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{{trope}}
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The Evil Knockoff is what happens when the [[Big Bad]] decides that he could finally beat that frustratingly tenacious hero if only he had... ''his own, personal, mindlessly loyal copy of the hero!'' This is based on the theory that there's something about the hero personally that makes them unbeatable. (Big Bads do tend to obsess about this stuff.)
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Often a form of [[Laser Guided Tykebomb]]. [[Sister Trope]] to [[Evil Twin]] (evil identical twin), [[Evil Counterpart]] (evil [[Alternate Universe]] persona), and [[Criminal Doppelganger]] (evil [[Identical Stranger]]). Related to [[Mirror Boss]] and [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]]. Often, whole teams being cloned results in [[The Psycho Rangers]]. If the knockoff turns out to be the manifestation of the hero's inherent evil side, it's an [[Enemy Without]]. Contrast [[Psycho Prototype]], where the hero is the "Good Knockoff".
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The Corpse Corps from ''[[Blood
* The Cloneblades from the ''[[Witchblade (anime)|Witchblade]]'' anime are an odd case, being clones of an artifact instead of a character.
** Casual variant, as both Cloneblades and Excons/iWeapons are [[Black Box|fruits of research]] which began when Dohji Industries and NSWF were ''allies'' and ended before they came to blows (i.e. catastrophe), so neither is created ''specifically'' for battle with each other or original. Also, Cloneblades are more imitation than copy, never showing any signs of being [semi]sentient/self-willed (unlike Witchblade). NSWF checked whether would-be wielder is physically and mentally ''ready'' for Cloneblades, but measured ''compatibility'' for Witchblade.
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* ''[[Getter Robo]] Armageddon (The Last Day Of The World)'' had Dr. Saotome unleash a horde of mass-produced copies of Getter Robo G, from the second season of the original series.
** Not only that, Saotome and two other villains actually pilot a much more powerful Getter G near the end of the series and duel the heroes in a roughly evenly-matched battle.
* The Eva Series in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|End of Evangelion]]'' are mass produced copies of the Evas. Unusually for this trope, but typical for ''Evangelion''
** However, all these copies are still inferior to Eva-01 the Super Prototype 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
* In ''[[Demonbane]]'', Doctor West created a knockoff copy of the titular robot, with all its magic... except Lemuria Impact.
* Towards the end of the first series of ''[[Vandread]]'', the Harvesters produced copies of the Vandreads; after the first set of copies were destroyed, the mass-produced later versions [[Conservation of Ninjutsu|didn't seem much of a threat]] in the Second Stage. The Evil Knockoff of the [[Cool Ship]] Nirvana in the Second Stage, however, unexpectedly turned out to be a {{spoiler|[[Transforming Mecha]]}} that was in fact ''stronger'' than the original. (The copy of it shown at the final battle though was [[Villain Decay|much weaker, though]])
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* The Dark Bring "Decalogue" from ''[[Rave Master]]'' is an Evil Knockoff of Haru's Ten Commandment's sword, with ten forms that match the forms of Haru's sword {{spoiler|except for the last one}}.
* Amiba from ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', the second Hokuto Shinken pretender in the story, never actually trained in the style, but instead uses a variation he developed through pressure point experiments, which he dubs the "Amiba-style Hokuto Shinken". Needless to say, Kenshiro was not impressed.
* In ''[[Naruto
* In the 2001 ''[[Cyborg 009]]'', Albert Heinrich/Cyborg 004 faces off against a robotic doppleganger. Having been manufactured ''after'' the [[Phlebotinum Rebel|cyborgs escaped]], it's significantly stronger than him, resulting in {{spoiler|a brutal [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] until he finally does something the robot doesn't expect: save a bird's nest rather than try and avoid its attacks.}}
* Afro-Droid from ''[[Afro Samurai]]''.
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** In ''FINAL'', {{spoiler|1=a [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] clone of Mamoru uses a copy of GaoGaiGar to fight Guy in the improved GaoFighGar. Ends similarly to the above, but it's a massive [[Tear Jerker]] instead.}}
* ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'' has Hell Fighter 17, the machine mutant clone used to brainwash and fuse with the original [[Cyborg|Android 17]]. Trouble is, the scientists that made this happen should've known {{spoiler|they couldn't trust each other or the resulting [[Evil Is Not a Toy|Super Android 17]] not to pull a [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|double cross]]}}.
* ''[[Turn A
* In ''[[Great Mazinger]]'', the Mikene are able to replicate and mass produce Great Mazinger itself and turned them loose on their foe. They usually show up in various ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' installments when the original ''Great'' storyline is used.
* ''[[Claymore]]'' it is revealed that {{spoiler|Youma and Claymrores are the Organizations attempts at recreating weapons equal tot he power of the ''Descendants of Dragons'' called the Asarakam.}}
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== Film ==
* De Nomolos' evil plot in ''[[Bill and
** Station!
* Mechagodzilla in ''[[Godzilla
* An early example is the 1920's film ''[[Metropolis]]''. In the film, slaves which toil to keep a city running find hope in the form of a woman called Maria, who leads them in rebellion. To counter this, the leaders of the city above create a robotic copy of Maria to take her place.
* Slightly different in ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''. The [[Big Bad]] only gathers the League so he can get samples of their powers, create multiple Evil Knockoffs, and sell them to the highest bidder - "an army of Hydes,
* Nuclear Man is the Evil Knockoff of Superman in ''[[Superman IV]]''.
* All of the major villains [[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]] has fought in his own films have been knockoffs of Tony Stark's own designs. The Iron Monger was directly based off the Mk I, the "Hammeroids" were designed to compete, and Whiplash designed his tech to beat Stark at his own game.
* Before the heroes confront Nicola in ''[[Bunraku]]'', they each have to face off against an evil counterpart.
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== Literature ==
* The [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]], specifically ''[[The Thrawn Trilogy]]'', has [[My Nayme Is|Luuke]] Skywalker, an evil clone of Luke made from the hand he lost at Cloud City and wielding the same lightsaber. He was indeed mindless, and designed that way, as an extension of his master's will. Also, one of the main villains of this arc also proved to be a clone of a character we'd meet much later in [[Outbound Flight|a novel]] set during the prequel series, although ''he'' was very, ''[[In the Blood|very]]'' like the original. {{spoiler|Zahn originally wanted to make this character a clone of Obi-Wan Kenobi, but [[Executive Meddling]] torpedoed it}}.
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' has a variant example - Morgoth makes evil knockoffs of entire ''races'', the Orcs from the Elves and the Trolls from the Ents. This is, however, part of the limitations of his power - "The Dark Lord cannot make, he can only mock".
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* ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'' had an evil knockoff of the White Ranger after the original evil one did a [[Heel Face Turn]].
** And almost ''every [[Power Rangers]]'' team has an episode in which the [[Big Bad]] creates [[The Psycho Rangers|bad Rangers]]. The Jungle Fury season did a variation on it, with the "Five Fingers of Poison," poisonous animal-based Monsters Of The Week, as an [[Evil Counterpart]] team rather than an [[Evil Twin]] team. They later did have an Evil Knockoff the Spirit Rangers, senior members of the Rangers' order, with original suits and attacks based on the masters' own animal spirits.
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* Princess Ardala created several copies of the eponymous hero in ''[[Buck Rogers]]''. One of them was to be sent to Earth to act as a spy; the others... were to be kept by Ardala [[If You Know What I Mean|for her own private purposes]].
* In an episode of ''[[The A-Team]]'' a villainous landowner hires some thugs to pretend to be the A-Team to terrorize his enemies, with a fake Hannibal, fake B.A., and a fake Face. It ends as well for him as you might imagine.
* ''[[Get Smart
* In ''[[Primeval]]'', Helen Cutter creates a clone of Nick Cutter in order to infiltrate the ARC. The real Nick almost gets his evil clone twin to turn, telling him he has free will. {{spoiler|He fails. The clone however, whispers "Save yourself!" just as he sets off the bomb intended to destroy the ARC}}
* In ''[[Beetleborgs]]'' the Shadowborg was an evil Beetleborg specifically created to destroy the heroes. The good guys had to create a ''good'' knockoff of Shadowborg, the White Blaster Beetleborg, to even the odds. Because of the rules governing the magic that created White Blaster, when Shadowborg was eventually defeated White Blaster's power vanished as well.
** Subverted in ''[[Juukou B-Fighter]]'', the ''[[Metal Heroes]]'' series which was where the original footage of ''Beetleborgs'' came from, by the original version of Shadowborg, Shadow/Black Beet. Originally created to defeat the B Fighters by his master, he eventually starts to question his own existence and his loyalty starts to waver. Then, it is revealed that he is an actual [[Cloning Blues|clone]] of Takuya/Blue Beet and is eventually become obsessed with beating Takuya in order to prove his own existence and in order to gain immortality as he is dying due to being a short-lived clone who was only created to serve his purpose in defeating the B Fighters. He eventually ditch his master to fight for himself.
* One episode of the classic ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]'' featured a criminal who put together a team of lookalikes of the Five-0 squad in order to con a businessman out of a large chunk of cash.
** The episode was also notable for showing what a ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' type operation would look like from the ''other'' side.
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** All the {{spoiler|copy chip generation reploids}} that appear in ''X8'' and ''[[Mega Man X Command Mission]]'' are basically evil knockoffs of {{spoiler|''X7'' debutant [[Young Gun|Axl]]}}.
** [[ROM Hack]] ''[[Rock Man 4 Minus Infinity]]'' has Snatch Man, which stands on the ceiling. After beating it once, it [[Power Copying|steals four of your weapons with the help of Dr. Wily's Stealing System.]]
** The boss of Mr. X Stage 2 in ''[[Rockman 6: Unique Harassment]]'' is an evil copy of Dr. Cossack piloting the Cossack Catcher.
* This comes up a few times in ''[[Metroid]]''.
** In ''[[Metroid Prime]]'', the [[Space Pirates]] make several weapon designs to emulate Samus's Chozo Powersuit. They also attempted to copy the morph ball, only to have it ''break every bone in the test subject's body''. Needless to say, they moved on.
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** The SA-X in ''Fusion'' is a bunch of [[Starfish Aliens|X]] taking the form of Samus's suit; when they infected her, she had to [[Bag of Spilling|lose most of her suit to be cured]], so the SA-X has the upper hand for most of the game.<!-- Please don't natter about whether the SA-X is or isn't a copy of Samus. -->
* In-''freaking''-verted by ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' in almost every way conceivable: {{spoiler|The [[Big Bad]] decides he'd rather have [[The Chosen One]] for himself, so he kidnaps and makes an inferior clone of said chosen one and sends the clone back as a stand in while grooming said chosen one into becoming his disciple. [[The Chosen One]] turns out to be a bit smarter than the [[Big Bad]] had intended and rebels against him... While the clone ends up surpassing both the original ''and'' the [[Big Bad]] himself, to the original's annoyance and the [[Big Bad]]'s utter surprise.}}
* The Riku Replica in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'', though when you fight him in gameplay, he fits [[That One Boss/Role-Playing Game/Kingdom Hearts|the other definition of "cheap"]].
** And in ''358/2 Days'' it seems that {{spoiler|Xion, an imperfect Replica of Sora, was a failed Evil Knockoff}}
*** Ooooh, that's a really ''complex'' one. {{spoiler|Roxas is important to the Organization, because he can use the Keyblade, meaning that unlike the entire rest of the Goddamn Organization, he can actually contribute to it's ultimate goal. But Roxas is kind of a wild card and the higher-ups don't like that, so Xion was created to siphon off Sora's memories from Roxas, and his ability to use the Keyblade, so that they could have someone they could control. So she's actually meant to be an Evil Knockoff of ''both'' of them, and no, that's not redundant}}.
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* At the end of ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', there's a script battle against evil versions of all your aeons, and in the [[You Keep Using That Word|international]] [[No Export for You|version]], there's a more [[That One Boss|real]] battle against them.
* The supervillain Deja Vu in ''[[Freedom Force]]'' can make evil duplicates out of anyone he wants, so he chooses to make a bunch out of Minuteman (a [[Captain America (comics)]] [[Expy]]). The knockoffs have the same powers but have [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]].
* Dark Link has appeared sporadically throughout [[The Legend of Zelda]]. His most [[That One Boss|memorable appearance]] was probably in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* In ''[[Kirby
* ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' gives us Dark Pit, created when Pit shattered a soul-reflecting mirror (it breaking is why Dark Pit isn't a perfect copy). However, despite Pandora's wishes, he's definitely more of an [[Anti-Hero]] than a villain.
* A notable ability of Chaos Sorcerer in [[Dawn of War]] II in [[Last Stand]] is to create demonic copies of his enemies - and sacrifice them to restore health if he needs to. Alternatively, he can trade these abilities for increased health and attack power as well as ability to heal himself by sacrificing energy.
* In ''[[Super Robot Wars Z 2]]'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-A96vSQKvA Anti-Spiral pilots] a [[Palette Swap]] of the Gurren Lagann with Anti-Spiral Nia instead of the Grand Zamboa because Tengen Toppa wasn't in the game.
* Yui has to face off against her robotic clone as one of her opponents in ''[[Battle Golfer Yui]]''. The clone believes she's the improved version of Yui, but Yui can prove her wrong.
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* ''[[MS Paint Masterpieces]]'' had Copy [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]], made by Dr. Wily to stop Mega Man and pre-loaded with all of the Robot Masters weapons. A logical move on Wily's part since Mega Man is, y'know, ''a robot he helped build.'' And honestly, it would have actually killed Mega Man if it weren't for outside intervention.
* In ''[[Sonichu]]'', Robotnik and Giovanni make ''two'' Evil Knockoffs of Sonichu - Black Sonichu (later renamed "Blake") and Metal Sonichu. Metal Sonichu is defeated in his first appearance and Blake is an annoyance to Sonichu and the Chaotic Combo until his hidden away [[Heel Face Turn]] after getting a girlfriend.
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', Santa
* In ''[[It Sucks to Be Weegie]]'', Luigi ends up running into the one guy that might possibly suck more than he does; Waluigi. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
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* In one "Teen Force" short on ''Space Stars'', Uglor created an evil duplicate of Elektra.
* Evil Emperor Zurg decides to make a team of evil, cloned rangers in an episode of ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''. Trouble is, he takes them from their cloning vats a bit early and ends up with a team of evil ''kid'' versions of team Lightyear. {{spoiler|At the end of the episode, Zurg tries again, but waits too long and gets a team of senior citizens.}}
* The episode of ''[[Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (animation)|Big Guy and Rusty
** There's also an episode where Donovan manufactured a line of Rusty-clone toys. In a subversion, they were perfectly docile. Then the [[Big Bad Ensemble|Legion Ex Machina]] got a hold on one of the clones, and used it to control ''all'' of the clones. So, Big Guy and Rusty had to deal with an entire ''army'' of Evil Knockoffs.
* In ''[[Gargoyles]]'', Xanatos decides first to build a small army of cheap robotic copies of Goliath, then a suit of [[Powered Armor]] for himself that resembles Goliath's appearance, then has ordinary humans gene-spliced into knockoffs, and then just out-and-out clones him. None of these schemes work, and the clone plan backfires so spectacularly he never tries again.
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*** {{spoiler|It isn't in a fight.}}
* Scourge and Nemesis Breaker for Optimus Prime and Leobreaker, respectively, in two separate ''[[Transformers]]'' series.
** Due to
* The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy created a mechanical duplicate of Dave called Mecha-Dave in an episode of ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]''.
* Brother Blood made a whole bunch of evil Cyborgs by memorizing the original's blueprints on ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''. The problem turned out to be that you can only copy so much- and the human bits were not part of that.
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* Megatron did this a bunch with Dinobot in ''[[Beast Wars]]''. 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 [[Heel Face Turn]] at the end, when the original Dinobot's memories come back after {{spoiler|Rampage's death}}.
* In one of ''[[Doug]]''{{'}}s [[Her Codename Was Mary Sue|Quailman]] stories, Dr. Rubbersuit captures Quailman and splits him into his good and evil halves, planning to use the latter as a henchman. The evil Quailman escapes and proceeds to wreak havoc.
* The ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' character "Faker" is an evil palette-swap of He-Man himself, with blue skin, red hair and orange armor. Depending on which version of canon you accept, he's either a malformed clone (the comic book), or a magical creation of Skeletor (the animated series).
* A ''[[She-Ra:
* Lawrence Limburger and Karbunkle once created evil copies of the [[Biker Mice From Mars]].
* In ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', Doofenshmirtz once created clones of Perry the Platypus to fight fire with fire. He stated that, by fire, he meant Perry the Platypus; and [[Department of Redundancy Department|the other fire also meant Perry the Platypus]].
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