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Also an example of [[Truth in Television]]. [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked_in_syndrome:Locked in syndrome|Locked-In Syndrome]] is a condition brought on by hemorrhaging and/or trauma in the brainstem, essentially severing connections between the brain and the muscles of the body, but not the ''incoming'' neurofibers. This results in a paralysis where no part of the body is capable of movement, yet it can still feel sensations such as pain or warmth. In a few lucky cases, the muscles of the eyes are still connected to the brain, allowing movement. Locked-In Syndrome is often a case of [[Nightmare Fuel]] for those who think about it. [[And I Must Scream|A (usually) fully-functional mind, trapped in an immovable body]], entirely unable to communicate its plight to anyone around them. It's the closest a human being can get to being [[Buried Alive]]. Aside from, you know, ''actually'' being buried alive.

* While the [[Kill Sat|Saint's Cradle]] took control of her body to defend itself, {{spoiler|Vivio}} of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikersStrikerS]]'' was still able to speak to Nanoha and beg her to leave her to die since she's just an [[Person of Mass Destruction|artificially created weapon]]. [[The Messiah|Nanoha]], naturally, disagreed with her statement.

* In ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', people being controlled by Doflamingo and that one guy from the second TV-special are still talking, apologizing, shouting out warnings, cursing or begging for mercy. Both villains seems to consider that last bit especially funny.

* In ''[[Zero Seven 07-Ghost]]'', Teito's best friend Mikage gets half his soul destroyed and his body possessed by Ayanami who then tries to capture Teito. Though Ayanami seems to be in complete control, Mikage still manages to shed a few tears as he attacks his friend.

* In ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', Genies can't disobey their Master's orders as long it doesn't violate certain rules, but it doesn't mean they have to like it.

{{quote| '''Arnold:''' And why... why can't I move, there, there must be some logical reason for all this?<br />

* In ''Danger: Diabolik'', [[Gentleman Thief|Diabolik]] was encased in solid gold, but he could still move his eyes in order to show the audience that he was [[Not Quite Dead]]. He even winks at the audience. <ref>In the [[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000]] version of the movie, Mike laughs at the idea that the movie wants us to believe Diabolik somehow came out on top. Seriously, how the Hell does he expect to get out of that gold?</ref>

* ''[[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|Iron Man 2]]'' had this when Vanko hacked into the [[War Machine (Comic Book)|War Machine]] suit with Rhodey inside.

{{quote| '''Rhodey:''' Whoa, whoa, whoa... ''(aims his minigun at Tony)''<br />

'''Tony:''' Is that you?<br />

* In the ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'' series, infestation by [[Brain Slug|Yeerks]] sometimes works this way: strong-willed or desperate hosts can rebel against their Yeerks (especially when the Yeerk is under duress itself), often leading to arguing with and/or hitting oneself. In a more literal example, Visser One describes a game she used to play with one of her hosts where she would relinquish control of one body part and see how long it took the host to find out; in one case, the body part the host could move was her eye. {{spoiler|The host nearly kills them both by closing the one eye on the freeway, thus denying Visser One depth perception.}}

* The short story ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20121019024007/http://www.asstr.org/files/Collections/Alt.Sex.Stories.Moderated/Year2001/28871 Great Gift of Sleep]'' by Shon Richards has a woman on a spaceship arrange for one of the other women to be partially awoken from [[Suspended Animation]] for the purposes of sex, leaving her unable to move (though very much able to feel) from the neck down.

* This happens from time to time on ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]''. It's amazing how many alien races have paralysis weapons.

* ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'':

* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'':

** In "[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S4 S30/E10 Midnight|Midnight]]", this happens to {{spoiler|the Doctor}}. In this case his reaction is shown with the barest minimum to the point where one cannot really point out any distinct facial move or change, yet he still manages to pull off enough fear and anguish to firmly cement the [[Psychological Horror]] aspect of the episode. {{spoiler|Curse [[David Tennant]] and his [[Puppy Dog Eyes|big brown eyes]].}}

** In the TV special "[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/20th AS the Five Doctors/Recap|The Five Doctors]]", this is what happens to those {{spoiler|who wish to be immortal in Rassilon's presence}}.

* In Volume 3 of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', this is inflicted upon Angela Petrelli by {{spoiler|her husband, Arthur}}.

* When the Collector Swarms of ''[[Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 2]]'' bite a human, it reduces them to this, [all the easier to carry them away and do horrible things to them. [[Wham! Episode|Horizon]] is full of these people.

* In ''[[Tales of Vesperia (Video Game)|Tales of Vesperia]]'', {{spoiler|Estelle gets this treatment after being repeatedly [[Mind Rape|Mind Raped]]d by Alexei. She gets better, thankfully.}}

* The ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' "Cardboard Tube Samurai" [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/07/30 strip where the CTS fights the possessed warrior Tobun], Tobun pleads to be killed.

* The ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' episode "The Puppetmaster" has a possessed Aang and Sokka apologizing as they attack Katara.

* Any trap or superpower in the old ''[[Super FriendsSuperfriends]]'' cartoon which could immobilize the heroes would leave them free to look around or converse.

* An episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' features a gas that paralyses people in this manner. It's used on a room full of police officers attending a dinner for Commissioner Gordon.

* One episode of ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' had Uncle and Daolon Wong fire petrification spells at one another. They both hit at the same time, and so neither could do anything but move their eyes.

* In Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney1997 film)||Hercules]]'' the animated series when King Midas turns one of his men to gold he can still blink and shift his eyes.

* ''[[Yellow Submarine (Animation)|Yellow Submarine]]'': The frozen citizens of Pepperland are still conscious and can slightly move their heads. They can also weep.

* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked_in_syndrome:Locked in syndrome|locked-in syndrome]], or ALS.

** And in a 5th season episode of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. The first half of the episode is shown by the POV of the [[Patient of the Week]].

** And on ''[[Law and& Order (TV)|Law and Order]]'' once, though they called it "frozen."

* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Botulism |Botulism]] can not only result in the loss of voluntary muscles, it can also result in the loss of breathing and parts of the nervous system.

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