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The transformation can often be handled by a [[Transformation Sequence]]. Issues about how the personality is split off can vary. Sometimes it's like it's just another person hiding inside their body until the right moment, other times it's a total personality shift but they'll retain the memories of being that Superpowered Alter Ego and it will still be them. Maybe some [[Fan Wank]] will occur over how much the alter ego is a separate personality at all or whether it's more of a [[Super Mode]] or [[Henshin Hero]] with a confidence boost.
When the superpowered side is evil, then it is, rather unsurprisingly, the subtrope [[Super
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* Sort of used in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' with Yukito and Yue; Yue's a magic-using [[Winged Humanoid]], while Yukito is his "false form" that (presumably) Clow created for Yue to hide in while waiting for the Final Judgment. Besides that, Yukito is a normal teenage boy who is unaware of his superpowered true form.
* [[Birdy the Mighty]], Tsutomu can't use the powers of Birdy, even though it's technically her body, but they can communicate and switch with a moment's notice (without invoking a [[Henshin Hero]]) once they've agreed they need to work together. Sometimes though, Birdy just steals him away when she needs to run off to do her work.
* The titular character(s) of [[Yu-Gi-Oh]] is/are this; upon solving the [[Ancient Artifact|Millennium Puzzle]], Yugi Moto becomes host to the soul of an ancient unnamed pharaoh, who apparently is even better than Yugi is at [[What Do You Mean
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