History Main / ADarkerMe

* Music/{{Eminem}}'s "Slim Shady" AlterEgo, a violent sadist who frequently engages in ComedicSociopathy. On "The Real Slim Shady", he describes himself/Shady as, basically, a Darker Me for his fans as a whole, the guy who says and does all the awful things that they dream of but are too afraid to actually do for fear of the consequences.

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** Same goes for Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses crew. Doug, Noah, Lewis and Lindsay are all much nicer and much more well-adjusted compared to WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]], [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, respectively.

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* Cloud in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', new to a big city and shed of all his prior identity, spends the first few hours of the game acting like a rude, aloof, cooler-than-cool, violent asshole - something that's even an act ''within'' the context of his [[TheMentallyDisturbed delusions]]. Later we find out that he thinks of his real personality as weak and boring, even though what we see of it is quite friendly and sweet (if awkward and self-flagellating).

* Many internet {{troll}}s. Do not get us started on [[Website/FourChan Anon]], [[SomethingAwful SA Goons]], and various others.

** Perdita is this to Agnes Nitt in ''Maskerade'' and later books. [[Discworld/LordsAndLadies Originally]] just a silly AwesomeMcCoolname she adopted, she turns into a full-formed split personality by ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum''.

* Lan, who is a fairly normal girl in real life in ''Literature/HalfPrince'' is infamous in the game world for being a bloodthirsty maniac.

* In ''ComicBook/AVoiceInTheDark'', when Zoey goes to a costume party dressed as Cleopatra she deliberately makes herself unrecognizable so she can observe the party without being recognized. She acts different as well, flirting with boys, makng small-talk, and dancing. This is all in stark contrast to her normal reserved nature.

** [spoiler: That said, a couple of the PKers end up becoming murderers IN real life. Turns out, they weren't just GIFTS after all...]]

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' has a group of players of the eponymous {{MMORPG}} that go around killing other players. What makes this a lot worse is that all of the players are [[WinToExit stuck in the game until they beat it]] or die, which would [[KilledOffForReal kill them in real life]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Kirito remarks that online players [[{{GIFT}} act very different]] from how they would in real life.

* Harry Dresden from ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has had several chats with his subconscious. They tend to be surprisingly civil conversations.

* Harry Dresden from ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' once had a chat with his subconscious. It was a surprisingly civil conversation.

* Several Doctors in ''Series/DoctorWho'' incorporate the actor's personality into the basic personality of the Doctor, but with the quirks exaggerated heavily and generally darker and more dramatic. A few which heavily incorporate this are the Third, Eleventh and Twelfth, although the Fourth is probably the most extreme example. Creator/TomBaker heavily identified himself with the character - and sometimes definitely [[LostInCharacter overidentified with him]] - and insisted on playing the Doctor as an exaggeration of his own personality and little else, to the point where a common fan detraction of the Fourth Doctor from people who dislike the character is that quite often Tom Baker is not even bothering to act, relying entirely on his own natural force of personality to sell the performance. When appearing as 'himself', Baker usually adopts a very similar personality to the Doctor's - in some cases close enough that it's even ambiguous whether he's appearing as the Doctor or not (see the "Shada" reconstruction, where the character he played even became something of a CanonImmigrant Doctor later) - although he will occasionally appear with a more toned-down persona that is presumably a lot closer to his real self.

* On ''{{Caprica}}'', New Cap City is a virtual environment built around this concept along with VideoGameCrueltyPotential, where the whole point of the game is to have fun without getting killed by someone else's idea of fun. Everyone gets access to the guns, drugs, cash, and sex they could want, and the only major consequence being that if you're too slow, you die and can never return.

* Many internet {{troll}}s. Do not get us started on [[FourChan Anon]], [[SomethingAwful SA Goons]], and various others.

* ''Anime/SwordArtOnline'' has a group of players of the eponymous {{MMORPG}} that go around killing other players. What makes this a lot worse is that all of the players are [[WinToExit stuck in the game until they beat it]] or die, which would [[KilledOffForReal kill them in real life.]] {{Lampshaded}} when Kirito remarks that online players [[{{GIFT}} act very different]] from how they would in real life.

* James Rolfe, WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, is a similar example to Maddox. A lot of people fail to realize that the AVGN is just a character and [[MeanCharacterNiceActor Rolfe is actually a normal, pleasant person.]]

* Lan, who is a fairly normal girl in real life in ''Literature/HalfPrince'' is infamous in the game world for being a bloody thirsty maniac.

You, only [[DarkerAndEdgier cooler, edgier, and often ruder]]. A Darker Me is generally the person you would be if you weren't the more cautious, inhibited and [[TheLoserIsYou boring]] person you actually are. Most online personas include at least a little bit of A Darker Me, and some, most notably the {{Troll}}, include a lot of it. A Darker Me is like the {{GIFT}} in that it allows people to say things they would never say in real life, but is not limited to profane or offensive statements.

You, only [[DarkerAndEdgier cooler, edgier, and often ruder]]. A Darker Me is generally the person you would be if you weren't the more cautious, inhibited and [[YouSuck boring]] person you actually are. Most online personas include at least a little bit of A Darker Me, and some, most notably the {{Troll}}, include a lot of it. A Darker Me is like the {{GIFT}} in that it allows people to say things they would never say in real life, but is not limited to profane or offensive statements.

You, only [[DarkerAndEdgier cooler, edgier, and often ruder]]. ADarkerMe is generally the person you would be if you weren't the more cautious, inhibited and [[YouSuck boring]] person you actually are. Most online personas include at least a little bit of ADarkerMe, and some, most notably the {{Troll}}, include a lot of it. ADarkerMe is like the {{GIFT}} in that it allows people to say things they would never say in real life, but is not limited to profane or offensive statements.

ADarkerMe is one of the main appeals of the Internet in that it allows users to leave behind their normal fears and speak their minds. Most posters eventually learn that too much ADarkerMe by those involved derails even the most steadfast discussions and begin to revert to their mundane selves, in action, if not persona.

It should be noted that ADarkerMe is not limited to the Internet, as most people do the same thing when they are talking to strangers -- albeit generally to a lesser extent, since the stranger can still punch them in the face if they go too far.