Captain Ersatz

English thumb|Foxy, a Captain Ersatz of Mickey Mouse. Etymology From en Captain ersatz cheap imitation. en TV Tropes 2007. Noun Captain Ersatz en fandom slang A fictional character created as a knock-off of another character whose copyright is owned by a separate entity. en plausible prose man Doctor Doom - should he be retconned like Ultimate Nick Fury? rec.arts.comics.dc.universe https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.comics.dc.universe/c/h0K_CSE3Dhc/m/fxPfDs_Dvn4J 2022-08-15 Feb 7, 2010 > And Astro City isn't mainly about the superhero powers and fights,No, it's mainly about the Captain Ersatz's and Kurt pretending to be a real novelist. Except, you know, his main characters are all superheroes and supervillains, so however much he apes Raymond Chandler his resolutions usually involve someone punching someone else in the face or smashing their hero-defeater machine. en Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) Just For Fun: My Top Ten Villains rec.arts.sf.written https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.sf.written/c/6J1Mmm-_kfk/m/XDMtAnVACAQJ 2022-08-15 Sep 23, 2014 > Thanos?He and his opposite-brand Captain Ersatz Darkseid (actually, I think it's the other way around -- Darkseid first) certainly both get to play in the "Omnicidal Maniac" area, but they didn't quite grab me as much as some of the others I listed. en Jan 3, 2017 jeffpiatt 816487421474963456 https://web.archive.org/web/20220815060942/https://twitter.com/jeffpiatt/status/816487421474963456 2022-08-15 he admits that as most of his creations are captain ersatz versions of rejected pitches to other companies. en Aug 31 2020 TheOtherMaven DCcomics igrl3d g3f0b3d If DC and marvel could swap two characters to be in each others universe permanently which two would you swap? https://web.archive.org/web/20220815061230/https://old.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/comments/igrl3d/if_dc_and_marvel_could_swap_two_characters_to_be/g3f0b3d/ 2022-08-15 DC to Marvel: Captain Marvel. He's redundant at DC, and none of Marvel's Captain Ersatzes have been half as good. And, he could finally use his proper name. en Mar 21 2022 DrGeraldRavenpie rpg tit8iw i1i6okd What's a system with over-the-top collateral damage? https://web.archive.org/web/20220815061540/https://old.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/tit8iw/whats_a_system_with_overthetop_collateral_damage/i1i6okd/?context=3 2022-08-15 Adaptability...I made a 'WIR' of that game in rpg.net, and one thing I did was making two Captain Ersatzes of Toph Bei Fong and Rick Sanchez. So yeah, there's adaptability. Related terms en expy en TV Tropes slang en Fictional characters