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14	->''"We shall take only the greatest minds, the finest soldiers, the most faithful servants. We shall multiply them a thousandfold and release them to usher in a new era of glory."''
15	-->-- '''Col. Corazon Santiago''', "The Council of War", ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'' (Accompanies completion of the Secret Project "The Cloning Vats")
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17	A common source of soldiers in science fiction is cloning. This can make sense if you want to mass produce one exceptionally good soldier (but beware of the ConservationOfNinjutsu!) or don't want to spend much time creating and raising an army of DesignerBabies from scratch. Typically they grow to adulthood at an accelerated rate as well. But depending on how it is done, FridgeLogic may reveal that given how difficult assembling a single amoeba would be, mass chemical fabrication of multiceular human bodies would be the most counterproductive thing ever, and so choosing to do this rather than recruit them from amongst the populace where all that has already been done for them like normal is far costlier.
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19	Related to SendInTheClones. Often overlaps with ExpendableClone and FacelessMooks. May be used to justify WeHaveReserves tactics. If the clones are a unique race they may form a [[HenchmenRace Henchmen]] or ServantRace.
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26	* ''Anime/BloodPlus'': The Corpse Corps are clones of the Schiff Moses.
27	* In ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'' an Amestrian general explains that the actual reason human alchemy is outlawed is not the associated dangers, but that it could be used to create an army. [[spoiler:Which is exactly what the Central Amestris high command did, and it gets activated to help them fight off a coup. Unfortunately, the manufactured humans turn out to be a completely insane zombie-like horde that eats anyone they come across, high command included.]]
28	* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'': Glemmy Toto has the beginnings of one with his corps of clones of Elpeo Ple, a powerful Newtype girl. Only about 13 of them are actually created before most of them die in the final battle.
29	* [[spoiler:Obito]] of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' created an army of [[spoiler:Zetsu]] clones using Hashirama's [=DNA=] and the chakra of seven of the bijuu. [[spoiler:Kaguya]] intends to reproduce this on a larger scale by converting [[spoiler:the victims of the [[LotusEaterMachine Infinite Tsukiyomi]]]] [[CloneByConversion into clones]].
30	* All of the soldiers of [[spoiler:Germa 66]] from ''Manga/OnePiece'' are clones, grown in tubes and programmed to be loyal and never question orders. Surprisingly, none of the soldiers are actually aware of their origins.
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34	* ''ComicBook/TheBoyWhoWantedWar'': The comic had a scientist create a clone army based off his son's DNA. But there are still drafting from the population because it was not enough.
35	* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': The Judge Dredd universe features extensive cloning by the police force to which the titular Judge Dredd belongs. Dredd is a clone himself and on occasion has to fight his "brothers" who have gone rogue. The clearest example of an actual army however are the Judda, a clone army built by a rogue genetic engineer in Australia.
36	* ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse'': In "Blot on Their Friendship", The Phantom Blot seeks to sic Shebob of Camcordia -- a [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Shelob]] {{expy}} -- on WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and then clone her to create his own spider army.
37	* ''ComicBook/{{The Outsiders\|DCComics}}'': The "One Year Later" arc in ''ComicBook/Outsiders2003'' featured the team going on a mission to an African country in the middle of a civil war, where Monsieur Mallah and the Brain had gone into business selling clones of superheroes to the various belligerents.
38	* ''ComicBook/{{Prophet}}'': The backstory is about how the Earth Empire cloned John Prophet innumerable times so they could take over and enslave the universe. Not just straight clones either, but clones with special conditioning to obey the Empire, ones genetically modified to handle different environments, huge floating brain clones to direct other clones, even teenage SexSlave clones. Eventually the clones rebelled and infighting destroyed the Empire. The main story is about sleeper agent clones reactivating and rebuilding the Empire, this time with nothing but clones.
39	* ''ComicBook/RogueTrooper'': The comic has this as its backstory. The whole regiment was dropped into the Quartz Zone and promptly massacred thanks to the [[BigBad Traitor General]] with Rogue as the SoleSurvivor.
40	* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
41	** In ''ComicBook/{{Crucible}}'', [[BigBad Korstus]] captures ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and creates dozens of Kryptonian clones with the intent of policing the universe.
42	--->'''Korstus:''' The clonelings are not fully formed, but gene sequencing is almost complete. When they awake, I will have an army of obedient, all-powerful soldiers ready to keep the peace throughout the galaxy. I am sure this is as exciting to you as it is to me. After all, it is the DNA of the House of El that courses through them. I know you yearn for your dead family, [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]]. You should be pleased that it will now have hundreds of new members.
43	** In ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'', Harry Hokum steals genetic samples from ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and then orders his head scientist to manufacture a army of Kryptonian clones. Nonetheless, Hokum demands to speed their development up, and his batch of new super-soldiers begin decaying quickly after being released.
44	** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'', Darkseid raises an army of Doomsday clones to keep the Amazons busy while he kidnaps Kara.
45	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
46	** "ComicBook/ThePhantomSuperboy" shows that General Zod was thrown into the Phantom Zone because he created an army of imperfect Zod clones to take over Krypton. ''ComicBook/TheGirlWithTheXRayMind'', reveals that Zod raised his army by devising a duplicator ray.
47	** In ''ComicBook/ReignOfDoomsday'', Lex Luthor creates an army of Doomsday clones to capture, the Superman Family, lock them away in a dimensional maze and hunt them down.
48	** ''ComicBook/LegendsOfTheDeadEarth'': In ''The Man of Steel'' Annual #5, ComicBook/LexLuthor the 60th tells Kaleb that his Imperial Guard are clones created from the best fighting stock in the Empire.
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52	* In the ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' / ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' crossover ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/101250/the-koprulu-sector The Koprulu Sector]]'' the Dominion uses cloning to fuel their rapid population growth. Most are not intended directly for the military, as it's easier to resocialize criminals, but the side story [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/122953/born-of-sin Born of Sin]] reveals that [[spoiler: Scootaloo's DNA was used to breed an experimental army.]]
53	* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, Atlas and later Jakobs used cloning technology to produce hordes of [[SuperSoldier commandos]] with only the [[GeneticMemory best training]].
54	* In the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ThePowerThatsInside'', all the Officers Jenny and Nurses Joy are programmed to be this.
55	* ''Fanfic/CyclesUponCycles'': [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 Saren]] resorts to cloning to quickly build an army of fearless, perfectly obedient drones in numbers capable of matching the [[VideoGame/StarCraft Terrans and Zerg]].
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59	* Gallaxhar from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' considers himself to be a perfect being, so he clones an army of himself.
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63	* ''Film/AmericanNinja 3'' has an army of ninja clones.
64	* In ''Film/Oblivion2013'', the [[spoiler:Tet cloned an army of astronaut Jack Harper to conquer earth, then switched to drones and had the Jacks maintain them]].
65	* When Agent Smith returns in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', he has the ability to [[CloneByConversion transform others into his clones.]]. By [[Film/TheMatrixRevolutions the final film]], he [[spoiler: has a massive one of these consisting of what very well may be the entire human race.]]
66	* ''Film/PootieTang'': Parodied with the fake Pooties. Only an idiot couldn't tell they were fakes, but they fool everyone anyway.
67	* ''Franchise/StarWars'' would probably showcase one of the most iconic instances of this trope:
68	** The Clone Trooper Army made by the Kaminoans are first introduced in the aptly titled ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and further shown in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', all cloned from the famed bounty hunter Jango Fett, with some even being personally trained by him. They are genetically engineered for obedience, also age at twice the normal rate and are trained to be a BadassArmy to take on the Separatist Droid Army. Most don similar-looking white armor and obviously bear similar faces. However, some clones do go out of their own way to try and make themselves be their own individuals in order to stand out, by painting their armor, dyeing their hair, shaving their head or growing their hair out to try different hairstyles and even getting special tattoos on their faces. In fact, there were so many of them made that the first generation of stormtroopers were mostly veteran clone troopers.
69	--->'''Lama Su:''' 200,000 units are ready, with a million more well on the way.
70	** Discussed in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. Kylo Ren is skeptical about the First Order's stormtroopers after Finn defects, suggesting a clone army would be preferable. The stormtroopers are raised to be warriors from birth, but are still regular humans with individual agency.
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74	* In the ''Literature/AllianceUnion'' series the Union military relies heavily on azi, mass-produced DesignerBabies intended to help make up the population difference between the Union and [[TheWarOfEarthlyAggression Earth]]. They're not all clones per se, but many genotypes are copied many times.
75	* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'': A variation where the clones aren't meant to win against their intended opponent. The Sisters are a group of 20,000 clones who are created to fight and die to [[PersonOfMassDestruction Accelerator]], [[LevelGrinding so that he can achieve the impossible Level 6]]. Misaka Mikoto, their gene-source, is horrified when she discovers what's happening, and almost [[SuicideByCop kills herself trying to stop it]]. With Touma's help, the project is shut down before Misaka 10032 is killed; 10,031 clones still died. Mikoto and her doctor then manage to convince the city to distribute the clones across the world, where they can hopefully live something like normal lives. [[spoiler:This is eventually revealed to be no more than a cover for their real purpose. The Sisters form a HiveMind with their electricity powers, which the BigBad exploits in order to summon a HumanoidAbomination needed for his plan. Which, of course, just makes it ''worse''--he let over ten thousand people get killed as a ''distraction'' so that he would be "forced" to put them into the perfect place to enact his real plan.]]
76	* In Steven L. Kent's "Clone series" (''The Clone Republic'', ''Rogue Clone'', '' The Clone Alliance'', ''The Clone Elite'', ''The Clone Betrayal'', and so on) all the enlisted men in every branch of the military are clones, and very disposable ones at that. In an interesting take on this concept, each individual clone knows that his fellow men are clones, but believes that he is a normal human. The inherent FridgeLogic in this scenario is given a rather inventive HandWave too.
77	* In ''Literature/OldMansWar'' the Colonial Defense Force's personnel are all clones, but they're intended as replacement bodies for their geriatric recruits rather than mass-produced soldiers. In the second book an alien race is mentioned as having had an army of genetically identical clones, then another species wiped them out with a tailored virus and then massacred their civilian population.
78	* The Kaldor in "Spacejack", the first ''Star Quest'' novel by Creator/TerranceDicks. They're a clone army of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName blonde humanoids]] who believe they are a MasterRace. Dicks may well have had the Sontarans in mind when he wrote it, given his work on ''Doctor Who'' and fondness for a RecycledScript.
79	* At least one novel in the ''Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse'' mentions the Arcturians, who provide clone soldiers for the Federation military.
80	* In ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' books of ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', Grand Admiral Thrawn recovered some Spaarti cloning cylinders capable of growing a clone to adulthood in a matter of weeks and giving it the original's memories. Regular humans come out OK if shielded from the Force during growth, but cloned Jedi invariably go insane. Thrawn uses the cylinders to bootstrap a new Imperial army out of thin air, which combined with his typical [[TheChessmaster masterful planning]] got him within spitting distance of defeating the New Republic.
81	* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', after the Slaughterhouse Nine are decimated, Jack had Bonesaw create an army consisting of ten clones of every member the Nine have ever lost, each with the original's powers and a reasonable attempt at their personalities. Bonesaw also created a couple of {{Hybrid Monster}}s [[AllYourPowersCombined combining two members' powers]] just for fun.
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85	* In ''Series/DarkAngel'' many of the X-5s have several clones, in the first season finale Max destroyed the stockpile of embryos so more wouldn't be born. When she was recaptured they tried breeding her the old fashioned way.
86	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
87	** The [[ProudWarriorRace Sontarans]] are an entire race of this. They're all clones of a general who lived 10,000 years ago.
88	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]] features [[spoiler:the Master Race]], an army of six billion [[spoiler:humans [[CloneByConversion transformed]] into loyal clones of the Master]].
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92	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
93	** You can do this in 5e [[GameBreaker by abusing the combination of the spells Simulacrum and Wish]]. Simulacrum is used to create a copy of the caster with half the HP and all of the spell slots (though with no ability to regain spells), and Wish can be used to duplicate the effects of any spell. To create the clone army, you cast Simulacrum, creating a clone of yourself with the ability to use Wish. The clone uses Wish to duplicate the effects of your spell, creating another clone who can ''also'' use Wish. That clone also duplicates the Simulacrum spell, resulting in yet another Wish-capable clone, and so on.[[note]]The older editions of D&D would put checks in place against game-breaking loopholes like this.[[/note]]
94	** ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'': The historic Spawn Wars between several shield dwarven subkingdoms are so called because the warring factions made heavy use of legions spawned with the help of deepspawn, creatures capable of creating copies of creatures they eat. This ultimately turned out to be a terrible idea, as eventually the copied dwarves [[ClonesArePeopleToo got integrated with regular society one way or the other]] -- with the implied result that genetic variety amongst the shield dwarves crashed, contributing to their fertility issues in later eras.
95	%%* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'': All humans are this for Friend Computer.
96	* ''TabletopGame/StrangeStars'': The Radiant Polity's military consisted of only one man, Hannibal Tecumseh Early. An insanely skilled soldier, the Radiant Polity cloned entire armies from him in times of war. Cryogenically preserved caches of his clones can occasionally be reprogrammed to be loyal to whoever finds them.
97	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''
98	** Most Dark Eldar are vat-grown. "Trueborn" units are considered superior, both in the setting and tabletop.
99	** Many of the Adeptus Mechanicus's Skitarrii are grown in vats, or at least their organic components are.
100	** DependingOnTheWriter, the Death Korps of Krieg may all be clones of the exact same guy, a fact they hide from outsiders and the Adeptus Mechanicus (who don't want that kind of technology running loose) [[GasMaskMooks by wearing gas masks everywhere]].
101	** While SpaceMarines aren't clones, the organs that given them their superhuman abilities were all taken from their Chapter's Primarch, and each Marine grows several (which are removed at death) so as to ensure the Chapter can continue recruiting.
102	** Members of the Leagues of Votann are almost all either cloned (if biological) or assembled (if robotic) by the Votann.
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106	* ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'': Oscar Mike and Whiskey Foxtrot are two clone soldiers who are remnants of a clone army from a long-forgotten war. The difference between the two apart from [[ClonesArePeopleToo personalities]] is that Oscar Mike is a regular clone, and Whiskey Foxtrot is [[CloneDegeneration a defective one]].
107	* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'': The Lab Assistants are revealed to be this in the Secret Warp Room, where the production line of them is shown.
108	* ''VideoGame/Destiny2'': Emperor Calus's Leviathan is mentioned to have cloning vats that let him grow anything from mass-produced soldiers to purpose-built DesignerBabies, explaining how he was able to continually replace lost Loyalists despite only having a single warship to his name. After he became a Disciple of the Witness, he brought the technology to his new flagship, the Typhon Imperator. This new generation of clones, the Shadow Legion, is made up of {{Empty Shell}}s that have no will of their own, instead obeying orders mindlessly like biological robots.
109	* ''VideoGame/Disgaea5'': [[spoiler:Generic [[TheCameo Asagis]]]] are recruitable, thanks to a surplus of them being created from the [[MirrorUniverse Double Illusion]] netherworld. This is encouraged with the [[spoiler:Asagi Fan Club squad, which gives all squadmates bonus stats for every Asagi assigned]].
110	* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'': While not mentioned in the game itself, the Pudgedevil enemies are clones of [[DiscOneFinalBoss Murdaw]], created by [[spoiler:Mortamor]] via growing his cells ,which are granted further power via magical amplification.
111	* ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'': It's revealed that the [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Shadow-Mirror]] had originally envisioned their W-Series forces to be this. They got as far as the prototype before realizing they had no way to accelerate his growth, so decided to go with androids instead.
112	* ''VideoGame/EndlessSpace'': Done on a literally galactic scale. The Horatio faction was founded by a massively {{narcissist}}ic, massively eccentric trillionaire named Horatio, who left the Mezari empire all to discover his own star cluster to "settle". Fortunately for him (and unfortunately for everyone else), he awoke from suspended animation near an [[{{Precursors}} Endless]] citadel, which inside had genetic experiments, which he used to change himself into his twisted idea of "perfection". Boredom set in after a few years, so he decided to fill his planet with the most beautiful person to ever exist... Horatio. So not only is his army entirely Horatios, but his ''entire empire'' is populated by an unending tide of the perfect man, Horatio.
113	* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': The Elibe games have [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade War Dragons]] and their human counterparts [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Morphs]] who could be considered a fantasy version of this, being life created from artificial means using recycled quintessence(life force) for the purpose of being expendable soldiers.
114	* ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'': The Replicas you commonly fight throughout the series are military clones created by Armacham Technology Corporation to serve as mass-produced, disposable and professional soldiers. They were originally designed to be voice-controlled but were also later modified to be controlled by a psychic commander, which went ''disastrously'' wrong.
115	* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'': The SRS Scientists have developed a large number of clones, who are the foot soldiers you can find and fight around the streets and during missions.
116	* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters '99'' had the endgame involve armies of Kyo clones being staged across the world by Krizalid in an attempt to take over the world. [[spoiler:Even if he were to succeed, which he did not, the governing body that created him had shut down his connections and the endboss of the next game, Clone Zero, personally terminated Krizalid because of how out-of-control he got.]] By ''2001'', no less that 9999 clones of Kyo had been made. NESTS didn't stop there, and decided to make an additional 9999 clones of K' as well, if ''2002: Unlimited Match'' is considered.
117	* In ''VideoGame/LittleBigAdventure'', the tyrannical Dr Funfrock maintains control of planet Twinsun with an army of clones.
118	* The 1983 Atari arcade game ''Major Havoc'' has the title character leading an army of clones (all cloned from himself) against the automated bases of the [[TheEmpire collapsed Vaxxian empire]], according to [[AllThereInTheManual the backstory listed on the arcade cabinet]].
119	* ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'': [[spoiler:This is Raven Beak's desire should he fully defeat Samus in combat, saying he could clone his daughter into an unstoppable army of the most powerful Metroid, not even needing her Metroid DNA to revive the Metroids themselves. Unfortunately for the leader of the Mawkin Chozo Tribe, Samus's Metroid powers fully awaken, defeating him and crashing his ship back onto ZDR, which allows an X Parasite to infect him.]]
120	* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has Mileena. She's a clone of Kitana who was originally made to replace her, with that plan being scrapped due to [[NightmareFace her extremely obvious physical deformity]]. In her ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' ending, she stumbles an incubation chamber containing countless identical clones of herself, and finds that she and they share a HiveMind-style PsychicLink, multiplying Mileena's already high threat level by several orders of magnitude.
121	* ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'': The Japanese Empire is stated to use cloning technology to bolster its fighting population, as well as keep half a dozen Yuriko clones in suspended animation to use as their superweapon. One Challenge even lets you build as many Commando units as you want, though njothing comes of it in the plot.
122	* ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'':
123	** Empires that research cloning can create clone armies. They're cheaper and quicker to train than ordinary assault armies, but deal more collateral damage.
124	** The updated "Humanoids" DLC adds the Clone Army Origin, where a species was created as a clone army by a vanished {{Precursor\|s}} race and they use ancient clone vats to reproduce. They're very good soldiers but short-lived and limited to 100 [=POPs=]. [[spoiler: And have an archaeological quest line that can lead to a choice of two "cures" for their CloneDegeneration, one that makes them improved clones and another that allows them to reproduce naturally.]] As a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/StarWars'', picking this origin and destroying a Spiritualist [[VestigialEmpire Fallen Empire]] earns you the "[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Directive 67]]" achievement.
125	* The [[ArtificialHuman Prototypes]] from ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}'' are a "race" of cloned women who have been genetically enhanced to possess superhuman intelligence, telepathy, and a HiveMind. L7 model Prototypes are specifically bred to act as warriors and field commanders, and they often lead PACT's ordinary human armies into battle while piloting the best [[AMechByAnyOtherName Ryders]] in their arsenal.
126	* In ''VideoGame/TotalAnnihilation'' the Arm's troops are clones while the Core's are robots with [[BrainUploading uploaded human minds]]. Or at least the Commanders are, the ordinary units could be just robots.
127	* In ''{{VideoGame/Warframe}}'', the concept is put through an interesting spin. The fascist Grineer Empire is trying to conquer the solar system with soldiers cloned in industrial quantities that they claim are sourced from "perfection". In reality, the entire empire is falling apart, dependent on [[CloneDegeneration copies of copies of copies]], riddled with so many genetic defects that they're dependent on cyborg technology just to survive.
128	* N.O.R.A.D from ''VideoGame/WarGamesDefcon1'' have advanced to a point where their foot soldiers now consist entirely of clones, in comparison to their rival, W.O.P.R who uses robots instead.
129	* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'': The alien troops are collections of genetic and cybernetically modified clones from a variety of species under the control of the Ethereals.
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133	* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' Frans Raynor had a shoddily-made army of Dr. [=McNinja=] clones produced in order to invoke ConservationOfNinjitsu on the original.
134	* Galatea [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/266 attempts]] to do this in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' but is [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/268/ talked out of it.]]
135	* In ''Webcomic/{{SSDD}}'' the Anarchists use clones known as "Gigglers" as CannonFodder. They're engineered to feel no pain and are grown at an accelerated rate that leaves them no time for an education so they're dumb as rocks. They're controlled using an implant that pumps them full of happy drugs when they do something right, hence the name.
136	** Lee is a clone grown by the Anarchist's enemies, the CORE, using a stolen cloning rig that was given to their R&D department. He was grown at a normal rate so he is smart, but still [[http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20060621.html a bit flaky]].
137	* In ''Webcomic/{{Spazient}},'' Lily is eventually revealed to have originally been part of a clone army.
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141	* The main army of Tow Voor in ''WebOriginal/BloodAndTheStars'' are clones of a Supreme General.
142	** Technically, the Plastic Soldiers of Coror could be considered clones, given that they have no individual personality of their own, but they'd probably fall more under {{Robot Soldier}} or {{Faceless Mooks}}
143	* ''WebAnimation/FalloutLoreTheStoryteller'': The {{Mooks}} of choice for [[spoiler:the Vault-Droid]] are clones created from his [[VideoGame/Fallout1 Vault Dweller]] DNA. The first batch were created at [[VideoGame/Fallout3 Vault 108]] (and just like the vault's previous clone inhabitants [[PokemonSpeak were only capable of saying their own names]]), but most of them were killed by the east coast [[TheOrder Brotherhood of Steel]], with the survivors accompanying [[spoiler:the Vault Droid]] to [[VideoGame/Fallout4 the Commonwealth]] and getting killed by [[spoiler:Ranger Tanner]] several years later. Eventually, when he gets to the safari zone cloning lab, he tries to replace them with new ones, but they all end up [[CloneDegeneration misshapen and stupid]] due to his genetic code being damaged by radiation when he went through the glowing sea.
144	** [[spoiler:The Vault Droid himself]] was supposed to be OneManArmy version of this (well, a [[spoiler:cloned [[BrainInAJar brain in an android body]]]], but close enough) before he [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters turned against his masters]].
145	* In ''WebVideo/HalfLifeButTheAIIsSelfAware'', the reoccuring character models are {{Handwave}}d as being clones of the Science Team accompanying Gordon (or prototypes, in Bubby's case). When everybody is seperated after the first episode of Act 3, [[spoiler:Dr. Coomer is found having gathered 300 clones in a plot to pull a GrandTheftMe on Gordon because he wants [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou to escape the video game by hijacking his body]]]]. Though thankfully, this plan doesn't pan out and he returns to (relative) normalcy.
146	* ''LetsPlay/{{Mahu}}'': In "Second Chance", the Galactic Commonwealth use entire clone armies as frontline troops rather than regular, citizen soldiers because of the high-casualty rates of their planet invasions. As time goes by and technology continues to improve however, clones are replaced by combat droids due to their higher endurance and firepower.
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150	* In the ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' finale film ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', Dr. Hämsterviel clones the titular Leroy shortly after the experiment's creation, making them into his own massive personal army to take over the United Galactic Federation with ease. When his plan to kill all of Jumba's first 624 [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments genetic experiments]] using a DeathRay fails, Hämsterviel uses the Leroy army as a backup plan. It seemed that the ensuing fight between the experiments and the Leroys would end with the Leroys winning, but thanks to Jumba programming a fail-safe in the original Leroy that all the clones share, they are all defeated when Lilo, Stitch, and Reuben perform a rocking version of "Aloha ʻOe".
151	* The Nixels from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'', save for their king, the army's major, and a genetically modified muscular minion, consists of multiple clones of three base models, primarily used for swarm attacks.
152	* In the ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens2013'' TV series, Coverton is asked by his master to clone one of the monsters for this purpose. Unfortunately, the chosen subject is [[TheDitz B.O.B.]], a choice even Coverton finds dubious.
153	* In ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', Horde Prime has an army of clones of ''himself'', which he can [[HiveMind remotely take control of]] or which his essence can BodySurf into, at which point that clone becomes the "new" Prime. This allows Prime to live forever as long as he has more clones still remaining to possess. It's also a window into the true depths of his narcissism and [[InTheirOwnImage his determination to remake the entire universe in his own image]]; despite having conquered countless planets and enslaved who knows how many races, the only servants ever seen anywhere near Prime are his clone "brothers" who are conditioned to find [[IndividualityIsIllegal any deviation from Prime and his programming as an abomination]], and the only beings in his armies are the clones and robot troops, so in other words only copies of himself and artificial creations made and programmed with the sole purpose of serving him.
154	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', for obvious reasons. However, this actually goes into the ethics of the trope, which are less addressed in the films. The clones' wages are constantly delayed (making them effectively slaves), the fact that they were artificially aged and are still aging faster is giving them issues that are going unfixed (and stay unfixed after Order 66), Jango Fett's death means no more fresh genetic material and thus more and more clones are defective, clones are treated as defective simply for not wanting to fight in the war, most people outside the Jedi and a handful of senators treat them as utterly expendable despite their sentience, and the Order 66 arc reveals that there are [[MindControlDevice chips]] in their heads -- designed to give out a variety of orders with 66 being the one that gets selected in the end -- that can malfunction and impair their thinking at any time OR just force them to obey.
155	** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' reveals that after the war ended the remaining clones were "decommissioned", although this seems to be functionally the same as being mustered out. It also makes a point of directly comparing them to stormtroopers; the stormtroopers are nowhere near the skill level or training, their weapons aren't as good, vision in their helmets is so bad it [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy interferes with their aim]], and their armor is of such a lower quality that it's little more than a uniform.
156	** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' shows that in the aftermath of the Clone Wars and the rise of the Empire, there are still some senators such as Riyo Chuchi of Pantora, advocating for the fair treatment of the clones (including retirement packages). Unfortunately, it all comes to naught, as the clones are unceremoniously discarded and any whose obedience to the Empire falters gets executed or sent to Mount Tantiss for the Advanced Science Division to be experimented on.
157	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Gems' [[BizarreAlienReproduction asexual machine production]] makes basically all of members of a given [[HiveCasteSystem caste]] clones. This extends beyond military classes to every position in Gem society. Gem castes even have the same voice actor portray all members of the group. However, when different individuals of the same gem type are shown, they tend to have some variation in appearance. At the very least, an individual gem is distinguishable by the location of their [[HeartDrive gemstone]] on their body.
158	* The [[FossilRevival Predacons]] of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' were intended to be an army of war beasts in the service of the Decepticons. However, only the first of them, Predaking, ever made it to the battlefield; when he proved [[ItCanThink far smarter than anticipated]], Megatron began to worry that the Predacons could become as dangerous to the Decepticons as they were to the Autobots.
159	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' the second season premiere revealed [[spoiler:that the boys were clones, and Doctor Venture kept a room of clones for when they inevitably die]]. In the season 3 finale, Sergeant Hatred takes the preformed clones and leads them as a RedshirtArmy. This also serves to remove the safety net from the show.
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