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== Anime & Manga ==
* Subverted in ''[[Magical Project S]]'' while Misao certainly wasn't acting like herself when she tortured the main cast as the [[Dark Magical Girl|evil magical girl]] Pixy Misa (she wasn't even aware of her other side) it was revealed that it was in fact herself (the repressed aspects of her personality),
* Usagi and Mamoru in ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' most likely because the other is involved in some way.
* Mimi in ''[[Perfect Blue]]'' throughout the majority of the movie. Also, Rumi towards the end.
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* In the anime series ''[[Tsukuyomi Moon Phase]]'', Hazuki has frequent periods of [[Not Himself]], during which she "becomes" Miss Luna, a lustful, blood-thirsty vampire girl.
* Aside from [[More Than Mind Control|Ken]] during ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'', the normally nice and affable Takeru has been known to become scarily angry when there is a threat to his Digimon and friends, as a result of witnessing the [[Dead Sidekick|death of his own Digimon]] in the first series. These angry moments have caused him to physically attack the then-Digimon Kaiser Ken ([http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i320/mpcp13/TakeruDarkAmusement.jpg while smiling in dark amusement at Ken's injury of his [Takeru's] face]), advocate the killing of Dark Digimon, and deeply disturb [[Fusion Dance|Jogress]] partner Iori on separate occasions.
** Just to put this into context, Iori is [[The Stoic]] of the series. To freak him out would seem to be a very hard task... unless Takeru's pissed.
* This usually sparks the plots in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'', but one character stands out in particular: "The person who was there was not the Rika-chan I knew. It was another Furude Rika." Of course, the difference between Rika and the other examples is that {{spoiler|the "abnormal" personality is really her [[True Self]], her "normal" self is just [[Obfuscating Stupidity]].}}
* In [[Bleach]], the 9th Espada, {{spoiler|attempting to trick Rukia by posing as her former mentor Kaien Shiba, betrays himself by making a request that was blatantly uncharacteristic of Kaien; suggesting that she could earn his forgiveness by killing all her friends. Rukia, enraged, says Kaien would never say that even as a joke. (Kaien also died apologizing to Rukia for causing her pain and thanking her for freeing his heart by performing a [[Mercy Kill]] on him).}}
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* In an episode of ''[[Natsume Yuujinchou]] Shi'', Nyanko-sensei has to masquerade as Natsume after he's trapped in a bottle by a youkai. Nyanko-sensei then proceeds to act exactly as he usually does (read:a [[Jerkass]]), much to Natsume's dismay.
* In one [[To Love Ru]] story, Haruna suddenly became an evil sadist, which was hilarious. It became a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] when the artist's wife, who Haruna's design was based on, turned out to be a crazy psychopath who kidnapped their daughter, among other demented things.
* Played for drama toward the last chapter of the Golden Age Arc in ''[[Berserk]]'', which concludes the prologue that dives into Guts' backstory about [[How We Got Here|how he came to be]] the dark, brooding and vengeful man [[Establishing Character Moment|that he was introduced as]] in the Black Swordsman Arc. Although they were not present at the harrowing Eclipse {{spoiler|a tortuous event triggered by Griffith, his former friend, when he [[Face Heel Turn|turned to the dark side,]] ending with the sacrifice of his comrades and the rape of his lover}} Godo, Rickert, and Erica noticed the dark shift in Guts' character, which not only involved the increased blood-lust in his personality, but also his dark dress and intense scowling. Even the audience can notice a clear change in Guts' appearance just chapters apart.
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== [[Film]] ==
* Inverted in ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]'', when the Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont, known to be a ruthless, womanizing manipulator genuinely falls in love with Madame Marie de Tourvel. He is forced into the situation by Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil, and with tears in his eyes has to push away the woman he loves through cruel manipulation. She is aware that it's [[Something They Would Never Say|odd for the Vicomte to speak thus to her]], but is heartbroken nonetheless.
* In ''[[Woody Allen|Everyone Says I Love You]]'', one of the characters becomes a Republican to the great surprise (and dismay) of his family. It turns out it was because of some sort of brain problem.
** [[Unfortunate Implications|Nice...]]
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* ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' ended with a [[Not Himself]], presumably to have been the plot of the cancelled third season. "How's Annie? How's Annie? How's Annie?!"
* ''[[Star Trek]]'' has several, mostly involving Kirk and Picard.
** Data is pretty good at them, too. Usually when he's possessed by one thing or another, or something's going weird in his programming.
** Geordi LaForge gets one of these in the episode ''[[Manchurian Agent|The Mind's Eye]]''. The most disturbing thing about it being that asides from his being brainwashed and attempting to murder someone in full view, he behaves entirely and utterly ''like'' himself.
** ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' basically has three plots: (1) The Enterprise suffers engine failure leading to an hour of [[Techno Babble]], (2) The holodeck tries to kill everybody, or (3) one or more of the crew members get their minds taken over by aliens. All of the episodes in the 3rd category are examples of this trope.
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* In ''[[Babylon 5]]'', Michael Garibaldi spends most of season 4 acting strange and distancing himself from the rest of the crew. It turns out {{spoiler|his mind had been programmed to act this way by telepath Bester, who used him to infiltrate an anti-telepath conspiracy. [[More Than Mind Control|Betraying Babylon 5 and Sheridan was an unexpected bonus]]}}.
** Interestingly, it's revealed that his personality wasn't actually altered. Instead, [[Shadow Archetype|the darker aspects of his personality]] were intensified, making him even more paranoid and suspicious of authority than normal.
* ''[[News Radio]]'': Matthew punched out Bill after one of Bill's pranks went too far. Somehow, the two [[Personality Swap|switch personalities]] - Bill becomes submissive, while Matthew starts acting like the office alpha male. An accidental slap from Bill reverses the effect, and the two return to normal.
** In a later episode, Matthew suffers a mid-life crisis after turning 30 and starts acting like a '70s-era British punk.
* On an episode of ''Kojak'', Lt. Kojak appears to go corrupt, but of course in the end it's all a [[Fake Defector|big undercover operation]].
* Used to the point of exhaustion on ''[[Knight Rider]]'', where at least twice a season someone would screw with KITT or manipulate Michael for various reasons.
* ''[[Get Smart]]'': [[Genius Ditz|Maxwell Smart]] is attempting to infiltrate a KAOS group, and as such needs to dramatically burn all his bridges with CONTROL. Of course, this being ''Get Smart'', it [[Hilarity Ensues|doesn't work quite as planned]].
* Happens a lot in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. Between the Goa'uld, mind control, robots, clones, and other random behavior changes, the characters get a pretty good taste of this.
** They get pretty good at spotting it too; in fact, standard SG training involves numerous scenarios that involve teammates possibly being compromised by a Goa'uld.
* In season 5 of ''[[Lost]]'', after {{spoiler|returning to the Island}} Locke is not himself, acting more determined and secretive than ever and knowing things he can't possibly know. Because {{spoiler|he's still dead and Jacob's enemy is in his place.}}
* This happens to almost every member of Torchwood in the ''[[Torchwood]]'' episode "Adam." Especially Owen.
* This happens twice in ''[[The X-Files]]'', once in "Small Potatos" that involved a shape-shifting man, and another in "Dreamland", where Mulder switches bodies with an Area 51 worker. Both Non-Mulders try their hand at seducing Scully.
* Anytime an angel or demon appears on ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' could count as this since both angels and demons must possess a human host in order to operate on Earth. Most of the human hosts never appear onscreen without being possessed by the angel/demon, but they obviously wouldn't have their angelic/demonic powers when they're not being possessed.
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