History Main / EvilKnockoff

** Utonium's college roommate Dick Hardly created his own Powerpuff Girls in "Knock It Off". The knockoffs failed because he cut back on the sugar in order to increase profits. Those girls then move on to [[HeelFaceTurn destroy their creator]], in one of the only permament deaths in the series.
** Not to mention the Rowdyruff Boys, who were created to be copies of the Powerpuff Girls with a twist: being boys (made from "snips and snails and puppy-dog tails"), and naturally, being more violent.

** Amy also gets a decoy version of herself in ''VideoGame/SonicMania'': the Act 2 boss is Eggman controlling a gumball machine which releases a gachapon every time your character spins it: it can either be smaller Eggmans controlling toy machines... or Amy Dolls. Despite being small "toys", they are way more sophisticated than the aforementioned Tails Doll: they run towards your character, jump to grab him, and make a SlasherSmile before exploding. [[spoiler:They can be destroyed like any other enemy, but if one of them "hugs" your character, you won't be able to move him until she explodes.]]

*** In ''VideoGame/SonicR'', Tails has the Tails Doll while Knuckles has Metal Knuckles. While the latter is the echidna's equivalent to Metal Sonic, the former is a literal "knockoff", as the doll is quite a shoddy creation compared to the Doctor's usual fare, being little more than just a floating generator with a poorly made Tails plushie dangling below it. [[JokeCharacter One of the worst racers in the game]] with no combat ability, Tails Doll is more "Chinese bootleg" than "sophisticated robot copy".

*** The most famous knockoff is Metal Sonic from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'': he's as fast as Sonic, uses a energy shield instead of spinning, and even makes Sonic's FingerWag before starting the race. "[[InSeriesNickname Metal]]" seems to have a special position in Eggman Empire, as unlike other machines, the scientist keeps rebuilding him, even after his betrayal in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''. In sequels, Metal Sonic keeps the SuperSpeed, but also tends to take control of machines himself, or to become a giant robot.
*** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog28Bit'' has Silver Sonic who can spin like the blue blur (and both of them can bounce on the other when they're spinning themselves), has turbo behind its shoes to go fast, and extendable arms with clamps. It comes back [[DegradedBoss as an army of]] {{Mook}}s for Metal Sonic in ''VideoGame/SonicMania''.
*** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' has Mecha Sonic, the penultimate boss of the game: unlike Metal, it only seems to be a wireless controlled robot Eggman controls behind, and it insists more on defenses than speed.

*** Tails and Knuckles also had their robotic knockoffs:
** In ''VideoGame/SonicR'', Tails has the Tails Doll while Knuckles has Metal Knuckles. While the latter is the echidna's equivalent to Metal Sonic, the former is a literal "knockoff", as the doll is quite a shoddy creation compared to the Doctor's usual fare, being little more than just a floating generator with a poorly made Tails plushie dangling below it. [[JokeCharacter One of the worst racers in the game]] with no combat ability, Tails Doll is more "Chinese bootleg" than "sophisticated robot copy".

*** The most famous knockoff is Metal Sonic from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'': he's as fast as Sonic and uses a energy shield instead of spinning. In sequels, "Metal" keeps the SuperSpeed, but also tends to fight the Eggman way in the final phases of his fights.

*** ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' has the new model of Mecha Sonic, the boss of Sky Sanctuary Zone: his first two phases are recreations of Eggman's Green Hill Zone and Metropolis Zone fights while the third is a more advanced version of his previous model's fight. He comes back as the FinalBoss of Knuckles' campaign, remaking the final phase of his fight against Sonic and Tails, before using the powers of the Master Emmerald to become Super (or Hyper) Mecha Sonic.

** In ''VideoGame/SonicR'', Tails has the Tails Doll while Knuckles has Metal Knuckles. While the latter is the echidna's equivalent to Metal Sonic, the former is a literal "knockoff", as the Doll is quite a shoddy creation compared to the Doctor's usual fare, being little more than just a floating generator with a poorly made Tails plushie dangling below it. [[JokeCharacter One of the worst racers in the game]] with no combat ability, Tails Doll is more "Chinese bootleg" than "sophisticated robot copy".

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** Dr. Eggman has created several robotic duplicates of Sonic, Metal Sonic from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' being the most famous. He's never used more than one at the same time, though.
** The infamously creepy Tails Doll in ''VideoGame/SonicR'' is one to Tails. Emphasis on "knockoff" in this one, as the Doll is quite a shoddy creation compared to the Doctor's usual fare, being little more than just a floating generator with a poorly made Tails plushie dangling below it. [[JokeCharacter One of the worst racers in the game]] with no combat ability, Tails Doll is more "Chinese bootleg" than "sophisticated robot copy".

** The boss of ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance]]'''s Angel Island Zone at first appears to be Knuckles, except that his colors are somewhat off... Halfway through the fight, however, his fake skin peels away and he starts firing huge missiles out of his mouth, revealing him to actually be a robotic duplicate called Mecha Knuckles.

* The BigBad in ''Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus'' sends out copies of various characters (none of which are of the playable characters) to act out his evil plans of CanonDefilement on the featured LightNovels (really). All of those fakers are bosses (in fact, it'd be easier to list which bosses are ''not'' clones) and while looking exactly like the genuine characters (except for the [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} Minori]] and [[Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex Kanzaki]] clones, who both have villainous eyes), they are also [[PowerCreepPowerSeep weaker]] than them (except for the Minori clone again, considering what kind of story ''Toradora'' is in the first place) as one of them admits after defeat.

* The BigBad in ''Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus'' sends out copies of various characters (none of which are of the playable characters) to act out his evil plans of CanonDefilement on the featured LightNovels (really). All of those fakers are bosses (in fact, it'd be easier to list which bosses are ''not'' clones) and while looking exactly like the genuine characters (except for the [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} Minori]] and [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Kanzaki]] clones, who both have villainous eyes), they are also [[PowerCreepPowerSeep weaker]] than them (except for the Minori clone again, considering what kind of story ''Toradora'' is in the first place) as one of them admits after defeat.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear XX'' introduces Robo-Ky, a green-skinned robot copy of Ky Kiske, as a playable character. He is fixated on defeating Ky to prove himself and refers to him as the "dumb Original". While multiple copies of Robo-Ky were created to serve as pawns for a ShadowGovernment, all of them turn out to be constantly malfunctioning sleazes with a tendency to [[{{Jobber}} job]] to most of the cast.

* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear XX'' introduces Robo-Ky, a green-skinned robot copy of Ky Kiske, as a playable character. He is fixated on defeating Ky to prove himself and refers to him as the "dumb Original". While multiple copies of Robo-Ky were created to serve as pawns for a ShadowGovernment, all of them turn out to be constantly malfunctioning sleazes with a tendency to job to most of the cast.

* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear XX'' has Robo-Ky, a green-skinned robot copy of Ky Kiske.

* ''Videogame/PizzaTower'' has "Fake Peppino", a mysterious creature who looks like someone trying to wear a skinsuit in the shape of Peppino with the exception of being taller and ganglier as well as eyeballs that don't quite fit into the sockets. It fights using variations of Peppino's own techniques with the bonus of being able to [[MesACrowd duplicate itself]].

** The MP-Evas are mass produced copies of the Evas. These copies are superior to the protagonists' units. They have infinite sources of power, flight ''and'' copies of the ArtifactOfDoom. Their opponent is Unit 02 armed with battery power, a combat knife, and a really angry German. [[spoiler:Asuka fights formidably and hurts, maims and kills most of them. Unfortunately they get reactivated and ultimately she loses. [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Horribly]].]]
** However, all these copies are still inferior to Eva-01 the SuperPrototype equipped with an even better "infinite" energy source, the Original Lance of Longinus, superior Flight Capability, and a person born to Pilot Eva.[[spoiler: Of course, he doesn't even fight at all after having yet ANOTHER Mental Breakdown upon seeing [[LoveInterest Asuka]] and Eva-02's remains, so he spends the remainder of the series (or the remainder of the movie if you are watching End Of Evangelion) experiencing ''another'' HeroicBSOD.]]

* ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'', per additional info revealed in [[AllThereInTheManual a supplementary artbook]], has an example in [[spoiler:the Tarascus, a tank similar in design to the Taranis, constructed by the Berman Empire under [[BigBad Shvein Hax's]] orders. It features the same trio of weapon types and similar attacks to the Taranis, and even has its own counterpart to the Taranis' Soul Cannon in the form of the Managarm, a WaveMotionGun that doesn't even need bio-energy to fuel it. To top it all off, the Tarascus' power source is the "heart" of the Vanargand, a MechanicalAbomination with god-like powers that the Taranis fought and defeated thousands of years ago.]]

* ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}: New Vestroia'': The second Mechanical Bakugan made by Professor Clay is a robotic replica of Hydranoid, named Hades, created using data collected from the former while he was captured by the Vexos, with its strength and abilities being based off his. Hydranoid is none too pleased when he hears about it, becoming the one to personally destroy his copy when they face off against each other.

** Also, in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2'', they made the Einst Eisen, based on Kyosuke's Alt Eisen.

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II'' features the HK-50s, which are the evil(er) knockoffs of HK-47. And HK-47 was [[RoboticPsychopath pretty damn evil]] to start with.
** It has to be said that for all their bragging, they lack the original's subtlety (and that's saying something) - the first one keeps dropping his facade so much [[FridgeLogic you have to wonder]] how he managed to fool anyone long enough to do anything. Not to mention their combat skills are nowhere near the original's - after a bout of grandstanding, three of them are wiped out by T3-M4, a pintsized astromech droid. (Then again, T3 ''is'' that badass. Maybe they should've copied him instead.)
*** HK-47 himself is angry at these knockoffs. It's too bad the HK-50 factory never made it into the final game (without the use of the restoration GameMod).
* Shadow Mario in the ''Franchise/{{Mario}}'' series, although he is really [[OverlordJr Bowser Jr.]] in disguise.
** An earlier example comes from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': the creature Belome is capable of making clones of your party in your second encounter with him.
** Also, in ''VideoGame/PaperMario'', the Duplighost enemies could transform into your allies, and at one point in the game [[spoiler:a mirror breaks, and it turns out that Mario and his allies' reflections were actually disguised enemies behind glass]].
** The second boss of ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'' is a dream clone of Mario created by Antasma.
** Metal Mario from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' and ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' is also one.

** And in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'', Clank is replaced by his EvilCounterpart Klunk, who reappears as the BigBad of ''VideoGame/SecretAgentClank''.
* [[{{Golem}} The golem Astaroth]]'s CharacterDevelopment in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur]]'' from the third game onwards revolves around him discovering that he is just an Evil Knockoff of Rock the "White Giant". Astaroth dedicates himself to killing Rock so that he can be a truly unique being instead of just a cheap copy.

** Not only that, Astaroth gets his own twin, who is a bright eyed idealist clockwork golem who matches Astaroth's moves but doesn't have the slightest bit of resemblance to him in appearance. She is tasked with bringing Astaroth back.

* Vlad tried several times to clone WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom, including creating a younger DistaffCounterpart. The thing is, he ''succeeded'' in creating the perfect clone. All he needed was that one mid-morph to finalize it.

* After Optimus recovered the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Star Saber]] in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', Megatron took drastic steps to create his own ''Dark'' Star Saber to counter it. The Dark Star Saber ''shattered'' the original. [[spoiler:The reforged Star Saber fares much better.]]
** Earlier, Silas' efforts over the series researching the Transformers culminated in the creation of Nemesis Prime, a remote-controlled version of Optimus Prime.
** In the Transformers franchise, the evil Doppelgänger concept first appeared as a remote-controlled (by Megatron) duplicate of Optimus Prime in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' episode "A Prime Problem", while the more modern [[MerchandiseDriven "evil black repaint"]] incarnation started in ''Anime/BeastWarsII'' with Black Lio Convoy.

** Megatron did this a bunch with Dinobot in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Once he created an all-organic clone of Dinobot's raptor form, once he made a pack of unstable cyber-raptors, and finally he just out-and-out made Dinobot 2.
** The latter does make a HeelFaceTurn at the end, when the original Dinobot's memories come back after [[spoiler:Rampage's death]].
** In the final battle of ''Beast Wars'' sequel series ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'', Megatron took this to the next level; [[spoiler:requiring a new body for himself but lacking the time to create a completely new form, he instead created a duplicate of Optimus's old Optimal Optimus body minus its gorilla beast mode and with Megatron's own face, enjoying the irony of defeating his enemy with Optimus's most powerful form]].

* In the ''Anime/Sailor Moon'' Zoisite transforms into a copy of Sailor Moon to lure out Tuxedo Mask. His Sailor Moon copy of had the white and red replaced with purple. In VideoGame/Sailor Moon Another: Story the Opposito are all evil doppelgängers of the Sailor Senshi.

* ''Manga/RaveMaster'': The Dark Bring Pool creates these; it seals away (then drowns) anyone stupid enough to dive into its ominous purple water while producing a darker copy. TheHero Haru and Plue were victims of such power, but fortunately they were able to break free and stop their evil copies just in time to save Elie.

** ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' and ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' did a variation on it, with the "Five Venom Fist/Five Fingers of Poison," poisonous animal-based Monsters Of The Week, as an EvilCounterpart team rather than an EvilTwin team. They even got a morph phrase and poses.

* Though unintentional, a release of mutagen by The Shredder in the 1987 series did result in creating a giant mutant turtle called Tokka.

** In the IDW ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' comics, Slash (A frequently reused EvilCounterpart humanoid turtle across multiple continuities) was a mutant specifically created by [=StockGen=] to hunt down the Turtles.