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*''Street Fighter'' and ''Castlevania'' are the only third-party series to have a clone. | *''Street Fighter'' and ''Castlevania'' are the only third-party series to have a clone. | ||
* Most of the Echo and clone pairs have fan terms to refer to them simultaneously, as due to their significant similarity, often both are applicable to a subject at hand, such as describing how a particular combo works on them, or referring to who someone plays, as often players of these characters will play both characters of an Echo or clone pair. | * Most of the Echo and clone pairs have fan terms to refer to them simultaneously, as due to their significant similarity, often both are applicable to a subject at hand, such as describing how a particular combo works on them, or referring to who someone plays, as often players of these characters will play both characters of an Echo or clone pair. | ||
** Marth and Lucina may be referred to by "[[Marcina]]". | ** Marth and Lucina may be referred to by the portmanteau "[[Marcina]]". Similar terminology applies to "[[Chroy]]", for Roy and Chrom. | ||
** Simon and Richter Belmont are simply referred to by their shared last name, "[[Belmont]]". | ** Simon and Richter Belmont are simply referred to by their shared last name, "[[Belmont]]". | ||
** Ryu and Ken may be referred to by "[[Shoto]]", the traditional FGC term for all Ryu-derived characters in the ''Street Fighter'' series. | ** Ryu and Ken may be referred to by "[[Shoto]]", the traditional FGC term for all Ryu-derived characters in the ''Street Fighter'' series. | ||
** To refer to Pit and Dark Pit | ** To refer to Pit and Dark Pit, or Link, Toon Link, and Young Link, the most common method is to pluralize the parent character's name; i.e., "Pits" and "Links". | ||
** Samus and Dark Samus are most commonly referred to as just the parent character's name, as are Peach and Daisy. The latter may also be referred to as "Paisy". "Princess" is another alternative, but this is uncommon due to potentially including [[Zelda]], who is not otherwise a clone. | |||
** Pikachu and Pichu may be referred to as the "[[Rats]]", which originated as a disparaging nickname for Pikachu in ''Smash 64'' due to its long-standing status as that game's undisputed best character, and then was later adopted by ''Ultimate'' players to refer to both of them, often with similar negative connotations. | ** Pikachu and Pichu may be referred to as the "[[Rats]]", which originated as a disparaging nickname for Pikachu in ''Smash 64'' due to its long-standing status as that game's undisputed best character, and then was later adopted by ''Ultimate'' players to refer to both of them, often with similar negative connotations. | ||
** Ness and Lucas may be referred to as the "[[PK Kids]]". | ** Ness and Lucas may be referred to as the "[[PK Kids]]". | ||