History Main / SelfDuplication

*** The cloning ability was actually used to overcome the effects of climate change where the post ice age west was inhospitable for Aspen seedlings. Without young aspens or conifers, which were both sensitive to the arid environment, to compete with, the clonal colonies came to predominate. Some estimate that in some places Aspen have [NoSexAllowed not reproduced sexually]] for 10,000 years.

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* Shimmerstorm in 'VideoGame/LegacyOfHeroes''.

* Oni Lee, a supervillain in the ''{{Literature/Worm}}'' universe, is a teleporter that leaves short-lived duplicates behind every time he jaunts.

** A season two FreakOfTheWeek, Ian Randall, was much more limited: one extra person would climb out of his back and he used one to study [[MesACrowd in two places at one so he could achieve the best grades]] since when they recombined so would their memories.

* In the WearingTheCape books, there are a variety of Redux-type superhumans. Examples include Platoon (who duplicates himself permanently on a regular basis. There are implied to be dozens of him) and the supervillain Flash Mob, who can make 20 or so temporary duplicates.

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* Oni Lee, a supervillain in the ''{{Literature/Worm}}'' universe, is a teleporter that leaves short-lived duplicates behind every time he jaunts.

There may or may not be some idea of a central self, one copy who is the "proper" version for whatever reason: you have to kill that one to all them all; one gives all of the commands etc. The other copies, conversely, rarely [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman count as persons]] in and of themselves; see also CloningBlues. If they ''are'' counted as actual people, expect WhichMe.

The ability to make several copies of oneself and then recombine said copies, normally maintaining control over all copies.

* Billy Numerous in ''TeenTitans''.

* Janus Cascade in ''{{Wild Arms 3}}'' revealed his ability to make duplicate bodies of himself, in an attempt [[{{Faking the Dead}} to escape death by the protagonist party]]. Unfortunately for him, [[{{Final Death}} he perished for good shortly thereafter.]]

* Jamie Madrox of the {{X-Men}}, aka Multiple Man, in the MarvelUniverse. If he leaves his duplicates separated for too long, they start to [[LiteralSplitPersonality become more independent and develop their own personalities]]. Sadly making a MesACrowd plot difficult for too long but an EvilTwin incredibly easy.

* A weapon in ''XiaolinShowdown'' allowed the user to duplicate himself, but cut his power into equal portions and leads to LiteralSplitPersonality.

* From the DCUniverse, there is Multiplex who gets this power as well as superstrength.

The ability to make several copies of themselves and then recombine themselves, maintaining control over all copies.

A superhero with the ability to make several copies of themselves and then recombine themselves, maintaining control over all copies.