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'''Harley''': Sorry... The voices.
'''Harley''': Dhaha‐I'm kidding. Jeez. [[False Reassurance|That's not what they really said.]]
Whenever characters start hearing the [[Voice of the Legion]] whisper in their ear, or the [[Black Speech]] dancing on the wind, there's something bad in store for them... and it comes in two flavors! -- Insanity Berry and Evil Sauce.
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** Vin, on the other hand, hears a "good" voice, later revealed to part subconscious, part {{spoiler|evil.}}
* Michael from ''The Republic of Trees'' suffers those near the end of the book. Though he refers to them as "demons", they all keep screaming at once, so he never hears them clearly enough to figure of what they want.
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* ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'': Blanche starts with this trope as she begins having [[Sanity Slippage]].▼
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* [[Harvey Danger]]'s "Flagpole Sitta": "I hear the voices in my head I swear to god it sounds like they're snoring..."
▲=== Theater ===
▲* ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'': Blanche starts with this trope as she begins having [[Sanity Slippage]].
=== Video Games ===
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* In ''[[Solatorobo]]'', Red hears a voice {{spoiler|commanding him to destroy everything when The Order is given.}} Elh becomes his [[Living Emotional Crutch]] during that time, talking to him to keep him calm.
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* The evil souls involved in the "Soul-Splice" in ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' basically share a body with the character, and provide input on the character's actions, such as telling which direction to go to dodge an attack, or telling them to "Tear down creation, just to see if you can."
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* ''[[Real Genius]]'': Chris (Val Kilmer), Mitch, and friends gas Kent and implant a transmitter in his molar. They then impersonate a booming voice of God only Kent can hear, and command him to {{spoiler|place a massive Jiffy Pop in Jerry's house. When the military test-fires the laser (which has been reprogrammed by the gang to target the house), the house fills to the bursting point with popcorn.}}
* The "Whisper People" in ''[[Knowing]]''.
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* In ''[[A Hat in Time]]'', in the [[Show Within a Show| "Murder on the Owl Express" segment]], if Hat Kid [[Beneath Suspicion| names ''herself'' as the killer]], her motive is, "I had to do it, or the voices wouldn't stop!". Which is ironic, as [[Heroic Mime| she doesn't talk much in most of the game.]]
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* ''[[Xkcd]]'': [http://xkcd.com/440/ Black Hat Man strikes again!]
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