Meaning of Captain Ersatz | Babel Free

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A fictional character created as a knock-off of another character whose copyright is owned by a separate entity.

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Examples

“> 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.”

“> 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.”

“he admits that as most of his creations are captain ersatz versions of rejected pitches to other companies.”

“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.”

“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.”

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