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Can occur with characters who have been [[WhatHaveIBecome transformed]] or feel like they're being forced to become something they're not. If it's the transformed variant, sometimes the reflection will [[TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf show their original form instead of their current form]]. Also sometimes used by characters who are either ugly and suffering because of it, or made a decision that they regret and are angry at themselves about it. Could also be used by a character who has [[CallingTheOldManOut unresolved parental issues]] and can't stand the resemblance reminding them of that relationship. Contrast DistractedByMyOwnSexy where characters like looking at themselves, and for an extreme case see HouseOfBrokenMirrors.

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Can occur with characters who have been [[WhatHaveIBecome transformed]] (whether [[BemoaningTheNewBody physically]] or otherwise) or feel like they're being forced to become something they're not. If it's the transformed variant, sometimes the reflection will [[TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf show their original form instead of their current form]]. Also sometimes used by characters who are either ugly and suffering because of it, or made a decision that they regret and are angry at themselves about it. Could also be used by a character who has [[CallingTheOldManOut unresolved parental issues]] and can't stand the resemblance reminding them of that relationship. Contrast DistractedByMyOwnSexy where characters like looking at themselves, and for an extreme case see HouseOfBrokenMirrors.
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* In ''Film/TheCrow'', Eric Draven smashes the vanity mirror before applying the trademark makeup of the titular avenger, suggesting a severance with his past self in order to avenge the murder of himself and his fiancée.

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* In ''Film/TheCrow'', ''Film/TheCrow1994'', Eric Draven smashes the vanity mirror before applying the trademark makeup of the titular avenger, suggesting a severance with his past self in order to avenge the murder of himself and his fiancée.

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