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No worries, though. This isn't a [[Face Heel Turn]]. They have all the classic signs. They're just [[Brainwashed]] like everyone else, right? Right. The secret gets out, and their new boss laughs as he gleefully tells you he isn't forcing them to do anything against their will, but that's to be expected. You two eventually have to fight; they're giving it everything they've got, but you're not because [[I Know You Are in There Somewhere Fight|you know they're in there somewhere]]. They tell you you're wrong and insist they're not [[Brainwashed]], but that's what they all say. You break out your [[Magic Antidote]] that's worked on a million victims before and hit it... and nothing happens.
Sorry, but in this ''one'' case, they're [[Not Brainwashed]]. They've genuinely [[Face Heel Turn|joined]] [[The Dark Side]] by their own volition, or had a legitimate [[Freak
There's also the comedy option, where a character, having gone into a seemingly dangerous situation, finds out that it's actually something pleasant and enjoyable; unfortunately, their allies who stayed behind don't realize this, and attempt to [[Unwanted Rescue|rescue them from the "brainwashing."]]
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* In ''[[Bleach]]'', {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Aizen]]}}'s Zanpaktou can cast illusions that can fool anyone, if they have ever seen the sword using its power. {{spoiler|However, Tousen is blind, thus unable to see the sword. It is then revealed that he joined Aizen of his own will.}}
** Played with in Orihime's case when {{spoiler|she was kidnapped to Hueco Mundo. At first, everyone thinks Aizen mindwashed her, but actually she was convinced to come along as to save her friends. Aizen then says [[Jedi Truth|she came of her own accord]]}}, and the less... brainy Espada try to twist this even more to say [[Blatant Lies|she is one of them]], even trying to convince ''her'' through some really stupid [[Hannibal Lecture]] ([[Idiot Ball|which she almost buys, of course]]), only for the lectures to be [[Shut UP, Hannibal|put down]] by ''Ichigo'' of all people.
* Kaiser in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]''. He's a champion of a game notorious for causing [[Split Personality|Split Personalities]] and [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Superpowered Evil Sides]] in players, and his [[Freak
* ''[[G Gundam]]'' had Domon's mentor, Master Asia, turn against him. Domon didn't give this much thought at first, since he had seen many people become [[Brainwashed]] by the Devil Gundam before then, and was mighty displeased to discover that Master Asia was serving the Devil Gundam purely by choice.
* This trope appears in the last story arc of the live-action adaptation ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]''. Queen Beryl, who up until this point has been brainwashing her four lieutenants, resigns herself to certain death and releases Jaedite from her spell, so he can escape. His personality doesn't change at all: he reveals that he's always been her willing servant, and he intends to remain by her side no matter what.
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