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Basically this is when one of the good guys [[Face Heel Turn|becomes a villain]] not out of choice, but because they were transformed into one one way or another (this makes it a [[Super-Trope]] to several tropes as outlined below). This can also apply to non-sapient entities, such as computers that [[AI Is a Crapshoot|go nuts]], [[mon]]s that are [[Turned Against Their Masters]] because someone else is giving them orders, and so on. As long as it was happy with its allegiance and something other than its own whims changed it, it fits.
Basically this is when one of the good guys [[Face Heel Turn|becomes a villain]] not out of choice, but because they were transformed into one one way or another (this makes it a [[Super-Trope]] to several tropes as outlined below). This can also apply to non-sapient entities, such as computers that [[AI Is a Crapshoot|go nuts]], [[mon]]s that are [[Turned Against Their Masters]] because someone else is giving them orders, and so on. As long as it was happy with its allegiance and something other than its own whims changed it, it fits.


=== Subtropes include; ===
Subtropes include:

* [[Transhuman Treachery]] When the original personality is still there, but their allegiance has changed with their form.
* [[Transhuman Treachery]] When the original personality is still there, but their allegiance has changed with their form.
* [[Brainwashed]]/[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]/[[Mind Control]] When their allegiance has been forcefully changed by subverting their normal personality.
* [[Brainwashed]]/[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]/[[Mind Control]] When their allegiance has been forcefully changed by subverting their normal personality.
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* [[Split Personality Takeover]] When a different personality starts calling the shots.
* [[Split Personality Takeover]] When a different personality starts calling the shots.
** [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] For when the personality is more powerful when it's in control and a little more interested in co-habitation (or at least can't get rid of the "face" personality).
** [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] For when the personality is more powerful when it's in control and a little more interested in co-habitation (or at least can't get rid of the "face" personality).
* [[Pro-Human Transhuman]] Despite no longer being human, the character still sympathizes with humans.


* [[Pro-Human Transhuman]] Despite no longer being human, the character still sympathizes with humans.
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== [[Anime]] ==
== [[Anime]] ==
* Happens to {{spoiler|Death the Kid}} in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' while {{spoiler|trapped in Eibon's book.}}
* Happens to {{spoiler|Death the Kid}} in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' while {{spoiler|trapped in Eibon's book.}}