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Identical twins on TV often experience this, as with ''The Corsican Brothers'' of literature. It's also common with the [[Enemy Without]].
Frequently goes hand-in-hand with a [[Psychic Link]], because [[Your Mind Makes It Real]]. Compare [[My Significance Sense Is Tingling]]. Often [[Power Perversion Potential|exploited]] for [[Dirty Mind Reading|very]] [[Fetish Fuel|interesting]] [[Rule
If the link can ensure the death of a participant but doesn't otherwise transmit pain or other feelings, then it isn't a Synchonization but a case of [[Can't Live Without You]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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** In ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'', Jogress Evolution (DNA Digivolution in the dub) was achieved (three times) when two of the human characters synched emotionally with each other, merging two Adult/Champion Digimon into a single Perfect/Ultimate. At least one of the three examples came along with a synchronized ''heartbeat'' from the two characters in question.
* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' featured twin brothers Amiboshi and Suboshi, who felt everything that happened to the other, a la ''The Corsican Brothers''. Also, for a while, Yui was synchronized to Miaka, so that (for instance) when the latter was drowning, the former couldn't breathe.
* At one point in ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'', Van became synchronized to Escaflowne. While this allowed him to win the battle in that episode, it also resulted in him taking serious injuries, and the only way to treat them was to get Escaflowne fixed (with poor Van screaming and [[Heroic BSOD|BSODing]] in pain as it's done, since fixing Escaflowne is almost like fixing any machine, only more complex and taking the mental/physical link in consideration. And considering that Escaflowne [[Paint It Black|turned black]] when it happened, synchronization could also count as a [[Super
* In many ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' battles, the duelists seem to be physically weakened by the carnage going on in the card game. In many cases there is some sort of supernatural explanation for this, but it sometimes happens even when no supernatural forces are at play. There is some sort of weak implication that the realism of the holographic systems used causes a stress response in dedicated players -- in one early duel, Yugi's grandfather Sugoroku actually has a heart attack when he loses. Kaiba certainly seems to believe that using his own advanced holographic systems gives him an edge, as his opponents are overwhelmed by the realism of the simulation.
** Yami and Yuugi could arguably be this as well, what with the whole [[Sharing a Body|two-souls-sharing-one-body]] business; they're usually in tune with each other's emotions, thoughts and, shown at least once, feel each other's pain. Not to mention that it has been implied that if one of them is killed, the other will die as well.
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** It's more clearly the case for the people trapped into piloting the enemy Dolems. Ayato himself doesn't quite get this through his head until it's too late, though.
* Mai and the demons in ''[[Kanon]]''.
* The Stands in ''[[Jo
** It is only because of this synchronization that Jotaro is able to defeat [[Big Bad]] Dio Brando; {{spoiler|during their last battle, Jotaro strikes Dio's Stand in a place where Dio himself had been injured, and as a result, Dio's body practically shatters.}}
* An Otome's Master feels everything his or her Otome does in ''[[Mai-Otome]]''. This was done because in addition to being a prettified bodyguard, an Otome is a [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]]. A Master whose life is on the line as well is theoretically less likely to engage in war. Likewise, a Master/Slave Unit in the same series.
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* In ''[[Ronin Warriors (Anime)|Ronin Warriors]]'' (''Yoroiden Samurai Troopers''), the first Dynasty Warrior that Ryo fights causes this effect between himself and Mia (Nasuti) and Yulie (Jun), so if he gets injured, they suffer all of the pain. Ryo eventually defeats him by using his armor's power. (Though how this didn't kill them is not explained.)
* Piccolo and Kami in ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]''. If either one dies, the dragon balls are rendered useless.
* In [[The Anime of the Game]] for ''[[Persona 4]]'', [[Astral Projection|Personas]] act more like [[Jo
* Meldy from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' links Gray and Juvia together so she only needs to kill one to kill the other. Despite being burdened by experiencing each other's injuries, the two are too tough for Meldy to defeat, so she resorts to linking ''herself'' to them, [[Taking You With Me|then attempting suicide]]. {{spoiler|Meldy is stopped because the link allows the targets to feel each other's emotions, and [[The Power of Love|Juvia's feelings for Gray overwhelm her]].}}
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* In the first two Heisei era ''Gamera'' movies, a [[Applied Phlebotinum|bead salvaged from ancient Mu]] psychically bonds a girl named Asagi to the title monster, resulting in her sharing proportional injuries when Gamera is wounded. This bond is broken at the end of the second movie, though in the third the ''enemy'' monster Irys gets [[Evil Counterpart|its own psychic partner]].
* In ''[[Dragonheart]]'', a dragon can bestow part of its heart on a person, making him immortal -- so long as the dragon lives.
* The [[So Bad
* [[Big Bad]] Prince Nuada and his sister Princess Nuala suffer from this in ''[[Hellboy II]]: The Golden Army''. This ends in {{spoiler|Nuala performing a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] by killing herself in order to stop her brother's plans}}.
* Played for comedy in Stephen Chow's ''Royal Tramp''. When Stephen finds out they're synchronized, he insists on "testing" them, taking one behind a curtain and leaving the viewer to figure out what he's doing by the reactions of the other one.
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