered everything from pop culture to the (at the time) current political climate. |
| 57 | * Creator/DisneyChannel and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}: |
| 58 | ** ''Series/{{Bizaardvark}}'' has a premise eerily similar to ''Series/ICarly'', but also one eerie similarity to ''Series/{{Victorious}}'', in how it inadvertently gave rise to one of the [[Music/ArianaGrande biggest]] [[Creator/JakePaul celebrities]] of TheNew10s in one of its main actors (but who wasn’t the lead). A more contemporary counterpart to a Nickelodeon show could be, ''Series/GameShakers'', which also revolved around two teenage girls who work at a content creation studio. |
| 59 | ** ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' as a response to ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', and by extension, ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' to ''Series/ICarly'', both of which were vehicles for [[Creator/DebbyRyan female]] [[Creator/MirandaCosgrove stars]] from the previous show. |
| 60 | ** ''Series/ICarly'' itself can be seen as Nick's response to ''Series/HannahMontana''. |
| 61 | ** ''Series/BigTimeRush'' is essentially Nickelodeon's answer to ''Series/JonasLA''. Later, Nick tried to promote Music/OneDirection as their successor, but they became way too big for them to control. |
| 62 | ** ''Series/ShakeItUp'' to ''Series/{{Victorious}}'', right down to Music/{{Zendaya}}'s rise to superstardom mirroring that of Music/ArianaGrande, and Creator/BellaThorne floundering like Music/VictoriaJustice. |
| 63 | ** Nickelodeon's twin superhero sitcoms ''Series/TheThundermans'' and ''Series/HenryDanger'' may have been created in response to Creator/DisneyXD's success with ''Series/LabRats'' and ''Series/MightyMed''. |
| 64 | ** ''Series/NickyRickyDickyAndDawn'' is essentially Nickelodeon's successor to ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' (right down to having Brian Stepanek in a major role), but it also debuted shortly before Disney Channel launched their own show with a lead female character named Dawn: ''Series/KirbyBuckets''. |
| 65 | ** ''Series/StuckInTheMiddle'' is widely seen as the counterpart to ''Series/OneHundredThingsToDoBeforeHighSchool'', namely their respective stars Creator/JennaOrtega and Creator/IsabelaMerced. ''Stuck in the Middle'' has also been called the live action version of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' due to their similar premises. |
| 66 | ** ''Series/IAmFrankie'' to ''Series/AndiMack''. |
| 67 | * ''Series/SoRandom'' appears to have been created not only to continue ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'', but also in order for Disney to create a kid-friendly version of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (and/or have a counterpart to Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s ''Series/AllThat''. |
| 68 | * Polish sitcom ''Świat Według Kiepskich'' (eng. "The World According to Kiepscy", where "kiepski" is name of main family and means "of poor quality/performance") was designed to be Polish equivalent to ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' (to the point the title was referencing [[CompletelyDifferentTitle Polish title of that show]]) but with time it both grew in popularity and its episodes became increasingly more bizarre and nonsensical. Having been running since 1999, nowadays it is seen as the Polish live-action equivalent of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', with a popular joke being that if you tried to translate a sentence involving the name of the show's bumbling dad, Ferdynand Kiepski, to English, Google Translate would change it to Homer Simpson. |
| 69 | * Creator/{{Toho}} has twice tried producing their own versions of {{Toku}} shows owned by Creator/{{Toei|Company}}. The first, ''Series/SevenStarFightingGodGuyferd'', was effectively their own take on ''Series/KamenRider'' with a martial arts twist. The next one was a {{Sentai}} series called the ''Series/ChouSeiShinSeries'' and was successful enough to run for three seasons. |
| 70 | [[/folder]] |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 73 | * Due to Creator/DisneyChannel and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} having affiliations with some record labels (Walt Disney Records/Hollywood Records for the former and Sony Music[=/=]Creator/ColumbiaRecords for the latter), this is inevitable. Examples include: |
| 74 | ** Music/TheJonasBrothers or Music/AllstarWeekend to ''Series/BigTimeRush'' and Series/TheNakedBrothersBand. |
| 75 | ** Music/SelenaGomez and Music/DemiLovato to Creator/MirandaCosgrove and Music/VictoriaJustice, respectively. |
| 76 | * The Creator/{{Disney}} song "When You Wish Upon a Star" is compared to the Creator/JimHenson song "The Rainbow Connection". This is pointed out in the TV special ''Film/TheMuppetsAtWaltDisneyWorld''. |
| 77 | * In the [[TheRoaring20s late 1920s]] Creator/{{M|etroGoldwynMayer}}GM had a musical revue with a hit song, "Singing in the Rain". Creator/WarnerBros, on the other hand, had a hit song called "Singing in the Bathtub". Both would be immortalized later on, MGM's song through its use in the Creator/GeneKelly [[Film/SinginInTheRain movie with that name]], Warner's song through its use in numerous ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoons. |
| 78 | * Anime/SuperSonico of Creator/NitroPlus came to be seen as one for Music/{{Vocaloid}} centerpiece Hatsune Miku in the virtual idol department, with the former debuting one year earlier. While they both get the bulk of figurines and other merch, Sonico serves as both a gravure idol and a GirlGroup member while Miku tends to be a solo act. |
| 79 | * Music/{{Metallica}}'s "The Mechanix" (from when Dave Mustaine was in the group) got rewritten as "The Four Horsemen", whilst Mustaine's group Music/{{Megadeth}} recorded "The Mechanix" at a faster tempo with a new intro. The similarities didn't stop there--the Mustaine era Metallica's "When Hell Freezes Over" was reworked into "The Call Of Ktulu" by Metallica and later "Hangar 18" by Megadeth. Metallica's "Motorbreath" had very similar riffs to Megadeth's later "FFF". Megadeth's "Go To Hell" and Metallica's "Enter Sandman" both quote "now I lay me down to sleep". Megadeth's "When" is also based on Mustaine-era Metallica's arrangement of Music/DiamondHead's "Am I Evil?". There are numerous other examples, though Metallica took inspiration from Megadeth's return to thrash form since the critical failure of ''St Anger'' compared to Megadeth's ''The System Has Failed''. |
| 80 | * In the late 1960s, the major record labels in Europe, Creator/{{EMI}}, Creator/DeccaRecords, Creator/PhilipsRecords and Creator/PyeRecords founded imprints to cater to the "hippie" market with PsychedelicRock, HardRock, and ProgressiveRock: Creator/HarvestRecords, Creator/DeramRecords, Creator/VertigoRecords and Dawn Records. |
| 81 | * Crypton Future Media spun off of Yamaha's {{Music/VOCALOID}} software following the release of [=VOCALOID5=], expressing interest in keeping the iconic "machine-like" sound that their characters have been using since the peak of their popularity as opposed to Yamaha's push for more realistic voice synthesis. To this end they have created a line of voicebanks known as "NT (Newtype)" based on their Piapro Studio software, formerly a company-developed plug-in for VOCALOID and developed in collaboration with Yamaha, and rebranded their characters under the official title of "VIRTUAL SINGERS". To date only one voicebank for the line has been released, Music/HatsuneMiku NT. |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[folder:Myths and Religion]] |
| 85 | * The ancient Greeks and Romans ''loved'' to find equivalent deities in every nation that they encountered's religions, using ''interpretatio graeca'' in which a foreign deity was equated with a Greek one or ''interpretatio romana'' in which a foreign deity was equated with a Roman one (they were under the impression every culture worshiped the same gods under different names). For example, the Semitic Astarte was taken as the equivalent of Greek Aphrodite and the Egyptian Amon was taken as the equivalent of Roman Jupiter. Sometimes syncretic temples were consecrated to the fusion of both gods into a single cult. For example, during the Roman period in Egypt, temples were built to Jupiter-Ammon. How accurate these comparisons were heavily varied, depending on how well the Greek or Roman in question knew the foreign deity and what their criteria were for what they perceived as similarities. Equating Aphrodite with Astarte was pretty dead-on; equating Osiris with Dionysus less so, especially since the basis for this seemed to rest on ''one'' myth and what happened to these two gods within it. Dionysus' myth isn't very well-known today, making the connection even more baffling if you don't know it. Aside from this one detail, the gods didn't have anything in common. |
| 86 | ** Such equivalencies are the source of the English names for the days of the week. These derive originally from the Classical gods (or more precisely, the planets). Monday (moon day) for ''dies lunae'' and Sunday for ''dies solis'' are relatively straightforward, but Mars', Mercury's, Jupiter's, and Venus's days (''dies Martis, dies Mercurii, dies Jovis,'' and ''dies Veneris'') were converted into Tuesday (Tiw's day), Wednesday (Woden's (Odin's) day), Thursday (Thor's day), and Friday (Frigga's day), as these gods were regarded through ''interpretatio romana'' as equivalent to the Roman deities. Saturday is a mystery and may be because there was just no good Germanic equivalent for Saturn. |
| 87 | * Most Indo-European mythologies have very similar gods, either as the result of them having their origins in a single ancient religion or because both are personifications of the same concept. Some examples (most of which have some sort of scholarly consensus behind them): |
| 88 | ** [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Nyx]], [[Myth/NorseMythology Nott]], and [[Myth/HinduMythology Ra]][[OddNameOut tri]] were all personifications of night. |
| 89 | ** Eos and Ushas were dawn goddesses. Some scholars theorize [[Myth/ChineseMythology the Weaver Girl]] and [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Ame-no-Uzume]] are related and were adopted by non-IE cultures. |
| 90 | ** Pan and Pushan were pastoral gods associated with goats. |
| 91 | ** Thor, [[Myth/CelticMythology Taranis]], [[Myth/SlavicMythology Perun]], and Perkunas were thunder gods with a weapon. Jupiter, Zeus, and [[Myth/HinduMythology Indra]] were the result of mixing the PIE thunder god with other deities, thus they have similarities and discrepancies with the aforementioned deities. Further, Thor, Perun, and Indra were all described as having red beards (though you'll hardly see them portrayed with them in the modern day). |
| 92 | ** Nuada from Celtic Mythology is very similar to Tyr from Norse Mythology. Both are war gods that lost a hand, have ties to canines and get succeeded by spear-welding deities as rulers of their pantheons (Odin for Tyr, Lugh for Nuada). Unlike other examples, this is theorized to be because the Celts and Vikings had similar roots and a lot of interactions before the spread of Christianity. |
| 93 | ** Most IE cultures had at least one spinning fate goddess, most often they were three, but seven and only one have been recorded. In fact, the only tradition where they aren't directly attested seems to be the [[Myth/HinduMythology Vedic]]. |
| 94 | ** The Germanic Wayland the Smith has similarities with both Hephaestus and Daedalus of Greek myth. He was crippled like the former, but imprisoned by a king and forced to escape by flying away like the latter. |
| 95 | ** [[UsefulNotes/{{Zoroastrianism}} Anahita]] and [[Myth/HinduMythology Saraswati]] are both river divinities who bring fertility to the land, and probably derived from the same goddess in proto-Indo-Iranian religion. (Note that Anahita might not be properly considered a goddess, since Zoroastrianism is arguably monotheistic, but is a ''yazata'' or being worthy of worship nonetheless.) |
| 96 | * Sometimes gods have equivalents in other cultures despite not being related or having any contact with each other. Examples include [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hades]] and [[Characters/FinnishMythology Tuoni]] and Apollo and [[Myth/NorseMythology Freyr]]. |
| 97 | ** Inanna/Ishtar/Astarte/Aphrodite was the Middle/Near Eastern counterpart, as far as being a love/sex goddess, to the Indo-European Hausos. |
| 98 | * Thanks to cultural syncretism, and on rare occasions, complete coincidence, Christianity shares many similarities with various other (older) religions. |
| 99 | * Myth/EgyptianMythology and Myth/JapaneseMythology both have myths where a terrifying, near-unstoppable threat is defeated very similarly. Sekhmet and Yamata-no-Orochi were terrorizing the country and feeding on innocent people; they were eventually stopped when they were tricked into getting drunk. The details couldn't be more different though. Sekhmet was a goddess sent on a rampage, but after Ra changed his mind, he had to devise a way to stop her without hurting her. Orochi was just a monster and was thus killed by the god Susano'o. |
| 100 | * The stories of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Orpheus and Eurydice]] and [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Izanami and Izanagi]] are so surprisingly similar that it's been the subject of debate for quite a while. Both involve a husband and wife living happily until the wife dies (the circumstances differ there), followed by the husband descending into the underworld (Hades or Yomi, depending) to retrieve her. Both men find it too dark to see and are told to walk in front without looking back, and both do shortly before leaving the cave that led to the afterlife. The results also differ there, though both women end up condemned to the underworld afterward. |
| 101 | * UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} inherited many deities from UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}}, although they were [[AdaptationalNameChange re]][[DubNameChange named]] multiple times as Buddhism spread further east. In Japan, many major [[UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}} kami]] were interpreted as local aspects of boddhisattvas. The most famous example of this is the [[TheAlmightyDollar God of Wealth]], Kubera (Hinduism) -> Vaiśravaṇa (Buddhism) -> Píshāmén Tiān (Chinese Buddhism) -> Bishamonten (Japan). |
| 102 | [[/folder]] |
| 103 | |
| 104 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 105 | * Two of the playfields in Digital Interactive's ''VideoGame/PinballDreams'' are direct copies of PhysicalPinballTables from Creator/WilliamsElectronics--"Steel Wheels" is a copy of ''Bad Cats'', while "Nightmare"/"Graveyard" is a copy of ''Pinball/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. |
| 106 | * Many early [[DigitalPinballTable computer pinball games]] were near-direct copies of arcade pinball machines: |
| 107 | ** ''VideoGame/RasterBlaster'' is a digital copy of ''Pinball/{{Firepower}}''. |
| 108 | ** ''VideoGame/DavidsMidnightMagic'' is a digital copy of ''Pinball/BlackKnight''. |
| 109 | ** ''Night Mission Pinball'' is largely derived from ''Pinball/Flight2000'', though there are some notable differences. |
| 110 | * The Pinstar conversion kit ''Pinball/{{Gamatron}}'' is essentially a copy of Creator/SternElectronics' ''Pinball/Flight2000'', using the same software and a minor variant of the playfield. Justified in that Pinstar's president used to run Stern Electronics. |
| 111 | * The layout and design of Creator/DataEast's ''Pinball/{{Jurassic Park|DataEast}}'' is highly reminiscent of that for Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''Pinball/{{Whirlwind}}''. The rule set is much like that of Williams' ''Pinball/TheAddamsFamily''. |
| 112 | * Similarly, Data East's ''Pinball/LethalWeapon3'' bears many resemblances to Williams' ''Pinball/Terminator2''. |
| 113 | * The entire ''VideoGame/EpicPinball'' series for MS-DOS computers is an Alternate Platform Equivalent to the ''VideoGame/PinballDreams'' series on the Platform/{{Amiga}}. |
| 114 | * Some players see the "Tower" table of ''VideoGame/RuinerPinball'' is Creator/{{Atari}}'s equivalent of ''VideoGame/DevilsCrush''. |
| 115 | * Four months after the release of Creator/WilliamsElectronics' not-quite-a-pinball ShootEmUp ''Pinball/{{Hyperball}}'', Creator/{{Bally}} released ''Rapid Fire'', a nearly identical game with minor aesthetic changes. Williams employees internally derided it as [[SerialNumbersFiledOff "Operation Xerox"]]. |
| 116 | * ''VideoGame/ObsessionPinball'' is an obvious attempt to replicate ''Pinball Dreams,'' down to including little seams and screws in the playfield pieces. |
| 117 | [[/folder]] |
| 118 | |
| 119 | [[folder:Professional Sports]] |
| 120 | * The [[UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC Washington]] Commanders in the UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague and the UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}} Guardians in UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball have been considered this to each other, as both had spent decades being OvershadowedByControversy due to their former [[UsefulNotes/NativeAmericans Native American]]-based names and mascots (Redskins and Indians, respectively) [[ValuesDissonance becoming less acceptable over time]]. Both teams finally dropped these names in 2020 and 2021 respectively.[[invoked]] |
| 121 | [[/folder]] |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 124 | * Wrestling/JerryLawler has been described as the Wrestling/RicFlair of Memphis. Similarly, Ray González has been called the Ric Flair of Puerto Rico. |
| 125 | * Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling's Giant Baba to Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling's Wrestling/AntonioInoki, that latter outright encouraging this method of thinking. There is also a Captain New Japan for Marvel's Captain America. And in turn a Captain All Japan and [[Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH Captain NOAH]]. |
| 126 | * Wrestling/{{Demolition}} were an Alternate Company Equivalent version of Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors. Amusingly both teams ended up in the Wrestling/{{WW|E}}F in 1990 resulting in Demolition matches with the Legion of Doom. The Powers of Pain, initially created as {{Evil Counterpart}}s of the Road Warriors in 1987 for Jim Crockett Promotions, were quietly split up in the meantime. |
| 127 | * Wrestling/{{Sting}} in Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/UltimateWarrior in WWF. Both were frequent main event players who often played second bananas to the top guy of their promotion (Wrestling/RicFlair in WCW and Wrestling/HulkHogan in WWF) but held the torch for a period of time. Ultimate Warrior and Sting started off as a tag team before they got into the major leagues, and were well-known for their face paint and overly toned and tanned physiques. Both men kept these traits in their major companies. Sting's initial WCW gimmick was that of a surfer while Ultimate Warrior's orange skin, long hair, and frequent use of the word "dude" implied he was some sort of surfer type. Their early theme songs are even both take offs of "Seek and Destroy" by Music/{{Metallica}}. Sting eventually became known more as an agile technical wrestler after being mentored and groomed by Flair while Ultimate Warrior was a power wrestler who would allegedly get tired after doing his trademark entrance of sprinting to the ring. Ultimate Warrior would come to WCW for a short stint and inherited Sting's penchant for gaudy trench coats. They would reunite for a tag team match against Hulk Hogan and Wrestling/BretHart making for a great contrast of their styles, such as Sting's more simple red and black clothes and Ultimate Warrior's vaguely military tie-dye attire. After taking on his [[ComicBook/TheCrow Crow]] persona, Sting became this to Wrestling/TheUndertaker. |
| 128 | ** Sting can also be considered the equivalent to Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, as they were the two biggest names on each side of the Wrestling/MondayNightWars that had never at any point worked for the other side. (The other two biggest names would be Wrestling/TheRock and Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}, neither of whom were active until the MNW had already started, which also makes them an ACE of the other.) This continued even through Michaels' "retirement", WCW closing, Michaels' return from his "retirement", and Michaels' actual retirement before Sting ''finally'' joined WWE in 2014. They finally met in the ring for a few moments at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' 31 when Michaels interfered on behalf of Wrestling/TripleH during Triple H's match against Sting. |
| 129 | * More so alternate region equivalent, since they were both tied to the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance but the original plan for the promotion that came to be known as Ring Warriors was to be an Americanized version of New Japan, though it ended up as something much different. The World Wrestling League has a straighter example in New Boriquén Pro Wrestling. |
| 130 | * When Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} made his WCW debut, he was denounced as an {{Expy}} of Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin due to the fact that he had a bald head, goatee and wore black trunks and boots like Austin. |
| 131 | * Wrestling/BuffBagwell was WCW's equivalent of Wrestling/ShawnMichaels. His gimmick was his attractiveness to ladies (as expressed in his theme song "Buff Daddy", which like Michaels' "Sexy Boy" is partly sung by him and a female vocalist) and his muscles, and his propensity for red tights. Like Michaels, he'd also experienced BreakupBreakout from his tag team "American Males", where his partner Wrestling/ScottyRiggs faded to obscurity after the team split (like Wrestling/MartyJannetty). Furthermore, he remained in the higher end of the roster due to his own propensity for backstage meddling and ego. Also like Michaels, he took a few years out from wrestling before returning. Bagwell's ego, however, did get him fired from the WWF as soon as the Invasion happened. Bagwell was a omnipresent feature of mid to late 90s WCW, but is not as well remembered today due to his inability to follow up his career in that company. |
| 132 | * Wrestling/TakaMichinoku's success in WWF in 1997 caused WCW to hire Kaz Hayashi in 1998. Both of them had been part of the stable Kai En Tai in Japan, and both wore very similar blue tights. Likely feeling the need for a Japanese Wrestler themselves, ECW hired Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri. Whilst Taka and Tajiri both enjoyed popularity in their respective companies, Kaz was the victim of poor booking in squash matches (as with many in WCW at the time) and only appeared with the WWF once during the invasion era before asking for his release and returning to Japan. |
| 133 | * Originally Wrestling/{{AAA}}'s La Parka Jr. was the Alternate Company Equivalent of Wrestling/{{WCW}}'s Wrestling/LaParka (though the latter started in AAA, and thus they owned the mask). When WCW's La Parka joined Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, he was forced to become L.A. [=ParK=], Alternate Company Equivalent to the now Jr-lacking La Parka. |
| 134 | * La Super Muerte is the Bolivian equivalent of La Parka. |
| 135 | * WWF's Wrestling/DGenerationX were created to rival WCW's Wrestling/NewWorldOrder. The popularity of the [=nWo=] meant that WCW was beating WWF in the ratings, and Wrestling/VinceMcMahon couldn't let that happen. The main creative players behind the [=nWo=], Wrestling/KevinNash and Wrestling/ScottHall, are best friends with the main guys who came up with DX, Wrestling/TripleH and Wrestling/ShawnMichaels. They were all originally in WWF together as a backstage group known as Wrestling/TheKliq. As a result, both groups had some similar mannerisms such as the crotch chops, the wolf hand signal, and [[LeaningOntheFourthWall leaning on the 4th wall]], referencing their counterparts. |
| 136 | * Wrestling/{{Abyss}} can be considered the Wrestling/{{N|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA[=-=][[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] version of Wrestling/{{Kane}} and [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]]. |
| 137 | * Initially known as "Nise Onita" in the year 2000, Rocky Santana eventually became known as the Mexican Onita. That Onita being Atsushi, who founded [[Wrestling/{{FMW}} Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling]], the {{trope namer|s}} for GarbageWrestler. |
| 138 | * Unintentionally, Wrestling/AJStyles and Wrestling/JohnCena. Both made their national television debut in 2002, were the faces of their company, wore colourful attire and had a career degeneration in 2012 and a revival in 2013. |
| 139 | * AJ and Wrestling/MichelleMcCool are sort of {{Distaff Counterpart}}s. Both wear hooded robes to the ring and Michelle began using the Styles Clash as her finisher (renaming it the Faith Breaker), after her heel turn at the end of 2008. Both are also devout Christians in RealLife. |
| 140 | * As far as wrestling style goes, AJ has also been compared to another WWE contracted wrestler, Wrestling/JohnMorrison. After AJ left TNA and Morrison left WWE, the two would meet in Family Wrestling Entertainment. |
| 141 | * Wrestling/JeffHardy had been frequently compared to Teddy Hart (talented, but weird and with SpotMonkey tendencies) even by wrestlers themselves.[[note]]Which isn't really fair, while Hardy's drug issues are well documented he's otherwise regarded as a nice guy who when sober is easy to work with. Teddy Hart meanwhile is one of the most hated people in wrestling among his peers and is basically blackballed from the business because there isn't a wrestling company anywhere that doesn't include several people that would punch him in the face as soon as he walked in the door[[/note]] This became oddly prophetic, as Hardy would later make appearances in former Teddy Hart venues ROH and TNA. |
| 142 | * The Lost stable in 3CW, led by Sean David and The Age Of The Fall in Wrestling/RingOfHonor, led by Wrestling/JimmyJacobs, were purposefully set up to be alternate company equivalents of each other, with The Lost looking to spread across Europe and Age Of The Fall looking to spread across the Americas, or at least the USA to fight its health care system. |
| 143 | * Wrestling/AustinAries and Wrestling/BryanDanielson use many of the same moves, both have bridging submissions in the Last Chancery and Cattle Mutilation, are both vegans and were both lauded as Wrestling/RingOfHonor World Champions before being scooped up by WWE and TNA, where they are both overwhelming popular to the point they basically owe their careers in both companies to fans demanding they show up (Aries) or be rehired (Danielson). |
| 144 | * Jaider Lee has been called the Bolivian Wrestling/ShawnMichaels. He's also similar to Creator/HardGay, except that he's not an exotico, nor a GorgeousGeorge. |
| 145 | * By being inept wrestlers and shown to be good lawyers, Joseph Park[[note]]actually a second persona of Abyss; the two were {{kayfabe}} brothers[[/note]] and Wrestling/DavidOtunga[[note]]a real-life lawyer, with a [[UsefulNotes/IvyLeague Harvard Law]] degree to boot[[/note]] have become this in TNA and WWE. |
| 146 | * A blonde bombshell who was formerly a member of a stable consisting of [[MsFanservice Ms. Fanservices]], better known for her looks than her talent, first target of any heel, and divides the wrestling community on whether or not she's a competent wrestler. Are we talking about Wrestling/KellyKelly or Wrestling/VelvetSky? |
| 147 | * TNA's Wrestling/JeffJarrett has been compared to Wrestling/TripleH due to both of them carrying their respective world titles for a long period of time, and have [[WagTheDirector major influence over their bookings]] (Jarrett with Wrestling/VinceRusso, Triple H with Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon). As a result, fans sometime refer to Jarrett as "Triple J" (short for "[[TheScrappy Jackass Jeff Jarret]]"). |
| 148 | * Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling 's Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi has been called the "Wrestling/JohnCena of NJPW" by fans. Both are [[TheAce ace]] babyfaces at the top of card that are booked to be strong, rarely ever putting an opponent over clean. [[EstrogenBrigadeBait And a strong female fan base]], can't forget that. |
| 149 | * Monster Pain and his valet...retainer...Mistress Glenda Lee were among the initial top stars of the World Wrestling League, an effort to bring pro wrestling feds, lucha libre or otherwise, across Latin America and the Caribbean together to better showcase talent and [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny create dream matches]]. Wrestling/{{AAA}} was a major contributor. [[Wrestling/KarleePerez Catrina]] and Mil Muertes were among the initial top stars of Wrestling/LuchaUnderground, an effort to familiarize pro wrestling fans in the US with the lucha libre genre. AAA was a major contributor. Catrina proved to be worse than Glenda however, as while Glenda had people sent to the hospital, personally in the case of Los Dioses del Olímpico's valet Habana, Catrina had people sent to the ''grave'' and personally left actual wrestlers like Wrestling/IvelisseVelez as [[StandardBleedingSpots bloody messes]]. Also, Monster Pain was more a force of random violence without Glenda's influence, unlike the more consciously malicious Mil Muertes, so Pain [[HeelFaceTurn turned face]] once abandoned, while Muertes and Catrina ''faked'' a split to deceive their rival Fenix. The irony was that Muertes, as Mesias, had been fairly important to WWL before Lucha Underground popped up and proved to be a more reliable source of bookings. |
| 150 | * Catrina drew in three more luchadors after Mil Muertes on Lucha Underground, calling them(Barrio Negro, El Siniestro de la Muerte and Trece) "The Disciples Of Death", while Mistress Glenda Lee associated with a Voudun/Catholicism inspired {{cult}}ist stable in The World Wrestling League, which included the ghostly PowerTrio "Legio"(Kronya, Spectro and Vassago). This was coincidental, but after The Disciples Of Death feuded with the Son Of Havoc-Ivelisse-Angelico trio, some of WWL's own fans accused them of copying Lucha Underground when La Perla Negra Allison replaced Justin Dynamite as White Shadow Mark Davidson and Brown Sugar Daddy Excellent Mantel's partner in "Los Favoritos" trio as they feuded with Legio, complete with the same internal friction to overcome among the baby {{face}}s (Ivelisse dating Son of Havoc, Allison dating Mark). [[HistoryRepeats The irony]] was that Ivelisse had been fairly important to WWL before Lucha Underground popped up and proved to be a more reliable source of bookings. |
| 151 | * The [[http://www.theofficialwrestlingmuseum.com/uploads/6/0/4/9/6049532/1135715_orig.jpg WCW World Heavyweight Championship belt]] that was used in the early 90s after Wrestling/RicFlair took the Wrestling/BigGoldBelt to WWF looks very similar to the [[https://images.bonanzastatic.com/afu/images/b563/205c/8b8d_7466427260/9.jpg design of the WWF Championship]] at that time (nicknamed the "Winged Eagle" belt), especially the side plates. This is largely because both belts were made by the same professional wrestling belt maker Reggie Parks. |
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| 153 | |
| 154 | [[folder:TabletopGames]] |
| 155 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'' share a bit of pararell histories that allows to place few games as each other's equivalents in a context: |
| 156 | ** Both 4th Edition of ''D&D'' and 3rd Edition of ''WFRP'' were basically completely different rulesets, which put off many fans unwillingly to make such drastic change to the point of almost becoming their respective FranchiseKiller. In each case the edition that follwoed - ''D&D'' 5e and ''WFRP'' 4e - are seen as an AuthorsSavingThrow that saved the brand and also raised it to a new heigh of financial success. |
| 157 | ** Due to the above, first edition of ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', a game closely based on rules of ''Dungeons & dragons'' 3rd Edition, but made by another company, has an equivalent in ''TabletopGame/{{Zweihander}}'', an RPG based on the classic ''WFRP'' rules, but made by another company. In both cases the game's success could be seen as largerly thanks to the fans of respective edition of ''D&D''/''WFRP'' who would rather try something similiar than a completely new ruleset. |
| 158 | ** Finally, ''TabletopGame/{{Lancer}}'' is mechanically a SpiritualSuccessor of ''D&D'' 4e, but placed in a science-ficiton setting, while ''TabletopGame/StarWarsRoleplayingGame'' took the rules of 3rd Edition ''WFRP'' and repurposed them for the Star Wars setting. |
| 159 | [[/folder]] |
| 160 | |
| 161 | [[folder:ThemeParks]] |
| 162 | * ''Ride/DisneyThemeParks'': |
| 163 | ** Disney's Hollywood Studios (originally MGM Studios) was created as one for Universal Orlando Resort, which opened nearby in Orlando. |
| 164 | ** Disney's Animal Kingdom was opened as one for Busch Gardens Tampa. |
| 165 | ** DisneyQuest was pre-emptively opened as one to a proposed Sega/DreamWorks collaboration. |
| 166 | ** Downtown Disney was opened as one to Universal's CityWalk. |
| 167 | * ''Ride/UniversalStudios'': |
| 168 | ** Universal's Islands of Adventure was created as one for Disney's Magic Kingdom, though it eventually grew into a composite Alternate Company Equivalent of it and Animal Kingdom. |
| 169 | * Disneyland in particular inspired several Alternate Company Equivalents, including [[Ride/SixFlags Six Flags over Texas, AstroWorld]], [[Ride/CedarFairEntertainment Kings Island, Kings Dominion]], and Dutch Wonderland, all of which took design cues from Disneyland, including themed areas and a central hub. |
| 170 | * Cedar Point's Disaster Transport was a pre-existing bobsled coaster being crudely retrofitted into an Alternate Company Equivalent of Space Mountain, though it didn't work. |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 174 | * Bandai's Toys/MachineRobo line of TransformingMecha (later licensed to Tonka as the Gobots) to Creator/{{Hasbro}}/Takara's Franchise/{{Transformers}}. Made even more confusing by the fact that Hasbro later acquired the Gobots license, but not the one for the original Machine Robo. |
| 175 | ** To make matters more confusing, since Hasbro's acquisition of Tonka, Go-Bots occasionally show up in Transformers: Cy-Kill and Scooter were both killed by Jhiaxus, Cop-Tur and Leader-1 are Minicons (possibly homages rather than ACES), and Crasher (under the name Fracture, sometimes) has officially crossed over and leads a squad of Decepticons, and even has a toy out. |
| 176 | * A number of companies tried to make their own equivalents to Creator/{{Mattel}}'s Franchise/{{Barbie}}: |
| 177 | ** One notable example is Hasbro's WesternAnimation/{{Maxie|sWorld}}. Although WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} predated her, she was primarily music themed, with Jem mainly shown as a singer (although Hasbro had planned to have Jem "branch out" at one point before the toyline was discontinued). Maxie is a much closer equivalent as a girl featured in many different roles (although she is mainly a high school student), though not as many as Barbie. |
| 178 | ** Franchise/{{Bratz}} sort of counts, but their main feature is removable feet, so they can wear different shoes. There's also the Moxie Girlz from the same company. |
| 179 | ** Takara's Toys/LiccaChan has often been called "the Japanese Barbie". She's just as famous in Japan as Barbie is in the U.S.. Another doll made by Takara, Jenny, actually started out as Barbie before she got renamed sometime in the 1980s. |
| 180 | ** Pedigree Toys' Sindy is the UK equivalent, especially in The80s. When she was first launched in The60s, she had a design that suggested she was the same age as the child playing, rather than the 17-year-old Barbie, but was later aged into a teenager. The 2000's Sindy doll from New Moon has returned to that. |
| 181 | * Plastic-bricks-that-click-into-each-other construction toys other than Franchise/{{Lego}}: |
| 182 | ** Lego actually started as one to Kiddicraft's Interlocking Building Cubes and Self-Locking Building Bricks. It actually led to an out-of-court settlement where Lego paid Kiddicraft £45,000 before eventually purchasing the company outright. |
| 183 | ** Mega Brand's Mega Bloks. |
| 184 | ** Kre-O from Hasbro, including Kre-O versions of other Hasbro properties like ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' and ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', and the license for ''Franchise/StarTrek''. |
| 185 | ** Character Building, from the UK company Character Options, with licensed sets for ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'', and [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships the British armed forces]]. |
| 186 | ** Tyco Super Blocks. Not only that, but they could also work with Lego blocks. |
| 187 | ** Back when Creator/{{Nintendo}} still made toys, they made of line of Lego-like blocks called "N&B Block"[[note]]Official English name; the Japanese name was simply "Nintendo Block"[[/note]]. They are even referenced in a Mario Zone stage in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins''. |
| 188 | * Creator/{{Mattel}}'s ''DC Multiverse'' (formerly ''DC Universe Classics'' and ''DC Superheroes'') line was launched as their answer to Creator/{{Hasbro}}'s ''Marvel Legends'' line, just with Franchise/TheDCU characters instead of Franchise/MarvelUniverse ones. Creator/{{Bandai}}'s ''Dragon Stars'' and Hasbro's own ''Star Wars: The Black Series'' lines also replicate the same idea, but with characters from ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' and the ''Franchise/StarWars'', respectively. |
| 189 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Barbie and the Rockers|OutOfThisWorld}}'' was Creator/{{Mattel}}'s answer to Creator/{{Hasbro}}'s ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} Jem and the Holograms]]''. Both star hit 80s pop-stars and had animated adaptations. While ''Jem'' had a full-length SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon, ''Barbie'' only received two direct-to-VHS specials. Despite this, it seems like the job worked because ''Jem'' was CutShort due to poor merchandise sales. |
| 190 | * The popularity of the ''[[Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection American Girl]]'' line of dolls led to a number of imitators such as Target's ''Our Genration'' brand of 18-inch dolls made by Battat as well as Walmart's ''My Life As'', both of which are largely compatible with clothes and accessories made for American Girl dolls. Going on a more [[TheMoralSubstitute moral]] direction, there is also [[https://www.dollsfromheaven.com/ Dolls from Heaven]], a faith-based line of American Girl-esque dolls modeled after Catholic saints and biblical figures. |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 194 | * This shows up in many {{Fighting Game}}s: |
| 195 | ** For example, we have Mai, Yuri, Chun-Li and Sakura, the first two from Creator/{{SNK}}'s ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'' series [[note]]technically speaking; Mai and Yuri actually made their respective debuts in ''VideoGame/FatalFury2'' and ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'', with both series later spinning off into the AlternateContinuity MassiveMultiplayerCrossover that is ''KOF''[[/note]] and the latter two from Creator/{{Capcom}}'s ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series. A great deal of {{lampshad|eHanging}}ing is done in the pre-fight conversations of ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos'', as the characters who resemble each other comment on the similarities. |
| 196 | ** [[JokeCharacter Dan Hibiki]] of the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series was created as a [[TakeThat parody]] of [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia]], with some of Yuri's mannerisms thrown in. Similar to the above example, Dan is frequently mistaken for Robert in the crossover games due to a pronounced (and intentional) resemblance, and is also considered a counterpart of fellow goofball [[VideoGame/FatalFuryKingOfFighters Joe Higashi]]. |
| 197 | ** Of course, Dan was a response to Ryo and Robert, who were originally made as A.C.E.s of ''SF'''s Ryu and Ken. This isn't particularly surprising, considering that the men behind ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' (Creator/HiroshiMatsumoto, Creator/TakashiNishiyama) were also responsible for ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' in the first place. (Furthermore, Ken's wealth and kick-happy style was established long after ''Art of Fighting'' came out, whereas Robert was always like this.) |
| 198 | ** ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomMatchOfTheMillennium'' goes one step further; picking one character (ex. Ryu) will result in you fighting your Alternate Company Equivalent (ex. Kyo) just before the final match. At least one of them is even a case of DistaffCounterpart (Guile and Leona). |
| 199 | ** Many of the equivalent characters (Ryu and Ryo, Chun-Li and Mai, Sakura and Yuri, Zangief and Raiden, Sagat and King, etc.) have special pre-fight intros when facing each other in ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNKMillenniumFight2000 Capcom vs. SNK]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium Capcom vs. SNK 2]]''. |
| 200 | ** The similarities between [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Sakura Kasugano]] and [[Franchise/TheKingOfFighters Shingo Yabuki]], both being [[MartialArtsHeadband headband-wearing]] [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent high schoolers]] who [[HeroWorshipper idolize]] the main hero and [[MovesetClone emulate their fighting style]], are so pronounced, that with the year and a half gap between their respective debuts, it wouldn't be surprising if Shingo was deliberately designed to be Sakura's [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]]. |
| 201 | ** Moe Habana from the ''King of Fighters EX'' series could also be considered Sakura's counterpart. Like Sakura, Moe is a teenage girl of Japanese descent who was deliberately designed to be the DistaffCounterpart of her series' protagonist. She even uses the same stance as Kyo and has a similar fighting style, much like Sakura does for Ryu. |
| 202 | ** ''Videogame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' introduced Ruby Heart, a universe-hopping female SkyPirate. ''Videogame/TheKingOfFightersXIV'' would later include Love Heart, a universe-hopping female sky pirate, though in that case, she actually originated in one of SNK's pachinko games. |
| 203 | ** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIV'' then [[CanonImmigrant introduced]] Alice Nakata, a Terry Bogard fangirl who learned how to fight by studying his moves, basically making her the Sakura of the ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' corner of the SNK universe. |
| 204 | ** All these years later, and Capcom and SNK are ''still'' doing this. Back in [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2000 2000]], SNK introduced [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersTheNESTSChronicles Vanessa]], a single FieryRedhead mom with noticeable assets who works as an ActionGirl secret agent. Fast forward nine years later, and Capcom introduces [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Crimson Viper]]... A single FieryRedhead mom with noticeable assets who works as an ActionGirl secret agent. |
| 205 | ** The recursive example of Iori-Remy-Ash Crimson. Remy, from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'', was plainly designed to resemble SNK characters, Iori Yagami in particular, but given charge-based moves to differentiate him/establish him as ''III'''s Guile counterpart. Then ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2003 KOF 2003]]'' saw the debut of Ash Crimson, an effeminate {{Bishonen}} with charge-based moves who is clearly designed to resemble Remy. Both characters are from France as well, adding another parallel. |
| 206 | ** SNK's ''VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves'' (1999) to Capcom's ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' (1997-1999). Both are critically praised, well-balanced, highly technical fighters known for pushing the technological capabilities of 2D fighters at the time and their soundtracks. In addition, many of the mainstays from previous games were PutOnABus (but still made cameos) to emphasize the [[OriginalGeneration new roster]] (''III'' only had Ryu and Ken at first, followed by Akuma in ''2nd Impact'' and Chun-Li in ''3rd Strike'', while Terry Bogard was the ''only'' returning ''Fatal Fury'' character in ''Garou''; both games, however, featured analogues to previous fighters). The two games even featured similar defensive concepts: Parrying (Blocking in Japanese) and Just Defending. |
| 207 | *** Both games also happened to feature an Afro-Brazilian martial artist introduced in a "Next Generation" meant to also serve as the representative for the prominent mainstay fighting style: Sean Matsuda (Ansatsuken/"Shotokan") and Marco Rodriguez (Kyokugenryu Karate), respectively. |
| 208 | *** Few know that ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting 3'' had done it before either of them (although it lacks the TimeSkip factor present in both ''Garou'' and ''SFIII'', as well as the aforementioned defensive maneuvers). |
| 209 | ** SNK's Silber from ''Videogame/BurikiOne'' has been noted to be very similar to Capcom's Akuma, with both characters being gruff, spiky-haired {{Blood Knight}}s who travel the world in search of strong opponents. They even have similar BadassBack poses. |
| 210 | ** Less than a year after SNK introduced Isla, [[ArtAttacker a spray paint wielding]] young female fighter with blue streaked hair in ''Videogame/TheKingOfFightersXV'', Capcom introduced Kimberly, a spray paint wielding young female fighter with blue tipped hair in ''Videogame/StreetFighter6''. Needless to say, fans were quick to point out the similarities, with some suggesting the two girls would be perfect counterparts in a future ''Videogame/SNKVsCapcom'' game if one ever gets made. |
| 211 | ** ''Videogame/StreetFighter6'' also saw the debut of Manon, a beautiful French grappler who combines elegant movements with grabs and throws. Add to that her prominent bangs and [[TheFashionista high fashion sense of style]], and she comes across like Capcom's answer to Shermie from ''King of Fighters''. |
| 212 | ** ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' has a few blatant ones, as far as movesets go. The most blatant is lead Heart Aino, who has half of [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu's]] moveset herself, and the other half on her default Arcana. As of ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart 3'', her moveset (sans arcana) mirrors [[Franchise/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]] closely enough that the pair has been spotted on a date in an official {{April Fools|Day}} crossover (not to mention the former becoming a GuestFighter in ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle''). |
| 213 | ** Lucia Morgan from the ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' and ''Street Fighter'' series has been compared to Blaze Fielding from ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage''. Both are young female cops (ex-cop in Blaze's case) who wear revealing outfits and [[KickChick utilize a fighting style that emphasizes kicking]]. Interestingly, when a fourth ''Streets of Rage'' was announced in August 2018 ([[SequelGap 24 years after the third game was released]]), Blaze was revealed to have undergone some CostumeEvolution, wearing a black version of her ''[=SOR1=]'' jacket over the bra-and-skirt look she's favored since ''[=SOR2=]''--essentially making the resemblance between her and Lucia even more noticeable. (That is, until Lucia appeared in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV: Arcade Edition'' almost a full year later, sporting a more modest redesign emphasizing her status as a Metro City police officer, though her original ''Final Fight 3'' attire is featured as a Nostalgia Costume.) |
| 214 | ** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIII'' roster welcomed squeaky, half-insane Muay Thai asshole Hwa Jai, right after the ''Super VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' roster welcomed squeaky, half-insane Muay Thai asshole Adon. Although Adon was introduced before Hwa, Hwa was already pretty unhinged in his [[VideoGame/FatalFuryKingOfFighters debut in 1991]] whereas Adon became so by way of his ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' redesign in 1995. |
| 215 | ** ''Street Fighter''[='s=] Ibuki and ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}''[='s=] Ling Xiaoyu. Both debuted in 1997 and are short of stature, school age female characters who use finesse for victory. Both debuted in the third installment of their respective series in a time both franchises were trying out new characters and both were romanced with the lead male of the new series (Alex for Ibuki and Jin for Xiaoyu). However, Xiaoyu ended up being more important to the story of her own franchise and was officially paired with Jin while the initial pairing of Alex and Ibuki has all but been forgotten about and Ibuki is firmly a side character. |
| 216 | ** ''VideoGame/BodyBlows'': This game (and its sequels) owes its existence due to [[PortingDisaster complaints of Amiga owners in regard to the first port]] of the original ''Street Fighter II''. Commodore, the company that owned the Amiga brand of computers, decided that rather than going through the hassle of reattempting a better version of that game, they would contract British based developer Team 17 to create their own equivalent fighting game for their Platform/{{Amiga}} brand of personal computers. In terms of particular characters, Danny and Nik are shotoclones with similar moves to Ryu and Ken, but having designs and backstories more like those of the [[Characters/FatalFuryKingOfFighters Bogard brothers]] and Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia, while Junior and Kossak are equivalents to Balrog and Zangief respectively. Inferno and Warra, introduced in the sequel ''Body Blows Galactic'', are equivalents of Scorpion and Sub-Zero from ''Franchise/MortalKombat''. |
| 217 | ** ''VideoGame/RivalSchools''' Roy Bromwell is pretty much Terry Bogard as a ForeignExchangeStudent with a grudge against the Japanese thanks to his grandfather's bitter stories about WWII. He borrows several of Terry's attacks, complete with liberal use of GratuitousEnglish such as "Touchdown Wave" being short-ranged version of Terry's "Power Wave" and "Touchdown Spike" BV being essentially the same as Terry's 'Triple Geyser'/"Overshoot Geyser". |
| 218 | ** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIV'': Luong's personality, Tae Kwan Do, color motif and stances make her a dead ringer of Juri Han from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', a character who ironically enough was joked about as being an SNK-style design. |
| 219 | ** In December 2008, Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment brought us Lars: a main character of an UpdatedRerelease (''Franchise/{{Tekken}} 6: Bloodline Rebellion'') with [[ShonenHair a spiky hairstyle]] and a close connection to a female who is now technology (Alisa), and who is the TokenGoodTeammate of a corrupt organization (Tekken Force). Three months later, in February 2009, SNK brought us Nameless: a main character of an UpdatedRerelease (''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2002: Unlimited Match'') with a spiky hairstyle and a close connection to a female who is now technology (Isolde), and who is the TokenGoodTeammate of a corrupt organization (NESTS). Sound familiar? |
| 220 | * Jago from ''Videogame/KillerInstinct'' is the series' equivalent of ''Street Fighter'''s Ryu, being a stoic, dedicated warrior with very similar special moves (including [[{{Shotoclone}} a fireball, rising uppercut and advancing kick]]). He even possesses his own [[TheDarkSide corrupted alter ego]], Shadow Jago, who in turn acts as the equivalent to Evil Ryu. |
| 221 | * Creator/{{Sega}}'s ''Videogame/VirtuaFighter'' series has a few examples: |
| 222 | ** Main character Akira is often seen as ''VF'''s answer to Ryu, the protagonist of ''Videogame/StreetFighter'', as both characters are stoic Japanese warriors who wear headbands and white outfits (though Akira's is black in certain entries). ''VF'' director Yu Suzuki even acknowledged the strong resemblance in the official ''Street Fighter'' 25th anniversary documentary, though he claims he didn't consciously copy Ryu's design. A key difference, however, is that despite looking like Ryu and being his series' mascot, Akira is not a {{Shotoclone}}, instead practicing the Chinese martial art Bajiquan. |
| 223 | ** Likewise, Pai Chan is highly similar to ''Street Fighter'''s Chun-Li, being a beautiful Chinese Kung-Fu practitioner who primarily wears blue and yellow. The two even get some unique interactions in the crossover game ''Videogame/ProjectXZone'', where they're partnered with fellow AnimeChineseGirl Ling Xiaoyu from ''Videogame/{{Tekken}}''. |
| 224 | ** Jean Kujo has some similarities to Capcom's Ken Masters, being a cocky mixed-race karate practitioner in a sleeveless red gi. Sega even did an AprilFoolsDay video for ''Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown'' that spoofed [[DuelingWorks their competitor's]] ''[[Videogame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV]]'' by showing Jean performing Ken's trademark [[KamehameHadoken Hadouken]], {{Shoryuken}} and HurricaneKick. The same clip also had the aforementioned Pai using some of Chun-Li's special moves, making the parody even more obvious. |
| 225 | * TGL's (Technical Group Laboratory) ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G.]]'' series has several characters, who drew clear inspiration from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'': |
| 226 | ** Yuka Takeuchi is their tomboy equivalent of Ryu, sharing [[{{Shotoclone}} the same basic moveset]] and mentality in that she lives to test herself against {{worthy opponent}}s and strives to [[SpiritedCompetitor learn more about herself as a martial artist]]. Likewise, she's the series' protagonist. |
| 227 | ** Her [[ChildhoodFriends best friend]], Satomi Yajima, is similar to Ken, being her old [[FriendlyRivalry sparring partner/rival]]. In terms of fighting style, however, she's ''V.G's'' tomboy equivalent of [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersHeroes Kyo Kusanagi]] instead. She borrows several of his attacks, along with his [[OreOnna "Ore no..!"]] catchphrase, and her moves are even themed named similarly to his. [[note]]Kyo's moves translate as different variations of "The 8 Scars" (i.e. "The Rusting 8 Scars" "The 8 Maidens' Flames", etc.), whereas hers translate as "The 8th Maiden", "The Circular 8ths", etc.[[/note]] |
| 228 | ** Tamao Mitsurugi is their version of [[Characters/StreetFighterAlpha Sakura]], complete with the same backstory: both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EybYE3jQPDY first saw their heroes on television,]] are primarily self-taught by emulating their role models' fighting style, and seek to be trained by them. Her moves are also the same as Sakura's, right down to having a short-ranged projectile. |
| 229 | ** While Saki Shinjo is a mashup of Rugal Bernstein, [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersIoriYagami Iori Yagami]], and [[Characters/TheKingOfFighters96 Vice]], in terms of character design and [[AxCrazy personality]]. Her moveset consists of moves borrowed from each of them including Rugal's Genocide Cutter, Iori's claw swipes and Dark Plume finisher, and Vice's Negative Gain command throw. |
| 230 | * Ryoko Kanno from ''VideoGame/FightersHistory'' and Ryoko Izumo from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' are both cute, teenage female judo practitioners from Japan, and even share the same first name. This is because they were both [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed inspired by]] Ryoko Tamura (later Ryoko Tani), a young female judoka who was popular in Japan during the early 90's. |
| 231 | * Creator/{{Midway|Games}} gave us ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'', an IntercontinuityCrossover which features the alternate major comic book publisher and major fighting game franchise of The90s to the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series. Later happened when they made ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', which, while not a crossover as it features DC characters ([[GuestFighter and one]] ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' [[GuestFighter character]]), can be seen as an answer to ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', being released as the latter is played in tournaments and was made with the competitive scene in mind, which ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'' is a big part of. They're both seen as superhero fighting games and the cover of ''Injustice'' features Batman fighting Superman over Green Arrow's dead body. However, Green Arrow's hood is up and the metallic hue of his skin make him resemble Doctor Doom, a commonly played ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' character in the competitive scene, giving the illusion that they're fighting over the dead body of the franchise they're rivaling. |
| 232 | * ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}''[='s=] Asuka Kazama and her rival Emilie "Lili" de Rochefort draw frequent comparisons to the above Sakura and ''her'' rival from ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'', Karin Kanzuki. Because both rivalries involve two aspirant street fighters who happen to be high school students, with the second party being [[PrivilegedRival a wealthy heiress]] who loses to the first and obsesses over settling the score, [[DefeatMeansFriendship only to come to value the other girl's friendship]] (although Asuka and Lili are currently at the VitriolicBestBuds stage, with some [[FoeRomanceSubtext additional]] [[HomoeroticSubtext subtext]] on Lili's part), several fans feel it's more than a coincidence. If Sakura defeats Lili in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'', her win quote even {{lampshade|Hanging}}s the similarities between Lili and Karin. |
| 233 | -->'''Sakura''': You remind me of one of my friends. She also rides around in limousines and stuff. [[NoblewomansLaugh Same laugh, too]]. |
| 234 | * ''VideoGame/DarkReign'' is a near equivalent of ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'', even if both games are very different in several ways. ''VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes'' is analogous to ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'' at first, though now people are comparing it to ''VideoGame/MenOfWar''. |
| 235 | * Though their gameplay styles are very different (almost polar opposites, in fact), the ''VideoGame/BioShock'' and ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' series could be said to be counterparts of each other. Both have a similar style, playing off the culture and sci-fi visions of the future of early to mid-20th century "Golden Age" America while at the same time depicting what a hateful, nasty, paranoid mess it really was, one taking place in the past, the other in a future [[AfterTheEnd where said culture reached its]] [[WorldWarIII logical conclusion]]; both are sequels or {{Spiritual Successor}}s to hit computer games from The90s; both have soundtracks full of classic period music and their [[AnAesop Aesops]], reflected by their gameplay and story, are mirror opposites of each other, the former being a linear narrative about slavery and the inevitability of fate while the latter is an open world with various different options and MultipleEndings, showing how one person can change history. On a smaller scale, while ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'''s Robert House is mostly based on RealLife industrialist Howard Hughes, Creator/{{Obsidian|Entertainment}} makes no secret of the fact that he's partially inspired by Andrew Ryan, even giving you an achievement if you kill him with a golf club. Amusingly, they're even both played by actors whose most famous roles were opposite each other on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. |
| 236 | * On that note, ''VideoGame/{{Singularity}}'' and ''VideoGame/BioShock.'' Both are FPS/RPG's where superpowers are utilized through the left arm, set in crumbling, mutant-haunted wastelands. However, 2K Entertainment's ''Bioshock'' is set in a faux-America, and Raven Software's ''Singularity'' in an alternate-timeline USSR. ''Bioshock's'' powers come from direct BioAugmentation of the protagonist himself, and ''Singularity's'' come from a SovietSuperscience gizmo called the "Time Manipulation Device," or "TMD" for short. Heck, ''Singularity'' can be considered an honourary 'Shock title if you apply the criteria of City (KATORGA-12 Research Facility)-Lighthouse (Barisov/Demichev Reactor)-Man (Adrian Renko) set down in ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite''. |
| 237 | * Creator/{{Sega}} had ''VideoGame/CongoBongo'' as their answer to Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''. The game was even programmed by Ikegami Tsushinki, the contractor Nintendo had hired to program the arcade version of ''Donkey Kong''. |
| 238 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' franchise has been around since the early 2000s, but more recently has been aggressively marketed as EA's answer to the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' franchise, with ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' presumably there to pick up the slack in odd-numbered years. Likewise, ''VideoGame/{{Titanfall}}'' was funded by EA as a counterpart to Creator/{{Activision}} and its ''Call of Duty'' franchise. |
| 239 | * EA in general has been playing up many of its franchises as competitors to to Activision Blizzard's. Besides ''Battlefield'', other counterparts include ''VideoGame/RockBand'' to ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' for rhythm games, ''VideoGame/{{Skate}}'' to ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' for skating games, and ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' to ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' for [=MMOs=]. ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' was intended to compete in the Battle Royale subgenre but it unintentionally became a competitor with ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' since it too is a HeroShooter. |
| 240 | * ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' was seen as Creator/{{Sony}}'s answer to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series when it first came out, as with ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''. |
| 241 | * ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale'' was Sony's crossover fighter equivalent of Nintendo's ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', even acknowledging their inspirations and using the latter game's name as Website/YouTube tags in pre-release videos. ''VideoGame/JumpSuperStars'' is another answer to ''Super Smash Bros.'', except with manga/anime characters from ''Magazine/ShonenJump''. |
| 242 | * The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series introduced [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Yen Sid]] as the BigGood and revealed he was a Keyblade Master. They then introduced another Keyblade Master, Master Eraqus, as Creator/{{Square|Enix}}'s counterpart to Yen Sid, his name being a corruption of Square backwards (as Yen Sid is Disney backwards) and had him resemble an eastern samurai-archetype as opposed to Yen Sid's western wizard-archetype, and had him resemble ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. |
| 243 | * After the smashing success of the Platform/{{Wii}}'s motion-based controls, Nintendo's competitors set out to make motion-based games for their systems as well. While the [[Platform/PlayStation3 PlayStation Move]] bombed, the [[Platform/XBox360 Kinect]] is a relative success with games that follow the mold of the Wii series: ''Wii Sports'' has ''Kinect Sports'', ''Wii Fit'' has ''Nike + Kinect Training'' and so on. |
| 244 | * After Nintendo saw success with their Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem and Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Classic mini consoles, Sony followed suit with the Platform/PlayStation Classic, a similar mini console that comes preloaded with games from the system's library. |
| 245 | * Creator/{{Gameloft}} has every game from their parent company Creator/{{Ubisoft}} copied. |
| 246 | * In a case where the company is just the developer, Creator/NaughtyDog and Creator/InsomniacGames frequently are matching each other in their current developments (it helps both companies even shared the same building for a while). |
| 247 | ** Platform/PlayStation era: mascot platformers (ND: ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot''; Insomniac: ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'') |
| 248 | ** Platform/PlayStation2 era: platformers focused on a duo (ND: ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter''; Insomniac: ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'') |
| 249 | ** Platform/PlayStation3 era: DarkerAndEdgier action games (ND: ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}, VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''; Insomniac: ''VideoGame/{{Resistance}}'') |
| 250 | * You could definitely make the argument that [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luckychloetekken7_3959.jpg Lucky Chloe,]] one of ''VideoGame/Tekken7''[='=]s new fighters, is this to ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5: Ultimate Arcade''[='=]s [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marierosedoa5u_6346.jpg Marie Rose]] (who came first). Their behavior and general aesthetic both seem to swing for the same {{Moe}} archetype. Conversely, ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV''[='=]s new fighter, Rashid, has a distinct tinge of ''Tekken 7'' newcomer Shaheen in him, being a Saudi Arabian fighter with a traditional Middle Eastern outfit.[[note]]This pair is partially justified, since ''Tekken'' producer Katsuhiro Harada and ''Street Fighter'' producer Yoshinori Ono are friends and Harada actually suggested that Ono add a Middle Eastern fighter to ''SF''.[[/note]] Likewise, Laura Matsuda, another ''SFV'' newcomer, can be likened to ''T7'''s Katarina Alves: both are sassy, provocative loudmouths who hail from Brazil and favor rather revealing clothing styles. To a lesser extent, Laura also invites a few comparisons to Josie Rizal, though Josie is Filipino and something of a crybaby. |
| 251 | * ''Lightseekers'',[[note]]which actually falls under multiple categories: Video Games, Card Games, and Toys[[/note]]A Kickstarter success from a company called Play Fusion, has been compared to Creator/{{Activision}}'s ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' franchise due to its similar "toys-to-life" mechanics. [[note]]Unlike ''Skylanders'', however, Lightseekers uses Augmented Reality to scan cards from the CollectibleCardGame and into the game. It also interacts with action figures using a "[=FusionCore=]": a small mini-computer that connects to the game using Bluetooth technology, all without a separate NFC reader like Skylanders' "portal of power".[[/note]] Play Fusion insists that ''Lightseekers'' is not "toys-to-life", but rather [[InsistentTerminology "connected play"]]. |
| 252 | ** ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' was [[note]]emphasis on "was"; it has since been discontinued[[/note]] a more direct answer to ''Skylanders'' with similar gameplay and a similar NFC device for scanning the figures into the game. |
| 253 | ** ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'' is another "toys-to-life" game, although unlike the ''Skylanders'' and ''Disney Infinity'', you actually have to build the portal yourself, though it still uses NFC [[note]]or at least similar[[/note]] technology. |
| 254 | * Most characters from ''VideoGame/FreedomForce'' and ''Freedom Force vs. 3rd Reich'' are analogues of famous Marvel/DC characters. We have Minuteman ([[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]]), the Ant ([[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]]), Quetzalcoatl ([[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]] with a little [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]), Law and Order (Characters/{{Cloak and Dagger|MarvelComics}}), Bullet (ComicBook/TheFlash), Tombstone (ComicBook/GhostRider + [[Characters/MarvelComicsThePunisher the Punisher]]+ ComicBook/{{Deadman}}) and many others. Villains also fill in this trope with Time Master ([[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]]), Pan ([[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]]), and Blitzkrieg (Leader[=/=][[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]]). |
| 255 | ** Although Time Master is probably closer in look and deed to Characters/KangTheConqueror. |
| 256 | ** WordOfGod says that Tombstone is their Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}, but his biggest influence seems to be ComicBook/TheSpectre. |
| 257 | * Early in the life cycle of the NES, two of the games released by [[Creator/SquareEnix Square]] were fairly derivative of popular Creator/{{Sega}} arcade games. For Sega's ''VideoGame/SpaceHarrier'', Square made the similar ''VideoGame/The3DBattlesOfWorldRunner'', and for ''VideoGame/OutRun'', there exists ''VideoGame/RadRacer''. They even have touted 3D modes, just like the Master System ports of those two Sega games. |
| 258 | * ''VideoGame/DualBlades'' and its sequel, ''Slashers: The Power Battle'', by a team of Turkish-based developers [[note]]Vivid Image made the first game in 2002 while the latter was made by employees of that now defunct company who created Stun Games as a successor entity[[/note]] is basically an equivalent to SNK's ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' series though [[TransatlanticEquivalent set in Europe and the Middle East instead of Feudal Japan]]. They even have a StanceSystem mechanic called the "power combining system" that is similar to the ''Samurai Shodown''[='s=] Slash/Bust system. |
| 259 | * A completely coincidental example, as they debuted mere weeks from each other: ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' has G, who was revealed just 20 days before ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'''s Azwel. Both are mysterious, highly eccentric, self-styled global leaders obsessed with uniting humanity for their own deranged purposes. Even in terms of gameplay, they have unique styles that are [[MechanicallyUnusualFighter completely unusual]] within their respective games. They even have similar titles, with G being the "President of Earth" and Azwel being the "Leader of Humanity". |
| 260 | * Nero from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' could be considered an ACE to Raiden of the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series. Both have white hair, both replaced the original series' hero [[ReplacementScrappy much to the fandom's ire]], both then got RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap and became cyborgs. |
| 261 | * The Hollow Knight from the titular ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' has been compared a lot to a similiar character from a similiar game, Artorias the Abysswalker from ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'': [[spoiler: A tragic FallenHero that was corrupted by the BigBad of the story that has a {{BFS}}, fights with only one arm, has a strong connection with [[DarkIsNotEvil the darkness and an abyss]], was an important warrior of the GodEmperor of light of their kingdom, and despite [[BrokenAngel their glory days are long gone]], they are still able to pull a good fight, using some powers of TheCorruption too (and ironically, they were tasked of stopping said corruption).]] All of this can applied to both characters. |
| 262 | * ''VideoGame/YokaiWatchWorld'' is the ''Franchise/YokaiWatch'' version of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'''s ''VideoGame/PokemonGo''. They're both mobile spinoff titles to {{mon}} games and they both involve [[{{Exergaming}} walking]] to find the monsters in [[AugmentedReality the real world]]. |
| 263 | * ''VideoGame/MasterOfDarkness'' plays like Sega's own take on a ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' game, what with a vampire as the antagonist, collecting power-ups by striking a floating source (masquerade masks instead of candles), sub-weapons with limited ammo, and similar platforming and stair navigation. |
| 264 | * Make ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' into a female witch and you get ''VideoGame/MagicalDoropie'' by Creator/VicTokai. Doropie (or Francesca, as she's called in the North American localization, ''The Krion Conquest'') can duck as well as charge her shots before Mega Man could, but by and large, it's very similar run-and-gun gameplay against robotic antagonists. |
| 265 | * Creator/{{Jaleco}}'s ''VideoGame/GameTengoku'' series could be seen as this to Creator/{{Konami}}'s ''VideoGame/{{Parodius}}'' series, since both are goofy CrisisCrossover games featuring each company's respective games coming together in a shoot-em-up. The main difference here is that ''Game Tengoku'' is a vertical-scrolling game, whereas ''Parodius'' is a horizontally scrolling one. |
| 266 | * Classic game systems from the Platform/Atari2600 generation of games had their equivalents of popular games that were only available for one system, if they weren't direct ports of those games. [[Creator/{{Mattel}} Mattel Electronics']] ''VideoGame/ArmorBattle'' for the Platform/{{Intellivision}}, for example, was their counterpart to Atari's own ''VideoGame/{{Combat|Atari2600}}'' (''Tank'' game variations only) for the 2600. |
| 267 | * ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' could be seen as Koei Tecmo's answer to Capcom's ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'': |
| 268 | ** The respective protagonists (Ryu and Dante) are superhuman warriors who fight evil demons. Both posses an AncestralWeapon (The Dragon Sword for Ryu, the Sparda sword for Dante). |
| 269 | ** Both Ryu and Dante's allies include a superstrong buxom, blonde, demonic woman in black leather (Rachel and Trish, respectively) and a raven-haired human woman dressed in white (Momiji and Lady, respectively). |
| 270 | ** Both Ryu and Dante have an evil relative who sought to [[GodhoodSeeker transcend humanity]] and served as the BigBad in a prequel game (Murai for Ryu, Vergil for Dante). |
| 271 | ** As pointed out in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEHccqSbqQw&ab_channel=The4thSnake this video,]] ''Ninja Gaiden Black'' and ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' follow very similar story beats. |
| 272 | *** Both are prequel games starring the main hero in his younger years. |
| 273 | *** The hero is descended from a legendary bloodline known for defending humanity from powerful demons. |
| 274 | *** The hero becomes embroiled in the villains' scheme when they send their minions to destroy his home. |
| 275 | *** The villain plots to obtain a legendary sword containing incredible demonic power that will allow them to transcend humanity. |
| 276 | *** Along the way, the hero allies with a female demon hunter who is seeking to kill a relative who became a demon[[note]]In Ryu's case, Rachel and her relative is her sister Alma. In Dante's case, Lady and her relative is her father Arkham[[/note]]. [[DefrostingIceQueen She acts coldly towards the hero]], [[FireForgedFriends but warms up to him as they work together to defeat the villains]]. Towards the end, her signature weapon becomes available for the hero to use. The huntress becomes a trusted companion from here on, serving as the odd man out among the hero's playable superhuman allies[[note]]Rachel is the only playable character in ''Ninja Gaiden'' who isn't a ninja while Lady is the only playable character in ''Devil May Cry'' who isn't a demon or half-demon[[/note]]. |
| 277 | *** The story ends with a relative of the hero [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness discarding his human companion]] and obtaining the sword. The hero defeats him with the sword he inherited from his father, ensuring that the sword will never fall into evil hands [[DisneyVillainDeath as his relative falls into darkness]]. |
| 278 | ** [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 Nero]] and [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 Nico]] could be argued to be this to Yaiba and Ms. Monday from ''VideoGame/YaibaNinjaGaidenZ'': |
| 279 | *** Both Nero and Yaiba are [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Contrasting Sequel Protagonists]] in their respective franchises. Both are more foul-mouthed and temperamental than their predecessors and both fight against them. ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' also sees Nero gain a cybernetic arm just like Yaiba has. It should be noted that Nero debuted before Yaiba and that while Nero is a hero, Yaiba is a VillainProtagonist. |
| 280 | *** Nico and Ms. Monday are NPC supporting characters in their respective games who serve as sidekicks to the aforementioned Nero and Yaiba respectively. Both are snarky genius scientists who have tattoos, wear glasses and are AmbiguouslyBi. Just as Nico designed Nero's cybernetic arm, Ms. Monday [[WeCanRebuildHim rebuilt Yaiba as a cyborg]]. |
| 281 | * Speaking of Nero, Viola from ''Videogame/{{Bayonetta 3}}'' has been heavily compared to him as well. Both are new protagonists with a punk rock personality and design, are cruder and more emotional than their respective predecessors (Dante and Bayonetta), and have a more limited arsenal. [[spoiler:They're even both biologically the next generation of the hero's lineage, with Nero being Dante's nephew and Viola being Bayonetta's daughter.]] |
| 282 | * The first ''VideoGame/{{Aleste}}'' came about when Creator/{{Sega}} asked Creator/{{Compile}} to develop exclusive software for the Platform/SegaMasterSystem console. As such, ''Aleste'' is basically Compile's previous NES hit ''VideoGame/{{Zanac}}'' in all but name (this was at a time where Nintendo held strict anti-competitive clauses that forbade third-party developers from porting their NES games to other systems), being a vertically-scrolling shoot em up with similar weapons, a lot of CoresAndTurretsBoss and a focus on a adaptative DynamicDifficulty. Its sequels would soon [[DerivativeDifferentiation develop their own identity]]. |
| 283 | * ''[[VideoGame/{{Forza}} Forza Motorsport]]'' was explicitly designed from the beginning to be Creator/{{Xbox|GameStudios}}'s answer to Sony's ''VideoGame/GranTurismo''. |
| 284 | -->'''Kiki Wolfkill:''' We are targeting ''Gran Turismo'' with this game on Xbox, and I think we've been very focussed on that. We have a lot of respect for ''Gran Turismo'', which helps drive that desire to beat them. |
| 285 | * The Platform/PlayStation4 and Platform/PlayStation5 have ''VideoGame/{{Foamstars}}'' to compete against Nintendo's ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' franchise. Notably, nearly every person who plays ''VideoGame/{{Foamstars}}'' seems to be a ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' fan, which seems to indicate that rather than grow the audience for the new game, it instead seems to be merely pulling in a small subset of people who are already fans of its competitor series. |
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| 289 | * ''WebVideo/WorldWarTwo'': As this series is effectively a sequel to ''WebVideo/TheGreatWar'' with the same format and host but a different production company, [=TimeGhost=] has had to rename some of the reused concepts such as "Out of the Trenches", a series about answering viewer questions, becoming "Out of the Foxholes" and Indy's Chair of Wisdom being replaced by the Chair of Infinite Knowledge. |
| 290 | * In-universe examples frequently appear in ''WebVideo/{{Defunctland}}'', where someone (usually Michael Eisner) tried to create a theme park attraction based on something a competitor had, with varying results. The aforementioned DisneyQuest, AstroWorld, and Disaster Transport were all Alternate Company Equivalents featured in Defunctland episodes. |
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| 294 | * ''WesternAnimation/Ben10''. Will Harangue is a news anchor who is clearly based of [[Characters/MarvelComicsJJonahJameson J. Jonah Jameson]] for his IrrationalHatred for Ben, except he would try to attack Ben if he could. He also openly supports The Incurseans when they banished Ben from Earth, and still call them heroes when they are clearly there to occupy Earth with an army of giant aliens who will destroy Earth should Ben ever return. |
| 295 | * Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'' can be seen as this to Creator/DisneyChannel's ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong''. Both are animated series about a Chinese-American teenager with supernatural abilities who is tasked with defending the human and mystical worlds. Both series had a talking dog as a supporting character. The protagonists of both series had a grandparent who served as a mentor and was the hero's predecessor. Jake and Jun both have an AnnoyingYoungerSibling in Haley and Ray Ray respectively. Jun even had her own equivalent of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Huntsclan]] in the form of [[FunWithAcronyms H.A.M.]] (Humans for the Abolishment of Magic). Both Jake and Jun have the same initials for the first and last name. |
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| 298 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 299 | * Common in Real Life armed forces. Happens with guns, tanks, jets, even nukes. If it isn't at least based on another country's stuff, it's the original to be copied for some other country's stuff. |
| 300 | ** The success of the M16's smaller 5.56mm round was copied by the Soviets for the 5.45mm AK-74 (not to be confused with the earlier AK-47, which it is derived from), and eventually the Chinese 5.8mm round. |
| 301 | ** The American F-86 Sabre is the counterpart of [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets the Soviet MiG-15]]. |
| 302 | ** The Imperial German [=A7V=] was made to counter the British Mark I tank in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. |
| 303 | ** The equally iconic (and [[LongRunners long-lived]]) [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons Messerschmitt Bf.109]] and [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Supermarine Spitfire]] fighters of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. |
| 304 | ** Perhaps the most flagrant example in military aviation history is the Soviet Union's first [[UsefulNotes/FromRussiaWithNukes nuclear-capable bomber]], the Tupolev Tu-4, [[ReportingNames NATO Code Name "Bull"]], which was directly reverse-engineered from American Boeing B-29 Superfortresses that made forced landings in (ostensibly "friendly" at the time) Soviet territory during the closing phases of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Although slightly heavier on account of everything being respecified in metric with a duly conservative margin for error, and armed with Soviet cannons instead of the U.S. originals as defensive armament (mounted in exact copies of the original American remote-controlled turrets), the Tu-4 is externally -and for the most part internally- virtually indistinguishable from the B-29. |
| 305 | * Global satellite navigation systems fall into this as well. The first was the USA's GPS, with the first satellite launched in 1978 and global coverage attained in 1994. Next came the USSR/Russian GLONASS (1982/1995), China's [=BeiDou=] (2000/2018), and most recently the EU's Galileo (2011/2022). |
| 306 | * Happens a lot in the soft drink industry, since everyone wants to be able to round out the standard set of varieties carried in vending machines and affiliated restaurants: cola, lemon-lime, orange, root beer, and whatever the heck Dr Pepper is. (Contrary to popular belief, there are ''three'' major companies in the US: Coca-Cola, [=PepsiCo=], and the guys who make 7-Up and Dr Pepper, whose name has [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner changed at least five times since we were in seventh grade]] but is currently known as Keurig Dr Pepper.) |
| 307 | ** Cola: Coca-Cola and Pepsi, and also Royal Crown (Keurig[[note]] only in the US; the independent RC Global Beverages owns the brand elsewhere[[/note]]). |
| 308 | ** Diet colas: Diet Coke and Coke Zero Sugar; Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Zero Sugar, and Pepsi Max; Diet Rite (Keurig[[note]] unlike the situation with RC Cola, Keurig owns this brand worldwide[[/note]]) |
| 309 | ** [[ShapedLikeItself Dr Pepper-flavored]]: Dr Pepper (Keurig), Mr. Pibb (Coca-Cola)[[note]][[Creator/MitchHedberg Dude didn't even get his degree!]][[/note]], Mr. Green ([=PepsiCo=]). |
| 310 | ** Lemon-lime: Sprite (Coca-Cola), 7-Up (Keurig in US, [=PepsiCo=] and affiliates elsewhere), and Starry ([=PepsiCo=]; replaced Sierra Mist in 2023). |
| 311 | ** Citrus (actually grapefruit): Squirt (Keurig), Fresca (Coca-Cola). |
| 312 | ** The other citrus, which tends to be caffeinated: Mountain Dew (Pepsi), Sun Drop (Keurig), and Mello Yello (Coca-Cola). |
| 313 | ** Orange and usually other fruit flavors: Fanta (Coca-Cola) and Crush/Sunkist (both Keurig); [=PepsiCo=] affiliates and vending machines in the US usually carry Sunkist, but outside the US, [=PepsiCo=] makes Mirinda in this category. Also Tango (Britvic), but as the company name implies, only really in the UK. |
| 314 | ** Root beer: A&W (Keurig, though they also own Hires and IBC[[note]]Oddly, however, A&W is marketed by Coca-Cola in Asia[[/note]]), Barq's (Coca-Cola[[note]]Except in Asia, where they market A&W instead[[/note]]), and Mug ([=PepsiCo=]). |
| 315 | ** Outside the realm of carbonated beverages, [=PepsiCo=] has Gatorade and Coca-Cola has Powerade; Coca-Cola's NOS energy drink competes with [=PepsiCo's=] Rockstar; and for bottled water, Coca-Cola has Dasani (among others) and [=PepsiCo=] Aquafina (among others). |
| 316 | ** Third party knock-offs will usually have names that make their origin blatant; for example, Walmart's answer to Dr Pepper is Dr Thunder. (In fact, just about any company or supermarket will have a drink of some sort called "Dr ___________" or "________ Pepper"). |
| 317 | * A large number of [[KitschyThemedRestaurant casual-dining chains]] in the US are owned by four major companies: Darden Restaurants, Bloomin' Brands, Brinker International, and Landry's Restaurants. They all have a good number of chains that are basically equivalent to each other, each reflecting a different restaurant style (or, as their critics would have it, TheThemeParkVersion of a restaurant style). These are: |
| 318 | ** Italian-American: Olive Garden (Darden), Carabba's Italian Grill (Bloomin'), and Maggiano's Little Italy (Brinker). Brinker also used to own Romano's Macaroni Grill, also in this style, but has since sold control to an outside group of investors (albeit retaining a minority share). |
| 319 | ** Themed steakhouse: [=LongHorn=] Steakhouse (Darden, Texas-themed), Outback Steakhouse (Bloomin', "[[LandDownUnder Australian]]"-themed), Chili's (Brinker, "Southwestern"-themed), and Saltgrass Steak House (Landry's, Texas-themed again). |
| 320 | ** Seafood: This one's a bit odd, since it's divided into two tiers: |
| 321 | *** Mid-price tier: The major player here is Red Lobster, which Darden ''used'' to own but has since been sold to outside investors.[[note]]This had the effect of making "Darden Restaurants" essentially an ArtifactTitle: Red Lobster was the first chain founded by ''the'' Darden of Darden Restaurants, company founder Bill Darden.[[/note]] Also operating in this space are the [[DeFictionalization Bubba Gump Shrimp Company]] and Joe's Crab Shack, both owned by Landry's. |
| 322 | *** High-end tier: Eddie V's Prime Seafood vs. [=McCormick=] & Schmick's again sees Darden vs. Landry's (with Darden giving no suggestion they'll ever give up Eddie V's). |
| 323 | *** Meanwhile, Bloomin' has a foot in each camp: Bonefish Grill situates itself between the Red Lobster market and the higher-end one. |
| 324 | ** High-end steakhouse: The Capital Grille (Darden), Ruth's Chris Steak House (bought by Darden in 2023), Fleming's Prime Steakhouse Wine Bar (Bloomin'), and Morton's The Steakhouse (Landry's). Unlike the other offerings from these companies, these and the high-end seafood places are generally seen as being good-quality, if not ''as'' good or interesting as more traditional restaurants in their markets. A common joke about them is that they survive primarily on payments from corporate expense accounts. Put another way: Take your business meeting to The Capital Grille, nobody will bat an eyebrow (though they also won't praise your hosting skills). Take your business meeting to the Olive Garden, you'll be laughed at. |
| 325 | * When you get right down to it, even the staffs at both DC and Marvel are pretty similar to each other. |
| 326 | ** The Editor, who are often blamed for issues: Creator/DanDidio and Creator/JoeQuesada. |
| 327 | ** The head writer in charge of most of the ongoing works: Creator/GeoffJohns and Creator/BrianMichaelBendis. |
| 328 | ** The weird guy from the UK that indulges in postmodernism: Creator/GrantMorrison and Creator/WarrenEllis. |
| 329 | ** The legendary artist who became a big wig: Carmine Infantino and Creator/JohnRomitaSr. |
| 330 | ** The once loved writer that became a bit reviled after suffering CreatorBreakdown, that nonetheless is put on popular titles: James Robinson and Creator/JephLoeb. |
| 331 | ** The CoolOldGuy: Creator/AdamWest and Creator/StanLee, though both have now passed on. |
| 332 | * Gunbroker is an auction site devoted to firearms and related accessories, created because [=eBay=] prohibits the sale of such. |
| 333 | * Done by pharmacy companies all the time. Whichever company develops the new drug gets the trademark and the patent for a certain number of years; when that expires, generics are available and other companies can market their variant of the same base drug. (This is why first-run brand-name drugs are so much more expensive, especially before the patent expires; the company that develops the drug has to pay an arm, a leg, and possibly several organs to get government approval, and they have to recoup it ''somehow''.) See, for instance, the OTC painkiller ibuprofen, trademarked under several dozen names all over the world, most notably Advil, Motrin, and Nurofen. |
| 334 | * A number of jokes have been made about how various (usually store-brand) companies try to copy the "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" margarine. Some examples include "Butter It's Not!" (Kroger), "Wow! I totally thought it was butter" (Great Value/UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}), and "You'd Butter Believe It!" (Asda). |
| 335 | * The Swiss company Nestle released the "Wonder Ball" (originally the "Magic Ball") in 1990. They are chocolate balls with stickers, small toys, and later hard candy inside. This makes it similar to the 1970's Italian "Kinder Surprise" candy. America banned the Kinder Surprise in 1997,[[note]]This only applies to imported food products, meaning a domestically produced equivalent is legal and why Kinder is currently considering opening a US factory since their presence there is growing[[/note]] however Wonder Balls lasted until 2007. They were later brought back in 2016. |
| 336 | * Juan Posadas and Miguel Serrano for political ideologies, to some degree. Both were from UsefulNotes/SouthAmerica. Serrano was a Nazi and Posadas was a Communist. Posadas started a movement which was akin to an apocalyptic UFO cult claiming that Communists are supported by Aliens, and the world is waiting for an apocalyptic third world war. Miguel Serrano started a movement similar to an apocalyptic UFO cult claiming that the Nazis were supported by Aliens and the world is waiting for an apocalyptic third world war. |
| 337 | * If we swap out "taxonomic group" for "company", Nature does this ''all the time'' via convergent evolution. Organisms with similar lifestyles come to develop similar features suited to their needs, even if their lineages are only minimally related, e.g. sharks, ichthyosaurs and dolphins all share a similar body shape, and aardvarks, anteaters, pangolins, and echidnas all sport similar features used to prey upon insect nests. |
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