History Main / DistaffCounterpart

* ''Dora the Explorer'' -- ''Go, Diego, Go!''

* The Incubus (a male demon which lies upon sleepers, in order to have sexual intercourse with them) has the succubus as a female counterpart.

* The Incubus (a demon in male form which lies upon sleepers, in order to have sexual intercourse with them) has its female counterpart in the the succubus.

* In GreekMythology, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merman Mermen]]were the male equivalent of mermaids.

* In GreekMythology, the Mermen were the male equivalents of mermaids.

* In GreekMyths, the Mermen were the male equivalents of mermaids.

* In the pages of Marvel Age Magazine, Fred Hembeck introduced a Distaff Counterpart to Brother Voodoo, appropriately named Sister Voodoo.

* [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] -> [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]].
** From the same universes in reverse, Cortana -> Computer Adam.

** From the same universes, [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Cortana]]--[[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Computer Adam]]

* [[{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] - [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]].

** And to confirm, without a doubt, that each female is the counterpart of her respective male version, comes the fact that if there's a second player that is playing with the respective female counterpart during the Mars People abduction. The [[RyuAndKen other guy/chick]] will be the chosen replacement for your missing character.

Compare GenderFlip, which reverses roles based on gender, rather than cloning them. If a normally [[AlwaysFemale gender-]][[AlwaysMale specific]] trope is played on its opposite gender anyway, that's a a GenderInvertedTrope (otherwise known as a rare male/female example). If they're fan-created, it's RuleSixtyThree. If this appeals to a fan fetish, it's a form of PlayingToTheFetishes. When you take this trope to its literal conclusion, you get an OppositeSexClone. See also ContrastingSequelMainCharacter.

Compare GenderFlip, which reverses roles based on gender, rather than cloning them. If they're fan-created, it's RuleSixtyThree. If this appeals to a fan fetish, it's a form of PlayingToTheFetishes. When you take this trope to its literal conclusion, you get an OppositeSexClone. See also ContrastingSequelMainCharacter.

*** Similarly, in the Manga/MazingerAngels manga (a spoof of CharliesAngels) the main characters are Sayaka, Jun, Hikaru and Maria, piloting Aphrodite A, Venus A, Diana A and Minerva X, respectively. It's like your usual {{Crossover}} blending ''MazingerZ'', ''GreatMazinger'' and ''UFORoboGrendizer'', but GenderFlipped: the male pilots and their robots are nowhere to be seen, and the main characters are the female leads and robots.

*** Similarly, in the Mazinger Angels manga (a spoof of CharliesAngels) the main characters are Sayaka, Jun, Hikaru and Maria, piloting Aphrodite A, Venus A, Diana A and Minerva X, respectively. It's like your usual {{Crossover}} blending ''MazingerZ'', ''GreatMazinger'' and ''UFORoboGrendizer'', but GenderFlipped: the male pilots and their robots are nowhere to be seen, and the main characters are the female leads and robots.

* In ''TheUltimates'', there's the Giant-Woman Squad, an entire unit of female {{SHIELD}} agents with costumes and abilities patterned after those of [[AntMan Giant-Man]].

* Tallulah Black from ''JonahHex''. Like Hex, she's a physically and mentally scarred individual with absolutely nothing to lose.

* {{X-23}}, a female version of {{Wolverine}} with a foot claw. Better than it sounds.

** Also for the series, Tiamat is both a DistaffCounterpart and EvilCounterpart to Bahamut following DungeonsAndDragons tradition. This is especially noticeable in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', where Tiamat is a PaletteSwap of Bahamut and her Scan description indicates she underwent a FaceHeelTurn from being a Guardian Force.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX 8'' had two new [[MissionControl Navigators]] to accompany Alia, a mainstay since the fifth game. Sure enough, all three of them can be unlocked as playable characters, {{Distaff Counterpart}}s of the three heroes, having similar playstyles: Alia --> X, Layer --> Zero, and Pallette --> Axl. All they need to think about now is a DistaffCounterpart to Sigma. Better yet, they ''shouldn't''.
** There's always Lumine- No, wait. [[ViewerGenderConfusion False alarm]].
* The ''HarvestMoon'' video game series practically lives off of these. There's Jack --> Jill/Claire and Mark --> Chelsea--but don't worry, there's more.

*** And in Mexico, the original series was even called "''El hombre biónico''" ("''The Bionic Man''").

* [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog]] -- [[AlternateUniverse Blaze the Cat]]

** Or [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRx3Ab7LqSI Mandonna]]

* Fifth Harmony - Music/OneDirection, since they both have 5 members and they both started out on The X Factor (The former in the current US season, the latter in the UK version).