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* While the [[Kill Sat|Saint's Cradle]] took control of her body to defend itself, {{spoiler|Vivio}} of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS]]'' 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]]'', 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 ''[[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 [[Naruto]] the Nara Clan's Shadow Possession Jutsu forces the victim to mimic the pose the caster is in, as well as all movements, but victims can still talk, usually expressing surprise about getting caught in it..
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== Film -- Animated ==
* In ''[[The Incredibles]]'', Syndrome's "Zero Point Energy" can freeze a person in place, but they can still look around. Same thing with the [[Human Popsicle|cop put on ice]] by Frozone.
* 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.
== Film -- Live Action ==
* Happens in the poor horror movie remake ''[[House of Wax]]''. Anyone still alive but petrified by the waxing process can only move their eyes and breathe.
* Arnold can only move his eyes when he is turned in a half-man/half-plant hybrid in ''[[Troll 2]]''. He is also able to talk, but only after the bark is [[Squick|peeled off his face]]. Earlier in the film, Creedence uses a paralysis spell on him, which only leaves him able to move his mouth.
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'''Creedence:''' Shut up! }}
* 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.
* ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man 2]]'' had this when Vanko hacked into the [[War Machine (Comic Book)|War Machine]] suit with Rhodey inside.
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'''Tony:''' Is that you?
'''Rhodey:''' Whoa, I'm not doing that, that's not me! I... I can't move, I'm locked up! I'm locked up! Get out of here, the whole system's been compromised! }}
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* Pvt Jenkins, in the ''Halo'' novel ''The Flood'', retains his consciousness when infected by the flood due to some biological quirk. He retains only minimal control over his body.
* In the ''[[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.
* In [[Iain M Banks]]' SF novel ''[[The Culture/The Player of Games|The Culture]]'', as a bizarre punishment one incidental character is locked into a robotic exoskeleton which prevents him eating anything other than bread and water, makes sure that he's in bed and up by certain times, and totally prevents him enjoying any pleasures of the flesh, but otherwise allows him the freedom to work at his job. At one point the exoskeleton takes complete control of its occupant as he frantically tries to prevent it performing its programming.
* In ''[[Naked Lunch]]'', this happens to a carny worker in one of Benway's most infamous monologues.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* This happens from time to time on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''. It's amazing how many alien races have paralysis weapons.
* ''[[Red Dwarf]]'':
** The episode "Angels and Demons" had Lister warning his crew that he was being controlled to attack them, and actively helping them defeat him. Gives the quote "Look out, I'm trying to kill you!"
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* An obscure low-budget show called ''Terror Vision'' had an episode where a young woman applies for a modeling job at a small clothing store. As she walks in the mannequin in the window moves its eyes to follow her. [[And I Must Scream|You can probably guess the rest]].
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'':
** In "[[Doctor Who
** [[Missing Episode|Since-lost]] William Hartnell episode "The Dalek's Master Plan" has Steven locked in a forcefield. How much movement he had is unclear without surviving footage, but the Doctor used him to hand off a fake plot device to the Daleks, who naturally tried to exterminate him. It turns out a direct hit from a Dalek [[Death Ray]] was [[Incredibly Lame Pun|just what the Doctor ordered]] to break the forcefield and free him.
** In the TV special "[[Doctor Who/Recap/20th AS the Five Doctors
* Norman Balthus, in the second season of ''[[Carnivale]]'', is afflicted with this when he {{spoiler|is kept in a state of complete paralysis by his newly-evil Antichrist of an adopted son, Justin, after suffering a stroke}}. Made into [[Nightmare Fuel]] in the episode where {{spoiler|Justin uses his mind to pull one of Norman's teeth after Norman got pissed and spit applesauce at him}}.
* In Volume 3 of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', this is inflicted upon Angela Petrelli by {{spoiler|her husband, Arthur}}.
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* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', when Genie {{spoiler|is forced to do Jafar's bidding via lamp}}, he will shout 'Look out!' or 'Get out of the way!' before attacking.
* ''[[System Shock]] 2'': The zombies speak coherently, apologizing while aiming a shotgun for your head or swinging a lead pipe for your face.
* When the Collector Swarms of ''[[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]]'', {{spoiler|Estelle gets this treatment after being repeatedly [[Mind Rape
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* 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 Wotch]]'': In a fall 2008 story, Anne gets [http://www.thewotch.com/?epDate=2008-10-07 turned into a tree] but [http://www.thewotch.com/?epDate=2008-10-21 retains some movement in her face] and [http://www.thewotch.com/?epDate=2008-10-28 can still see and speak].
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* An episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|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]]'' 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 (
* ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'': The frozen citizens of Pepperland are still conscious and can slightly move their heads. They can also weep.
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