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* After Lionel Hutz was retired from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Good Old" Gil Gunderson usually served as the Simpsons' lawyer. However, Hutz was suave and extroverted whereas Gil is whiny and introverted.

* ''Fanfic/FailureToExplode'': After Katsuki [[PointOfDivergence fails to make it into U.A.]], Monoma Neito winds up in Class 1-A instead. Both are outspoken, prideful blond teenage boys who play major roles in Izuku's life; however, Katsuki was incredibly egotistical, caring only about [[ItsAllAboutMe himself]] at the expense of all others, and regularly [[BarbaricBully beat the crap out of Izuku]], so he's more than happy to leave his [[WeUsedToBeFriends former friend]] behind him. Neito, meanwhile, proves to be a {{True Companion}}s, with their friendship being forged in fire when the League of Villains attacks the USJ.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Due to Lord Voldemort cursing the Defence Against the Dark Arts post when Dumbledore refused him the job, every book has a different teacher in this position, and all seven of them are very different characters. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', Professor Quirrel is a stuttering NervousWreck who is afraid of his own subject, and his lessons are noted to be disappointingly boring. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that this is all an act, as he is actually a loyal supporter of Voldemort trying to steal the Stone for him.]] In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Gilderoy Lockhart is an arrogant narcissist who is always talking about his fame and accomplishments, and he is revealed to be a fraud taking credit for things other people have done. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'', Remus Lupin is an old friend of Harry's parents who proves to be the series' first competent DADA teacher, a kind and gentle man and a good mentor to Harry who is sadly forced to resign due to anti-werewolf prejudice. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', Mad-Eye Moody is a cranky, paranoid retired auror who uses very extreme teaching methods such as actually performing illegal curses on students, but nonetheless proves to be a good teacher. [[spoiler:Although he is later revealed to be Death Eater Barty Crouch Jr. in disguise, subsequent books confirm that this is still a pretty accurate portrayal of Moody's real personality.]] In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', Dolores Umbridge is a SadistTeacher who despises Harry while hiding this under a veneer of [[SugaryMalice motherly politeness]], and seeks to undermine Dumbledore on behalf of Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', Severus Snape is also a SadistTeacher who hates Harry, but is much more openly hostile to him. Snape also contrasts Umbridge by being loyal to Dumbledore, and he actually teaches practical lessons, while Umbridge simply forced her class to read extremely boring books all the time. As Snape switches subjects from Potions master, his replacement in that role, Horace Slughorn, is also very different from him, being a jolly BigFun who loves Harry and considers him his best student. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Amycus Carrow, the final DADA teacher, is the only one who doesn't even attempt to hide being evil, being an open [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Death Eater]] who actually teaches students how to use the Dark Arts instead of defending themselves against them.

* ''Series/LawAndOrder''

* Every replacement surgeon from ''Series/{{MASH}}''

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' had several Rangers be replaced during the Zordon Era[[note]]Mighty Morphin to In Space[[/note]] before the tradition of starting an entirely fresh premise and cast in each new season.

* ''Series/TheXFiles''

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': After the TimeSkip, Sai, a member of the secret "Root" group, is put in Team 7 with Naruto and Sakura as the missing Sasuke's replacement. While Sasuke was aloof but with hidden violent emotions, Sai is polite and smiles often but is often said to [[StepfordSmiler not actually feel anything]].
* ''Anime/EpisodeOfChopperPlusBloomInTheWinterMiracleSakura'' as a reimagining of the Drum Kingdom arc, takes place after Enies Lobby, which means that Robin has replaced Vivi in the crew. Both of them play the OnlySaneMan role at times, but Vivi is considerably more emotional than Robin, resulting in them acting differently at times. For example, Vivi becomes comically angry when Luffy and Usopp claim to have never gotten sick, whereas Robin has no reaction. Both characters slap Usopp awake after the avalanche, but Robin uses her Devil Fruit powers to do so, and [[BlatantLies claims that he got frostbite]] with a straight face.
* This briefly comes up at the tail end of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar''. Once Shirogane's second term as president ends and he, Kaguya, and Fujiwara are no longer on the student council. The three new members that the recently elected [[spoiler:Iino]] recruits contrast each of them:
** Takano is a reverse Shirogane. Both of them are [[ScholarshipStudent impures]] and the top of their grades, but while Shirogane is a NiceGuy who hides an inferiority complex, Taikoku has a full blown superiority complex and uses his position to lord over others. It also extends to their relationship with the rest of the student body, as Shirogane was considered to be a BigManOnCampus, while Taikoku is subjected to bullying because everyone hates his smug attitude.
** Kanegae is basically Kaguya's opposite in every way save for both coming from zaibatsu families. While she was the top of her class and HopelessWithTech, he's both BookDumb and tech savvy. His parents are also implied to be a lot less strict that Gan'an was with Kaguya, as there's no signs that they have a problem with him being openly genderqueer.
** Tono is the anti-Fujiwara. Both both of them are troublemakers, but they are exact opposites when it comes to romance (Fujiwara remains single for the entire run of the series while Tono literally defines her worth by how many boys she can get to go out with her). And unlike with Fujiwara (the only member of the original student council that Ishigami never got along with), she's the only one of the new student council members that Ishigami actually considers to be dependable.

** Volume 2 introduces Kanazawa, a cartographer/mapmaker, whose first encounter with the duo was rather in poor taste at first. [[spoiler:He was actually with his female travelling companion whose fate was completely unknown before going on his own when his bike broke down.]] In the final chapter of Volume 1, he internally grieves after [[spoiler:losing all of his hand-drawn maps from a rickety elevator ride with Chito and Yuuri, yet he still is in high spirits and gives him his camera to them.]]
** Volume 3 introduces Ishii, who is a contrast to Kanazawa in many ways. While both are black-haired and bespectacled, their entire character is heavily different to each other. Unlike Kanazawa who is a cartographer who wants to chart the entire megacity, Ishii is a mechanic whose goal is to escape the megacity. As mentioned above, Kanazwa's first encounter with the travelling duo started off with a poor taste, while Ishii's encounter with them firstly started with a sense of amicability. Their final fates are different. In Kanazawa's case, [[spoiler:he loses every single maps he had drawn, and was internally in dismay]]; by contrast, Ishii was much more relieved of her failure [[spoiler:to escape the megacity after her plane immediately breaks down in 40 seconds.]]

* ''Manga/TheSummerYouWereThere'' has the two secondary characters contrast with those of the author's previous series, ''Manga/TheGirlIWantIsSoHandsome''

* The Cinephoto Club in ''Manga/{{Mono|2017}}'' acts as the opposite replacement to the Outdoor Activities Club in ''Manga/LaidBackCamp'', despite being established as school clubs of their own school. Unlike the Outdoor Activities Club who is a well-established club for years, the Cinephoto Club is a much more obscure club formed between the merging of two failing clubs into one whose members from both have graduated. They are both similar in a way, however, being school clubs with very few members to boot, where its members are mutually close to each other.

* ''Manga/GirlsLastTour'' has three different travelling companions that Chito and Yuuri go with who only appear in one volume each between Volumes 2 to 4.

* ''Manga/GearsMaiden'''s Chapter 2 replaces Rokka as the character of focus after Jima's disappearance in Chapter 1. Both are the close friends of the unnamed boy and also disappeared at the end, but while Jima is a [[LittleBitBeastly half-human hybrid]] girl conceived from an egg, Rokka is a normal human girl with no memories of her past life. And unlike Jima herself who is good-natured and adventurous, Rokka, despite being adventurous herself, is quiet and soft-spoken.

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* The Cinephoto Club in ''Manga/{{Mono}}'' acts as the opposite replacement to the Outdoor Activities Club in ''Manga/LaidBackCamp'', despite being established as school clubs of their own school. Unlike the Outdoor Activities Club who is a well-established club for years, the Cinephoto Club is a much more obscure club formed between the merging of two failing clubs into one whose members from both have graduated. They are both similar in a way, however, being school clubs with very few members to boot, where its members are mutually close to each other.

** Takano is a reverse Shirogane. Both of them are [[ScholarshipStudent impures]] and the top of their grades, but while Shirogane is a NiceGuy who hides an inferiority complex, Taikoku has a full blown superiority complex and uses his position to lord over others.

** Tono is the anti-Fujiwara. Both both of them are troublemakers, but they are exact opposites when it comes to romance (Fujiwara remains single for the entire run of the series while Tono literally defines her worth by how many boys she can get to go out with her). And unlike with Fujiwara (the only member of the original student council that Ishigami never got along with), she's the only one of the new student council members that Ishigami actually considers to be dependable..

*** Compared to the short-tempered Sixth Doctor, who would often lash out at whim when angered, the Seventh Doctor was a [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness a loveable buffoon]] who used ObfuscatingStupidity to stop his foes. [[CharacterizationMarchesOn His later stories solidified him]] into an ice-cold ManipulativeBastard.

*** Compared to the short-tempered Sixth Doctor, who would often lash out at whim when angered, the Seventh Doctor was an ice-cold ManipulativeBastard.
*** But before that, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness he was a loveable buffoon]] who used ObfuscatingStupidity to stop his foes.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Due to Lord Voldemort cursing the Defence Against the Dark Arts post when Dumbledore refused him the job, every book has a different teacher in this position, and all seven of them are very different characters. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', Professor Quirrel is a stuttering NervousWreck who is afraid of his own subject, and his lessons are noted to be disappointingly boring. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that this is all an act, as he is actually a loyal supporter of Voldemort trying to steal the Stone for him.]] In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Gilderoy Lockhart is an arrogant narcissist who is always talking about his fame and accomplishments, and he is revealed to be a fraud taking credit for things other people have done. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'', Remus Lupin is an old friend of Harry's parents who proves to be the series' first competent DADA teacher, a kind and gentle man and a good mentor to Harry who is sadly forced to resign due to anti-werewolf prejudice. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', Mad-Eye Moody is a cranky, paranoid retired auror who uses very extreme teaching methods such as actually performing illegal curses on students, but nonetheless proves to be a good teacher. [[spoiler:Although he is later revealed to be Death Eater Barty Crouch Jr. in disguise, subsequent books confirm that this is still a pretty accurate portrayal of Moody's real personality.]] In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', Dolores Umbridge is a SadistTeacher who despises Harry while hiding this under a veneer of [[SugaryMalice motherly politeness]], and seeks to undermine Dumbledore on behalf of Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', Severus Snape is also a SadistTeacher who hates Harry, but is much more openly hostile to him. Snape also contrasts Umbridge by being loyal to Dumbledore, and he actually teaches practical lessons, while Umbridge simply forced her class to read extremely boring books all the time. As Snape switches subjects from Potions master, his replacement in that role, Horace Slughorn, is also very different from him, being a jolly BigFun who loves Harry and considers him his best student. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Amycus Carrow, the final DADA teacher, is the only one who doesn't even attempt to hide being evil, being an open [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Death Eater]] who actually teachers students how to use the Dark Arts instead of defending themselves against them.