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Line 27: ** Even more so the ''Individual Eleven'' in the second season, {{spoiler\|which are actually all controlled by the same virus that infected their brain implants}}. * The {{spoiler\|Pict aliens}} in the [[Axis Powers Hetalia]] movie. They all say the exact same things at the exact same time, and are {{spoiler\|trying to get all humans to join them.}} * ''[[ToA ~~Aru~~Certain ~~Majutsu no~~Magical Index]]'': In yet another unexpected use of a power, {{spoiler\|the Mikoto "Imouto" clones}} use their {{spoiler\|electrical powers}} to maintain a collective memory. (Season two of ''[[A Certain Scientific Railgun]]'' explains how this works in one episode.) They're an interesting example because while they are very much ''not'' a Hive Mind, they are brainwashed into thinking they are, to the point that they originally put zero weight on individual lives. After Touma convinces them otherwise, they're like a very large family in constant radio contact. === [[Comic Books]] === Line 113 ⟶ 112: * In the [[Ultimate Marvel]] Universe, one of the variant Skrull races are the Chitauri, who see individuality as a disease, and themselves as the "[[Scary Dogmatic Aliens\|immune system of the universe]]". In order to operate among humans, they create an "officer" caste who have a limited degree of individual personality, presumably absorbed (along with physical form) from those they devour. * The [[The Stepford Wives\|Stepford]] [[The Midwich Cuckoos\|Cuckoos]] of ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)\|X-Men]]''. * ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire\|Buck Godot, Zap Gun For Hire]]'' has [https://web.archive.org/web/20150415124804/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20070804 PSmIth]. (Unusual, in that PSmIth is a population of genetically-engineered humans, and friendly to normal humans.) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080920165657/http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2008-09-17 The Commonality] from ''[[PS238]]''. Although presented as a benign entity, this is probably not much of a consolation for the one individual human left on the planet when everyone else is adjoined in it. ** Especially since he was the one who accidentally created it. * The [[Green Lantern\|Orange Lantern Corps]] are beings made of an orange energy that resembles fire. They recruit new members by literally consuming them. Their [[Hive Queen\|Hive... uh, King]] is a comically hoggish alien named Agent Orange. Line 164 ⟶ 163: * Legion of the [[Wild Cards]] novels is a single individual who can grow and inhabit multiple custom-made bodies. * The [[Bug War]] novels ''[[Starfire\|In Death Ground]]'' and ''The Shiva Option'' have aliens which are telepathically linked. The latter novel's titular Option involves literally rendering lifeless all planets on which the Bugs have established bases, in order to both exterminate the beachhead and disorient the survivors. * Like Spider Robinson, [[Terry Pratchett]] uses this concept in ''[[~~Discworld/A Hat Full of Sky\|~~A Hat Full of Sky]]'' where Miss Level is one person, in two bodies. {{spoiler\|Also like Robinson, one of the Miss Levels gets killed. However, the surviving one learns how to ''act'' like she still has two bodies, becoming de facto telekinetic.}} Also in ''[[Discworld]]'', Granny Weatherwax is able to "[[Mind Control\|borrow]]" animals, and at one point she does this to an entire beehive. Spider the Rat King, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[~~Discworld/~~The Amazing Maurice and ~~His Educated Rodents\|The Amazing Maurice and His~~his Educated Rodents]]'', was eight blind rats tied together by their tails. The only way to survive was for them to think as one, and the resulting hive mind was strong enough to control an entire town's rat population. He also inverts the idea with Miss Pointer/Mrs. Pickles in Thud. [[Mind Hive\|Two people living in one body]]. Not to mention [[Magical Computer\|Hex]], which is a ''literal'' hive mind. Line 207 ⟶ 206: * A very weak version of this exists in ''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]'' with the [[Energy Being\|Taelons]], whose minds are joined in the Commonality. However, they are full individuals and don't share each other's thoughts. The Commonality mainly serves to keep the Taelons from reverting into the savage Atavus state. A human jacked into the Commonality experiences the greatest high possible, and a few seconds can feel like hours. === New Media === * The protagonist of ''[[Conquering the Horizon]]'' has a hive mind. Her individual bodies have semi-independent lines of thought. She also often treats her bodies as individual people as both a way of playing/entertainment as well as coping with isolation. When circumstances permit she even [[Attending Your Own Funeral\|gives her dead bodies funerals]]. === Tabletop Games === Line 213 ⟶ 214: ** For another ''[[Vampire: The Requiem]]'' example, it's mentioned that particularly radical members of the Carthian Movement (vampiric modernists and political experimenters) will attempt to form a hive mind amongst the members of a coterie, using telepathic powers, identical patterns of speech and uniforms to present the image of an unified front. There's even a Devotion (combo power), Hive Nexus Gestalt, that allows the true formation of a hive mind amongst coterie members. * In ''[[Magic: The Gathering\|Magic the Gathering]]'''s Lorwyn setting, the kithkin are a race of halflings with a hive-mind referred to as the ''thoughtweft''. Each kithkin has an individual mind and personality, but groups of kithkin have access to each other's thoughts and feelings that goes beyond mere [[The Empath\|empathy]]. In [[Mirror Universe\|Shadowmoor]], this makes the kithkin incredibly xenophobic and hateful toward any creature that isn't "one of us." A somewhat more frightening example would be the [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?output=spoiler&method=visual&name=+%5Bsliver%5D slivers]: each sliver is connected together via a psychic gestalt that ''was'' controlled by the ''[[Authority Equals Asskicking\|enormous]]'' [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=5233 queen], when she was gone, [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=45166 a new leader] was created. Now that they're ''both'' gone, the hivemind ''itself'' is [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=136146 gaining self-awareness]. On top of that, the individual varieties of sliver [[Adaptive Ability\|instill instant mutations]] in their brethren when nearby ([[No Ontological Inertia\|which of course fade when they're gone]]), meaning that [https://web.archive.org/web/20090426014640/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=4746 if one sliver can fly], they all can. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081002130843/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=42017 If one sliver has armor-plated skin, they all do]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081002120150/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=42029 If one sliver can move at speeds approaching the relativistic] or [https://web.archive.org/web/20090426015644/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=5134 shrug off magic like water off a duck's back], they all will... The [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chorus%20of%20the%20Conclave Selesnya] [http://www.wizards.com/magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mc7 Conclave] ** [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=190556 Hive Mind] does this to players. When someone plays a card, everyone plays that card.<ref>This is particularly handy when you play a card that would be near-lethal to you, but suicidal for everyone else.</ref> Line 283 ⟶ 284: === [[Web Comics]] === * Mars, in the webcomic ''[[A Miracle of Science]]''. One of the few examples of large-scale Hive Mind that ''aren't evil''. It exists as a superstructure over implanted [[FTL Radio]] network and mostly inobtrusive, "possessing" its members only when it wants to say or do something directly. It also [http://www.project-apollo.net/mos/mos042.html has a good sense of humor]. * In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' Petey after migrating from old hardware - and more broadly, the Fleetmind. * The Peteys (and more broadly, the Fleetmind) in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' And the infamous Partnership Collective: A Hive Mind of [[Amoral Attorney]]s. The Ot-Skadak (Flechette ~~Bugs~~bugs evolved on Eina-afa) - they are carnivores, so the primary use of swarm communication is [[Synchronized Swarming\|to coordinate high-speed attacks]]. [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2013-06-28 These] are up to 3 meters long (see the previous or next page for how huge the dragon-like critter was) - see a close-up image [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-06-30 here]. There's asmallest are finger-sized ~~variety~~, though they still can kill a human wearing light body armour in a few seconds, even without the advantage of high approach speed. Like other linked minds in ''Schlock Mercenary'', they can overcome range limitations via FTL communication implants. Their natural organization seems to be local swarms acting on a single purpose independently, while keeping in touch with nearby ones to much lesser degree (which makes sense resources-wise), so when Ot-Skadak get into the wider galaxy, they travel as distinct "clusters" with their own names, specializing as a diplomat, engineer, warrior... * In the comic ''[[MSF High]]'', the Legion are a Hive Mind which maintains individuality amongst Legions. Their society is very in-depth, and they are surprisingly friendly. Now. * ''[[Bob and George]]'' has X, in his first chronological physical appearance (note: the rest were pre-existent spirit forms or time-travellers. Or Alternates. Or future alternate spirit forms. Or a pair of kumquats, hiding in the shape of X. Something along those lines.) go omnicidal (in a way) when no one would be his friend, and then proceeds to link up every robot to his mind. And then picks up a cyborg. And then through that cyborg the entire human race. Line 303 ⟶ 304: * ''[[SMBC Theater]]'' explores [http://www.smbc-theater.com/?id=205 hive mind dating]. * [[Akinator]] is sort of a real-life example of this—he's a program who knows, in intricate detail, tens, if not hundreds of thousands of characters both real and fictional, assembled from the contributions of millions of players worldwide. === [[Western Animation]] === Line 310: * In ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold]]'' (specifically "Revenge of the Reach"), the Green Lantern Corps is attacked by an alien enemy called the Reach. Judging by their simultaneous dialogue and referencing themselves as "The Collective", they must have some form of hive mind. * ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force\|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' - In the episode "Ghost Town", Ben Ten is forced to team up with his arch nemesis, Vilgax, to battle one of his rogue alien forms, Ghost Freak. Vilgax released Ghost Freak from prison on the condition he defeat Ben, but Ghost Freak betrays him and possesses his planet, Vilgaxia. The planet's citizens are turned into Ghost Freak's minions (who look like his original less hideous, unmasked form in the first Ben Ten series) dominated by a hive mind. === Real Life === Line 316 ⟶ 315: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Hive Mind~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Bizarre Alien Biology]] [[Category:One With the Index]] [[Category:Speculative Fiction Tropes]] [[Category:Fantastic Sapient Species Tropes]] ▲[[Category:Hive Mind]] [[Category:Mind Manipulation Tropes]]