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14	->'''Felix Clone''': You don't get the concept here, do ya? I am here to help you!\
15	'''Felix:''' Oh, I get the concept. I go to the movies. The clone goes out and destroys the guy's life by doing evil things that the original guy was never capable of! You've seen those movies, haven't you?
16	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat''
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18	The Evil Doppelgänger is traditionally a MirrorUniverse counterpart. The double can also be the product of a WhatIf scenario: he/they represents what the hero or heroes could become, or may become.
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20	Sometimes the evil double is a [[CloneAngst clone and may brood about how he's not a "real" person,]] just a hollow imitation of the original. If that happens, the clone tends to go mad and try to murder the original to take his place. (Although sometimes a clone may have a case of CopiedTheMoralsToo.)
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22	The evil doppelgänger is not to be confused with the original doppelgänger. This character is more like the EvilTwin.
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24	See also: EvilCounterpart. Not to be confused with CriminalDoppelganger. Compare RottenRoboticReplacement, for (often look-alike) robots replacing humans and causing chaos, and EvilKnockoff, for an evil creation intended to [[MirrorMatch fight the original]] rather than impersonate or replace them.
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27	!!Examples:
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30	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
31	* ''Anime/ArabianNightsAdventuresOfSinbad'': One episode has three evil sorcerers turn themselves into doubles of Sinbad, Aladdin and Ali Baba.
32	* Omokage in ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' are [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent ayakashi]] duplicates of humans that [[EnemyWithout embody some specific desire]] of their creators. While they usually [[GhostlyGoals seek out these desires]] mindlessly, [[spoiler:the ayakashi medium Mei Hirasaka]] accidentally created one that outlived them and achieved full sapience. But said omokage is still bound by the desire that created them--namely to [[KillAllHumans destroy the world of the humans]] who killed their creator.
33	* In Part 2 of ''Manga/ChainsawMan'', Denji gets an apparent clone in the form of an AmbiguouslyEvil copycat Chainsaw Man who [[spoiler:[[BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork kills Asa's friend Yuko after she's possessed]]. "AmbiguouslyEvil" because while the doppleganger's cast in a malevolent light and Yuko's indicated to have been defenseless when she was killed, considering the damage that Yuko has done, the doppelganger may have reasonably seen himself in the right for killing her. He also appears later to rescue Asa and Denji from the Falling Devil, so if nothing else he's on their side. Furthermore, it is revealed later that the Falling Devil was sent by the Famine Devil in a plan to avert the apocalypse. Although it is unclear how aware the doppelganger is of this and if it means they want to usher in an age of devils]].
34	* ''Anime/FlintTheTimeDetective'': When fighting Flint, Ominito transforms four of his mushrooms into evil doubles of Flint's friends Sara, Tony, and Merlock, and Flint's father Rocky. These doppelgängers are all a CallBack to episodes in which these characters really did temporarily turn on Flint (Sara is the Giant Sara from "Muscles", Tony the winged Tony from "Wing", Merlock the monstrous, Uglinator-controlled Merlock from "Uglinator" and Rocky the evil Rocky from "Rocky in Love").
35	* ''Anime/GoShogun'': [=GoNagurl=] complete with its own replicated bazooka. ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' even gave it an imitation [=GoSaber=] called the [=NagurlSaber=].
36	* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' has Nova, who apart from PointyEars (and a SlasherSmile...) looks a lot like Hikaru. [[spoiler:She's actually the personification of Hikaru's guilt and despair.]]
37	* ''Manga/MegaManMegamix'': The Copy Rockman/Copy Robot is a copy of Mega Man that believes himself to be the real one and has his memories, but then he goes and tries to kill Dr. Wily. This helps to prove that he's not the original, due to the whole ThouShallNotKill thing. He's more powerful than the original, but has a defect that can overload and destroy him, guess what happens in the end. When Copy Rockman finds out he's a copy created by Wily, [[spoiler:in the end he commits a HeroicSacrifice to save everyone from Bass and his own destruction]].
38	* ''Manga/ShimejiSimulation'': The clone of [[spoiler:Big Sis]], the BigBad, was unintentionally created by her when she [[spoiler:used the machine language to increase the simulation's computational power, but only a fraction of her consciousness was passed onto the clone itself.]] It later becomes a self-aware, independent entity of her own [[spoiler:when she becomes rogue, planning to use the Mosasa Dogs and their concert at the school festival as catalysts in spreading the broadcast code that will allow humans to change themselves in an instant.]] It is far more concerning that [[spoiler:Big Sis enlists Shijima and Majime into stopping her threat, before West Yomogi and its people will be gone for good.]]
39	* ''Manga/SummerTimeRendering'': A shadow has the power to turn into a perfect clone of a human right down to their DNA, memories, feelings, and personality. But when it isn't busy impersonating the original, a shadow will tend to have a more cynical and resentful personality reflecting any negative emotions the original may have been suppressing. These shadows are also ruthless, borderline sadistic killers who show no remorse towards harming anyone who gets in between them and their targets, including friends and loved ones their original would give their lives for.
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42	[[folder:Comic Books]]
43	* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'':
44	** The cosmic hero Starfighter once had to fight his alternate-dimension evil counterpart.
45	** A criminal court case referred to the time when a member of the First Family was framed by his evil twin from another dimension, the Worst Family.
46	* Creator/DCComics:
47	** ''ComicBook/LegendsOfTheDeadEarth'': In ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League America]]'' Annual #10, Captain Atom is brought to the future by Maxima and encounters evil versions of his Justice League comrades such as Black Canary, Captain Marvel, Green Lantern, the Martian Manhunter and Mr. Miracle. He initially believes that they are robots but he is told by the doppelgänger of Ted Kord, who developed a conscience and switched sides, that they are probably more human than he is. Ted explains that they were created by Lord Havok, who recruited humans born on War World and placed them in bio-telemic capsules in order to break down their bodies into their component atoms and reshape them into whatever form he wished. The doppelgängers are members of the Alliance, a supervillain version of the old Justice League, and serve as Lord Havok's enforcers on War World.
48	** ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
49	*** Satan Girl is [[EnemyWithout an evil duplicate born from Supergirl's inner darkness]], Ultragirl is Supergirl's evil counterpart from the Anti-Matter Universe, Overgirl is Supergirl's Earth-10 Nazi alternate self, and ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}} is Supergirl's imperfect duplicate with backwards morals and a loony disposition.
50	*** In addition to Supergirl's evil duplicates, ComicBook/PowerGirl has Divine, her own evil clone created by the villain Maxwell Lord.
51	** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
52	*** Bizarro is an imperfect clone of Superman, but Bizarro may be considered as more of a victim himself as he's lacking in the intelligence department.
53	*** Superman's actually ''evil'' counterpart is his MirrorUniverse double, Ultraman [[Series/{{Ultraman}} (no relation)]].
54	*** Match for Kon-El ComicBook/{{Superboy}}. Though when he's not changing his appearance with his additional powers he looks like a pallet swapped Kon-El instead of properly passing as him, is still an evil character that looks like Kon.
55	** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
56	*** Owlman is Batman's MirrorUniverse double, with most iterations of him being Bruce Wayne's older brother who outlived him. In the ''ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier'' continuity, he was a FallenHero who wanted to avenge his family's deaths at the hands of the [[DirtyCop corrupt Gotham PD]], only to find out that [[BrokenPedestal his parents were the city's worst criminals]]. After realizing that his entire life's mission was built on a lie, he became a StrawNihilist MisanthropeSupreme in stark contrast to Batman's [[HopeBringer endless faith in mankind]].
57	*** The Batman Who Laughs was Batman's DarkWorld counterpart who was turned into a clone of ComicBook/TheJoker and destroyed his reality ForTheEvulz before seeking to do the same to the main one.
58	* Creator/MarvelComics:
59	** ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'': One StoryArc has Mimic meeting the WhatIf version, whereas Exiles Mimic accepted Xavier's offer of friendship leading him to become a much respected hero his evil version chose to reject it by spitting in Xavier's face instead, ending up a mass murderer who killed both Xavier and Magneto among others. He's redeemed by the end of the arc though.
60	** ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'': ComicBook/RedSkull dicks around with the cosmic cube Kobik and creates a world where [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] is a HYDRA sleeper agent. Cue the CrisisCrossover of everyone trying to bring back Captain America so he can defeat his copy.
61	** ''ComicBook/ShangChi'': In the original Shang-Chi series, ''ComicBook/MasterOfKungFu'', the final confrontation with his villainous father reveals that he cloned Shang-Chi many years ago and that the clone has remained with him, a loyal son who trained with the same tutors as the original Shang-Chi.
62	** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
63	*** In the ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' story arc, ComicBook/SpiderPunk's universe is a bit different than main universe Earth-616. Among the differences, the god of thunder is Eric Masters and he's a neo-Nazi thug (where most others are just punk versions of their normal super-hero identities). Hobie happily breaks his arm and proclaims "No gods, no masters..."
64	*** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]] of Earth-616 was the complete opposite of his Ultimate counterpart. He was a white man who became TheDragon to ComicBook/TheKingpin, and used technology stolen from the restored Ultimate universe to become the supervillain Ultimatum.
65	** ''ComicBook/XForce'': After some convoluted {{retcon}}ning, the villain Reignfire was revealed not to be an older version of ComicBook/{{Sunspot}}, as was originally intended, but instead a protoplasmic being that was injected with Sunspot's DNA, morphing him into a genetic clone of Sunspot with his appearance and powers. He hates being in Sunspot's shadow and goes about trying to ruin his life before trying to kill him directly.
66	* ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'': The DC issue "Deja View" involves the Powerpuff Girls entering a MirrorUniverse where they encounter evil versions of themselves called the Powerpunk Girls. It was first proposed as an episode for the [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 the original TV series]], but was later reworked for the DC comic.
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70	* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction, [[HeelFaceTurn San]] has a couple due to [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonKingGhidorah Ghidorah]]'s ability to regenerate duplicates of severed pieces of itself with the [[MultipleHeadCase three heads]]' personalities intact. Besides the head that Ghidorah regrew after San's head was ripped off [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 in the movie]]; after San's consciousness transfers out of his severed head to [[TwoBeingsOneBody Vivienne Graham]], the old head retains a back-up of San's personality and memories which lacks the CharacterDevelopment which has since led the main San through his HeelFaceTurn.
71	* ''Fanfic/{{Ancienverse}}'': The evil organization [=DARC=] is made of several evil duplicates corresponding, particularly, to Gary, Paul, Serena, Miette, and Clemont.
72	* In ''Fanfic/DCAlterverseMaxima'', Vernax is an evil clone of Vartox.
73	* In ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'' Satan Girl is both ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s and ComicBook/PowerGirl's evil duplicate, fashioned from the darkness within Kara's soul, ergo lacking her compassion and kind-heartedness.
74	* ''FanFic/TheOmniverseEvent'': Calvin gets one in ''Calvin's Quest'', which is [[spoiler:actually his duplicate]].
75	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8019130/1/PnF-Stolen-Identity PnF: Stolen Identity]]'', a ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' fic, features one of this whose origins are never properly explained.
76	* ''Fanfic/PokemonMaster'' has [[spoiler:Ash's clone Gary Oak]], who decided to trigger a world-ending prophecy in reaction to discovering that he was created as a backup in the even that the true chosen dies before saving the world.
77	* ''Fanfic/StarTrekMirror'': ZigZaggedTrope. Whilst the Mirror versions of Kirk, [=McCoy=], Scotty, Uhura, Chapel, Sulu and Keenser are all straight examples, especially compared with their regular counterparts, [[DownplayedTrope Mirror Spock is at least somewhat reasonable]], Mirror Marlena might be a {{Jerkass}} but at heart she just wants to get on with her science, and [[AvertedTrope Kyle is pretty much the same in both universes]]. We don’t know anything about Mirror Rand because she’s already dead, and [[FridgeHorror there doesn't seem to be a Mirror Jaylah at all]].
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81	* ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'': [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments6Series Leroy]] is essentially a red-colored clone of Stitch, specifically designed to be a new and non-reformed version of Stitch "with extra destructive capabilities but easy on the fluffy" and with a color scheme more to Hamsterviel's liking. He's highly destructive and violent but completely subservient to Hamsterviel, and unlike with Stitch the heroes never make any effort to turn him good.
82	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' was loosely based on ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2'' and featured the evil MirrorUniverse counterparts of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague, the Crime Syndicate.
83	** Ultraman was ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s double who turned what was the Daily Planet into his personal hideout with Jimmy Olsen as his muscle, and was a SuperMobBoss with a {{Joisey}} accent and a weakness to blue kryptonite rather than green (like Bizarro). While Superman is a HopeBringer and CaptainPatriotic, Ultraman was a HopeCrusher who ruled through fear, turning the public into ApatheticCitizens too afraid to question his will and even smacks the President for standing in his way.
84	** Owlman was the mirror to ComicBook/{{Batman}}, and a StrawNihilist [[TheUnfettered with no moral fetters]]. Like Batman he was a ControlFreak, but to the extent that he [[spoiler:has a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum and tries to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy reality]] after discovering the multiverse and his inability to control or quantify the infinitely branching paths]]. Batman ultimately rejects his NotSoDifferentRemark, stating [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche "We both looked at the abyss, but when it looked back at us]], [[BadassBoast you blinked.]]"
85	** ComicBook/WonderWoman [[DecompositeCharacter had two]] (and kicked both their asses); Superwoman and Olympiad. Olympiad was her direct counterpart sharing her background and a minor character, while Superwoman was the counterpart of ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'s sister Mary Marvel but had Wonder Woman's role in the big three and a relationship with Owlman mirroring Wonder Woman's frequent ShipTease with Batman in the ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'', which this film was originally planned to be part of. While Wonder Woman did her best to try to coax Bruce out of his shell ([[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond with limited success]]), Superwoman was a PsychoSupporter who actively encouraged Owlman's worst qualities.
86	* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', [[spoiler:Miles Morales ends up in Earth-42, the original universe of the spider that bit him. Because the spider vanished before it could make him ComicBook/SpiderMan, that universe's Miles [[WhatIf instead followed in his uncle's footsteps after his father died]] and became The Prowler]].
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90	* ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox'': Schmidt's counterpart is one, and comes under suspicion when the counterpart's treasonous journal entries overwrite his own in the database.
91	* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' has two: [[Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla Mecha Godzilla]] and [[Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla Space Godzilla]], both of which are just as memorable and powerful (If not, even moreso) as the G man himself.
92	* ''Film/MulhollandDrive'': One possible interpretation of the story is that Diane is an evil doppelgänger of Betty. They look the same and seem to share an identity, but Diane is far more morally ambiguous than Betty, [[spoiler: ordering a hit on her love interest due to jealousy]]. It's also possible that Diane is simply an alternate universe version of Betty or that Betty is an imagined, idealized version of Diane, but then there's the part where [[spoiler: Betty discovers Diane's body]]...
93	* ''Film/{{Us}}'': The premise is a family of evil doppelgängers trying to KillAndReplace the originals.[[spoiler:..or so it seems until TheReveal.]]
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97	* The Shadow Toa in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}} Chronicles #1: Tale of the Toa'' are [[BigBad Makuta Teridax]]'s final challenge to the six Toa heroes. After realizing they're evenly matched, the Toa [[OpponentSwitch swap their duplicates]] and destroy them with their ElementalPowers. However, this scenario is actually a {{retcon}} of the originally intended ending, in which the Toa accept their shadow counterparts as representations of their own evil and thus make them vanish. In the ''BIONICLE Encyclopedia'', the Shadow Toa's defeat was retconned back to this version. They weren't the ultimate challenge either, the heroes went on to face Makuta himself after dealing with the Shadow Toa, effectively [[CanonDiscontinuity making the climax of the novel non-canon]]. The villains' ability to make evil clones of good guys [[ForgottenPhlebotinum wasn't brought up afterwards]], although another Makuta, the similarly named Tridax would later experiment with kidnapping Toa from {{alternate universe}}s to corrupt them.
98	* ''Literature/MaxAndTheMidknightsBattleOfTheBodkins'': The titular Bodkins, who hail from the Shadow Land (or as they know it, the Land of Knot) are beings made from all the negative traits of people. In appearance, they look almost exactly like the person who's body is kin to them (hence the name Bodkin), but they always forget one detail. Torin's Bodkin had no fingernails, Sedgewick's Bodkin has a freckle[[spoiler:, and Kevyn's Bodkin doesn't partake in SesquipedalianLoquaciousness]].
99	* ''Literature/RedDwarf'': The book ''Last Human'' had the crew go up against a sociopathic version of Lister from another universe who had murdered his crew in cold blood and is seeking to obtain the genome of all life forms for the intent of becoming a God.
100	* ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''[[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy The Last Command]]'' Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade battle against insane Dark Jedi clone Joruus C'boath and Luuke Skywalker, who was cloned from Luke's severed hand.
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104	* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': The sixth season's BigBadEnsemble includes Sarge, who is an exact match for the late Phil Coulson, down to the genetic level. [[spoiler:Sarge is revealed to be an extradimensional being who's inhabiting a copy of Coulson's form, created when the latter went to seal what he thought was a dimensional rift in the team's base.]]
105	* ''Series/AlexRider2020'': [[spoiler:Dr Greif's plan was to replace his pupils, all children of super-rich industrialists, with his own surgically-altered clones, who would proceed to essentially TakeOverTheWorld on his behalf.]][[spoiler: In the final episode, Alex's doppelganger tries to destroy his life in revenge for ruining the plan.]]
106	* ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'': Near the end of "[[Recap/BoyMeetsWorldS5E17AndThenThereWasShawn And Then There Was Shawn]]", where the gang unmasks the skullfaced killer, [[spoiler:he is an evil double of Shawn]]. It was AllJustADream.
107	* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Several characters have villain counterparts on Earth 2. This includes Cisco (Reverb), Caitlin (Killer Frost), Ronnie (Deathstorm), and Cisco's brother Dante (Rupture). For the wider Series/{{Arrowverse}}, there's also Black Siren as this to [[Series/{{Arrow}} Laurel Lance]].
108	** The crossover event ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'' has several counterparts to Arrowverse characters from the Nazi dominated Earth-X -- the Fuhrer/Black Arrow (Oliver Queen), Overgirl ([[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Kara Danvers/Supergirl]]), and Prometheus (Tommy Merlyn). ''WesternAnimation/FreedomFightersTheRay'' also shows us Blitzkrieg, who appears to be Earth-X's villainous version of Barry. For non-living "characters", there's the ''Wellenreiter'', the New Reichsmen's version of the ''Waverider''.
109	** A later ''Flash'' episode also introduces Siren X, Laurel's yet another EvilDoppelganger (from Earth-X), although this one is unambiguously evil.
110	** In season 9, the villain Red Death turns out to be an evil version of [[spoiler:[[Series/Batwoman2019 Ryan Wilder]] from Earth-4125. And yes, there's a MirrorMatch at one point, after Earth-Prime's Ryan temporarily removes her doppelganger's SuperSpeed with a batarang]].
111	* ''Series/MyHero'' has an episode involving a body double for George named Hilary, who will act as him if George ever has to leave town for some time. Hilary eventually steals a bike, and the Ultron Council, thinking it is George, removes his powers, allowing Hilary to become Thermoman instead. Eventually averted with an Ultronian who briefly becomes Janet's double, who Hilary unknowingly boasts to about fooling the "dumbasses on the Ultron Council".
112	* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'': In "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E2TheHundredDaysOfTheDragon The Hundred Days of the Dragon]]", a US presidential candidate is [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] by a secret agent who has not only been carefully trained to impersonate him, but uses a drug that makes human flesh malleable to take on his exact appearance. The assassin works for an Asian dictator who plans to take over America by having other spies replace important figures in politics, industry and the media.
113	* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'':
114	** In "Mind Over Matter", after she is hit by a car and enters a coma, Dr. Sam Stein connects Dr. Rachel Carter, with whom he is love, to the CAVE virtual reality system in order to help her to heal. He is completely fooled by the CAVE system, which has fallen in love with him, speaking to him using Rachel's image. Sam kills another, injured and disheveled version of Rachel which he believed to be a representation of the brain damage that she suffered in the accident. However, when he disconnects from the system, Rachel dies of cardiac arrest and he finally realizes the truth: the CAVE system tricked him into killing the real Rachel of whom it was jealous.
115	** In "In Another Life", Mason Stark encounters two versions of himself from other universes: a psychotic murderer and a cold and calculating CEO.
116	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
117	** The series has the MirrorUniverse, with evil beards and everything. However, some of the characters are not at all evil, such as Mirror!Spock being no more evil than Prime!Spock, and others are outright ''good'' versions of their Prime counterparts, such as Brunt (ruthless Liquidator in the Prime universe and a kind assistant in the Mirror universe) and Voq (a racist Klingon in the Prime universe and the leader of a multi-species LaResistance in the Mirror universe). In ''[[Series/StarTrekDiscovery Discovery]]'', Sylvia Tilly and Michael Burnham have to impersonate their evil counterparts, both of whom are bloodthirsty ship captains. Meanwhile, [[spoiler:Burnham's late CO Philippa Georgiu's double is the Emperor]], while Lorca [[spoiler:turns out to have been DeadAllAlong; the one we know has been the MirrorUniverse counterpart the whole time.]]
118	** Season 2 of ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' shows us a different AlternateUniverse. A clear example of the trope is General Picard, who is a ruthless conqueror for the Confederacy of Earth with a collection of skulls in his trophy room and the painting of his flagship the CSS ''World Razer'', which appears to be this trope for the USS ''Enterprise''-D (and seems to have enough firepower to blast clear through a Borg cube).
119	* ''Series/SupermanAndLois'' has these in season 2 with the introduction of Bizarro World. Two examples of this trope are Bizarro!Lana (who somehow gains powers and is a staunch supporter of [[spoiler:Ally Allston]], even dragging her husband [[spoiler:Tal-Rho]] into this) and Bizarro!Jonathan (who is the twin with powers in that world and quickly becomes TheDragon of the season, [[spoiler:seeking to merge with Prime!Jonathan in order to achieve godhood]]). Inverted with [[spoiler:Tal-Rho]], who is a pretty decent guy in the other world and has a close relationship with Bizarro ([[spoiler:he even shows remorse at failing his brother and allows Superman to return home to save his son from Bizarro!Jonathan]]).
120	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
121	** The angels of the prime universe have mostly been morally dubious jerks who've caused a lot of harm to humanity and then to each-other during the show's run for petty reasons, and the archangel Michael in the prime universe was no hero (largely being an AntiVillain). But [[Characters/SupernaturalApocalypseWorld their counterparts in Apocalypse World]] are much, ''much'' worse, having decimated the Earth and actively torturing and hunting the remaining humans to extinction after they won the war against Hell.
122	** There's also [[Characters/SupernaturalOtherAlternateRealities Dark Kaia]], a version of Kaia Nieves from another alternate universe (the Bad Place) who is pretty ruthless and selfish.
123	* ''Series/TwinPeaks'':
124	** In the Season 2 finale, Dale Cooper enters the Black Lodge, where he [[spoiler: meets an evil doppelgänger of his who chases him around then enters into the real world, trapping the good Coop within the Lodge for 25 years. This version then goes on in Season 3 to go on a rampage of crime, and is revealed to be a sort of reincarnation of BOB, the previous BigBad of the series.]] The Lodge may be full of evil doppelgängers -- there's a version of Laura there who sometimes acts menacingly inhuman, but her nature is rather ambiguous.
125	** In Season 3, [[spoiler:the Diane we see for most of the series]] is actually an evil doppelgänger of [[spoiler: the real Diane]], who only appears for real in the last two episodes.
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129	* ''Pinball/FunHouseRudysNightmare'': "The Evil Clones" unsurprisingly revolves around a group of malevolent Rudy copies who chase him throughout the fun house. The player must destroy each of them by making certain shots to finish the mode.
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133	* ''TabletopGame/{{Crimestrikers}}'': In "A Thing Called Esperanza", the [[MadScientist evil geneticist]] Roderick Norco wants to replace world leaders with clones made from "flexiplasm" -- but first, he tries to eliminate the Crimestrikers with a murderous clone of his GoodCounterpart on the team, ScienceHero Esperanza Sixtos.
134	* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'':
135	** One of the potential results of failing your save when using the Codex of Infinite Planes is an evil clone from a parallel dimension appearing somewhere in a hundred-mile radius of you. This continues happening every few days for as long as you live.
136	** Drawing the Waxworks from the Harrow Deck of Many Things causes between one and six opposite-alignment duplicates of you, each seeking to oppose your goals, to appear within a twenty-mile radius of where you are.
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140	* ''VideoGame/FairyBloom1'': Version 3.03's enemies are hordes of red {{Palette Swap}}s of the protagonist.
141	* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': Anastasia's second interlude emphasizes the nature of Servants as copies of the true Heroic Spirit in the Throne of Heroes by means of Chaldea Anastasia and Lostbelt Anastasia. Fundamentally, they're the same, with the only difference being who they were summoned by-- Chaldea Anastasia was summoned by Fujimaru to help restore the human order, while Lostbelt Anastasia was summoned by Kadoc to replace the human order with a brutal AlternateHistory. As a result, both Anastasias are given the parts of the true Anastasia's personality that are necessary for their mission. Chaldea Anastasia is the SpoiledSweet and mischievous princess she was for most of her life, while Lostbelt Anastasia is the vengeful, MisanthropeSupreme she became at the end of her life.
142	* ''VideoGame/FelixTheCat'': The boss of world 5 is an evil copycat of Felix toting a hat and gun. He isn't given a name or explanation for where he came from—-not even the manual mentions him.
143	* Even Franchise/{{Kirby}} was a victim of this trope. In ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'', when he and his three good twins traveled to the [[AlternateUniverse mirror world]], they met Shadow Kirby, [[spoiler:who was actually a [[SubvertedTrope good guy]]]]. However, they also met Meta Knight's counterpart, Dark Meta Knight, who was truly evil.
144	* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' has Vanitas, who was created from the darkness within Ventus' heart around the time of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''. But in a twist, despite sharing similarities with Ventus, outwardly, he doesn't look like Ventus at all. [[spoiler:Instead, he looks almost exactly like ''Sora'', who was only a small child at the time of Vanitas' creation]]. ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' is where this similarity is elaborated on, [[spoiler:albeit shortly before Vanitas bows out for good]].
145	-->[[spoiler:'''Sora (horrified):''']] Your face...!\
146	'''Vanitas:''' I'm the piece of Ventus that was taken away. And ''you're'' the piece Ventus needed to be whole again. So... why shouldn't you and I look exactly the same? [[spoiler: You define me, Sora, the same way that Ventus does]].
147	* ''VideoGame/KnockKnock'' has a visitor that looks like the main character, but is more transparent and has red eyes.
148	* Samus Aran of the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series has had two, both resulting from having her suit invaded by evil alien organisms: the SA-X of ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'', and Dark Samus of the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy''. Though, if you want to get technically, she actually has ''twelve'': due to the SA-X asexually reproducing, there are eleven of them in total in ''Metroid Fusion''. And in the third game of the ''Prime Trilogy'', ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'', Samus nearly became the 13th doppelganger herself due to being infected by Phazon that could have [[CloneByConversion turned her into a copy of Dark Samus]] if it completely corrupted her as shown in the NonStandardGameOver.
149	* ''[[VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles Mystery Case Files: The Countess]]'': The Shade is a variation of this trope: it started as a malevolent MirrorMonster with its own appearance, but it gradually took the shape of lady Gloria Codington when feeding on her creativity over the years. It now appears as a black and ''very'' creepy doppelgänger of the benevolent lady Codington.
150	* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' you have to face your character's evil doppelgänger, who has an evil EyepatchOfPower and a BeardOfEvil (even if your character is female).
151	* In ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', [[BigBad Mephiles the Dark]] is a LivingShadow who shortly after he breaks loose from his seal merges with Shadow the Hedgehog's... well, shadow, and uses that to form a doppelganger body in his image, though with several noticeable differences such as NoMouth, green slitted eyes, and all his red highlights being colored gray-green. Then he later goes OneWingedAngel and turns into a CrystallineCreature version with more [[PurpleIsPowerful purple coloration]] and spikey body parts. [[spoiler:It later turns out he took Shadow's form more than just because he happened to be right there, both in order to gain power by copying his form as a form of insurance against getting sealed again and as a twisted revenge scheme since Shadow [[TimeyWimeyBall thanks to time travel]] is the one who initially sealed Mephiles away.]]
152	* In ''VideoGame/SpiderManEdgeOfTime'', the BigBad is [[spoiler:the Peter Parker of ComicBook/SpiderMan2099's timeline, who [[FakingTheDead faked his death]] and went on to become the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO of Alchemax]] and a WellIntentionedExtremist who wanted to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong and undo [[MyGreatestFailure the deaths of Uncle Ben and Gwen Stacy]]]].
153	* In ''VideoGame/StrandedDreamscapes 2: The Doppleganger'' Alex's mirror twin Xela traps her in the mirror world and tries to take over her life.
154	* The original plot of the ''Literature/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'' game ''ISEKAI Memories'' has these created by the CanonForeigner BigBad. Rather than exact copies, they are "ideal" futures based on desperate thoughts a person had while they were near a reflective surface, and often possess powers much different than their originals based on that. In one example, [[NiceGirl Shion's]] copy is based on a timeline where after the Orcs destroyed her village, she absorbed the souls of her deceased ogre comrades to have enough power for revenge. While the real Shion is happily loyal to Rimuru and trusts he will defeat the Orc Lord, her counterpart is disgusted that she would serve a slime, and won't accept any justice to the orcs unless it is by her own hands. Worse, these doppelgangers tend to have a strong desire to [[KillAndReplace kill their originals for being "defective"]].
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159	* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'':
160	** ??? is one of Koden.
161	** The Darkness counterparts are of whoever is used to create them.
162	* ''WebVideo/FortniteTheMovie'': Big Norm. He's basically Norm, but bigger and more skilled. The two aren't exactly related in any way, Big Norm is simply someone that just looks like Norm. The two face off in Goliath, and eventually team up against [[spoiler:Mime]] during the final season of The Norm Show.
163	* ''WebVideo/UnwantedHouseguest: For unknown reasons [[spoiler: the Shadow Demon looks like the Houseguest.]]
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167	* ''Webcomic/BrunoTheBandit'' has a variety called Dopplegangsters which are shapeshifters that can impersonate even non-humans like Bruno's micro-dragon sidekick.
168	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': During Rakethorn, Maxim and Dimo's three minute OffscreenMomentOfAwesome they fought evil doppelgangers from another dimension. [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20191204 Dimo and Maxim's had evil goatees.]]
169	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has a few, although they're not usually capital-E Evil because Dan doesn't like characters like that (he regrets having to do an entire storyline about Damian):
170	** Lord Tedd, and General Shade Tail are the evil counterparts in the Alpha universe for Main universe Tedd and Grace respectively. The little we've been told about Lord Tedd since his first appearance suggests he ''may'' be NotEvilJustMisunderstood, or at least a WellIntentionedExtremist, but we don't know the details yet.
171	** Parodied with Ellen, who is briefly convinced she's Elliot's evil doppelganger and tries to replace him as such, but only manages to PokeThePoodle because she's CopiedTheMoralsToo of frickin' ''[[GoodCannotComprehendEvil Elliot]]''.
172	** Elliot and Ellen get an actual WellIntentionedExtremist doppelganger in the form of [[spoiler: Magus, who is eventually revealed to be their counterpart from an alternate universe who was sent to ours in spirit form following a magical accident, and eventually uses the Dewitchery Diamond and Ellen's magic to restore himself. While he's fairly ruthless in using both twins in his plan, he bears them no animosity and tries to do right by them afterwards ... even if trying to do right by Ellen reveals a ''severe'' case of BlueAndOrangeMorality.]]
173	* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' Galatea is an emotionally unstable, sometimes dangerous clone of Molly, but it would be unfair to call her ''evil.'' [[ChaoticNeutral "Chaotic"]] though? [[WildCard Sure.]]
174	* ''Webcomic/MyDeliriumAlcazar'' has Reverse Plaire, a shadowy version of the protagonist whose only goal is to kill her. Also called Nega-Plaire, Anti-Plaire, Plaire 2, Not!Plaire...
175	* In ''Webcomic/{{Whither}}'' [[spoiler: Frost takes Emelind's form for a while. How evil his motives were remains to be seen]].
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179	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingAdrenaliniBrothers'': One episode revolved around a village being terrorized by {{Dracula}}, resembling Xan in both appearance and voice, that Adi couldn't tell them apart. That is, until [[WeakenedByTheLight sunrise]]...
180	* In ''Bratz Kidz Sleepover Adventure'', In Sasha's story, Sasha goes to a carnival and finds a mirror containing an evil clone of her that traps her inside and escapes, causing mischief.
181	* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': Negaduck is Darkwing Duck's evil double from a Mirror Universe.
182	* ''WesternAnimation/MasterRaindrop'': In the episode “Originality”, General Bu creates an evil clone of Raindrop to steal na oracle lantern that would help him to capture the original Raindrop.
183	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E13TheMean6 The Mean Six]]", Queen Chrysalis uses hairs from the main characters' manes to create clones of them with which to wield the Elements of Harmony, but somewhere along the line completely inverts their personalities, resulting in the clones being a barely functional collection of villainous parodies of their originals with personalities dominated by one specific vice -- Applejack's clone is a compulsive liar, Rainbow's clone has essentially no personality beyond ditching people and being lazy, Fluttershy's is a psychotic bully, Rarity's is so overwhelmed by greed that she compulsively tries to hoard every bit of trash she sees, Pinkie's is chronically bored, depressed and foul-tempered, and Twilight's is a scheming backstabber. Their actions eventually cause the real ponies to believe [[TookALevelInJerkass they've gone bad out of nowhere]] (they straight-up mistake the clones for the actual mares), [[FeudEpisode making them hate each other for the episode.]]
184	* Invoked and Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. [[spoiler:The Golden Guard is a position reserved for Grimwalkers, identical clones made by Emperor Belos in order to serve him. However, he modeled these Grimwalkers after his brother -- who Belos killed after he discovered he'd married a witch -- and apparently CopiedTheMoralsToo, because every Grimwalker that has ever existed has betrayed him at some point. The latest Grimwalker, Hunter, is shown to be a genuinely good kid who only blindly obeys his "uncle" because of years of calculated, systematic abuse, and starts helping the heroes after Belos decides he's on the path to betrayal too and tries to kill him.]]
185	* ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'': In season 2, Julian creates Evil Julian from his contact with a power ball. He's chaotic and power hungry, but still has similar mannerisms to regular Julian and looks just like him, even though he wears white instead of purple. However, it takes some considerable amount of time for anyone to notice that he's not the actual Julian.
186	* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Given this series' approach to TheMultiverse and infinite alternate versions of the two main characters, there's quite a few examples of this trope. The most iconic one in the show is probably Evil/[[spoiler:President]] Morty, a ruthless and amoral Morty who lives up to Rick levels of superintelligence, with the hostile Council of Ricks who propagate and maintain the Citadel's corrupt system also counting. After him there's [[spoiler:[[PrimeTimeline Rick Prime]], the biggest sociopathic StrawNihilist of all Ricks who was responsible for ''our'' Rick's StartOfDarkness by killing his family simply to prove a point]].
187	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'': The Saturday family have one in the form of their MirrorUniverse counterparts (nicknamed [[Characters/TheSecretSaturdays the Mondays]] by the main Zak), who have polarizing differences from the main Saturdays and are all-round nasty pieces of work.
188	* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'': In the Episode "frowning friends" Pim And Charlie meet Grim and gnarly. two characters who look very similar and work at the frowning friend business across the street from Pim and Charlie who work at the smiling friends business. Charlie later says in the episode. "Look, Pim, I get what's going on here. they're the bizarro versions of us. that's fine. But what's their end game? What's the point of this? It's just pissing me off now."
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