History Main / SimilarSquad

** Similarly, the two Uberwaldian guards that Vimes refers to as Nobbski and Colonesque from ''Literature/TheFifthElephant'', and Knopf and Doppelpunkt [[note]]wich are just the [[BilingualBonus german translations]] of "knob" and "colon"[[/note]] from ''Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents''.

* The ''Series/StillGame'' episode "Dial-a-Bus" features a countryside pub called the Huntsman, which is almost exactly like the Clansman only much, much nicer. Boaby the Barman is so embarrassed by the contrast, he tells his Huntsman counterpart that he's a lawyer.

** In "The Crepes of Wrath," Bart goes to France as an exchange student while Aldi, an Albanian student, stays with the Simpsons. The scene of Bart's family saying goodbye to him at the airport is immediately followed up by Aldi's family—parents, a sister, and a baby—saying goodbye to him in Albania. Though all the dialogue is in Albanian, they go through the same motions the Simpsons went through in a way that makes it clear they're having the same conversation.

* An episode of the ''Series/TheXFiles'' starts with what appears to be Mulder and Scully questioning a suspect; when the suspect says something to the effect of "everyone has a doppleganger," we see the faces of the Similar Squad for the first time. The [[MonsterOfTheWeek malevolent force of the episode]] then seriously injures the two, leading to the real Mulder and Scully investigating days later. They never notice the resemblance, but Mulder suspects the other two agents were [[WillTheyOrWontThey in a relationship]].

** Fuck The World and Pissf***t, two ineffectual wannabe gangsters who attempt to vandalise Kim's car without getting in trouble with the police, appear to be parallels of Harry and Kim. Like with Harry and Kim, Fuck The World is a bit more id-driven and silly, and Pissf***t is more officerial and restrained. Both of their names seem to reflect the philosophical sentiment of the police officers, as well. Fuck The World claims his name is a response to 'meaningless' true love by embracing reckless sex with all things ("Because when one fucks everything, he fucks nothing... sticking your dick into the void"), which fits how Harry's response to his [[LostLenore heartbreak]] was to pursue a life of DeathSeeker [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll disco hedonism]] and [[ChronicHeroSyndrome nihilistic work overload]]. Pissf***t claims that, [[CasualKink while he does like piss]], his name is an artistic statement about reclaiming the contempt other people subject him to regardless of his actual nature ("things being defined as they seem, not as they are"); this paralels well with Kim's stoic endurance of the bigotry he experiences as a mixed race man who is a born, patriotic Vacholiere, [[TwoferTokenMinority and]] a gay man in a world where homosexuality is seen as a subversive underground movement. (Kim, if asked, will say he relates more to the "Pissf***t" sentiment, and that Harry is more of a "Fuck The World" kind of guy.) The player can have Harry ask them for their jackets so he and Kim can wear them, but Kim, a notorious spoilsport, will not play along.

** Played with when the team meets their Wormhole Extreme counterparts.

* in ''Fanfic/ShinobiOfTheHighSeas'', this exists (with some twists) between the Foxhound and Straw Hat Pirates.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'' fangame ''Pico's Cousin 2'' has a new version of the Goth-Punks exact revenge on PIco and family. The opponents you get are pretty much a one-for-one copy of the main Goth-Punks from the original ''Pico's School''-- Ozmose stands in for Alucard, the nameless Skinhead for Cyclops, and Damien stands in for Cassandra. Hanzo is the same in both versions, but that's because they've been revived as a {{Cyborg}}.

** Much to Niles's annoyance, after he declined to move in on Daphne while she was on the rebound, she was picked up by a Niles-lookalike instead. Martin and Frasier suspect they've entered ''Series/TheTwilightZone''. Daphne never notices.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', the history of Crystal Cove is littered with teams of mystery solving teenagers. Most of them had a [[LanternJawOfJustice square-jawed]] [[TheLeader Leader]], a [[SmartGuy Smart Girl]], a GirlyGirl and a tall gangly guy. All of them had a NonHumanSidekick. Even with the single-gender teams (one of monks and one of cowgirls) you can still see who the counterparts are.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' when Arthur's third grade class from Lakewood Elementary, taught by Mr. Ratburn, goes to a Renaissance Faire and meets the third grade class from Glenbrook Academy, taught by Mr. Pryce-Jones, Mr. Ratburn's favorite teacher from his school days. Mr. Pryce-Jones is basically is a really snooty, much meaner version of Mr. Ratburn, who is just a [[BunnyEarsLawyer goofy, nerdy, but well-meaning guy who has an affinity for giving a lot of homework to challenge his students' minds]]; Mr. Pryce-Jones seems intent on producing a bunch of snobby learning-machines, and his students behave as such, with an evil BigEater opposed to Buster, an evil SmartGuy for the Brain (his counterpart is called "I. Q."), an evil RichBitch for Muffy, and an evil UnluckyEverydude for Arthur (named "Chester"). Arthur and Buster even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] the trope's use:

* ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'': In one episode, the trio compete in a trivia contest against 3 similar-looking Asian guys (tall guy, short guy and guy with long hair).

** When Frasier went to see Diane's play, he wasn't expecting a carbon copy of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. He sure as hell wasn't expecting the Diane-lite to be a MarySue who was loved by the Frasier-lite even after she dumped him at the altar.

* The third ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' video, Conan is on a visit to Osaka and runs into a group of three children similar in appearance and name to the Detective Boys.

* ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'' would have fewer problems if Ace's squad were actually more similar than not.
* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2729 got it, too]]... albeit with a somewhat different reaction than usual.

* Near the end of the first season of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Ash befriends a rival Trainer named Ritchie, who is pretty much identical to Ash (he looks like a mixture between Ash and 'Red', the trainer from the original game). Ritchie's Pokemon team are a Similar Squad to Ash's - he even uses a Pikachu (nicknamed "Sparky") as his main Mon. Jessie even calls them the "twerp twins".

* Craig's gang on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. Also the kids in Afghanistan in "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E9OsamaBinLadenHasFartyPants Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants]]," which, like the main four kids, has a fat boy with a caustic attitude and a mostly-cloaked boy who's always getting killed.

* Near the end of the first season of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Ash befriends a rival Trainer named Ritchie, who is pretty much identical to Ash (he looks like a mixture between Ash and 'Red', the trainer from the original game). Ritchie's Pokemon team are a SimilarSquad to Ash's - he even uses a Pikachu (nicknamed "Sparky") as his main Mon. Jessie even calls them the "twerp twins".

* An episode of the ''Series/TheXFiles'' starts with what appears to be Mulder and Scully questioning a suspect; when the suspect says something to the effect of "everyone has a doppleganger," we see the faces of the SimilarSquad for the first time. The [[MonsterOfTheWeek malevolent force of the episode]] then seriously injures the two, leading to the real Mulder and Scully investigating days later. They never notice the resemblance, but Mulder suspects the other two agents were [[WillTheyOrWontThey in a relationship]].