History Main / CopiedTheMoralsToo

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection of the Daleks]]", the Doctor gets a duplicate human created by the Daleks to do a HeelFaceTurn because he turned out too human.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis "Extremis"]], aliens copy everyone, including the Doctor, into a VR simulation in an attempt to see how well their takeover of Earth will go. The Extremis!Doctor is such a good copy that he's able to send the aliens' plans to his real-world counterpart.

** Inverted when Calvin first turns his cardboard box TimeMachine[=/=]transmogrifier as a duplicator to make a [[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/01/11 clone of himself]] to do the chores while he and Hobbes go play. Calvin is thwarted because the clone obviously hates chores just as much as Calvin does and refuses, then later goes on to clone himself repeatedly.

** Inverted in a later arc when Calvin makes a clone of himself that's pure good (by adding an ethicator to the duplicator), [[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1991/04/01 and acts so differently that everyone gets suspicious.]] The good clone disappears in a PuffOfLogic when he and Calvin get in a fight.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' episode "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E24Ladybug Ladybug]]", Mayura creates a sentimonster replica of Ladybug as a means of leaving Chat Noir vulnerable enough to take his miraculous. When the real Ladybug takes the item with the amok being used to control the sentimonster, the replica sides with the real Ladybug and Chat Noir against Mayura, having the real Ladybug's ethics as well as her powers and appearance.

* The ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures'' version of the Super-Adaptoid is stopped when ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} notices that the Adaptoid doesn't just copy his Powers, but also his attitude, so he gets the Adaptoid close to ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and the Adaptoid gets his morals, turning against his evil master.

A subtrope of GoneHorriblyRight. Compare and contrast BecomingTheMask, LostInCharacter, DeepCoverAgent, and PreferableImpersonator. The copy themselves may not even know that they're a copy and genuinely believe that they're the heroic character, and thus might face a TomatoInTheMirror surprise when they discover their true identity.

* In ''DissidiaFinalFantasyOperaOmnia'', Kuja implants a Dark Manikin of Vivi into the party after kidnapping the original. However, the Manikin starts taking on Vivi's mannerisms as well and instead of killing Zidane and the others like Kuja plans he ends up befriending everyone and becoming a surrogate little brother to Vivi [[spoiler: until he gives Vivi his brilliance back and dies]].

* In ''ComicBook/MegaMan'', the second Copy Robot is a malicious copy of Rock down to all of the Special Weapons he has currently equipped. But after Rock manages to subdue him, the Copy Robot has a change of heart because he's also copied Rock's ability to learn and ponders the life he could have a domestic robot. Unfortunately, he doesn't get to ruminate on this for long, as he's [[HeelFaceDoorSlam immediately hit by a Crash Bomber]] and [[HeroicSacrifice shoves Rock out of the way before exploding]].

* In ''ComicBook/TheManOfSteel'', the first Bizarro, despite some anger issues and colateral damage, tries to do as much good as the real Superman, and ends sacrificing himself to cure Lucy Lane's blindness.

* During the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' "Heart of Steel" arc, a [[AIIsACrapshoot Rogue A.I.]] called H.A.R.D.A.C began implementing a plan to KillAndReplace all of humanity. In a later episode a duplicate of Batman/Bruce Wayne was belatedly activated and brought online. However the duplicate, just like Batman, turns out to have a firm ThouShallNotKill principle, (something Batman himself notes when the duplicate passes up numerous opportunities to kill Batman) and when it thinks it has accidentally killed the real Batman it goes berserk with horror and rage, and promptly destroys H.A.R.D.A.C for good, destroying itself at the same time in the process.

->''H.A.R.D.A.C built you well. Perhaps... even better than he could have imagined.''
-->--'''Franchise/{{Batman}}''' to his robot counterpart after [[ThouShaltNotKill it refuses to kill]], ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE62HisSiliconSoul His Silicon Soul]]"

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* In ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'', ArmsDealer Hoi Kow Loon makes an EvilKnockoff of the titular Might Gaine as [[PaintItBlack Black Might Gaine]]. However, the first thing Black does is help Might Giane fortify a falling building and then join the heroic Brave Express Corps. Hoi Kow Loon does manage to make Black BrainwashedAndCrazy but the duplicate really is just as heroic and justice-driven as the original.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis "Extremis"]], aliens copy everyone, including the Doctor, in an attempt to see how well their takeover of Earth will go. The Extremis!Doctor is such a good copy that he's able to send the aliens' plans to his real-world counterpart.

* This trope is used intentionally throughout the ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' franchise. While it had long been known how to create genetic duplicates of people (known as [[CallARabbitASmeerp gholas]] in universe) who may have a vague sense of the person they were before, but despite many attempts they've been unable to get a ghola to reclaim the full memories or past life of the person it was created from. In ''Literature/DuneMessiah'' a ghola regains past life memories for the first time when a ghola called Hayt made from the deceased Duncan Idaho is brainwashed to assassinate Paul Atreides. Idaho had UndyingLoyalty to the Atreides family and [[HeroicSacrifice gave his life]] so that Paul and Lady Jessica could escape their enemies, so when Hayt is triggered to kill Paul, he finds himself resisting and the trauma of the LogicBomb allows the ghola to recover complete recall of his past life memories. He not only resists the trigger but kills the person who used it.

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* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In the episode [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS02E14Whispers Whispers]], aliens copy Chief O'Brien. But the copy was so much like O'Brien that he investigates their crime and tries to helpfully uncover why things seem so off on the station. As he dies, begs the heroes "[[IfIDoNotReturn tell Keiko I love her]]".
* In the fourth season SeriesFauxnale of ''Series/Babylon5'' titled "The Deconstruction Of Falling Stars," a scientist uses 500 year-old images of the command crew to frame them as war criminals and mad scientists who experimented on humans at the behest of "alien masters." However, the image of Security Chief Michael Garibaldi, as paranoid as the real one (and just as good with computers), gets the man {{Monologuing}} about his plan, secretly transmitting it and the base coordinates to the other side. As the base is destroyed, he quietly says to the others, "Rest well, my friends."
In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis Extremis]]", aliens copy everyone, including the Doctor, in an attempt to see how well their take-over of Earth will go. The Extremis!Doctor was such a good copy that he was able to send the aliens' plans to his real-world counterpart.

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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
** Inverted when Calvin first turns his cardboard box TimeMachine[=/=]transmogrifier as a duplicator to make a [[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/01/11 clone of himself]] to do the chores while he and Hobbes go play. Calvin is thwarted because the clone obviously hates chores just as much as Calvin does and refuses, then later goes on to clone himself repeatedly.
--->'''Calvin:''' OK, Dupe! Hobbes and I are going out to play. You clean my room and when you're done, I've got some homework you can do, too.
--->'''Duplicate:''' WHAT?! Forget it, bub! Find some OTHER sucker to do your dirty work! Last one outside is a rotten egg!
--->'''Calvin:''' HEY! COME BACK HERE!
--->'''Hobbes:''' He's a duplicate of you all right.
--->'''[[ItsAllAboutMe Calvin:]]''' What do you mean? [[MoralMyopia THIS guy's a total jerk!]]
** Inverted in a later arc when Calvin makes a clone of himself that's pure good (by adding an ethicator to the duplicator), [[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1991/04/01 and acts so differently that everyone gets suspicious.]] The good clone disappears in a PuffOfLogic when he and Calvin get in a fight.
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* In ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', this is how [[spoiler:The High Priest of Hel]] is defeated in the penultimate book, this foe being [[spoiler:Durkon after being transformed into a vampire; the vampire spirit takes over, while Durkon's soul is trapped inside his own mind and ForcedToWatch]]. Since [[spoiler: the vampire is essentially Durkon "on your worst day", Durkon realises he can release enough memories to cause AssimilationBackfire (though he needs to trick the vampire into accepting all these memories). The High Priest gains Durkon's morality, and allows himself to be slain to stop Hel's plan.]]

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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' the Akuma of the Week has the capacity of creating copies of people which she uses to cause confusion and the occasional MirrorMatch. When she tries this on Ladybug, the copy only obeys for a couple of minutes before helping the real Ladybug fight the Akuma instead.

You've probably Administrivia/SeenItAMillionTimes: a bad guy sets out to [[TheInfiltration infiltrate the good guys]] by creating a copy of one of them. Maybe it's done via a [[RobotMe robot duplicate]], or [[EvilDoppelganger evil clone]], a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]] or some other version of EvilKnockoff. Perhaps the goal is to KillAndReplace, or just to incapacitate the original and use the copy to spy on the good guys.

Sometimes, however, something strange happens. Not only does this copy of the heroic character look like and pass for the hero, but begins to act like and/or adopt the hero's morality as well. Reasons for this may vary, perhaps it's the first time the copy has been [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe treated kindly]], or [[ThePowerOfFriendship had friends]], or simply because GoodFeelsGood. This may well result in them turning against their evil creator and foiling whatever scheme they had in mind.

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* In ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', this is how [[spoiler:The High Priest of Hel]] is defeated in the penultimate book, this foe being [[spoiler:Durkon after being transformed into a vampire; the vampire spirit takes over, while Durkon's soul is trapped inside his own mind and ForcedToWatch]]. Since [[spoiler: the vampire is essentially Durkon "on your worst day", Durkon realises he can release enough memories to cause AssimilationBackfire. The High Priest gains Durkon's morality, and allows himself to be slain to stop Hel's plan.]]