History Main / IdentityAbsorption

Of course, taking others' personalities and memories can lead to problems -- Occasionally, Bob has a LossOfIdentity due to remembering things or behaving the same way that [[ActionGirl Alice]], [[TheChick Carol]], [[DepravedHomosexual Dave]], [[TheEveryman Eva]], [[FoolForLove Fred]], [[GentleGiant Gina]], [[TheHeart Harold]], [[InsufferableGenius Irene]], [[CourtJester Johnny]], [[KnightTemplar Kim]], [[LazyBum Leon]], [[MadBomber Melissa]], [[NotGoodWithPeople Nick]], [[OnlySaneMan Ophe]][[NonIndicativeName lia]], [[PerkyGoth Pat]], [[TheQuietOne Quinn]], [[RaisedByWolves Ronald]], [[StepfordSmiler Stella]], [[TooDumbToLive Travis]], [[TheUnfettered Ursula]], [[VampireRefugee Viktor]], [[WideEyedIdealist Winona]], [[UnwittingPawn Xavier]], [[YesMan Yolanda]], and/or [[ZombieInfectee Zack]] did, in addition to his own identity.

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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' 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.

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See also: YouWillBeAssimilated, PowerCopying, TransferableMemory, MemoryGambit and MergerOfSouls.

* At the start of VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII, [[LiteralSplitPersonality the self-aware Nobody]] [[spoiler: Roxas]] has to return to being part of TheHero [[spoiler: Sora]] and clearly feels that this will happen to him. He is seen again a couple of times, when some particularly powerful psychic influence causes him to re-emerge briefly, but [[spoiler: Roxas]] was basically correct to consider the merge to be his own death. Outside of those moments, the only trace of him that remained showed itself when [[spoiler: Sora]] [[ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy found himself crying when he said goodbye]] to [[spoiler: Roxas']] friends, who he thought he'd only just met.

Of course, taking others' personalities and memories can lead to problems- Occasionally, Bob has a LossOfIdentity due to remembering things or behaving the same way that [[ActionGirl Alice]], [[TheChick Carol]], [[DepravedHomosexual Dave]], [[TheEveryman Eva]], [[FoolForLove Fred]], [[GentleGiant Gina]], [[TheHeart Harold]], [[InsufferableGenius Irene]], [[CourtJester Johnny]], [[KnightTemplar Kim]], [[LazyBum Leon]], [[MadBomber Melissa]], [[NotGoodWithPeople Nick]], [[OnlySaneMan Ophe]][[NonIndicativeName lia]], [[PerkyGoth Pat]], [[TheQuietOne Quinn]], [[RaisedByWolves Ronald]], [[StepfordSmiler Stella]], [[TooDumbToLive Travis]], [[TheUnfettered Ursula]], [[VampireRefugee Viktor]], [[WideEyedIdealist Winona]], [[UnwittingPawn Xavier]], [[YesMan Yolanda]], and/or [[ZombieInfectee Zack]] did, in addition to his own identity.

Of course, taking others' personalities and memories can lead to problems- Occasionally, Bob has a LossOfIdentity due to remembering things or behaving the same way that [[ActionGirl Alice]], [[TheChick Carol]], [[DepravedHomosexual Dave]], [[TheEveryman Eva]], [[FoolForLove Fred]], [[GentleGiant Gina]], [[TheHeart Harold]], [[InsufferableGenius Irene]], [[TheJester Johnny]], [[KnightTemplar Kim]], [[LazyBum Leon]], [[MadBomber Melissa]], [[NotGoodWithPeople Nick]], [[OnlySaneMan Ophe]][[NonIndicativeName lia]], [[PerkyGoth Pat]], [[TheQuietOne Quinn]], [[RaisedByWolves Ronald]], [[StepfordSmiler Stella]], [[TooDumbToLive Travis]], [[TheUnfettered Ursula]], [[VampireRefugee Viktor]], [[WideEyedIdealist Winona]], [[UnwittingPawn Xavier]], [[YesMan Yolanda]], and/or [[ZombieInfectee Zack]] did, in addition to his own identity.

* ''Heores'': This happens to Sylar after Matt pushes Nathan's memories into him. For a while, he's just Nathan, and then he goes through a phase where he switches back and forth. Eventually, he is a fused personality with the memories of both.

* This is done by complete accident in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''. [[spoiler:When Sirius Dieke became deathly ill as a child, his mother coerced a mage into performing a dark magic ritual to transfer his consciousness into the body of his illegitimate half-brother Raphael Walt (with Raphael's mother being used as a HumanSacrifice in the ritual). Since Sirius was basically already dead at this point, Raphael simply gained all of his thoughts and memories but functionally remained himself, masquerading as Sirius for years to avoid being killed and eventually get revenge for his mother's murder.]]

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* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fic "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6985795/1/Xerosis Xerosis]]", Death sends Harry back in time with instructions to kill as many muggles and vampires as he can and to help him with that, Death gives him the ability to perform a kind of Dementor's Kiss that absorbs the memories, abilities and sometimes powers of the victims, killing them in the process.
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* ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'''s ComicBook/{{Rogue}} has this as her mutant power.

* The various fusion methods in ''DragonBallZ''. There's the Namekian fusion, in which one of the participants remains as the dominant personality but gains the other guy's memories, and the fusion dance and Potara earrings, both of which create a new entity that has all the memories of both participants, and a blend of their personality traits. There's also Super Buu's absorption, which also grants him traits of his victims (for example, after absorbing [[TheSmartGuy Piccolo]], he becomes far more intelligent).

* 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 FusionDance, 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...

** In season four a serial killer absorbs the happy memories of his victims which destroys their brains after a while.

* ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'''s Rogue has this as her mutant power.

See also: YouWillBeAssimilated, MegaManning, TransferableMemory, MemoryGambit and MergerOfSouls.

* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'''s Alucard keeps the memories of all those he devours.

*** Two homunculi "twins" actually have different stances on the practice too. [[spoiler: Sham could care less about each vessel, only caring about his own survival. Hilton, on the other hand, is fiercely possessive of her first vessel, Leeza. Considering that she was young enough to be raised as Leeza and considers Leeza's father (and her creator) Huey her father, maybe it makes sense. It's also implied that reverse-Identity Absorbtion is possible with them.]]

* This is one way to get rid of an alter for people who have dissociative identity disorder.

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* The various fusion methods in ''DragonBallZ''. There's the Namekian fusion, in which one of the participants remains as the dominant personality but gains the other guy's memories, and the fusion dance and Potara earrings, both of which create a new entity that has all the memories of both participants, and a blend of their personality traits. There's also Super Buu's absorption, which also grants him traits of his victims (for example, after absorbing [[TheSmartGuy Piccolo]], he becomes far more smarter).

See also: YouWillBeAssimilated, MegaManning, TransferableMemory, and MemoryGambit.

* In ''KamenRiderKabuto,'' the Worms take on the memories as well as the forms of their victims before killing them. (Not that killing them ''triggers'' this, but it is their MO.) More than one has said things to the effect that the person they mimicked would live on in them so killing the original was no loss. We even get two instances of Worms forgetting they're not the person they imitate, prompting an "are all Worms evil or can some gain humanity over time?" debate. [[spoiler: Not that Worms are inherently bad - some have been around since before the meteor that brought the bad guys, and don't go around killing people.]]

See also: YouWillBeAssimilated, MegaManning, TanksForTheMemories, and MemoryGambit

* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fic "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6985795/1/Xerosis Xerosis]], Death sends Harry back in time with instructions to kill as many muggles and vampires as he can and to help him with that, Death gives him the ability to perform a kind of Dementor's Kiss that absorbs the memories, abilities and sometimes powers of the victims, killing them in the process.

* In the ''HarryPotter'' fic "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6985795/1/Xerosis Xerosis]], Death sends Harry back in time with instructions to kill as many muggles and vampires as he can and to help him with that, Death gives him the ability to perform a kind of Dementor's Kiss that absorbs the memories, abilities and sometimes powers of the victims, killing them in the process.
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