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* Ruthlessly exploited in ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books: Many of villains got off by pretending to be brainwashed (including the Malfoys). Later Harry cannot believe that Stan the bus driver is not under [[Mind Control]] when attacking him. (Stan IS surprisingly blank-eyed, and it's not verified one way or the other.)
** Stan was previously a good-natured but pretty slow bus attendant who claimed he would be the next Minister of Magic when he was trying to chat up some Veelas. That said, he seemed ''very'' unlikely as Death Eater material, even if he did decide to join. On the other hand, Harry and his friends believed that Cornelius Fudge was under the Imperius Curse which was why he was stubbornly ignoring signs of Voldemort's return (Dumbledore doesn't think this is true though and Fudge later does accept what's going on, so yeah...) There's also debate as to whether or not {{spoiler|Umbridge was possessed by the horcrux locket when she wore it. While Harry figured that it would be impossible to tell since she was already so foul, [[Word of God|Rowling]] stated that the locket saw her as a kindred spirit and aided her rather then hindered her.}}
* [http://wikinfo.org/index.php/Tarra_(Doctor_Who) Tarra]{{Dead link}} from "[[Faction Paradox|The Ancestor Cell]]", at least in [[Chivalrous Pervert|Fitz's]] conception. He thinks she's led on by Kellen, but it's obvious she's leading the rich kids on and is the [[Man Behind the Man]]. Her "first name" is {{spoiler|[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Mother]], the title of a [[Faction Paradox]] agent, a vicious [[Cult]] engaging in [[Temporal Paradox]]es and whose goal is to destroy the structure of time itself. }}
=== Live Action TV ===
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* ''[[Walkyverse|It's Walky]]'''s final arc deals with several mind-controlled former teammates... and one who, it turns out, switched sides by choice.
{{quote|"He wasn't hypnotised, merely disgruntled."}}
* In ''[[Erfworld]]'', Jillian [https://web.archive.org/web/20130830160431/http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0105.html concludes] that Wanda rejects her [[Last Second Chance|urging to desert Stanley]] because she is bound by a loyalty spell. When an ally with spell-detecting abilities informs her that Wanda is ''not'' under any loyalty spells, she flatly refuses to believe it. But she comes around for the most part when Wanda [[Pillar of Light|tries to kill her]], though.
* In ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' #640, after {{spoiler|Vaarsuvius}} takes great pleasure in killing an opponent (and their entire extended family) it is revealed that the [[Deal with the Devil]] they made had no effect on their alignment or actions—essentially, the character merely revealed [[What You Are in the Dark|their true self.]]
** In fact, the character was told the spell ''could'' effect their alignment, with the implication that it was possible and up to them to resist any such effect. This example seems to overlap with [[More Than Mind Control]] in that the character was told this in order to facilitate them giving in to their worst impulses (like arrogance, cruelty, and mass-murder).
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