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** In ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie'', Momoshiki Otsutsuki is one to Boruto Uzumaki. Like him, he thinks that hard work is for fools and if one simply attains power easily, what more is needed? The major difference is Boruto learns to appreciate the nature and benefits of hard work and abandons this mindset, ultimately becoming a better person in the end; Momoshiki sticks with his mindset and it ultimately gets him killed.

** Lucifero to Liebe. Liebe was originally believed to [[UnSorcerer possess no magic]], and as a result was the bottom feeder of the low-ranking devils, which meant [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer he spent every waking hour being mercilessly tortured by his peers in the Underworld]] until he accidentally escaped to the human world and met Licita, who adopted him and [[GoodParents raised him with love and care]]. Lucifero, on the other hand, is one of the highest-ranking devils, widely acknowledged as the [[MaouTheDemonKing King of Devils]], possesses insanely powerful [[GravityMaster Gravity Magic]] and [[PunyEarthlings sees humans as insects]]. Liebe wants nothing more than to [[GenocideFromTheInside wipe out all devils]] due to the suffering they inflicted upon him and Lucifero specifically for [[YouKilledMyMother murdering Licita]], while Lucifero wants to [[KillAllHumans wipe out all humans]] simply [[ForTheEvulz because he can]].

** Lucifero to Liebe. Liebe was originally believed to [[UnSorcerer possess no magic]], and as a result was the lowest-ranked of the low-ranking devils, which meant [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer he spent every waking hour being mercillessly tortured by his peers in the Underworld]] until he accidentally escaped to the human world and met Licita, who adopted him and [[GoodParents raised him with love and care]]. Lucifero, on the other hand, is one of the highest-ranking devils, widely acknowledged as the [[MaouTheDemonKing King of Devils]], possesses insanely powerful [[GravityMaster Gravity Magic]] and [[PunyEarthlings sees humans as insects]]. Liebe wants nothing more than to [[GenocideFromTheInside wipe out all devils]] due to the suffering they inflicted upon him and Lucifero specifically for [[YouKilledMyMother murdering Licita]], while Lucifero wants to [[KillAllHumans wipe out all humans]] simply [[ForTheEvulz because he can]].

* Likewise, Gecko Moria reveals that he lost his beloved TrueCompanions in the New World (and warned Luffy about the possibility of that happening to him, which nearly did). Notably, both he and Crocodile seem to act as chilling reminders of what Luffy may become if he doesn't hold onto his dreams and his friends. Much like Luffy, Moria legitimately cares for his crew [[spoiler: as seen when Moria attacked an island Blackbeard was staying on just to rescue his crewmate Absalom and Moria was stricken upon learning Absalom had been killed.]]

*** Dante to Asta. Both are devil hosts whose fighting styles rely on physical power and wielding swords. They also believe in the power of malicious emotions. But while Asta thinks being human is having the heart to control them to do what's right, Dante espouses that being evil in of itself is being human.

*** Vanica to Noelle. The two both use liquid magic attributes, can be dismissive of others, and are prone to rapidly changing their moods. Although Noelle cares for her comrades and defends the weak, Vanica doesn't care at all about her loyal Dark Disciples and is only interested in fighting strong foes.

** Dante is also one to Yami. Both are the leaders of their respective groups, magic swordsmen, and have dark powers, with Dante being a devil user and Yami having Dark Magic. But while Yami is a rough man who has a kinder side underneath and is a CluelessChickMagnet, Dante has an affable demeanor which hides his twistedness and claims women who interest him as his, whether they like it or not.
** Morris to Sally. Both are unhinged scientists who have a desire to experiment on human beings which led them to be ousted by their respective countries. However, after being betrayed by the Eye of the Midnight Sun Sally chooses to help the Clover Kingdom, and is even chosen to be part of the special assault force against the Spade Kingdom. Morris, on the other hand, chooses to work with the Dark Triad after being forced out by Mars. And Sally herself wears glasses, while Morris was born blind in exchange for having the powers of a devil host.

** Reitei Lyon (an ice mage trained by the same master) is this to Gray, in addition to RivalTurnedEvil. He eventually becomes an ally and an acquaintance.

*** Speaking of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads and the Wandenreich, [[GodEmperor Yhwach]] is the Evil Counterpart to [[BigGood Genryuusai Shigekuni Yamamoto]], the Captain Commander. He and Yamamoto are both ancient -- and very powerful -- peerless and strict leaders of military organizations devoted to eliminating Hollows and each other, and in the past, both were equally ruthless and amoral. However, Yamamoto found something worth protecting and thus mellowed out, obeys the law, protects his subordinates and maintains the balance of reincarnation, all the while holding a very short fuse. Yhwach retained his cold, opportunistic pragmatism, and so he marches at his own pace, murders his underlings on the fly and actively disrupts the balance of reincarnation, while maintaining an incredibly passive demeanor through all of it. Yhwach, however, [[NotSoDIfferentRemark points out]] they were once no different in terms of their treatment of allies.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[DarkIsEvil Goku Black]]'' vs. [[TheHero Son Goku.]]]]

* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', Sousuke has had a few of these:

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':

* ''Manga/InuYasha'':
** This is the BigBad's motivation. Naraku seems to hate [=InuYasha=] specifically due to their similarities: they have the same half-demon nature, causing loneliness to both, but [=InuYasha=] forms bonds to soothe his loneliness, while Naraku destroys the bonds of other people to make himself feel better. Naraku's frustration over this is the reason why he never really does anything but try to power himself up or ruin [=InuYasha=]'s life (symbolically destroying his own half-breed nature). [=InuYasha=] also [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech points to this as the reason Naraku particularly disgusts him]] before their FinalBattle.

* In the ''Creator/JunjiIto'' story ''Intersection Pretty Boy'' the main character strives to be that to the titular ''Pretty Boy'', a mysterious guy dressed in black spreading curses among girls asking him hints about their love life.
** Upon failure [[spoiler: it's mentioned he has evolved into another ''Pretty Boy'', this time a good one, able to spread blessings and good wills, thus finally opposing his enemy at his own level]].
* In one episode of ''Anime/CarriedByTheWindTsukikageRan'', [[{{Samurai}} Ran]] and [[AnimeChineseGirl Meow]] are pitted against two female bandits, one a samurai like Ran and the other a martial artist like Meow. Meow is however less than pleased to find out that her counterpart is [[spoiler:a dumpy middle-aged woman]].

* In ''WebComic/OnePunchMan'', [[InvincibleHero Saitama]] has two Evil Counterparts who, coincidentally, are the only two characters who've given him a decent fight as {{Worthy Opponent}}s and survived to [[OneHitKill one of his punches]].

* ''Manga/Overlord2012'': While on a girls-only meeting, Aura summons a bicorn (an armored two-horned EvilCounterpart to the unicorn) for Albedo to use as a mount. Albedo gets on it.... and the beast starts shivering and refuses to move. Shalltear pulls out a MonsterCompendium, which reveals that since unicorns only accept virgins as riders, bicorns won't. Shalltear mocks Albedo for her UnexpectedVirgin status, but seeing as ''she'' also qualifies, it doesn't last long.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': The story introduces Reina and her servants Shiori and Kanae as a FreudianTrio with the two servant sisters being RedOniBlueOni. Eventually Reina’s rival Chloe is introduced with her two servants Lattice and Pamela, from a more privileged faction of their family. Reina started the story filled with {{Pride}} but underwent a BreakTheHaughty arc to make her a HumbleHero, while Chloe is a straight up EntitledBitch, and Reina’s ShadowArchetype, while both are the Ego of their trio. Lattice is a straight up evil counterpart to Shiori, both are a ConsummateProfessional with UndyingLoyalty, serving as the Superego and Blue Oni. While Pamela is a straight up evil counterpart to Kanae, both are an unprofessional BloodKnight representing the Id and Red Oni.

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'':

** Motormaster's entire Stunticon crew was specifically built as [[PsychoRangers a team of counterparts]] to the Autobots.

* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'': Rei-Ginsei and D, the Dhampyr, are both weirdly beautiful [[HunterOfMonsters Hunters of Monsters]] with supernatural powers. Unlike D, he's egotistical, completely amoral, only helps beautiful women and doesn't hesitate to try to torture a child to death to get what he wants.

%%* In ''Manga/{{X1999}}'', Fuuma is the evil counterpart to Kamui and Seishiro is the evil counterpart to Subaru.

* Donquixote Doflamingo became one for Luffy as well. Both care about their crews to the point of violence when they're attacked. Both have had tragic pasts where they lost a brother. Both are condemned by other people because of their ancestry (Luffy because he's Dragon's son and Doflamingo because he was once a Celestial Dragon). Yet their ideologies couldn't be more different: Luffy has been motivated countless times by the dreams others have while Doflamingo dismisses them as delusions. Doflamingo is one of the most cunning enemies in the series while Luffy is an IdiotHero. Luffy will charge into a fight without a second thought while Doflamingo is seen to avoid personally engaging in a fight unless he absolutely has to. Doflamingo murdered his brother, while Luffy's gave up his life in order to save him from a ruthless Marine. Even their attitudes towards their respective crews have a dark parallel: Doflamingo genuinely cares about his crew, but puts his goals before them and won't hesitate to demand personal sacrifices from them for his sake, including their lives. Luffy, however, is selfless to a point, and would never demand anything meaningful from his crew to forward his goals, such as their dreams, and especially their lives — he'd rather die than allow such a thing to happen.

* Buggy the Clown seemed to be introduced as an Evil Counterpart to Monkey D. Luffy; Indeed, their devil fruits are practically opposite in several ways, but similar in others (allow for long range attacks, provide invulnerability to certain kinds of attacks). While Luffy is irrepressibly cheerful, Buggy is constantly aggravated. As time goes on, Buggy is far less evil than most villains in the series, so he becomes more LaughablyEvil at best.
** Buggy is also very much a counterpart to his old friend and rival [[HandicappedBadass Shanks]]. Both started as apprentices of Gold Roger, and now both are in positions of great power (Buggy is a Warlord of the sea and Shanks is an Emperor); however, Shanks got to that position through talent and effort, while Buggy got into power through leeching on his former crew's reputation (though he was genuinely surprised by the invitation, he nevertheless played along). [[spoiler: By the time Wano arc has wrapped, Buggy has become a Emperor much as Shanks himself.]]

* But before Blackbeard even showed up in the story, [[ChessMaster Crocodile]] was the first shadowy reflection of Luffy. Firstly, there’s the fact they're both leaders of a crew of misfits, and secondly, Crocodile actually had the same dream of becoming Pirate king as Luffy... hell, they even have the same stitch scar-thing under their eyes (except Crocodile's stitches [[ScaryStitches go across his face]])! Given that resemblance and the fact that Crocodile was apparently the "Luffy of his day" (according to WordOfGod and as revealed in Miss Goldenweek's Side Story), the similarities between these two are extremely uncanny. It's hinted that Crocodile can see it and tells Luffy that sooner or later his spirit will break on his voyage same as his; moreover, this nearly became true as Luffy became massively depressed when [[spoiler:Ace]] died and would have given up on being the Pirate King had it not been for his [[AFriendInNeed friends]].

** [[spoiler:Sanji, coincidentally (or not), is a counterpart to Doflamingo. They both come from infamous Royalty in the North Blue and were forced out, and both Sanji and Doffy deeply [[MommasBoy loved their mothers]] and could do nothing as their respective mothers [[DelicateAndSickly died from illness]] despite their attempts to make them better with food. The big difference is that Sanji [[RebelPrince hated his Royalty]], while Doflamingo did everything in his power to regain his nobility. There's also other similarities: blonde hair, [[ExtremityExtremist kick-based marital arts]] and no shame in [[RealMenWearPink wearing pink]] and to put the cherry on top, Sanji and Doflamingo are even attracted to the same woman: Viola.]]

** Pet Shop to Iggy. Both are animal Stand users who revolve wielding an element (Iggy DishingOutDirt and Pet Shop [[AnIcePerson an ice animal]]). The difference is that Pet Shop, in addition to working for [[BigBad DIO]], is utterly ruthless on his job as guardian (he killed a boy's two dogs just because they peeked under DIO's Mansion gate and nearly kills said boy) and is never given a mental speaking line, while Iggy, despite initially feeling that he was dragged against his will to the Crusaders' quest, shows more loyalty to them (and the aforementioned boy who was about to be killed by saving him from Pet Shop, and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe even gets saved by him in turn]]) by being a SpannerInTheWorks (albeit unwittingly), and we get several mental speaking lines from him. To boot, Pet Shop is the only Stand User Iggy fights on his own.

** Kabuto too, in an inversion. Like Naruto, he was an orphan from a young age (plus he even forgot his birth name), and was adopted by a medic-nin who treated him with care, mirroring Naruto's relationship with Iruka; but after Danzo scouted him as a spy for ROOT and set him and his mother figure to kill each other, Kabuto became a willing subrodinate for Orochimaru, who encouraged Kabuto to use his abilities for the Sannin's plans, and Kabuto in neither cases cared about the evil intentions of his employeers; while Naruto wanted to become a Hokage to gain the respect and protect other people. Also, Kabuto was seen as a failure like Naruto in some ways (he flunked the Chunnin exams seven times while Naruto graduated dead-last as a ninja); but Naruto acted like a class clown to compensate for his feelings of sadness and isolation, while Kabuto failed the exams ''on purpose'' to gather info for Orochimaru. Naruto was a genuine cheerful and friendly person (if dumb and boisterous), and his mentors and friends greatly influenced his path; but Kabuto has had a lot of false personas and he can be cruel and vindictive behind his introvertedness and politeness, and he was entirely defined by the intentions of his superiors. Thus, realizing that Naruto is practically a good counterpart to himself, decides to take on Orochimaru's cells to mimic being a Jinchuriki like Naruto. [[spoiler:He also undergoes training under the White Snake Sage to become a Sage just like Naruto.]] But even if he did this on his own volition, he still aims to craft a "perfect" persona while denying who he truly is.

** Kabuto too, in an inversion. Like Naruto, he was an orphan from a young age (plus he even forgot his birth name), and was adopted by a medic-nin who treated him with care, mirroring Naruto's relationship with Iruka; but after Danzo scouted him as a spy for ROOT and set him and his mother figure to kill each other, Kabuto became a willing subrodinate for Orochimaru, who encouraged Kabuto to use his abilities for the Sannin's plans. While Naruto wanted to become a Hokage to gain the respect and protect other people, Kabuto became a willing subordinate to villains like Danzo and Orochimaru no matter how evil their plans were. Also, Kabuto was seen as a failure like Naruto in some ways (he flunked the Chunnin exams seven times while Naruto graduated dead-last as a ninja); but Naruto acted like a class clown to compensate for his feelings of sadness and isolation, while Kabuto failed the exams ''on purpose'' to gather info for Orochimaru. Naruto was a genuine cheerful and friendly person (if dumb and boisterous) and his mentors and friends greatly influenced his path, but Kabuto has had a lot of false personas so he can be cruel and vindictive behind his introvertedness and politeness, and he was entirely defined by the intentions of his superiors. Thus, realizing that Naruto is practically a good counterpart to himself, decides to take on Orochimaru's cells to mimic being a Jinchuriki like Naruto. [[spoiler:He also undergoes training under the White Snake Sage to become a Sage just like Naruto.]] But even if he did this on his own volition, he still aims to craft a "perfect" persona while denying who he truly is.

** Nagato is also an evil counterpart to Naruto, especially since [[spoiler:he's an Uzumaki.]] Both were mentored by Jiraiya at different points in in time and were thought as the children of prophecy, and ended becoming leaders of their respective villages and genuinely loved them. He plays DarkMessiah to Naruto's Christ figure because he wanted to destroy the world out of the pain he suffered, while Naruto never let his inner hatred overtake his dream of becoming Hokage and managed to save the world.
** Nagato also this to Minato. Both of them were [[BadassTeacher Jiraiya's]] student with rare {{Story Breaker Power}}s whose best showing involves [[OneManArmy curb stomping a big shinobi army]], both were assumed to be the child of prophecy, both became leader of their respective villages and genuinely loved them. The only difference was Nagato's willingness to cross any line to save his village and having a wider worldview, beyond a single village.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':

** Kabuto too, in an inversion. Realizing that Naruto is practically a good counterpart to himself, decides to take on Orochimaru's cells to mimic being a Jinchuriki like Naruto. [[spoiler:He also undergoes training under the White Snake Sage to become a Sage just like Naruto.]]

** Nagato is also an evil counterpart to Naruto, especially since [[spoiler:he's an Uzumaki.]] He plays DarkMessiah to Naruto's Christ figure.

* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': The Garuru Platoon to the Keroro Platoon in Episodes 101-103. Taruru to Tamama, Garuru to Giroro, Tororo to Kululu, and Zoruru to Dororo. Strangely, Keroro did not have one. Also done in the Third movie, with Shivava to Tamama and Doruru to Giroro. Dark Keroro counts, but he's more of an EvilTwin to Keroro.

*** [[spoiler:Garou technically pulls double-duty being the student of OldMaster Bang, making him his EvilCounterpart too, moreso because --as revealed in the manga-- Bang in his youth was just as violent as Garou, drowning in his talent with martial arts (especially his Explosion Release Fist) and using his power to enjoy himself; however, after Bomb defeated him, he understood his brother had no killing intent unlike him, so he humbled himself, sealed his Explosion Release Fist, and developed the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist. Thus, when Garou starts his rampage (using ''both'' martial arts, no less), he sets to stop his student as a personal duty of setting him in the right path again. Interestingly, both were negatively influcenced by the world of heroes; Garou wanting to become a monster to (unwittingly) bring out a ''real'' hero, and Bang focusing too much on his hero work that he neglected his students and (as he sees it) lost them as punishment]].

** [[DarkActionGirl Franceska Mila Rose]] could be seen as one to [[MsFanservice Rangiku Matsumoto]]. Both are [[BuxomIsBetter buxom women]]. They both have a feline AnimalMotif (a cat for Rangiku, a lion for Mila). They are also somewhat immature and have a habit of getting into silly arguments with their friends, but when the chips are down are shown to be loyal and caring towards them. Finally, both are subordinates to two characters whose powers relate to water in some way and have the initials T.H. ('''T'''ier '''H'''arribel, '''T'''oshiro '''H'''itsugaya). Toshiro and Harribel's clash even occurs while Rangiku faces off with Mila and the rest of Harribel's AmazonBrigade.

** They're both semi-flatchested and are all sensitive about their breasts because of it, both have [[MegaTwintails mega twintails]], and dress in [[ElegantGothicLolita gothic lolita fashion.]] They also greatly admired their respective brothers.

** The manga Digimon V-Tamer 01 also gives us Neo Saiba to Taichi Yagami, and Arkadimon to [=UlforceVeedramon=].

** Frieza is one to him as well. Both are extremely powerful fighters, they both are also arrogant when fighting their opponents, they both come from powerful yet menacing races, they both also managed to achieve new god-like forms, and both are hailed as being some of the most powerful mortals of Universe 7. But while Goku was born weak and only trained to get stronger over the years, Frieza was born powerful and never trained a day in his life, until he learned that Goku managed to defeat Majin Buu and decided to train to become stronger. More importantly though, Goku is humble outside of battle and values friends and family, and managed to save the world several times over. Frieza, however, is a narcissistic tyrant who holds his organization together through fear and holds his own men in very low regard, and his empire is responsible for mass genocide and planetary destuction in Universe 7. Quite ironic that [[SelfFulfillingProphecy Frieza's genocide on the Saiyans in an effort to prevent the rise of a Super Saiyan who would top him]] [[CreateYourOwnHero allowed Goku's growth and eventually two of his defeats at the Saiyan's hands]].

* With the introduction of the grown-up Fu the son of [[UnholyMatrimony Mira and Towa]] in ''VideoGame/DragonBallHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'' we've now got a neat parallel between two families i.e Vegeta, Bulma and Trunks (good) and Mira, Towa and Fu (evil). As for Mira and Vegeta, each are a proud arrogant BloodKnight with a desire to be the strongest and both become frustrated that they lack capacity. Both men are obsessed with fighting Goku, though Vegeta mellows out while Mira gets worse; both also have pride in their royal titles Mira as King of the Demon Realm and Vegeta as the Prince of all Saiyans. The contrasts betweem Towa and Bulma are more clear cut as both are very beautiful and driven female scientists who keep their respective partners in check all while giving them the means to become stronger; however, while Bulma loves Vegeta unconditionally, Towa sees Mira as a means to an end and despite creating a son with him, Mira's betrayal causes her to dub her husband a failure. As for Fu and Future Trunks, both are time-traveling MasterSwordsmen who have inherited their respective mothers smarts, though while Trunks created changes in time to safeguard his loved ones, Fu creates time rifts and paradoxes simply for shits and giggles.

** The Dark Triad are the respective [[ArchEnemy Arch-Enemies]] and Evil Counterparts to the main trio:

** [[EvilutionaryBiologist Szayelaporro]] is [[NominalHero Mayuri's]] evil counterpart. Mayuri is an evil MadScientist who is motivated ForScience. The reason Szayelaporro is far worse than Mayuri is because he believes science exists solely for him to achieve perfection whereas Mayuri genuinely wants to advance society's knowledge.

** Bazz-B's relationship and backstory with Yhwach and Haschwalth mirrors the one Renji has with Rukia and Byakuya. Bazz-B is what Renji could have been if Rukia were adopted by someone like Aizen instead of Byakuya. They even have rather similar personilities and tastes in fashion -- or rather, Bazz-B ''though'' they did until Renji pushed his BerserkButton.

* Much of Season 2 of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' (at least the first third to half) was spent seemingly building up Eriol, Ruby Moon, and Spinel Sun as [[EvilCounterpart Evil Counterparts]] to Sakura, Yue, and Kero, respectively. [[SubvertedTrope However]], this was all or mostly a sham. Not only is Ruby Moon hardly as dangerous and ruthless as Yue is ([[InformedAbility usually]]) described as, at best coming off as merely [[TheScrappy annoying]] and [[DieForOurShip hate]]-[[YaoiFangirl worthy]], but Spinel Sun is often adorable and harmless, acting more as a [[BrilliantButLazy bored]] GreekChorus to the events. As for Eriol himself...[[OmniscientMoralityLicense opinions are divided on if he or his actions were "evil"]], but he's certainly not as different from Sakura as might have been supposed.

** Nagato also this to Minato. Both of them were [[BadassTeacher Jiraiya's]] student with rare [[StoryBreakerPower Story Breaker Powers]] whose best showing involves [[OneManArmy curb stomping a big shinobi army]], both were assumed to be the child of prophecy, both became leader of their respective villages and genuinely loved them. The only difference was Nagato's willingness to cross any line to save his village and having a wider worldview, beyond a single village.

* In ''WebComic/OnePunchMan'', [[InvincibleHero Saitama]] has two Evil Counterparts who, coincidentally, are the only two characters who've given him a decent fight as [[WorthyOpponent Worthy Opponents]] and survived to [[OneHitKill one of his punches]].

** The Dark Bring Pool creates these; it seals away (then drowns) anyone stupid enough to dive into its ominous purple water while producing a darker copy.

* With the introduction of the grown-up Fu the son of [[UnholyMatrimony Mira and Towa]] in ''VideoGame/DragonBallHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'' we've now got a neat parallel between two families i.e Vegeta, Bulma and Trunks (good) and Mira, Towa and Fu (evil). As for Mira and Vegeta, each are a proud arrogant BloodKnight with a desire to be the strongest and both become frustrated that they lack capacity. Both men are obsessed with fighting Goku, though Vegeta mellows out while Mira gets worse; both also have pride in their royal titles Mira as King of the Demon Realm and Vegeta as the Prince of all Saiyans. The contrasts betweem Towa and Bulma are more clear cut as both are very [[HotScientist beautiful and driven female scientists]] who keep their respective partners in check all while giving them the means to become stronger; however, while Bulma loves Vegeta unconditionally, Towa sees Mira as a means to an end and despite creating a son with him, Mira's betrayal causes her to dub her husband a failure. As for Fu and Future Trunks, both are time-traveling MasterSwordsmen who have inherited their respective mothers smarts, though while Trunks created changes in time to safeguard his loved ones, Fu creates time rifts and paradoxes simply for shits and giggles.