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* Several times in ''[[Bionicle]]''. Most of the 2005 storyline revolves around The Toa Hordika wrestling with their [[Beast Man]] nature. Also, Lewa had to do this during the time he was possessed by a [[Face Hugger|Krana]].
* Inverted in ''[[X Men First Class (Film)|X Men First Class]]'', when Professor X tells Henry [[Mc Coy]] to "set the beast free." Here, the "Beast" was portrayed as natural instinct, rather than evil.
* Characters who have a [[Super -Powered Evil Side]] that doesn't come out right away tend to have this kind of scene at least once, and may have them all the time.
** Bruce Banner is usually lucid enough before he turns into [[The Hulk]] to tell innocent people to get away and try to quell his anger before it's too late. On a very good day, he might succeed, only to be set off by an even bigger event.
** Doctor Curt Connors of [[Spider Man]], being another character influenced by [[Tragic Monster|Tragic Movie Monsters]], has lots of scenes as he's turning into the Lizard.
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* Pulled off quite nicely by Doctor Doom in ''[[Marvel Zombies]]''. Doctor Doom, out of literally everyone in the marvel universe, is the only one who can remain himself permanently while infected through ''[[Heroic Willpower|sheer willpower alone]]''.
* In the worgen starting zone in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', you're sent to talk to this one guy and he growls at you to stay away, then loses control and attacks you, at which point a teammate of your comes in and shoots him. You shrug off the resulting wound as [[Zombie Infectee|'probably nothing']], and say nothing about it even when it starts festering and you're feeling quite ill.
* In the manga ''[[Claymore]]'', the warriors can gain immense power by tapping into their [[Super -Powered Evil Side]], but need to resist its temptations or go to deep in and become a monster themselves. {{spoiler|Those who manage to pull themselves back from the very brink of going to the dark side and "Awakening" gain a boost in power and can tap their power more freely than the others.}}
* In [[Real Life]], some [[Serial Killers]] have tried to get themselves arrested or institutionalized as a way of stopping themselves from murdering people. Sometimes it works. Other times...
* [[Forever Knight]] used this a lot, with Nick trying to resist losing control of himself and killing someone.
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