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** Ghosts in some editions could do this, and it's the signature trick of the odem, a type of disembodied evil spirit from the [[Ravenloft]] setting.
** The ''magic jar'' spell, which has been part of the game since the first edition and allows even humans to play the part of demonic-possessor-from-the-soul-jar.
* The yikaria (or yak-folk) from the [[Forgotten Realms|Kara-Tir]] setting can do this via a magical ability called "skin crawling"; this is unusual, seeing as yikaria are living, mortal, corporeal beings. Still, given the other atrocities they're known to commit, [[Bad Powers, Bad People| it seems fitting.]]
* ''[[GURPS]]: Creatures of the Night'' has a... thing that uses some sort of cosmic power to possess entire buildings.
* ''[[Shadowrun]]'': Certain extraplanar spirits are unable to remain in Earth's astral space without weakening unless they can anchor themselves to a human host. Bugs Spirits and Shedim, for example.
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** The Miko leader gets possessed by a Big Boo and turns into the boss of World 3. Luigi frees the Miko, and Luigi receives a "reward" for rescuing her.
** King Dedede gets possessed by Dark Matter in the boss fight for DDDark Castle. He even coughs up tiny Dark Matters for the second phase of the fight.
* In ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue]]'' (and adaptations, like ''[[Pokémon Let's Go]]'', many of the trainers you meet in Lavender Town's Pokémon Tower (one of the creepiest locations in the franchise, bar none) are possessed, possibly by their own Pokémon, requiring you to exorcise them by defeating them in battle. This is oddly the only time in the game franchise where this phenominon occurs; Ghost Pokémon do not do this in any other game.
** Of course, it happens [[Pokémon (anime)|in the anime]] all the time.
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