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* The Psychiatrist in the ''WebVideo/DrGlaucomflecken'' series gives himself therapy by [[https://youtu.be/Hn_DcPhHoU8 talking to himself in a mirror.]]

* ''Series/TheBoys'': As Homelander becomes increasingly unstable, his conversations with his reflection become two-way. The reflection seems to be the embodiment of his darkest impulses and maladaptive coping mechanisms he developed while being RaisedInALab.

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See also TheTelevisionTalksBack for a similarly unrealistic discussion.

* The Psychiatrist in the ''WebVideo/DrGlaucomflecken''series gives himself therapy by [[https://youtu.be/Hn_DcPhHoU8 talking to himself in a mirror.]]

** In the episode "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E05BloodyMary Bloody Mary]]", Jill jokingly says "Bloody Mary" three times in front of the mirror. Soon after, Jill sits in front of a mirror and the eyes in the reflection of her mirror start bleeding and the reflection says "You did it. You killed that boy."

** In the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E39NervousManInAFourDollarRoom Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room]]", a weak, cowardly gangster's reflection tries to talk him into changing his life.
** Similarly, in the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E63TheMindAndTheMatter The Mind and the Matter]]", the protagonist's reflection suggests ways for him to use his new-found mental powers.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E125TheLastNightOfAJockey The Last Night of a Jockey]]", Michael Grady's alter ego typically talks to him through his mirror. He claims to live inside his head and to be his conscience. He is not identical to Grady, as is normally the case with reflections, but is notably tidier and better dressed. The alter ego represents the better parts of Grady's nature.
* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' has a brief arc where Alan sort of stumbles into running a Ponzi scheme. When the pressure starts getting to him, he starts having conversations with his reflection, who has a much more confident and JerkAss personality. After the arc wraps up, he catches another glimpse of himself and finds out that there are a lot more personalities in there, as well.

You have MirrorMonologue, where the character is talking to his reflection.

** In "WesternAnimation/TheGoldenTouch", King Midas brags to his reflection that he will turn everything to gold, and the reflection applauds him. Later, as he realizes he's BlessedWithSuck, he asks his refection "Is the richest king in all the world to starve to death?!" The reflection turns into a golden skeleton and nods yes before making a ThroatSlittingGesture.

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBros The Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'' episode "Mario and Joliet", A Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet parody, King Koopa learns that Princess Toadstool has halted the feud (Which ''he'' started!) between the fighting families, and as a result, he can't sell them weapons anymore. His reflection tells him to just kidnap the Juliet and blame it on the Romeo, setting the families against each other again.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' story ''FanFic/{{Asylum}}'', Twilight is repeatedly confronted by a reflection of herself, who tries to [[BreakThemByTalking to mentally break her, by saying anything she can that will hurt her]], though whether this "Other Twilight" is a real being or just a hallucination, is unclear.

* Kyon in TheMovie of ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' has AChatWithSatan with himself about a subject he's wrestling with.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: During the Silver Age Priscilla Rich would find herself being mocked and belittled by her reflection, which would usually take the appearance of ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} rather than how she was currently dressed. This was not actually happening, but a visual indicator of her fractured mind. When Pris first saw Cheetah, the reflection encouraged her and told her "Don't you know me? I am the real you -- The Cheetah -- a treacherous, relentless huntress!" The caption read, "Psychologists use mirrors in this way, to discover people's real selves."

** In the episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E05BloodyMary "Bloody Mary" (S01, Ep5)]], Jill jokingly says “Bloody Mary” three times in front of the mirror. Soon after, Jill sits in front of a mirror and the eyes in the reflection of her mirror start bleeding and the reflection says “You did it. You killed that boy.”
** In the season 5 finale [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E22SwanSong "Swan Song" (S01, Ep22)]], Satan has [[DemonicPossession possessed Sam's body]] and has a conversation with Sam's otherwise buried consciousness by using Sam's body to talk into a mirror.
** The second episode of season 14 has a similar moment with Dean and the parallel universe version of Michael.

** In the episode "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous_Man_in_a_Four_Dollar_Room Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room]]". A weak, cowardly gangster's reflection tries to talk him into changing his life.
** Similarly, in the episode "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mind_and_the_Matter The Mind and the Matter]]", the protagonist's reflection suggests ways for him to use his new-found mental powers.

* Ordinarily Zoey’s power in ''Series/ZoeysExtraordinaryPlaylist'' cause her to [[TheEmpath hear others’ thoughts and feelings]] via [[SpontaneousChoreography random musical numbers]], but it turns out it can also manifest this way. She spends a morning in the first season finale hearing ''Bad Moon Rising'' from her reflection wherever it appears. [[spoiler:This turns out to be an omen of her father’s death.]]

* ''Film/TheMuppets'' has Gary and Walter sing "Man or Muppet" with their respective reflections. For this song, Gary's reflection resembles a Muppet, while Walter's resembles a human.

* In the [[VideoGameRemake DS remake]] of ''Videogame/SuperMario64'', the man in the mirror actually ''fights'' back. In the battle against King Boo (called "Big Boo" in-game), said character at first only appears in the mirror of the boss room and attacks Mario's reflection to damage him. The player has to look in the mirror to know where to punch.

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* The Wiki/SCPFoundation houses [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-919 SCP-919]], a mirror in which your reflection will not only talk to you, but hysterically beg and plead with you not to step away.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Cyborg loses to Atlas who imprisons his friends as his trophies. His reflection in the glass talks him into fighting Atlas again, the conversation switching from Cyborg's human side to his mechanical side.

* Used in [[http://garfield.com/comic/2014-09-02 this]] ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip. Garfield walks in front of a mirror when his reflection says "Stop right there!" with a demanding tone and then compliments: "You are lookin' great today!" The original Garfield says "Back atcha!".

* This is a RunningGag for ''ComicStrip/{{Ziggy}}''. To quote [[https://pin.it/qamht6egtgpkop one panel]]...

* In the ''FanFic/AlternateTailSeries'', Mira speaks to her Satan Soul Beelzea through a reflection on a glass panel.

* In ''Fanfic/NeonMetathesisEvangelion'', it is Rei instead of Shinji who pilots EVA-01 against Leliel, and who gets absorbed by the angel. Inside, a series of psychedelic visions begins by her seeing herself in a mirror - and her mirror image, wearing a school uniform while she's wearing her plugsuit, talks back. The mirror image represents Rei II.
* ''FanFic/QueenOfAllOni'': When Finn wears the Squid Khan mask, the Oni General trapped within it, Kuro, starts talking to him this way.

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* This is a RunningGag for ComicStrip/{{Ziggy}}. To quote [[https://pin.it/qamht6egtgpkop one panel]]...

--->'''Reflection''': Forgotten... or just too afraid to remember?

'''Richard''': What do you know? ''[flips mirror]''\\
'''Richard's Reflection''': Aww...

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Speechless variant: In the ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner'' cartoon "The Solid Tin Coyote," Wile E. puts a mirror on the highway and does a little hamming up with it when the reflection starts doing things independently of him.