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* 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.

* ''[[Utena]]'' after having lost a duel.

* 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.

* 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).}}

* In ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'', a compromised Vegeta calls Goku "Goku" rather than "Kakarot", thus giving himself away.

** Or refer to [http://www.superdickery.com/ here] for the condensed version.

** There's also the arc in 2000 where Lois and Clark's marriage appeared to start falling apart, with Lois accusing Clark of not caring about her because she was just a human, and of cheating on her with Wonder Woman, effectively turning the poor guy into a miserable wreck and culminating in her walking out on him. Turns out it was actually Parasite masquerading as Lois in order to simultaneously feed off of Superman's powers and destroy his spirit in a plot to kill him. The arc wound up with what looked like [[Crowning Moment of Funny|a superpowered-Lois Lane beating the snot out of Superman right in front of a flabbergasted Perry White and Jimmy Olsen]], and apparently required loads of explanations from the real Lois after everything was cleared up, especially as Parasite had been running around using Lois's know-how to steal millions of dollars.

 

 

 

== [[Film]] ==

* 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...]]

== [[Literature]] ==

* Ditzy but loyal vampire queen Betsy Taylor becomes a real bitch after reading too many pages of the [[Great Big Book of Everything|Book of the Dead]] in a row in ''Undead and Unappreciated.''

** {{spoiler|That was only the last straw. It was obvious to everyone that something was wrong when as a precaution to have fallen into the pool they suggested that Jake be tied up for 3 days in order to starve any possible Yeerks that might have infested him. The paranoid and cautious Jake would have either immediately agreed or given into peer pressure and reluctantly agreed but since that would have meant the death of the Yeerk controlling him it had him act OOC and continually and desperately try to talk them out of it, which they quickly caught onto.}}

 

 

* In ''[[Chuck]]'', the penultimate episode sees Chuck realizing that something is deeply wrong when a {{spoiler|mind-wiped Sarah gets snappish over a massage and then turns away from him in bed at night}}. He convinces himself that it's just the result of {{spoiler|her traumatic escape from Quinn}}, but he can't explain {{spoiler|what she's doing with the Intersect glasses in her bag}}.

{{quote| '''Chuck''': {{spoiler|I saw the glasses in her bag before we left. I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to believe it. But deep down I knew it was true. My wife never came home.}}}}

** Not to mention his role in the second season of ''Buffy'', after experiencing a moment of pure happiness (ie sex) with Buffy caused him to lose his soul.

** Or you could say that almost the entire runs of ''Buffy'' and ''Angel'' are Angelus being [[Not Himself]].

** 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.

** Perhaps the most famous example of this trope, though, is when Harvey takes over Crichton at the end of Season 2 and {{spoiler|forces John to kill Aeryn}}.

* ''[[Smallville]]'' has its fair share of [[Not Himself]] episodes, no thanks to Red Kryptonite and the truly absurd number of villains who have possession abilities.

* 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.

* 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 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.

* Duncan under the Dark Quickening in [[Highlander the Series]]

 

* In ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', it is said at the beginning of the game that the King's behavior changed. [[Fake King|Of course...]]

* [[Knights of the Old Republic|HK-47]] can have a Not Himself moment in the second game if the player installs a Pacifist Package into him. Needless to say, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|this genuinely scares the hell out of him]].

* Video games in general bring a unique version of this where the out of character behavior is caused by the player controlling the action either being a jerk or having a sense of humor toward the choices the game throws at him.

** ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'', in an early mission, you find a man being menaced by bad guys. You have a choice to either prioritize beating up the bad guys, or saving their victim. Choosing the former prompts the main character's best friend to ask if he's flipped his lid.

 

== [[Visual Novels]] ==

 

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Parodied by ''[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2002-05-02 Nodwick]''.

** After a trip in Zimmy's twisted mind, Jack began becoming [[Go Mad From the Revelation|more and more unstable]]. It's implied that he gets better after Zim's intervention though.

* In ''[[Fans]]'', when Alisin's incurable and deadly blood disease starts to kick in, she sets out to pull an April Shadows in order to leave her loving boyfriend less sad when she goes. {{spoiler|Despite (or perhaps because of) the best efforts of the [[Big Bad]] and the traitor, he not only figures it out but time travels to a period when the disease has been cured thanks to the FIB's efforts to save ''her'', lets a teammate trick the [[Big Bad]] into contracting the disease, and thus distracts her long enough to get some of the cure for Alisin. Everything works out- well, sort of.}}

** Turns out {{spoiler|he's ''literally'' not himself; the Panther we'd been following was the [[Evil Twin]]. The real one sets things right.}}

* In ''[[Newshounds]]'', Rochelle being ''afraid'' of danger instead of craving it was the first sign of {{spoiler|her pregnancy}}.

* In [[Alien Dice]], Lexx has one of these events later in the comic. It's rather obvious and jarring, considering his usual "nice but distant" personality.