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{{quote|''"All they know is how to hurt and destroy and kill. Admirable when you need someone hurt, destroyed or killed, but what about the times when you just want them to sit down and shut up? Oh, FORGET that."''
|'''Dark General Cobalt''', ''[[Sailor Nothing]]'', about the problems with working with Yamiko}}
'''The Heartless'' are different from the average [[Monster of the Week]] in that they're basically born out of people's negative emotions, like a poltergeist. They can be a special case of the [[Body Horror]], but can also be a part of the victims [[Anatomy of the Soul|Soul Anatomy]] that has been [[Enemy Without|separated from them]], and [[Living Memory|may not]] [[Intangible Man|have a physical body at all]]. This is convenient for the right villain, since it can be an unlimited resource; the [[Victim of the Week]] always seems loaded with problems and angst for The Heartless to feed on. It can also have a [[Viral Transformation|self-propagating]] "[[The Virus|zombie]]" effect.
The trouble for the heroes is these are difficult to get rid of, especially if The Heartless still display an awareness of the world (usually, as a ruse of the [[Enigmatic Minion]]). If an established character becomes one of The Heartless, they may act as if they had undergone a [[Face Heel Turn]].
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== [[Trope Namer]] ==
* The ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' videogames have the Heartless, which fit the definition of this trope. However, they were described as starting out as decidedly less destructive before the series' [[Big Bad]], Xehanort, started his experiments on them.
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