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* In the climax of ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangers The Movie'', after the Ninjazords destroy [[ScaryScorpions Scorpitron]], one of Ivan Ooze's Ecto-Morphicons, Ivan decides to take matters into his own hands by merging with his remaining mech, Hornitor, and morphing it into his form. In this case, however, the possess-ee wasn't exactly sentient to begin with.

Compare BerserkButton and {{Brainwashed}}. This is basically MassHypnosis or FaceMonsterTurn done to one's allies instead of the enemy.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', Slade takes control of Terra via the suit she's wearing after her rematch with the Titans went poorly. It's effective at first, but then Terra manages to fight back. It doesn't end very well for him.
* [[BigBad Hawk Moth]] from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' can do this to [[VillainOfTheWeek the Akumatized villains]] he creates if they start to get distracted from their objective of capturing Ladybug and Chat Noir's [[TransformationTrinket Miraculouses]]--he inflicts pain on Pixelator in one episode and starts to take control of Evillustrator's hand in another--though he generally only does so as a last resort; more typically he keeps them on track by [[MoreThanMindControl manipulating their inner desires and negative emotions]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' Season 5; Aku finds out he has a biological daughter, [[spoiler: Ashi]]. He also finds out that since she has a bit of his essence, he can control her and turn her into the perfect minion. He eagerly exploits this to get [[spoiler: Ashi]] to fight Jack, framing it as DaddysLittleVillain defending him from the mean old samurai.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': [[spoiler:Horde Prime]] can do this to any of his clones as long as they’re connected to his HiveMind, and later demonstrates he can do it [[spoiler:to the people he’s [[MindControlDevice chipped]], and even use their powers]], allowing him to menace the heroes wherever they go without ever leaving his throne room. His arrival is signified by his minions’ blank green eyes gaining glowing white pupils.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': White Diamond, [[TheEmperor supreme ruler]] of [[TheEmpire Homeworld]], can do this to any Gem [[spoiler:except Steven, whose defensive powers are too strong]]. She has possessed her personal Pearl this way for thousands of years. In the SeriesFauxnale, she also does this to [[spoiler:Yellow and Blue Diamond, Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet, leaving Steven and Connie on their own in the final confrontation.]]

* ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'': [[spoiler:Once [[PreFinalBoss Leongar]]'s health goes below a certain threshold, [[BlobMonster Fecto Forgo]] takes control of him, giving him [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing eyes]] and [[PowersByPossession new, energy-based attacks]].]]

* ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'': During the final climb up Venture Tower, [[BigBad Prince Lacroix]] ambushes you with a cadre of [[EliteMooks SWAT guys]], one of whom he is personally possessing with his Domiate ability (he even talks to you through him before the fight just to taunt you).

* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'': After you beat the BigBad, he returns and posesses TheDragon (who'd been trying to convince the hero to leave and not to destroy the island's core), the DistressedDamsel, and the "core" of the island, for a three-on-one fight.

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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem7'': Nergal summons morphs in the form of all the hardest enemies fought previously, but with the best weapons in the game and much higher stats. It's implied that they're actually the originals whenever you kill them.

* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' has you fight recurring boss O'Chunks several times. In your penultimate fight with him, fellow QuirkyMinibossSquad member [[PsychoForHire Dimentio]] plants a leaf on his head that causes MindControl and strengthens him. Subverted in that you fight him once more later, when he's holding nothing back, and he's ''even stronger''.

* In the climax of ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangers The Movie'', after the Ninjazords destroy [ScaryScorpions Scorpitron]], one of Ivan Ooze's Ecto-Morphicons, Ivan decides to take matters into his own hands by merging with his remaining mech, Hornitor, and morphing it into his form. In this case, however, the possess-ee wasn't exactly sentient to begin with.

** The ''[[Series/RescueSentaiGoGoFive Go Go Five]]'' finale has the BigBad do this to her [[TheDragon Dragons]] for a final battle, and is killed when they are. (''Franchise/PowerRangers'' fans, you know this episode as Rise of the Super Demons. In the sentai version, "Olympius" and "Diabolico" both spoke with the voice of "Queen Bansheera" after that lightning spell thingy. If you're wondering about their bizarre death scene and the Rangers being ''way'' too happy for having just had to kill Diabolico... it's 'cause this is what was happening in the original scene.)

* Speaking of ''Franchise/PowerRangers,'' there's always Ivan Ooze taking over Hornitor in the final battle of [[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangers the movie]], although in that case the possess-ee wasn't exactly sentient to begin with. After the Ninjazords destroy [[ScaryScorpions Scorpitron]], one of Ooze's two mechs, he merges with the remaining one.

** Using your possession spell to directly control a minion, that minion is faster, stronger, tougher, can ignore bodily needs almost indefinitely, can deliberately dodge attacks, and can fight intelligently for a change. You ''are'' the Villain Override.
** In the second game, certain creatures also got unique abilities while you possessed them (such as the rogue's camouflage, or the giant's dwarf tossing) and enabled you to disable traps and unlock doors. This last one turned out to be such a GameBreaker that it was disabled in a later patch.