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* General Malaise fights in this way in ''WesternAnimation/OzzyAndDrix'' when, as a germ, he starts aggressively undergoing mitosis.
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* In the original ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' show, Billy Numerous can split himself into many duplicates. Unlike most other examples of this trope, the clones do not diminish in power until they reach triple-digit quantities. As a result, he can take on and overwhelm the entirety of the Teen Titans. After his own episode though, he joins other villainous groups as a minor character and doesn't display nearly as much competence as in his debut.
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* In ''VideoGame/AbobosBigAdventure'', [[spoiler: the Old Man]] splits into three versions of himself, all wielding swords.
* ST Thanatos and ST Valius in ''VideoGame/BattleClash'' do this. Valius is said to be so fast Eddie warps and fires from three different locations at once, but in truth the standing tank is really only in one place even if the shots are coming from seemingly impossible simultaneous angles. Find its shadow and shoot there.
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** Queen Yharnam can create duplicates that can use a lot of her attacks and will be constantly firing blood bullets at you. They can be destroyed easily, but can really make dealing with Yharnam very hard. The only thing that differentiates it from the real one is that the duplicates aren't pregnant.
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** Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen Yharnam can create duplicates that can use a lot of her attacks and will be constantly firing blood bullets at you. They can be destroyed easily, but can really make dealing with Yharnam very hard. The only thing that differentiates it from the real one is that the duplicates aren't pregnant.pregnant.
* The boss of Stage 4 in ''VideoGame/BloodOver'' does this.
* Hedrox, the bestial vampire in ''VideoGame/BloodRayne'', does this during his battle.
* The boss of Stage 4 in ''VideoGame/BloodOver'' does this.
* Hedrox, the bestial vampire in ''VideoGame/BloodRayne'', does this during his battle.
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* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has [[BreatherBoss Pinwheel]], a {{necromancer}} who makes fake copies of him self.
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* This is one of the abilities of [[spoiler: Dark Lumina]] in ''VideoGame/BraveFencerMusashi'', in addition to all the others provided by the Five Scrolls.
* In ''VideoGame/CannonDancer'', Kirin's signature technique creates these.
* The 8th boss of ''VideoGame/CaptainCommando'', [[MeaningfulName Doppel]], does this when he's injured enough in single player. In the multiplayer, he does this from the get-go.
* ''VideoGame/{{Clonk}}'''s Fantasy Pack adds, the Magic Copy spell, which works like this.
* In ''VideoGame/CosmicBreak'', this is the key move of the Palmier unit, called Palmier Frame Bombardment.
* Some bosses in ''VideoGame/CubeWorld'' have the ability to summon clones of themselves, which have a lot less health but still hit relatively hard. Others can summon clones of ''you''.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has [[BreatherBoss Pinwheel]], a {{necromancer}} who makes fake copies ofhim self.himself.
* In ''VideoGame/CannonDancer'', Kirin's signature technique creates these.
* The 8th boss of ''VideoGame/CaptainCommando'', [[MeaningfulName Doppel]], does this when he's injured enough in single player. In the multiplayer, he does this from the get-go.
* ''VideoGame/{{Clonk}}'''s Fantasy Pack adds, the Magic Copy spell, which works like this.
* In ''VideoGame/CosmicBreak'', this is the key move of the Palmier unit, called Palmier Frame Bombardment.
* Some bosses in ''VideoGame/CubeWorld'' have the ability to summon clones of themselves, which have a lot less health but still hit relatively hard. Others can summon clones of ''you''.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has [[BreatherBoss Pinwheel]], a {{necromancer}} who makes fake copies of
* During the first battle with Soul of the Phoenix in ''VideoGame/DeathsGambit'', she goes [[SubvertedTrope from orange-red]] to the much hotter blue flame. During the second battle, a blue version of her is created alongside the normal one.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Deeeepio}}'', Tier 9 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_squid Humboldt squid]] can create up to 2 clones of themselves once they eat enough.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Deeeepio}}'', Tier 9 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_squid Humboldt squid]] can create up to 2 clones of themselves once they eat enough.
* The Clone power in ''VideoGame/{{Deflyio}}'' does exactly that. Notably, the Clone has its separate health as it moves opposite the player, and if the player gets killed regardless, they'll not respawn while the clone is still around.
* This is done by [[spoiler:Loki]] in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor''. Though, the real one has a shadow and slightly more speed.
* The boss battle against Manah's personal demons in ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}} II'' involves a lot of these. In fact, defeating the dopplegangers doesn't even earn you kills or experience points.
* Ziguragi in ''VideoGame/{{Fixeight}}'' has this as his special weapon, which creates three ninja clones that follow him. They aim at enemies and fires rapid shuriken.
* [[FreewareGames Freeware]] ShootEmUp ''VideoGame/{{Fraxy}}'' allows for player-made content, and so this trope shows up there a lot. Eboshidori's ''Phantom 30K'' is the best-known example.
* The Unholy Prophet boss in ''VideoGame/{{Gloom}}'' creates two doppelgangers, who attack just like how he does, but will fade away after a single attack, without reducing his own health bar. The best way to deal with them is often to fire a bullet as soon as he creates the doppelgangers - its OverPenetration will pass through all three of them, immediately destroying the phantom copies.
* [[FreewareGames Freeware]] ShootEmUp ''VideoGame/{{Fraxy}}'' allows for player-made content, and so this trope shows up there a lot. Eboshidori's ''Phantom 30K'' is the best-known example.
* The Unholy Prophet boss in ''VideoGame/{{Gloom}}'' creates two doppelgangers, who attack just like how he does, but will fade away after a single attack, without reducing his own health bar. The best way to deal with them is often to fire a bullet as soon as he creates the doppelgangers - its OverPenetration will pass through all three of them, immediately destroying the phantom copies.
* In ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'', both Ryudo and Melfice have similar special attacks that invoke this (Purple Lightning and Wailing Sword Slash, respectively).
** In ''VideoGame/GrandiaXtreme'', Lutina has Dragon Mirage move, where she create two more clones to trap the enemy inside a triangle, before attacking him from the three angles.
*** Titto has something similar with his last move, where he runs around an enemy, creating four clones of him to attack the enemy simultaneously.
** In ''VideoGame/GrandiaXtreme'', Lutina has Dragon Mirage move, where she create two more clones to trap the enemy inside a triangle, before attacking him from the three angles.
*** Titto has something similar with his last move, where he runs around an enemy, creating four clones of him to attack the enemy simultaneously.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Headhunter}}: Redemption'', Psycho Star slides across the room, which creates copies of himself that home in on Leeza.
* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfNewerth'''s Circe can create several illusions, be it hers or anyone else's. She can even turn into a copy of you, down to the last detail!
* Shadow Dash (or Mei) in ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'', can create shadow clones of herself.
* ''VideoGame/{{Icey}}'''s Shadow Strike is this, sending digital copies of herself to strike vulnerable enemies, regardless of where they are on screen, and independent of what she's doing.
* Shadow Dash (or Mei) in ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'', can create shadow clones of herself.
* ''VideoGame/{{Icey}}'''s Shadow Strike is this, sending digital copies of herself to strike vulnerable enemies, regardless of where they are on screen, and independent of what she's doing.
* Nora, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/IslandsOfWakfu'', can use Quantum Storm; a skill that creates a clone of herself that will immediately go off to fight onscreen enemies.
* ''VideoGame/{{Jotun}}'''s Thora can receive a power from Loki that creates a shadowy copy of herself. Enemies will attack the copy exclusively, and it will [[ActionBomb explode after a set time.]]
** One of the titular Jotun, Hagalaz, creates a copy of herself that fights alongside her.
** One of the titular Jotun, Hagalaz, creates a copy of herself that fights alongside her.
* An oblique version pf this occurs in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheRound'', when Phantom's second group of escorts appears. Two of them are Sky Walkers, Mooks that look just like him—and these are a one-time case where even the colors are the same! However, they do not attack in the same fashion, their only special attack being to throw a dagger straight ahead.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'' features a monster named Berith, who can create two fake copies of itself, which have all the same attacks but explode after taking a certain amount of damage. There's also a boss ''called'' Doppelganger, but he transforms into copies of your party members.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'' features a monster named Berith, who can create two fake copies of itself, which have all the same attacks but explode after taking a certain amount of damage. There's also a boss ''called'' Doppelganger, but he transforms into copies of your party members.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKage'', you are capable of doing this, as is Yoshiro.
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* In ''VideoGame/LionheartLegacyOfTheCrusader'', two of the bosses can summon copies of themselves. In both cases, the original AND the copies (which tend to be weaker) need to be killed in close succession, as the original can summon more copies to replace those the player has already killed, or one of the copies can become the original if the original dies.
* Clarino, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/LethalCrisis'' can do this. The downside is that it'll steadily [[CastFromHitpoints drain her own Life Energy over time]].
* In ''VideoGame/LionheartLegacyOfTheCrusader'', two of the bosses can summon copies of themselves. In both cases, the original AND the copies (which tend to be weaker) need to be killed in close succession, as the original can summon more copies to replace those the player has already killed, or one of the copies can become the original if the original dies.
* Mysterio does this when confronted in ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance''.
* In ''VideoGame/LionheartLegacyOfTheCrusader'', two of the bosses can summon copies of themselves. In both cases, the original AND the copies (which tend to be weaker) need to be killed in close succession, as the original can summon more copies to replace those the player has already killed, or one of the copies can become the original if the original dies.
* Mysterio does this when confronted in ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance''.
* Hong Meiling, a boss of ''VideoGame/MegaMari'', returns in Patchouli Castle alongside a clone of herself that's equal in strength.
* Captains in ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'' gained many more abilities when compared to [[VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor the original]]. One of these is creating clones of themselves.
* As expected, this is done by Naruto himself in ''VideoGame/NarutoClashOfNinja''. Itachi can do this too.
* One power-up in ''VideoGame/NewgroundsRumble'' creates an intangible clone of your character that follows and attacks alongside them.
* The first two ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' games on [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] featured the Kelbeross beasts, where only one of them was vulnerable but both were very, very deadly.
** Similarly, Ryu acquired this skill in ''The Dark Sword of Chaos'', where he could generate up to two Shadow Clones that are invulnerable, would follow in his footsteps ''precisely'' (even stopping in midair if Ryu himself jumped and then stopped moving), and would slash or use Ninja Arts in perfect sync with him. A great deal of boss strategies (and speed runs) centered around proper positioning of these clones while Ryu himself ducked into a safe spot.
** Games made by ''Creator/TeamNinja'' instead had the self-explanatory Doppelganger fiends.
* The first two ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' games on [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] featured the Kelbeross beasts, where only one of them was vulnerable but both were very, very deadly.
** Similarly, Ryu acquired this skill in ''The Dark Sword of Chaos'', where he could generate up to two Shadow Clones that are invulnerable, would follow in his footsteps ''precisely'' (even stopping in midair if Ryu himself jumped and then stopped moving), and would slash or use Ninja Arts in perfect sync with him. A great deal of boss strategies (and speed runs) centered around proper positioning of these clones while Ryu himself ducked into a safe spot.
** Games made by ''Creator/TeamNinja'' instead had the self-explanatory Doppelganger fiends.
* ''VideoGame/ProjectDimentiaBodhisattva'' really loves this trope. Its protagonist, Aqua, has the ability to duplicate when fight-dashing, doing combo moves, picking up objects to throw at enemies, and trying to rescue the pigs. This is also done by the bosses like Nisha, the catgirl Salmon which can self-duplicate by the red eggs that float in the air, and Poodle, by creating clones out of mirrors.
* Zeckle in ''VideoGame/ProjectG'' can summon clones to attack.
* The battle with Kurohagane in ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' centers around him creating clones of himself, which then proceed to summon even more enemies, or turn into tougher enemies themselves.
* The Ninja can upgrade his attacks to use one in ''VideoGame/ProtectMeKnight''.
* Zeckle in ''VideoGame/ProjectG'' can summon clones to attack.
* The battle with Kurohagane in ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' centers around him creating clones of himself, which then proceed to summon even more enemies, or turn into tougher enemies themselves.
* The Ninja can upgrade his attacks to use one in ''VideoGame/ProtectMeKnight''.
* The boss of Stage 8 in ''VideoGame/RagnarokBattleOffline'' uses this.
* In the ''VideoGame/RealmOfTheMadGod'', this is done by the Crystal Prisoner and the Puppet Master.
* One of Charme's abilities in ''VideoGame/RecettearAnItemShopsTale'' is to create a temporary shadow that can attack along-side her mimicking her actions. She can create up to five at a time as long as you have enough MP.
* This is done by an early boss in ''VideoGame/{{Robotrek}}''. Some enemies also have the ability to summon more of themselves, though the ones summoned are real and worth experience.
* Performing the ''Freudenzwinger'' move in ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' allows you to do this.
* One of Charme's abilities in ''VideoGame/RecettearAnItemShopsTale'' is to create a temporary shadow that can attack along-side her mimicking her actions. She can create up to five at a time as long as you have enough MP.
* This is done by an early boss in ''VideoGame/{{Robotrek}}''. Some enemies also have the ability to summon more of themselves, though the ones summoned are real and worth experience.
* Performing the ''Freudenzwinger'' move in ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' allows you to do this.
* A few of the sword moves in ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'', such as Godless, Haze-To-Wheel, and ESPECIALLY the visually appealing Life Sprinkler. In addition, the Shadow Servant spell, which creates a clone of you that copies every move you use.
** The "Magician" Arcane spell is a variant - It creates a single copy of the caster that's harmless if left alone... but when attacked, it has a chance of causing instant death.
** The "Magician" Arcane spell is a variant - It creates a single copy of the caster that's harmless if left alone... but when attacked, it has a chance of causing instant death.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}} and the Pirate's Curse'', one of the attacks of the [[TrueFinalBoss Pirate Master's True Form]] involves conjuring three phantom copies of his humanoid form that will attack you in his place.
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* This is done by the [[spoiler:Deathjester]] in ''VideoGame/SeikenDensetsu3''.
** Grand Divina's Double Magic is not, as the name suggests, a doublecast but instead splits Angela in two, doubling the enemy's pain. This is also the Nightblade's skill.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}} and the Pirate's Curse'', one of the attacks of the [[TrueFinalBoss Pirate Master's True Form]] involves conjuring three phantom copies of his humanoid form that will attack you in hisplace. place.
* Hayate can do this in ''VideoGame/ShounenKinindenTsumuji''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Skautfold}}: Shrouded in Sanity,'' Saragat, The Fourth Knight does this during his battle. Sadly, he loses this power when you get to play as him in ''Skautfold: Usurper''.
* [[spoiler:Atsushi Onita]] in ''VideoGame/SkullmanInScoobyDoc4TheDestroyerFeaturingAtsushiOnita'' can hide in the background by splitting into six silhouettes of himself. He will then reappear from whatever silhouette is a darker color than the rest.
** Grand Divina's Double Magic is not, as the name suggests, a doublecast but instead splits Angela in two, doubling the enemy's pain. This is also the Nightblade's skill.
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* Hayate can do this in ''VideoGame/ShounenKinindenTsumuji''.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Skautfold}}: Shrouded in Sanity,'' Saragat, The Fourth Knight does this during his battle. Sadly, he loses this power when you get to play as him in ''Skautfold: Usurper''.
* [[spoiler:Atsushi Onita]] in ''VideoGame/SkullmanInScoobyDoc4TheDestroyerFeaturingAtsushiOnita'' can hide in the background by splitting into six silhouettes of himself. He will then reappear from whatever silhouette is a darker color than the rest.
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* Yamato does this in ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage 3''.
** Rudra performs one when she TurnsRed in ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRageRemake'', summoning two extra clones of herself to fight you.
* Kae in ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}'' is capable of using clones of herself to attack her foes.
** Rudra performs one when she TurnsRed in ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRageRemake'', summoning two extra clones of herself to fight you.
* Kae in ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}'' is capable of using clones of herself to attack her foes.
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* Ezrek Khan, a boss in ''VideoGame/TorchlightII'', will spawn two clones of himself during the last two times you fight him directly. They do not have much health but they can use the same spells as him (excluding the cloning). The Embermage's final skill in the Frost tree allows them to summon an Astral Ally that fights with their beginning spells, essentially creating a second Embermage for you.
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* Shockwave can create monochrome duplicates of himself to fight for him in ''VideoGame/TransformersDevastation''.
* In ''VideoGame/TrinitySoulsOfZillOll'', Selene's mirage step increases her speed and creates a duplicate of her for extra attacks. At full power, she gets 4 duplicates and her attacks become MoreDakka.
* Kayen, Father of Thirst, splits into two at the start of his battle in ''VideoGame/{{Unworthy}}''.
* Raoul, Dark Mind will create shadow clones of himself in ''VideoGame/VampireNight'', along with the many other shadow-based powers he has.
* In ''VideoGame/TrinitySoulsOfZillOll'', Selene's mirage step increases her speed and creates a duplicate of her for extra attacks. At full power, she gets 4 duplicates and her attacks become MoreDakka.
* Kayen, Father of Thirst, splits into two at the start of his battle in ''VideoGame/{{Unworthy}}''.
* Raoul, Dark Mind will create shadow clones of himself in ''VideoGame/VampireNight'', along with the many other shadow-based powers he has.
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* ''VideoGame/VoidMemory'''s Cursed Prince begins creating doppelgangers halfway through his fight.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', Mirage's Hall of Mirrors ability surrounds her with a ring of holographic clones to distract and attack enemies.
** Equinox normally transitions between two forms, Night and Day, but the Duality mod causes the form she's switching out of to split off into an AI Specter for a few seconds.
** The now-removed Solar Rail disputes between clans or alliances allowed attacking clans to deploy Tenno Specter clones of clan/alliance members to attack and claim territory. These doppelgangers carried the loadouts and builds of the actual player, ranging from laughably easy to defeat beginner players to extremely difficult Trinitys using Link.
* The Mirage Potion in ''VideoGame/{{Wildsio}}'', creates a temporary clone of the player, which moves and attacks in sync with them. Drinking multiple potions creates multiple clones. While they look identical to their creator, there are still two ways of telling them apart: either by looking at their healthbar (clones are always created at full health, which is often not the case for their creators), or by trying to knock them down. Knocking down the real player will simultaneously knock down the clone(s) as well.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', Mirage's Hall of Mirrors ability surrounds her with a ring of holographic clones to distract and attack enemies.
** Equinox normally transitions between two forms, Night and Day, but the Duality mod causes the form she's switching out of to split off into an AI Specter for a few seconds.
** The now-removed Solar Rail disputes between clans or alliances allowed attacking clans to deploy Tenno Specter clones of clan/alliance members to attack and claim territory. These doppelgangers carried the loadouts and builds of the actual player, ranging from laughably easy to defeat beginner players to extremely difficult Trinitys using Link.
* The Mirage Potion in ''VideoGame/{{Wildsio}}'', creates a temporary clone of the player, which moves and attacks in sync with them. Drinking multiple potions creates multiple clones. While they look identical to their creator, there are still two ways of telling them apart: either by looking at their healthbar (clones are always created at full health, which is often not the case for their creators), or by trying to knock them down. Knocking down the real player will simultaneously knock down the clone(s) as well.
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* Strings' deck in ''VideoGame/YuGiOhTheSacredCards'' has numerous monsters summon other monsters into play, and some that summon a copy of themselves.
* Yin can create duplicates during her battle in ''VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki''. Fortunately they have less HP and fewer attacks than the original. Unfortunately, they still have the attack with the 90% chance of inflicting Death. [[spoiler: Rixia manages to lose this ability when she joins you, both masked as Yin and as herself, probably because it would break the difficulty otherwise.]]
* Yin can create duplicates during her battle in ''VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki''. Fortunately they have less HP and fewer attacks than the original. Unfortunately, they still have the attack with the 90% chance of inflicting Death. [[spoiler: Rixia manages to lose this ability when she joins you, both masked as Yin and as herself, probably because it would break the difficulty otherwise.]]
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While they ''are'' all solid, often the summoned copies are much [[FixedRelativeStrength weaker than the original]], and can be killed more quickly. The major difference between this and DoppelgangerSpin is that the doppelgangers are able to attack, even if they can be destroyed by being hit once or twice. Sometimes making more copies makes the original opponent weaker, due to the ConservationOfNinjitsu.
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While they ''are'' all solid, often the summoned copies are much [[FixedRelativeStrength weaker than the original]], and can be killed more quickly. The major difference between this and DoppelgangerSpin is that the doppelgangers are able to attack, even if they can be destroyed by being hit once or twice. Sometimes making more copies makes the original opponent weaker, due to the ConservationOfNinjitsu.
ConservationOfNinjitsu. In fact, Ninja-theme characters in {{Toku}} are frequently an example of both these tropes.
* In ''Manga/AliceAcademy'', Misaki Harada's doppleganger Alice allows her to create multiple versions of herself.
* While she's generally more likely to use it for [[ConMan scams]] than for combat, Ryoko of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' is able to create solid "shadows" of herself.
* In ''Manga/BusouRenkin'', the villain Moonface's Busou Renkin, Satellite 30, allows him to create 30 versions of himeself, each one representing a phase of the moon with a head of the corresponding shape. FWI, the new moon one is headless.
* In ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', both this and its sister trope, DoppelgangerSpin, appear occasionally;
** Some characters, like Tenshinhan/Tien, Piccolo, and Cell can divide their bodies into weaker physical copies to employ special fighting strategies. Piccolo also uses it to spar with himself when there's no suitably strong partner available.
** Sgt. Purple of the Red Ribbon Army subverts this; While he claims he can do this, he's actually part of a set of identical septuplets, who pretend to be this trope.
** There are other solid clone jutsus too, mainly in the form of "X Clone Jutsu", where X is an element like water or sand, with varying levels of similarity to the original. Their disadvantage compared to the Shadow Clone Jutsu is that the user needs to ''have'' a supply of the element in question on hand (ie to make Water Clones you need to be near a river or lake and for Sand Clones you need to be near a beach or desert...or do like Gaara and carry a huge gourd full of sand wherever you go). For just a handful of clones, that's rarely a problem. Creating ''[[MesACrowd thousands]]'' of them like Naruto sometimes does with Shadow Clones, though, is implausible even if you've got a near-bottomless supply of chakra like Naruto.
** Pain also has the ability to make copies of other Akatsuki members out of living people, which are essentially the same except with only the percentage of chakra put into it.
* Chantez Arpinion of ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' reveals her ability to do this with her Ensemble spell during her match against [[MightyGlacier Victoria]], overwhelming her opponent with several tangible clones that are nigh-indistinguishable from the original and just as [[FragileSpeedster fast and skilled, though quite fragile]]. [[spoiler:She was shown to be able to create up to eighteen clones at once. Unfortunately, her opponent is a [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]] who wipes them all out [[IAmNotLeftHanded once she gets serious]]]]
* While she's generally more likely to use it for [[ConMan scams]] than for combat, Ryoko of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' is able to create solid "shadows" of herself.
* In ''Manga/BusouRenkin'', the villain Moonface's Busou Renkin, Satellite 30, allows him to create 30 versions of himeself, each one representing a phase of the moon with a head of the corresponding shape. FWI, the new moon one is headless.
* In ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', both this and its sister trope, DoppelgangerSpin, appear occasionally;
** Some characters, like Tenshinhan/Tien, Piccolo, and Cell can divide their bodies into weaker physical copies to employ special fighting strategies. Piccolo also uses it to spar with himself when there's no suitably strong partner available.
** Sgt. Purple of the Red Ribbon Army subverts this; While he claims he can do this, he's actually part of a set of identical septuplets, who pretend to be this trope.
** There are other solid clone jutsus too, mainly in the form of "X Clone Jutsu", where X is an element like water or sand, with varying levels of similarity to the original. Their disadvantage compared to the Shadow Clone Jutsu is that the user needs to ''have'' a supply of the element in question on hand (ie to make Water Clones you need to be near a river or lake and for Sand Clones you need to be near a beach or desert...or do like Gaara and carry a huge gourd full of sand wherever you go). For just a handful of clones, that's rarely a problem. Creating ''[[MesACrowd thousands]]'' of them like Naruto sometimes does with Shadow Clones, though, is implausible even if you've got a near-bottomless supply of chakra like Naruto.
** Pain also has the ability to make copies of other Akatsuki members out of living people, which are essentially the same except with only the percentage of chakra put into it.
* Chantez Arpinion of ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' reveals her ability to do this with her Ensemble spell during her match against [[MightyGlacier Victoria]], overwhelming her opponent with several tangible clones that are nigh-indistinguishable from the original and just as [[FragileSpeedster fast and skilled, though quite fragile]]. [[spoiler:She was shown to be able to create up to eighteen clones at once. Unfortunately, her opponent is a [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]] who wipes them all out [[IAmNotLeftHanded once she gets serious]]]]
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* Suzaku, an early Big Bad from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', could create seven identical copies of himself, each with all of his strength. In stark violation of the Law of Conservation of Energy, he could then reabsorb those copies to completely replenish his strength, enabling him to fight forever, until [[spoiler: Yusuke kills all the clones and damages the remaining clone's antenna, so he can no longer control his aura. As a result the one remaining clone is rendered powerless and possibly dies, though his fate is never actually addressed.]]
* In ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', both this and its sister trope, DoppelgangerSpin, appear occasionally;
** Some characters, like Tenshinhan/Tien, Piccolo, and Cell can divide their bodies into weaker physical copies to employ special fighting strategies. Piccolo also uses it to spar with himself when there's no suitably strong partner available.
** Sgt. Purple of the Red Ribbon Army subverts this; While he claims he can do this, he's actually part of a set of identical septuplets, who pretend to be this trope.
* In ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', both this and its sister trope, DoppelgangerSpin, appear occasionally;
** Some characters, like Tenshinhan/Tien, Piccolo, and Cell can divide their bodies into weaker physical copies to employ special fighting strategies. Piccolo also uses it to spar with himself when there's no suitably strong partner available.
** Sgt. Purple of the Red Ribbon Army subverts this; While he claims he can do this, he's actually part of a set of identical septuplets, who pretend to be this trope.
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** There are other solid clone jutsus too, mainly in the form of "X Clone Jutsu", where X is an element like water or sand, with varying levels of similarity to the original. Their disadvantage compared to the Shadow Clone Jutsu is that the user needs to ''have'' a supply of the element in question on hand (ie to make Water Clones you need to be near a river or lake and for Sand Clones you need to be near a beach or desert...or do like Gaara and carry a huge gourd full of sand wherever you go). For just a handful of clones, that's rarely a problem. Creating ''[[MesACrowd thousands]]'' of them like Naruto sometimes does with Shadow Clones, though, is implausible even if you've got a near-bottomless supply of chakra like Naruto.
** Pain also has the ability to make copies of other Akatsuki members out of living people, which are essentially the same except with only the percentage of chakra put into it.
* In ''Manga/BusouRenkin'', the villain Moonface's Busou Renkin, Satellite 30, allows him to create 30 versions of himeself, each one representing a phase of the moon with a head of the corresponding shape. FWI, the new moon one is headless.
** Pain also has the ability to make copies of other Akatsuki members out of living people, which are essentially the same except with only the percentage of chakra put into it.
* In ''Manga/BusouRenkin'', the villain Moonface's Busou Renkin, Satellite 30, allows him to create 30 versions of himeself, each one representing a phase of the moon with a head of the corresponding shape. FWI, the new moon one is headless.
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** Pain also has the ability to make copies of other Akatsuki members out of living people, which are essentially
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* In ''Manga/AliceAcademy'', Misaki Harada's doppleganger Alice allows her to create multiple versions of herself.
* While she's generally more likely to use it for [[ConMan scams]] than for combat, Ryoko of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' is able to create solid "shadows" of herself.
* Chantez Arpinion of ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' reveals her ability to do this with her Ensemble spell during her match against [[MightyGlacier Victoria]], overwhelming her opponent with several tangible clones that are nigh-indistinguishable from the original and just as [[FragileSpeedster fast and skilled, though quite fragile]]. [[spoiler:She was shown to be able to create up to eighteen clones at once. Unfortunately, her opponent is a [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]] who wipes them all out [[IAmNotLeftHanded once she gets serious]]]]
* An early character in ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', Kastro, fought Hisoka wuth a Nen ability he called "Double", allowing him to create a perfect copy of himself. It worked for a time but Hisoka worked out its flaws. The main flaw was that the double did not display battle damage or accumulate dirt making it easy to recognize over a prolonged battle. It was also a bad choice in technique for Kastro in particular, as his natural abilities in Nen were ill-suited to the conjuration and manipulation Double required.
* One of the Zoalords from {{Manga/Guyver}} can hide himself in "imaginary space", where he cannot be harmed by anything in "real space". From there, he can project up to three "shadows" in "real space": the copies look identical to the original, but are intangible, invulnerable and capable of firing homing ball of plasma, which ''are'' tangible and more than capable of harm. The drawbacks of this technique is that he can safely use it only for ten minutes at a time, and that [[spoiler: someone who possesses the same ability could also enter the same "imaginary space" and attack him directly]].
* While she's generally more likely to use it for [[ConMan scams]] than for combat, Ryoko of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' is able to create solid "shadows" of herself.
* Chantez Arpinion of ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' reveals her ability to do this with her Ensemble spell during her match against [[MightyGlacier Victoria]], overwhelming her opponent with several tangible clones that are nigh-indistinguishable from the original and just as [[FragileSpeedster fast and skilled, though quite fragile]]. [[spoiler:She was shown to be able to create up to eighteen clones at once. Unfortunately, her opponent is a [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]] who wipes them all out [[IAmNotLeftHanded once she gets serious]]]]
* An early character in ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', Kastro, fought Hisoka wuth a Nen ability he called "Double", allowing him to create a perfect copy of himself. It worked for a time but Hisoka worked out its flaws. The main flaw was that the double did not display battle damage or accumulate dirt making it easy to recognize over a prolonged battle. It was also a bad choice in technique for Kastro in particular, as his natural abilities in Nen were ill-suited to the conjuration and manipulation Double required.
* One of the Zoalords from {{Manga/Guyver}} can hide himself in "imaginary space", where he cannot be harmed by anything in "real space". From there, he can project up to three "shadows" in "real space": the copies look identical to the original, but are intangible, invulnerable and capable of firing homing ball of plasma, which ''are'' tangible and more than capable of harm. The drawbacks of this technique is that he can safely use it only for ten minutes at a time, and that [[spoiler: someone who possesses the same ability could also enter the same "imaginary space" and attack him directly]].
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* In ''Manga/AliceAcademy'', Misaki Harada's doppleganger Alice allows her to Suzaku, an early BigBad from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', could create multiple versions of herself.
* While she's generally more likely to use it for [[ConMan scams]] than for combat, Ryoko of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' is able to create solid "shadows" of herself.
* Chantez Arpinion of ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' reveals her ability to do this with her Ensemble spell during her match against [[MightyGlacier Victoria]], overwhelming her opponent with several tangible clones that are nigh-indistinguishable from the original and just as [[FragileSpeedster fast and skilled, though quite fragile]]. [[spoiler:She was shown to be able to create up to eighteen clones at once. Unfortunately, her opponent is a [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]] who wipes them all out [[IAmNotLeftHanded once she gets serious]]]]
* An early character in ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', Kastro, fought Hisoka wuth a Nen ability he called "Double", allowing him to create a perfect copy of himself. It worked for a time but Hisoka worked out its flaws. The main flaw was that the double did not display battle damage or accumulate dirt making it easy to recognize over a prolonged battle. It was also a bad choice in technique for Kastro in particular, as his natural abilities in Nen were ill-suited to the conjuration and manipulation Double required.
* One of the Zoalords from {{Manga/Guyver}} can hide himself in "imaginary space", where he cannot be harmed by anything in "real space". From there, he can project up to three "shadows" in "real space": the copies lookseven identical to copies of himself, each with all of his strength. In stark violation of the original, but are intangible, invulnerable and capable Law of firing homing ball Conservation of plasma, which ''are'' tangible and more than capable of harm. The drawbacks of this technique is that Energy, he can safely use it only for ten minutes at a time, and that could then reabsorb those copies to completely replenish his strength, enabling him to fight forever, until [[spoiler: someone who possesses Yusuke kills all the same ability could also enter clones and damages the same "imaginary space" remaining clone's antenna, so he can no longer control his aura. As a result the one remaining clone is rendered powerless and attack him directly]].possibly dies, though his fate is never actually addressed.]]
* While she's generally more likely to use it for [[ConMan scams]] than for combat, Ryoko of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' is able to create solid "shadows" of herself.
* Chantez Arpinion of ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' reveals her ability to do this with her Ensemble spell during her match against [[MightyGlacier Victoria]], overwhelming her opponent with several tangible clones that are nigh-indistinguishable from the original and just as [[FragileSpeedster fast and skilled, though quite fragile]]. [[spoiler:She was shown to be able to create up to eighteen clones at once. Unfortunately, her opponent is a [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]] who wipes them all out [[IAmNotLeftHanded once she gets serious]]]]
* An early character in ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', Kastro, fought Hisoka wuth a Nen ability he called "Double", allowing him to create a perfect copy of himself. It worked for a time but Hisoka worked out its flaws. The main flaw was that the double did not display battle damage or accumulate dirt making it easy to recognize over a prolonged battle. It was also a bad choice in technique for Kastro in particular, as his natural abilities in Nen were ill-suited to the conjuration and manipulation Double required.
* One of the Zoalords from {{Manga/Guyver}} can hide himself in "imaginary space", where he cannot be harmed by anything in "real space". From there, he can project up to three "shadows" in "real space": the copies look
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* Franchise/MarvelUniverse:
** The ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' character Flashback can conjure up versions of himself from seconds away in time, allowing him to swarm an opponent all by himself. He's not so good at picking foes he can actually beat this way, though, and the downside is, if one of his phase-forms dies, he gets to worry if it's the one from ''his'' future.
** The mercenary Timeshadow, a former pawn of Apocalypse, has a similar power.
** Quantum, a foe of Comicbook/TheAvengers, can teleport back and forth so fast that he's effectively two (or more) places at once, allowing him to hit heroes from several directions.
** ''Multiple Man'' from ''ComicBook/XFactor''. Especially recently as his clones tend to reflect part of the typical human personality. His libido manifested with a clone and much sex (not with clones) ensued.
** The ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' character Flashback can conjure up versions of himself from seconds away in time, allowing him to swarm an opponent all by himself. He's not so good at picking foes he can actually beat this way, though, and the downside is, if one of his phase-forms dies, he gets to worry if it's the one from ''his'' future.
** The mercenary Timeshadow, a former pawn of Apocalypse, has a similar power.
** Quantum, a foe of Comicbook/TheAvengers, can teleport back and forth so fast that he's effectively two (or more) places at once, allowing him to hit heroes from several directions.
** ''Multiple Man'' from ''ComicBook/XFactor''. Especially recently as his clones tend to reflect part of the typical human personality. His libido manifested with a clone and much sex (not with clones) ensued.
* Franchise/MarvelUniverse:
** The ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' character Flashback can conjure up versions of himself from seconds away in time, allowing him to swarm an opponent all by himself. He's not so good at picking foes he can actually beat this way, though, and the downside is, if one of his phase-forms dies, he gets to worry if it's the one from ''his'' future.
** The mercenary Timeshadow, a former pawn of Apocalypse, has a similar power.
** Quantum, a foe of Comicbook/TheAvengers, can teleport back and forth so fast that he's effectively two (or more) places at once, allowing him to hit heroes from several directions.
** ''Multiple Man'' from ''ComicBook/XFactor''. Especially recently as his clones tend to reflect part of the typical human personality. His libido manifested with a clone and much sex (not with clones) ensued.
** The ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' character Flashback can conjure up versions of himself from seconds away in time, allowing him to swarm an opponent all by himself. He's not so good at picking foes he can actually beat this way, though, and the downside is, if one of his phase-forms dies, he gets to worry if it's the one from ''his'' future.
** The mercenary Timeshadow, a former pawn of Apocalypse, has a similar power.
** Quantum, a foe of Comicbook/TheAvengers, can teleport back and forth so fast that he's effectively two (or more) places at once, allowing him to hit heroes from several directions.
** ''Multiple Man'' from ''ComicBook/XFactor''. Especially recently as his clones tend to reflect part of the typical human personality. His libido manifested with a clone and much sex (not with clones) ensued.
* Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}} takes this trope UpToEleven [[spoiler:when he [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/77509ca1bd70e181961428628f19ca16/tumblr_p7yv67gXGb1usfzn8o8_400.gif pulls this]] against Thanos in the ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'']].
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* Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}} takes this trope UpToEleven [[spoiler:when he [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/77509ca1bd70e181961428628f19ca16/tumblr_p7yv67gXGb1usfzn8o8_400.gif pulls this]] against Thanos in the ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'']].
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* Ninja-theme characters in {{Toku}} shows frequently do this.
** This normally happens in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' whenever there's something involving ninjas. It also happens in ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' some times.
*** Yellow Mask in ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'', who was raised as a ninja, had the ''Yellow Mask Kage Bunshin'' ("Shadow Clone")
*** ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'''s Boi (Tiger Ranger) does this when he trains to be a ninja.
*** ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger''. And in the third season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', which used footage from ''Kakuranger'', this was one of the tricks the Rangers could pull in their Ninjetti forms. Aurico, the red Aquitian ranger, could also do it.
*** [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Kouta/Hurricane Yellow]]'s ''Chō Ninpō: Mai Jishi'' ("Super Ninpou: Dancing Lion") Also used by Dustin in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm''. Kouta uses it again when he returns in ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]''.
*** Kamdor in ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' did this once. Being a {{ninja}}, it could be the use of a skill that gives the illusion of more opponents than there actually are, or the typical magical {{Flanderization}} of a real-life technique intended to do this.
*** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' had an episode where the team had to win the approval of [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Ninja Red]] and [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricane Red]], and after doing so gained access to their signature moves; naturally the Kakuranger Shuriken gives this power. When the show was adapted into ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', however, the connection to previous teams was dropped.
** ''Franchise/KamenRider'' has this as well.
*** The Zebra Undead (Nine of Diamonds) in ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' has this ability; thanks to the PowerCopying nature of this series's AppliedPhlebotinum, [[spoiler: Kamen Rider Garren]] gets a limited version after defeating it.
*** Kamen Rider [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Knight]]'s Trick Vent card lets him create up to four copies of himself; Ryuki once uses his Copy Vent card to duplicate its effect.
*** Series/KamenRiderDecade's Attack Ride: Illusion card does much the same; he even uses it to counter Knight's Trick Vent in one episode. He also gets a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome thanks to this in TheMovie. When faced with a three-on-one fight against [[Series/KamenRiderBlack Black]], [[Series/KamenRiderV3 V3]] and [[Series/KamenRiderSuper1 Super-1]], Decade counters their [[FinishingMove Triple Kick]] by combining the Illusion card with his Final Attack Ride, performing a Triple Dimension Kick all by himself. Later in the series, [[SecondRider Diend]] gets his own version of the Illusion card.
*** Series/KamenRiderOOO's [=GataKiriBa=] Combo gives him this ability. However, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot because the effects involved were quite expensive]], it tends to pop up more in the movies than the series itself; in ''The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'' in particular, OOO creates seven copies of himself then has each one change to a different [[MultiformBalance forms]], allowing [[MesACrowd all eight of his Full Combos to fight side-by-side]].
*** Series/KamenRiderWizard's Copy Ring is one of the first tricks he demonstrates; the White Wizard and [[TheMovie movie]] villain Kamen Rider Sorcerer have Dupe Rings with similar effects. Wizard's MidSeasonUpgrade, the Drago Timer, puts a unique spin on this by letting him create three copies of himself, all using a different [[ElementalPowers element]], which can then [[AllYourPowersCombined merge together]] to let him access All Dragon form.
*** Series/KamenRiderBuild's [[{{Ninja}} Ninnin]][[ComicBooks Comic]] Form gets the requisite ''Bunshin no Jutsu'' thanks to its CoolSword, the {{Yonkoma}} Ninpoutou.
** While the Baltans of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' are more of an example of the DoppelgangerSpin, another alien race, the Guts from ''Series/UltraSeven'', possess the ability to split themselves into multiple clones that possess the same abilities and physical power of the original.
** This normally happens in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' whenever there's something involving ninjas. It also happens in ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' some times.
*** Yellow Mask in ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'', who was raised as a ninja, had the ''Yellow Mask Kage Bunshin'' ("Shadow Clone")
*** ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'''s Boi (Tiger Ranger) does this when he trains to be a ninja.
*** ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger''. And in the third season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', which used footage from ''Kakuranger'', this was one of the tricks the Rangers could pull in their Ninjetti forms. Aurico, the red Aquitian ranger, could also do it.
*** [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Kouta/Hurricane Yellow]]'s ''Chō Ninpō: Mai Jishi'' ("Super Ninpou: Dancing Lion") Also used by Dustin in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm''. Kouta uses it again when he returns in ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]''.
*** Kamdor in ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' did this once. Being a {{ninja}}, it could be the use of a skill that gives the illusion of more opponents than there actually are, or the typical magical {{Flanderization}} of a real-life technique intended to do this.
*** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' had an episode where the team had to win the approval of [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Ninja Red]] and [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricane Red]], and after doing so gained access to their signature moves; naturally the Kakuranger Shuriken gives this power. When the show was adapted into ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', however, the connection to previous teams was dropped.
** ''Franchise/KamenRider'' has this as well.
*** The Zebra Undead (Nine of Diamonds) in ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' has this ability; thanks to the PowerCopying nature of this series's AppliedPhlebotinum, [[spoiler: Kamen Rider Garren]] gets a limited version after defeating it.
*** Kamen Rider [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Knight]]'s Trick Vent card lets him create up to four copies of himself; Ryuki once uses his Copy Vent card to duplicate its effect.
*** Series/KamenRiderDecade's Attack Ride: Illusion card does much the same; he even uses it to counter Knight's Trick Vent in one episode. He also gets a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome thanks to this in TheMovie. When faced with a three-on-one fight against [[Series/KamenRiderBlack Black]], [[Series/KamenRiderV3 V3]] and [[Series/KamenRiderSuper1 Super-1]], Decade counters their [[FinishingMove Triple Kick]] by combining the Illusion card with his Final Attack Ride, performing a Triple Dimension Kick all by himself. Later in the series, [[SecondRider Diend]] gets his own version of the Illusion card.
*** Series/KamenRiderOOO's [=GataKiriBa=] Combo gives him this ability. However, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot because the effects involved were quite expensive]], it tends to pop up more in the movies than the series itself; in ''The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'' in particular, OOO creates seven copies of himself then has each one change to a different [[MultiformBalance forms]], allowing [[MesACrowd all eight of his Full Combos to fight side-by-side]].
*** Series/KamenRiderWizard's Copy Ring is one of the first tricks he demonstrates; the White Wizard and [[TheMovie movie]] villain Kamen Rider Sorcerer have Dupe Rings with similar effects. Wizard's MidSeasonUpgrade, the Drago Timer, puts a unique spin on this by letting him create three copies of himself, all using a different [[ElementalPowers element]], which can then [[AllYourPowersCombined merge together]] to let him access All Dragon form.
*** Series/KamenRiderBuild's [[{{Ninja}} Ninnin]][[ComicBooks Comic]] Form gets the requisite ''Bunshin no Jutsu'' thanks to its CoolSword, the {{Yonkoma}} Ninpoutou.
** While the Baltans of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' are more of an example of the DoppelgangerSpin, another alien race, the Guts from ''Series/UltraSeven'', possess the ability to split themselves into multiple clones that possess the same abilities and physical power of the original.
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* Ninja-theme characters in {{Toku}} shows frequently do this.
** This normally happens in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' whenever there's something involving ninjas. It also happens in ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' some times.
*** Yellow Mask in ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'', who was raised as a ninja, had the ''Yellow Mask Kage Bunshin'' ("Shadow Clone")
*** ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'''s Boi (Tiger Ranger) does this when he trains to be a ninja.
*** ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger''. And in the third season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', which used footage from ''Kakuranger'', this was one of the tricks the Rangers could pull in their Ninjetti forms. Aurico, the red Aquitian ranger, could also do it.
*** [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Kouta/Hurricane Yellow]]'s ''Chō Ninpō: Mai Jishi'' ("Super Ninpou: Dancing Lion") Also used by Dustin in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm''. Kouta uses it again when he returns in ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]''.
*** Kamdor in ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' did this once. Being a {{ninja}}, it could be the use of a skill that gives the illusion of more opponents than there actually are, or the typical magical {{Flanderization}} of a real-life technique intended to do this.
*** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' had an episode where the team had to win the approval of [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Ninja Red]] and [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricane Red]], and after doing so gained access to their signature moves; naturally the Kakuranger Shuriken gives this power. When the show was adapted into ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', however, the connection to previous teams was dropped.
**''Franchise/KamenRider'' has frequently features this as well.
***trope.
** The Zebra Undead (Nine of Diamonds) in ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' has this ability; thanks to the PowerCopying nature of this series's AppliedPhlebotinum, [[spoiler: Kamen Rider Garren]] gets a limited version after defeating it.
*** ** Kamen Rider [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Knight]]'s Trick Vent card lets him create up to four copies of himself; Ryuki once uses his Copy Vent card to duplicate its effect.
*** ** Series/KamenRiderDecade's Attack Ride: Illusion card does much the same; he even uses it to counter Knight's Trick Vent in one episode. He also gets a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome thanks to this in TheMovie. When faced with a three-on-one fight against [[Series/KamenRiderBlack Black]], [[Series/KamenRiderV3 V3]] and [[Series/KamenRiderSuper1 Super-1]], Decade counters their [[FinishingMove Triple Kick]] by combining the Illusion card with his Final Attack Ride, performing a Triple Dimension Kick all by himself. Later in the series, [[SecondRider Diend]] gets his own version of the Illusion card.
*** ** Series/KamenRiderOOO's [=GataKiriBa=] Combo gives him this ability. However, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot because the effects involved were quite expensive]], it tends to pop up more in the movies than the series itself; in ''The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'' in particular, OOO creates seven copies of himself then has each one change to a different [[MultiformBalance forms]], allowing [[MesACrowd all eight of his Full Combos to fight side-by-side]].
*** ** Series/KamenRiderWizard's Copy Ring is one of the first tricks he demonstrates; the White Wizard and [[TheMovie movie]] villain Kamen Rider Sorcerer have Dupe Rings with similar effects. Wizard's MidSeasonUpgrade, the Drago Timer, puts a unique spin on this by letting him create three copies of himself, all using a different [[ElementalPowers element]], which can then [[AllYourPowersCombined merge together]] to let him access All Dragon form.
*** ** Series/KamenRiderBuild's [[{{Ninja}} Ninnin]][[ComicBooks Comic]] Form gets the requisite ''Bunshin no Jutsu'' thanks to its CoolSword, the {{Yonkoma}} Ninpoutou.
* This normally happens in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' whenever there's something involving ninjas. It also happens in ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' some times.
** Yellow Mask in ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'', who was raised as a ninja, had the ''Yellow Mask Kage Bunshin'' ("Shadow Clone")
** ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'''s Boi (Tiger Ranger) does this when he trains to be a ninja.
** ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger''. And in the third season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', which used footage from ''Kakuranger'', this was one of the tricks the Rangers could pull in their Ninjetti forms. Aurico, the red Aquitian ranger, could also do it.
** [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Kouta/Hurricane Yellow]]'s ''Chō Ninpō: Mai Jishi'' ("Super Ninpou: Dancing Lion") Also used by Dustin in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm''. Kouta uses it again when he returns in ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]''.
** Kamdor in ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' did this once. Being a {{ninja}}, it could be the use of a skill that gives the illusion of more opponents than there actually are, or the typical magical {{Flanderization}} of a real-life technique intended to do this.
** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' had an episode where the team had to win the approval of [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Ninja Red]] and [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricane Red]], and after doing so gained access to their signature moves; naturally the Kakuranger Shuriken gives this power. When the show was adapted into ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', however, the connection to previous teams was dropped.
* While the Baltans of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' are more of an example of the DoppelgangerSpin, another alien race, the Guts from ''Series/UltraSeven'', possess the ability to split themselves into multiple clones that possess the same abilities and physical power of the original.
** This normally happens in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' whenever there's something involving ninjas. It also happens in ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' some times.
*** Yellow Mask in ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'', who was raised as a ninja, had the ''Yellow Mask Kage Bunshin'' ("Shadow Clone")
*** ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'''s Boi (Tiger Ranger) does this when he trains to be a ninja.
*** ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger''. And in the third season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', which used footage from ''Kakuranger'', this was one of the tricks the Rangers could pull in their Ninjetti forms. Aurico, the red Aquitian ranger, could also do it.
*** [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Kouta/Hurricane Yellow]]'s ''Chō Ninpō: Mai Jishi'' ("Super Ninpou: Dancing Lion") Also used by Dustin in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm''. Kouta uses it again when he returns in ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]''.
*** Kamdor in ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' did this once. Being a {{ninja}}, it could be the use of a skill that gives the illusion of more opponents than there actually are, or the typical magical {{Flanderization}} of a real-life technique intended to do this.
*** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' had an episode where the team had to win the approval of [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Ninja Red]] and [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricane Red]], and after doing so gained access to their signature moves; naturally the Kakuranger Shuriken gives this power. When the show was adapted into ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', however, the connection to previous teams was dropped.
**
***
** The Zebra Undead (Nine of Diamonds) in ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' has this ability; thanks to the PowerCopying nature of this series's AppliedPhlebotinum, [[spoiler: Kamen Rider Garren]] gets a limited version after defeating it.
* This normally happens in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' whenever there's something involving ninjas. It also happens in ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' some times.
** Yellow Mask in ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'', who was raised as a ninja, had the ''Yellow Mask Kage Bunshin'' ("Shadow Clone")
** ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'''s Boi (Tiger Ranger) does this when he trains to be a ninja.
** ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger''. And in the third season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', which used footage from ''Kakuranger'', this was one of the tricks the Rangers could pull in their Ninjetti forms. Aurico, the red Aquitian ranger, could also do it.
** [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Kouta/Hurricane Yellow]]'s ''Chō Ninpō: Mai Jishi'' ("Super Ninpou: Dancing Lion") Also used by Dustin in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm''. Kouta uses it again when he returns in ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]''.
** Kamdor in ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' did this once. Being a {{ninja}}, it could be the use of a skill that gives the illusion of more opponents than there actually are, or the typical magical {{Flanderization}} of a real-life technique intended to do this.
** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' had an episode where the team had to win the approval of [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Ninja Red]] and [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricane Red]], and after doing so gained access to their signature moves; naturally the Kakuranger Shuriken gives this power. When the show was adapted into ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', however, the connection to previous teams was dropped.
* While the Baltans of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' are more of an example of the DoppelgangerSpin, another alien race, the Guts from ''Series/UltraSeven'', possess the ability to split themselves into multiple clones that possess the same abilities and physical power of the original.
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* Quite naturally, duplication powers are a staple of superhero [=RPGs=].
* In the 7th Edition of TabletopGame/GammaWorld, one of the origins, Doppelganger, focuses on such powers. At 1st-level, you could briefly have three of yourself simultaneously. (It's an at-will power.)
* In the 7th Edition of TabletopGame/GammaWorld, one of the origins, Doppelganger, focuses on such powers. At 1st-level, you could briefly have three of yourself simultaneously. (It's an at-will power.)
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* [[spoiler: The EvilChancellor]] in ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' does this in the final battle. Also combined with TheManBehindTheCurtain, as [[spoiler: once you defeat three copies, the actual Vizier can be defeated in one hit.]]
* In the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' games, Mid-Boss' ultimate attack, Adonic Fury, utilizes this. He splits himself into four copies and surrounds the unfortunate target to beat the ever-loving crap out of him/her/it. There's also his Super Adonis, which has him rapidly magichange countless copies of himself into swords and rain them down upon his unfortunate targets.
** Several other special moves, such as Doppelganger, use copies as well. The makers of the game have commented that the attack is "also useful if you want to vote for something".
** ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' and ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' show that this kind of attack isn't just for demons.
** In those same games, the "Clone" Geo Panels recreate duplicate versions of whatever is standing on a matching color panel, be they allies or enemies. All of the generated clones are very real (and will invariably attack your party), and retain the stats and Hit Points of the original, but you [[UnusableEnemyEquipment can't steal any of their equipment]].
* In the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' games, Mid-Boss' ultimate attack, Adonic Fury, utilizes this. He splits himself into four copies and surrounds the unfortunate target to beat the ever-loving crap out of him/her/it. There's also his Super Adonis, which has him rapidly magichange countless copies of himself into swords and rain them down upon his unfortunate targets.
** Several other special moves, such as Doppelganger, use copies as well. The makers of the game have commented that the attack is "also useful if you want to vote for something".
** ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' and ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' show that this kind of attack isn't just for demons.
** In those same games, the "Clone" Geo Panels recreate duplicate versions of whatever is standing on a matching color panel, be they allies or enemies. All of the generated clones are very real (and will invariably attack your party), and retain the stats and Hit Points of the original, but you [[UnusableEnemyEquipment can't steal any of their equipment]].
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* The time-travel RTS ''VideoGame/{{Achron}}'' can be made to do this. A technique allows the DelayedRippleEffect to be Delayed permanently, so that your units can [[HelpYourSelfInTheFuture Help Themselves In The Future]] but never return to the past, without any nasty [[TemporalParadox paradoxes]]. Unfortunately, [[AwesomeButImpractical this requires so much time and concentration]] that it's easier to just [[BoringButPractical build new units]] if you need to.
* One of [[{{Ninja}} Konoha's]] supers in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' has her creating a bunch of doppelgangers to pummel her opponent with a 100-hit combo.
* The last battle in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' against [[spoiler:The EvilChancellor]] in ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' does this Al Mu'alim]], where he creates a dozen illusions of himself, each of which is perfectly capable of killing you, being the most dangerous fighters in the final battle. Also combined with TheManBehindTheCurtain, as [[spoiler: once entire game. If you defeat three copies, the actual Vizier can be defeated in one hit.]]
* In the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' games, Mid-Boss' ultimate attack, Adonic Fury, utilizes this. He splits himself into four copies and surrounds the unfortunate target to beat the ever-loving crapfigure out of him/her/it. There's also his Super Adonis, which has him rapidly magichange countless copies of himself into swords and rain them down upon his unfortunate targets.
** Several other special moves, such as Doppelganger, use copies as well. The makers of the game have commented that the attackone is "also useful if you want to vote for something".
** ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' and ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' show that this kind of attack isn't just for demons.
** In those same games, the "Clone" Geo Panels recreate duplicate versions of whatever is standing on a matching color panel, be they allies or enemies. All of the generated clones are very real (and will invariably attack your party), and retain the stats and Hit Points ofthe original, but you [[UnusableEnemyEquipment can't steal any can cause the others to disappear. That's pretty much the entire point of their equipment]]. the battle, really.
** In the second game [[spoiler:Ezio]] uses the [[spoiler: piece of Eden in his battle against the Pope]]. The copies are different in that they attack independently from you and they don't disappear when you or they are hit. It makes the battle rather easy as you can just wait until he is fighting one of the copies and then attack him from behind and the wait until another copy attacks and he's busy fighting him. Rinse and repeat, [[spoiler: Pope defeated]].
* One of [[{{Ninja}} Konoha's]] supers in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' has her creating a bunch of doppelgangers to pummel her opponent with a 100-hit combo.
* The last battle in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' against [[spoiler:
* In the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' games, Mid-Boss' ultimate attack, Adonic Fury, utilizes this. He splits himself into four copies and surrounds the unfortunate target to beat the ever-loving crap
** Several other special moves, such as Doppelganger, use copies as well. The makers of the game have commented that the attack
** ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' and ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' show that this kind of attack isn't just for demons.
** In those same games, the "Clone" Geo Panels recreate duplicate versions of whatever is standing on a matching color panel, be they allies or enemies. All of the generated clones are very real (and will invariably attack your party), and retain the stats and Hit Points of
** In the second game [[spoiler:Ezio]] uses the [[spoiler: piece of Eden in his battle against the Pope]]. The copies are different in that they attack independently from you and they don't disappear when you or they are hit. It makes the battle rather easy as you can just wait until he is fighting one of the copies and then attack him from behind and the wait until another copy attacks and he's busy fighting him. Rinse and repeat, [[spoiler: Pope defeated]].
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* In ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' games, [=ShadowMan=] makes clones of himself that each shoot a blast of fire down the row they are on whenever the original does. He can also create a more ghostly clone to appear on your side of the field which attacks you with a sword.
* This applies to Kisuke's Haze and Phantom Secret Arts and Momohime's Flash Secret Art in ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade''.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the first boss of 40-man Temple of Ahn'Qiraj (Skeram) (and his 5-man protege in Arcatraz (Skyriss)) uses this ability, although there is a "real" one. Each of his copies must be separated, and the fake ones must be killed before they destroy the raid. The 5-man version in Arcatraz only splits into 2, whereas the 40-man version splits into 3.
** Mage players can also perform their own Doppelganger Attack by summoning 3 to 4 copies of themselves able to cast basic spells.
** Multiboxers are players who play multiple accounts simultaneously by passing the keystrokes from their keyboard to multiple active [=WoW=] installs. When a player does this while playing mage characters, when they are glyphed for Mirror Image and get 4 dopplegangers of themselves, per character, this can be a completely overwhelming sight to see. 5 characters with 4 backups each = 25 total characters. When they all start spamming Frostbolt it looks like Franchise/StarWars. Bonus points if they're all gnomes with pink hair.
** All of those spells are based on the ''Warcraft III'' Blademaster's Mirror Image which summoned 3 clones of the caster. Those dealt no damage whatsoever and were mostly there to confuse the enemy, whereas in ''World of Warcraft'' mirror images typically do damage as well.
** Jandice Barov of Scholomance is the champion of this trope as she summons no less than 15 illusions of herself midfight. Those deal damage, but TAKE NONE, it is imperative to find the real Jandice (her name is distinct from the images, so she can be found easily) and down her fast.
*** In ''Mists of Pandaria'', the attack was changed to a DoppelgangerSpin. The images no longer deal damage, and their attack is only to distract you from finding the real Jandice; they can also be destroyed, though they will explode when killed.
** Grand Magus Telestra in The Nexus summons duplicates of herself midway during the fight.
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', this is the core of the [[MasterOfIllusion Mesmer]] profession's fighting style. Mesmers make illusionary clones of themselves that are fragile and deal little damage, but can be "shattered" to cause a variety of effects. They can also make more powerful "phantasms," which are clones that are visibly different from the Mesmer but are a serious threat and able to deal significant damage before fading away and becoming regular clones.
* This applies to Kisuke's Haze and Phantom Secret Arts and Momohime's Flash Secret Art in ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade''.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the first boss of 40-man Temple of Ahn'Qiraj (Skeram) (and his 5-man protege in Arcatraz (Skyriss)) uses this ability, although there is a "real" one. Each of his copies must be separated, and the fake ones must be killed before they destroy the raid. The 5-man version in Arcatraz only splits into 2, whereas the 40-man version splits into 3.
** Mage players can also perform their own Doppelganger Attack by summoning 3 to 4 copies of themselves able to cast basic spells.
** Multiboxers are players who play multiple accounts simultaneously by passing the keystrokes from their keyboard to multiple active [=WoW=] installs. When a player does this while playing mage characters, when they are glyphed for Mirror Image and get 4 dopplegangers of themselves, per character, this can be a completely overwhelming sight to see. 5 characters with 4 backups each = 25 total characters. When they all start spamming Frostbolt it looks like Franchise/StarWars. Bonus points if they're all gnomes with pink hair.
** All of those spells are based on the ''Warcraft III'' Blademaster's Mirror Image which summoned 3 clones of the caster. Those dealt no damage whatsoever and were mostly there to confuse the enemy, whereas in ''World of Warcraft'' mirror images typically do damage as well.
** Jandice Barov of Scholomance is the champion of this trope as she summons no less than 15 illusions of herself midfight. Those deal damage, but TAKE NONE, it is imperative to find the real Jandice (her name is distinct from the images, so she can be found easily) and down her fast.
*** In ''Mists of Pandaria'', the attack was changed to a DoppelgangerSpin. The images no longer deal damage, and their attack is only to distract you from finding the real Jandice; they can also be destroyed, though they will explode when killed.
** Grand Magus Telestra in The Nexus summons duplicates of herself midway during the fight.
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', this is the core of the [[MasterOfIllusion Mesmer]] profession's fighting style. Mesmers make illusionary clones of themselves that are fragile and deal little damage, but can be "shattered" to cause a variety of effects. They can also make more powerful "phantasms," which are clones that are visibly different from the Mesmer but are a serious threat and able to deal significant damage before fading away and becoming regular clones.
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* Gruntilda in ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie: [[RevengeOfTheSequel Grunty's Revenge]]'', after her Mecha Grunty suit is destroyed. Klungo also does it in ''Banjo-Tooie'' if he drinks the blue potion before the fight.
* Ra's Al Ghul in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' and Copperhead in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' are both shrouded by copies in their boss fights, but they're not actually using this technique. Rather, in both cases, Batman is under the effects of hallucinatory drugs.
* Taokaka from ''VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}}'' has a Distortion Drive called "Almost Becoming Two!", where a transparent doppelganger appears behind her for a short time. Whatever moves Taokaka uses, the doppelganger uses.
* ''VideoGame/BloodBorne'', Dark Souls sister game, has a few of these as well
** One of the Wet Nurse's attacks is a nightmare reality in which every three seconds, a clone of the Wet Nurse appears and instantly launches an attack, only to vanish and do it again.
** Queen Yharnam can create duplicates that can use a lot of her attacks and will be constantly firing blood bullets at you. They can be destroyed easily, but can really make dealing with Yharnam very hard. The only thing that differentiates it from the real one is that the duplicates aren't pregnant.
* In''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' games, [=ShadowMan=] makes clones ''Videogame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', Handsome Jack creates hologram copies of himself that each shoot a blast of fire down in his boss battle to distract and attack the row player. His playable body double in ''Videogame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' has the exact same ability, though he can only have two out at a time.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has [[BreatherBoss Pinwheel]], a {{necromancer}} who makes fake copies of him self.
** In ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'', the Darklurker will create a copy of itself when its health reaches halfway; the copy acts independently and has all the same powers as the original. However, they share the same health bar, so when one dies, the other will die as well.
*** The player can invoke this by [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguising yourself as Maldron The Assassin]] and invading in Eleum Loyce while wearing White Ring.
** The Crystal Sage in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' will begin creating decoy copies of himself at half health. They die in one hit, but they areon whenever the original does. He can also capable of using sorceries just as powerful as the original.
*** Pontiff Sulyvhan can create amore ghostly phantom clone to appear on your side of himself in the field which second half of his boss fight. The clone has low health, but all the same attacks as the Pontiff himself, and he can create more if the one he's currently using is killed. However, the phantom mimics Sulyvhan's movements about a second behind, so its attacks are very predictable, and its presence really just means you have to dodge all of the Pontiff's attacks twice.
* Morrigan of ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' does this with one of her ultimate moves in a few of her [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom fighting game appearances.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqJqYfQwtpg Darkness Illusion]], specifically.
** Lilith as well. But, while Morrigan's clone is mirrored behind the opponent, Lilith's copy follows her arround and does the same attacks with asword.
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* Thisapplies to Kisuke's Haze and is pretty much the whole point of Phantom Secret Arts and Momohime's Flash Secret Art in ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade''.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'',Lancer, one of the first boss of 40-man Temple of Ahn'Qiraj (Skeram) (and his 5-man protege heroes in Arcatraz (Skyriss)) uses this ability, although there is a "real" one. Each ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' - two of his copies must be separated, skills are passive and give him a chance of creating an illusory copy of himself (that can still damage enemies) with every hit against an enemy (the second boosts the fake ones must be killed before they destroy the raid. The 5-man version in Arcatraz only splits into 2, whereas the 40-man version splits into 3.
** Mage players can also performchance and gives his illusions a chance of creating illusions of their own own). Sadly, the illusion-count tops out at 8 or so, meaning no army of angry {{Catfolk}} charging across the battlefield.
* When Dante utilizes his DoppelgangerAttack by summoning 3 to 4 copies style in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', he can create a single duplicate of themselves able to cast basic spells.
** Multiboxers are players who play multiple accounts simultaneously by passinghimself. The duplicate will mirror Dante's movements and attacks, but the keystrokes from their keyboard to multiple active [=WoW=] installs. When a player does this while playing mage characters, when they are glyphed for Mirror Image can choose to increase the lag between the command inputs and get 4 dopplegangers of themselves, per character, this the duplicate's response -- or a second player can be a completely overwhelming sight to see. 5 characters take control instead.
** Same rules apply with4 backups each = 25 total characters. When they all start spamming Frostbolt it looks like Franchise/StarWars. Bonus points if they're all gnomes with pink hair.
** All of those spells are based onVergil's Devil Trigger in ''DmCDevilMayCry'', minus the ''Warcraft III'' Blademaster's Mirror Image which summoned 3 clones of second player controlling the caster. Those dealt no damage whatsoever and were mostly there to confuse the enemy, whereas in ''World of Warcraft'' mirror images typically do damage as well.
** Jandice Barov of Scholomancedoppelgänger. This is the champion of this trope as she summons no less than 15 illusions of herself midfight. Those deal damage, but TAKE NONE, it is imperative to find the real Jandice (her name is distinct from the images, so she can be found easily) and down her fast.
*** In ''Mists of Pandaria'', the attack was changed to a DoppelgangerSpin. The images no longer deal damage, and their attack is only to distract you from finding the real Jandice; they canalso be destroyed, though they will explode when killed.
** Grand Magus Telestra in The Nexus summons duplicates of herself midway duringthe fight.
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', this islast phase as the core of the [[MasterOfIllusion Mesmer]] profession's fighting style. Mesmers make illusionary clones of themselves that are fragile and deal little damage, but can be "shattered" to cause a variety of effects. They can also make more powerful "phantasms," which are clones that are visibly different from the Mesmer but are a serious threat and able to deal significant damage before fading away and becoming regular clones.FinalBoss in Dante's story.
* Ra's Al Ghul in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' and Copperhead in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' are both shrouded by copies in their boss fights, but they're not actually using this technique. Rather, in both cases, Batman is under the effects of hallucinatory drugs.
* Taokaka from ''VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}}'' has a Distortion Drive called "Almost Becoming Two!", where a transparent doppelganger appears behind her for a short time. Whatever moves Taokaka uses, the doppelganger uses.
* ''VideoGame/BloodBorne'', Dark Souls sister game, has a few of these as well
** One of the Wet Nurse's attacks is a nightmare reality in which every three seconds, a clone of the Wet Nurse appears and instantly launches an attack, only to vanish and do it again.
** Queen Yharnam can create duplicates that can use a lot of her attacks and will be constantly firing blood bullets at you. They can be destroyed easily, but can really make dealing with Yharnam very hard. The only thing that differentiates it from the real one is that the duplicates aren't pregnant.
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* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has [[BreatherBoss Pinwheel]], a {{necromancer}} who makes fake copies of him self.
** In ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'', the Darklurker will create a copy of itself when its health reaches halfway; the copy acts independently and has all the same powers as the original. However, they share the same health bar, so when one dies, the other will die as well.
*** The player can invoke this by [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguising yourself as Maldron The Assassin]] and invading in Eleum Loyce while wearing White Ring.
** The Crystal Sage in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' will begin creating decoy copies of himself at half health. They die in one hit, but they are
*** Pontiff Sulyvhan can create a
* Morrigan of ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' does this with one of her ultimate moves in a few of her [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom fighting game appearances.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqJqYfQwtpg Darkness Illusion]], specifically.
** Lilith as well. But, while Morrigan's clone is mirrored behind the opponent, Lilith's copy follows her arround and does the same attacks with a
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*** In ''Mists of Pandaria'', the attack was changed to a DoppelgangerSpin. The images no longer deal damage, and their attack is only to distract you from finding the real Jandice; they can
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* Recurring PsychoForHire Yuber from the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series has this ability. In terms of sheer damage and utility it's one of the most powerful in the series and appears to be unique to him.
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* Recurring PsychoForHire Yuber In the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' games, Mid-Boss' ultimate attack, Adonic Fury, utilizes this. He splits himself into four copies and surrounds the unfortunate target to beat the ever-loving crap out of him/her/it. There's also his Super Adonis, which has him rapidly magichange countless copies of himself into swords and rain them down upon his unfortunate targets.
** Several other special moves, such as Doppelganger, use copies as well. The makers of the game have commented that the attack is "also useful if you want to vote for something".
** ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' and ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' show that this kind of attack isn't just for demons.
** In those same games, the "Clone" Geo Panels recreate duplicate versions of whatever is standing on a matching color panel, be they allies or enemies. All of the generated clones are very real (and will invariably attack your party), and retain the stats and Hit Points of the original, but you [[UnusableEnemyEquipment can't steal any of their equipment]].
* Both [[spoiler: Branka]] and [[spoiler: the Desire Demon possessing Connor]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' make copies of themselves after taking some damage. It's pretty easy to tell which one is the''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series real one in both cases.
* In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'', the final battle in Domon Kasshu's "Original Mode" path [[DuelBoss pits him against Master Asia]], who uses his powers to create several clones (of varying toughness) of his Master Gundam, and Domon has to fight them simultaneously to achieve victory.
** In the second game, activating God Gundam's enhanced super move will cause two clones to appear that will mirror your actions and attacks.
* Sigdis Gaulderson, a FlunkyBoss in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', combines thisability. In terms with a teleport ability to create a ShellGame for the player. Unlike a DoppelgangerSpin, though, all three draugr are capable of sheer damage attacking you with bows and utility [[MakeMeWannaShout Shouts]]. The spectral copies will go down in one hit, while hitting the true boss a few times will cause him to teleport again and summon new copies.
* ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'''s Wraith can create a duplicate of itself using the Decoy ability, which is capable of attacking and teleporting just like the original. It will disappear after a few seconds, but during those few seconds it's extremely dangerous.
* ''Videogame/EYEDivineCybermancy'' allows players (and some mooks) to summon up to 6 psychic clones, which can be ordered around independently. The clones typically [[GlassCannon die in one or two hits from any weapon, but the clones can use any weapon]], such as [[GatlingGood handheld miniguns]] and [[HandCannon anti-tank revolvers]]. An alternate psychic ability allows the player to summon a single clone, which is much more durable.
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas: Honest Hearts'', the Ghost of She splits into four [[TurnsRed when its HP gets low]]. Fortunately, you only need to destroy the main body and the doppelgangers will follow suit.
* Marquis does this in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2''. He splits himself into five, and strangely enough, all of them have differing abilities. His doppelgangers may know anything from a FlamingSword all the way to illusion magic that hits the whole field. This [[CutScenePowerToTheMax happens in a cutscene]], so you're effectively just fighting a group of ninja that all happen to share the same name.
* Gharnef uses this ability when you face him for the last time in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]''. The real one is invulnerable to all attacks save the Starlight spell (which you may or may not have), while the clones can be damaged as normal -- but the pre-battle stat readout will still predict 0 damage being dealt. One way to tell which is the real one is to use the Earthsphere, which deals 13 damage to everything on the field... except for the real Gharnef.
* Yet another Creator/{{Capcom}} example appears in ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' with the Double Ninja. Other than his "Kage Bunshin Ninpo", he's the same as a Normal Ninja stat-wise, while costing 40% more to include in the player's force for the level. However, while the shadow double is active, he effectively doubles the player's offense (it has the same power, but there's a slight offset to its attack, making it possible if unlikely to hit with only one of themost doubled strikes), and the only way to get rid of the double is to knock down (or knock out) the Double Ninja. A player capable of keeping a Double Ninja on his feet more than makes up for the cost of including one by the sheer level of offense it can provide.
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', this is the core of the [[MasterOfIllusion Mesmer]] profession's fighting style. Mesmers make illusionary clones of themselves that are fragile and deal little damage, but can be "shattered" to cause a variety of effects. They can also make more powerfulin "phantasms," which are clones that are visibly different from the series Mesmer but are a serious threat and appears able to deal significant damage before fading away and becoming regular clones.
* ''VideoGame/Halo2'': The Heretic Leader boss fights alongside holographic clones of himself, whose attacks are just as deadly as the real thing. They can actually take more damage than him.
* If you did not [[PsychoForHire hate him enough already]] [[MoralEventHorizon at that point]], Flying Fox from ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'' has a habit of doing this in his second boss fight. While it is frustrating in normal difficulty, as the clones do not go down in one hit and block most attacks very easily, it is far worse in Hell difficulty, where they have a habit of attacking at the same time with attacks whose blocks are mutually exclusive, and they do so while ganging up, making dodging the attacks a gamble as well. Defeating him for good is one of the more satisfying moments of the game.
* The Clone spell from ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic III'' creates a duplicate of a unit stack with the same attack power as the original. However the clone is much weaker and is dispelled if it takes any damage.
** The fourth part features "Create Illusion" and "Phantom Image", both of which create a semi-opaque unit stack which is the same type as the targeted stack, but with numbers based on the spell's power. Repeated casts stack, you can keep casting Create Illusion on a stack of two Titans to get three or four with each cast... those don't have any spellcasting potential, but are as good at attacking and taking hits as the base monster they were made of. Meanwhile, the fifth part has a spell just like the third one has, creating a same-number copy of the target stack that disappears of one hit, but has a 50% chance to avoid a physical hit.
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' has a variety of clone attack and defense skills which are often used by the {{ninja}}-themed players. [[BlowYouAway Kaze]][[FragileSpeedster maru]] learns some of them as well. There's even variations of certain 3-player {{Combination Attack}}s that substitute clones for the two teammates.
* In ''VideoGame/JoeAndMac'', your own reflection is one of the available weapons. This may beunique the only part of the game that justifies the "Caveman Ninja" subtitle.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** The Crimson Prankster in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts 358/2 Days'', combining this trope with DualBoss.
** Xemnas can briefly create clones of himself tohim.attack the heroes during his final fight. This is particularly annoying when he traps Sora in an HP-draining beam and control briefly switches to a GuestStarPartyMember - you have to get to Sora and free him, but Xemnas keeps sending clones of himself to stop you.
** [[{{MasterOfIllusion}} Zexion]] from ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories]]'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' Final Mix can make clones of himself to attack the player.
** Larxene's "Absent Silhouette" in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' Final Mix can also do this - there's a reaction command where Sora grabs one Larxene, spins her around and throws her into another, fusing them together again.
** The [[BonusBoss Unknown]] from ''Birth by Sleep'' does this too, in case you thought his attacks weren't hard enough to dodge already.
** Several other special moves, such as Doppelganger, use copies as well. The makers of the game have commented that the attack is "also useful if you want to vote for something".
** ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' and ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' show that this kind of attack isn't just for demons.
** In those same games, the "Clone" Geo Panels recreate duplicate versions of whatever is standing on a matching color panel, be they allies or enemies. All of the generated clones are very real (and will invariably attack your party), and retain the stats and Hit Points of the original, but you [[UnusableEnemyEquipment can't steal any of their equipment]].
* Both [[spoiler: Branka]] and [[spoiler: the Desire Demon possessing Connor]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' make copies of themselves after taking some damage. It's pretty easy to tell which one is the
* In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'', the final battle in Domon Kasshu's "Original Mode" path [[DuelBoss pits him against Master Asia]], who uses his powers to create several clones (of varying toughness) of his Master Gundam, and Domon has to fight them simultaneously to achieve victory.
** In the second game, activating God Gundam's enhanced super move will cause two clones to appear that will mirror your actions and attacks.
* Sigdis Gaulderson, a FlunkyBoss in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', combines this
* ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'''s Wraith can create a duplicate of itself using the Decoy ability, which is capable of attacking and teleporting just like the original. It will disappear after a few seconds, but during those few seconds it's extremely dangerous.
* ''Videogame/EYEDivineCybermancy'' allows players (and some mooks) to summon up to 6 psychic clones, which can be ordered around independently. The clones typically [[GlassCannon die in one or two hits from any weapon, but the clones can use any weapon]], such as [[GatlingGood handheld miniguns]] and [[HandCannon anti-tank revolvers]]. An alternate psychic ability allows the player to summon a single clone, which is much more durable.
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas: Honest Hearts'', the Ghost of She splits into four [[TurnsRed when its HP gets low]]. Fortunately, you only need to destroy the main body and the doppelgangers will follow suit.
* Marquis does this in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2''. He splits himself into five, and strangely enough, all of them have differing abilities. His doppelgangers may know anything from a FlamingSword all the way to illusion magic that hits the whole field. This [[CutScenePowerToTheMax happens in a cutscene]], so you're effectively just fighting a group of ninja that all happen to share the same name.
* Gharnef uses this ability when you face him for the last time in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]''. The real one is invulnerable to all attacks save the Starlight spell (which you may or may not have), while the clones can be damaged as normal -- but the pre-battle stat readout will still predict 0 damage being dealt. One way to tell which is the real one is to use the Earthsphere, which deals 13 damage to everything on the field... except for the real Gharnef.
* Yet another Creator/{{Capcom}} example appears in ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' with the Double Ninja. Other than his "Kage Bunshin Ninpo", he's the same as a Normal Ninja stat-wise, while costing 40% more to include in the player's force for the level. However, while the shadow double is active, he effectively doubles the player's offense (it has the same power, but there's a slight offset to its attack, making it possible if unlikely to hit with only one of the
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', this is the core of the [[MasterOfIllusion Mesmer]] profession's fighting style. Mesmers make illusionary clones of themselves that are fragile and deal little damage, but can be "shattered" to cause a variety of effects. They can also make more powerful
* ''VideoGame/Halo2'': The Heretic Leader boss fights alongside holographic clones of himself, whose attacks are just as deadly as the real thing. They can actually take more damage than him.
* If you did not [[PsychoForHire hate him enough already]] [[MoralEventHorizon at that point]], Flying Fox from ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'' has a habit of doing this in his second boss fight. While it is frustrating in normal difficulty, as the clones do not go down in one hit and block most attacks very easily, it is far worse in Hell difficulty, where they have a habit of attacking at the same time with attacks whose blocks are mutually exclusive, and they do so while ganging up, making dodging the attacks a gamble as well. Defeating him for good is one of the more satisfying moments of the game.
* The Clone spell from ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic III'' creates a duplicate of a unit stack with the same attack power as the original. However the clone is much weaker and is dispelled if it takes any damage.
** The fourth part features "Create Illusion" and "Phantom Image", both of which create a semi-opaque unit stack which is the same type as the targeted stack, but with numbers based on the spell's power. Repeated casts stack, you can keep casting Create Illusion on a stack of two Titans to get three or four with each cast... those don't have any spellcasting potential, but are as good at attacking and taking hits as the base monster they were made of. Meanwhile, the fifth part has a spell just like the third one has, creating a same-number copy of the target stack that disappears of one hit, but has a 50% chance to avoid a physical hit.
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' has a variety of clone attack and defense skills which are often used by the {{ninja}}-themed players. [[BlowYouAway Kaze]][[FragileSpeedster maru]] learns some of them as well. There's even variations of certain 3-player {{Combination Attack}}s that substitute clones for the two teammates.
* In ''VideoGame/JoeAndMac'', your own reflection is one of the available weapons. This may be
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** The Crimson Prankster in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts 358/2 Days'', combining this trope with DualBoss.
** Xemnas can briefly create clones of himself to
** [[{{MasterOfIllusion}} Zexion]] from ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories]]'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' Final Mix can make clones of himself to attack the player.
** Larxene's "Absent Silhouette" in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' Final Mix can also do this - there's a reaction command where Sora grabs one Larxene, spins her around and throws her into another, fusing them together again.
** The [[BonusBoss Unknown]] from ''Birth by Sleep'' does this too, in case you thought his attacks weren't hard enough to dodge already.
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* A staple of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' bosses:
** [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm Nue Houjuu]] summons and resummons an obvious copy for a ''[[GaidenGame Double Spoiler]]'' spellcard (it's purple).
** [[{{Samurai}} Youmu Konpaku]] has a spellcard in the fighting games that turns her [[HalfHumanHybrid ghost half]] into a copy of herself.
** [[GreenEyedMonster Parsee Mizuhashi]] summons a copy for one of her spellcards. It's a trap, and retaliates if you shoot it.
** During the [[FinalBoss stage 6 fight]] with Yuuka Kazami in ''Lotus Land Story'', she frequently splits into two. Not her best idea, as they both take damage.
*** However, splitting in two also allows Yuuka to fire [[WaveMotionGun Master Spark]] twice at the same time, so it kinda balances out.
** [[PhysicalGod Suwako Moriya]] has a survival card that ultimately has three versions of her trying to kill you. And there's another version of her sunk into the background.
** Flandre Scarlet has a spellcard called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Four of a Kind"]]. "Four of a Kind" is the most popular example of this trope in the series.
** Mamizou Futatsuiwa possesses a spellcard that generates two copies of herself, which, after attacking for a short time, generate two more copies EACH, and two more later. By the end, you're facing off against ten copies of her before the spell dispels.
** Suika Ibuki can subdivide into an uncountable number of smaller versions of herself, to the point that she can take a form that closely resembles a mist (manipulation of density probably helps).
** [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm Nue Houjuu]] summons and resummons an obvious copy for a ''[[GaidenGame Double Spoiler]]'' spellcard (it's purple).
** [[{{Samurai}} Youmu Konpaku]] has a spellcard in the fighting games that turns her [[HalfHumanHybrid ghost half]] into a copy of herself.
** [[GreenEyedMonster Parsee Mizuhashi]] summons a copy for one of her spellcards. It's a trap, and retaliates if you shoot it.
** During the [[FinalBoss stage 6 fight]] with Yuuka Kazami in ''Lotus Land Story'', she frequently splits into two. Not her best idea, as they both take damage.
*** However, splitting in two also allows Yuuka to fire [[WaveMotionGun Master Spark]] twice at the same time, so it kinda balances out.
** [[PhysicalGod Suwako Moriya]] has a survival card that ultimately has three versions of her trying to kill you. And there's another version of her sunk into the background.
** Flandre Scarlet has a spellcard called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Four of a Kind"]]. "Four of a Kind" is the most popular example of this trope in the series.
** Mamizou Futatsuiwa possesses a spellcard that generates two copies of herself, which, after attacking for a short time, generate two more copies EACH, and two more later. By the end, you're facing off against ten copies of her before the spell dispels.
** Suika Ibuki can subdivide into an uncountable number of smaller versions of herself, to the point that she can take a form that closely resembles a mist (manipulation of density probably helps).
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* A staple of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' bosses:
** [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm Nue Houjuu]] summons and resummons an obvious copy for a ''[[GaidenGame Double Spoiler]]'' spellcard (it's purple).
** [[{{Samurai}} Youmu Konpaku]] has a spellcard in''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' had the fighting games that turns her [[HalfHumanHybrid ghost half]] into a copy Sandora Elite miniboss, who will create two clones of herself.
** [[GreenEyedMonster Parsee Mizuhashi]] summons a copy forhimself when his HP falls below half; hitting the clones won't do anything, but hitting the real one of her spellcards. It's a trap, and retaliates if you shoot it.
** Duringwill cause the [[FinalBoss stage 6 fight]] with Yuuka Kazami in ''Lotus Land Story'', she frequently splits into two. Not her best idea, as they both take damage.
*** However, splitting inclones to vanish. The trick to finding the real one is paying attention to the attacks; the two also allows Yuuka to fire [[WaveMotionGun Master Spark]] twice at clones will attack after being created, but since the same time, so it kinda balances out.
** [[PhysicalGod Suwako Moriya]] has a survival card that ultimately has three versions of her trying to kill you. And there's another version of her sunk intoreal one made the background.
** Flandre Scarlet has a spellcard called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Four of a Kind"]]. "Four of a Kind" isclones on his turn, he won't attack. Additionally, the most popular example of this trope in the series.
** Mamizou FutatsuiwaElite possesses a spellcard an AOE fire attack that generates the clones are unable to use.
* Several bosses from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' use a variation of this, most notably Agahnim from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' and Meg from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
* In ''VideoGame/LionheartLegacyOfTheCrusader'', two of the bosses can summon copies ofherself, which, after attacking for a short time, generate two themselves. In both cases, the original AND the copies (which tend to be weaker) need to be killed in close succession, as the original can summon more copies EACH, and two more later. By to replace those the end, you're facing off against ten player has already killed, or one of the copies can become the original if the original dies.
* In ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperheroes'' Loki makes copies ofher before himself, both in the spell dispels.
main storyline when you fight him and as one of his attack animations in free play mode.
* [[MeaningfulName Gemini Man]] and the Mega Clones from ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', Mega Man, Bass, and Astro Man in ''Mega Man and Bass'' (using Copy Vision), Split Mushroom in ''VideoGame/MegaManX 4'', Axle the Red in ''VideoGame/MegaManX 5'' and Geminineedle Man in ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity''
**Suika Ibuki [[MesACrowd Infinity Mijinion]] from ''X6'' clones himself every time he takes a strong attack or loses 1/4 of this health. He can subdivide very well fill the screen with himself if the player isn't careful.
** Flame Hyenard from ''X7'' uses a technique he calls "Tri-Formation" to split himself intoan uncountable number three Hyenards, all of smaller versions of herself, to whom attack and [[MadnessMantra scream]] with equal ferocity.
** Dr. Wily in ''Mega Man 10''. Not only does thepoint color of his doppelganger hint which one is real, but the real Wily occasionally sneezes during the battle.
** [[VideoGame/MegaManX X]] and Zero can do this via the Soul Body special weapon in ''Mega Man X4'' and ''X5'', using holograms thatshe can take a form attack.
** In ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' games, [=ShadowMan=] makes clones of himself thatclosely resembles each shoot a mist (manipulation blast of density probably helps).fire down the row they are on whenever the original does. He can also create a more ghostly clone to appear on your side of the field which attacks you with a sword.
*** Zero channels this via his ''Sougenmu'' hyper in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' and ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3]]''.
** [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm Nue Houjuu]] summons and resummons an obvious copy for a ''[[GaidenGame Double Spoiler]]'' spellcard (it's purple).
** [[{{Samurai}} Youmu Konpaku]] has a spellcard in
** [[GreenEyedMonster Parsee Mizuhashi]] summons a copy for
** During
*** However, splitting in
** [[PhysicalGod Suwako Moriya]] has a survival card that ultimately has three versions of her trying to kill you. And there's another version of her sunk into
** Flandre Scarlet has a spellcard called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Four of a Kind"]]. "Four of a Kind" is
** Mamizou Futatsuiwa
* Several bosses from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' use a variation of this, most notably Agahnim from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' and Meg from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
* In ''VideoGame/LionheartLegacyOfTheCrusader'', two of the bosses can summon copies of
* In ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperheroes'' Loki makes copies of
* [[MeaningfulName Gemini Man]] and the Mega Clones from ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', Mega Man, Bass, and Astro Man in ''Mega Man and Bass'' (using Copy Vision), Split Mushroom in ''VideoGame/MegaManX 4'', Axle the Red in ''VideoGame/MegaManX 5'' and Geminineedle Man in ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity''
**
** Flame Hyenard from ''X7'' uses a technique he calls "Tri-Formation" to split himself into
** Dr. Wily in ''Mega Man 10''. Not only does the
** [[VideoGame/MegaManX X]] and Zero can do this via the Soul Body special weapon in ''Mega Man X4'' and ''X5'', using holograms that
** In ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' games, [=ShadowMan=] makes clones of himself that
*** Zero channels this via his ''Sougenmu'' hyper in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' and ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3]]''.
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* The Clone spell from ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic III'' creates a duplicate of a unit stack with the same attack power as the original. However the clone is much weaker and is dispelled if it takes any damage.
** The fourth part features "Create Illusion" and "Phantom Image", both of which create a semi-opaque unit stack which is the same type as the targeted stack, but with numbers based on the spell's power. Repeated casts stack, you can keep casting Create Illusion on a stack of two Titans to get three or four with each cast... those don't have any spellcasting potential, but are as good at attacking and taking hits as the base monster they were made of. Meanwhile, the fifth part has a spell just like the third one has, creating a same-number copy of the target stack that disappears of one hit, but has a 50% chance to avoid a physical hit.
* The Shadow robot in ''VideoGame/OneMustFall'' uses shadow copies of itself in all of its special moves. However, to prevent abuse, attacking a doppelanger does minimal damage to the main robot.
* There are several ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' examples. Zweizergain and the Assault Scouts are prominent examples of machines that utilize this tactic.
* Death Metal, the Rank 10 Assassin in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', produces two doppelgangers when his health gets low enough. They have as much health as he does at that point, making finding the real one a bit of a chore.
* In the obscure {{roguelike}} game ''Steamband'', [[spoiler:Fu Manchu]] can create clones of himself in battle. The only way to know which one is real is to kill them.
** The fourth part features "Create Illusion" and "Phantom Image", both of which create a semi-opaque unit stack which is the same type as the targeted stack, but with numbers based on the spell's power. Repeated casts stack, you can keep casting Create Illusion on a stack of two Titans to get three or four with each cast... those don't have any spellcasting potential, but are as good at attacking and taking hits as the base monster they were made of. Meanwhile, the fifth part has a spell just like the third one has, creating a same-number copy of the target stack that disappears of one hit, but has a 50% chance to avoid a physical hit.
* The Shadow robot in ''VideoGame/OneMustFall'' uses shadow copies of itself in all of its special moves. However, to prevent abuse, attacking a doppelanger does minimal damage to the main robot.
* There are several ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' examples. Zweizergain and the Assault Scouts are prominent examples of machines that utilize this tactic.
* Death Metal, the Rank 10 Assassin in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', produces two doppelgangers when his health gets low enough. They have as much health as he does at that point, making finding the real one a bit of a chore.
* In the obscure {{roguelike}} game ''Steamband'', [[spoiler:Fu Manchu]] can create clones of himself in battle. The only way to know which one is real is to kill them.
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* The Clone spell from ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic III'' creates a duplicate of a unit stack with the same attack power as the original. However the clone is much weaker This applies to Kisuke's Haze and is dispelled if it takes any damage.
** The fourth part features "Create Illusion"Phantom Secret Arts and "Phantom Image", both of which create a semi-opaque unit stack which is the same type as the targeted stack, but with numbers based on the spell's power. Repeated casts stack, you can keep casting Create Illusion on a stack of two Titans to get three or four with each cast... those don't have any spellcasting potential, but are as good at attacking and taking hits as the base monster they were made of. Meanwhile, the fifth part has a spell just like the third one has, creating a same-number copy of the target stack that disappears of one hit, but has a 50% chance to avoid a physical hit.
* The Shadow robotMomohime's Flash Secret Art in ''VideoGame/OneMustFall'' uses shadow copies of itself in all of its special moves. However, to prevent abuse, attacking a doppelanger does minimal damage to the main robot.
* There are several ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' examples. Zweizergain and the Assault Scouts are prominent examples of machines that utilize this tactic.
* Death Metal, the Rank 10 Assassin in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', produces two doppelgangers when his health gets low enough. They have as much health as he does at that point, making finding the real one a bit of a chore.
* In the obscure {{roguelike}} game ''Steamband'', [[spoiler:Fu Manchu]] can create clones of himself in battle. The only way to know which one is real is to kill them.''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade''.
** The fourth part features "Create Illusion"
* The Shadow robot
* There are several ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' examples. Zweizergain and the Assault Scouts are prominent examples of machines that utilize this tactic.
* Death Metal, the Rank 10 Assassin in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', produces two doppelgangers when his health gets low enough. They have as much health as he does at that point, making finding the real one a bit of a chore.
* In the obscure {{roguelike}} game ''Steamband'', [[spoiler:Fu Manchu]] can create clones of himself in battle. The only way to know which one is real is to kill them.
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* In the ''Hordes of the Underdark'' module to ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'', there is a hall of mirrors where most either give items of various kinds or gold, one creats a mirror you for you to fight. This is rarely a difficult fight, though, as it fails to copy your companions.
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* In the ''Hordes of the Underdark'' module to ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'', there is a hall of mirrors where most either give items of various kinds or gold, but one creats creates a mirror you for you to fight.version of yourself that attacks you. This is rarely a difficult fight, though, as it fails to copy your companions.
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* When Dante utilizes his Doppelganger style in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', he can create a single duplicate of himself. The duplicate will mirror Dante's movements and attacks, but the player can choose to increase the lag between the command inputs and the duplicate's response -- or a second player can take control instead.
** Same rules apply with Vergil's Devil Trigger in ''DmCDevilMayCry'', minus the second player controlling the doppelgänger. This is also the last phase as the FinalBoss in Dante's story.
** Same rules apply with Vergil's Devil Trigger in ''DmCDevilMayCry'', minus the second player controlling the doppelgänger. This is also the last phase as the FinalBoss in Dante's story.
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* When Dante utilizes Death Metal, the Rank 10 Assassin in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', produces two doppelgangers when his Doppelganger style in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', health gets low enough. They have as much health as he can create a single duplicate of himself. The duplicate will mirror Dante's movements and attacks, but does at that point, making finding the player can choose to increase the lag between the command inputs and the duplicate's response -- or real one a second player can take control instead.
** Same rules apply with Vergil's Devil Trigger in ''DmCDevilMayCry'', minus the second player controlling the doppelgänger. This is also the last phase as the FinalBoss in Dante's story.bit of a chore.
** Same rules apply with Vergil's Devil Trigger in ''DmCDevilMayCry'', minus the second player controlling the doppelgänger. This is also the last phase as the FinalBoss in Dante's story.
* The Shadow robot in ''VideoGame/OneMustFall'' uses shadow copies of itself in all of its special moves. However, to prevent abuse, attacking a doppelanger does minimal damage to the main robot.
* In ''VideoGame/PacMan Arrangement'', You can grab a scroll that creates a translucent Pac-Man that mirrors the real one's moves. It's immune to harm, and if it picks up a Power Pellet, Pac-Man is powered up too.
* Halfway through the deathmatch with Mai Hem in ''VideoGame/PerfectDark Zero'', she starts summoning clones of herself. Unlike her, they don't "[[DisappearsIntoLight derez]]" (in the words of ''{{Franchise/Tron}}'') when defeated, and you can pick up their weapons and ammo.
* [[spoiler: The EvilChancellor]] in ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' does this in the final battle. Also combined with TheManBehindTheCurtain, as [[spoiler: once you defeat three copies, the actual Vizier can be defeated in one hit.]]
* Great Tiger, in both of his appearances in the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' series, uses special attacks where he makes clones of himself to confuse Little Mac. Dodge or block at the wrong time, and the "real" clone will hit you pretty hard. On the flip side, [[OneHitKo if you can successfully hit him while he's using the move...]]
* One of the defining characteristics of the Protopet in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''. It can very quickly go from one, to seven, to forty two, and by the time you've killed half of them, the remaining half have probably already spawned the number back to its upper limit.
* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', this is one of Nomad's attacks in the "Nomad's Requiem" quest. He can create three copies of himself. All of the clones hit just as hard as the real Nomad, but when they're attacked, Nomad loses focus and dismisses the copy.
* In ''VideoGame/PacMan Arrangement'', You can grab a scroll that creates a translucent Pac-Man that mirrors the real one's moves. It's immune to harm, and if it picks up a Power Pellet, Pac-Man is powered up too.
* Halfway through the deathmatch with Mai Hem in ''VideoGame/PerfectDark Zero'', she starts summoning clones of herself. Unlike her, they don't "[[DisappearsIntoLight derez]]" (in the words of ''{{Franchise/Tron}}'') when defeated, and you can pick up their weapons and ammo.
* [[spoiler: The EvilChancellor]] in ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' does this in the final battle. Also combined with TheManBehindTheCurtain, as [[spoiler: once you defeat three copies, the actual Vizier can be defeated in one hit.]]
* Great Tiger, in both of his appearances in the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' series, uses special attacks where he makes clones of himself to confuse Little Mac. Dodge or block at the wrong time, and the "real" clone will hit you pretty hard. On the flip side, [[OneHitKo if you can successfully hit him while he's using the move...]]
* One of the defining characteristics of the Protopet in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''. It can very quickly go from one, to seven, to forty two, and by the time you've killed half of them, the remaining half have probably already spawned the number back to its upper limit.
* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', this is one of Nomad's attacks in the "Nomad's Requiem" quest. He can create three copies of himself. All of the clones hit just as hard as the real Nomad, but when they're attacked, Nomad loses focus and dismisses the copy.
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* Marquis does this in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2''. He splits himself into five, and strangely enough, all of them have differing abilities. His doppelgangers may know anything from a FlamingSword all the way to illusion magic that hits the whole field. This [[CutScenePowerToTheMax happens in a cutscene]], so you're effectively just fighting a group of ninja that all happen to share the same name.
* One of [[{{Ninja}} Konoha's]] supers in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' has her creating a bunch of doppelgangers to pummel her opponent with a 100-hit combo.
* One of [[{{Ninja}} Konoha's]] supers in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' has her creating a bunch of doppelgangers to pummel her opponent with a 100-hit combo.
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* Marquis does this In ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}} and the Pirate's Curse'', one of the attacks of the [[TrueFinalBoss Pirate Master's True Form]] involves conjuring three phantom copies of his humanoid form that will attack you in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2''. He splits his place.
* In the final boss battle of ''VideoGame/SpartanTotalWarrior'', [[spoiler:Ares]], the final boss, can split himselfinto five, in three. The difference between the original and strangely enough, all the two copies is that the copies get killed with one hit.
* In the obscure {{roguelike}} game ''VideoGame/{{Steamband}}'', [[spoiler:Fu Manchu]] can create clones of himself in battle. The only way to know which one is real is to kill them.
* A staple of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' where certain characters have a super move that spawns shadows of themhave differing abilities. His doppelgangers may know anything from a FlamingSword all the way to illusion magic that hits copy the whole field. This [[CutScenePowerToTheMax happens in a cutscene]], so you're effectively just fighting a group of ninja that all happen to share the same name.
* One of [[{{Ninja}} Konoha's]] supers in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' has her creating a bunch of doppelgangers to pummel her opponentoriginal with a 100-hit combo.slight delay.
** Rose's Soul Illusion ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha''.
** Yang gained this via his Seiei Enbu super art in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact]]'', ''[[CapcomSequelStagnation 3rd Strike]]'' as well as his appearances in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition]]'' and ''Ultra Street Fighter IV''.
** M. Bison ("[[FanNickname Dictator]]")'s ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' incarnation has this with his Knee Press Nightmare supermove, which summons two duplicates of himself which perform knee presses all together. In the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' series, the fact that Shin Bison also has this variation of the attack is supposed to be an indicator of [[SuperMode just how powerful he is]].
* Recurring PsychoForHire Yuber from the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series has this ability. In terms of sheer damage and utility it's one of the most powerful in the series and appears to be unique to him.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Sundered}}'', the mini-boss [[ColdSniper Hiram Macias]] can make a dozen copies of himself at once. While these copies die in one hit, new ones spawn in constantly to take their place, and they’re just as deadly as the real thing. Hiram himself will teleport to another platform whenever he takes a few licks, forcing the player to hunt him down while dealing with his copies.
* In the final boss battle of ''VideoGame/SpartanTotalWarrior'', [[spoiler:Ares]], the final boss, can split himself
* In the obscure {{roguelike}} game ''VideoGame/{{Steamband}}'', [[spoiler:Fu Manchu]] can create clones of himself in battle. The only way to know which one is real is to kill them.
* A staple of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' where certain characters have a super move that spawns shadows of them
* One of [[{{Ninja}} Konoha's]] supers in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' has her creating a bunch of doppelgangers to pummel her opponent
** Rose's Soul Illusion ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha''.
** Yang gained this via his Seiei Enbu super art in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact]]'', ''[[CapcomSequelStagnation 3rd Strike]]'' as well as his appearances in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition]]'' and ''Ultra Street Fighter IV''.
** M. Bison ("[[FanNickname Dictator]]")'s ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' incarnation has this with his Knee Press Nightmare supermove, which summons two duplicates of himself which perform knee presses all together. In the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' series, the fact that Shin Bison also has this variation of the attack is supposed to be an indicator of [[SuperMode just how powerful he is]].
* Recurring PsychoForHire Yuber from the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series has this ability. In terms of sheer damage and utility it's one of the most powerful in the series and appears to be unique to him.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Sundered}}'', the mini-boss [[ColdSniper Hiram Macias]] can make a dozen copies of himself at once. While these copies die in one hit, new ones spawn in constantly to take their place, and they’re just as deadly as the real thing. Hiram himself will teleport to another platform whenever he takes a few licks, forcing the player to hunt him down while dealing with his copies.
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* Several bosses from ''Zelda'' use a variation of this, most notably Agahnim from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' and Meg from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'': The Heretic Leader boss fights alongside holographic clones of himself, whose attacks are just as deadly as the real thing. They can actually take more damage than him.
* Great Tiger, in both of his appearances in the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' series, uses special attacks where he makes clones of himself to confuse Little Mac. Dodge or block at the wrong time, and the "real" clone will hit you pretty hard. On the flip side, [[OneHitKo if you can successfully hit him while he's using the move...]]
* The last battle in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' against [[spoiler: Al Mu'alim]], where he creates a dozen illusions of himself, each of which is perfectly capable of killing you, being the most dangerous fighters in the entire game. If you can figure out which one is the original, you can cause the others to disappear. That's pretty much the entire point of the battle, really.
** In the second game [[spoiler:Ezio]] uses the [[spoiler: piece of Eden in his battle against the Pope]]. The copies are different in that they attack independently from you and they don't disappear when you or they are hit. It makes the battle rather easy as you can just wait until he is fighting one of the copies and then attack him from behind and the wait until another copy attacks and he's busy fighting him. Rinse and repeat, [[spoiler: Pope defeated]].
* In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'', the final battle in Domon Kasshu's "Original Mode" path [[DuelBoss pits him against Master Asia]], who uses his powers to create several clones (of varying toughness) of his Master Gundam, and Domon has to fight them simultaneously to achieve victory.
** In the second game, activating God Gundam's enhanced super move will cause two clones to appear that will mirror your actions and attacks.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' had the Sandora Elite miniboss, who will create two clones of himself when his HP falls below half; hitting the clones won't do anything, but hitting the real one will cause the clones to vanish. The trick to finding the real one is paying attention to the attacks; the two clones will attack after being created, but since the real one made the clones on his turn, he won't attack. Additionally, the Elite possesses an AOE fire attack that the clones are unable to use.
* The time-travel RTS ''VideoGame/{{Achron}}'' can be made to do this. A technique allows the DelayedRippleEffect to be Delayed permanently, so that your units can [[HelpYourSelfInTheFuture Help Themselves In The Future]] but never return to the past, without any nasty [[TemporalParadox paradoxes]]. Unfortunately, [[AwesomeButImpractical this requires so much time and concentration]] that it's easier to just [[BoringButPractical build new units]] if you need to.
* ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'': The Heretic Leader boss fights alongside holographic clones of himself, whose attacks are just as deadly as the real thing. They can actually take more damage than him.
* Great Tiger, in both of his appearances in the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' series, uses special attacks where he makes clones of himself to confuse Little Mac. Dodge or block at the wrong time, and the "real" clone will hit you pretty hard. On the flip side, [[OneHitKo if you can successfully hit him while he's using the move...]]
* The last battle in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' against [[spoiler: Al Mu'alim]], where he creates a dozen illusions of himself, each of which is perfectly capable of killing you, being the most dangerous fighters in the entire game. If you can figure out which one is the original, you can cause the others to disappear. That's pretty much the entire point of the battle, really.
** In the second game [[spoiler:Ezio]] uses the [[spoiler: piece of Eden in his battle against the Pope]]. The copies are different in that they attack independently from you and they don't disappear when you or they are hit. It makes the battle rather easy as you can just wait until he is fighting one of the copies and then attack him from behind and the wait until another copy attacks and he's busy fighting him. Rinse and repeat, [[spoiler: Pope defeated]].
* In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'', the final battle in Domon Kasshu's "Original Mode" path [[DuelBoss pits him against Master Asia]], who uses his powers to create several clones (of varying toughness) of his Master Gundam, and Domon has to fight them simultaneously to achieve victory.
** In the second game, activating God Gundam's enhanced super move will cause two clones to appear that will mirror your actions and attacks.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' had the Sandora Elite miniboss, who will create two clones of himself when his HP falls below half; hitting the clones won't do anything, but hitting the real one will cause the clones to vanish. The trick to finding the real one is paying attention to the attacks; the two clones will attack after being created, but since the real one made the clones on his turn, he won't attack. Additionally, the Elite possesses an AOE fire attack that the clones are unable to use.
* The time-travel RTS ''VideoGame/{{Achron}}'' can be made to do this. A technique allows the DelayedRippleEffect to be Delayed permanently, so that your units can [[HelpYourSelfInTheFuture Help Themselves In The Future]] but never return to the past, without any nasty [[TemporalParadox paradoxes]]. Unfortunately, [[AwesomeButImpractical this requires so much time and concentration]] that it's easier to just [[BoringButPractical build new units]] if you need to.
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* Great Tiger, in both of his appearances in the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' series, uses special attacks where he makes clones of himself to confuse Little Mac. Dodge or block at the wrong time,
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** Militsa from ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'' does this when she goes up against
** Belius in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' creates a
** The [[BonusBoss Golden Swordsman]] in ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' does once after you
** In the second game [[spoiler:Ezio]] uses the [[spoiler: piece of Eden in his battle against the Pope]]. The copies are different in that they attack independently from you and they don't disappear when you or they are hit. It makes the battle rather easy as you can just wait until he is
* In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'', the final battle in Domon Kasshu's "Original Mode" path [[DuelBoss pits him against Master Asia]], who uses his powers to create several clones (of varying toughness)
** In the second game, activating God Gundam's enhanced super move will cause two clones to appear that will mirror
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' had the Sandora Elite miniboss, who will create two clones of himself when his HP falls below half; hitting the clones won't do anything, but hitting the real one will cause the clones to vanish. The trick to finding the real one is paying attention to the attacks; the two clones will attack after being created, but since the real one made the clones on his turn, he won't attack. Additionally, the Elite possesses an AOE fire attack that the clones
* The time-travel RTS ''VideoGame/{{Achron}}'' can be made to do this. A technique allows the DelayedRippleEffect to be Delayed permanently, so that your units can [[HelpYourSelfInTheFuture Help Themselves In The Future]] but never return to the past, without any nasty [[TemporalParadox paradoxes]]. Unfortunately, [[AwesomeButImpractical this requires so much time and concentration]] that it's easier to
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* [[MeaningfulName Gemini Man]] and the Mega Clones from ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', Mega Man, Bass, and Astro Man in ''Mega Man and Bass'' (using Copy Vision), Split Mushroom in ''VideoGame/MegaManX 4'', Axle the Red in ''VideoGame/MegaManX 5'' and Geminineedle Man in ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity''
** [[MesACrowd Infinity Mijinion]] from ''X6'' clones himself every time he takes a strong attack or loses 1/4 of this health. He can very well fill the screen with himself if the player isn't careful.
** Flame Hyenard from ''X7'' uses a technique he calls "Tri-Formation" to split himself into three Hyenards, all of whom attack and [[MadnessMantra scream]] with equal ferocity.
** Dr. Wily in ''Mega Man 10''. Not only does the color of his doppelganger hint which one is real, but the real Wily occasionally sneezes during the battle.
** [[VideoGame/MegaManX X]] and Zero can do this via the Soul Body special weapon in ''Mega Man X4'' and ''X5'', using holograms that can attack.
*** Zero channels this via his ''Sougenmu'' hyper in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' and ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3]]''.
* Both [[spoiler: Branka]] and [[spoiler: the Desire Demon possessing Connor]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' make copies of themselves after taking some damage. It's pretty easy to tell which one is the real one in both cases.
* Gruntilda in ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie: [[RevengeOfTheSequel Grunty's Revenge]]'', after her Mecha Grunty suit is destroyed. Klungo also does it in ''Banjo-Tooie'' if he drinks the blue potion before the fight.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** The Crimson Prankster in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts 358/2 Days'', combining this trope with DualBoss.
** Xemnas can briefly create clones of himself to attack the heroes during his final fight. This is particularly annoying when he traps Sora in an HP-draining beam and control briefly switches to a GuestStarPartyMember - you have to get to Sora and free him, but Xemnas keeps sending clones of himself to stop you.
** [[{{MasterOfIllusion}} Zexion]] from ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories]]'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' Final Mix can make clones of himself to attack the player.
** Larxene's "Absent Silhouette" in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' Final Mix can also do this - there's a reaction command where Sora grabs one Larxene, spins her around and throws her into another, fusing them together again.
** The [[BonusBoss Unknown]] from ''Birth by Sleep'' does this too, in case you thought his attacks weren't hard enough to dodge already.
* One of the defining characteristics of the Protopet in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''. It can very quickly go from one, to seven, to forty two, and by the time you've killed half of them, the remaining half have probably already spawned the number back to its upper limit.
* Taokaka from ''VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}}'' has a Distortion Drive called "Almost Becoming Two!", where a transparent doppelganger appears behind her for a short time. Whatever moves Taokaka uses, the doppelganger uses.
* Morrigan of ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' does this with one of her ultimate moves in a few of her [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom fighting game appearances.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqJqYfQwtpg Darkness Illusion]], specifically.
** Lilith as well. But, while Morrigan's clone is mirrored behind the opponent, Lilith's copy follows her arround and does the same attacks with a delay.
* A staple of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' where certain characters have a super move that spawns shadows of them that copy the original with a slight delay.
** Rose's Soul Illusion ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha''.
** Yang gained this via his Seiei Enbu super art in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact]]'', ''[[CapcomSequelStagnation 3rd Strike]]'' as well as his appearances in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition]]'' and ''Ultra Street Fighter IV''.
** M. Bison ("[[FanNickname Dictator]]")'s ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' incarnation has this with his Knee Press Nightmare supermove, which summons two duplicates of himself which perform knee presses all together. In the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' series, the fact that Shin Bison also has this variation of the attack is supposed to be an indicator of [[SuperMode just how powerful he is]].
* Also on the Capcom front, Silver Samurai has the "Bushin Shadows" X-Ability in ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'', which allows him to attack his opponents with shadow clones of himself. Notably, he does ''[[AdaptationalSuperpowerChange not]]'' have this power in the actual comics.
* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', this is one of Nomad's attacks in the "Nomad's Requiem" quest. He can create three copies of himself. All of the clones hit just as hard as the real Nomad, but when they're attacked, Nomad loses focus and dismisses the copy.
** [[MesACrowd Infinity Mijinion]] from ''X6'' clones himself every time he takes a strong attack or loses 1/4 of this health. He can very well fill the screen with himself if the player isn't careful.
** Flame Hyenard from ''X7'' uses a technique he calls "Tri-Formation" to split himself into three Hyenards, all of whom attack and [[MadnessMantra scream]] with equal ferocity.
** Dr. Wily in ''Mega Man 10''. Not only does the color of his doppelganger hint which one is real, but the real Wily occasionally sneezes during the battle.
** [[VideoGame/MegaManX X]] and Zero can do this via the Soul Body special weapon in ''Mega Man X4'' and ''X5'', using holograms that can attack.
*** Zero channels this via his ''Sougenmu'' hyper in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' and ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3]]''.
* Both [[spoiler: Branka]] and [[spoiler: the Desire Demon possessing Connor]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' make copies of themselves after taking some damage. It's pretty easy to tell which one is the real one in both cases.
* Gruntilda in ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie: [[RevengeOfTheSequel Grunty's Revenge]]'', after her Mecha Grunty suit is destroyed. Klungo also does it in ''Banjo-Tooie'' if he drinks the blue potion before the fight.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** The Crimson Prankster in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts 358/2 Days'', combining this trope with DualBoss.
** Xemnas can briefly create clones of himself to attack the heroes during his final fight. This is particularly annoying when he traps Sora in an HP-draining beam and control briefly switches to a GuestStarPartyMember - you have to get to Sora and free him, but Xemnas keeps sending clones of himself to stop you.
** [[{{MasterOfIllusion}} Zexion]] from ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories]]'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' Final Mix can make clones of himself to attack the player.
** Larxene's "Absent Silhouette" in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' Final Mix can also do this - there's a reaction command where Sora grabs one Larxene, spins her around and throws her into another, fusing them together again.
** The [[BonusBoss Unknown]] from ''Birth by Sleep'' does this too, in case you thought his attacks weren't hard enough to dodge already.
* One of the defining characteristics of the Protopet in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''. It can very quickly go from one, to seven, to forty two, and by the time you've killed half of them, the remaining half have probably already spawned the number back to its upper limit.
* Taokaka from ''VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}}'' has a Distortion Drive called "Almost Becoming Two!", where a transparent doppelganger appears behind her for a short time. Whatever moves Taokaka uses, the doppelganger uses.
* Morrigan of ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' does this with one of her ultimate moves in a few of her [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom fighting game appearances.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqJqYfQwtpg Darkness Illusion]], specifically.
** Lilith as well. But, while Morrigan's clone is mirrored behind the opponent, Lilith's copy follows her arround and does the same attacks with a delay.
* A staple of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' where certain characters have a super move that spawns shadows of them that copy the original with a slight delay.
** Rose's Soul Illusion ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha''.
** Yang gained this via his Seiei Enbu super art in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact]]'', ''[[CapcomSequelStagnation 3rd Strike]]'' as well as his appearances in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition]]'' and ''Ultra Street Fighter IV''.
** M. Bison ("[[FanNickname Dictator]]")'s ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' incarnation has this with his Knee Press Nightmare supermove, which summons two duplicates of himself which perform knee presses all together. In the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' series, the fact that Shin Bison also has this variation of the attack is supposed to be an indicator of [[SuperMode just how powerful he is]].
* Also on the Capcom front, Silver Samurai has the "Bushin Shadows" X-Ability in ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'', which allows him to attack his opponents with shadow clones of himself. Notably, he does ''[[AdaptationalSuperpowerChange not]]'' have this power in the actual comics.
* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', this is one of Nomad's attacks in the "Nomad's Requiem" quest. He can create three copies of himself. All of the clones hit just as hard as the real Nomad, but when they're attacked, Nomad loses focus and dismisses the copy.
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** [[MesACrowd Infinity Mijinion]] from ''X6'' clones himself every time he takes a strong attack or loses 1/4 of this health. He can very well fill the screen with himself if the player isn't careful.
** Flame Hyenard from ''X7'' uses a technique he calls "Tri-Formation" to split himself into three Hyenards, all of whom attack and [[MadnessMantra scream]] with equal ferocity.
** Dr. Wily in ''Mega Man 10''. Not only does the color of his doppelganger hint which one is real, but the real Wily occasionally sneezes during the battle.
** [[VideoGame/MegaManX X]] and Zero can do this via the Soul Body special weapon in ''Mega Man X4'' and ''X5'', using holograms that can attack.
*** Zero channels this via his ''Sougenmu'' hyper in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' and ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3]]''.
* Both [[spoiler: Branka]] and [[spoiler: the Desire Demon possessing Connor]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' make copies of themselves after taking some damage. It's pretty easy to tell which one is the real one in both cases.
* Gruntilda in ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie: [[RevengeOfTheSequel Grunty's Revenge]]'', after her Mecha Grunty suit is destroyed. Klungo also does it in ''Banjo-Tooie'' if he drinks the blue potion before the fight.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** The Crimson Prankster in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts 358/2 Days'', combining this trope with DualBoss.
** Xemnas can briefly create clones of himself to attack the heroes during his final fight. This is particularly annoying when he traps Sora in an HP-draining beam and control briefly switches to a GuestStarPartyMember - you have to get to Sora and free him, but Xemnas keeps sending clones of himself to stop you.
** [[{{MasterOfIllusion}} Zexion]] from ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories]]'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' Final Mix can make clones of himself to attack the player.
** Larxene's "Absent Silhouette" in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' Final Mix can also do this - there's a reaction command where Sora grabs one Larxene, spins her around and throws her into another, fusing them together again.
** The [[BonusBoss Unknown]] from ''Birth by Sleep'' does this too, in case you thought his attacks weren't hard enough to dodge already.
* One of the defining characteristics of the Protopet in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''. It can very quickly go from one, to seven, to forty two, and by the time you've killed half of them, the remaining half have probably already spawned the number back to its upper limit.
* Taokaka from ''VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}}'' has a Distortion Drive called "Almost Becoming Two!", where a transparent doppelganger appears behind her for a short time. Whatever moves Taokaka uses, the doppelganger uses.
* Morrigan of ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' does this with one of her ultimate moves in a few of her [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom fighting game appearances.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqJqYfQwtpg Darkness Illusion]], specifically.
** Lilith as well. But, while Morrigan's clone is mirrored behind the opponent, Lilith's copy follows her arround and does the same attacks with a delay.
**
** Yang gained this via his Seiei Enbu super art in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact]]'', ''[[CapcomSequelStagnation 3rd Strike]]'' as well as his appearances in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition]]'' and ''Ultra Street Fighter IV''.
** M. Bison ("[[FanNickname Dictator]]")'s ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' incarnation has this with his Knee Press Nightmare supermove, which
** [[{{Samurai}} Youmu Konpaku]] has a spellcard in the
** [[GreenEyedMonster Parsee Mizuhashi]] summons a copy for one of her spellcards. It's a trap, and retaliates if you shoot it.
** During the [[FinalBoss stage 6 fight]] with Yuuka Kazami in ''Lotus Land Story'', she frequently splits into two. Not her best idea, as they both take damage.
*** However, splitting in two also
* Also on the Capcom front, Silver Samurai has the "Bushin Shadows" X-Ability in ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'', which
** [[PhysicalGod Suwako Moriya]] has a survival card that ultimately has three versions of
** Flandre Scarlet has a spellcard called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Four of a Kind"]]. "Four of a Kind" is the most popular example of this
* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', this is one of Nomad's attacks in the "Nomad's Requiem" quest. He can create three
** Mamizou Futatsuiwa possesses a spellcard that generates two copies of
** Suika Ibuki can subdivide into an uncountable number of smaller versions of herself, to the
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* In ''VideoGame/LionheartLegacyOfTheCrusader'', two of the bosses can summon copies of themselves. In both cases, the original AND the copies (which tend to be weaker) need to be killed in close succession, as the original can summon more copies to replace those the player has already killed, or one of the copies can become the original if the original dies.
* In the final boss battle of ''VideoGame/SpartanTotalWarrior'', [[spoiler:Ares]], the final boss, can split himself in three. The difference between the original and the two copies is that the copies get killed with one hit.
* This is pretty much the whole point of Phantom Lancer, one of the heroes in ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' - two of his skills are passive and give him a chance of creating an illusory copy of himself (that can still damage enemies) with every hit against an enemy (the second boosts the chance and gives his illusions a chance of creating illusions of their own). Sadly, the illusion-count tops out at 8 or so, meaning no army of angry {{Catfolk}} charging across the battlefield.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has [[BreatherBoss Pinwheel]], a {{necromancer}} who makes fake copies of him self.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'':
** The Darklurker will create a copy of itself when its health reaches halfway; the copy acts independently and has all the same powers as the original. However, they share the same health bar, so when one dies, the other will die as well.
** The player can invoke this by [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguising yourself as Maldron The Assassin]] and invade in Eleum Loyce while wearing White Ring.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'':
** The Crystal Sage will begin creating decoy copies of himself at half health. They die in one hit, but they are also capable of using sorceries just as powerful as the original.
** Pontiff Sulyvhan can create a phantom clone of himself in the second half of his boss fight. The clone has low health, but all the same attacks as the Pontiff himself, and he can create more if the one he's currently using is killed. However, the phantom mimics Sulyvhan's movements about a second behind, so its attacks are very predictable, and its presence really just means you have to dodge all of the Pontiff's attacks twice.
* ''VideoGame/BloodBorne'', Dark Souls sister game, has a few of these as well
** One of the Wet Nurse's attacks is a nightmare reality in which every three seconds, a clone of the Wet Nurse appears and instantly launches an attack, only to vanish and do it again.
** Queen Yharnam can create duplicates that can use a lot of her attacks and will be constantly firing blood bullets at you. They can be destroyed easily, but can really make dealing with Yharnam very hard. The only thing that differentiates it from the real one is that the duplicates aren't pregnant.
* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
** Militsa from ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'' does this when she goes up against the party solo, creating four low HP clones that are quickly replaced upon their destruction.
** Belius in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' creates a clone of herself once she reaches half HP. It's barely any weaker then the original, but can be removed by simply reigniting the torches in the arena.
** The [[BonusBoss Golden Swordsman]] in ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' does once after you run down his HP for the first time, then again once you run down the HP of him and his clone, resulting in three clones. Something of an odd case, as the duplicates possess distinct fighting styles based off of those of your party members, and are just as powerful as the original.
* If you did not [[PsychoForHire hate him enough already]] [[MoralEventHorizon at that point]], Flying Fox from ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'' has a habit of doing this in his second boss fight. While it is frustrating in normal difficulty, as the clones do not go down in one hit and block most attacks very easily, it is far worse in Hell difficulty, where they have a habit of attacking at the same time with attacks whose blocks are mutually exclusive, and they do so while ganging up, making dodging the attacks a gamble as well. Defeating him for good is one of the more satisfying moments of the game.
* Halfway through the deathmatch with Mai Hem in ''VideoGame/PerfectDark Zero'', she starts summoning clones of herself. Unlike her, they don't "[[DisappearsIntoLight derez]]" (in the words of ''{{Franchise/Tron}}'') when defeated, and you can pick up their weapons and ammo.
* ''Videogame/EYEDivineCybermancy'' allows players (and some mooks) to summon up to 6 psychic clones, which can be ordered around independently. The clones typically [[GlassCannon die in one or two hits from any weapon, but the clones can use any weapon]], such as [[GatlingGood handheld miniguns]] and [[HandCannon anti-tank revolvers]]. An alternate psychic ability allows the player to summon a single clone, which is much more durable.
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas: Honest Hearts'', the Ghost of She splits into four [[TurnsRed when its HP gets low]]. Fortunately, you only need to destroy the main body and the doppelgangers will follow suit.
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' has a variety of clone attack and defense skills which are often used by the {{ninja}}-themed players. [[BlowYouAway Kaze]][[FragileSpeedster maru]] learns some of them as well. There's even variations of certain 3-player {{Combination Attack}}s that substitute clones for the two teammates.
* In ''VideoGame/JoeAndMac'', your own reflection is one of the available weapons. This may be the only part of the game that justifies the "Caveman Ninja" subtitle.
* [[TheDragon Kamek]], resident EvilSorcerer of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, does this in the majority of his RPG appearances; namely ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'', ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'', and ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam''. Unfortunately for Mario, the doppelgangers in the last game's final battle with him are also every bit as strong as the real deal and about as tough to beat.
* Ra's Al Ghul in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' and Copperhead in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' are both shrouded by copies in their boss fights, but they're not actually using this technique. Rather, in both cases, Batman is under the effects of hallucinatory drugs.
* In the final boss battle of ''VideoGame/SpartanTotalWarrior'', [[spoiler:Ares]], the final boss, can split himself in three. The difference between the original and the two copies is that the copies get killed with one hit.
* This is pretty much the whole point of Phantom Lancer, one of the heroes in ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' - two of his skills are passive and give him a chance of creating an illusory copy of himself (that can still damage enemies) with every hit against an enemy (the second boosts the chance and gives his illusions a chance of creating illusions of their own). Sadly, the illusion-count tops out at 8 or so, meaning no army of angry {{Catfolk}} charging across the battlefield.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has [[BreatherBoss Pinwheel]], a {{necromancer}} who makes fake copies of him self.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'':
** The Darklurker will create a copy of itself when its health reaches halfway; the copy acts independently and has all the same powers as the original. However, they share the same health bar, so when one dies, the other will die as well.
** The player can invoke this by [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguising yourself as Maldron The Assassin]] and invade in Eleum Loyce while wearing White Ring.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'':
** The Crystal Sage will begin creating decoy copies of himself at half health. They die in one hit, but they are also capable of using sorceries just as powerful as the original.
** Pontiff Sulyvhan can create a phantom clone of himself in the second half of his boss fight. The clone has low health, but all the same attacks as the Pontiff himself, and he can create more if the one he's currently using is killed. However, the phantom mimics Sulyvhan's movements about a second behind, so its attacks are very predictable, and its presence really just means you have to dodge all of the Pontiff's attacks twice.
* ''VideoGame/BloodBorne'', Dark Souls sister game, has a few of these as well
** One of the Wet Nurse's attacks is a nightmare reality in which every three seconds, a clone of the Wet Nurse appears and instantly launches an attack, only to vanish and do it again.
** Queen Yharnam can create duplicates that can use a lot of her attacks and will be constantly firing blood bullets at you. They can be destroyed easily, but can really make dealing with Yharnam very hard. The only thing that differentiates it from the real one is that the duplicates aren't pregnant.
* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
** Militsa from ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'' does this when she goes up against the party solo, creating four low HP clones that are quickly replaced upon their destruction.
** Belius in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' creates a clone of herself once she reaches half HP. It's barely any weaker then the original, but can be removed by simply reigniting the torches in the arena.
** The [[BonusBoss Golden Swordsman]] in ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' does once after you run down his HP for the first time, then again once you run down the HP of him and his clone, resulting in three clones. Something of an odd case, as the duplicates possess distinct fighting styles based off of those of your party members, and are just as powerful as the original.
* If you did not [[PsychoForHire hate him enough already]] [[MoralEventHorizon at that point]], Flying Fox from ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'' has a habit of doing this in his second boss fight. While it is frustrating in normal difficulty, as the clones do not go down in one hit and block most attacks very easily, it is far worse in Hell difficulty, where they have a habit of attacking at the same time with attacks whose blocks are mutually exclusive, and they do so while ganging up, making dodging the attacks a gamble as well. Defeating him for good is one of the more satisfying moments of the game.
* Halfway through the deathmatch with Mai Hem in ''VideoGame/PerfectDark Zero'', she starts summoning clones of herself. Unlike her, they don't "[[DisappearsIntoLight derez]]" (in the words of ''{{Franchise/Tron}}'') when defeated, and you can pick up their weapons and ammo.
* ''Videogame/EYEDivineCybermancy'' allows players (and some mooks) to summon up to 6 psychic clones, which can be ordered around independently. The clones typically [[GlassCannon die in one or two hits from any weapon, but the clones can use any weapon]], such as [[GatlingGood handheld miniguns]] and [[HandCannon anti-tank revolvers]]. An alternate psychic ability allows the player to summon a single clone, which is much more durable.
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas: Honest Hearts'', the Ghost of She splits into four [[TurnsRed when its HP gets low]]. Fortunately, you only need to destroy the main body and the doppelgangers will follow suit.
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' has a variety of clone attack and defense skills which are often used by the {{ninja}}-themed players. [[BlowYouAway Kaze]][[FragileSpeedster maru]] learns some of them as well. There's even variations of certain 3-player {{Combination Attack}}s that substitute clones for the two teammates.
* In ''VideoGame/JoeAndMac'', your own reflection is one of the available weapons. This may be the only part of the game that justifies the "Caveman Ninja" subtitle.
* [[TheDragon Kamek]], resident EvilSorcerer of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, does this in the majority of his RPG appearances; namely ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'', ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'', and ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam''. Unfortunately for Mario, the doppelgangers in the last game's final battle with him are also every bit as strong as the real deal and about as tough to beat.
* Ra's Al Ghul in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' and Copperhead in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' are both shrouded by copies in their boss fights, but they're not actually using this technique. Rather, in both cases, Batman is under the effects of hallucinatory drugs.
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* Sigdis Gaulderson, a FlunkyBoss in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', combines this with a teleport ability to create a ShellGame for the player. Unlike a DoppelgangerSpin, though, all three draugr are capable of attacking you with bows and [[MakeMeWannaShout Shouts]]. The spectral copies will go down in one hit, while hitting the true boss a few times will cause him to teleport again and summon new copies.
* In ''Videogame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', Handsome Jack creates hologram copies of himself in his boss battle to distract and attack the player. His playable body double in ''Videogame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' has the exact same ability, though he can only have two out at a time.
* In ''Pac-Man Arrangement'', You can grab a scroll that creates a translucent Pac-Man that mirrors the real one's moves. It's immune to harm, and if it picks up a Power Pellet, Pac-Man is powered up too.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}} and the Pirate's Curse'', one of the attacks of the [[TrueFinalBoss Pirate Master's True Form]] involves conjuring three phantom copies of his humanoid form that will attack you in his place.
* Gharnef uses this ability when you face him for the last time in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]''. The real one is invulnerable to all attacks save the Starlight spell (which you may or may not have), while the clones can be damaged as normal -- but the pre-battle stat readout will still predict 0 damage being dealt. One way to tell which is the real one is to use the Earthsphere, which deals 13 damage to everything on the field... except for the real Gharnef.
* ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'''s Wraith can create a duplicate of itself using the Decoy ability, which is capable of attacking and teleporting just like the original. It will disappear after a few seconds, but during those few seconds it's extremely dangerous.
* In ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperheroes'' Loki makes copies of himself, both in the main storyline when you fight him and as one of his attack animations in free play mode.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Sundered}}'', the mini-boss [[ColdSniper Hiram Macias]] can make a dozen copies of himself at once. While these copies die in one hit, new ones spawn in constantly to take their place, and they’re just as deadly as the real thing. Hiram himself will teleport to another platform whenever he takes a few licks, forcing the player to hunt him down while dealing with his copies.
* Yet another Creator/{{Capcom}} example appears in ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' with the Double Ninja. Other than his "Kage Bunshin Ninpo", he's the same as a Normal Ninja stat-wise, while costing 40% more to include in the player's force for the level. However, while the shadow double is active, he effectively doubles the player's offense (it has the same power, but there's a slight offset to its attack, making it possible if unlikely to hit with only one of the doubled strikes), and the only way to get rid of the double is to knock down (or knock out) the Double Ninja. A player capable of keeping a Double Ninja on his feet more than makes up for the cost of including one by the sheer level of offense it can provide.
* In ''Videogame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', Handsome Jack creates hologram copies of himself in his boss battle to distract and attack the player. His playable body double in ''Videogame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' has the exact same ability, though he can only have two out at a time.
* In ''Pac-Man Arrangement'', You can grab a scroll that creates a translucent Pac-Man that mirrors the real one's moves. It's immune to harm, and if it picks up a Power Pellet, Pac-Man is powered up too.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}} and the Pirate's Curse'', one of the attacks of the [[TrueFinalBoss Pirate Master's True Form]] involves conjuring three phantom copies of his humanoid form that will attack you in his place.
* Gharnef uses this ability when you face him for the last time in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]''. The real one is invulnerable to all attacks save the Starlight spell (which you may or may not have), while the clones can be damaged as normal -- but the pre-battle stat readout will still predict 0 damage being dealt. One way to tell which is the real one is to use the Earthsphere, which deals 13 damage to everything on the field... except for the real Gharnef.
* ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'''s Wraith can create a duplicate of itself using the Decoy ability, which is capable of attacking and teleporting just like the original. It will disappear after a few seconds, but during those few seconds it's extremely dangerous.
* In ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperheroes'' Loki makes copies of himself, both in the main storyline when you fight him and as one of his attack animations in free play mode.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Sundered}}'', the mini-boss [[ColdSniper Hiram Macias]] can make a dozen copies of himself at once. While these copies die in one hit, new ones spawn in constantly to take their place, and they’re just as deadly as the real thing. Hiram himself will teleport to another platform whenever he takes a few licks, forcing the player to hunt him down while dealing with his copies.
* Yet another Creator/{{Capcom}} example appears in ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' with the Double Ninja. Other than his "Kage Bunshin Ninpo", he's the same as a Normal Ninja stat-wise, while costing 40% more to include in the player's force for the level. However, while the shadow double is active, he effectively doubles the player's offense (it has the same power, but there's a slight offset to its attack, making it possible if unlikely to hit with only one of the doubled strikes), and the only way to get rid of the double is to knock down (or knock out) the Double Ninja. A player capable of keeping a Double Ninja on his feet more than makes up for the cost of including one by the sheer level of offense it can provide.
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* Sigdis Gaulderson, a FlunkyBoss In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the first boss of 40-man Temple of Ahn'Qiraj (Skeram) (and his 5-man protege in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', combines Arcatraz (Skyriss)) uses this with ability, although there is a teleport ability to create a ShellGame for the player. Unlike a DoppelgangerSpin, though, all three draugr are capable "real" one. Each of attacking you with bows and [[MakeMeWannaShout Shouts]]. The spectral his copies will go down in one hit, while hitting must be separated, and the true boss a few times will cause him fake ones must be killed before they destroy the raid. The 5-man version in Arcatraz only splits into 2, whereas the 40-man version splits into 3.
** Mage players can also perform their own Doppelganger Attack by summoning 3 toteleport again and summon new copies.
* In ''Videogame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', Handsome Jack creates hologram4 copies of himself themselves able to cast basic spells.
** Multiboxers are players who play multiple accounts simultaneously by passing the keystrokes from their keyboard to multiple active [=WoW=] installs. When a player does this while playing mage characters, when they are glyphed for Mirror Image and get 4 dopplegangers of themselves, per character, this can be a completely overwhelming sight to see. 5 characters with 4 backups each = 25 total characters. When they all start spamming Frostbolt it looks like Franchise/StarWars. Bonus points if they're all gnomes with pink hair.
** All of those spells are based on the ''Warcraft III'' Blademaster's Mirror Image which summoned 3 clones of the caster. Those dealt no damage whatsoever and were mostly there to confuse the enemy, whereas inhis boss battle ''World of Warcraft'' mirror images typically do damage as well.
** Jandice Barov of Scholomance is the champion of this trope as she summons no less than 15 illusions of herself midfight. Those deal damage, but TAKE NONE, it is imperative to find the real Jandice (her name is distinct from the images, so she can be found easily) and down her fast.
*** In ''Mists of Pandaria'', the attack was changed to a DoppelgangerSpin. The images no longer deal damage, and their attack is only to distractand attack the player. His playable body double in ''Videogame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' has the exact same ability, though he can only have two out at a time.
* In ''Pac-Man Arrangement'', You can grab a scroll that creates a translucent Pac-Man that mirrorsyou from finding the real one's moves. It's immune to harm, and if it picks up a Power Pellet, Pac-Man is powered up too.
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** Grand Magus Telestra in''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]''. The real one is invulnerable to all attacks save the Starlight spell (which you may or may not have), while the clones can be damaged as normal -- but the pre-battle stat readout will still predict 0 damage being dealt. One way to tell which is the real one is to use the Earthsphere, which deals 13 damage to everything on the field... except for the real Gharnef.
* ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'''s Wraith can create a duplicateNexus summons duplicates of itself using the Decoy ability, which is capable of attacking and teleporting just like the original. It will disappear after a few seconds, but herself midway during those few seconds it's extremely dangerous.
* In ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperheroes'' Loki makes copies of himself, both inthe main storyline when you fight him and as one of his attack animations in free play mode.
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*In ''VideoGame/{{Sundered}}'', the mini-boss [[ColdSniper Hiram Macias]] can make a dozen copies of himself at once. While these copies die in one hit, new ones spawn in constantly to take their place, and they’re just as deadly as the real thing. Hiram himself will teleport to another platform whenever he takes a few licks, forcing the player to hunt him down while dealing with his copies.
* Yet another Creator/{{Capcom}} example appears in ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' with the Double Ninja. Other than his "Kage Bunshin Ninpo", he's the same as a Normal Ninja stat-wise, while costing 40% more to include in the player's force for the level. However, while the shadow double is active, he effectively doubles the player's offense (itSilver Samurai has the same power, but there's a slight offset "Bushin Shadows" X-Ability in Capcom's ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'', which allows him to its attack, making it possible if unlikely to hit attack his opponents with only one shadow clones of himself. Notably, he does ''[[AdaptationalSuperpowerChange not]]'' have this power in the doubled strikes), and the only way to get rid of the double is to knock down (or knock out) the Double Ninja. A player capable of keeping a Double Ninja on his feet more than makes up for the cost of including one by the sheer level of offense it can provide.actual comics.
** Mage players can also perform their own Doppelganger Attack by summoning 3 to
* In ''Videogame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', Handsome Jack creates hologram
** Multiboxers are players who play multiple accounts simultaneously by passing the keystrokes from their keyboard to multiple active [=WoW=] installs. When a player does this while playing mage characters, when they are glyphed for Mirror Image and get 4 dopplegangers of themselves, per character, this can be a completely overwhelming sight to see. 5 characters with 4 backups each = 25 total characters. When they all start spamming Frostbolt it looks like Franchise/StarWars. Bonus points if they're all gnomes with pink hair.
** All of those spells are based on the ''Warcraft III'' Blademaster's Mirror Image which summoned 3 clones of the caster. Those dealt no damage whatsoever and were mostly there to confuse the enemy, whereas in
** Jandice Barov of Scholomance is the champion of this trope as she summons no less than 15 illusions of herself midfight. Those deal damage, but TAKE NONE, it is imperative to find the real Jandice (her name is distinct from the images, so she can be found easily) and down her fast.
*** In ''Mists of Pandaria'', the attack was changed to a DoppelgangerSpin. The images no longer deal damage, and their attack is only to distract
* In ''Pac-Man Arrangement'', You can grab a scroll that creates a translucent Pac-Man that mirrors
* In ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}} and the Pirate's Curse'', one of the attacks of the [[TrueFinalBoss Pirate Master's True Form]] involves conjuring three phantom copies of his humanoid form that
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* Yet another Creator/{{Capcom}} example appears in ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' with the Double Ninja. Other than his "Kage Bunshin Ninpo", he's the same as a Normal Ninja stat-wise, while costing 40% more to include in the player's force for the level. However, while the shadow double is active, he effectively doubles the player's offense (it
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* In one plotline of ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', Doctor Schlock assists Bun-Bun in a fight by firing a gun loaded with countless plush Bun-Bun dolls. As a result, once Bun-Bun is knocked out, the dolls remain, obfuscating his opponent's efforts to finish the real Bun-Bun off.
* [[spoiler:Jin Mo-Ri]] of ''Webcomic/GodOfHighSchool'' uses this in conjunction with his MagicStaff to wipe out 99.7% of an invading angel army in less than thirty seconds.
* Harem from ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' is a resident teleporter who has the ability to create up to five extra bodies. Each body has a different style and damage done to one of them is felt by all of them.
* Harem from ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' is a resident teleporter who has the ability to create up to five extra bodies. Each body has a different style and damage done to one of them is felt by all of them.
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* Harem from ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' is a resident teleporter who has the ability to create up to five extra bodies. Each body has a different style and damage done to one of them is felt by all of them.
* [[spoiler:Jin Mo-Ri]] of ''Webcomic/GodOfHighSchool'' uses this in conjunction with his MagicStaff to wipe out 99.7% of an invading angel army in less than thirty seconds.
* [[spoiler:Jin Mo-Ri]] of ''Webcomic/GodOfHighSchool'' uses this in conjunction with his MagicStaff to wipe out 99.7% of an invading angel army in less than thirty seconds.
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* The cartoon-only villain Luminus from ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' originally used the DoppelgangerSpin, but never had the good sense to get away while the getting was good. Eventually he came up with HardLight versions of these that actually were a threat.
* He showed up again in WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague and got the drop on the Flash, who was used to Mirror Master's DoppelgangerSpin and wasn't expecting the "illusions" to throw a punch.
* He showed up again in WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague and got the drop on the Flash, who was used to Mirror Master's DoppelgangerSpin and wasn't expecting the "illusions" to throw a punch.
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* Experiment 344 (Dupe) in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' can make physical copies of anything, but the more copies are made, the weaker they all become.
* Ulrich's "Triplicate" power in ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''. The two clones [[OneHitPointWonder only have one life point and are easily dispatched]], but otherwise they're as deadly as the real Ulrich.
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* Ulrich's "Triplicate" power in ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''. The two clones [[OneHitPointWonder only have one life point and are easily dispatched]], but otherwise they're as deadly as the real Ulrich.
* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'':
** Nabu may have this ability, but it is unclear whether the duplicates are solid or not. In a fight against Darcy, he was able to attack all of her illusion copies this way.
** Also, Darcy herself can do this in addition to the normal DoppelgangerSpin, but she's limited to three copies who surround the opponent to attack from multiple direction, and hitting one will dissolve the copies and knock Darcy out. [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes This invariably terrifies Musa into helplessness]], as the first time Darcy did it the attack nearly killed her trough ''sheer pain''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' animated episode "The Tick Loves Santa" features a villainous thief in a Santa Claus costume who acquires the ability to create multiple clones of himself by absorbing electricity. Connecting himself directly to a generator at the hydroelectric power plant, he spawns hundreds of clones almost instantly.
-->'''The Tick:''' [[{{Pun}} It's a YULE-TIDE!]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'':
** Nabu may have this ability, but it is unclear whether the duplicates are solid or not. In a fight against Darcy, he was able to attack all of her illusion copies this way.
** Also, Darcy herself can do this in addition to the normal DoppelgangerSpin, but she's limited to three copies who surround the opponent to attack from multiple direction, and hitting one will dissolve the copies and knock Darcy out. [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes This invariably terrifies Musa into helplessness]], as the first time Darcy did it the attack nearly killed her trough ''sheer pain''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' animated episode "The Tick Loves Santa" features a villainous thief in a Santa Claus costume who acquires the ability to create multiple clones of himself by absorbing electricity. Connecting himself directly to a generator at the hydroelectric power plant, he spawns hundreds of clones almost instantly.
-->'''The Tick:''' [[{{Pun}} It's a YULE-TIDE!]]"
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* During his first guest appearance on ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan'', Dr. Strange magically generates numerous copies of himself to confuse and attack Baron Mordo's brainwashed cultists.
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* Experiment 344 (Dupe) in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' can make physical copies of anything, but the more copies are made, the weaker they all become.
* During his first guest appearance on ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan'', Dr. Strange magically generates numerous copies of himself to confuse and attack Baron Mordo's brainwashed cultists.
* The cartoon-only villain Luminus from ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' originally used the DoppelgangerSpin, but never had the good sense to get away while the getting was good. Eventually he came up with HardLight versions of these that actually were a threat.
** He showed up again in WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague and got the drop on the Flash, who was used to Mirror Master's DoppelgangerSpin and wasn't expecting the "illusions" to throw a punch.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' animated episode "The Tick Loves Santa" features a villainous thief in a Santa Claus costume who acquires the ability to create multiple clones of himself by absorbing electricity. Connecting himself directly to a generator at the hydroelectric power plant, he spawns hundreds of clones almost instantly.
-->'''The Tick:''' [[{{Pun}} It's a YULE-TIDE!]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'':
** Nabu may have this ability, but it is unclear whether the duplicates are solid or not. In a fight against Darcy, he was able to attack all of her illusion copies this way.
** Also, Darcy herself can do this in addition to the normal DoppelgangerSpin, but she's limited to three copies who surround the opponent to attack from multiple direction, and hitting one will dissolve the copies and knock Darcy out. [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes This invariably terrifies Musa into helplessness]], as the first time Darcy did it the attack nearly killed her trough ''sheer pain''.
* During his first guest appearance on ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan'', Dr. Strange magically generates numerous copies of himself to confuse and attack Baron Mordo's brainwashed cultists.
* The cartoon-only villain Luminus from ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' originally used the DoppelgangerSpin, but never had the good sense to get away while the getting was good. Eventually he came up with HardLight versions of these that actually were a threat.
** He showed up again in WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague and got the drop on the Flash, who was used to Mirror Master's DoppelgangerSpin and wasn't expecting the "illusions" to throw a punch.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' animated episode "The Tick Loves Santa" features a villainous thief in a Santa Claus costume who acquires the ability to create multiple clones of himself by absorbing electricity. Connecting himself directly to a generator at the hydroelectric power plant, he spawns hundreds of clones almost instantly.
-->'''The Tick:''' [[{{Pun}} It's a YULE-TIDE!]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'':
** Nabu may have this ability, but it is unclear whether the duplicates are solid or not. In a fight against Darcy, he was able to attack all of her illusion copies this way.
** Also, Darcy herself can do this in addition to the normal DoppelgangerSpin, but she's limited to three copies who surround the opponent to attack from multiple direction, and hitting one will dissolve the copies and knock Darcy out. [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes This invariably terrifies Musa into helplessness]], as the first time Darcy did it the attack nearly killed her trough ''sheer pain''.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' villain Torque has the ability to create identical copies of himself to do his own bidding. As an independent villain from the BigBad, Emperor Zurg, Torque did not originaly have this power, but he acquired his power as part of a deal with Zurg to eliminate Buzz and his team.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' villain Torque has the ability to create identical copies of himself to do his own bidding. As an independent villain from the BigBad, Emperor Zurg, Torque did not originaly originally have this power, but he acquired his power as part of a deal with Zurg to eliminate Buzz and his team.
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* During his first guest appearance on ''WesternAnimation/Spiderman'', Dr. Strange magically generates numerous copies of himself to confuse and attack Baron Mordo's brainwashed cultists.
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* The ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' character Flashback can conjure up versions of himself from seconds away in time, allowing him to swarm an opponent all by himself. He's not so good at picking foes he can actually beat this way, though, and the downside is, if one of his phase-forms dies, he gets to worry if it's the one from ''his'' future.
* The mercenary Timeshadow, a former pawn of Apocalypse, has a similar power.
* Quantum, a foe of Comicbook/TheAvengers, can teleport back and forth so fast that he's effectively two (or more) places at once, allowing him to hit heroes from several directions.
* The mercenary Timeshadow, a former pawn of Apocalypse, has a similar power.
* Quantum, a foe of Comicbook/TheAvengers, can teleport back and forth so fast that he's effectively two (or more) places at once, allowing him to hit heroes from several directions.
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** The ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' character Flashback can conjure up versions of himself from seconds away in time, allowing him to swarm an opponent all by himself. He's not so good at picking foes he can actually beat this way, though, and the downside is, if one of his phase-forms dies, he gets to worry if it's the one from ''his'' future.
* ** The mercenary Timeshadow, a former pawn of Apocalypse, has a similar power.
* ** Quantum, a foe of Comicbook/TheAvengers, can teleport back and forth so fast that he's effectively two (or more) places at once, allowing him to hit heroes from several directions.directions.
** ''Multiple Man'' from ''ComicBook/XFactor''. Especially recently as his clones tend to reflect part of the typical human personality. His libido manifested with a clone and much sex (not with clones) ensued.
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** The ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' character Flashback can conjure up versions of himself from seconds away in time, allowing him to swarm an opponent all by himself. He's not so good at picking foes he can actually beat this way, though, and the downside is, if one of his phase-forms dies, he gets to worry if it's the one from ''his'' future.
** ''Multiple Man'' from ''ComicBook/XFactor''. Especially recently as his clones tend to reflect part of the typical human personality. His libido manifested with a clone and much sex (not with clones) ensued.
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* ''Multiple Man'' from ''ComicBook/XFactor''. Especially recently as his clones tend to reflect part of the typical human personality. His libido manifested with a clone and much sex (not with clones) ensued.
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** Franchise/{{Superman}} foe Riot has the ability to clone himself at will or when attacked. One of Riot's most significant advantages in a fight is that the force of a blow delivered to one duplicate is dispersed across all of his currently-active duplicates; as a result, while Superman could theoretically knock Riot out if he hit a single Riot with a sufficiently powerful punch, with a dozen or more Riots active at once Superman's blows fail to cause sufficient damage to render any of the Riots unconscious.
** ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} was once attacked by a Jokerized Riot but was able to spot the original and knock him out almost immediately causing the clones
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* The standard tactic of Silent Majority, a member of the Force of July who fought ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'' and other heroes in Franchise/TheDCU.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} foe Riot has the ability to clone himself at will or when attacked. One of Riot's most significant advantages in a fight is that the force of a blow delivered to one duplicate is dispersed across all of his currently-active duplicates; as a result, while Superman could theoretically knock Riot out if he hit a single Riot with a sufficiently powerful punch, with a dozen or more Riots active at once Superman's blows fail to cause sufficient damage to render any of the Riots unconscious.
** ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} was once attacked by a Jokerized Riot but was able to spot the original and knock him out almost immediately causing the clones to disappear.
--->''"Only one of you had the riot gun, ''Riot''. [--Moron--]."''
* Franchise/{{Superman}} foe Riot has the ability to clone himself at will or when attacked. One of Riot's most significant advantages in a fight is that the force of a blow delivered to one duplicate is dispersed across all of his currently-active duplicates; as a result, while Superman could theoretically knock Riot out if he hit a single Riot with a sufficiently powerful punch, with a dozen or more Riots active at once Superman's blows fail to cause sufficient damage to render any of the Riots unconscious.
** ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} was once attacked by a Jokerized Riot but was able to spot the original and knock him out almost immediately causing the clones to disappear.
--->''"Only one of you had the riot gun, ''Riot''. [--Moron--]."''
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* When Dante utilizes his Doppelganger style in ''Franchise/DevilMayCry 3'', he can create a single duplicate of himself. The duplicate will mirror Dante's movements and attacks, but the player can choose to increase the lag between the command inputs and the duplicate's response -- or a second player can take control instead.
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* When Dante utilizes his Doppelganger style in ''Franchise/DevilMayCry 3'', ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', he can create a single duplicate of himself. The duplicate will mirror Dante's movements and attacks, but the player can choose to increase the lag between the command inputs and the duplicate's response -- or a second player can take control instead.
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*** Series/KamenRiderDecade's Attack Ride: Illusion card does much the same; he even uses it to counter Knight's Trick Vent in one episode. He also gets a CrowningMomentOfAwesome thanks to this in TheMovie. When faced with a three-on-one fight against [[Series/KamenRiderBlack Black]], [[Series/KamenRiderV3 V3]] and [[Series/KamenRiderSuper1 Super-1]], Decade counters their [[FinishingMove Triple Kick]] by combining the Illusion card with his Final Attack Ride, performing a Triple Dimension Kick all by himself. Later in the series, [[SecondRider Diend]] gets his own version of the Illusion card.
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*** Series/KamenRiderDecade's Attack Ride: Illusion card does much the same; he even uses it to counter Knight's Trick Vent in one episode. He also gets a CrowningMomentOfAwesome SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome thanks to this in TheMovie. When faced with a three-on-one fight against [[Series/KamenRiderBlack Black]], [[Series/KamenRiderV3 V3]] and [[Series/KamenRiderSuper1 Super-1]], Decade counters their [[FinishingMove Triple Kick]] by combining the Illusion card with his Final Attack Ride, performing a Triple Dimension Kick all by himself. Later in the series, [[SecondRider Diend]] gets his own version of the Illusion card.
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** ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' and ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' show that this kind of attack isn't just for demons.
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** In the second game, activating God Gundam's enhanced super move will cause two clones to appear that will mirror your actions and attacks.
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* One of the Zoalords from {{Anime/Guyver}} can hide himself in "imaginary space", where he cannot be harmed by anything in "real space". From there, he can project up to three "shadows" in "real space": the copies look identical to the original, but are intangible, invulnerable and capable of firing homing ball of plasma, which ''are'' tangible and more than capable of harm. The drawbacks of this technique is that he can safely use it only for ten minutes at a time, and that [[spoiler: someone who possesses the same ability could also enter the same "imaginary space" and attack him directly]].
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* One of the Zoalords from {{Anime/Guyver}} {{Manga/Guyver}} can hide himself in "imaginary space", where he cannot be harmed by anything in "real space". From there, he can project up to three "shadows" in "real space": the copies look identical to the original, but are intangible, invulnerable and capable of firing homing ball of plasma, which ''are'' tangible and more than capable of harm. The drawbacks of this technique is that he can safely use it only for ten minutes at a time, and that [[spoiler: someone who possesses the same ability could also enter the same "imaginary space" and attack him directly]].
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* Film/DoctorStrange takes this trope UpToEleven [[spoiler:when he [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/77509ca1bd70e181961428628f19ca16/tumblr_p7yv67gXGb1usfzn8o8_400.gif pulls this]] against Thanos in the ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'']].
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* Film/DoctorStrange Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}} takes this trope UpToEleven [[spoiler:when he [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/77509ca1bd70e181961428628f19ca16/tumblr_p7yv67gXGb1usfzn8o8_400.gif pulls this]] against Thanos in the ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'']].
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moved from Doppelganger Spin (since Doctor Strange's doubles can attack Thanos, so they're tangible) and removed the part with Loki because it was referring to an example on Doppelganger Spin and most people here won't get it when it stands here on its own.
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* Film/DoctorStrange takes this trope UpToEleven [[spoiler:when he [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/77509ca1bd70e181961428628f19ca16/tumblr_p7yv67gXGb1usfzn8o8_400.gif pulls this]] against Thanos in the ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'']].
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* This applies to Kisuke's Haze and Phantom Secret Arts and Momohime's Flash Secret Art in ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade''.
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* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', this is the core of the [[MasterOfIllusion Mesmer]] profession's fighting style. Mesmers make illusionary clones of themselves that are fragile and deal little damage, but can be "shattered" to cause a variety of effects. They can also make more powerful "phantasms," which are clones that are visibly different from the Mesmer but are a serious threat and able to deal significant damage before fading away and becoming regular clones.
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* Yet another Creator/{{Capcom}} example appears in ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' with the Double Ninja. Other than his "Kage Bunshin Ninpo", he's the same as a Normal Ninja stat-wise, while costing 40% more to include in the player's force for the level. However, while the shadow double is active, he effectively doubles the player's offense (it has the same power, but there's a slight offset to its attack, making it possible if unlikely to hit with only one of the doubled strikes), and the only way to get rid of the double is to knock down (or knock out) the Double Ninja. A player capable of keeping a Double Ninja on his feet more than makes up for the cost of including one by the sheer level of offense it can provide.
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* ''VideoGame/Bloodborne'', Dark Souls sister game, has a few of these as well
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* ''VideoGame/Bloodborne'', ''VideoGame/BloodBorne'', Dark Souls sister game, has a few of these as well
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* ''VideoGame/Bloodborne'', Dark Souls sister game, has a few of these as well
** One of the Wet Nurse's attacks is a nightmare reality in which every three seconds, a clone of the Wet Nurse appears and instantly launches an attack, only to vanish and do it again.
** Queen Yharnam can create duplicates that can use a lot of her attacks and will be constantly firing blood bullets at you. They can be destroyed easily, but can really make dealing with Yharnam very hard. The only thing that differentiates it from the real one is that the duplicates aren't pregnant.
** One of the Wet Nurse's attacks is a nightmare reality in which every three seconds, a clone of the Wet Nurse appears and instantly launches an attack, only to vanish and do it again.
** Queen Yharnam can create duplicates that can use a lot of her attacks and will be constantly firing blood bullets at you. They can be destroyed easily, but can really make dealing with Yharnam very hard. The only thing that differentiates it from the real one is that the duplicates aren't pregnant.
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** ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} was once attacked by a Jokerized Riot but was able to spot the original and knock him out almost immediately causing the clones to disappear.
--->''"Only one of you had the riot gun, ''Riot''. [--Moron--]."''
--->''"Only one of you had the riot gun, ''Riot''. [--Moron--]."''
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' had the Sandora Elite miniboss, who will create two clones of himself when his HP falls below half. The trick to finding the real one is paying attention to the attacks; the two clones will attack after being created, but since the real one made the clones on his turn, he won't attack.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' had the Sandora Elite miniboss, who will create two clones of himself when his HP falls below half.half; hitting the clones won't do anything, but hitting the real one will cause the clones to vanish. The trick to finding the real one is paying attention to the attacks; the two clones will attack after being created, but since the real one made the clones on his turn, he won't attack. Additionally, the Elite possesses an AOE fire attack that the clones are unable to use.
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* One of the Zoalords from {{Anime/Guyver}} can hide himself in "imaginary space", where he cannot be harmed by anthing in "real space". From there, he can project up to three "shadows" in "real space": the copies look identical to the original, but are intangible, invulnerable and capable of firing homing ball of plasma, which ''are'' tangible and more than capable of harm. The drawbacks of this technique is that he can safely use it only for ten minutes at a time, and that [[spoiler: someone who possesses the same ability could also enter the same "imaginary space" and attack him directly]].
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* One of the Zoalords from {{Anime/Guyver}} can hide himself in "imaginary space", where he cannot be harmed by anthing anything in "real space". From there, he can project up to three "shadows" in "real space": the copies look identical to the original, but are intangible, invulnerable and capable of firing homing ball of plasma, which ''are'' tangible and more than capable of harm. The drawbacks of this technique is that he can safely use it only for ten minutes at a time, and that [[spoiler: someone who possesses the same ability could also enter the same "imaginary space" and attack him directly]].
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* One of the bosses in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}'' uses a Doppelganger attack as her gimmick. You have to hit the real one, or else any attempts to use magic will result in a nasty counterattack (her copies reflects magic). The solution: [[spoiler:fight her on a full moon - the fakes have no shadows. Or watch carefully when she taunts you afterwards.]]
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* One of the bosses in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}'' uses a Doppelganger attack as her gimmick. You have to hit the real one, or else any attempts to use magic will result in a nasty counterattack (her copies reflects magic). The solution: [[spoiler:fight her on a full moon - -- the fakes have no shadows. Or watch carefully when she taunts you afterwards.]]
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* One of the defining characteristics of the Protopet in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''. It can very quickly go from one, to seven, to forty two, and by the time you've killed half of them, the remaining half have probably already spawned the number back to it's upper limit.
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* One of the defining characteristics of the Protopet in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''. It can very quickly go from one, to seven, to forty two, and by the time you've killed half of them, the remaining half have probably already spawned the number back to it's its upper limit.
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** The Darklurker will create a copy of itself when its health reaches halfway, which acts independently and has all the same powers as the original. However, they share the same health bar, so when one dies, the other will die as well.
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** The Darklurker will create a copy of itself when its health reaches halfway, which halfway; the copy acts independently and has all the same powers as the original. However, they share the same health bar, so when one dies, the other will die as well.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' animated episode "The Tick Loves Santa" features a villainous thief in a Santa Claus costume who aquires the ability to create multiple clones of himself by absorbing electricity. Connecting himself directly to a generator at the hydroelectric power plant, he spawns hundreds of clones almost instantly.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' animated episode "The Tick Loves Santa" features a villainous thief in a Santa Claus costume who aquires acquires the ability to create multiple clones of himself by absorbing electricity. Connecting himself directly to a generator at the hydroelectric power plant, he spawns hundreds of clones almost instantly.
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* During his first guest appearance on ''WesternAnimation/{Spiderman}'', Dr. Strange magically generates numerous copies of himself to confuse and attack Baron Mordo's brainwashed cultists.
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* During his first guest appearance on ''WesternAnimation/{Spiderman}'', ''WesternAnimation/Spiderman'', Dr. Strange magically generates numerous copies of himself to confuse and attack Baron Mordo's brainwashed cultists.
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* You can invoke this in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' by [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguising yourself as Maldron The Assassin]] and invade in Eleum Loyce while wearing White Ring.
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** The Darklurker will create a copy of itself when its health reaches halfway, which acts independently and has all the same powers as the original. However, they share the same health bar, so when one dies, the other will die as well.
** The player can invoke thisin ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' by [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguising yourself as Maldron The Assassin]] and invade in Eleum Loyce while wearing White Ring.Ring.
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** The Crystal Sage will begin creating decoy copies of himself at half health. They die in one hit, but they are also capable of using sorceries just as powerful as the original.
** Pontiff Sulyvhan can create a phantom clone of himself in the second half of his boss fight. The clone has low health, but all the same attacks as the Pontiff himself, and he can create more if the one he's currently using is killed. However, the phantom mimics Sulyvhan's movements about a second behind, so its attacks are very predictable, and its presence really just means you have to dodge all of the Pontiff's attacks twice.
** The Darklurker will create a copy of itself when its health reaches halfway, which acts independently and has all the same powers as the original. However, they share the same health bar, so when one dies, the other will die as well.
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** The Crystal Sage will begin creating decoy copies of himself at half health. They die in one hit, but they are also capable of using sorceries just as powerful as the original.
** Pontiff Sulyvhan can create a phantom clone of himself in the second half of his boss fight. The clone has low health, but all the same attacks as the Pontiff himself, and he can create more if the one he's currently using is killed. However, the phantom mimics Sulyvhan's movements about a second behind, so its attacks are very predictable, and its presence really just means you have to dodge all of the Pontiff's attacks twice.
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** While the Baltans of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' are more of an example of the DoppelgangerSpin, another alien race, the Guts from ''Series/UltraSeven'', possess the ability to split themselves into multiple clones that possess the same abilities and physical power of the original.
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* Halfway through the deathmatch with Mai Hem in ''VideoGame/PerfectDark Zero'', she starts summoning clones of herself. Unlike her, they don't "[[DisappearsIntoLight derez]]" (in the words of ''{{TRON}}'') when defeated, and you can pick up their weapons and ammo.
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* Halfway through the deathmatch with Mai Hem in ''VideoGame/PerfectDark Zero'', she starts summoning clones of herself. Unlike her, they don't "[[DisappearsIntoLight derez]]" (in the words of ''{{TRON}}'') ''{{Franchise/Tron}}'') when defeated, and you can pick up their weapons and ammo.
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*** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' had an episode where the team had to win the approval of [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Ninja Red]] and [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricane Red]], and after doing so gained access to their signature moves; naturally the Kakuranger Shuriken gives this power. When the show was adapted into ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', however, the connection to previous teams was dropped.
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*** Series/KamenRiderOOO's [[color:green:[=GataKiriBa=]]] Combo gives him this ability. Due to [[RealLifeWritesThePlot budget concerns]], but it gets used very effectively in the movies; in ''The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'' in particular, OOO creates seven copies of himself then has each one change to a different [[MultiformBalance forms]], allowing [[MesACrowd all eight of his Full Combos to fight side-by-side]].
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*** Series/KamenRiderOOO's [[color:green:[=GataKiriBa=]]] [=GataKiriBa=] Combo gives him this ability. Due to However, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot budget concerns]], but because the effects involved were quite expensive]], it gets used very effectively tends to pop up more in the movies; movies than the series itself; in ''The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'' in particular, OOO creates seven copies of himself then has each one change to a different [[MultiformBalance forms]], allowing [[MesACrowd all eight of his Full Combos to fight side-by-side]].
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