History Main / CloneArmy

** Discussed in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. Kylo Ren is sceptical about the First Order's stormtroopers after one of them defects, suggesting a clone army would be preferable. The stormtroopers are raised to be warriors from birth, but are still regular humans with individual agency.

* In ''TabletopGame/StrangeStars'', a space opera setting for OSR and ''[[{{TabletopGame/Fate}} Fate Core]]'', The Radiant Polity's military consisted of only one man, Hannibal Tecumseh Early. An insanely skilled soldier, the Radiant Polity cloned entire armies from him in times of war. Cryogenically preserved caches of his clones can occasional be reprogrammed to be loyal to whoever finds them.

** The Clone Trooper Army made by the Kaminoans are first introduced in the aptly titled ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', all cloned from the famed bounty hunter Jango Fett, with some even being personally trained by him. They are genetically engineered for obedience, also age at twice the normal rate and are trained to be a BadassArmy to take on the Separatist Droid Army. Most don similar-looking white armor and obviously bear similar faces. However, some clones do go out of their own way to try and make themselves be their own individuals in order to stand out, by painting their armor, dyeing their hair, shaving their head or growing their hair out to try different hairstyles and even getting special tattoos on their faces. In fact, there were so much of them made that the first generation of stormtroopers were mostly veteran clone troopers.
-->'''Lama Su:''' 200,000 units are ready, with a million more on the way.
** Discussed in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. After Finn has deserted and broken out a Resistance pilot, Kylo Ren is openly sceptical of the First Order's stormtroopers, most of whom are regular humans taken at birth and raised to be warriors. While Hux is arguing that his troops are the best, Ren argues that perhaps a clone army would be better, showing that the Clone Troopers still have quite the reputation ''sixty'' years on.

* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters '99'' had the endgame involve armies of [[spoiler:Kyo]] clones being staged across the world by Krizalid in an attempt to take over the world. [[spoiler:Even if he were to succeed, which he did not, the governing body that created him had shut down his connections and the endboss of the next game, Zero, personally terminated Krizalid because of how out-of-control he got.]]

A common source of soldiers in science fiction is cloning. This can make sense if you want to mass produce one exceptionally good soldier or don't want to spend much time creating and raising an army of DesignerBabies from scratch. Typically they grow to adulthood at an accelerated rate as well. But depending on how it is done, FridgeLogic may reveal that given how difficult assembling a single amoeba would be, mass chemical fabrication of multiceular human bodies would be the most counterproductive thing ever, and so choosing to do this rather than recruit them from amongst the populace where all that has already been done for them like normal is far costlier.

* ''Machinima/FalloutLoreTheStoryteller'': The {{Mooks}} of choice for [[spoiler:the Vault-Droid]] are clones created from his [[VideoGame/Fallout1 Vault Dweller]] DNA. The first batch were created at [[VideoGame/Fallout3 Vault 108]] (and just like the vault's previous clone inhabitants [[PokemonSpeak were only capable of saying their own names]]), but most of them were killed by the east coast [[TheOrder Brotherhood of Steel]], with the survivors accompanying [[spoiler:the Vault Droid]] to [[VideoGame/Fallout4 the Commonwealth]] and getting killed by [[spoiler:Ranger Tanner]] several years later. Eventually, when he gets to the safari zone cloning lab, he tries to replace them with new ones, but they all end up [[CloneDegeneration misshapen and stupid]] due to his genetic code being damaged by radiation when he went through the glowing sea.

* In ''Machinima/HalfLifeButTheAIIsSelfAware'', the reoccuring character models are {{Handwave}}d as being clones of the Science Team accompanying Gordon (or prototypes, in Bubby's case). When everybody is seperated after the first episode of Act 3, [[spoiler:Dr. Coomer is found having gathered 300 clones in a plot to pull a GrandTheftMe on Gordon because he wants [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou to escape the video game by hijacking his body]]]]. Though thankfully, this plan doesn't pan out and he returns to (relative) normalcy.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

* In ''Videogame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'', the Lab Assistants are revealed to be this in the Secret Warp Room, where the production line of them is shown.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe'' has [[Videogame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade War Dragons]] and their human counterparts [[Videogame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Morphs]] who could be considered a fantasy version of this, being life created from artificial means using recycled quintessence(life force) for the purpose of being expendable soldiers.

* In ''Videogame/LittleBigAdventure'', the tyrannical Dr Funfrock maintains control of planet Twinsun with an army of clones.

[[caption-width-right:350: Bringing new meaning to the phrase "one man army."]]

* The comic ''ComicBook/TheBoyWhoWantedWar'' had a scientist create a clone army based off his son's DNA. But there are still drafting from the population because it was not enough.

* The backstory to ''ComicBook/{{Prophet}}'' is about how the Earth Empire cloned John Prophet innumerable times so they could take over and enslave the universe. Not just straight clones either, but clones with special conditioning to obey the Empire, ones genetically modified to handle different environments, huge floating brain clones to direct other clones, even teenage SexSlave clones. Eventually the clones rebelled and infighting destroyed the Empire. The main story is about sleeper agent clones reactivating and rebuilding the Empire, this time with nothing but clones.

** The Clone Trooper Army made by the Kaminoans are first introduced in the aptly titled ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', all cloned from the famed bounty hunter Jango Fett, with some even being personally trained by him. They are genetically engineered for obedience, also age at twice the normal rate and are trained to be a BadassArmy to take on the Separitist's Droid Army. Most don similar-looking white armor and obviously bear similar faces. However, some clones do go out of their own way to try and make themselves be their own individuals in order to stand out, by painting their armor, dyeing their hair, shaving their head or growing their hair out to try different hairstyles and even getting special tattoos on their faces. In fact, there were so much of them made that the first generation of stormtroopers were mostly veteran clone troopers.

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* [[spoiler:Obito]] of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' created an army of [[spoiler:Zetsu]] clones using Hashirama's [=DNA=] and the chakra of seven of the bijuu. [[spoiler:Kaguya]] intends to reproduce this on a larger scale by converting [[spoiler:the victims of the [[LotusEaterMachine Infinite Tsukiyomi]]]] [[CloneByConversion into clones]].

* All of the soldiers of [[spoiler:Germa 66]] from ''Manga/OnePiece'' are clones, grown in tubes and programmed to be loyal and never question orders. Surprisingly, none of the soldiers are actually aware of their origins.

* The comic ''ComicBook/TheBoyWhoWantedWar'' had a scientist create a clone army based off his son's DNA. But there are still drafting from the population because it was not enough.

* ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse'': In "Blot on Their Friendship", The Phantom Blot seeks to sic Shebob of Camcordia -- a [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Shelob]] {{expy}} -- on WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and then clone her to create his own spider army.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'', all humans are this for Friend Computer.
* You can do this in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 5e [[GameBreaker by abusing the combination of the spells Simulacrum and Wish]]. Simulacrum is used to create a copy of the caster with half the HP and all of the spell slots (though with no ability to regain spells), and Wish can be used to duplicate the effects of any spell. To create the clone army, you cast Simulacrum, creating a clone of yourself with the ability to use Wish. The clone uses Wish to duplicate the effects of your spell, creating another clone who can ''also'' use Wish. That clone also duplicates the Simulacrum spell, resulting in yet another Wish-capable clone, and so on.[[note]]The older editions of D&D would put checks in place against game-breaking loopholes like this[[/note]]
* The history of the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' had the Spawn Wars between several shield dwarven subkingdoms, so called because the warring factions made heavy use of legions spawned with the help of deepspawn, creatures capable of creating copies of creatures they eat. This ultimately turned out to be a terrible idea, as eventually the copied dwarves [[ClonesArePeopleToo got integrated with regular society one way or the other]] -- with the implied result that genetic variety amongst the shield dwarves crashed, contributing to their fertility issues in later eras.
* In ''TabletopGame/StrangeStars'', a space opera setting for OSR and ''[[{{TabletopGame/Fate}} Fate Core]]'', The Radiant Polity's military consisted of only one man, Hannibal Tecumseh Early. An insanely skilled soldier, the Radiant Polity cloned entire armies from him in times of war. Cryogenically preserved caches of his clones can occasional be reprogrammed to be loyal to whoever finds them.

* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters '99'' had the endgame involve armies of [[spoiler:Kyo]] clones being staged across the world by Krizalid in an attempt to take over the world. [[spoiler:Even if he were to succeed, which he did not, the governing body that created him had shut down his connections and the endboss of the next game, Zero, personally terminated Krizalid because of how out-of-control he got.]]

* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'': The alien troops are collections of genetic and cybernetically modified clones from a variety of species under the control of the Ethereals.
* In ''VideoGame/TotalAnnihilation'' the Arm's troops are clones while the Core's are robots with [[BrainUploading uploaded human minds]]. Or at least the Commanders are, the ordinary units could be just robots.

* In ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'', it was revealed that the [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Shadow-Mirror]] had originally envisioned their W-Series forces to be this. They got as far as the prototype before realizing they had no way to accelerate his growth, so decided to go with androids instead.
* Done on a literally galactic scale in ''VideoGame/EndlessSpace''. The Horatio faction was founded by a massively {{narcissist}}ic, massively eccentric trillionaire named Horatio, who left the Mezari empire all to discover his own star cluster to "settle". Fortunately for him (and unfortunately for everyone else), he awoke from suspended animation near an [[{{Precursors}} Endless]] citadel, which inside had genetic experiments, which he used to change himself into his twisted idea of "perfection". Boredom set in after a few years, so he decided to fill his planet with the most beautiful person to ever exist... Horatio. So not only is his army entirely Horatios, but his ''entire empire'' is populated by an unending tide of the perfect man, Horatio.
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe'' has [[Videogame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade War Dragons]] and their human counterparts [[Videogame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Morphs]] who could be considered a fantasy version of this, being life created from artificial means using recycled quintessence(life force) for the purpose of being expendable soldiers.
* In ''{{VideoGame/Warframe}}'', the concept is put through an interesting spin. The fascist Grineer Empire is trying to conquer the solar system with soldiers cloned in industrial quantities that they claim are sourced from "perfection". In reality, the entire empire is falling apart, dependent on [[CloneDegeneration copies of copies of copies]], riddled with so many genetic defects that they're dependent on cyborg technology just to survive.
* N.O.R.A.D from ''VideoGame/WarGamesDefcon1'' have advanced to a point where their foot soldiers now consist entirely of clones, in comparison to their rival, W.O.P.R who uses robots instead.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'', Oscar Mike and Whiskey Foxtrot are two clone soldiers who are remnants of a clone army from a long-forgotten war. The difference between the two apart from [[ClonesArePeopleToo personalities]] is that Oscar Mike is a regular clone, and Whiskey Foxtrot is [[CloneDegeneration a defective one]].

* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea5'', [[spoiler:generic [[TheCameo Asagis]]]] are recruitable, thanks to a surplus of them being created from the [[MirrorUniverse Double Illusion]] netherworld. This is encouraged with the [[spoiler:Asagi Fan Club squad, which gives all squadmates bonus stats for every Asagi assigned]].

* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' Frans Raynor had a shoddily-made army of Dr. [=McNinja=] clones produced in order to invoke ConservationOfNinjitsu on the original.
* Galatea [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/266 attempts]] to do this in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' but is [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/268/ talked out of it.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', for obvious reasons. However this actually goes into the ethics of the trope, which are less addressed in the films. The clones' wages are constantly delayed (making them effectively slaves), the fact that they were artificially aged and are still aging faster is giving them issues that are going unfixed (and stay unfixed after Order 66), Jango Fett's death means no more fresh genetic material and thus more and more clones are defective, clones are treated as defective simply for not wanting to fight in the war, most people outside the Jedi and a handful of senators treat them as utterly expendable despite their sentience, and the Order 66 arc reveals that there are [[MindControlDevice chips]] in their heads -- designed to give out a variety of orders with 66 being the one that gets selected in the end -- that can malfunction and impair their thinking at any time OR just force them to obey.

* In ''TabletopGame/StrangeStars'', a space opera setting for OSR and ''TabletopGame/FateCore, The Radiant Polity's military consisted of only one man, Hannibal Tecumseh Early. An insanely skilled soldier, the Radiant Polity cloned entire armies from him in times of war. Cryogenically preserved caches of his clones can occasional be reprogrammed to be loyal to whoever finds them.

** The updated "Humanoids" DLC adds the Clone Army Origin, where a species was created as a clone army by a vanished {{Precursor}} race and they use ancient clone vats to reproduce. They're very good soldiers but short-lived and limited to 100 [=POPs=]. [[spoiler: And have an archaeological quest line that can lead to a choice of two "cures" for their CloneDegeneration, one that makes them improved clones and another that allows them to reproduce naturally.]]

* Empires that research cloning in ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'' can create clone armies. They're cheaper and quicker to train than ordinary assault armies, but deal more collateral damage.

** The page image features the Clone Trooper Army made by the Kaminoans. They are first introduced in the aptly titled ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', all cloned from the famed bounty hunter Jango Fett, with some even being personally trained by him. They are genetically engineered for obedience, also age at twice the normal rate and are trained to be a BadassArmy to take on the Separitist's Droid Army. Most don similar-looking white armor and obviously bear similar faces. However, some clones do go out of their own way to try and make themselves be their own individuals in order to stand out, by painting their armor, dyeing their hair, shaving their head or growing their hair out to try different hairstyles and even getting special tattoos on their faces. In fact, there were so much of them made that the first generation of stormtroopers were mostly veteran clone troopers.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Pun}} Genetically-modified]] [[Creator/TemueraMorrison Kiwis]] are Kamino's chief export.]]

* In ''Anime/BloodPlus'' the Corpse Corps are clones of the Schiff Moses.

* Galatea [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080715.html attempts]] to do this in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' but is [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080722.html talked out of it.]]

* ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse'': In "Blot on Their Friendship", The Phantom Blot seeks to sic Shebob of Camcordia -a ''[[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Shelob]]'' expy- on WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and then clone her to create his own spider army.

--->'''Korstus:''' "The clonelings are not fully formed, but gene sequencing is almost complete. When they awake, I will have an army of obedient, all-powerful soldiers ready to keep the peace throughout the galaxy. I am sure this is as exciting to you as it is to me. After all, it is the DNA of the House of El that courses through them. I know you yearn for your dead family, [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]]. You should be pleased that it will now have hundreds of new members."

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* In ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}'' the [[spoiler: Tet cloned an army of astronaut Jack Harper to conquer earth, then switched to drones and had the Jacks maintain them.]]

** The page image features the Clone Trooper Army made by the Kaminoans. They are first introduced in the aptly titled ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Whom were all cloned from the famed bounty hunter Jango Fett, with some even being personally trained by him. They are genetically engineered for obedience, also age at twice the normal rate and are trained to be a BadassArmy to take on the Separitist's Droid Army. Most don similar-looking white armor and obviously bear similar faces. Although some clones do go out of their own way to try and make themselves be their own individuals in order to stand out. Like painting their armor, dyeing their hair, shaving their head or growing their hair out to try different hairstyles and even getting special tattoos on thir faces. In fact there were so much of them made that the first generation of stormtroopers were mostly veteran clone troopers.
-->'''Lama Su:''' ""200,000 units are ready, with a million more on the way".

** The Sontarans are an entire race of this. They're all clones of a general who lived 10,000 years ago.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]] features [[spoiler:the Master Race]], an army of six billion [[spoiler:humans transformed into loyal clones of the Master.]]

* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters '99'' had the endgame involve armies of [[spoiler:Kyo]] clones being staged across the world by Krizalid in an attempt to take over the world. [[spoiler: Even if he were to succeed, which he did not, the governing body that created him had shut down his connections and the endboss of the next game, Zero, personally terminated Krizalid because of how out-of-control he got.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TotalAnnihilation'' the Arm's troops are clones while the Core's are robots with uploaded human minds. Or at least the Commanders are, the ordinary units could be just robots.

* Done on a literally galactic scale in ''VideoGame/EndlessSpace''. The Horatio faction was founded by a massively [[ItsAllAboutMe narcissistic]], massively eccentric trillionaire named Horatio, who left the Mezari empire all to discover his own star cluster to "settle". Fortunately for him (and unfortunately for everyone else), he awoke from suspended animation near an [[{{Precursors}} Endless]] citadel, which inside had genetic experiments, which he used to change himself into his twisted idea of "perfection". Boredom set in after a few years, so he decided to fill his planet with the most beautiful person to ever exist... Horatio. So not only is his army entirely Horatios, but his ''entire empire'' is populated by an unending tide of the perfect man, Horatio.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has Mileena. She's a clone of Kitana who was originally made to replace her, with that plan being scrapped due to [[NightmareFace her extremely obvious physical deformity]]. In her ''Mortal Kombat X'' ending, she stumbles an incubation chamber containing countless identical clones of herself, and finds that she and they share a HiveMind-style PsychicLink, multiplying Mileena's already high threat level by several orders of magnitude.

* The [[ArtificialHuman Prototypes]] from ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}'' are a “race” of cloned women who have been genetically enhanced to possess superhuman intelligence, telepathy, and a HiveMind. L7 model Prototypes are specifically bred to act as warriors and field commanders, and they often lead PACT’s ordinary human armies into battle while piloting the best [[AMechByAnyOtherName Ryders]] in their arsenal.

* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' Frans Raynor had a shoddily-made army of Dr. McNinja clones produced in order to invoke ConservationOfNinjitsu on the original.

* Machinima/FalloutLoreTheStoryteller: The {{Mooks}} of choice for [[spoiler:the Vault-Droid]] are clones created from his [[VideoGame/Fallout1 Vault Dweller]] DNA. The first batch were created at [[VideoGame/Fallout3 vault 108]] (and just like the vaults previous clone inhabitants [[PokemonSpeak they were only capable of saying their own names]]) but most of them were killed by the east coast [[TheOrder Brotherhood of Steel]] with the survivors accompanying [[spoiler:the Vault Droid]] to [[VideoGame/Fallout4 the Commonwealth]] and getting killed by [[spoiler:Ranger Tanner]] several years later. Eventually when he gets to the safari zone cloning lab he tries to replace them with new ones but they all end up [[CloneDegeneration misshapen and stupid]] due to his genetic code being damaged by radiation when he went through the glowing sea.
** [[spoiler:The Vault Droid himself]] was supposed to be OneManArmy version of this (well a [[spoiler:cloned brain in an android body]] but close enough) before he [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters turned against his masters]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' Gallaxhar considers himself to be a perfect being so he clones an army of himself.
** In the TV series, Coverton is asked by his master to clone one of the monsters for this purpose. Unfortunately, the chosen subject is [[TheDitz B.O.B.]], a choice even Coverton finds dubious.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', for obvious reasons. However this actually goes into the ethics of the trope, which are less addressed in the films. The clones' wages are constantly delayed (making them effectively slaves), the fact that they were artificially aged and are still aging faster is giving them issues that are going unfixed (and stay unfixed after Order 66), Jango Fett's death means no more fresh genetic material and thus more and more clones are defective, clones are treated as defective simply for not wanting to fight in the war, most people outside the Jedi and a handful of senators treat them as utterly expendable despite their sentience, and the Order 66 arc reveals that there are chips in their heads — designed to give out a variety of Orders with 66 being the one that gets selected in the end — that can malfunction and impair their thinking at any time OR just force them to obey.
** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' reveals that after the war ended the remaining clones were "decommissioned", although this seems to be functionally the same as being mustered out. It also makes a point of directly comparing them to stormtroopers; the stormtroopers are nowhere near the skill level or training, their weapons aren't as good, vision in their helmets is so bad it interferes with their aim, and their armor is of such a lower quality that it's little more than a uniform.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** The page image features the Clone Troopers from ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', who are all cloned from famed bounty hunter Jango Fett. They are genetically engineered for obedience and age at twice the normal rate. In fact, the first generation of stormtroopers were mostly veteran clone troopers.
** Discussed in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. After Finn has deserted and broken out a Resistance pilot, Kylo Ren is openly sceptical of the First Order's stormtroopers, most of whom are regular humans taken at birth and raised to be warriors. While Hux is arguing that his troops are the best, Ren argues that perhaps a clone army would be better, showing that the Clone Troopers still have quite the reputation sixty years on.

* In ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'' an Amestrian general explains that the actual reason human alchemy is outlawed is not the associated dangers but that it could be used to create an army. [[spoiler:Which is exactly what the Central Amestris army did, and it gets activated to help them fight off a coup. Unfortunately the manufactured humans turn out to be a completely insane zombie-like horde that just ate anyone they happened across, the army included]].
* All soldiers of [[spoiler:Germa 66]] from ''Manga/OnePiece'', are clones, grown in tubes and programmed for being loyal and never question orders. Surprisingly, none of the soldiers actually aware about their origins.

* ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse'': In "Blot on Their Friendship", The Phantom Blot seeks to sic Shebob of Camcordia -a ''[[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Shelob]]''s expy- on WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and then clone her to create his own spider army.

* in ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', after the Slaughterhouse Nine are decimated, Jack had Bonesaw create an army consisting of ten clones of every member the Nine have ever lost, each with the original's powers and a reasonable attempt at their personalities. Bonesaw also created a couple of {{Hybrid Monster}}s [[AllYourPowersCombined combining two members' powers]] just for fun.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has Mileena. She's a clone of Kitana who was originally made to replace her, with that plan being scrapped due to [[NightmareFace her extremely obvious physical deformity]]. In her ''Mortal Kombat X'' ending, she stumbles an incubation chamber containing countless identical clones of herself, and finds that she and they are share a HiveMind-style PsychicLink, multiplying Mileena's already high threat level by several orders of magnitude.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' the second season premiere revealed [[spoiler: that the boys were clones, and Doctor Venture kept a room of clones for when they inevitably die]]. In the season 3 finale, Sergeant Hatred takes the preformed clones and leads them as a RedshirtArmy. This also serves to remove the safety net from the show.

* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea5'', [[spoiler:generic [[TheCameo Asagis]]]] are recruitable, thanks to a surplus of them being created from the [[MirrorWorld Double Fake]] netherworld. This is encouraged with the [[spoiler:Asagi Fan Club squad, which gives all squadmates bonus stats for each Asagi assigned]].

* In ''VideoGame/EndlessSpace'', the Horatio faction was founded by an eccentric trillionaire who cloned up [[SendInTheClones an entire regime of allies, servants, and slaves]] (including {{Opposite Sex Clone}}s) with some ImportedAlienPhlebotinum he found on a planet. (Out of boredom, no less!) He then decided to fill the galaxy with the most beautiful thing he knew of -- himself.

* Done in a massive scale in ''VideoGame/EndlessSpace2''. A massively [[ItsAllAboutMe narcissistic]], massively eccentric trillionaire named Horatio left the Mezari empire all to discover his own star cluster to "settle". Fortunately for him (and unfortunately for everyone else), he awoke from suspended animation near an [[{{Precursors}} Endless]] citadel, which inside had genetic experiments, which he used to change himself into his twisted idea of "perfection". Boredom set in after a few years, so he decided to fill his planet with the most beautiful person to ever exist... Horatio. So not only is his army entirely Horatios, but his ''entire empire'' is populated by an unending tide of the perfect man, Horatio.

* A unique example in ''VideoGame/{{EndlessSpace2}}''. A massively [[ItsAllAboutMe narcissistic]], massively eccentric trillionaire named Horatio left the Mezari empire all to discover his own star cluster to "settle". Fortunately for him (and unfortunately for everyone else), he awoke from suspended animation near an [[{{Precursors}} Endless]] citadel, which inside had genetic experiments, which he used to change himself into his twisted idea of "perfection". Boredom set in after a few years, so he decided to fill his planet with the most beautiful person to ever exist... Horatio. So not only is his army entirely Horatios, but his ''entire empire'' is populated by an unending tide of the perfect man, Horatio.