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* Team White Snow from ''Anime/IGPXImmortalGrandPrix'' use their "Puppetmaster" attack on Team Satomi. The arms of their mechs grab onto the enemy and hack into their systems. This resulted in Team Satomi unintentionally and uncontrollably attacking each other during their first encounter with White Snow.

** It's pretty much shown that the "Black Blood" in general does this (and can cause a weapon to overwhelm their meister). For example, when [[spoiler: Maka]]'s using it and acts AxCrazy, her consciousness is basically observing her and finds it embarrassing and [[spoiler: Soul]] has nightmares about absorbing her.

* The Berserker Nobodies in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' wield "[[EvilWeapon cursed hammers]]" that visibly drag them around. Sora can steal them -- or Saïx''s Claymore, during the fight against him -- with a Reaction Command, and he will be sent careening across the battlefield, hanging desperately onto the weapon while it tears through everything in its path

* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', Noel's [[GunsAkimbo Arcus Diabolus: Bolverk]] apparently does most of the fighting for her, as well as [[MindControl suppressing her emotions]] to some degree. Something of a positive example; it was helping her [[spoiler: keep her OmnicidalManiac tendencies in check]] - when she loses them in the first game, she breaks down in tears and when it happens in the second [[spoiler: (along with a little MindRape from the BigBad) she becomes [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Mu-12]].]] Averted by the time of the third game due to [[spoiler: controlling Mu and Bolvrek being broken and rebuilt.]]

* Sora's Keyblade in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' is implied to be some form of this, at least initially: one of the villains states that "the boy's power is not his own" and he uses it both for combat as well as casting magic spells.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' features a variant where Rick (a mad, amoral genius with SuperScience) injects his meek and timid grandson Morty with the "memories" of a severed arm from a warrior in your typical post-apoc MadMax parody world. Morty's arm grows large and strong enough to push Morty around on the ground and go on an absolute killing spree in the local Thunderdome parody before becoming Morty's LoyalPhlebotinum WarriorTherapist, all without saying a word. Based on the size of the arm, its previous owner must have been immense.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' has a sword called Umbra that borders on EldritchAbomination. It grants great powers to anyone who picks it up, but the wielder is inevitably driven mad by the blade, eventually taking on the name Umbra for themselves. Some of the licensed novels take this UpToEleven, where Umbra is responsible for some NightmareFuel levels of genocidal rampage. There is even some indication that it is capable of influencing ''Daedric princes''.

* RickAndMorty features a variant where Rick (a mad, amoral genius with SuperScience) injects his meek and timid grandson Morty with the "memories" of a severed arm from a warrior in your typical post-apoc MadMax parody world. Morty's arm grows large and strong enough to push Morty around on the ground and go on an absolute killing spree in the local Thunderdome parody before becoming Morty's LoyalPhlebotinum WarriorTherapist, all without saying a word. Based on the size of the arm, its previous owner must have been immense.

* Variant in ''Videogame/GuiltyGear''. Eddie, Zato-1's weaponized LivingShadow, possesses its master's dead body after he passed away before ''XX''.

* A rather ambiguous (and positive) example in the climax of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''. While fighting [[spoiler:a BrainwashedAndCrazy Ginga]] Subaru is momentarily stunned and it appears that her Intelligent Device, Mach Caliber, temporarily takes control of her body to dodge an attack, made possible by the fact that Subaru is [[spoiler: a Combat Cyborg]].

* The titular swords of Creator/TadWilliams' ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'' trilogy are [[ClingyMacguffin clingy]] {{EmpathicWeapon}}s. Due to the unique magic that went into their creation, they are practically living beings, with the ability to perceive and influence the people around them. At the height of their power, they can compel absolute obedience from their bearers.

Compare FlyingWeapon where the weapon doesn't bother to keep a human attached to one end. Subtrope of AnimateInanimateObject, EmpathicWeapon and PeoplePuppets. Contrast EquippableAlly, where you're wielded as a weapon.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' has a sword called Umbra that borders on EldritchAbomination. It grants great powers to anyone who picks it up, but the wielder is inevitably driven mad by the blade, eventually taking on the name Umbra for themselves.

* ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'': weapons created by the bloodthristy Kaimon are hard to control at best, and can tend to have their own minds.

* A rather ambiguous (and positive) example in the climax of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''. While fighting [[spoiler: a BrainwashedAndCrazy Ginga]] Subaru is momentarily stunned and it appears that her Intelligent Device, Mach Caliber, temporarily takes control of her body to dodge an attack, made possible by the fact that Subaru is [[spoiler: a Combat Cyborg]].

* In ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'', the wave energy alien Omega-Xis lives inside Geo's Transer (a watch-like device). In one scene Mega drags Geo's arm around to approach someone, while in another he used Geo's arm to smack his friend in the face.

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* Carvin' Marvin and Tremble in ''KnightsOfTheDinnerTable''. As of issue #207, Tremble has taken over Sara's character, with Brian as her minon, and the pair are planning to TakeOverTheWorld.
* The [[ZombieApocalypse Black Lantern Rings]] in ''ComicBook/BlackestNight''. "The rings are wearing the dead."

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* ''Film/RoboCop2014''. When paired off against an ED-208 in the simulator, the cyborg protagonist Murphy turns out to be several seconds slower as his reflexes are affected by human decision-making processes. Under pressure from his boss to get results, Dr Norton writes Murphy's software so that it takes over in combat situations, while signals are sent into Murphy's brain giving him the illusion of controlling events.

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* Literature/{{Discworld}} series:
** Kring from the first Discworld novel, ''Discworld/TheColourOfMagic'', was a talking sword who was not so much "empathic" as "annoying", leading at one point to Rincewind being forced to save the others because otherwise Kring would kill him.

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* BlueOysterCult's ''Black Blade'', based on the Elric saga above, is this in spades:
-->"I have this feeling that my luck is none too good
-->This sword here at my side don't act the way it should
-->Keeps calling me its master, but I feel like its slave
-->Hauling me faster and faster to an early, early grave"

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* Dies Horribly's [[ArtificialLimbs Artificial Arm]] in ''{{WebComic/Goblins}}'' can [[MorphWeapon shapeshift]] into a BladeBelowTheShoulder whenever Dies gets scared ([[LovableCoward which happens pretty often]])... or it can take complete control of his body and do the fighting for him if he's in real danger. The arm's personality is both fiercely protective of Dies (considering him to be its 'Father'), and [[CrazyJealousGuy murderously jealous]] of Dies' LoveInterest, Saves-a-Fox.

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* The red chalk from ''ChalkZone''. Unlike the normal white chalk, red chalk seems to see creators as just tools for it to wield and seeks to dominate anyone who uses it, making them do what it wants. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness It will then gladly turn on any creator who attempts to go against what it desires.]]

* A rather ambiguous example in the climax of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS''. When stunned when fighting [[spoiler: a BrainwashedAndCrazy Ginga]] Subaru is monetarily stunned and it appears that her Intelligent Device, Mach Caliber, temporarily takes control of her body to dodge an attack, made possible by the fact that Subaru is a [[spoiler: Combat Cyborg]]/

** When its wielder was fighting a dragon, the sword Dragonslayer would guide him to strike the dragon's most vulnerable spot ForMassiveDamage.

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* In ''Anime/InuYasha'', Sesshomaru takes the fangs of one of BigBad Naraku's previous incarnations to the swordsmith Kaijinbo, and commissions him to make a sword from it. He complies, but Tokijin, the resulting sword, takes over the will of anyone trying to wield it. In a display of how powerful Sesshomaru is, when he finally grips its hilt, it tries to work its mojo on him, and he {{No Sell}}s it with barely a glance.

* Derflinger in ''LightNovel/ZeroNoTsukaima'' has the ability to turn his user into a puppet when they are unconscious.

* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', Noel's [[GunsAkimbo Arcus Diabolus: Bolverk]] apparently does most of the fighting for her, as well as [[MindControl suppressing her emotions]] to some degree. Something of a positive example; it was helping her [[spoiler: keep her OmnicidalManiac tendencies in check]] - when she loses them in the first game, she breaks down in tears and when it happens in the second [[spoiler: (along with a little MindRape from the BigBad) she becomes [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Mu-12]].]] Averted by the time of the third game due to [[spoiler: controlling Mu and Bolvrek being broken and rebuilt.

* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', Noel's [[GunsAkimbo Arcus Diabolus: Bolverk]] apparently does most of the fighting for her, as well as [[MindControl suppressing her emotions]] to some degree. Something of a positive example; it was helping her [[spoiler: keep her OmnicidalManiac tendencies in check]] - when she loses them in the first game, she breaks down in tears and when it happens in the second [[spoiler: (along with a little MindRape from the BigBad) she becomes [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Mu-12]].]]

* Stormbringer, the black runeblade wielded by ElricOfMelnibone in the novels of Creator/MichaelMoorcock, was an EmpathicWeapon with a curious and sometimes hostile relationship with its owner — forcing him, on one occasion, to [[DeaderThanDead kill]] his lover after battling to rescue her.

* ''Film/{{Robocop 2014}}''. When paired off against an ED-208 in the simulator, the cyborg protagonist Murphy turns out to be several seconds slower as his reflexes are affected by human decision-making processes. Under pressure from his boss to get results, Dr Norton writes Murphy's software so that it takes over in combat situations, while signals are sent into Murphy's brain giving him the illusion of controlling events.