History Foil / Webcomics

* ''Webcomic/{{Shadowgirls}}'': On one side we have Becka [=McKay=] -- dark hair, rock-style clothes, and CoolLoser with golden heart. On the other side there's Misty Snow - blonde and very popular girl, typical combination of SpoiledBrat and the AlphaBitch. Similarly with their mothers - [[BadassNormal Charon McKay]] and [[RichBitch Christmas Snow]]. Two [[spoiler: [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that lives inside them, [[DarkIsNotEvil Shadowchild]] and [[LightIsNotGood Mother Hydra.]]]]

** Elan and his father Tarquin, who are complete opposites when it comes to alignment and intelligence.
** Tarquin and Julio Scoundrel, Elan's OpposedMentors. Both are ''extremely'' GenreSavvy, charming father-figures, but one is TheObiWan and the other a Darth-Vader-esque EvilMentor who wants to bend the story to serve his interests.

** It's worth mentioning that Nale deliberately themes his roster around being "Evil Opposites" to his brother's companions, while Roy refuses to accept that Thog is one to him, because that would suggest they're [[NotSoDifferentRemark similar in all but a few key ways]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'''s [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1938 Percy and Pooch]]: arrogant, bored, and cynical vs. humble and excitable.

* Many, many possible constructions in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', given [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters the enormous character roster]].

* In ''Webcomic/WeakHero'', Eugene ends up drawing parallels to Bryce, the boy responsible for Gray's friend being hospitalised in middle school. Both start as bespectacled geeks who end up befriending Gray and changing themselves drastically because of it. However, while Eugene learns to be courageous and becomes a steadfast, dependable friend, Bryce instead becomes a {{jerkass}} who eventually ends up betraying Gray and Stephen.

** It's worth mentioning that Nale deliberately themes his roster around being "Evil Opposites" to his brother's companions, while Roy refuses to accept that Thog is one to him, because that would suggest they're [[NotSoDifferent similar in all but a few key ways]].

** Kankri was intended to represent the worst of social justice bloggers (being overly obsessed with details, giving sermons instead of having conversations, being generally arrogant and consescending) and Porrim the best (articulating her point clearly and concisely, sorting through bullshit and real problems, and generally having a life outside social justice).

** Expanded upon a bit with the B2 kids, who later act like the B1 kids post-CharacterDevelopment. Roxy is initially a {{Foil}} to Rose, though later becomes one to Dave, with Dirk foiling Rose. Jane mostly foils against John - their love of pranks, living up to their past generations, and their [[ThePollyAnna happy]]-[[TheUnfettered go]]-[[TheDeterminator lucky]] personalities - with Jake foiling Jade, mostly in their upbringing and whimsical, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} detached]] [[LargeHam hammy]] personalities.

* ''Webcomic/{{Shadowgirls}}'': On one side we have Becka [=McKay=] - dark hair, rock-style clothes, and CoolLoser with golden heart. On the other side there's Misty Snow - blonde and very popular girl, typical combination of SpoiledBrat and the AlphaBitch. Similarly with their mothers - [[BadassNormal Charon McKay]] and [[RichBitch Christmas Snow]]. Two [[spoiler: [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that lives inside them, [[DarkIsNotEvil Shadowchild]] and [[LightIsNotGood Mother Hydra.]]]]

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** The following quote comes from [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0548.html this strip]], featuring Jirix and the AntiVillain Redcloak talking about their CardCarryingVillain partner Xykon. Coincidentally, this strip occurs just after several in which the paladin O-Chul and Redcloak had served as different but excellent foils for each other.
--->'''Jirix:''' But... aren't we all on the same side?\\
'''Redcloak:''' That is a complicated question... Our alliance with Xykon is one of the most powerful tools we have, and we cannot afford to screw that up. That does NOT mean we should trust him. I know he seems funny and charming, but believe me, when you see for yourself the depths to which he'll sink, you will never sleep well again.
** Similarly, IdiotHero / ManChild Elan to GeniusBruiser / TheLeader Roy.
** By a similar token, DumbMuscle / PsychopathicManchild Thog to EvilGenius / [[ComplexityAddiction Complexity Addict]] Nale.
** Elan and Nale; polar opposites in CharacterAlignment[[invoked]], both have a flair for the dramatic, similar class abilities (though Nale's ComplexityAddiction means he took a more roundabout way of getting them), similar relationships with their respective love interests (who are also foils), and a tendency toward being dumb (though Nale will vehemently deny he is anything but a genius).
** Elan and his father Tarquin, who are complete opposites when it comes to alignment and intelligence.
** Tarquin and Julio Scoundrel, Elan's OpposedMentors. Both are ''extremely'' GenreSavvy, charming father-figures, but one is TheObiWan and the other a Darth-Vader-esque EvilMentor who wants to bend the story to serve his interests.
** Roy and Thog. Both are melee fighters carrying heavy weapons and both like to talk, but while Thog is a DumbMuscle and a munchkin-build, Roy is a balanced character: he is pretty smart for a fighter and is a charismatic leader.
** It's worth mentioning that Nale deliberately themes his roster around being "Evil Opposites" to his brother's companions, while Roy refuses to accept that Thog is one to him, because that would suggest they're [[NotSoDifferent similar in all but a few key ways]].

* In ''The Indefensible Positions'' we have Foil (no pun intended) and Frank. [[spoiler: It's revealed that Foil was Frank's imaginary friend. After they split up, without him Frank's personality was changed to completely opposite of Foil's.]]
* In ''Webcomic/AgentsOfTheRealm'', Norah and Adele. While the former is antisocial and a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, the latter is outgoing, friendly and cheerful once she's past her homesickness.
* ''Webcomic/{{Shadowgirls}}'': On one side we have Becka [=McKay=] - dark hair, rock-style clothes, and CoolLoser with golden heart. On the other side there's Misty Snow - blonde and very popular girl, typical combination of SpoiledBrat and the AlphaBitch. Similarly with their mothers - [[BadassNormal Charon McKay]] and [[RichBitch Christmas Snow]]. Two [[spoiler: [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that lives inside them, [[DarkIsNotEvil Shadowchild]] and [[LightIsNotGood Mother Hydra.]]]]
%%* In ''Webcomic/GreyIs'' Black and White serve as foils to each other
%%* {{Webcomic/Mindmistress}} and Bloodlust.
* {{Webcomic/Lightbringer}}, a superhero who believes in an objective morality and bent on doing the right thing; and Darkbringer, a supervillain who believes in an objective morality and finds Lightbringer to have misplaced what is right and wrong.
* In ''Webcomic/TheDreamer'', there are several foils: Alexander and Alan, Alan, and Nathan, Beatrice, and Alan, Yvette and Liz, Beatrice and Yvette, Beatrice and Liz, and Ben and Alan.
* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', Gil and Tarvek are increasingly making foils of themselves. Tarvek is a well-bred, thoughtful, mannerly aristocrat; Gil is an energetic, sometimes rash, son of a self-risen dictator. They both are in love with Agatha, they're both powerful sparks, and they both want to "ally with" the last Heterodyne and bring peace to Europa -- but in different ways. They were also friends at school and now they [[ArchEnemy apparently hate each other]].
* ''Webcomic/SquidRow'': Randie has an organized goal-setting friend who tries to persuade her out of her lack of planning.
%% * ''Webcomic/WoodenRose'' [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter1/24.html The sisters, as reflected on here]].
* Tedd and Susan of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' were foils for each other early on; Tedd emphasizing Susan's StrawFeminism and Susan emphasizing Tedd's perversion. Gradually due to CharacterDevelopment they became more like VitriolicBestBuds instead.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Bobwhite}}'', Ivy goes to the library at Redding University (rival to Bobwhite University) and gets annoyed by three guys. Marlene and Cleo realized that these guys are [[http://www.bobwhitecomics.com/?webcomic_post=20100111 the evil reverse-gender doppelgangers]] of themselves (though Ivy interjects that her supposed counterpart really looks nothing like her). Which makes things kind of weird when Ivy later starts dating one of these guys (the one who's pretty much a male version of Marlene).
%% * In ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' all of the roommate pairs are meant to be foils for each other, as confirmed by WordOfGod [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/blog/the-geek-girls/ here]]

* There are three main foil types in the [[FourTemperamentEnsemble main adventuring group]] in ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure''. [[VitriolicBestBuds Angelika and Rocky]] are one, [[HappilyMarried Julie and Lenny]] are another, and [[SiblingYinYang Julie and Angelika]] make the third.
* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'''s [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1938 Percy and Pooch]]: arrogant, bored, and cynical vs. humble and excitable.

* ''WebComic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'': Commander Badass and Tank are foils to each other. Both are burly, blonde and highly masculine super-soldiers, but where the Commander's masculinity is confident and positive, Tank's is insecure and toxic.

** Zimmy and Gamma, "two strange girls", work as a pair of foils to Annie and Kat, the other "strange girls". [[spoiler:Jack]] is Kat's own foil: both are technical-minded, curious and slightly mischievous people who have a dramatic meeting with the supernatural world. Kat is baffled but eager to understand it, while [[spoiler:Jack]] [[FreakOut becomes suspicious and frustrated]] after a traumatic experience with psychic powers.
** James Eglamore's close female friends Surma Stibnite and (miss) [[OneNameOnly Jones]]: Surma was a literal FieryRedHead while Jones has [[{{Tinman}} compared herself to a stone]] because she claims to feel has no emotions [[spoiler: she's also existed since the earth was a ball of lava and cannot be harmed much less killed while Surma died young]]. Hilariously James cannot fathom why his ex Surma liked, let alone married [[StrawVulcan Anthony Carver]] while he's perfectly happy being friends with Jones.

* ''Webcomic/{{Shadowgirls}}'': On one side we have Becka [=McKay=] - dark hair, rock-style clothes, SlaveCollar and CoolLoser with golden heart. On the other side there's Misty Snow - blonde and very popular girl, typical combination of SpoiledBrat and the AlphaBitch. Similarly with their mothers - [[BadassNormal Charon McKay]] and [[RichBitch Christmas Snow]]. Two [[spoiler: [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that lives inside them, [[DarkIsNotEvil Shadowchild]] and [[LightIsNotGood Mother Hydra.]]]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Shadowgirls}}'': On one side we have Becka [=McKay=] - dark hair, rock-style clothes, ChainOfCommand and CoolLoser with golden heart. On the other side there's Misty Snow - blonde and very popular girl, typical combination of SpoiledBrat and the AlphaBitch. Similarly with their mothers - [[BadassNormal Charon McKay]] and [[RichBitch Christmas Snow]]. Two [[spoiler: [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] that lives inside them, [[DarkIsNotEvil Shadowchild]] and [[LightIsNotGood Mother Hydra.]]]]

** Rachel to TheHero, Baam: Baam is determined to do whatever it takes to do what's right even against impossible odds and succeeds due to hidden powers/luck/destiny, whereas Rachel has none of those three and is just painfully ordinary, and is determined to get ahead at any cost, up to and including morally heinous things.
** Hoaqin to Baam: Baam keeps sacrificing himself for everyone, whereas Hoaqin sacrifices everyone else for his own advancement.

** The main characters, Annie and Kat. MagicVersusScience is a recurring theme of the story and setting, and is represented in the two of them. Annie, who converses with psychopomps and has connections to the ether and the forest, represents the supernatural. Kat, a Gadgeteer Genius who grew up in the Court, represents technology. Personality wise, Kat is more outgoing and interested in pop culture and romance, a stark contrast to Annie, especially at the beginning of the story when she was more stoic. Annie and Kat have both had problems fitting in -- Annie because of her personality, lack of social skills, and inability to relate to most people her age, and Kat because of resentment over her grades and suspicion that, as the daughter of two Court teachers, she was being favored. Annie and Kat balancing each other is a recurring theme in the [[https://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=GK-TREATISE-PRINTS&Category_Code=GK Treatise pictures]], where they are also [[NightAndDayDuo associated with the sun and moon, respectively]].

-->'''Jirix:''' But... aren't we all on the same side?\\

** Elan and Nale; polar opposites in CharacterAlignment, both have a flair for the dramatic, similar class abilities (though Nale's ComplexityAddiction means he took a more roundabout way of getting them), similar relationships with their respective love interests (who are also foils), and a tendency toward being dumb (though Nale will vehemently deny he is anything but a genius).

** Zimmy and Gamma, "two strange girls", work as a pair of foils to the main characters Annie and Kat, the other "strange girls". [[spoiler:Jack]] is Kat's own foil: both are technical-minded, curious and slightly mischievous people who have a dramatic meeting with the supernatural world. Kat is baffled but eager to understand it, while [[spoiler:Jack]] [[FreakOut becomes suspicious and frustrated]] after a traumatic experience with psychic powers.

** Hoaqin to Baam: Baam keeps sacrificing himself for everyone, whereas Hoaqin sacrifices everyone else for his own advancement.

* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'': The two non-immune members of the exploration crew, Tuuri and Reynir, are this to each other. They both have a backstory that can be boiled down to SmallTownBoredom stemming from the fact that the space between safe settlements is PlagueZombie ridden and only those who are TheImmune can move between them freely. Tuuri dealt with it by really wanting to explore non-safe areas and enthusiastically joining an expedition intended to do just that. Reynir, meanwhile, would have been satisfied with seeing a country other than his own and sticking to said country's safe areas. He ended up with the exploration crew by complete accident and is much more cautious about getting infected than Tuuri.

* ''WebComic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'': Commander Badass and Tank are foils to each other. Both are burly, blonde and highly masculine super-soldiers, but where the Commander's masculinity is confident and positive, Tank's is insecure and toxic.