Japanese TV series centered around battles where powerful creatures are summoned using some small object that usually has a real-life equivalent of these battles in the form of a game, except in real life, you don't actually get to summon any creatures/++
Amphibians[edit]
Frogmon from Digimon
Tripod Epsilon from Bakugan
Arthropods[edit]
Scyther from Pokémon
Snimon from Digimon
Birds[edit]
Moltres from Pokémon
Phoenix Gravitation from Yu-Gi-Oh!
Where did Valon get a Moltres card? O_o
Penguinmon from Digimon
Flying Penguin from Yu-Gi-Oh!
Bony things[1][edit]
SkullMammothmon from Digimon
Zombie Mammoth from Yu-Gi-Oh!
Cyber creatures[edit]
Cyber Dragon Zwei from Yu-Gi-Oh!
Cyber Dragoon from Beyblade: V-Force
Cyber Phoenix from Yu-Gi-Oh!
Cyber Dranzer from Beyblade: V-Force
Dinosaurs[edit]
Ankylomon from Digimon
Baliton from Bakugan
Dragons[edit]
Two-Headed King Rex from Yu-Gi-Oh!
Yubel - Terror Incarnate from Yu-Gi-Oh!
Dual Hydranoid from Bakugan
Mammals[edit]
Sandshrew from Pokémon
Armadillomon from Digimon
Sandslash from Pokémon
Togemogumon from Digimon
Small reptiles[edit]
Charmander from Pokémon
Agumon from Digimon
His tail is actually not supposed to be on fire. :3
Other stuff[edit]
AncientVolcamon from Digimon
Magma Wilda from Bakugan
Rex Vulcan from Bakugan
Bronzor from Pokémon
KoHagurumon from Digimon
Also: Identical characters[2][edit]
Fake blondes wearing masks[edit]
Masquerade from Bakugan who looks like this without the mask
Spectra Phantom from Bakugan who originally looked like this
Phoenix from Beyblade: Metal Fusion who's actually this guy
Fat guys wearing a tuque with sideburns shaped like horns[edit]
Benkei Hanawa from Beyblade: Metal Saga
Kobushi Nigiri from Battle Spirits: Heroes
Nerdy midgets[edit]
Too many to bother listing here. Just go here and open the Anime & Manga folder.
Not-very-tall protagonists with long-ish blue hair[edit]
Aichi Sendou from Cardfight!! Vanguard
Kakeru Ryūgasaki from Cross Fight B-Daman
Tall, slender guys with a dark blue pageboy that get a shag cut and wear shades when under the influence of an evil entity[edit]
Ken Ichijouji from Digimon
Ken Ichijouji from Digimon as the Digimon Emperor
Noa from Kiba
Noa from Kiba in his power-obsessed form
Tall, slender guys with long brown hair that wear glasses[edit]
Aleksei from Beyblade: Metal Masters
Yukihide Washimura from Cross Fight B-Daman
White-haired guys of a light brown complexion that come under the influence of an evil entity at one point (which also changes how they look)[edit]
Marik Ishtar from Yu-Gi-Oh!
Marik Ishtar from Yu-Gi-Oh! being possessed by Yami Marik
Ryuga from Beyblade: Metal Saga
Ryuga from Beyblade: Metal Saga being possessed by L-Drago
Ren Krawler from Bakugan
Ren Krawler from Bakugan serving Emperor Barodius
Zed from Kiba
Zed from Kiba being possessed by Tusker
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