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* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' has O'Neill become the repository for a cache of Ancient knowledge, but ultimately having his brain overstuffed proved bad for him.

** Twice.

* Likewise McKay after being zapped by the Ascend-O-Meter in the ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' episode [[Stargate Atlantis/Recap/S03 E14 Tao of Rodney|"Tao of Rodney"]]

* Likewise McKay after being zapped by the Ascend-O-Meter in the ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' episode [[Stargate Atlantis/Recap/S03/E14 Tao of Rodney|"Tao of Rodney"]]

** And inverted in [[Stargate Atlantis/Recap/S05 E06 The Shrine|"The Shrine"]]. [[Tear Jerker|Sniff]].

** And inverted in [[Stargate Atlantis/Recap/S05/E06 The Shrine|"The Shrine"]]. [[Tear Jerker|Sniff]].

* In one ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode George is prevented from having sex for a fixed period of time; the result is that this frees an enormous previously-unused part of his mind (the part that had been obsessed with sex) and his progressively growing intelligence enables him to solve Rubik's Cubes, read scientific journals and learn Portuguese by simply reading through a translation dictionary. Of course, he ends up back where he started (presumably because he had sex with the Portuguese waitress, reversing the effect).

* Inverted with [[Fridge Horror|disturbing implications]] in the third season episode of ''[[Fringe]]'', "The Plateau". At the end of the episode instead of reverting to normal or subpar intelligence, the subject has instead continued to exponentially rise to the point where his thoughts are incomprehensible to ordinary humans and only a machine can begin to understand what he thinks.

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* In an episode of ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]'', Dave's family gets tired of Dave's cowardice and makes him wear the Red Sweater of Courage, making him completely fearless. However, when the show's three occurring main villains team up, Dave is unable to defeat them as his only solution to solving the problem is to just fight head on, which won't work. It's only after he loses the sweater that he's able to think of an idea to defeat the villains.

* In one episode of ''[[Dinosaucers]]'', one of the villains, Quackpot, is accidentally hit by an "Allegiance Reversal" Ray, and briefly becoming friends with the good guys; before the end of the episode, Quackpot witnesses the wear off of the effects on a previous test subject and warns Allo that he will soon become his enemy again.

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has the episode "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E19 Putting Your Hoof Down|Putting Your Hoof Down]]", where Fluttershy goes to a seminar hosted by a minotaur named Iron Will so she can learn to be assertive, and remembering his motivational phrases becomes a mean spirited troublemaker not unlike her inverted form 18 episodes back. It's only after she looks at her own reflection that she comes to her senses, after which she boards herself up in her own home but comes out to stand up to Iron Will when he comes for his payment saying she won't pay him because she's not satisfied with the results, which is apparently a first for Iron Will.

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has the episode "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E19 Putting Your Hoof Down|Putting Your Hoof Down]]", where Fluttershy goes to a seminar hosted by a minotaur named Iron Will so she can learn to be assertive, and remembering his motivational phrases becomes a mean spirited troublemaker not unlike her inverted form 18 episodes back. It's only after she looks at her own reflection that she comes to her senses, after which she boards herself up in her own home but comes out to stand up to Iron Will when he comes for his payment saying she won't pay him because she's not satisfied with the results, which is apparently a first for Iron Will.

* In an episode of ''[[Invader Zim]]'', Zim reprograms GIR into duty-mode, in order to be more obedient. However, after hijacking a police car, Zim orders him to stay at the base out of fear of being exposed. Shortly afterwards GIR goes on a rampage, stealing information from the library, attacking people, and trying to kill Zim. It's only with the help of a [[It Makes Sense in Context|police officer with a squid's brain shooting ink at GIR]] that Zim is able to stop him and restore his original personality.