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* Fantos the Amassor from ''WesternAnimation/KidCosmic'' is a big purple alien warlord based on Thanos The Accuser and the Cosmic Stones of Power he's collecting are basically analogous to the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'''s Infinity Stones.

** The reason Mongul is often seen by fans as a B-rate Darkseid is that he's an expy of Marvel's Thanos, himself an Expy of Darkseid. Mongul bears a relatively close physical resemblance to Darkseid and is a GalacticConqueror who rules over a planet-sized weapon called the War World. Even if he isn't as grand an antagonist as Darkseid, he is considered plenty formidable in his own right.

** Thanos is Darkseid's AlternateCompanyEquivalent, with Jim Starlin having explicitly based him on Darkseid at the editor's suggestion (he originally wanted to adapt Metron instead). Thanos has the same imposing physique (baldness included), OmnicidalManiac ambitions, and desire for the same McGuffin Darkseid has (specifically the Infinity Gauntlet, although the Cosmic Cube makes do just fine if need be). He is considered to be one of the top contenders for the title of the Marvel Universe's overarching BigBad. That being said, Thanos has enough distinctive traits and backstory to him that he has managed to make a name for himself. It was also lampshaded when the two met in ''ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC'', where Darkseid called Thanos a "pale imitation for [him]".
** Apocalypse is an ''ComicBook/XMen'' foe. His design is similar to Darkseid, and is one of the oldest, most powerful and most fearsome mutants. Though he has never really expanded himself into being a major player for the entire Marvel Universe, he nonetheless ''is'' the closest thing to a BigBad in the various X-titles under Marvel's banner.
** Terrax, one of Galactus's Heralds, has a design reminiscent of Darkseid. As a Herald, he has tremendous power, and unlike Galactus' other Heralds he lacks morality ( [[InvokedTrope which is why Galactus picked him]], as his other Heralds kept betraying him). Though not a GalacticConqueror in the traditional sense, he does view delivering worlds to Galactus as "conquest". His title as herald of Galactus has brought him into conflict with most of Marvel's cosmic stable of heroes as well as the heavy-hitting earthbound ones such as Hulk and Sentry, the latter a SupermanSubstitute himself.

* Gary Goddard admitted he was heavily influenced by the works of Creator/JackKirby, ''New Gods'' included when directing ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse''. Which is why he had the action moved from Eternia to Earth and essentially put Skeletor in the role of Darkseid.

** The Anti-Monitor has a similar build to Darkseid and is a high scale threat than Darkseid himself, His current appearance gave him a BaldOfEvil that makes him similar to Darkseid.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E14BartTheBadGuy Bart The Bad Guy]]" has Bart watching a movie called ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Vindicators: Crystal War]]'' with a BigBad called Chinnos who looks like Thanos with several chins voiced by Creator/MarvelStudios president and ''Series/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' producer Creator/KevinFeige.

** The Regent, a C-list ''Spider-Man'' baddie, is a "mere" CorruptCorporateExecutive who uses technology to steal superpowers from metahumans he imprisoned. In spite of his obscure status, his plan to absorb all metahuman powers allows him to gradually imprison Marvel's entire A-list earthbound superhero stable outside of ComicBook/SpiderMan and ComicBook/IronMan. In his case, metahumans themselves are arguably the MacGuffin he desires, as the more he captures, the more he can derive powers from.

** D-List ''ComicBook/IronMan'' bad guy The Controller has a design reminiscent of Darkseid, but with the caveat that he actually wears an exoskeleton which gives him MindControl powers. He is more of a MadScientist than anything else. Although firmly a foe of Iron Man, he has clashed with ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} and ComicBook/CaptainMarVell as well. Not to mention he used to serve under Thanos himself.

* ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'': In the game's comic-book-themed CastOfExpies, villain Grand Warlord Voss is the resident Darkseid/Thanos stand-in, a tyrant whose fleet has been spreading across the galaxy for years, conquering planets and subjugating the native species. He has bright pink craggy skin, as well as a headdress and bare-armed uniform reminiscent of Darkseid. His attempted invasion of Earth is something of an early wake-up call that brings together a number of the disparate heroes in the metafiction. Mechanically, the fight with him is meant to represent thousands of his troops landing all over the planet while the heroes fight their way through to Voss, who is effectively invulnerable with enough minions in play, but wades into combat wielding fire and energy gauntlets when his thralls are taken out.

* Zorc Necrophades from ''[[Manga/YuGiOh Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' has a lot in common with Darkseid. He's a towering muscular humanoid with dark skin, a cynical view of humanity's potential to be cruel, his existence predates Ancient Egypt and he wishes to acquire the 7 Millennium Items so he can cast a shadow over all of existence.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler:Season 2 introduces us to King Andrias. He may not seem like this when he first appears as a fun-loving CoolOldGuy, but when his true colors are revealed in the aptly named season 2 finale "True Colors", Andrias proves just how deadly he can be. He towers over most of the main cast, has a booming voice courtesy of Creator/KeithDavid, is the ruler of all Amphibia with a massive robot army being created to back him up, and seeks the [[MacGuffin Calamity Box]] so he can use it to travel the multiverse and conquer it.]]

* Frieza from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' ticks most of the boxes. He's a bald GalacticConqueror trying to collect the Dragon Balls so he can wish for immortality and was considered the most powerful person in the universe at the time. Though starts off with Darkseid's size, he tends to get smaller as he turns into more powerful forms. Most of Frieza's family and ancestors would fit the trope as well.

* ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' magazine's parody,
''[[Film/AvengersEndgame Avenjerks: Is This Ever Gonna End-Game?]]'' had a Thanos expy called Th'anus who was in a gay relationship with his Infinity Gauntlet glove puppet.

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* All For One from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' is a dreaded and imposing ancient evil overlord with a build that makes him bigger, but less tall than All Might in one shot and is shown to be as powerful as any Darkseid figure, He is more calculative in his planning and does everything just for his own ego and is the nemesis to a symbol of good.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E14BartTheBadGuy Bart The Bad Guy]]" has Bart watching a movie called ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Vindicators: Crystal War]]'' with a BigBad called Chinnos who looks like Thanks with several chins voiced by Creator/MarvelStudios president and ''Series/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' producer Creator/KevinFeige.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E14BartTheBadGuy Bart The Bad Guy]]" has Bart watching a movie called ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Vindicators: Crystal War]]'' with a BigBad called Chinnos who looks like Thanks with several chins.

* Fantis the Amassor from ''WesternAnimation/KidCosmic'' is a big purple alien warlord based on Thanos The Accuser and the Cosmic Stones of Power he's collecting are basically analogous to the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'''s Infinity Stones.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E14BartTheBadGuy Bart The Bad Guy]]" has Bart watching a movie called ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Vindicators: Crystal War]]'' with a BigBad called Chinnos who looks like Thanks with several chins.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode, "[[TheSimpsonsS31E14BartTheBadGuy Bart The Bad Guy]]" has Bart watching a movie called ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Vindicators: Crystal War]]'' with a BigBad called Chinnos who looks like Thanks with several chins.

* The ''ComicBook/AmalgamComics'' crossover had Darkseid merge with Thanos to become Thanoseid.

* ''ComicBook/TwilightGuardian'' has Slaughterdammerung, a [[Music/RichardWagner Wagner]]-themed Thanks expy of all things.

* Blackstar from ''ComicBook/JupitersLegacy'' is a valid, green, alien FlyingBrick who was wanted for genociding an alien race and was a struggle for the human brick heroes to take down together.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': Zovaal, better known as the Jailer, and the universe's version of {{Satan}}. He's a towering, bald figure who is the ancient ruler of a FireAndBrimstoneHell known as the Maw, which he was banished to after rebelling against the other Eternal Ones who rule the Shadowlands, and seeks to obtain their sigils to regain his lost power. [[spoiler:When he gets the last sigil held by the current [[TopGod Arbiter]], he changes to [[OneWingedAngel a more menacing armored form]] and sets out to [[InTheirOwnImage recreate all of reality with him as its ruler]].]]

* In the ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic "Fanfic/ApotheosisMHA," Izuku Midoriya [[AdaptationalVillainy becomes]] a supervillain inspired by Darkseid and Thanos, the latter already being an expy of Darkseid. Dubbing himself Apotheosis, he's a megalomaniacal super-genius with an ego so big [[AGodAmI that he wants to be god]]. Obsessed with the actual Infinity Gauntlet, he also has access to vast enough resources to make his own shadow government. Unlike [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans his]] [[StrawNihilist inspirations]], [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans he wants this power to improve the world]].

Beyond design, Darkseid Duplicates often aren't just the archenemies of a particular superhero; they are broad-based villains who are foes to all of the local universe's hero community at large, and are either TheDreaded or at least extremely powerful -- the "ultimate evil" so to speak. In order to have the clout needed to go with that status, they usually operate as a GalacticConqueror or OmnicidalManiac, much like the trope namer himself. They also have the ego (think GodComplex) and [[EvilIsHammy hamminess]] to match, and it is not uncommon for them to describe [[SmugSuper their superiority]] in great detail. Never content with the vast power they already have, they normally have an obsession with a particular artifact of power to further their might. Often this singular obsession is their downfall.