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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Cosmic Boy of DC's post-Zero Hour ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (Comic Bookcomics)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' spent a whole [[Arc]] being Not Himself and alienating his teammates at every opportunity {{spoiler|in order to set up an elaborate [[Engineered Public Confession]] which revealed the President's corruption and caused her removal from office}}. Some Legion fans never forgave him for it. (It didn't help that this particular arc occurred in the first couple years after a total reboot of the Legion, so it wasn't as clear as it might have been that this wasn't just Cos's new personality.)
* Apparently, hacking into Superman's mind is like evil hypnotists' [[Wiki Vandal|wikivandalism]]. Some bratty six-year-old in Minneapolis trips over a ouija board, next thing you know our Man of Steel is giving the Batman a wedgie. Supes has probably been brainwashed, hypnotized, or possessed more than any character in fiction. And if you count the times he's [[Super Dickery|pretended]] to be [[Not Himself]], more than all fictional characters combined. Read any random five Superman or Superman-associated comics from the 50s through the 70s, and see if you can't find one of these stories.
** Or refer to [http://www.superdickery.com/ here] for the condensed version.
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