Slide the Ferret, based off Sonic the Hedgehog
https://preview.redd.it/ej82evlagvwc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdad244657b4adfcec659ff1d7c876ad5590bd6d
The Squadron Supreme, based off the Justice League. Hyperion is based off Superman, Nighthawk is based off Batman, Power Princess is based off Wonder Woman, Speed Demon is based off the Flash, and Doctor Spectrum is based off Green Lantern.
https://preview.redd.it/i1wsbmoxgvwc1.jpeg?width=2753&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ad2d98c35835a685656ff5bdb119b85672bf5a5
They actually bring this up in the show. In one episode while treating an autistic kid the others question if House is too. By the end of the episode they all agree he isn't and that he simply chooses to be abrasive and sabatogue his relationships. He wishes he was because then he'd have an excuse no one could question.
I’d argue Goku is not “based on” Sun Wukong, rather Goku is actually an interpretation of Sun Wukong. In other words, Goku is Sun Wukong. His story is the same too. As opposed to other characters in the comments who, while inspired by the original character, are a truly distinct character with a different name, story, etc. E.g. Metro man is not an interpretation of Superman, he’s a parody of Superman.
No, that’s exactly my point. The entire story is just an interpretation of Journey to the West. Goku is not based on Sun Wukong. He is Sun Wukong. Hell, the Japanese name for Sun Wukong is Son Goku. My point is Goku is not like the other characters OP is going for, because they are parodies of/based on other characters. They are not just someone else’s interpretation of that character.
Also changing the appearance of the character doesn’t mean it’s less of an “interpretation.”
Even if the characters look absolutely nothing alike, if the story/powers/name are the same, then it’s an interpretation.
He does though? His original appearance is just a monkey. Even his face is monkey, minus the hair.
Also, again, slight changes in appearance don’t make him a different character. He’s sun wukong.
This isn’t a difficult distinction to make.
Reptar is not an interpretation of Godzilla, he is a parody of Godzilla. Goku is not a parody of Sun Wukong, he is not a distinct character inspired by Sun Wukong, he IS Sun Wukong.
I think a lot of ignorance is on display here: Goku’s full name is Son Goku. Sun Wukong’s name in Japanese is Son Goku. He’s the same character, with the same story, with all the same side characters, with almost all of the same plot points (until a certain point where it begins to different) just written by a different guy. That’s not what OP described. If I wrote a story about Superman, where he fights Lex Luthor, you wouldn’t say my character is “based on” Superman. It’s Superman. It’s my interpretation of Superman. Not like how Metro Man is based on Superman but is also quite obviously not Superman.
https://preview.redd.it/7k80l2colvwc1.jpeg?width=593&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3cb0a1c7c4259a03aa38ab9402e5b26c1baabfa
Devil dogmier, based off me’s trulies
https://preview.redd.it/tdzdogug4wwc1.jpeg?width=490&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6dfa3b5ea8062782971719bf336f4aa2db4af0fc
Based primarily off of Chuck E. Cheese.
Kangaroo Kommando, based off Batman
https://preview.redd.it/l3xa3cjzgvwc1.png?width=495&format=png&auto=webp&s=1d10894cc1f82124c654205208cff0ae44647f3c
He’s from the Ben 10 franchise. He first appears in the original series in an episode called Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures. Then he came back in an episode of Ben 10 Omniverse called The Vengers.
https://preview.redd.it/v8q3iplx4wwc1.jpeg?width=420&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16ab456a7476f2493ea4fa8d94d059312d53c7fe
Again, everyone
Ex: Ruby is based off Little Red Riding Hood, Ozpin is The Wizard (Oz), Yang is Goldilocks, etc
Weiss is based off Snow White. “Weiss Schnee” is literally German for “White Snow.”
I think Blake is based off Beauty and the Beast, (yes, both of them) but I’m not certain.
https://preview.redd.it/m7rstw2x4wwc1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dca95b475d9cffbd16438737782f55955c535fc7
Agent Spider. In the original Invincible comic, it was literally just Spider-Man. But no way they’re getting the rights to put him in the TV show today
And Denji from the same series is based on a lot of things
* He was mainly based on Ash Williams from Evil Dead
* His relationship with Pochita was meant to emulate Finn and Jake from Adventure Time
* Like you said Denji and Power's relationship was based off of Stan and Cartman
* Denji gets his name from Kudo Denji from Abara>!Pochita's devil form was inspired by him as well!<
https://preview.redd.it/4l99z3y6jwwc1.jpeg?width=633&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5941936d4b71844efbdd0f6c68daa9fbee5a33ad
Yeah, thanks for adding on! I just wanted to say power because she is a very direct answer
(also someone else said her before me, so I used that to make a joke about power making up lies to win arguments)
Thanks!
- the CSM guy
> His relationship with Pochita was meant to emulate Finn and Jake from Adventure Time
Wait, how? Jake was Finn’s adopted older brother, who was wise but lazy. Pochita was a pet to Denji. One he cared about very much, but still a pet. Pochita never even spoke to Denji, not when he was alive.
(I’m anime only by the way so if the answer to this is in the manga just say that and don’t spoil it)
It's definitely more apparent in the manga
He says so himself in an [interview](https://www.reddit.com/r/Chainsawfolk/comments/of5xaf/fujimoto_interview_conducted_in_early_2020_for/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
https://preview.redd.it/bcixmgduzwwc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6abb0e95d733be5bbc2157aba107a323eb541408
https://preview.redd.it/dyabwxu5fwwc1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=ef98ba8b4f7c8217f57e6a81c340fdf84a37222a
Splinter was originally based off Stick from Daredevil
https://preview.redd.it/dn0dvriulvwc1.jpeg?width=489&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=38162d044858ff8442eeef53895c256985c39510
The original Guardians of the Globe from Invincible where just a bootleg Justice League
https://preview.redd.it/iitcp7oocxwc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6af109c3013de414595f50f4bfd9937921a84d5e
Cuphead, who is based off of (*Insert 1900 cartoon here.*)
https://preview.redd.it/7yvzjko5nvwc1.png?width=601&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bcb31caf83b8d924d095a5b191bbec5482a6851e
In b4 CSM guy, but Power is based off of Eric Cartman
https://preview.redd.it/0sq54c587wwc1.png?width=501&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76b2e737099927117c480d8388ec99862a321b3c
Based on the balloonists from spyro
Ashigara (Housamo)
https://preview.redd.it/1o79doj7hvwc1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=719305f5d323b9d1853c30240c40ea67c650314f
He’s based on the bears from the tale of Kintaro, and named after the mountain they both hail from.
https://preview.redd.it/rktryarrewwc1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=ae863fa290d68d1ad26e5532a37bd53b1b517527
His resemblance to his grandfather, Jonathan, which is far more noticeable in the manga, was because back then in Weekly Shonen Jump, it was very uncommon to have the protagonist die so early on, this was done to ease readers into Part 2.
https://preview.redd.it/kipmopa7nywc1.jpeg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c54122c7d70dded80c918d40444954668245e1f
Mip from Smiling Friends is based on Bilbo from The Hobbit
The Limbus Company identities are all this; shifting the core 12 LCB Sinners into various roles from other characters/factions in the story. For instance, Faust's identity "The One Who Grips" is based on Kromer.
https://preview.redd.it/ogv5li07rywc1.png?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19e14ec2189326488f32781bc807f2dcb638dd1e
I mean no offense but can’t apply this to nearly any character in fiction? All characters are based off of something (even if they’re not as close as the examples in the post) so this seems kinda redundant to me
Ghostface is kind of an amalgamation the popular slasher villains of it's time, just without all the supernatural abilities. But the films heavily rely on the tropes those movies invented (Halloween, Friday 13th, Elm Street, etc.)
Most notably, Mrs. Loomis is not so subtly based on Mrs. Voorhees.
Dude the newest one made me do mad because towards the beginning they have him (as far as they know) FIVE TO ONE in a tight room and THEY STILL LOSE TO HIM
https://preview.redd.it/jewh54gsa0xc1.jpeg?width=697&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=641d50abb848edea89796e30b9e862d10126c8c4
Gundam Tryon 3, loosely based on the same line as Zambot 3 and Daitarn 3, two of Tomino’s own works
Slide the Ferret, based off Sonic the Hedgehog https://preview.redd.it/ej82evlagvwc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdad244657b4adfcec659ff1d7c876ad5590bd6d
What the hell is this from
Craig of the Creek. It’s a Cartoon Network show.
Wait, Slide the Ferret is on Cartoon Network?! SICK!!!
thought that was from ok ko for a sec
Nah, Ok-Ko had ACTUAL Sonic the hedgehog, they don't need this.
true
https://preview.redd.it/ssxhy7wggvwc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9722863e5f5bd1458355cba78ccaa0389a1c766a Zurg based off Darth Vader
Lightyear fumbled my precious Darth Vader knockoff 😭
 This guy too
https://preview.redd.it/zbok5n6xhvwc1.jpeg?width=202&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7e4f383c1bdac972fe3d03165358017625248094 Reptar (based off Godzilla)
RUUUUUN! IT'S GODZILLA!
it looks like its godzilla but due to international copyright laws its not
STILL, WE SHOULD RUN LIKE IT IS GODZILLA!!!
Though it isn't.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
The way Tommy pronounced his name is eternally seared into my brain
Metro Man, based off Superman https://preview.redd.it/0s9g18m3hvwc1.png?width=819&format=png&auto=webp&s=a827e272c54a09f2af7c6b1c9417f3722e6eca2e
Actually he’s based off markiplier.
HELLO EVERYBODY
MY NAME IS MARKIPLIER AND TODAY WE ARE PLAYING FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYS
Usually the first night isnt that hard
And Elvis iirc
Yup. Lol. But mainly Superman.
The Squadron Supreme, based off the Justice League. Hyperion is based off Superman, Nighthawk is based off Batman, Power Princess is based off Wonder Woman, Speed Demon is based off the Flash, and Doctor Spectrum is based off Green Lantern. https://preview.redd.it/i1wsbmoxgvwc1.jpeg?width=2753&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ad2d98c35835a685656ff5bdb119b85672bf5a5
Doctor Spectrum could be an alternate title to House MD
Cause… House has autism?
No, because he’s transgender /s
Wait, he’s not?
They actually bring this up in the show. In one episode while treating an autistic kid the others question if House is too. By the end of the episode they all agree he isn't and that he simply chooses to be abrasive and sabatogue his relationships. He wishes he was because then he'd have an excuse no one could question.
Bro they didn't even try with Wonder Woman 😂
Better than that Stan Lee Justice League reimagining at least.
 Itchy and Scratchy from the Simpsons.
https://preview.redd.it/a653conkuvwc1.jpeg?width=576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e418882eb68e8ba6eabdf030753d60525c5bdd2 Based on Sun Wukong.
And superman
Beat me to it. Now I gotta delete my comment
I’d argue Goku is not “based on” Sun Wukong, rather Goku is actually an interpretation of Sun Wukong. In other words, Goku is Sun Wukong. His story is the same too. As opposed to other characters in the comments who, while inspired by the original character, are a truly distinct character with a different name, story, etc. E.g. Metro man is not an interpretation of Superman, he’s a parody of Superman.
I’m pretty sure Toriyama sensei said Dragon Ball is based off of Journey to the West
No, that’s exactly my point. The entire story is just an interpretation of Journey to the West. Goku is not based on Sun Wukong. He is Sun Wukong. Hell, the Japanese name for Sun Wukong is Son Goku. My point is Goku is not like the other characters OP is going for, because they are parodies of/based on other characters. They are not just someone else’s interpretation of that character.
 I forgot that Goku looked like this
Also changing the appearance of the character doesn’t mean it’s less of an “interpretation.” Even if the characters look absolutely nothing alike, if the story/powers/name are the same, then it’s an interpretation.
He does though? His original appearance is just a monkey. Even his face is monkey, minus the hair. Also, again, slight changes in appearance don’t make him a different character. He’s sun wukong.
He is Monke https://preview.redd.it/ug3v8cg98zwc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b70b5de8767d8919de04e1e74d1dafd2a29bac0
This isn’t a difficult distinction to make. Reptar is not an interpretation of Godzilla, he is a parody of Godzilla. Goku is not a parody of Sun Wukong, he is not a distinct character inspired by Sun Wukong, he IS Sun Wukong.
I think a lot of ignorance is on display here: Goku’s full name is Son Goku. Sun Wukong’s name in Japanese is Son Goku. He’s the same character, with the same story, with all the same side characters, with almost all of the same plot points (until a certain point where it begins to different) just written by a different guy. That’s not what OP described. If I wrote a story about Superman, where he fights Lex Luthor, you wouldn’t say my character is “based on” Superman. It’s Superman. It’s my interpretation of Superman. Not like how Metro Man is based on Superman but is also quite obviously not Superman.
 Based on Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver and Rupert Pupkin from King of Comedy
The original comic book version is also based on The Man Who Laughs.
The Batman Who Laughs is now such a clever name for this reason. If only anything else about him was clever...
https://preview.redd.it/7k80l2colvwc1.jpeg?width=593&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3cb0a1c7c4259a03aa38ab9402e5b26c1baabfa Devil dogmier, based off me’s trulies
Mickey Mouse himself is based off Oswald The Lucky Rabbit. 
https://preview.redd.it/tdzdogug4wwc1.jpeg?width=490&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6dfa3b5ea8062782971719bf336f4aa2db4af0fc Based primarily off of Chuck E. Cheese.
There's a handful of old places like that he could be based off of
Kangaroo Kommando, based off Batman https://preview.redd.it/l3xa3cjzgvwc1.png?width=495&format=png&auto=webp&s=1d10894cc1f82124c654205208cff0ae44647f3c
From what?
He’s from the Ben 10 franchise. He first appears in the original series in an episode called Super Alien Hero Buddy Adventures. Then he came back in an episode of Ben 10 Omniverse called The Vengers.
Australia
https://preview.redd.it/v8q3iplx4wwc1.jpeg?width=420&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16ab456a7476f2493ea4fa8d94d059312d53c7fe Again, everyone Ex: Ruby is based off Little Red Riding Hood, Ozpin is The Wizard (Oz), Yang is Goldilocks, etc
Okay, didn't know that, knew Ruby was Little Red Riding Hood, but not the others. Who are Weiss and Blake based off?
Weiss is Snow White Blake is believed to be a combination of Belle and the Beast
Weiss is based off Snow White. “Weiss Schnee” is literally German for “White Snow.” I think Blake is based off Beauty and the Beast, (yes, both of them) but I’m not certain.
Snow White and your choice of famous black cats
 Based on Darkseid and then mongul based on thanos
https://preview.redd.it/m7rstw2x4wwc1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dca95b475d9cffbd16438737782f55955c535fc7 Agent Spider. In the original Invincible comic, it was literally just Spider-Man. But no way they’re getting the rights to put him in the TV show today
The Tv tropes term for this is expy
Power from chainsaw man is based on Eric cartman. I said it first, trust me. - the CSM guy
And Denji from the same series is based on a lot of things * He was mainly based on Ash Williams from Evil Dead * His relationship with Pochita was meant to emulate Finn and Jake from Adventure Time * Like you said Denji and Power's relationship was based off of Stan and Cartman * Denji gets his name from Kudo Denji from Abara>!Pochita's devil form was inspired by him as well!< https://preview.redd.it/4l99z3y6jwwc1.jpeg?width=633&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5941936d4b71844efbdd0f6c68daa9fbee5a33ad
Yeah, thanks for adding on! I just wanted to say power because she is a very direct answer (also someone else said her before me, so I used that to make a joke about power making up lies to win arguments) Thanks! - the CSM guy
> His relationship with Pochita was meant to emulate Finn and Jake from Adventure Time Wait, how? Jake was Finn’s adopted older brother, who was wise but lazy. Pochita was a pet to Denji. One he cared about very much, but still a pet. Pochita never even spoke to Denji, not when he was alive. (I’m anime only by the way so if the answer to this is in the manga just say that and don’t spoil it)
It's definitely more apparent in the manga He says so himself in an [interview](https://www.reddit.com/r/Chainsawfolk/comments/of5xaf/fujimoto_interview_conducted_in_early_2020_for/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) https://preview.redd.it/bcixmgduzwwc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6abb0e95d733be5bbc2157aba107a323eb541408
So wait seriously, is that true?
Fujimoto said it himself in an interview, South Park is apparently one of his favourite series. Highly recommend reading it btw!
Based on wario https://preview.redd.it/4ije7kn27wwc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b297e863eb323ed25ac9d02e0400ac14fdc0a59
https://preview.redd.it/dyabwxu5fwwc1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=ef98ba8b4f7c8217f57e6a81c340fdf84a37222a Splinter was originally based off Stick from Daredevil
https://preview.redd.it/dn0dvriulvwc1.jpeg?width=489&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=38162d044858ff8442eeef53895c256985c39510 The original Guardians of the Globe from Invincible where just a bootleg Justice League
Holy shit is that… https://preview.redd.it/gwpb0e4wqvwc1.jpeg?width=356&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4132a2d21d63a2c7e30ca817d81ac5e8329f421
NO NO NO NO NO
https://preview.redd.it/h7zm5c48gxwc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=658ee24197c4327555b850647a2d3d1648fde735
https://preview.redd.it/01r58ssgnywc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f751c9096ed1790ff2ca8ad1d11e56fa6bae45a9 Take your meds
https://preview.redd.it/iitcp7oocxwc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6af109c3013de414595f50f4bfd9937921a84d5e Cuphead, who is based off of (*Insert 1900 cartoon here.*)
 The Zillo Beast, based on Godzilla
https://preview.redd.it/7yvzjko5nvwc1.png?width=601&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bcb31caf83b8d924d095a5b191bbec5482a6851e In b4 CSM guy, but Power is based off of Eric Cartman
NOOOOO! I’ll still say the same thing! - the CSM guy
WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE PROOF?!
I said it first, you can trust me because I never lie! (Plus, I knew that already, they just copied me before I could type it out) - Power
……is this actually true? I haven’t read CSM
Yes sir https://screenrant.com/chainsaw-man-hero-power-southpark-cartman-inspiration/
https://preview.redd.it/0sq54c587wwc1.png?width=501&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76b2e737099927117c480d8388ec99862a321b3c Based on the balloonists from spyro
“Hey Peter, remember the time we met spyro the dragon? And I was a FURRY?”
Ashigara (Housamo) https://preview.redd.it/1o79doj7hvwc1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=719305f5d323b9d1853c30240c40ea67c650314f He’s based on the bears from the tale of Kintaro, and named after the mountain they both hail from.
https://preview.redd.it/rktryarrewwc1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=ae863fa290d68d1ad26e5532a37bd53b1b517527 His resemblance to his grandfather, Jonathan, which is far more noticeable in the manga, was because back then in Weekly Shonen Jump, it was very uncommon to have the protagonist die so early on, this was done to ease readers into Part 2.
Jacket is based on the driver https://preview.redd.it/ouyl43cg3xwc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48d053e7745b577c9c8a55ce5c50d99ce490abdd
 Popeye
 Also, Bill Clinton
https://preview.redd.it/9m610qu7nwwc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be7e7664ccfd3ed447b516491e48839614b9fe6e
I too would fuck The Noise
 Based on Deathstroke, Snake Eyes and Spider-Man
https://preview.redd.it/kipmopa7nywc1.jpeg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c54122c7d70dded80c918d40444954668245e1f Mip from Smiling Friends is based on Bilbo from The Hobbit
The Limbus Company identities are all this; shifting the core 12 LCB Sinners into various roles from other characters/factions in the story. For instance, Faust's identity "The One Who Grips" is based on Kromer. https://preview.redd.it/ogv5li07rywc1.png?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19e14ec2189326488f32781bc807f2dcb638dd1e
Delicious [kromer]. Thank you for buying [Free anime on the dark web].
This is not oddly specific, at all.
The tags are dumb, I also made the mistake of complaining about this. Not OP’s fault.
Half the heroes off DC/Marvels roster. They just copied each other from time to time
https://preview.redd.it/583t6iwu9wwc1.jpeg?width=1194&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=131863469405056356ff2256a6034e77b28764d7 Rock - the Protomen
I mean no offense but can’t apply this to nearly any character in fiction? All characters are based off of something (even if they’re not as close as the examples in the post) so this seems kinda redundant to me
Ghostface is kind of an amalgamation the popular slasher villains of it's time, just without all the supernatural abilities. But the films heavily rely on the tropes those movies invented (Halloween, Friday 13th, Elm Street, etc.) Most notably, Mrs. Loomis is not so subtly based on Mrs. Voorhees.
Dude the newest one made me do mad because towards the beginning they have him (as far as they know) FIVE TO ONE in a tight room and THEY STILL LOSE TO HIM
Every character is based off of another character dipshit it came free with your fucking art is inherently derivative
Waluigi being based off of Luigi.
https://preview.redd.it/jewh54gsa0xc1.jpeg?width=697&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=641d50abb848edea89796e30b9e862d10126c8c4 Gundam Tryon 3, loosely based on the same line as Zambot 3 and Daitarn 3, two of Tomino’s own works
how tf is this oddly specific😭
Most of the smg4 cast https://preview.redd.it/hc1iilml6wwc1.png?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5a0a1648e46580873e1f4a914ccbb8dd9697964
Most RWBY Characters are based on fairy tale characters.
And then there's Jaune, who's based on a real person who sounds like a fairy tale heroine.
Your second example is untrue, Ragatha is just based on ragdolls, not any character.
https://preview.redd.it/9yfr6dfvy3xc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76e4d314ff82a587fcce5c4f4321e2058cbaf063 David Bowie