Koopa Troopa as Claire Littleton

Much like the Koopa Troopa, when you get rid of Claire, she only comes back crazier and more aggressive than ever, killing everything in her way.

Goomba as Charlie Pace

You could argue that Goombas and Charlie Pace are characters with one-track minds -- goombas love moving forward and Charlie Pace loves his heroin. Here, I've compared the two because they have funny shaped heads.

Bowser as Benjamin Linus

Bowser, much like Ben Linus, has no problem switching teams for his own motives. Bowser is the big bad in the mainline Mario games, but will join Mario and Luigi in other games, like Super Paper Mario. Perhaps Bowser, much like Ben, is just looking to fit in and belong. Kind of like when Ben kidnapped Kate and tried to romance her on the beach. That's all Bowser is doing when he takes Princess Peach.

Birdo as Desmond Hume

Desmond is a bit of an oddity in Lost's mythology. He is always somewhere where he actually isn't and living two lives at once. Birdo, the male who looks like a female, feels the same way sometimes.

Shigeru Miyamoto as Jacob

The mysterious men behind the curtains, both have made jobs of manipulating the characters in their worlds. Both are also notable for their peaceful hobbies: Miyamoto loves gardening and music, while Jacob loves weaving tapestry and spending time in the woods at his cabin.

Sega as the Man in Black/the Smoke Monster

When Sega stopped manufacturing hardware and was reborn as a third-party publisher, they wreaked terror across the video game landscape using the expanded Sonic the Hedgehog mythology, retro compilations, and Golden Axe remakes. It bears a striking resemblance to the Man in Black's transformation into the smoke monster. Both are also trapped: Sega on other consoles while the Man In Black is stuck on the Island.

Kammy Koopa as Richard Alpert

The casual Mario fan may wonder who Kammy Koopa is. I certainly did before writing this article. Kammy, for the uninitiated, is supposedly Bowser's right-hand woman, the brains behind the operation, a similar role to Richard Alpert's.

Lakitu as Charles Widmore

From a distance, Charles Widmore and Lakitu offer up devious schemes and obstacles and use their minions to terrorize. Both are also all-seeing. When it comes down to it, should the circumstances be just right, both are easy to kill.

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