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Bob's got the power to perform a [[Fusion Dance]] with other people, with or without their consent. When he does, he takes from them their personality and memories. Whether or not the people [[Sharing a Body|live on inside his own mind]] varies from work to work. Generally speaking, this sort of thing kills the absorbee, although exceptions exist.
Of course, taking others' personalities and memories can lead to problems- Occasionally, Bob has a [[Loss of Identity]] due to remembering things or behaving the same way that [[Action Girl|Alice]], [[The Chick|Carol]], [[Depraved Homosexual|Dave]], [[The Everyman|Eva]], [[Fool for Love|Fred]], [[Gentle Giant|Gina]], [[The Heart|Harold]], [[Insufferable Genius|Irene]], [[The Jester|Johnny]], [[Knight Templar|Kim]], [[Lazy Bum|Leon]], [[Mad Bomber|Melissa]], [[Not Good
Compare [[Mental Fusion]], where both [[Alice and Bob]] are still alive, but a mental link is formed between them.
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See also: [[You Will Be Assimilated]], [[Mega Manning]], [[Tanks for The Memories]], and [[Memory Gambit]]
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* In ''[[
** The novels later give us {{spoiler|a number of homunculi that can assimilate anyone who drinks their "water" into an ever-growing hive-mind.}}
* In ''[[
* A dark spell mastered by the evil wizard, Fistandantilus, in the ''[[Dragonlance]]'' series, allowed him to absorb the youth and vitality of another - thus granting himself quasi-immortality. When Raistlin tricks him and turns the spell back at him, seeking to thus absorb his knowledge and power, the result seems to be something of a [[Fusion Dance]], and when the smoke clears... it's somewhat unclear who actually WON. Raistlin is personally certain that he is, in fact, Raistlin, but when he later runs into the All-Seeing Historian Astinus, he refers to him as Fistandantilus, claiming to have carefully recorded the battle AND the outcome. Assuming he is right, Fistandantilus actually did manage to absorb Raistlin's spirit, but was overpowered by his mental strength and unbreakable personality, ultimately becoming subsumed...
* The ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' franchise, from which ''Baccano'' took the idea of immortals killing each other for memories, personality traits, and power.
* In ''[[Star Trek:
** The Borg do something like this, in particular with Picard in "Best of Both Worlds", but the victim is generally subsumed by the sheer number of existing drones and the willpower of the Borg Queen herself.
* Alex Mercer in ''[[Prototype (
* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' has the AIs personalities that do this, though technically they were a whole personality to begin with. They form together, absorbed into the Epsilon fragment's mind.
* ''[[X
** Multiple Man is capable of doing this to his duplicates, should they go off and live their lives away from him.
* The ''[[Superman]]'' villain Parasite has this. Usually it's a temporary awareness of their memories, but on one occasion he absorbed a scientist and found himself [[Sharing a Body]] with them as "Doc Parasite".
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