History CorruptedCharacterCopy / WesternAnimation

** Airlock is one of [[Characters/MetroidSamusAran Samus Aran]] from the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' franchise. While Samus is an AntiHero in her worst moments and usually TheHero and a FriendToAllLivingThings, Airlock is a NominalHero at best and usually AxCrazy. It is rather telling that Airlock's color scheme is almost identical to that of ''[[Characters/MetroidMetroidPrimeAndDarkSamus Dark]]'' [[Characters/MetroidMetroidPrimeAndDarkSamus Samus]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS1E8Heroes Heroes]]" has the Terrific Trio, a [[TheFantasticFaux Fantastic Faux]] who [[CompositeCharacter mix-and-match]] [[DecompositeCharacter certain elements]] between each other; Magma has the backstory of Reed Richards and a powerset that's a mix of The Thing and the Human Torch, while Freon is Susan Storm with an inverted version of the Human Torch's powers, and 2-D Man has the powers of Mr. Fantastic with [[FlatCharacter almost no personality]]. They start off as heroes, but after they learn their conditions are unstable and that their friend [[CrazyJealousGuy Dr. Hodges]] was the one who orchestrated the accident that gave them their powers to [[MurderTheHypotenuse take Magma out of the picture]], and after the public, the military, and law enforcement [[HeroWithBadPublicity turn on them]], they become emotionally destroyed and try to duplicate the accident, not caring that the radiation would destroy the city. A conversation between Batman and Magma lampshades this accordingly.
-->'''Batman:''' I've gotta shut that thing off! Thousands of people will die! Mag-Dr. Morgan, you can't let that happen! You're a hero, remember?\\
'''Magma:''' No, I'm an accident. [[ATrueHero Real heroes, they make a choice]]. I never did.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'':
** "The Criss Cross Conspiracy" features a crime-fighting "Bat Lady" named Katrina Moldoff, who closely resembles Kathy Kane, the original Bat-Woman in the comics. After being publicly unmasked by the Riddler years ago, she goes off the rails and tries to kill the Riddler as revenge for her humiliation... [[FreakyFridayFlip In Batman's Body!]]
** Additionally, there's the Faceless Hunter, herald to Starro the Conqueror. Much like the Characters/SilverSurfer, the Faceless Hunter made a deal with Starro to become his scout when the latter invaded his planet. [[spoiler: Turns out the deal was to ''destroy'' the planet, as the Faceless Hunter's pacifistic people looked down on his occupation. Starro, finding that he couldn't control beings without faces, was originally going to simply leave.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMysteryOfTheBatwoman'' features a character named Kathy [=DuQuesne=], who is named in reference to Kathy Kane, the ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} of the comics. Much like ''The Brave and the Bold'' example above, the makers of the movie intended to straight-up name her "Kathy Kane", but were asked by DC to change it because the movie's Kathy is more of a ruthless AntiHero than the comic book version.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'', Magpie is this to Catwoman. They're both female villains with a romantic interest in Batman--but while Catwoman is typically portrayed as being an antihero that Batman often tries to reform, Magpie is a dangerously unstable psychopath that Batman eventually decides is BeyondRedemption. And in contrast to Catwoman and Batman's [[DatingCatwoman famous relationship]], Magpie is a {{Yandere}} StalkerWithACrush whose attraction towards Batman is not reciprocated at all, even before he gave up trying to reform her.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'':
** "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS1E18And19Legends Legends]]" is a homage to the old comics where the Justice League would travel to a parallel world and team up with its heroes, the Justice Society. In the episode, the heroes the Justice League meet are the Justice Guild, expies of the Justice Society. The members of the Guild are portrayed as having views [[DeliberateValuesDissonance very much in tune with their time]], which causes some friction with the League and their more modern views. The final reveal is that [[spoiler:the ''real'' Justice Guild was killed saving the world, and the versions the Justice League meet are embodied figments of another character's imagination]].
** In "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E24To26Starcrossed Starcrossed]]", Earth is visited by a group of Hawkgirl's people, the Thanagarians. The group's leader, [[SignificantAnagram Hro Talak]], closely resembles Katar Hol, Hawkgirl's Thanagarian partner in the comics, but turns out to be a CrazyJealousGuy and [[spoiler:a WellIntentionedExtremist who becomes the story arc's main villain]].
** Galatea from ''Justice League Unlimited'' has ComicBook/PowerGirl's costume with a smaller CleavageWindow and no cape. She's a clone of Supergirl who's sadistic and ''hates'' Supergirl because her very existence [[CloneAngst reminds her that she's just a clone]].
** Cadmus seems to have a penchant for creating this trope, as they also created the Ultimen from "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E9Ultimatum Ultimatum]]", a collection of copies of the {{Canon Foreigner}}s from ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'': Long Shadow for Apache Chief, Wind Dragon for Samurai, Juice for Black Vulcan, and Shifter and Downpour for the Wonder Twins. Even ''Superman'' finds Wind Dragon too corny for his liking and their NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, a staple of the classic Superfriends cartoons, is a sign that their powers are unstable and that they're suffering from CloneDegeneration. After learning that they're clones, they eventually decide to rebel and destroy the cloning tanks despite [[TokenGoodTeammate Long Shadow]]'s protests of them endangering innocent people, and the Justice League has to stop them.
** Aresia from the episode "Fury" is modeled on Lyta Trevor/Fury of ''Comicbook/InfinityInc'', but is a StrawFeminist who thinks she can prove herself to the Amazons by killing all men, even when the Amazons themselves try to stop her.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'': This version of Ivo seems to take a fair bit of inspiration from Tony Stark, AKA Iron Man, who is similarly a dramatic, fashionable, and flashy CEO of a billion-dollar company that develops a combat suit to protect the world from harm. He's even referred to as "Tony" instead of Anthony. However, Marvel Tony only made the Iron Man suit as a response to his experiences with war and the life-threatening heart injury he attained in the process, is very careful of who has access to the technology, and despite some narcissism, is a genuinely heroic man. Ivo is an amoral jerk more akin to Lex Luthor, who picks on anybody he sees as beneath him and intends to sell his evidently dangerous invention to anybody who can pay enough cash, despising Superman for gaining the attention and love of Metropolis. Also, before he became Iron Man, Tony Stark was clean with no criminal record or interest in making money through crime despite his flaws and was a very successful businessman. Dr. Anthony Ivo had illegal collections before he became the parasite and was immoral enough to make money through crime, and then we learned that the board of directors of his company was going vote him out as CEO with one of the board directors telling him that he's broke, it's all the stated that he hopes that his new power suit would save his wealth and company with him being too delusional and narcissistic to see that even if his presentation is successful it will not save his company.

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': In "Where There's Smoke", the unnamed man who runs the Center for Paranormal Studies, a school that helps kids with superpowers learn to control their abilities, is [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX a bald man with potent psychic powers.]] Admittedly, he does not use a wheelchair and he has different powers, but it's still pretty blatant he's at the very least a ShoutOut to Professor X. However, while Xavier may have WellIntentionedExtremist tendencies in his darker incarnations, he wants peace and serves as a mentor to his students. The CPS leader wants to use [[AntiVillain Volcana]] as either a living weapon or an experimental subject and doesn't care what happens to her in the process.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''
** Val-Yor is a ComicBook/CaptainAtom look-alike who deconstructs the idea of a NobleBigot.
** Professor Chang is based on Hannibal Chew from ''Film/BladeRunner'', having the same outfit, [[Creator/JamesHong same actor]], and same occupation. The difference is Chang is evil, dangerous, and willingly works for the villains.
** Billy Numerous and See-More are evil teenage versions of X-Men members [[Characters/XFactor Multiple Man]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] respectively.
** Private HIVE is a teenage version of the ComicBook/{{Guardian}} whose devotion is to an AcademyOfEvil.
** Kyd Wykkyd has a design and demeanor emulating Franchise/{{Batman}}.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': At first, [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsMrKrabs Mr. Krabs]] was very much a straight forward copy of [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]]. Both are business owners who keep their original dimes, both have last names that reflect their species, and both are known very well for how avaricious they are, namely in how cheap they can be and how much money they want to make. However, while Scrooge might be known for his cheap ways, [[EveryoneHasStandards he makes a point to make money fair and square]]: he never steals, he prioritizes the lives of others (including his family), and is willing to put his greed aside if the situation calls for it. By contrast, Krabs has no problem stealing from even his own mother, nor is he above doing immoral things like selling bad products like expired meat in the Krabby Patties or assembling a playground out of garbage if he can profit from it, and has to be forced to spend any money on his daughter. The fact that Scrooge manages to be the richest in his world, while Krabs runs a fairly popular restaurant that doesn't make as much as he wants, helps illustrate how different the two are.

* ''WesternAnimation/Primal2019'': Perhaps unintentionally, but the Chieftain is very similar Norse warrior featured in the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode "[[Recap/SamuraiJackS1E10JackAndTheLavaMonster Jack and the Lava Monster]]". [[spoiler:Both men lost their allies and family in a battle that wiped them out. In addition, both men were transformed into huge MagmaMan monsters after being cursed by powerful demons. The Viking Jack met became said creature through will and was determined to find a worthy opponent who could defeat him so he could ascend to Valhalla to escape the curse placed by Aku. The Chieftain, however, accepted a deal with the demon, willingly turning into a monster for the sake of revenge; his actions cost him a chance to ascend to Valhalla, and he suffers damnation as a result.]]

* WesternAnimation/{{Archer}} is less an expy of Franchise/JamesBond and more a counter to the [[TuxedoAndMartini Gentleman Spy]] archetype in general. [[Characters/ArcherSterlingArcher Sterling Archer]] has zero gentlemanly traits, is a PsychopathicManchild who habitually bullies his coworkers, routinely endangers missions (and coworkers) due to his [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centeredness]] or lack of any useful skills (beyond ass-kicking), [[ReallyGetsAround and has gotten the clap so many times it's more like applause]]. [[spoiler:[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome He even fathers an illegitimate child because of the last one]].]]

** [[Characters/AmphibiaKingAndrias King Andrias Leviathan]] is a morally-inverted version of [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} King Asgore]]. Both have very similar designs, being LargeAndInCharge monster kings wearing AllEncompassingMantle[=s=] and ruling over kingdoms of monsters in parallel dimensions. While Asgore is initially set up to be the BigBad (he wants to kill the protagonist and take their soul so that he can wage war on mankind), he is ultimately revealed to be driven out of grief over the death of his children, is regretful of his actions, and can eventually be spared and redeemed should the protagonist choose to do so (and that is if he is not upstaged and killed by some of the bigger villains in the game). Andrias is the opposite: he is set up to be a potential ally to the protagonist Anne as he seems to be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure and seems willing to help her return home, but at the end of the second season is exposed as a megalomaniacal conqueror bent on conquering other dimensions. The third season even shows him experimenting on Marcy as part of his goals much like how Asgore harvested human souls in his bid to conquer the human world]].

** One-shot character Fnog is a green-skinned alien and martial arts instructor based on the likes of Miyagi from ''Film/{{The Karate Kid|1984}}'' and Yoda from ''Franchise/StarWars'', but instead of being a wise and noble mentor, he's a sexist douchebag who refuses to acknowledge Leela's skill just because she's female and [[AtLeastIAdmitIt doesn't even deny that he was a horrible teacher to Leela]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Green Eggs and Ham|2019}}'': Philip Trouser is a clear [[Film/JamesBond James Bond]] parody, but while James Bond is usually a competent agent on the side of good ([[AntiHero some issues and flaws aside]]), Philip is a dumb {{Narcissist}} who antagonizes the heroes.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Primal|2019}}'': Perhaps unintentionally, but the Chieftain is very similar Norse warrior featured in the episode [[Recap/SamuraiJackS1E10JackAndTheLavaMonster Jack and the Lava Monster]] of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''. [[spoiler: Both men lost their allies and family in a battle that wiped them out. In addition, both men were transformed into huge MagmaMan monsters after being cursed by powerful demons. The Viking Jack met became said creature through will and was determined to find a worthy opponent who could defeat him so he could ascend to Valhalla to escape the curse placed by Aku. The Chieftain, however, accepted a deal with the demon, willingly turning into a monster for the sake of revenge; his actions cost him a chance to ascend to Valhalla, and he suffers damnation as a result]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': The creators of this cartoon based on the 1984 ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' took frequent potshots against Creator/{{Filmation}}, who had sought to exploit the fame of that movie and put out a cartoon continuation of their unrelated 1975 ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters''. One episode even featured expies of the main characters from the Filmation series as incompetent competitors to the ''real'' Ghostbusters (the Jake Kong stand-in was portrayed in a particularly bad light as a phony psychic).

* The episode of ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'''s "Angelica Breaks a Leg" takes a sledgehammer to ''Series/DoogieHowserMD'' with Dr. Doozer. He is about as competent as you'd expect someone that age to be, and he takes any criticism as a slight against his age, leading him to misdiagnose Angelica with a broken leg and to send away a truly injured football player without treatment. To be fair, he does own up to his mistake at the end of the episode.

** Belos is actually a twofer in this comparison to the Pines Family, and with his full backstory revealed it’s become clear that he’s also very similar to Mabel. Both of them have a more mature close sibling who looked out for and protected them, but felt threatened and jealous when said sibling developed an interest in a world of magic that threatened to take them away and threw a fit with serious repercussions in response, then created a [[LovingAShadow a hollow imitation out of magic as a replacement sibling.]] Both of them also have significant issues with gaining and retaining CharacterDevelopment as a result of their adventures in magic. The major difference between them is that for all of her flaws Mabel never intended to cause any harm before being manipulated by Bill, was more unconscious and impulsive than purposely evil and managed to fix the relationship with his brother at time while Belos is an EvilOverlord that is completely unapologetic about his actions and has never let his anger at this brother go and actively searched for a way to live forever in order to continue punishing him and the magic world he fell in love with.

** Lucy, a villain from ''[[ShowWithinAShow Good Witch Azura 2: The Betrayening]]'' appears to be one for the show's protagonist, [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLuzNoceda Luz Noceda]] herself. She's an IdenticalStranger to Luz, except older and with different complexion and hair color, but is a villainous WellIntentionedExtremist who betrayed Azura (Luz' favorite character) so badly for [[ParodySue Azura]] to declare [[ThisIsUnforgivable she will never forgive her]] and threatens Hecate (apparently favorite of Amity [[spoiler:Luz' girlfriend]]). Luz, who is at the time consumed by guilt over [[spoiler:unwittingly helping Philip and Collector meet, while time-travelling, setting Philip on a path to become Emperor Belos and almost killing all witches on the Boiling Isles]] and fearing how will her friends react if they ever find out, sees the movie in mental state where she can clearly notice the similiarities between herself and the fictional villainess, but not the "corrupted" part, only making her spiral deeper into self-blame.

** [[Characters/TotalDramaCourtney Courtney]] is a more ruthless version of Jen Masterson from ''{{WesternAnimation/Sixteen}}''. Most of the first generation ''Total Drama'' contestants share a character archetype with someone from ''[=6teen=]'', the show's predecessor. Courtney and Jen are both uptight, rule-following, ambitious and studious girls. But, while Jen can be bossy and a control freak at times, her intentions are almost always good, and she cares about her friends and family more than she cares about winning or always being right. Courtney adopts a controlling attitude toward her team because she believes she knows what's best, no one else, and won't tolerate challenges to her self-imposed authority. And it's not much of a stretch to say she has no real friends; she'll backstab anyone and everyone -- allies, teammates, boyfriends -- if there's even the slightest chance of it getting her what she wants.

** [[Characters/TotalDramaCourtney Courtney]] is a more ruthless version of Jen Masterson from ''{{WesternAnimation/Sixteen}}''. Most of the first generation ''Total Drama'' contestants share a character archetype with someone from ''[=6teen=]'', the show's predecessor. Courtney and Jen are both uptight, rule-following, ambitious, and studious girls. But, while Jen can be bossy and a control freak at times, she cares about her friends and family more than anything and will always choose them first in the end. On the other hand, Courtney will backstab anyone and everyone -- friends, teammates, boyfriends -- if there's even the slightest chance of getting her what she wants.

* The episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' "Angelica Breaks a Leg" takes a sledgehammer to ''Series/DoogieHowserMD'' with Dr. Doozer. He is about as competent as you'd expect someone that age to be, and he takes any criticism as a slight against his age, leading him to misdiagnose Angelica with a broken leg and to send away a truly injured football player without treatment. To be fair, he does own up to his mistake at the end of the episode.

* Clay Puppington from ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' is a clear parody of [[Series/LeaveItToBeaver Ward Cleaver]], the archetypal StandardFiftiesFather. But while Ward was portrayed as wise and loving, Clay is neurotic, selfish, and a terrible husband and father.

* ''WesternAnimation/VillainousCartoonNetwork'': Airlock is one of [[Characters/MetroidSamusAran Samus Aran]] from the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' franchise. While Samus is an AntiHero in her worst moments and usually TheHero and a FriendToAllLivingThings, Airlock is a NominalHero at best and usually AxCrazy. It is rather telling that Airlock's color scheme is almost identical to that of ''[[Characters/MetroidMetroidPrimeAndDarkSamus Dark]]'' [[Characters/MetroidMetroidPrimeAndDarkSamus Samus]].

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' has the recurring villain Blast Ketchup, (based on the [[spoiler:Anime/PokemonHorizonsTheSeries former]] protagonist of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' Ash Ketchum), supposedly the protagonist of the ''[[{{Phonymon}} Tinymon]]'' video games.

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' has the recurring villain Blast Ketchup, (based on the [[Anime/PokemonHorizonsTheSeries former]] protagonist of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' Ash Ketchum), supposedly the protagonist of the ''[[{{Phonymon}} Tinymon]]'' video games.

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' has the recurring villain Blast Ketchup, (based on the [[Anime/PokemonHorizons former]] protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/PokemonTheSeries'' Ash Ketchum), supposedly the protagonist of the ''[[{{Phonymon}} Tinymon]]'' video games.

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' has the recurring villain Blast Ketchup, (based on the [[Anime/PokemonHorizons former]] protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/PokemonTheSeries'' Ash Ketchum), supposedly the protagonist of the ''[[Phonymon Tinymon]]'' video games.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'' is basically a WholePlotReference to ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'', with [[RabidCop Grimes]] filling the role of Charlie Swan. Unlike Charlie, who is a [[GoodParents Good Parent]] and ReasonableAuthorityFigure who has justifiable worries that Edward and Bella's relationship is toxic and Bella is rushing into marriage at a very young age with a boy she barely knows; Grimes is a hateful bigot who objects to his daughter marrying and becoming a vampire purely out of racism.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Primal|2019}}'': Perhaps unintentionally, but the Chieftain is very similar Norse warrior featured in the episode [[Recap/SamuraiJackS1E10JackAndTheLavaMonster Jack and the Lava Monster]] of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''. [[spoiler: Both men lost their allies and family in a battle that wiped them out. In addition, both men were transformed into huge MagmaMan monsters after being cursed by powerful demons. The Viking Jack met became said creature through will and was determined to find a worthy opponent who could defeat him so he could ascend to Valhalla to escape the curse placed by Aku. The Chieftain, however, accepted a deal with the demon, willingly turning into a monster for the sake of revenge; his actions cost him a chance to ascend to Valhalla, and he suffers damnation as a result]].

** Flora D'splora's based on ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' being a Latina explorer who adores adventures, her friends and all animals. But unlike Dora, Flora prioritizes adventures and living a thrilling life while losing her affection for the people around her, especially animals.

* ''CorruptedCharacterCopy/TheVentureBrothers''

* In the {{WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoon|s}} "Rock-A-Bye Bear", WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} is replaced as Spike/Butch's nemesis by a meaner and more selfish bassett hound.

* In the {{WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMShort|s}} WesternAnimation/RockAByeBear, WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} is replaced as Spike/Butch's nemesis by a meaner and more selfish bassett hound.