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* In ''[[Angel]]'', the {{spoiler|evil law firm}} that Angel is given at the end of season four (not technically an inanimate artifact, but hey). It's a powerful weapon that will do whatever he commands, but it's always working to corrupt his thinking so that he will give it the commands it wants. The dare-to-use-it/get-rid-of-it argument keeps cropping up, too.
** Also worth noting: {{spoiler|The law firm exists to do business with evil. If they just plain stop helping evil with it, and instead try to use it only as a weapon for good, the business will fail, and another law firm, beyond their control, will pop up to replace it.}}
* [[Power Rangers]] examples:
** In ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]],'' the mask of Zen-Aku resulted in Merrick going [[Ax Crazy]] and having to be [[Sealed Evil in a Can|locked away]] three thousand years ago, to be awakened by the villains to menace the Rangers in the present. By this point, he'd been so overwritten by Zen-Aku's personality that the result was an [[Enigmatic Minion]] version of Zen-Aku who didn't know what those pesky human tendencies were about and why a couple memories didn't seem to fit. Eventually, they're separated, and Merrick becomes the [[Sixth Ranger]] of the modern team. And [[Odd Couple|Merrick and ZA are getting along much better now]], as we learn at [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue|season's end]].
** ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'' also has the fifth Dino Gem. Thanks to Mesogog's meddling, it's more powerful than the others, but turns you into [[Jekyll and Hyde]], with the Hyde side eventually sticking. Eventually fixed, but once no longer evil, [[Good Is Dumb|the White Ranger is no stronger than the other Rangers]] that he'd been handily beating up until now.
** Way back in ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', Rita armed the [[Brainwashed and Crazy|mind-controlled]] Tommy with the Sword of Darkness. The sword itself was not a corrupting influence; rather, its power was used to sustain Rita's spell. The sword's ''[[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger|Zyuranger]]'' counterpart, the Sword of Hellfreide, drove the wielder crazy. (Or, in Burai's case, crazi''er'')
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* The Objects in ''[[The Lost Room]]'' have the potential to be these, but they ''can'' also been used for good. The worst ones, though, are ''very'' dangerous, such as the Deck of Cards, which [[Brown Note|subjects you to terrible visions]], and there's at least one combination of Objects with the ability to cause something unspeakably awful.
* The Book of Pure Evil from the Canadian series ''[[Todd and the Book of Pure Evil]]'' is a [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]] that also functions as an Artifact of Doom. The book, which seems to be sentient and actively malevolent, appears to whoever has some great desire they wish to be fulfilled. In turn, the book (which can seemingly change its contents at will) provides a collection of spells that will grant that desire, though typically [[Be Careful What You Wish For|twist it in some way]]. The main character, Todd, was the first to use the book and it [[Demonic Possession|possessed him]], causing him to nearly slaughter his entire school with [[The Power of Rock]].
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