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* In [[Metal Gear Solid]]'s [[Strategy Guide|official mission handbook]], there is a section at the beginning of the game profiling all the major characters, complete with stats and a biography. For [[Master of Disguise|Decoy Octupus's ]] entry, it notes at the end that "The stress and combination of getting into character lead to Decoy Octopus becoming confused and [[Becoming the Mask|almost completely changing into the person he mimics]] In order to protect himself, every time he disguises himself as someone else, he asks the military for an extensive mental deprogramming afterwards." Based on the tone, it gives the impression that this sort of thing happens on a regular or reoccurring basis.

* ''[[Bastard Operator From Hell]]'' had [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/28/bofh_episode_33/ an episode] where [[Bastard Understudy|PFY]] discovered that one colleague was a Mac User -- andUser—and he seemed like a normal person. For years he'd been living a lie! So, that's the only solution. And then PFY himself turned out to be {{spoiler|an Archimedes user}} -- and—and promptly got zapped and strapped to a wheely chair by caring BOFH.

* After {{spoiler|Tim Drake was tortured and brainwashed by the Joker}} in ''[[Return of the Joker]]'', it is mentioned offhand that it took well over a year of intense therapy to make him sane again. Judging by some of his reactions, he still isn't entirely over it some 40-5040–50 years later.

* This is supposed to help victims of [[Stockholm Syndrome]] and indoctrination (such as with [[Child Soldiers]] or members of [[Cult|Cults]]s) become free from the psychological grip of their tormentors. Originally, deprogrammings tended to involve [[Nightmare Fuel|kidnapping, and confinement, as well as violence and other types of psychological abuses (including in the worst cases, rape)]], which is why many detractors of the technique would say that it is really just ''[[He Who Fights Monsters|reverse]]'' brainwashing. However, after the public got wind of those practices through various court cases (one of which involved the attempted deprogramming of a Catholic nun), and got upset, those types of deprogrammings have become less common ([http://www.religiousfreedom.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=391&Itemid=399 although still done in some countries]).