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* When several heroes become Black Lanterns in ''[[Blackest Night]]'', we see their posessed bodies running around doing evil stuff juxtaposed with their "normal" selves within fighting to regain control, making this a combination of this trope and [[And I Must Scream]]. Green Arrow in particular plays this trope straight; while the black ring is making him shoot at his family, he manages to exert enough [[Heroic Willpower]] to not only shift his aim to hit something else instead, but so the ring itself momentarily shines green, the colour indicating willpower. No other Black Lantern, dead or "alive," managed to make the ring shine a different colour.

* An early example [[Silver Age]] example is when [[Captain America (comics)]] was treated with a mind control drug by the Red Skull and ordered to join a German paratrooper raid to assassinate Gen. [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]. They get as far as invading the General's office and Cap takes aim at him as ordered. At that point, Cap's subconsciousness rebels and keeps him from moving, much less pulling the trigger and the mind controlled superhero is at a loss to understand why. The German commando leader tries to manipulate Cap's hand to fire, but that physical force allows Cap's mind to break free of the drug and fight all the commandoes in Eisenhower's defense while the general calls security.

 

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