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10	->'''Java:''' What the hell are you gonna do to me without your army?\
11	'''Danton Black:''' ''[replicates himself]'' I am an army.
12	-->-- ''Series/TheFlash2014'', "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E2FastestManAlive Fastest Man Alive]]"
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14	The ability to make several copies of oneself, normally maintaining control over all copies. Usually comes implicitly with the ability to recombine said copies.
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16	This power can be very potent. One can be effectively immortal if at least one of you survives, one gets the ability to distract, surround or hinder your opponent and if all the duplicates work from a single mind it all occurs with perfect coordination. This power is an opportunity for writers to show off the creative combat techniques and imaginative [[MundaneUtility Mundane Utilities]].
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18	There may or may not be some idea of a central self, one copy who is the "proper" version for whatever reason: you have to kill that one to kill them all at once, one gives all of the commands, etc. The other copies, conversely, rarely [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman count as persons]] in and of themselves; see also CloneAngst. If they ''are'' counted as actual people, expect WhichMe. Examples where there is no central self, or at least a central self tied to one particular body, tends to overlap with the HiveMind, where all the copies essentially sharing a single mind and consciousness.
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20	Possible side-effects include LiteralSplitPersonality. May be used in a DoppelgangerAttack or to make a DisposableDecoyDoppelganger, a BreatherEpisode might go for MesACrowd. Not to be confused with IAmLegion. PowerPerversionPotential means this naturally leads to ScrewYourself. This will usually be part of a MonkeyKingLite's arsenal, owing to Sun Wukong himself being a famous user of this power.
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28	* A [[https://youtu.be/6LpfN-TiPkI commercial]] for the Turkish laptop model Casper Nirvana features Turkish pro basketballer Ersan Ilyasova facing off against [[OpposingSportsTeam a competing team]] by himself. Then he splits into four guys, which makes the main guy on the opposing team smirk with a look that says, "Nice trick, but we can still take him." Then the Ilyasovas all [[{{Sizeshifter}} grow to ten feet tall]], with the opposing team just gaping up at them. [[MuggleSportsSuperAthletes Then they play basketball]].
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32	* ''Manga/AizawaSanMultiplies'': Title character Shino Aizawa gains the ability to duplicate herself after falling into a ditch. Each of her duplicates are based off of the specific emotions she felt at the time of their manifestation. The biggest trait they all share are romantic feelings for Souta Mizutani, leading to comical situations as he deals with Shino and her duplicates.
33	* The hero of the manga ''Manga/{{Akumetsu}}'' is a terrorist clone army, and manages to make this ridiculously cool. His trademark mask blows his head off when he dies, concealing this slightly (slightly) from the authorities, and also transmits all the memories and consciousness of the dying member to his base in space, where they make a new copy. Kind of makes a cheat of the 'I'm willing to die to wipe out evil' thing.
34	* In ''Anime/AldnoahZero'', the Ortygia Kataphrakt have this ability, being able to constantly generate copies of itself so long as they are within a 30 meter radius.
35	* In ''Manga/BlackClover'', Gauche can summon an alternate version of himself in combat thanks to his magic mirror.
36	* In the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' anime, Jai can use his weapon to make multiple copies of himself.
37	* Dr. Luciana Estevez from ''Manga/BloodBlockadeBattlefront'' gained the ability to split herself into clones after making a deal with a Beyondian. However, the more clones she splits into, the younger they get.
38	* In ''Manga/CellsAtWork'', Naive undergoes cell division after becoming activated.
39	* ''Manga/CodeBreaker'': [[spoiler: Heike]] can split himself into 100 clones as a result of his [[spoiler: light]] powers combining with his superior intelligence.
40	* In ''Anime/CrossAnge'', Embryo can create multiple copies of himself using Hysterica.
41	* In ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'', the True Enemy creates several copies of itself during the final battle.
42	* In ''Literature/DateALive'', this is Kurumi's most frequently used power, which she uses to form a massive information network by spying on her targets.
43	* In ''Literature/TheDeathMageWhoDoesntWantAFourthTime'', Vandalieu can use his [Out-Of-Body Experience] to create multiple Spiritual copies of himself.
44	* ''Manga/DontMeddleWithMyDaughter'': Clara can use her {{super speed}} to create physical copies of herself. The only time she's ever used it is during the ''"Amazing Eighth Wonder Vol.1"'', where she used her clones to [[spoiler: gangbang [[ParentalIncest her own mother]]]][[note]]Clara was possessed by an alien parasite at the time. Once the parasite was destroyed, she returned to normal and lost all memory of the event[[/note]].
45	* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheRobotKingdom'' has the titular character Doraemon fighting for his life in an arena. So what does he do? Fill the arena with clones so the opponent can't tell which one is the real one.
46	* ''Manga/DragonBall:''
47	** This is a technique used originally by Tenshinhan albeit in {{filler}}, Piccolo, and once by Krillin, oddly enough, who loves using it as well. Tenshinhan originally used it as a combat technique, but this became less useful as the character got stronger due to each clone having a fraction of the original's strength. Piccolo normally uses it for training purposes, allowing him to spar with himself.
48	** Subverted with the ninja Murasaki. He claims he can create four identical clones, each as strong as himself; in fact, he's one of a set of quintuplets.
49	** Both the magician Babidi and his father Bibidi have the ability to split themselves into multiple copies, but doing so divides their power among all the copies.
50	** During Fat Buu's fight with Kid Buu, Fat Buu's severed pieces reform as four copies of himself, all of which proceed to beat up Kid Buu.
51	** Goku Black is able to summon endless copies of himself made of pinkish mist sfter using his ki scythe to make a tear in reality. They disperse with one hit, but reform almost instantly.
52	* In ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'', Viscount Jean-Jacques can create copies of himself with wind.
53	* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', [[spoiler:Father]] creates all the [[spoiler:homunculi]] from undesirable pieces of his own soul, although you wouldn't guess it because, with the exception of [[spoiler:Pride]], there isn't much family resemblance. He can also reabsorb them, but that's a very unpleasant process.
54	* ''Anime/FutureCardBuddyfight'':
55	** Demon Lord Asmodai can copy himself at will, and Tetsuya will often call multiple different versions of him.
56	** This is how Death Tallica's effect is represented in the anime, by creating smaller versions of itself that intercept incoming attacks.
57	* ''Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL'', The 11 Planetary Masters of Sol are revived with dozens of copies of themselves in the last battle after Palus Abel orders Pisa Sol to use the Pas-Q machine to its fullest. [[spoiler:Which is ''exactly'' what GGG [[BatmanGambit wanted them to do]], by having them overuse the Pas-Q to have it weaken enough to a state where it and the Sol Masters can be destroyed]].
58	* In ''Anime/GatchamanCrowds'', Utsutsu can produce clones at will. In gatchaman form, the clones lack her scarf.
59	* In ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers'', [=ZeroMaru=] can execute Bunshin no Jutsu, creating multiple copies of itself.
60	* In ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'', Bennia has the power to clone herself. The clones she makes are easily distinguishable but because she's fast, enemies can't hit her clones anyway.
61	* In ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', Shaiapouf's Nen ability Beelzebub allows him to split his body into tiny sized pieces that allow him to scatter into multiple areas and scout ahead.
62	* In ''Manga/InuXBokuSS'', Soushi tends to use his duplication abilities to help with chores or as part of battle strategy.
63	* In ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'', filler villains the Four Ninja Demons are capable of creating clones of themselves.
64	* ''Toys/{{Jewelpet}}'':
65	** In ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'', clones of Aqua pop up when he gets angry, and disappear when he calms down.
66	** In episode 16b of ''Anime/JewelpetMagicalChange'', this happens to Sapphie unwittingly - the cloning machine that causes it was sealed by her, but somehow someone still triggered it and the resulting clone kept on creating duplicates to have friends to talk to (Sapphie was all alone on an island and felt lonely, a trait carried over to the clone). At any rate, there's a massive number of Sapphies that the others have to distinguish in order to find the real one.
67	* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun'', the arc's BigBad [[spoiler:[[PresidentEvil President]] Funny Valentine]] stand allows them to pull copies of themselves to fight and to remain effectively immortal (as all clones share the same memories) or of others to [[spoiler:''[[ExpendableClone blow]] [[NeverTheSelvesShallMeet them up]]'']].
68	* In ''Anime/{{Kemurikusa}}'', the Rinas are actually clones of Rinamu (who seems to be the "original" one) and it seems she has the ability of creating more. We actually never see her creating more Rinas though.
69	* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', Houka of the Elite Four gains the ability to make illusionary clones of himself once he upgrades to Probe Regalia MKII.
70	** Nui also demonstrates this ability to make clones of herself during one of her fights with Ryuko.
71	* Shiro, a male-like Lunarian from ''Manga/LandOfTheLustrous'', is able to do this.
72	* ''Anime/LupinIIIDragonOfDoom'' implies that Genzai uses a ninja clone technique or body doubles, as he repeatedly "dies" only to reappear again unharmed.
73	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
74	** Ectoplasm, a U.A. teacher, can create clones by expelling said ectoplasm from his mouth which will then form into multiple clones. The clones can also combine into one giant sized Ectoplasm clone.
75	** Twice can make copies of himself and other people as well, except he has no control over them and refuses to use his power on himself ever since his copies rebelled against him in the past, [[PowerIncontinence and has to wear a mask in order to prevent himself from splitting involuntarily]]. Part of his fear is that, in the chaos of his copies turning on each other, he himself lost track of whether he’s the original or just another duplicate . [[spoiler: He gets over it in the Meta Liberation Army Arc, when Skeptic tries to kill Toga, and creates a truly ''[[ZergRush massive]]'' swarm of clones to near-physically crush the Army]].
76	* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'': This is a favorite technique of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Akane's]], most often used for dragging people around.
77	* In ''Manga/MagicalGirlSite'', Hachi is capable of multiplying herself seemingly indefinitely, creating an army of copies.
78	* In ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'', Ultron makes many copies of his body to fight the Avengers and take over the world.
79	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has various ninjutsu that can create clones.
80	** The Shadow Clone Jutsu (''Kage Bunshin no Jutsu'') is the first to be introduced and the most iconic one among them, not the least due to the protagonist tending to utterly ''spam'' it (the first ever use resulted in around '''2000''' clones!) as part of his pre-TimeSkip combat strategy. After the time skip, he can make absurd numbers if he needs to. At one point, he makes one shadow clone for ''every leaf on a tree'' so that all of them can train on using a new technique at once. And since everything a clone experiences and learns is transferred back to the original when they are dispelled, this greatly reduces his training period from years to mere days.
81	** Other clone jutsu tend to combine it with ElementalPowers, creating a duplicate out of whatever substance a certain ninja has control over: Gaara can use his [[SandBlaster sand jutsu]] to create a clone out of sand, while [[MakingASplash water-users]] like Kisame can summon a water clone. Presumably, this also includes a bit of [[MasterOfIllusion genjutsu]] to make the clone look more lifelike.
82	* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
83	** Negi attempts to make a single copy of himself using a [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} traditional Japanese magic that animates a paper doll]], with which he is unfamiliar. Eventually he succeeds, but all his previous (bungled) attempts also animate, and HilarityEnsues as the small crowd of defective Negi-copies run around amongst his students, just as they decide to make him the object of a kissing competition.
84	** Later, in the manga storyline, Negi experiences the first day of the Mahora [[FestivalEpisode festival]] multiple times via a TimeTravel device, and fails to entirely keep the secret of what he's doing from his students.
85	** Kotarou and Kaede can use (the by-now mandatory) {{Ninja}} self-duplication techniques; Kaede notably starts off a beautiful MundaneUtility sequence by splitting herself into 14 copies in order to forage for edible wild plants ''really fast''.
86	** Haruna has used her ArtInitiatesLife artifact to create copies of herself to get her {{Doujin}} work done faster.
87	** Negi has also learned how to make clones out of lightning. Actually, he could always do that--now they're actually ''convincing''.
88	* ''Manga/NinjaNonsense'' has Onsokumaru attempt to use a cloning jutsu. He succeeds, but ends up locked in an "epic" battle with the clone. [[spoiler: Who poofs out of existence anyway when the spell duration runs out.]]
89	* In ''Anime/NurseWitchKomugi'', Komugi magically cosplays as Ken the Eagle from ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' in a desperate bid to defeat her TransformingMecha-controlling NinjaMaid enemy (who was cosplaying as ''Tekkaman'')... and is soon joined by the rest of the Science Ninja Team, who are also cosplayed Komugis. Another Komugi later appears as TheProfessor. Her sidekick had no idea she could even do that, but Komugi plays it off like nothing at all.
90	* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' 's Kyouko Sakura's ''Rosso Fantasma'' is an attack able of this, but we never see it in action since [[spoiler: it's a remainder of her wish and its results, and her subconscious locks it away]]. She gains access to it once she's [[spoiler: a witch]].
91	* In the ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'' episode "We Caught A Cold", Jyushimatsu somehow multiplies himself and then shrinks those copies down so they can enter the other brothers' bodies and cure their colds.
92	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
93	** Konatsu the Kunoichi has a technique that allows him to create at least three clones of himself which are coordinated with his true body. Given how this would be his most useful ability by far and the fact that it was never used in combat, it may be an illusion similar to Cologne's "Splitting Cat Hairs", or given how it seemed real, more likely simply not developed enough yet to be useful under pressure.
94	** One of the Jusenkyo curses is the Spring of Drowned Twins. It presumably creates a clone of the affected whenever they're splashed with cold water that disappears with hot water, but how exactly it works isn't known. The plot concern ''keeping'' it from being used on Happosai by Pantyhose Taro, who's mistaken it for a different spring. [[spoiler:Happosai is eventually splashed with it, but by so little it only duplicates a bump on his head.]]
95	* In ''Manga/RaveMaster'', "Closed Cocoon" Dorton has a secret technique, Cocoon Army, which can spawn many copies of himself, all with the same powers as him.
96	* In ''Manga/Reborn2004'', Adelheid can use her ice powers to make copies of herself to fight for her.
97	* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': Technological variant.
98	** Tiol, as a result of his EmergencyTransformation at the hands of MadScientist Yatsubiyashi turning him into a TragicMonster human hybrid, serves as a MookMaker using the resources he eats as an ExtremeOmnivore which get recycled by {{Nanomachines}} into new bio-mechanical machines that spring from his body. These eventually get refined enough to be RemoteBody copies of Tiol, and an entire swarm of them dog-pile Akira from the rooftops of the ruins. [[spoiler:Tsubaki using BrainUploading technology resurrects Tiol in one of these platforms.]]
99	** The SuperSoldier Haruka is able to split herself into multiple copies as the result of using a {{Nanomachine}} based SuperSerum that also grants VoluntaryShapeshifting and regenerating FromASingleCell.
100	* In ''Anime/RegaliaTheThreeSacredStars'', [[spoiler: Johann]] is revealed to have multiple clones of [[spoiler: himself]].
101	* ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'':
102	** After [[spoiler:Naofumi and Raphtalia ascend to godhood]], they leave mortal copies of themselves behind to live normal lives alongside their friends.
103	** Medea can break off fragments of her essence and reincarnate them in newborn women so as to wreak chaos and destruction.
104	* [[AnIcePerson Mizore]] from ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' can create "ice clones" of herself and her friends, which seem to be able to operate independently, though they don't last long. They're quite fragile as well, so she doesn't use them as backup combatants.
105	* ''Manga/ShimejiSimulation'' has Big Sis, who is revealed that she is able to create clones of herself, as it is shown when the ''original'' Sis, Majime and Shijima were capturing the other rogue Sis clone, as well as her plan to take the Key in an attempt to unlock the humans the ability to change themselves in a whim, which is mostly triggered by Ayaka's performance.
106	* ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'' has the Art of Shadow Cloning, a ninja skill Gozarutchi mentions in episode 22b. It's apparently difficult to pull off, but Gozarutchi is able to save Kikitchi from floating too high in the air on a slowly-breaking kite by using the ability.
107	* Treated with ''much'' more seriousness in ''Komugi'''s parent series, ''Anime/TheSoulTaker'', with Kyosuke's sister Ruina having created various "Flickers" of her soul to throw off her pursuers. They all look different and a good chunk of them don't even know they're Flickers to begin with.
108	* In ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes'', Blue Hunter can do this thanks to his MasterOfIllusion abilities.
109	* Ryoko and Ryo-Ohki of the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' OVA can do this, but they've never done it in combat - Ryoko used hers for role-playing while Ryo-Ohki wanted carrots.
110	* In ''Literature/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'', Souei can cast off clones of himself that are constantly connected to him, which is definitely useful in his craft.
111	* In the ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' movie "Tiger & Bunny: The Rising", Kasha Graham can create illusions and use them to make copies of herself.
112	* In ''Manga/TokyoESP'', this is the Professor's favoured fighting tactic, which he performs with his illusion-casting powers.
113	* In the last special chapter (after the finale) of ''Manga/ToLoveRu Darkness'', Rito is the victim of another one of Lala's inventions (a cat robot that can make a clone of anything), getting a clone of himself every time he sneezes. Chasing the cat-robot, an entire army of Rito is created and naturally even his ''[[AccidentalPervert skills]]'' are multiplicated. Almost the entire female cast is stripped and groped.
114	* In ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'', BlobMonster Tokage can divide into smaller versions of itself.
115	** Coco can make clones of himself out of poison.
116	* In ''Manga/WorldTrigger'', Wen So can use her trigger to multiply images of herself and fool her opponents.
117	* In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', Trueman can split himself into several copies.
118	* In ''Manga/YuunaAndTheHauntedHotSprings'', both Sagiri and Hibari can make clones of themselves, although only Hibari can make her clones with different outfits.
119	* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Suzaku can create seven copies of himself with his Prism of Seven technique.
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123	* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': The title character can create 2 extra copies of himself that function independently so he can use 3 elemental powers at once. [[spoiler: Later in the series, he can now have 7 copies active at maximum, and 2 at minimum when he uses [[FusionDance Elemental Fusion]].]]
124	* ''Animation/AgentAli'': The young INVISO agent named Moon has holographic technology embedded in her suit that allows her to cause clones of herself to appear, which proves useful in confusing enemies.
125	* Careful S. of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' has the ability to duplicate himself. According to one episode of Season 3, several of his duplicates have distinct personalities that, according to Doctor H., [[LiteralSplitPersonalities are all a part of the actual Careful S.'s personality]] (evidently, [[TheStoic he's good at hiding it]]).
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129	* Myriad from ''ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse'' is an amalgam of Multiple Man and Triplicate Girl.
130	* ''Franchise/TheDCU'':
131	** The "Silent Majority", a member of a throwaway team of American-themed super-powered government agents called the [[{{Pun}} Force of July]]. His code-name came from a combination of his personality (laconic) and his powers.
132	** Phalanx, a Roman-themed supervillain, has this power.
133	** The Engineer from ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' can do this, using nanotech to extrude copies of herself. Her main limitation is that she spreads her consciousness throughout her duplicates, and the more she creates the harder it is for her to manage them all. It's never explicitly stated if she could have created autonomous duplicates.
134	** Figment, a ''ComicBook/Batgirl2011'' villain, can duplicate himself using a power suit.
135	** The minor ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'' villain Repro is modelled after Billy Numerous of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''.
136	** Centipede, a Canadian super-agent who tracks Nelson in ''[[ComicBook/DialHForHero Dial H]]''.
137	** The ''ComicBook/{{Firestorm\|DCComics}}'' villain Multiplex gets this power as well as SuperStrength.
138	** ''ComicBook/TheFlash'':
139	*** Mirror Master is notorious for this (if he appears in any media, you can expect him to do this). He can successfully achieve this effect with the clones being made of glass. He can also create duplicates of other people and heroes that are loyal to him, with the clones of heroes having the same powers.
140	*** Manuel Lago has FromASingleCell abilities, so if a body part is chopped off, it will regrow into a full-bodied clone of him. The clones formed a group called Mob Rule, wishing to gain their own free will.
141	** Yang Kei-Ying/Seven Deadly Brothers from ''ComicBook/GreatTen'' can split himself into seven clones. Each of the seven is the master of a particular form of wushu (or kung fu) such as the Crane style and the Tiger style.
142	** The ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' villain Evil Star can create miniature duplicates of himself called Starlings from his Starband.
143	** ''ComicBook/Hardware1993'' villain Reprise can duplicate himself, as well as his weaponry.
144	** Double Trouble from ''ComicBook/InfinityInc'' can duplicate himself into two. The second clone eventually decided to kill the other and as a result the former disappeared as the two cannot exist alone.
145	** Ten of Hearts from the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' tie-in comic can create ten clones of himself.
146	** Luornu Durgo (a.k.a. Duo Damsel, Triplicate Girl, Triad, or Duplicate Girl, depending on the continuity/series) of ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' can do this as a natural ability of her people. the Carggites. Some continuities give her a specific twist on this trope, such as the duplicates all have distinct personalities or the fact that she's the last of her species, so the entire population of Caragg are just a million duplicates of her.
147	** The minor ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' villain Amoeba has this ability.
148	** There's a ''ComicBook/{{Steel}}'' villain called the Worm who can duplicate himself.
149	** The ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' villainess Swarm has an insect theme and can duplicate herself.
150	** Tetrad Force, the father of ''ComicBook/SuperboyAndTheRavers'' member D.C. Force, can split himself into four mentally linked copies and can be quite useful for getting things done at the Force family's home/farm/compound in Canada.
151	** ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
152	*** The villain Riot can duplicate himself as well as can stick to walls.
153	*** Bizarro can do this, but only under the light of a blue sun. He used this ability to create his own versions of Superman's friends and enemies, including Lois Lane and ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}. This is how [[BizarroUniverse Bizarro World]] was populated.
154	* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
155	** ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'':
156	*** Flashback can summon alternate future versions of himself to fight for him, with the clones gaining an inverted color version of his costume. One of the alternate future versions that died turned out to be his inevitable future self, this caused him to become paranoid and eventually stopped wearing his costume to prevent this. He then had two children Malcolm and Jennifer Monroe who has the exact same powers.
157	*** Janus can split into two beings.
158	** ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'':
159	*** Loki has this power since the first ''Avengers'' story, though he uses it more frequently in the movies.
160	*** Zamira from one annual issue can create clones of herself. However, these clones have a similar appearance and same personalities to people and or heroes she has met.
161	*** ComicBook/ShangChi gains this power in ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman''.
162	** Carnage develops the ability to create and control offshoots of his symbiote in ''ComicBook/{{Carnage}}'' Vol. 1, resulting in a number of duplicate Carnage symbiotes oozing around.
163	** ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'':
164	*** Sporr is an Inhuman with this power.
165	*** The Inhuman Tusk can create miniature clones of himself that sprout out of his hunchback.
166	** Clone Strike Force from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099'' has this ability.
167	** Catherine Mora, the somewhat [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] {{Expy}} from ''ComicBook/SupremePower'', can split herself into two. She can also make the other one disappears making this effectively the {{Twinmaker}} form of teleportation.
168	** Machine Man from ''ComicBook/UltimateFF'', being made of Gah Lak Tus nanomachines, is able to duplicate himself.
169	** ''ComicBook/XMen'':
170	*** Jamie Madrox a.k.a. Multiple Man. If he leaves his duplicates separated for too long, they start to [[LiteralSplitPersonality become more independent and develop their own personalities]], sadly making a MesACrowd plot difficult for too long but an EvilTwin incredibly easy.
171	*** A mutant called Clay who has similar duplicating abilities as Jamie Madrox was hired to assassinate the latter in the series ''ComicBook/{{Madrox}}''.
172	*** The French mutant Legion ([[OneSteveLimit not to be confused with the mutant with the exact same name]]), who's a member of the French Empire from ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'', has the same self-duplication mutant ability.
173	*** Another mutant named Sea Dog has the same cloning ability as Madrox and Legion. He is a member of the Crimson Pirates.
174	*** The ''ComicBook/XFactor'' villain Timeshadow can create several out-of-sync time duplicates of himself with each having their own independent thought.
175	*** Esteban Beach can create electromagnetic duplicates of himself and whatever he is touching.
176	* ''ComicBook/{{Shakara}}'': Phaze is an alien assassin who can summon an infinite amount of AlternateUniverse counterparts of herself.
177	* The astral drops from ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'' are perfect duplicates of the Guardians, only without powers. The problem is that there are not multiple astral drops that get summoned and dismissed, only one that is put in limbo when non-active, so they start developing their own personalities and feelings... And only Hay Lin treats her drop as an actual person ([[WhatTheHellHero something they get called on]]).
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181	* ''Fanfic/ACertainDrollHivemind'': Misaka Mikoto claims that she can create weaker copies of herself out of electricity so long as there's a generator nearby. Her clone Misaka-11111, who is far weaker than her, did not know she had that power, and is very impressed. She completely fails to realize that Mikoto is making up this power on the spot to cover for 11111's presence.
182	* ''Fanfic/LittleHandsBigAttitude'': One of [[spoiler:Kaia]]'s many abilities is to create duplicates of herself. She can only consciously control one at the time, but she can transfer her consciousness between her clones with no issues. Such abilities are quite easy when [[spoiler:you're made of water.]]
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186	* In ''Franchise/{{Aladdin}}'' and its sequels & spin-off series the Genie has this ability as well as shapeshifting and uses it to fill huge entourage parades for Aladdin, become armies of bodyguards, to do [[BusbyBerkeleyNumber huge golden-age of Hollywood dance numbers on his own]] and more.
187	* In ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' and its associated short ''WesternAnimation/AuntieEdna'', Jack-Jack can be seen splitting himself into multiple clones.
188	* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'', Flash villain Mirror Master can do this, with the clones being made of glass.
189	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfFilmSeries'':
190	** In ''Animation/MissionIncredibleAdventuresOnTheDragonsTrail'', Xiao Shen Long the dragon has the ability to duplicate himself.
191	** In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfMeetThePegasus'', Brother Pony has the ability to duplicate himself using a computer mouse, obviously calling it "copy and paste".
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193
194	[[folder:Film — Live-Action]]
195	* The Concerto in F sequence of ''Film/AnAmericanInParis'' features Adam (played by Oscar Levant) as every member of the orchestra and audience.
196	* A cut scene from the script of ''Film/BruceAlmighty'' features Bruce creating an army of himself to beat up some thugs.
197	* In ''Film/CultOfChucky'', [[spoiler:it turns out that Chucky has learned how to copy his soul onto multiple bodies at once. In addition to the original, currently held prisoner by Andy, he possesses three other Good Guy dolls over the course of the film, and ultimately Nica as well. And it turns out that he taught Tiffany the same trick]].
198	* ''Franchise/TheMatrix'': Agent Smith has this ability in ''[[Film/TheMatrixReloaded Reloaded]]'' and onwards. Due to his ex-Agent ability to [[BodySurf hijack]] bluepills being accidently altered by Neo, he gains the ability to copy himself, overriding bluepills, redpills, and even Matrix programs over and over again [[ContagiousAI like a computer virus]]. Needless to say, when he meets Neo once again, there are a lot more Smiths than Neos.
199	* Penny from ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' uses her power to make herself into her own one-woman cheerleading team and GirlPosse.
200	* In ''Film/SmartHouse'', the holographic PAT demonstrates the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time.
201	* ''Film/Supergirl1984'': Selena creates magical shadows of herself during the battle against ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} at the amusement park.
202	* Jamie Madrox/Multiple Man from ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' robs seven banks at the exact same time and serves as decoy for the authorities.
203	[[/folder]]
204
205	[[folder:Literature]]
206	* ''Literature/AMasterOfDjinn'': The Al-Jahiz imposter can double himself, with [[OurGhoulsAreDifferent ghuls who look just like him]] springing up to [[DoppelgangerAttack attack people]] who face him.
207	* ''Literature/ThePerfectRun'':
208	** Bloodstream, Len's father, had the Green power to control his own blood and the Blue power to turn himself into pure information. Combined, he ''became'' his own blood, and he could infect others to turn them into copies of himself. Only about ten copies at a time, though, and he could only infect humans. [[spoiler:Both turn out to be psychological limits. It was predicted that if Len died, he'd go insane and infect the entire world, killing every living thing within months. Then Dynamis used him to make their knockoff elixirs, turning all their customers into potential new Bloodstreams.]]
209	** Psyshock technically does this, though it's more of a BodySurf. After observing Bloodstream's ability, he realized he could use his psychic and cybernetic powers to turn people into latent clones of himself. He can only have one active body at a time, but if one dies he'll just reshape the nearest thrall into a new copy of himself.
210	** [[spoiler:The Alchemist]] turns out to have the ability to create an unlimited number of copies of herself from simulated timelines, with any skills or abilities she might need. She was a worldwide conspiracy of a single person. As it turns out, spending decades with no one but yourself for company leaves you rather narrow-minded, which is why she never saw anything wrong with any of the terrible things she did.
211
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213
214	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
215	* ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'': In "The Great Leap Forward", Jed Gerrity develops the ability to self-duplicate after being exposed to promicin.
216	* Alisha from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' is an Inhuman who can create seemingly limitless copies of herself. Taking out the "real" Alisha will also take out the rest.
217	* ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'':
218	** ''Series/TheFlash2014'':
219	*** Danton Black aka Multiplex is the villain of the week in the second episode. In this case, there is a single "controller", who must be taken down. During the climactic fight, Barry uses his SuperSpeed to locate the one Danton with beads of sweat on him from the exertion of controlling so many copies and slams him into a pillar, knocking out all the copies.
220	*** Speedsters with the Speed Force can travel in time to have another version of themselves assist them. It is called a time remnant, but it is a DangerousForbiddenTechnique, since the time remnant has his own autonomy the same memories and the identity of the original but cannot have his life. This was the case with the big bad of Season 3.
221	** ''Series/Supergirl2015'':
222	*** "Hostile Takeover": One of the alien henchmen can clone himself by literally splitting himself in half in which a clone will quickly grow.
223	*** "Ahimsa": An alien called a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Kopy can duplicate himself]].
224	* ''Series/Charmed1998'':
225	** In a Season 1 episode, Prue casts a spell on herself to create two extra copies of her after Phoebe has a vision of her being stabbed. The two clones are also a LiteralSplitPersonality, as one represents her neurotic, control-freak side, and the other her highly repressed sexual side. The real Prue is unaffected by the split and acts like normal.
226	** Prue develops the power of AstralProjection in Season 2, but it's treated more like SelfDuplication (her astral-body is still on our plane, corporeal and can be seen by others). It's implied late in Season 3 that Prue's Astral Projection would have eventually evolved into true self-duplication [[spoiler:if she hadn't died.]]
227	* Eli from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', who could only be defeated if you took out the "true" him.
228	* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "The Joining", Captain Miles Davidow, a crew member of the Aphrodite facility on UsefulNotes/{{Venus}}, injected himself with the DNA of a Venusian creature in order to keep himself alive; he knew that he would otherwise die as the facility's oxygen supply was rapidly running out. The creatures reproduce by a very advanced form of mitosis, producing complete copies of themselves in the process. When he returns to Earth, Davidow begins to undergo mitosis in the same fashion. It first manifests itself in a form of a HealingFactor. When he cuts off one of his fingers, it regrows within hours. He eventually produces a full size, if unfinished, copy of himself. In order to prevent the risk of him infecting the general population, he is returned to Venus where he and five perfect copies man the Aphrodite facility in permanent exile.
229	* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
230	** Brainiac, being as he was a Terminator 2 like living liquid metal produced by a spaceship, could do this [[SuperpowerLottery on top of so many other things.]] Mostly used so he could be in several places at once to throw people off his scent while plotting.
231	** A season two MonsterOfTheWeek, Ian Randall, was much more limited: one extra person would climb out of his back and he used one to study [[MesACrowd in two places at one so he could achieve the best grades]] since when they recombined so would their memories.
232	[[/folder]]
233
234	[[folder:Literature]]
235	* In ''Literature/TheCandyShopWar'', one of the effects of the Sands Of Time is to split the wearer into three selves. It should be noted, however, that anything that affects one of the selves affects all of them. If one is injured, they are all injured. If one is under the affects of a magic candy, they all are. At the end of the hour, the selves recombine at the closest safe location to the average of their positions.
236	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In ''Literature/ColdDays'', [[spoiler:Sharkface/He Who Walks Before]] has this power, and uses it during the battle for Demonreach.
237	* ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'' has the radiant force multiplier, a bomb that, for a time, creates kaleidoscope-like copies of anything in its area of effect. The heretics use it to get a drop on Cheris' forces in the first battle.
238	* ''[[Literature/TheReckonersTrilogy Mitosis]]'': The titular Epic has the power of at-will duplication, with no "prime" self (any of him can create more clones). The only thing that stops this from being a complete StoryBreakerPower is that his power includes a ConservationOfNinjutsu effect: the more of him are currently in existence the weaker and more fragile each individual copy becomes.
239	* A possible UrExample is the 1943 French short story ''Les Sabines'', by acclaimed writer Marcel Aymé. It deals with an ordinary French woman called Sabine who happens to have this gift ([[AWizardDidIt don't ask why]]), of the "a single mind controls all the bodies" variety. At first she only uses it to do all the housework at once, but, when she meets a charming stranger, she decides to permanently split herself; one of her bodies will remain by her husband's side while the other elopes with the fellow. And as she keeps meeting more potential lovers, she ends up spread thin with thousands of copies all over the world (and people are starting to notice that wherever they go the keep running into unexplained lookalike). Deciding to punish herself, she sends one more avatar to live a tough, rotten life in the slums. Eventually, a thug murders that double, causing all the Sabines to die together.
240	* ''Literature/PostSelf'': The uploaded can fork themselves fairly easily, and by the 24th century have adopted three general philosophies. "Taskers" rarely fork but when they do they make short-term forks that merge back with the original once the task is done. "Trackers" fork more frequently and sometimes maintain them for extended periods. While "dispersionistas" fork often and seemingly for fun.
241	* In ''Literature/SuperPowereds'', Julia can create multiple copies of herself with a HiveMind. It's originally stated that all of her clones are equal, but then this is revealed to be false. There is an original. In fact, she frequently sends a clone to a party, while being the designated driver herself. This allows her to experience everything a clone does without her own body being affected by the negative consequences. She also claims to be a good Christian girl and a TechnicalVirgin, which doesn't stop her from using her doubles to have wild sex (including [[TwinThreesomeFantasy Twin Threesome Fantasies]], of course) with guys. This way, she can maintain that her own body has never been penetrated, while also having plenty of experience and enjoyment.
242	* ''Literature/WeAreLegionWeAreBob'': The point of a Von Neumann probe is that it can make more of itself to spread across the galaxy. Bob hesitates before making his first batch, but soon has no choice but to go through with it. Each new clone has a slightly different part of the original Bob's personality emphasized, and chooses a new name for himself.
243	* In the ''Literature/WearingTheCape'' books, there are a variety of Redux-type superhumans. Examples include Platoon, who duplicates himself permanently on a regular basis (there are implied to be dozens of him), and the supervillain Flash Mob, who can make 20 or so temporary duplicates.
244	* The ''{{Literature/Worm}}'' universe offers several examples:
245	** The supervillain Oni Lee is a teleporter that leaves short-lived duplicates behind every time he jaunts. He uses this to great effect when combined with duplicated weaponry such as handguns or grenades.
246	** The superhero Prism can split into three copies and remerge into any of the three to gain enhanced strength, speed, and durability.
247	** Spree, a member of the villain team known as The Teeth, can spam vast hordes of duplicates ... that get dumber and dumber every second they're [="=]alive[="=].
248	** Cape-turned-mercenary Satyrical has the ability to produce flesh clones that can shapeshift to look like whoever he wants them to.
249
250	[[/folder]]
251
252	[[folder:Myth and Religion]]
253	* [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} The Buddha]] created multiple images of himself in various postures while performing the Miracle at Śrāvastī.
254	* Korean folk hero Hong Gildong could do this by transforming straw dolls into doppelgangers of himself.
255	* Pan, from Greek mythology, had the ability to split into multiple "Panes", each with its own name. Three of them, Agreos, Nominos and Aegipan, are described as having their own unique appearances, personalities and abilities.
256	* [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]] is sometimes attributed with this ability as one of the kung fu disciplines he learns ("Hair into Many", etc.).
257	* Draupnir from Norse Mythology is a golden ring that was made as a gift for Odin; it's capable of automatically creating up to eight copies of itself every ninth night.
258	[[/folder]]
259
260	[[folder:Pinball]]
261	* The backstory for ''VideoGame/MadDaedalus'' briefly mentions Icarus, a clone of Daedalus that he created to serve as his assistant.
262	[[/folder]]
263
264	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
265	* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' and ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' have this as the Duplication power.
266	* In ''{{TabletopGame/DCHeroes}}'' this was the Split power.
267	* In ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'', the ubiquity of BrainUploading technology means that anyone can copy their mind-state and download it into a secondary body. This process is known as 'forking'. People can generate several types of forks - alpha forks are full, one-to-one copies of the primary ego. Beta forks are 'pruned' copies of the ego, usually with reduced skillsets and substantial memory loss, and are often created to perform a specific task. Delta forks are the most rudimentary type of fork, more like generic AIs with a personality template than full beings. When a fork's task is complete, it is usually merged back into the primary ego. However, depending on how long it's been since the fork was generated and how much the two minds have diverged, reintegration may be more difficult or even impossible. Up to a day of separation is acceptable, but at a week or more, substantial mental damage becomes a risk. The legality and morality of forking is disputed within the setting, and varies depending on which polity the characters are in -- under some governments, forks are considered property, not sentient beings in their own right, or vice versa. Forking is a taboo subject in many places.
268	* In ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'', the highly advanced "Manifold Presence" spell creates multiple temporary copies of the spellcaster. They can also be made autonomous and can potentially operate anywhere in the world, while sharing their sensory input with the caster.
269	* The Selesnya Conclave from ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has cards that have an ability called Populate which makes copies of Creature Tokens on the playing field.
270	[[/folder]]
271
272	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
273	* Figment has this ability in ''Ride/JourneyIntoImagination'' at [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Epcot]], with there being an entire scene of his own clones each doing a different activity while singing the ride's theme song "One Little Spark".
274	[[/folder]]
275
276	[[folder:Video Games]]
277	* ''VideoGame/{{Blaseball}}'': Players can appear at bat even if they are already on base. This most commonly happens when the roster is too small for every player to appear uniquely.
278	** During the Coffee Cup, Liquid Friend was the only batter for BC Noir. Every time a player came up to bat, it was just another copy of Liquid Friend.
279	** The Secret Base modification for stadiums, introduced in Season 15. When a player actually enters it, things get weird. Lenny Spruce of the Boston Flowers entered the Base, came up to bat, then two of him came out of the Base, and then he batted one of his other selves in.
280	** Due to mishaps involving Flooding, Kelvin Drumsolo ended up on first base, second base, third base, and then batted themselves in with a triple to score three runs.
281	* ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'': The power of the Waist Mannequin. As said in its description of its effect:
282	--> The item duplicates. The trigger [...] is unknown. No correlation can be found in either the number of duplications that manifest during an episode or the duration for which they last before disappearing.
283	* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'': Taken Psions can perform this, sometimes to the level of MesACrowd.
284	* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'': The Mechanist class has the ''[[http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Replicate Replicate]]'' skill that allows the user to create a copy of themself. A copy shares everything that the original has, including skills, current stats, current class, and inventory.
285	* A variation of late-game enemies in ''VideoGame/{{Ghostrunner}}'' is capable of this, and the player has to cut through each one until the original is killed in order for the rest of the clones to disintegrate.
286	* ''VideoGame/{{Grow}}'': The onkies can sometime do this, which allows them to do some teamworks.
287	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
288	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfSeasons'': The miniboss Agunima can create three copies of himself, which move about the room and attack Link independently. The two copies are invulnerable, but can be told from the real wizard because [[CastsNoShadow they don't cast shadows]].
289	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': Monk Maz Koshia, the final boss of ''The Champions' Ballad'' DLC, will being to split himself into nine copies in the second phase of his battle. Each of these copies can damage Link, although only one of them is the true Monk -- the others go down in one hit. If all the copies are destroyed, Maz Koshia can summon more later.
290	* ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'': Gemini Man can have up to four clones alongside the original.
291	* In ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2'', [[spoiler:Dark Falz Double creates an army of copies of itself to guard the Profound Darkness]]. It's later revealed that [[spoiler:despite appearing as twins, the true Double is the boy, while the girl is an OppositeSexClone he made of himself]].
292	* ''VideoGame/MutantNight'' has power-ups which change your character into a dozen copies of himself, all attacking a single target simultaneously. The copies are invulnerable, to boot, at least until the effect wears off the the player is down to one mutant again.
293	* [[MeaningfulName Impfinity]], one of the Zombie Heroes from ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesHeroes'' is capable of creating several clones of himself via a device on his chest. His Signature Superpower "Triple Threat" spawns two Impfinity Clones in random lanes.
294	* [[https://competor.itch.io/duplicators This Puzzlescript game.]] Too bad the monsters can do the same. You can even TeleFrag yourself again if you [[VideoGame/{{Sokoban}} stand in the way of yourself]] (but make sure that it aren't your last two personas).
295	* ''VideoGame/RingRunnerFlightOfTheSages'' has a [[SpaceMaster caster]] ability called the Forked Path Catalyst, which creates two other copies of the caster. [[StealthInSpace Rogues]] can create decoys, with physical presence that ranges from standard {{hologram}}s to HardLight.
296	%%* ''VideoGame/Run3'': The Duplicator does exactly what you think he does.
297	* In ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'', the ninja characters Hanzo Hattori and Nene can create duplicates of themselves to attack alongside them.
298	* ''Spare Change'' used intermission scenes similar to ''VideoGame/PacMan'' at the end of each level. The third one is titled "Double Agent", where the two baddies make a tactic of stealing and running in different directions. In response, the arcade owner splits in two to chase after the thieves.
299	* Some of the [[spoiler:zombie ponies]] can do this in ''VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks''.
300	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
301	** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': Subverted. Yaridovich is able to disguise into several identical Toads (save the one pretending to be the elder). However, his real form looks nothing like the Toad duplicates. Played straight with one of his special moves, which produces an equally strong copy of himself with less HP.
302	** ''VideoGame/MarioParty8'': The Weeglee Candy turns the character who eats it into three smaller duplicates of themselves. After they hit the Dice Block, they can steal one Candy from every character they pass by.
303	* In ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}'', this is Copy Cat's power on Super Power Island. The clones disappear when you touch them, though.
304	* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
305	** Flandre Scarlet can do this up to three times for her "Taboo - Four of a Kind" spell card attack. She does this as an improvement of the stock vampire "turn into a swarm of bats, then back into a person" ability.
306	** Her sister Remilia enhanced the power in the opposite way - never more than one humanoid body, but has no limit to the number of bats she can exist as and can [[FromASingleCell change back from any single bat]].
307	** In a general sense, this is one of the innate abilities of being a [[OurGodsAreDifferent Shinto god]]. When a god is enshrined or summoned, you don't actually call the god itself, but rather creating an exact replica of that god's spirit. This is how in ''VideoGame/TouhouHisoutensokuChoudokyuuGinyoruNoNazoOOe'', Sanae can summon her goddess Suwako to fight against Suwako. In the same game, it's also the justification for a Suwako MirrorMatch.
308	* Janus Cascade in ''VideoGame/WildArms3'' revealed his ability to make duplicate bodies of himself, in an attempt [[FakingTheDead to escape death by the protagonist party]]. Unfortunately for him, [[KilledOffForReal he perished for good shortly thereafter.]]
309	[[/folder]]
310
311	[[folder:Webcomics]]
312	* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': Harem has this power, on top of being a HiveMind with teleportation powers. Any potential problems with the duplication are averted; each different body has a "different personality", but it's just a façade on Harem's part. In her words, "There's no 'this one' or 'that one', there's just ME." Having said that, she does personalize each different body with hairstyles, tattoos, piercings, and wardrobes for each copy. It also helps that she has incredible intelligence.
313	* ''WebComic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Gog-Agog is an insane GodEmperor [[AnimalisticAbomination made of worms]]. ''Trillions'' of worms, spread across the myriad universes of TheMultiverse, [[TheWormThatWalks which she uses to make bodies for herself]] and [[TheAssimilator to convert other beings into more Gog-Agog]]. Because killing her would require destroying every single worm, Gog-Agog is near-unkillable, [[spoiler:and has survived [[EternalRecurrence the repeated destruction of the multiverse]] and the ensuing ResetButton an unknown number of times.]]
314	%%* ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'': Muraki's Ethereal Body power essentially results in this.
315	* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'': A "racist whale-frog" spirit that breaks into Max's house has this power. It can bring any reflection to life, and feeds by [[AutoCannibalism eating copies of itself]].
316	-->'''Max:''' Okay that's a little out of my comfort zone. Gonna call for some backup.\
317	'''Alt Text:''' A pragmatic ghost hunter would be happy with this turn of events, as the number of foes has decreased.
318	* Cassidy/Flash Cut's main power in ''WebComic/SleeplessDomain'': she uses her [[ShearMenace giant scissors]] to split herself into two people, each clone wielding half the pair of scissors as a sword. [[spoiler:There ''are'' downsides to this, though, mainly, they're subject to GeminiDestructionLaw, so when a monster slashes ''both'' halves at once, Cassidy only has time to stab Goops in the eye before she disappears entirely.]]
319	* In ''Webcomic/{{Sombulus}}'', Tenge Kaedermos has the ability to split into several autonomous copies of himself at will, as well as recombine himself magically. There seems to be no core copy or hivemind, though it is indicated that [[http://sombulus.com/comic/621 a copy will share the same level of energy as the original]]. The Morphids are another group have this ability as well, and can flood an area with [[http://sombulus.com/comic/750 hundreds of copies]] in a zombie-like horde. (Though in their case, it does not appear to be voluntary.)
320	[[/folder]]
321
322	[[folder:Web Original]]
323	* Manson Haight, a small-time paragang member from ''[[Literature/AcademyOfSuperheroes ASH]]'', has the power to make one duplicate every day.
324	* Zahra Ghorbani from ''Literature/HeroesSaveTheWorld'' can make copies of herself, but they only remain for as long as they're in physical contact with her.
325	* Sebastian from ''WebVideo/ThePlatoonOfPowerSquadron'' can multiply herself. She mostly uses her power to get off work and to have someone to play video games with. Unfortunately, after a certain number of copies they get a little unstable and less like herself. [[spoiler:One of them even left to move in with her boyfriend due to constantly being treated like she's just a clone.]]
326	* Flynt Coal from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' can create four copies of himself, typically to amplify his trumpet weapon.
327	* Troika of the Literature/WhateleyUniverse can split into three identical people, while OMAG can split into at least six people but the duplicates don't seem to have the autonomy that Troika's dupes do.
328	[[/folder]]
329
330	[[folder:Western Animation]]
331	* The one-off villain [[Recap/TheBatmanS4E4TheEverywhereMan Everywhere Man]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', who uses a duplicator device to create clones of himself that can be dispelled with the push of a button. The catch is that every successive clone is more independent and less morally compromised than the last; the "prime" E-Man is actually a clone that locked up the original to use his invention for crime.
332	* ''Franchise/Ben10'':
333	** Nosedeenians are electric-based aliens that can self-duplicate with enough power.
334	** Ditto from the [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 original series]] could do this, but if one of the copies was harmed, it would affect every one of them.
335	** Echo Echo from ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' can also do this and every copy is independent of itself, meaning Ben can keep one of them as backup in case anything bad happens to the others.
336	** In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'', we get to see Ditto's natural predator who can also self duplicate.
337	** The new alien Slapback from [[WesternAnimation/Ben102016 the reboot]] can duplicate himself with each clone becoming heavier and stronger.
338	* The ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' Villain, Torque has this as his special ability, [[spoiler: as bestowed upon him by Buzz's greater Arch-Enemy, Emperor Zurg.]]
339	* Father has this power in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands but only for one episode]]. Each copy can use his fire powers to equal strength of the original, but [[FightingAShadow disperse into shadow]] with one hit. The main purpose of them was so Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 362 [[ItMakesSenseInContext couldn't pin him down to make him tag one of them]].
340	-->'''Father:''' You know, I never ''was'' fond of Tag. I always preferred... ''(creates dozens of copies in an instant)'' '''''[[SpeakInUnison HIDE AND SEEK!!!]]'''''
341	* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', this is a rare power among ghosts. Vlad Plasmius can use it without difficulty. Danny himself spends most of the series trying to perfect it, and his evil future self (who incidentally absorbed Vlad's ghost half) has mastered it.
342	* ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'':
343	** Superman villain Luminus manages to achieve this effect with the clones being made from HardLight in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''.
344	** Chronos managed to give the Dee Dee twins this power in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E13TimeWarped The Once and Future Thing: Time, Warped]]", which causes them to duplicate if they are struck.
345	** [[Recap/StaticShockS1E12Replay Replay]] in ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', a FormerChildStar who uses his copies to steal. They are shown to be separate individuals, but he has the ability to wipe them out from existence at will, thus keeping them in line.
346	* Multi-Man of The Impossibles in ''WesternAnimation/FrankensteinJr'''s backup cartoon can, as his name suggests, make multiple copies of himself. The idea ended up getting recycled for another series, ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperGlobetrotters''.
347	* This is the power of LoonyFan Sebastian in the ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' episode "Rock My World".
348	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'':
349	** The Sapotis, the akumatized form of Alya's twin sisters Ella and Etta, are a pair (at first) of imp-like monsters that split into two every time they eat something ([[ExtremeOmnivore and they'll eat anything]]). They're individually weak but quickly manage to get Ladybug and Cat Noir on the defensive because the heroes simply can't take them out quicker than they multiply.
350	** The Mouse Miraculous has the special power of "Multitude", which lets the user split into multiple copies. However, they all [[SizeShifter shrink in size]] proportionally to the number of duplicates.
351	* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Too Many Pinkie Pies", Pinkie finds a magic pool that allows her to do this. She ends up cloning herself to be able to spend more time with her friends. Then things get worse.
352	* ''WesternAnimation/PrivateSnafu'': In "Gas", the sentient cloud of DeadlyGas splits itself into three in order to surround Snafu.
353	* He doesn't normally have this power, but in one episode, ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' uses this to demonstrate that a lucid dreamer can do anything they want in a dream. "I can make a million of me!"
354	* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', Hekapoo can create an army of clones of herself, but they'll disappear if the flames above their heads are blown out.
355	* Billy Numerous in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''. A particularly skilled one too, since he's able to create literally dozens of clones near-instantaneously with no power loss. Yes, he's only about as strong as the average man, but when you suddenly have 30 of them, all sucker-punching you from every angle, he's a fairly formidable villain. However, he does have a "cap" of how many he can make (implied to be in the hundreds or so, admittedly), and trying to go further than that cap causes all his duplicates to come back together.
356	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'': The Living Doll from "Grandpa Wore Tights" is an elderly superhero who's "full of tinier men". He can [[MatryoshkaObject split his body apart to reveal smaller versions of himself]], and uses this power to distract Handy and the Human Ton.
357	* Lady Redundant Woman from ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' got this power after, no joke, ''fusing with a photocopier''.
358	* The Ring of Nine Dragons in ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' allowed the user to duplicate him/herself, but cut his/her power into equal portions and leads to LiteralSplitPersonality.
359	* Dr. Simon Ecks from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', in a case of AdaptationalSuperpowerChange, can create clones of himself. If the main Simon is knocked out, all of the clones will disappear.
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363	* Certain species of plants, fungi, and bacteria have the power to form [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonal_colony clonal colonies]] where a single ancestor can reproduce vegetatively, not sexually, to form a large population of clones. Sometimes these clones are interconnected through roots and runners to form a [[IAmLegion single massive organism]] that is [[ExpendableClone practically immortal]].
364	** Most notable of these is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_%28tree%29 Pando]], a 100 acre large connected Quaking Aspen colony with 43,000 individuals estimated to be over [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 80,000-years-old]].
365	*** The cloning ability was actually used to overcome the effects of climate change where the post ice age west was inhospitable for Aspen seedlings. Without young aspens or conifers, which were both sensitive to the arid environment, to compete with, the clonal colonies came to predominate. Some estimate that in some places Aspen have [[NoSexAllowed not reproduced sexually]] for 10,000 years.
366	* And when it comes to individual cells, there is of course mitosis in general, the form of cell division in which each daughter cell has a complete copy of the genetic code in the end. [[note]]As opposed to meiosis for the purpose of sexual reproduction, in which the daughter cells only get one half of all the genes.[[/note]] Though which of the genes get ''expressed'' after that, determining the individual cells' form and function, is another matter...
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