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* In a non-[[Canon]] ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' side story, Percy battles the Titan Iapetus near Lethe, the River of Forgetfulness. Percy dunks himself and Iapetus in the river. Percy, being a son of Poseidon stayed dry, and Iapetus is soaked so he forgets everything. He gets renamed Bob and even helps cure some nasty wounds. |
* In a non-[[Canon]] ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' side story, Percy battles the Titan Iapetus near Lethe, the River of Forgetfulness. Percy dunks himself and Iapetus in the river. Percy, being a son of Poseidon stayed dry, and Iapetus is soaked so he forgets everything. He gets renamed Bob and even helps cure some nasty wounds. |
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** It ''is'' canon, or close enough. The storis have already influenced the canon books. Percy mentions in 5th book that he's seen Persephone in winter (which happened in the same story with Iapetus/Bob), and in ''[[The Heroes of Olympus]]'', the kids use the bronze dragon from one of the other stories as transportation for their quest. |
** It ''is'' canon, or close enough. The storis have already influenced the canon books. Percy mentions in 5th book that he's seen Persephone in winter (which happened in the same story with Iapetus/Bob), and in ''[[The Heroes of Olympus]]'', the kids use the bronze dragon from one of the other stories as transportation for their quest. |
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* The whole point of ''[[Captain Underpants]]''. Benjamin Krupp is a mean, strict, child-hating principal, so George and Harold decide to play a joke on him, using their 3D-Hypno Ring to make him think he's a superhero called Captain Underpants. It works only too well, Krupp becoming a kind, jolly (yet unfortunately dimwitted) do-gooder bent on righting wrongs. So, George and Harold decide to fix it so it happens more often, and from then on, Krupp turns into the hero every time he hears a finger-snap. |
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** In one story, the heroes do this to {{spoiler|Ms. Ribble/Wedgie Woman}}. |
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* In the original ''[[Doc Savage]]'' magazine stories, Doc performed "a delicate brain operation" on criminals to cure their criminal tendencies. It also removed all memories of their criminal past. |
* In the original ''[[Doc Savage]]'' magazine stories, Doc performed "a delicate brain operation" on criminals to cure their criminal tendencies. It also removed all memories of their criminal past. |
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** This is a prime example of [[Values Dissonance]]. Back in the 1930s, it was believed that ongoing criminal behaviour was a result of malformation of the brain, essentially a medical problem. |
** This is a prime example of [[Values Dissonance]]. Back in the 1930s, it was believed that ongoing criminal behaviour was a result of malformation of the brain, essentially a medical problem. |
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* Confessors from the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series work like this. Unfortunately, the recharge time is anywhere from hours to weeks, and there's usually a lot of angry soldiers between a Confessor and a big bad. This is part of why they usually had a wizard bodyguard. The Confessors were mostly used to get the confession of condemned criminals who were part of conspiracies, but refused to cooperate. |
* Confessors from the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series work like this. Unfortunately, the recharge time is anywhere from hours to weeks, and there's usually a lot of angry soldiers between a Confessor and a big bad. This is part of why they usually had a wizard bodyguard. The Confessors were mostly used to get the confession of condemned criminals who were part of conspiracies, but refused to cooperate. |
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* Resoundingly averted in [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s "If This Goes On". The [[The Revolution Will Not Be Villified|revolutionaries]], after overthrowing the [[Corrupt Church]], vote to reject their psych experts' proprosal to use [[Subliminal Seduction]] to "condition" the people to accept the restoration of democracy (after an old man who "looked like Mark Twain" made an impassioned speech on how "free men aren't 'conditioned'.") |
* Resoundingly averted in [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s "If This Goes On". The [[The Revolution Will Not Be Villified|revolutionaries]], after overthrowing the [[Corrupt Church]], vote to reject their psych experts' proprosal to use [[Subliminal Seduction]] to "condition" the people to accept the restoration of democracy (after an old man who "looked like Mark Twain" made an impassioned speech on how "free men aren't 'conditioned'.") |
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