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* ''Webcomic/WorkSucks'': In [[https://www.worksuckscomic.com/bonuscomics.php?comic=lsmimic one bonus comic]], a Mimic devours a hapless passerby, taking on his form (Albeit [[PaperThinDisguise bloated and eyeless]]) to try and catch more prey. After being whisked away to his meal's birthday party, he realized the person he ate was a husband two weeks from honeymoon, working on a cure to a disease, a best-selling author, and a good samaritan loved by everybody. The mimic eventually starts to feel too ashamed to continue masquerading, and forcibly ejects from the host body.
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E23IBorg "I Borg"]], the ''Enterprise'' crew consider using "Hugh", a captured Borg drone, as a TyphoidMary for a cyberweapon to destroy the Borg Collective. They instead send him back without it, hoping that the sense of individuality he gained from interacting with them will defeat the Borg non-violently. [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent "Descent"]] reveals that the individuality infected the Borg cube that took him aboard, whereupon the main Borg Collective ejected them from it in self-defense.

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** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E23IBorg "I Borg"]], the ''Enterprise'' crew consider using "Hugh", a captured Borg drone, as a TyphoidMary for a cyberweapon to destroy the Borg Collective. They instead send him back without it, hoping that the sense of individuality he gained from interacting with them will defeat the Borg non-violently. [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent "Descent"]] reveals that the individuality infected the Borg cube Cube that took him aboard, whereupon the main Borg Collective ejected them from it in self-defense.



*** In the series finale, "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E23Endgame Endgame]]", [[FutureBadass Admiral Janeway]] infects herself with a bioweapon before meeting the Borg Queen. When the Queen assimilates her, it infects that entire collective.
*** Icheb from "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E19ChildsPlay Child's Play]]" was also intended to be one of these, but it ended up only disabling the ship that assimilated him. The collective immediately severed the ship from the hive mind and declared it not worth assisting.
*** [[YouAreNumberSix Species 6339]], from [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E7InfiniteRegress Infinite Regress]], tried the same thing, and sent 13 of their number to be assimilated so that they could infect the Borg with the pathogen. Just like with Icheb, it didn't spread beyond a single ship.

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*** In the series finale, "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E23Endgame Endgame]]", [[FutureBadass Admiral Janeway]] infects herself with a bioweapon before meeting the Borg Queen. When the Queen assimilates her, it infects that the entire collective.
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*** Icheb from "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E19ChildsPlay Child's Play]]" was also intended to be one of these, but it ended up only disabling the ship that assimilated him. The collective Collective immediately severed the ship from the hive mind and declared it not worth assisting.
*** [[YouAreNumberSix Species 6339]], from [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E7InfiniteRegress Infinite Regress]], "Infinite Regress"]], tried the same thing, and sent 13 thirteen of their number to be assimilated so that they could infect the Borg with the pathogen. Just like with Icheb, it didn't spread beyond a single ship.
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*** The series eventually {{lampshade|Hanging}}d the Kazons' TooDumbToLive tendencies by having Seven of Nine remark that assimilating them would weaken the Borg Collective. This makes them the only known species the Borg simply refused to assimilate.

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*** The series eventually {{lampshade|Hanging}}d the Kazons' TooDumbToLive tendencies by having Seven of Nine remark to Neelix that they were left alone because assimilating them would weaken the Borg Collective. This makes them the only known species the Borg simply refused to assimilate.
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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen "The Tomb of the Cybermen"]]: Toberman is able to maintain enough self-control in spite of the conversion process to turn on the Cyber-Controller, giving him a chance to pull off a HeroicSacrifice and save the day.

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** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen "The ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen"]]: Cybermen]]'': Toberman is able to maintain enough self-control in spite of the conversion process to turn on the Cyber-Controller, giving him a chance to pull off a HeroicSacrifice and save the day.

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