Oh, that shows my poor Matrix knowledge! I forgot about the piercing thing. Obviously Smith isn't actually defeating Bugs, or Bruce, or Galactus, if he makes a copy of himself, since those persons are really on the outside of the program.
If he overwrites them he essentially takes over their minds. If he can get out of the matrix it'll actually be Agent Smith's consciousness in their bodies.
However, it still seems strange to me that the representations of those beings could be overwritten. Again, I don't know, but I think that, if these individuals retain most or all of their power, that Popeye, Bugs, Mr. Mxy, etc., could simply reverse Smith's copying attempt.
It's kind of unprecedented so there's not really anything to go on. Neo could somewhat reverse Smith's attempts but he was the One so I don't know if anyone else could do it.
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