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* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fic "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/53411191/ A Shard Made Whole]]" features Ginny having been influenced by the essence of the horcrux that possessed her in her first year, leaving her with some traits of Tom Riddle such as his ambition, knowledge and lust for power. While she is clearly a distinct person from Tom Riddle, such as still loving Harry where Riddle would have obviously sought his death, this idea is all but explicitly stated when she informs other to call her Ginerva rather than Ginny, reflecting her darker personality compared to her younger self.
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* ''Fanfic/ARavenUnderTheStarlight'': [[WesternAnimation/StormHawks Cyclonis]] eventually reaches the point of shedding her old identity as the latest link in the Cyclonian royal line entirely.
-->Master Cyclonis was no more. Now, she was just Cyclonis, to those she trusted with her name.
-->Master Cyclonis was no more. Now, she was just Cyclonis, to those she trusted with her name.
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* A variation of this occurs in ''Fanfic/DekuInClass1B. Tensei believing that Iida is feeling overwhelmed by the pressure of inheriting his hero name decides that the hero, Ingenium, is dead for good after he is permanently cripplied by the Hero Killer: Stain and tells Iida that he is now free to be his own hero.
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* A variation of this occurs in ''Fanfic/DekuInClass1B.''Fanfic/DekuInClass1B''. Tensei believing that Iida is feeling overwhelmed by the pressure of inheriting his hero name decides that the hero, Ingenium, is dead for good after he is permanently cripplied by the Hero Killer: Stain and tells Iida that he is now free to be his own hero.
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* In ''FanFic/PurpleDays'', after Joffrey recovers from a particularly nasty bout of PTSD, he finds his sister Myrcella staring at him. The inquisitive princess asks him if he's a [[MurderInc Faceless Man]], showing she's paid attention to his mannerisms and actions, none of which line up with the Joffrey she remembers. For a moment, he struggles, but in the end he's unable to stop himself from talking extensively about his journey and the things he's seen, collapsing as he admits the Joffrey Myrcella remembers died countless years ago. A moment later, Myrcella embraces him, saying she's thankful old Joffrey is gone. Pausing as he digests this, he admits he is thankful as well.
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* In ''FanFic/PurpleDays'', after Joffrey recovers from a particularly nasty bout of PTSD, he finds his sister Myrcella staring at him. The inquisitive princess asks him if he's a [[MurderInc Faceless Man]], showing she's paid attention to his mannerisms and actions, none of which line up with the Joffrey she remembers. For a moment, he struggles, but in the end he's unable to stop himself from talking extensively about his journey and the things he's seen, collapsing as he admits the Joffrey that Myrcella remembers died countless years ago. A moment later, Myrcella embraces him, saying she's thankful old Joffrey is gone. Pausing as he digests this, he admits he is thankful as well.
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* ''Fanfic/TheReapingOfHatsuneMiku'': Chiyuki Shiie was a girl with a synthesizer and a dead eye. Then she got her limbs destroyed and ended up in [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou the Reaper's Game]], where her "entry fee" was [[RetGone the memories of her from any of the living]]. [[BreakTheCutie When that fee becomes lost forever, and the only friend she made among the Reapers gets erased]], she joins the Reapers under the name ''Calne Ca''.
-->"Chiyuki Shiie is dead. Her memory has been burned from the records of this world, and no one will hear her lament. You cannot welcome her, for she does not stand before you. From this day forth, my name is Calne Ca."
-->"Chiyuki Shiie is dead. Her memory has been burned from the records of this world, and no one will hear her lament. You cannot welcome her, for she does not stand before you. From this day forth, my name is Calne Ca."
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* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse fic ''[[Fanfic/BecauseIKnewYou Multiverse of Madness: The Clea Cut]]'' features a complex version of this when circumstances send Peter Parker, Stephen Strange and America Chavez to Earth-717, where the post-Snap Avengers include a version of the Vision who was reactivated after the destruction of the Mind Stone. Lacking any ability to feel emotion, this version of the Vision encouraged the Wanda of Earth-717 to move on to Peter Parker, but when 616-Wanda dreamwalks into her 717-counterpart, the Vision admits that even though he encouraged "his" Wanda to move on because he couldn't feel anything for her in his current state, there was enough of the old Vision left in him that he wanted her to be happy, and he often watches recordings of their past time together to try and remind himself of what he felt back then.
* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12390583/16/Black-Blooded-Orphans Black Blooded Orphans]], when Lelouch reveals his identity as Zero during the opening of the SAZ, Cornelia denies this and sees Zero as a ghost of her dead half-brother.
* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12390583/16/Black-Blooded-Orphans Black Blooded Orphans]], when Lelouch reveals his identity as Zero during the opening of the SAZ, Cornelia denies this and sees Zero as a ghost of her dead half-brother.
* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', this is [[ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} Peter Wisdom's]] attitude towards his former identity of [[spoiler: [[Literature/HarryPotter Regulus Black]]]], stating in Chapter 72 of the first book that "he died thirteen years ago - everything after that is a bonus."
* After being revived in ''Fanfic/CoincidenceAndMisunderstandings'', [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Terra]] insists on being called Persephone, having lost all her memories from before she'd been turned to stone. Notably, Beast Boy tries and fails to rekindle their relationship, because she just isn't the girl he used to know.
* After being revived in ''Fanfic/CoincidenceAndMisunderstandings'', [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Terra]] insists on being called Persephone, having lost all her memories from before she'd been turned to stone. Notably, Beast Boy tries and fails to rekindle their relationship, because she just isn't the girl he used to know.
* Multiple times throughout ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11581541/5/Entropy Entropy]]'', [[LegacyCharacter Zero]] refers to [[Anime/CodeGeass Suzaku]] as a separate entity, such as stating he'd been a fool and died a fool.
** Likewise, after finding he's become immortal, Lelouch states that Lelouch vi Britannia is dead and takes up the name L.L.
* ''FanFic/TheFlashSentryChronicles'': [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], after Flash learns that is real name is Flash Relic he chooses to keep going by the name Flash Sentry since that is who he is now and he still doesn't know everything about his past.
-->'''Flash:''' I think I'd prefer to remain Flash Sentry, I'm pretty sure that's who I am today, not Flash Relic. After all, I was just looking for answers to who I was, but I still don't have them. Until then...I think Flash Relic will stay there, lost to that fire all those years ago.
** Played Straight when [[spoiler:Flash yells at his birth parents, Trail Blazer and Misty Veil, to not call him Flash Relic, saying Flash Relic died when the orphanage they left him at burned down]].
** Likewise, after finding he's become immortal, Lelouch states that Lelouch vi Britannia is dead and takes up the name L.L.
* ''FanFic/TheFlashSentryChronicles'': [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], after Flash learns that is real name is Flash Relic he chooses to keep going by the name Flash Sentry since that is who he is now and he still doesn't know everything about his past.
-->'''Flash:''' I think I'd prefer to remain Flash Sentry, I'm pretty sure that's who I am today, not Flash Relic. After all, I was just looking for answers to who I was, but I still don't have them. Until then...I think Flash Relic will stay there, lost to that fire all those years ago.
** Played Straight when [[spoiler:Flash yells at his birth parents, Trail Blazer and Misty Veil, to not call him Flash Relic, saying Flash Relic died when the orphanage they left him at burned down]].
* Poison Ivy from ''Fanfic/GreensMyFavoriteColor'' rejects her old life as Pamela Isley and [[DoNotCallMePaul rejects her old name]].
* Invoked in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' fic "[[http://www.stargate-horizons.com/pandoras_box_index.html Guarding Pandora's Box]]", which looks at the aftermath of Daniel's vision in "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E17AbsolutePower Absolute Power]]". Reading Daniel's report about what he became while under the influence of the Goa'uld knowledge, Hammond and Jacob each agree that trying to get any of the genetic knowledge from Daniel's memory of the dream would ultimately risk destroying Daniel's identity if the rest of the knowledge took over his mind, which is not a price they consider worth paying. As Hammond explicitly states;
-->"It would be utterly unconscionable to force Doctor Jackson to submit to something that could result in the loss of who he is as a person."
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11191235/88/Harry-Potter-and-the-Prince-of-Slytherin Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin]]'':
-->'''Fenrir:''' Don't call me Bob. I am Fenrir Greyback.\\
'''Pettigrew:''' You're Bob Greyson, the Muggleborn son of a reputable though now-deceased Muggle bank officer from Leeds. And a Ravenclaw to boot!\\
'''Fenrir:''' That was before. Bob Greyson was my ''human'' name.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1488855/1/Harry-Potter-Retribution Harry Potter: Retribution]]'':
-->'''Dumbledore:''' Harry, don't do anything foolish.\\
'''Harry:''' I'm sorry, you must have me confused with someone else. You see, the Harry Potter you knew and actually cared what you thought of him no longer exists. You killed that man the day you and the rest of my so called friends and family betrayed him.
* Invoked in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' fic "[[http://www.stargate-horizons.com/pandoras_box_index.html Guarding Pandora's Box]]", which looks at the aftermath of Daniel's vision in "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E17AbsolutePower Absolute Power]]". Reading Daniel's report about what he became while under the influence of the Goa'uld knowledge, Hammond and Jacob each agree that trying to get any of the genetic knowledge from Daniel's memory of the dream would ultimately risk destroying Daniel's identity if the rest of the knowledge took over his mind, which is not a price they consider worth paying. As Hammond explicitly states;
-->"It would be utterly unconscionable to force Doctor Jackson to submit to something that could result in the loss of who he is as a person."
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11191235/88/Harry-Potter-and-the-Prince-of-Slytherin Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin]]'':
-->'''Fenrir:''' Don't call me Bob. I am Fenrir Greyback.\\
'''Pettigrew:''' You're Bob Greyson, the Muggleborn son of a reputable though now-deceased Muggle bank officer from Leeds. And a Ravenclaw to boot!\\
'''Fenrir:''' That was before. Bob Greyson was my ''human'' name.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1488855/1/Harry-Potter-Retribution Harry Potter: Retribution]]'':
-->'''Dumbledore:''' Harry, don't do anything foolish.\\
'''Harry:''' I'm sorry, you must have me confused with someone else. You see, the Harry Potter you knew and actually cared what you thought of him no longer exists. You killed that man the day you and the rest of my so called friends and family betrayed him.
* When Reverser tries to get Chat Noir to reveal his SecretIdentity in ''Fanfic/HawkmothGetsAReference'' with their TruthSerum power, Chat answers that his old self before getting the Black Cat Miraculous was a hollow shell without any aspiration or sense of self, and the moment he got the ring his old self easily died off. It's now less who is Chat Noir-s SecretIdentity and more [[SecretIdentityIdentity who is Chat Noir's masks]].
* The premise of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12505873/1/In-a-Name In a Name]]'' is that [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand after fifty years in the future]], WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack forgot his birth name. Even when he's reminded, he feels like it's the name of someone he barely knows and hasn't seen in a long time. During a talk over the matter with his father, Jack is told that his name doesn't change who he is and Jack will still be his son regardless of his name. After some thinking, Jack decides to remain Samurai Jack so as to remember his friends from the future who knew him by that name.
* After over a decade of being known only as Spare in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12321442/1/Innocence-Lost Innocence Lost]]'', Harry Potter returns years after having apparently died on a mission and insists that "Spare died on that mission. I got better."
* After Lelouch knights her in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13381891/1/Kallen-s-redemption-in-classic-three-act-structure Kallen's Redemption in Classic Three Act Structure]]'', Kallen declares "Kallen Kozuki" dead.
-->'''Kallen:''' Here lies Kallen Kozuki, she fought against all foes with equal bravery and sacrificed her life to create a tomorrow for mankind.
* ''Fanfic/LeCommencementDuDiableBlanc'': Remy [=LeBeau=] is adamant he's no longer Harry Potter and won't come back to being the neglected little freak whom no one loved. His adopted cousin Emil fully approves.
-->'''Emil:''' Remy, you ain't that kid. Ya gotta understand, that boy don't exist no more. Ya my cousin Remy, not dat whale's.
-->'''Kallen:''' Here lies Kallen Kozuki, she fought against all foes with equal bravery and sacrificed her life to create a tomorrow for mankind.
* ''Fanfic/LeCommencementDuDiableBlanc'': Remy [=LeBeau=] is adamant he's no longer Harry Potter and won't come back to being the neglected little freak whom no one loved. His adopted cousin Emil fully approves.
-->'''Emil:''' Remy, you ain't that kid. Ya gotta understand, that boy don't exist no more. Ya my cousin Remy, not dat whale's.
* In the climax of ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', Princess Cadance decides this is the case with [[spoiler:Prince Jewelius, her favourite cousin and surrogate little brother]] who has for years secretly [[GreenEyedMonster hated her for her superior popularity]] and proven himself to be an irredeemable monster, telling it to him in a short TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
-->'''Cadance''': I finally understand, [[spoiler:cousin]]. Why [[spoiler:the [[EmotionEater changelings]] weren't able to feed on your love]] and why my spell [[NoSell didn't work on you]]. It's because [[TheSociopath you have no heart to feel love and therefore no love to give]]!\\
'''[[spoiler:Jewelius]]''': What, are you going to kill [[spoiler:your own flesh and blood]]?\\
'''Cadance''': The [[spoiler:cousin, brother,]] I knew died a long time ago. His heart anyway.
* In ''Fanfic/MarriedToTheFlames'', Zuko refuses to tell Jin his name. To him, "Li" is his new name.
-->'''Cadance''': I finally understand, [[spoiler:cousin]]. Why [[spoiler:the [[EmotionEater changelings]] weren't able to feed on your love]] and why my spell [[NoSell didn't work on you]]. It's because [[TheSociopath you have no heart to feel love and therefore no love to give]]!\\
'''[[spoiler:Jewelius]]''': What, are you going to kill [[spoiler:your own flesh and blood]]?\\
'''Cadance''': The [[spoiler:cousin, brother,]] I knew died a long time ago. His heart anyway.
* In ''Fanfic/MarriedToTheFlames'', Zuko refuses to tell Jin his name. To him, "Li" is his new name.
* ''Fanfic/MikesNewGhostlyFamily'': Due to [[IHatePastMe feeling nothing but contempt for her past self]] who was willing to kill innocents for the sake of self-benefit and followed in her child-murdering former father's footsteps, Liz Schmidt rejected her birth name of Elizabeth Afton and seeks to distance herself from the past as farther as possible. When Henry briefly refers to her as Elizabeth, she corrects him with stating her new name.
-->'''Henry:''' ''You don't have anything to fear from me, Elizabeth...''\\
'''Liz:''' ''It's Liz, now... Liz Schmidt.''\\
'''Henry:''' ''My sincerest apologies. You don't have anything to fear from me, Liz.''
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24530191/chapters/59227240 The Monarch's Court]]'': Chloe considers her old self as Chloe Bourgeois dead after taking the Butterfly Miraculous from Hawkmoth and using two Venoms as Queen Bee to get away from Mayura. Once she runs away to protect her loved ones, she declares herself Monarch, a vigilante dedicated to defeating Gabriel Agreste without working with the other heroes.
* ''Fanfic/AMothToAFlame'': Marcy says this to Olivia and Yunan in Chapter 14 after [[UnwantedRescue rejecting their attempted rescue]], after having [[MoreThanMindControl fallen so far under The Core's sway]] that she considers the old Marcy to be gone.
* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': Akkarulf tells the Wolf that he used to follow an incompetent Ironborn who took Winterfell by treachery, failed to plan ahead on how to hold it, killed hostages for no gain, and ended up betrayed by his more rational men and sold out to the enemy. Naturally, he ''was'' that man, but claims to be dead (as the Wolf doesn't seem to know or care about Akkarulf's former identity).
* [[Anime/CodeGeass Kallen Kouzuki]] reacts violently to being called such in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5274577/6/My-Queen My Queen]]'' after learning Lelouch loved her and decides to stay by his side, even against the world.
-->'''Kallen:''' Don't call me by that name! My name is Kallen Stadtfeld! Stadtfeld! I am a Britannian knight and I serve Prince Lelouch vi Britannia!
* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Lady Inanna forsook the name Nana Shimura the moment she killed All For One. The mere idea of wearing a costume remotely similar to her old one is enough to [[DisproportionateRetribution make her want to kill her stylist.]]
* In ''Fanfic/ObitoSensei'', [[SparedByTheAdaptation Mikoto]] advises her son Sasuke to think Itachi as this; his brother was killed the night of the Uchiha Clan massacre, and the man running around with his face is nothing but an imposter. It's {{Averted|Trope}} hard when he actually encounters Itachi who with a little prompting explains ''why'' he started killing Uchiha clan members, leaving Sasuke horrified that this is very much the same brother he adored as a child.
-->'''Henry:''' ''You don't have anything to fear from me, Elizabeth...''\\
'''Liz:''' ''It's Liz, now... Liz Schmidt.''\\
'''Henry:''' ''My sincerest apologies. You don't have anything to fear from me, Liz.''
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24530191/chapters/59227240 The Monarch's Court]]'': Chloe considers her old self as Chloe Bourgeois dead after taking the Butterfly Miraculous from Hawkmoth and using two Venoms as Queen Bee to get away from Mayura. Once she runs away to protect her loved ones, she declares herself Monarch, a vigilante dedicated to defeating Gabriel Agreste without working with the other heroes.
* ''Fanfic/AMothToAFlame'': Marcy says this to Olivia and Yunan in Chapter 14 after [[UnwantedRescue rejecting their attempted rescue]], after having [[MoreThanMindControl fallen so far under The Core's sway]] that she considers the old Marcy to be gone.
* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': Akkarulf tells the Wolf that he used to follow an incompetent Ironborn who took Winterfell by treachery, failed to plan ahead on how to hold it, killed hostages for no gain, and ended up betrayed by his more rational men and sold out to the enemy. Naturally, he ''was'' that man, but claims to be dead (as the Wolf doesn't seem to know or care about Akkarulf's former identity).
* [[Anime/CodeGeass Kallen Kouzuki]] reacts violently to being called such in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5274577/6/My-Queen My Queen]]'' after learning Lelouch loved her and decides to stay by his side, even against the world.
-->'''Kallen:''' Don't call me by that name! My name is Kallen Stadtfeld! Stadtfeld! I am a Britannian knight and I serve Prince Lelouch vi Britannia!
* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Lady Inanna forsook the name Nana Shimura the moment she killed All For One. The mere idea of wearing a costume remotely similar to her old one is enough to [[DisproportionateRetribution make her want to kill her stylist.]]
* In ''Fanfic/ObitoSensei'', [[SparedByTheAdaptation Mikoto]] advises her son Sasuke to think Itachi as this; his brother was killed the night of the Uchiha Clan massacre, and the man running around with his face is nothing but an imposter. It's {{Averted|Trope}} hard when he actually encounters Itachi who with a little prompting explains ''why'' he started killing Uchiha clan members, leaving Sasuke horrified that this is very much the same brother he adored as a child.
* In ''FanFic/PurpleDays'', after Joffrey recovers from a particularly nasty bout of PTSD, he finds his sister Myrcella staring at him. The inquisitive princess asks him if he's a [[MurderInc Faceless Man]], showing she's paid attention to his mannerisms and actions, none of which line up with the Joffrey she remembers. For a moment, he struggles, but in the end he's unable to stop himself from talking extensively about his journey and the things he's seen, collapsing as he admits the Joffrey Myrcella remembers died countless years ago. A moment later, Myrcella embraces him, saying she's thankful old Joffrey is gone. Pausing as he digests this, he admits he is thankful as well.
* A lot of [[Literature/TheRailwaySeries Sodor]] [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Mythos]] fanfictions that involve the author’s headcanon of what became of [[http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/98462_and_87546 98462 & 87546]] portray them as feeling this way when it comes to what they were like before they were initially booted off of Sodor.
* ''Fanfic/RiverOfStars'': Hakkai pleasantly tells Jack O'Neill that Air Force captain Joseph Sha was abandoned on Shangri-La and perished after several months of medical torture. Now there is only Sha Gojyo, and he belongs to Sanzo's clan, and Stargate Command is going to leave him be.
* Subverted in ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'' with [[spoiler:Yakumo Kurama]]. When she confronts Kurenai, she claims to her former teacher that "the girl you trained is no more", though Kurenai is able to see that [[spoiler:Yakumo]] doesn't believe that herself.
* A lot of [[Literature/TheRailwaySeries Sodor]] [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Mythos]] fanfictions that involve the author’s headcanon of what became of [[http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/98462_and_87546 98462 & 87546]] portray them as feeling this way when it comes to what they were like before they were initially booted off of Sodor.
* ''Fanfic/RiverOfStars'': Hakkai pleasantly tells Jack O'Neill that Air Force captain Joseph Sha was abandoned on Shangri-La and perished after several months of medical torture. Now there is only Sha Gojyo, and he belongs to Sanzo's clan, and Stargate Command is going to leave him be.
* Subverted in ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'' with [[spoiler:Yakumo Kurama]]. When she confronts Kurenai, she claims to her former teacher that "the girl you trained is no more", though Kurenai is able to see that [[spoiler:Yakumo]] doesn't believe that herself.
* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', [[spoiler: when Kuroobi asks why was Koala was acting cold to him and Chew, she retorts that her friends, the Sun Pirates Chew and Kuroobi died alongside Fisher Tiger, and before her were the Arlong Pirates that just happen to have the same face and name.]]
* In ''Fanfic/ViperSpiderPhoenix'', former yakuza boss O-Ren Ishii re-evaluated her life after almost dying. She decided to adopt the identity of "Joan Watson", become a doctor, and do some good. Eventually, she even ended up {{repress|EdMemories}}ing her memories.
* A significant plot point in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8527691/42/An-Incomplete-Potter-Collection Wagging Tail Ashikabi]]'' is that for over a decade [[Literature/HarryPotter Sirius Black]] stays in his animagus form and thinks of himself only as Padfoot. Occasionally, he'll think of something that could be done but insists that while Sirius could do it, Padfoot can't.
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* After being revived in ''Fanfic/CoincidenceAndMisunderstandings'', [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Terra]] insists on being called Persephone, having lost all her memories from before she'd been turned to stone. Notably, Beast Boy tries and fails to rekindle their relationship, because she just isn't the girl he used to know.
* A significant plot point in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8527691/42/An-Incomplete-Potter-Collection Wagging Tail Ashikabi]]'' is that for over a decade [[Literature/HarryPotter Sirius Black]] stays in his animagus form and thinks of himself only as Padfoot. Occasionally, he'll think of something that could be done but insists that while Sirius could do it, Padfoot can't.
* Invoked in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' fic "[[http://www.stargate-horizons.com/pandoras_box_index.html Guarding Pandora's Box]]", which looks at the aftermath of Daniel's vision in "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E17AbsolutePower Absolute Power]]". Reading Daniel's report about what he became while under the influence of the Goa'uld knowledge, Hammond and Jacob each agree that trying to get any of the genetic knowledge from Daniel's memory of the dream would ultimately risk destroying Daniel's identity if the rest of the knowledge took over his mind, which is not a price they consider worth paying. As Hammond explicitly states;
-->"It would be utterly unconscionable to force Doctor Jackson to submit to something that could result in the loss of who he is as a person."
* After over a decade of being known only as Spare in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12321442/1/Innocence-Lost Innocence Lost]]'', Harry Potter returns years after having apparently died on a mission and insists that "Spare died on that mission. I got better."
* The premise of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12505873/1/In-a-Name In a Name]]'' is that [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand after fifty years in the future]], WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack forgot his birth name. Even when he's reminded, he feels like it's the name of someone he barely knows and hasn't seen in a long time. During a talk over the matter with his father, Jack is told that his name doesn't change who he is and Jack will still be his son regardless of his name. After some thinking, Jack decides to remain Samurai Jack so as to remember his friends from the future who knew him by that name.
* Multiple times throughout ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11581541/5/Entropy Entropy]]'', [[LegacyCharacter Zero]] refers to [[Anime/CodeGeass Suzaku]] as a separate entity, such as stating he'd been a fool and died a fool.
** Likewise, after finding he's become immortal, Lelouch states that Lelouch vi Britannia is dead and takes up the name L.L.
* A lot of [[Literature/TheRailwaySeries Sodor]] [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Mythos]] fanfictions that involve the author’s headcanon of what became of [[http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/98462_and_87546 98462 & 87546]] portray them as feeling this way when it comes to what they were like before they were initially booted off of Sodor.
* [[Anime/CodeGeass Kallen Kouzuki]] reacts violently to being called such in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5274577/6/My-Queen My Queen]]'' after learning Lelouch loved her and decides to stay by his side, even against the world.
-->'''Kallen:''' Don't call me by that name! My name is Kallen Stadtfeld! Stadtfeld! I am a Britannian knight and I serve Prince Lelouch vi Britannia!
* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', this is [[ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} Peter Wisdom's]] attitude towards his former identity of [[spoiler: [[Literature/HarryPotter Regulus Black]]]], stating in Chapter 72 of the first book that "he died thirteen years ago - everything after that is a bonus."
* In ''FanFic/PurpleDays'', after Joffrey recovers from a particularly nasty bout of PTSD, he finds his sister Myrcella staring at him. The inquisitive princess asks him if he's a [[MurderInc Faceless Man]], showing she's paid attention to his mannerisms and actions, none of which line up with the Joffrey she remembers. For a moment, he struggles, but in the end he's unable to stop himself from talking extensively about his journey and the things he's seen, collapsing as he admits the Joffrey Myrcella remembers died countless years ago. A moment later, Myrcella embraces him, saying she's thankful old Joffrey is gone. Pausing as he digests this, he admits he is thankful as well.
* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse fic ''[[Fanfic/BecauseIKnewYou Multiverse of Madness: The Clea Cut]]'' features a complex version of this when circumstances send Peter Parker, Stephen Strange and America Chavez to Earth-717, where the post-Snap Avengers include a version of the Vision who was reactivated after the destruction of the Mind Stone. Lacking any ability to feel emotion, this version of the Vision encouraged the Wanda of Earth-717 to move on to Peter Parker, but when 616-Wanda dreamwalks into her 717-counterpart, the Vision admits that even though he encouraged "his" Wanda to move on because he couldn't feel anything for her in his current state, there was enough of the old Vision left in him that he wanted her to be happy, and he often watches recordings of their past time together to try and remind himself of what he felt back then.
* ''Fanfic/LeCommencementDuDiableBlanc'': Remy [=LeBeau=] is adamant he's no longer Harry Potter and won't come back to being the neglected little freak whom no one loved. His adopted cousin Emil fully approves.
-->'''Emil:''' Remy, you ain't that kid. Ya gotta understand, that boy don't exist no more. Ya my cousin Remy, not dat whale's.
* ''FanFic/TheFlashSentryChronicles'': [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], after Flash learns that is real name is Flash Relic he chooses to keep going by the name Flash Sentry since that is who he is now and he still doesn't know everything about his past.
-->'''Flash:''' I think I'd prefer to remain Flash Sentry, I'm pretty sure that's who I am today, not Flash Relic. After all, I was just looking for answers to who I was, but I still don't have them. Until then...I think Flash Relic will stay there, lost to that fire all those years ago.
** Played Straight when [[spoiler:Flash yells at his birth parents, Trail Blazer and Misty Veil, to not call him Flash Relic, saying Flash Relic died when the orphanage they left him at burned down]].
* In the climax of ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', Princess Cadance decides this is the case with [[spoiler:Prince Jewelius, her favourite cousin and surrogate little brother]] who has for years secretly [[GreenEyedMonster hated her for her superior popularity]] and proven himself to be an irredeemable monster, telling it to him in a short TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
-->'''Cadance''': I finally understand, [[spoiler:cousin]]. Why [[spoiler:the [[EmotionEater changelings]] weren't able to feed on your love]] and why my spell [[NoSell didn't work on you]]. It's because [[TheSociopath you have no heart to feel love and therefore no love to give]]!\\
'''[[spoiler:Jewelius]]''': What, are you going to kill [[spoiler:your own flesh and blood]]?\\
'''Cadance''': The [[spoiler:cousin, brother,]] I knew died a long time ago. His heart anyway.
* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Lady Inanna forsook the name Nana Shimura the moment she killed All For One. The mere idea of wearing a costume remotely similar to her old one is enough to [[DisproportionateRetribution make her want to kill her stylist.]]
* Poison Ivy from ''Fanfic/GreensMyFavoriteColor'' rejects her old life as Pamela Isley and [[DoNotCallMePaul rejects her old name]].
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11191235/88/Harry-Potter-and-the-Prince-of-Slytherin Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin]]'':
-->'''Fenrir:''' Don't call me Bob. I am Fenrir Greyback.\\
'''Pettigrew:''' You're Bob Greyson, the Muggleborn son of a reputable though now-deceased Muggle bank officer from Leeds. And a Ravenclaw to boot!\\
'''Fenrir:''' That was before. Bob Greyson was my ''human'' name.
* In ''Fanfic/ViperSpiderPhoenix'', former yakuza boss O-Ren Ishii re-evaluated her life after almost dying. She decided to adopt the identity of "Joan Watson", become a doctor, and do some good. Eventually, she even ended up {{repress|EdMemories}}ing her memories.
* Subverted in ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'' with [[spoiler:Yakumo Kurama]]. When she confronts Kurenai, she claims to her former teacher that "the girl you trained is no more", though Kurenai is able to see that [[spoiler:Yakumo]] doesn't believe that herself.
* After Lelouch knights her in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13381891/1/Kallen-s-redemption-in-classic-three-act-structure Kallen's Redemption in Classic Three Act Structure]]'', Kallen declares "Kallen Kozuki" dead.
-->'''Kallen:''' Here lies Kallen Kozuki, she fought against all foes with equal bravery and sacrificed her life to create a tomorrow for mankind.
* In ''Fanfic/MarriedToTheFlames'', Zuko refuses to tell Jin his name. To him, "Li" is his new name.
* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', [[spoiler: when Kuroobi asks why was Koala was acting cold to him and Chew, she retorts that her friends, the Sun Pirates Chew and Kuroobi died alongside Fisher Tiger, and before her were the Arlong Pirates that just happen to have the same face and name.]]
* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12390583/16/Black-Blooded-Orphans Black Blooded Orphans]], when Lelouch reveals his identity as Zero during the opening of the SAZ, Cornelia denies this and sees Zero as a ghost of her dead half-brother.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1488855/1/Harry-Potter-Retribution Harry Potter: Retribution]]'':
-->'''Dumbledore:''' Harry, don't do anything foolish.\\
'''Harry:''' I'm sorry, you must have me confused with someone else. You see, the Harry Potter you knew and actually cared what you thought of him no longer exists. You killed that man the day you and the rest of my so called friends and family betrayed him.
* ''Fanfic/RiverOfStars'': Hakkai pleasantly tells Jack O'Neill that Air Force captain Joseph Sha was abandoned on Shangri-La and perished after several months of medical torture. Now there is only Sha Gojyo, and he belongs to Sanzo's clan, and Stargate Command is going to leave him be.
* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': Akkarulf tells the Wolf that he used to follow an incompetent Ironborn who took Winterfell by treachery, failed to plan ahead on how to hold it, killed hostages for no gain, and ended up betrayed by his more rational men and sold out to the enemy. Naturally, he ''was'' that man, but claims to be dead (as the Wolf doesn't seem to know or care about Akkarulf's former identity).
* ''Fanfic/MikesNewGhostlyFamily'': Due to [[IHatePastMe feeling nothing but contempt for her past self]] who was willing to kill innocents for the sake of self-benefit and followed in her child-murdering former father's footsteps, Liz Schmidt rejected her birth name of Elizabeth Afton and seeks to distance herself from the past as farther as possible. When Henry briefly refers to her as Elizabeth, she corrects him with stating her new name.
-->'''Henry:''' ''You don't have anything to fear from me, Elizabeth...''\\
'''Liz:''' ''It's Liz, now... Liz Schmidt.''\\
'''Henry:''' ''My sincerest apologies. You don't have anything to fear from me, Liz.''
* In ''Fanfic/ObitoSensei'', [[SparedByTheAdaptation Mikoto]] advises her son Sasuke to think Itachi as this; his brother was killed the night of the Uchiha Clan massacre, and the man running around with his face is nothing but an imposter. It's {{Averted|Trope}} hard when he actually encounters Itachi who with a little prompting explains ''why'' he started killing Uchiha clan members, leaving Sasuke horrified that this is very much the same brother he adored as a child.
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24530191/chapters/59227240 The Monarch's Court]]'': Chloe considers her old self as Chloe Bourgeois dead after taking the Butterfly Miraculous from Hawkmoth and using two Venoms as Queen Bee to get away from Mayura. Once she runs away to protect her loved ones, she declares herself Monarch, a vigilante dedicated to defeating Gabriel Agreste without working with the other heroes.
* When Reverser tries to get Chat Noir to reveal his SecretIdentity in ''Fanfic/HawkmothGetsAReference'' with their TruthSerum power, Chat answers that his old self before getting the Black Cat Miraculous was a hollow shell without any aspiration or sense of self, and the moment he got the ring his old self easily died off. It's now less who is Chat Noir-s SecretIdentity and more [[SecretIdentityIdentity who is Chat Noir's masks]].
* ''Fanfic/AMothToAFlame'': Marcy says this to Olivia and Yunan in Chapter 14 after [[UnwantedRescue rejecting their attempted rescue]], after having [[MoreThanMindControl fallen so far under The Core's sway]] that she considers the old Marcy to be gone.
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* In the ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' {{doujinshi}} "From the New World, With Love", [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire Britannia]] mockingly tells America that the England he knew as a child is gone now thanks to him having been so deeply hurt by [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution America's revolution]]. [[spoiler:However, America realizes later on that Britannia was lying and that there is in fact ''no'' SplitPersonality; 'Britannia' really IS England. It's kind of hard to explain.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DuskAndDawn'', we get this exchange:
-->'''Eclipse''': "You know I don't go by that name anymore."\\
'''Applejack''': "That don't matter. You'll still always be [[spoiler:Twilight]] to me."
* In the [[BadFuture Dark World]] arc of the ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'', both [[DaddysLittleVillain Fluttercruel]] and [[TheStarscream the Valeyard]] say this about Fluttershy and the Doctor, respectfully. [[spoiler:The Valeyard is lying, he's merely got a [[SoulJar Regeneration Template]]. Fluttercruel is ''technically'' right, but more literal: Fluttershy is ''literally'' dead.]]
* In ''FanFic/TheImmortalGame'', [[EvilMatriarch Terra]] says this about the old, caring version of her that the Mane Six see when they view her memories [[spoiler: from before [[BigBad Titan]] subjected her to [[MindRape the Insanity]]]]. She even goes so far as to say that if she thought any part of her old self was still alive within her, she'd gladly kill it. [[spoiler: At the very end of the story, it becomes apparent [[HeelFaceTurn she was wrong]].]]
* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6949110/1/A-Piece-Of-Glass A Piece Of Glass]], numerous characters use this, but the OC Breech Loader is particuarly adamant that Bridget Loranski (her birthname) is dead, and when pushed she can get edgy about it.
-->'''Breech:''' Bridget Loranski is DEAD! She died ten years ago. I should know; I was there. (...) Show some respect for the dead, dammit!
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6173090/17/Lightning-and-Thunder Lightning and Thunder]]'':
-->'''Voldemort:''' Tom is very much dead, only Lord Voldemort lives now.
* In ''Series/Supergirl2015'' story ''Fanfic/{{Survivors}}'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] feels like "Kara Zor-El" died when she left Krypton.
-->'''Megan:''' Is it true? Are you... Kara Zor-El?\\
'''Supergirl:''' I used to be. That girl died on Krypton. I think just Kara works now.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DuskAndDawn'', we get this exchange:
-->'''Eclipse''': "You know I don't go by that name anymore."\\
'''Applejack''': "That don't matter. You'll still always be [[spoiler:Twilight]] to me."
* In the [[BadFuture Dark World]] arc of the ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'', both [[DaddysLittleVillain Fluttercruel]] and [[TheStarscream the Valeyard]] say this about Fluttershy and the Doctor, respectfully. [[spoiler:The Valeyard is lying, he's merely got a [[SoulJar Regeneration Template]]. Fluttercruel is ''technically'' right, but more literal: Fluttershy is ''literally'' dead.]]
* In ''FanFic/TheImmortalGame'', [[EvilMatriarch Terra]] says this about the old, caring version of her that the Mane Six see when they view her memories [[spoiler: from before [[BigBad Titan]] subjected her to [[MindRape the Insanity]]]]. She even goes so far as to say that if she thought any part of her old self was still alive within her, she'd gladly kill it. [[spoiler: At the very end of the story, it becomes apparent [[HeelFaceTurn she was wrong]].]]
* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6949110/1/A-Piece-Of-Glass A Piece Of Glass]], numerous characters use this, but the OC Breech Loader is particuarly adamant that Bridget Loranski (her birthname) is dead, and when pushed she can get edgy about it.
-->'''Breech:''' Bridget Loranski is DEAD! She died ten years ago. I should know; I was there. (...) Show some respect for the dead, dammit!
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6173090/17/Lightning-and-Thunder Lightning and Thunder]]'':
-->'''Voldemort:''' Tom is very much dead, only Lord Voldemort lives now.
* In ''Series/Supergirl2015'' story ''Fanfic/{{Survivors}}'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] feels like "Kara Zor-El" died when she left Krypton.
-->'''Megan:''' Is it true? Are you... Kara Zor-El?\\
'''Supergirl:''' I used to be. That girl died on Krypton. I think just Kara works now.
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* In the ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' {{doujinshi}} "From the New World, With Love", [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire Britannia]] mockingly tells America that the England he knew as a child ''FanFic/AceOfSpades'' Harry Potter is gone now thanks to him having been so deeply hurt by [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution America's revolution]]. [[spoiler:However, America realizes later on that Britannia was lying and that there dead. There is in fact ''no'' SplitPersonality; 'Britannia' really IS England. It's kind of hard to explain.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DuskAndDawn'', we get this exchange:
-->'''Eclipse''': "You know I don't go by that name anymore."\\
'''Applejack''': "That don't matter. You'll still always be [[spoiler:Twilight]] to me."
* In the [[BadFuture Dark World]] arc of the ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'', both [[DaddysLittleVillain Fluttercruel]] and [[TheStarscream the Valeyard]] say this about Fluttershy and the Doctor, respectfully. [[spoiler:The Valeyard is lying, he's merely got a [[SoulJar Regeneration Template]]. Fluttercruel is ''technically'' right, but more literal: Fluttershy is ''literally'' dead.]]
* In ''FanFic/TheImmortalGame'', [[EvilMatriarch Terra]] says this about the old, caring version of her that the Mane Six see when they view her memories [[spoiler: from before [[BigBad Titan]] subjected her to [[MindRape the Insanity]]]]. She even goes so far as to say that if she thought any part of her old self was still alive within her, she'd gladly kill it. [[spoiler: At the very end of the story, it becomes apparent [[HeelFaceTurn she was wrong]].]]
* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6949110/1/A-Piece-Of-Glass A Piece Of Glass]], numerous characters use this, but the OC Breech Loader is particuarly adamant that Bridget Loranski (her birthname) is dead, and when pushed she can get edgy about it.
-->'''Breech:''' Bridget Loranski is DEAD! She died ten years ago. I should know; I was there. (...) Show some respect for the dead, dammit!
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6173090/17/Lightning-and-Thunder Lightning and Thunder]]'':
-->'''Voldemort:''' Tom is very much dead,only Lord Voldemort lives now.
* In ''Series/Supergirl2015'' story ''Fanfic/{{Survivors}}'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] feels like "Kara Zor-El" died when she left Krypton.
-->'''Megan:''' Is it true? Are you... Kara Zor-El?\\
'''Supergirl:''' I used to be. That girl died on Krypton. I think just Kara works now.[[TitleDrop the Ace of Spades]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DuskAndDawn'', we get this exchange:
-->'''Eclipse''': "You know I don't go by that name anymore."\\
'''Applejack''': "That don't matter. You'll still always be [[spoiler:Twilight]] to me."
* In the [[BadFuture Dark World]] arc of the ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'', both [[DaddysLittleVillain Fluttercruel]] and [[TheStarscream the Valeyard]] say this about Fluttershy and the Doctor, respectfully. [[spoiler:The Valeyard is lying, he's merely got a [[SoulJar Regeneration Template]]. Fluttercruel is ''technically'' right, but more literal: Fluttershy is ''literally'' dead.]]
* In ''FanFic/TheImmortalGame'', [[EvilMatriarch Terra]] says this about the old, caring version of her that the Mane Six see when they view her memories [[spoiler: from before [[BigBad Titan]] subjected her to [[MindRape the Insanity]]]]. She even goes so far as to say that if she thought any part of her old self was still alive within her, she'd gladly kill it. [[spoiler: At the very end of the story, it becomes apparent [[HeelFaceTurn she was wrong]].]]
* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6949110/1/A-Piece-Of-Glass A Piece Of Glass]], numerous characters use this, but the OC Breech Loader is particuarly adamant that Bridget Loranski (her birthname) is dead, and when pushed she can get edgy about it.
-->'''Breech:''' Bridget Loranski is DEAD! She died ten years ago. I should know; I was there. (...) Show some respect for the dead, dammit!
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6173090/17/Lightning-and-Thunder Lightning and Thunder]]'':
-->'''Voldemort:''' Tom is very much dead,
* In ''Series/Supergirl2015'' story ''Fanfic/{{Survivors}}'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] feels like "Kara Zor-El" died when she left Krypton.
-->'''Megan:''' Is it true? Are you... Kara Zor-El?\\
'''Supergirl:''' I used to be. That girl died on Krypton. I think just Kara works now.
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* In ''FanFic/{{Tormentor}}'' [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Ajas Terror Mephysto]] decides to completely cut ties with his old life considering that "Harry Potter" [[TomatoInTheMirror never really existed in the first place.]]
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7257961/2/Taking-Back-What-is-Mine Taking Back What Is Mine]]'' Harry offers to join the Dark Side.
-->'''Voldemort:''' What happened to Dumbledore's Gryffindor Golden Boy?\\
'''Harry:''' I killed him. He was weak; he begged for it, so I gave him relief. He will not be missed.
* In the 6th installment of the ''FanFic/TalesOfTheUndiscoveredSwords'', even after [[spoiler: embarking on a kiwame training and re-discovering his past self before he became the current BrokenBird EmotionlessBoy, Sasanoyuki still concludes he can "never once again be Katagiri Yosaburō", though he has seemingly decided to let go of his grief.]]
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8372999/5/Its-too-late-to-say-you-re-sorry It's Too Late to Say You're Sorry]]'' Daphne Greengrass praises Harry for sticking up for himself.
-->'''Harry:''' Well I just want to show them that the Harry they knew is dead, and the one that's here today isn't as forgiving as the last.
* In ''FanFic/TheJadedEyesSeries'' Harry Potter is now Tristan Winter because after abandoning him and pretending to be dead Harry/Tristan decides that [[YoureNotMyFather the Potter family is dead to him.]]
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9119753/1/The-Indecipherable-Riddle The Indecipherable Riddle]]'' after [[LukeIAmYourFather the truth of Harry's parentage]] is revealed and all his friends abandon him and Dumbledore has "Harry Potter" declared dead, "Harry" (now Antares Salazar Black) feels he doesn't owe the Light-side anything and fully embraces his true family.
* ''Fanfic/HarryTano'': A strange example: because of his fame as "The Boy Who Lived", people still call Harry by his Potter last name. He always corrects them, stating that he's Harry Potter-''Tano'' (after his adopted mother), stating that while he honors his birth parents for their sacrifice, they aren't the ones who raised him and he doesn't deserve to be remembered when ''they'' are the true heroes.
* In ''Fanfic/WhiteDevilOfTheMoon'', Nanoha reveals that Princess Serenity had killed herself after Prince Endymion had shielded her from Queen Beryl. Mamoru goes to comfort her, but makes the mistake of calling her "Serenity", which she angrily corrects him before running off. She does it again when confronted by the spirit of Queen Serenity.
* In ''FanFic/AceOfSpades'' Harry Potter is dead. There is only [[TitleDrop the Ace of Spades]].
* Inverted in the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries''; [[spoiler: Chaos will always insist that he '''''is''''' Takato- the ''real'' Takato. The worst part is, it's essentially true.]]
* In ''Fanfic/{{Hivefled}}'', the Helmsman tells Sollux that the Psiioniic is dead and that the Helmsman saw him die, which is true, in a sense. The person the Psiioniic became is not dead [[spoiler: i.e., the Helmsman]], but the Psiioniic as an actual identity is.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7257961/2/Taking-Back-What-is-Mine Taking Back What Is Mine]]'' Harry offers to join the Dark Side.
-->'''Voldemort:''' What happened to Dumbledore's Gryffindor Golden Boy?\\
'''Harry:''' I killed him. He was weak; he begged for it, so I gave him relief. He will not be missed.
* In the 6th installment of the ''FanFic/TalesOfTheUndiscoveredSwords'', even after [[spoiler: embarking on a kiwame training and re-discovering his past self before he became the current BrokenBird EmotionlessBoy, Sasanoyuki still concludes he can "never once again be Katagiri Yosaburō", though he has seemingly decided to let go of his grief.]]
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8372999/5/Its-too-late-to-say-you-re-sorry It's Too Late to Say You're Sorry]]'' Daphne Greengrass praises Harry for sticking up for himself.
-->'''Harry:''' Well I just want to show them that the Harry they knew is dead, and the one that's here today isn't as forgiving as the last.
* In ''FanFic/TheJadedEyesSeries'' Harry Potter is now Tristan Winter because after abandoning him and pretending to be dead Harry/Tristan decides that [[YoureNotMyFather the Potter family is dead to him.]]
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9119753/1/The-Indecipherable-Riddle The Indecipherable Riddle]]'' after [[LukeIAmYourFather the truth of Harry's parentage]] is revealed and all his friends abandon him and Dumbledore has "Harry Potter" declared dead, "Harry" (now Antares Salazar Black) feels he doesn't owe the Light-side anything and fully embraces his true family.
* ''Fanfic/HarryTano'': A strange example: because of his fame as "The Boy Who Lived", people still call Harry by his Potter last name. He always corrects them, stating that he's Harry Potter-''Tano'' (after his adopted mother), stating that while he honors his birth parents for their sacrifice, they aren't the ones who raised him and he doesn't deserve to be remembered when ''they'' are the true heroes.
* In ''Fanfic/WhiteDevilOfTheMoon'', Nanoha reveals that Princess Serenity had killed herself after Prince Endymion had shielded her from Queen Beryl. Mamoru goes to comfort her, but makes the mistake of calling her "Serenity", which she angrily corrects him before running off. She does it again when confronted by the spirit of Queen Serenity.
* In ''FanFic/AceOfSpades'' Harry Potter is dead. There is only [[TitleDrop the Ace of Spades]].
* Inverted in the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries''; [[spoiler: Chaos will always insist that he '''''is''''' Takato- the ''real'' Takato. The worst part is, it's essentially true.]]
* In ''Fanfic/{{Hivefled}}'', the Helmsman tells Sollux that the Psiioniic is dead and that the Helmsman saw him die, which is true, in a sense. The person the Psiioniic became is not dead [[spoiler: i.e., the Helmsman]], but the Psiioniic as an actual identity is.
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* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'', In ''FanFic/{{Tormentor}}'' [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Ajas Terror Mephysto]] decides chapter 25, the second All For One user has come to completely cut ties the conclusion that [[spoiler:Luz Noceda died along with his old life considering that "Harry Potter" [[TomatoInTheMirror never really existed and her friends at summer camp and takes the name her EvilMentor suggests after arriving in the first place.Boiling Isles: [[MeaningfulRename Toshiko Shigaraki]].]]
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7257961/2/Taking-Back-What-is-Mine Taking Back What Is Mine]]'' Harry offers to join --> [[spoiler:''In truth, she always knew, in the Dark Side.
-->'''Voldemort:''' What happened to Dumbledore's Gryffindor Golden Boy?\\
'''Harry:''' Iback of her mind that when she saw all of those whom she called friends dead, [[InnocenceLost she too died that day]]. [[TheHero Luz Noceda]] had died, and in her place was [[AntiHero Toshiko Shigaraki]]. [[ThePowerOfHate A girl who had nothing but hate for those who killed him. He her friends]]. Oh, sure, she paraded around the name Luz, [[BrokenBird but she hadn’t truly been Luz]]. She was weak; he begged for it, just… taking her place, so I gave him relief. He will not be missed.
to speak. [[CynicismCatalyst Luz had died the day everyone else had]]. Toshiko merely wore her skin and stole her name. But now, she didn’t need that. [[StartingANewLife She didn’t need her name anymore. She was in a different world, meaning she had no longer had to hang onto the past]].'']]
* In the6th installment of ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31456490 The Artist's Garden at Madripoor]]'', Steve goes to [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Madripoor]] in order to acquire the ''FanFic/TalesOfTheUndiscoveredSwords'', even after [[spoiler: embarking on a kiwame training last component for the [[Film/AvengersEndgame Quantum Tunnel]] and re-discovering his past self before he became the current BrokenBird EmotionlessBoy, Sasanoyuki still concludes he can "never once again be Katagiri Yosaburō", though he has seemingly decided to let go of his grief.]]
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8372999/5/Its-too-late-to-say-you-re-sorry It's Too Late to Say You're Sorry]]'' Daphne Greengrass praises Harry for sticking up for himself.
-->'''Harry:''' Well I just want to show themdiscovers that [[FallenHero Sharon]] is the Harry they knew is dead, and Power Broker, the one that's here today isn't as forgiving as city's JudgeJuryAndExecutioner. She refuses to give him the last.
* In ''FanFic/TheJadedEyesSeries'' Harry Potter is now Tristan Winter because after abandoningcomponent unless he hands over his shield or Sam's wings [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar (which she stole for him and pretending led to be dead Harry/Tristan decides that [[YoureNotMyFather the Potter family is dead to him.]]
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9119753/1/The-Indecipherable-Riddle The Indecipherable Riddle]]'' after [[LukeIAmYourFather the truth of Harry's parentage]] is revealed and all his friends abandon him and Dumbledore has "Harry Potter" declared dead, "Harry" (now Antares Salazar Black) feels he doesn't owe the Light-side anything and fully embraces his true family.
* ''Fanfic/HarryTano'': A strange example: because of his fameher becoming a fugitive)]] as "The Boy Who Lived", people still call Harry by his Potter last name. He always corrects them, well as more or less stating that he's Harry Potter-''Tano'' (after his adopted mother), stating that while he honors his birth parents for their sacrifice, they aren't she's largely uninterested in bringing back everyone who disappeared in [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar the ones who raised him and he doesn't deserve to be remembered when ''they'' are the true heroes.
* In ''Fanfic/WhiteDevilOfTheMoon'', Nanoha reveals that Princess Serenity had killed herself after Prince Endymion had shieldedSnap]] because it could threaten her from Queen Beryl. Mamoru goes to comfort her, but makes the mistake of calling her "Serenity", which she position. When Steve [[YouUsedToBeBetterSpeech angrily corrects him before running off. She does it again asks what happened to the woman he used to know]], Sharon [[ArmorPiercingResponse bitterly fires back that]] [[AbandonmentInducedAnimosity "That woman died when confronted by the spirit of Queen Serenity.[he] abandoned her,"]] causing Steve [[ItsAllMyFault to feel anger and guilt for failing to find her and causing her fall from grace]]. He [[MustMakeAmends resolves to actually help her, such as getting her a long overdue pardon]].
* ''Fanfic/AllMixedUp'': Oprah asks a resurrected Mariana Mag, now referred to by her real name of Maggie Ocean Flounder, what she wants to be referred to as. The ex-villainess responds by saying the Director can just call her Maggie, and discards her villainous alias of Mariana Mag and her previous Odd Squad agent name of Ocean.
--> '''Oprah:''' Agents, may I introduce you to Maggie Ocean Flounder. Though, what would you prefer to go by?
--> '''Maggie:''' Maggie's fine. Ocean's dead to me. Dead since 1995.
--> '''Oprah:''' I'll take responsibility for being her executioner. At least, that's what I understand.
--> '''Maggie:''' Yeah, pretty much. If it's worth anything, Mariana Mag is dead, too. Otto took care of that.
* ''FanFic/BadFutureCrusaders'': Snails, believed killed during the destruction of Ponyville but who instead grew up into a suave criminal KnowledgeBroker, says when he meets up with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo that he likes to think that the [[TooDumbToLive old Snails]] ''did'' die that night, since he's so different now.
** Sweetie Belle seems to have done this as a [[StepfordSmiler defensive mechanism]] for all the heartbreak she suffered after Ponyville's destruction, cutting all ties to her past and refusing to dwell on what she's lost, becoming rather cold and amoral in the process.
* In''FanFic/AceOfSpades'' ''Fanfic/BloodMatters'' Harry Potter is dead. There is only [[TitleDrop was actually Lucius Malfoy's missing son and when he discovers this unpleasant truth, he no longer goes by the Ace of Spades]].
* Inverted inname Harry and instead is Orion Malfoy. Ginny and the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries''; [[spoiler: Chaos will always insist that he '''''is''''' Takato- the ''real'' Takato. The worst part is, it's essentially true.]]
* In ''Fanfic/{{Hivefled}}'', the Helmsman tells Sollux that the Psiioniic is dead and that the Helmsman saw him die, which is true, in a sense. The person the Psiioniic became is not dead [[spoiler: i.e., the Helmsman]], but the Psiioniic as an actual identity is.Weasleys don't seem to tolerate this new change.
-->'''Voldemort:''' What happened to Dumbledore's Gryffindor Golden Boy?\\
'''Harry:''' I
* In the
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8372999/5/Its-too-late-to-say-you-re-sorry It's Too Late to Say You're Sorry]]'' Daphne Greengrass praises Harry for sticking up for himself.
-->'''Harry:''' Well I just want to show them
* In ''FanFic/TheJadedEyesSeries'' Harry Potter is now Tristan Winter because after abandoning
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9119753/1/The-Indecipherable-Riddle The Indecipherable Riddle]]'' after [[LukeIAmYourFather the truth of Harry's parentage]] is revealed and all his friends abandon him and Dumbledore has "Harry Potter" declared dead, "Harry" (now Antares Salazar Black) feels he doesn't owe the Light-side anything and fully embraces his true family.
* ''Fanfic/HarryTano'': A strange example: because of his fame
* In ''Fanfic/WhiteDevilOfTheMoon'', Nanoha reveals that Princess Serenity had killed herself after Prince Endymion had shielded
* ''Fanfic/AllMixedUp'': Oprah asks a resurrected Mariana Mag, now referred to by her real name of Maggie Ocean Flounder, what she wants to be referred to as. The ex-villainess responds by saying the Director can just call her Maggie, and discards her villainous alias of Mariana Mag and her previous Odd Squad agent name of Ocean.
--> '''Oprah:''' Agents, may I introduce you to Maggie Ocean Flounder. Though, what would you prefer to go by?
--> '''Maggie:''' Maggie's fine. Ocean's dead to me. Dead since 1995.
--> '''Oprah:''' I'll take responsibility for being her executioner. At least, that's what I understand.
--> '''Maggie:''' Yeah, pretty much. If it's worth anything, Mariana Mag is dead, too. Otto took care of that.
* ''FanFic/BadFutureCrusaders'': Snails, believed killed during the destruction of Ponyville but who instead grew up into a suave criminal KnowledgeBroker, says when he meets up with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo that he likes to think that the [[TooDumbToLive old Snails]] ''did'' die that night, since he's so different now.
** Sweetie Belle seems to have done this as a [[StepfordSmiler defensive mechanism]] for all the heartbreak she suffered after Ponyville's destruction, cutting all ties to her past and refusing to dwell on what she's lost, becoming rather cold and amoral in the process.
* In
* Inverted in
* In ''Fanfic/{{Hivefled}}'', the Helmsman tells Sollux that the Psiioniic is dead and that the Helmsman saw him die, which is true, in a sense. The person the Psiioniic became is not dead [[spoiler: i.e., the Helmsman]], but the Psiioniic as an actual identity is.
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* In the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' mini-stories, Empath thinks that his pre-Psyche self Empathy is dead, while his friend Duncan [=McSmurf=] thinks otherwise.
** Papa Smurf also treats his past self Culliford Smurf as if he was dead, as he no longer wishes to be called "Uncle Cully", though it isn't the case of a possible split personality as with his son. In "Days Of Auld Lang Smurf", though, Papa Smurf temporarily reverts to being called "Uncle Cully".
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7010227/1/Emancipation Emancipation]]'' Harry decides to be less trusting and more proactive after Sirius' death.
-->Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, the Gryffindor Prince, the Golden Boy, Dumbledore's Man was dead!
* In ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'', Mr. Black claims this about who he used to be. [[spoiler:In the end it's reversed, with John Barton declaring Mr. Black dead]].
** Papa Smurf also treats his past self Culliford Smurf as if he was dead, as he no longer wishes to be called "Uncle Cully", though it isn't the case of a possible split personality as with his son. In "Days Of Auld Lang Smurf", though, Papa Smurf temporarily reverts to being called "Uncle Cully".
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7010227/1/Emancipation Emancipation]]'' Harry decides to be less trusting and more proactive after Sirius' death.
-->Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, the Gryffindor Prince, the Golden Boy, Dumbledore's Man was dead!
* In ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'', Mr. Black claims this about who he used to be. [[spoiler:In the end it's reversed, with John Barton declaring Mr. Black dead]].
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* In the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' mini-stories, Empath thinks ''Fanfic/TheChaoticMasters'': When it's revealed that his pre-Psyche self Empathy [[FallenHero Wuya used to be a Xiaolin Dragon]], she states that that version of her is dead, while his friend Duncan [=McSmurf=] thinks otherwise.
** Papa Smurf also treats hisdismissing her past self Culliford Smurf as if a weakling who lacked the ambition to TakeOverTheWorld.
* ''Fanfic/{{Dangerverse}}'': Before infiltrating the Death Eaters, Draco Black formally renounces that name and changes his name to Reynard Beauvoi, which apparently allows him to claim that Draco Black is dead and have it detect as truthful to divination magic.
* ''Fanfic/ADestroyersRemorse'': Twisted all around. Since the fic is about Dirk slowly remembering scraps of his time as Moebius D, he ''wishes'' D was dead,as he no longer wishes but instead is convinced that he's going to inevitably turn into that monster again. On a more positive note, his sister Glimmer decides not to meet her Ouroboros partner (the only guaranteed way to regain memories) because that version of her lived a long, full life and died of old age surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She feels that trying to reclaim those memories would be called "Uncle Cully", though it trying to take a life that isn't the case of a possible split personality as with his son. In "Days Of Auld Lang Smurf", though, Papa Smurf temporarily reverts to being called "Uncle Cully".
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7010227/1/Emancipation Emancipation]]'' Harry decides to be less trusting and more proactive after Sirius' death.
-->Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, the Gryffindor Prince, the Golden Boy, Dumbledore's Man was dead!
* In ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'', Mr. Black claims this about who he used to be. [[spoiler:In the end it's reversed, with John Barton declaring Mr. Black dead]].hers.
** Papa Smurf also treats his
* ''Fanfic/{{Dangerverse}}'': Before infiltrating the Death Eaters, Draco Black formally renounces that name and changes his name to Reynard Beauvoi, which apparently allows him to claim that Draco Black is dead and have it detect as truthful to divination magic.
* ''Fanfic/ADestroyersRemorse'': Twisted all around. Since the fic is about Dirk slowly remembering scraps of his time as Moebius D, he ''wishes'' D was dead,
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7010227/1/Emancipation Emancipation]]'' Harry decides to be less trusting and more proactive after Sirius' death.
-->Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, the Gryffindor Prince, the Golden Boy, Dumbledore's Man was dead!
* In ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'', Mr. Black claims this about who he used to be. [[spoiler:In the end it's reversed, with John Barton declaring Mr. Black dead]].
* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'' combines it with a MeaningfulRename for Rei.
--> "Rei Ayanami is dead. It was what she wanted, the only thing she ''could'' want, and I hope she is at peace. I am not her. I am Rei Akagi, Ritsuko's little sister."
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DuskAndDawn'', we get this exchange:
-->'''Eclipse''': "You know I don't go by that name anymore."\\
'''Applejack''': "That don't matter. You'll still always be [[spoiler:Twilight]] to me."
* ''FanFic/EchoingSilence'' takes place in an AlternateUniverse wherein [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] is exiled from Equestria to the [[CrapsackWorld Dusklands]] for her actions during the Royal Wedding (which here did not result in Chrysalis revealing herself). Five years of BreakTheCutie and a TraumaCongaLine later, [[TookALevelInBadass she is now]] Diadem, the adopted Princess of the Den, having built an entirely new life for herself, and deliberately trying to forget everything that happened to her before coming to the Dusklands. [[CurbStompBattle For your health]], [[BerserkButton don't ever]] [[DoNotCallMePaul refer to her by her old name]].
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7010227/1/Emancipation Emancipation]]'' Harry decides to be less trusting and more proactive after Sirius' death.
-->Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, the Gryffindor Prince, the Golden Boy, Dumbledore's Man was dead!
* In the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' mini-stories, Empath thinks that his pre-Psyche self Empathy is dead, while his friend Duncan [=McSmurf=] thinks otherwise.
** Papa Smurf also treats his past self Culliford Smurf as if he was dead, as he no longer wishes to be called "Uncle Cully", though it isn't the case of a possible split personality as with his son. In "Days Of Auld Lang Smurf", though, Papa Smurf temporarily reverts to being called "Uncle Cully".
--> "Rei Ayanami is dead. It was what she wanted, the only thing she ''could'' want, and I hope she is at peace. I am not her. I am Rei Akagi, Ritsuko's little sister."
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DuskAndDawn'', we get this exchange:
-->'''Eclipse''': "You know I don't go by that name anymore."\\
'''Applejack''': "That don't matter. You'll still always be [[spoiler:Twilight]] to me."
* ''FanFic/EchoingSilence'' takes place in an AlternateUniverse wherein [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] is exiled from Equestria to the [[CrapsackWorld Dusklands]] for her actions during the Royal Wedding (which here did not result in Chrysalis revealing herself). Five years of BreakTheCutie and a TraumaCongaLine later, [[TookALevelInBadass she is now]] Diadem, the adopted Princess of the Den, having built an entirely new life for herself, and deliberately trying to forget everything that happened to her before coming to the Dusklands. [[CurbStompBattle For your health]], [[BerserkButton don't ever]] [[DoNotCallMePaul refer to her by her old name]].
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7010227/1/Emancipation Emancipation]]'' Harry decides to be less trusting and more proactive after Sirius' death.
-->Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, the Gryffindor Prince, the Golden Boy, Dumbledore's Man was dead!
* In the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' mini-stories, Empath thinks that his pre-Psyche self Empathy is dead, while his friend Duncan [=McSmurf=] thinks otherwise.
** Papa Smurf also treats his past self Culliford Smurf as if he was dead, as he no longer wishes to be called "Uncle Cully", though it isn't the case of a possible split personality as with his son. In "Days Of Auld Lang Smurf", though, Papa Smurf temporarily reverts to being called "Uncle Cully".
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* In ''Fanfic/TreadingDangerousWaters'', the plot centers on Harry Potter abandoned by Lily and James and he is actually Bucky Barnes from the Avengers. The best example of the title drop is from the summary itself: "Harry Potter is dead. He died when you left him at an orphanage. You are a terrible mother, Liliana Mae Potter and I am glad Harry Potter died. I am James Buchanan Barnes Jr. I am the Soldier. Understand?" Most of the plot revolves around him trying to get people to see him for him.
* In ''Fanfic/BloodMatters'' Harry Potter was actually Lucius Malfoy's missing son and when he discovers this unpleasant truth, he no longer goes by the name Harry and instead is Orion Malfoy. Ginny and the Weasleys don't seem to tolerate this new change.
* In ''Fanfic/BloodMatters'' Harry Potter was actually Lucius Malfoy's missing son and when he discovers this unpleasant truth, he no longer goes by the name Harry and instead is Orion Malfoy. Ginny and the Weasleys don't seem to tolerate this new change.
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* [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Janna Kalderash]] in ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-6269-10/MMcGregor+Defender+of+the+Night.htm Defender of the Night]]'' angrily declares to her uncle that her name is Jenny Calendar of the Scooby Clan.
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* [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Janna Kalderash]] in ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-6269-10/MMcGregor+Defender+of+the+Night.htm Defender ''Fanfic/HarryTano'': A strange example: because of the Night]]'' angrily declares to her uncle his fame as "The Boy Who Lived", people still call Harry by his Potter last name. He always corrects them, stating that her name is Jenny Calendar of he's Harry Potter-''Tano'' (after his adopted mother), stating that while he honors his birth parents for their sacrifice, they aren't the Scooby Clan.ones who raised him and he doesn't deserve to be remembered when ''they'' are the true heroes.
* In the ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' {{doujinshi}} "From the New World, With Love", [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire Britannia]] mockingly tells America that the England he knew as a child is gone now thanks to him having been so deeply hurt by [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution America's revolution]]. [[spoiler:However, America realizes later on that Britannia was lying and that there is in fact ''no'' SplitPersonality; 'Britannia' really IS England. It's kind of hard to explain.]]
* In ''Fanfic/{{Hivefled}}'', the Helmsman tells Sollux that the Psiioniic is dead and that the Helmsman saw him die, which is true, in a sense. The person the Psiioniic became is not dead [[spoiler: i.e., the Helmsman]], but the Psiioniic as an actual identity is.
* ''FanFic/IAmRedacted'': After going to school in America and returning to Japan as an adult, Izuku tells Bakugou that "Deku" died years ago and he's no longer the scared punching bag from their youth (for added emphasis, Izuku is secretly the Pro Hero Nimbus, who has become the All Might of his generation to Bakugou/Ground Zero's Endeavor).
* In the ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' {{doujinshi}} "From the New World, With Love", [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire Britannia]] mockingly tells America that the England he knew as a child is gone now thanks to him having been so deeply hurt by [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution America's revolution]]. [[spoiler:However, America realizes later on that Britannia was lying and that there is in fact ''no'' SplitPersonality; 'Britannia' really IS England. It's kind of hard to explain.]]
* In ''Fanfic/{{Hivefled}}'', the Helmsman tells Sollux that the Psiioniic is dead and that the Helmsman saw him die, which is true, in a sense. The person the Psiioniic became is not dead [[spoiler: i.e., the Helmsman]], but the Psiioniic as an actual identity is.
* ''FanFic/IAmRedacted'': After going to school in America and returning to Japan as an adult, Izuku tells Bakugou that "Deku" died years ago and he's no longer the scared punching bag from their youth (for added emphasis, Izuku is secretly the Pro Hero Nimbus, who has become the All Might of his generation to Bakugou/Ground Zero's Endeavor).
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* ''FanFic/BadFutureCrusaders'': Snails, believed killed during the destruction of Ponyville but who instead grew up into a suave criminal KnowledgeBroker, says when he meets up with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo that he likes to think that the [[TooDumbToLive old Snails]] ''did'' die that night, since he's so different now.
** Sweetie Belle seems to have done this as a [[StepfordSmiler defensive mechanism]] for all the heartbreak she suffered after Ponyville's destruction, cutting all ties to her past and refusing to dwell on what she's lost, becoming rather cold and amoral in the process.
* ''FanFic/TheWandererOfTheNorth'': When Celestia and Luna were having sisterly discussion in their ancient native language, Luna called Celestia by her true birth name. Celestia told Luna that 'Nikóleva' died long ago and that she is 'Celestia'.
* In ''Fanfic/OutOfTheDeadLand'', the Winter Soldier actually wants very badly to be the "dead man" in question, but has been so broken by HYDRA's brainwashing that he believes there's no chance of him doing so.
--> ''Christ'', he wanted to be Bucky Barnes, he wanted that dead man's life, it was the only thing he could ever remember wanting, but he made his face go cold.
-->"No such person," he said to Steve. "You ought to know that by now."
** Sweetie Belle seems to have done this as a [[StepfordSmiler defensive mechanism]] for all the heartbreak she suffered after Ponyville's destruction, cutting all ties to her past and refusing to dwell on what she's lost, becoming rather cold and amoral in the process.
* ''FanFic/TheWandererOfTheNorth'': When Celestia and Luna were having sisterly discussion in their ancient native language, Luna called Celestia by her true birth name. Celestia told Luna that 'Nikóleva' died long ago and that she is 'Celestia'.
* In ''Fanfic/OutOfTheDeadLand'', the Winter Soldier actually wants very badly to be the "dead man" in question, but has been so broken by HYDRA's brainwashing that he believes there's no chance of him doing so.
--> ''Christ'', he wanted to be Bucky Barnes, he wanted that dead man's life, it was the only thing he could ever remember wanting, but he made his face go cold.
-->"No such person," he said to Steve. "You ought to know that by now."
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* ''FanFic/BadFutureCrusaders'': Snails, believed killed during the destruction of Ponyville but who instead grew up into a suave criminal KnowledgeBroker, In ''FanFic/TheImmortalGame'', [[EvilMatriarch Terra]] says when he meets up with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo that he likes to think this about the old, caring version of her that the [[TooDumbToLive old Snails]] ''did'' die Mane Six see when they view her memories [[spoiler: from before [[BigBad Titan]] subjected her to [[MindRape the Insanity]]]]. She even goes so far as to say that night, since he's so different now.
** Sweetie Belle seems to have done this as a [[StepfordSmiler defensive mechanism]] for allif she thought any part of her old self was still alive within her, she'd gladly kill it. [[spoiler: At the heartbreak very end of the story, it becomes apparent [[HeelFaceTurn she suffered was wrong]].]]
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9119753/1/The-Indecipherable-Riddle The Indecipherable Riddle]]'' afterPonyville's destruction, cutting [[LukeIAmYourFather the truth of Harry's parentage]] is revealed and all ties his friends abandon him and Dumbledore has "Harry Potter" declared dead, "Harry" (now Antares Salazar Black) feels he doesn't owe the Light-side anything and fully embraces his true family.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8372999/5/Its-too-late-to-say-you-re-sorry It's Too Late to Say You're Sorry]]'' Daphne Greengrass praises Harry for sticking up for himself.
-->'''Harry:''' Well I just want to show them that the Harry they knew is dead, and the one that's here today isn't as forgiving as the last.
* In ''FanFic/TheJadedEyesSeries'' Harry Potter is now Tristan Winter because after abandoning him and pretending to be dead Harry/Tristan decides that [[YoureNotMyFather the Potter family is dead to him.]]
* [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Janna Kalderash]] in ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-6269-10/MMcGregor+Defender+of+the+Night.htm Defender of the Night]]'' angrily declares to herpast and refusing to dwell on what she's lost, becoming rather cold and amoral in the process.
* ''FanFic/TheWandererOfTheNorth'': When Celestia and Luna were having sisterly discussion in their ancient native language, Luna called Celestia by her true birth name. Celestia told Lunauncle that 'Nikóleva' died long ago and that she her name is 'Celestia'.
* In ''Fanfic/OutOfTheDeadLand'',Jenny Calendar of the Winter Soldier actually wants very badly to be the "dead man" in question, but has been so broken by HYDRA's brainwashing that he believes there's no chance of him doing so.
--> ''Christ'', he wanted to be Bucky Barnes, he wanted that dead man's life, it was the only thing he could ever remember wanting, but he made his face go cold.
-->"No such person," he said to Steve. "You ought to know that by now."Scooby Clan.
** Sweetie Belle seems to have done this as a [[StepfordSmiler defensive mechanism]] for all
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9119753/1/The-Indecipherable-Riddle The Indecipherable Riddle]]'' after
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8372999/5/Its-too-late-to-say-you-re-sorry It's Too Late to Say You're Sorry]]'' Daphne Greengrass praises Harry for sticking up for himself.
-->'''Harry:''' Well I just want to show them that the Harry they knew is dead, and the one that's here today isn't as forgiving as the last.
* In ''FanFic/TheJadedEyesSeries'' Harry Potter is now Tristan Winter because after abandoning him and pretending to be dead Harry/Tristan decides that [[YoureNotMyFather the Potter family is dead to him.]]
* [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Janna Kalderash]] in ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-6269-10/MMcGregor+Defender+of+the+Night.htm Defender of the Night]]'' angrily declares to her
* ''FanFic/TheWandererOfTheNorth'': When Celestia and Luna were having sisterly discussion in their ancient native language, Luna called Celestia by her true birth name. Celestia told Luna
* In ''Fanfic/OutOfTheDeadLand'',
--> ''Christ'', he wanted to be Bucky Barnes, he wanted that dead man's life, it was the only thing he could ever remember wanting, but he made his face go cold.
-->"No such person," he said to Steve. "You ought to know that by now."
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6173090/17/Lightning-and-Thunder Lightning and Thunder]]'':
-->'''Voldemort:''' Tom is very much dead, only Lord Voldemort lives now.
* In ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'', Mr. Black claims this about who he used to be. [[spoiler:In the end it's reversed, with John Barton declaring Mr. Black dead]].
* In ''Fanfic/OutOfTheDeadLand'', the Winter Soldier actually wants very badly to be the "dead man" in question, but has been so broken by HYDRA's brainwashing that he believes there's no chance of him doing so.
--> ''Christ'', he wanted to be Bucky Barnes, he wanted that dead man's life, it was the only thing he could ever remember wanting, but he made his face go cold.
-->"No such person," he said to Steve. "You ought to know that by now."
* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6949110/1/A-Piece-Of-Glass A Piece Of Glass]], numerous characters use this, but the OC Breech Loader is particuarly adamant that Bridget Loranski (her birthname) is dead, and when pushed she can get edgy about it.
-->'''Breech:''' Bridget Loranski is DEAD! She died ten years ago. I should know; I was there. (...) Show some respect for the dead, dammit!
* In the [[BadFuture Dark World]] arc of the ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'', both [[DaddysLittleVillain Fluttercruel]] and [[TheStarscream the Valeyard]] say this about Fluttershy and the Doctor, respectfully. [[spoiler:The Valeyard is lying, he's merely got a [[SoulJar Regeneration Template]]. Fluttercruel is ''technically'' right, but more literal: Fluttershy is ''literally'' dead.]]
* In ''Series/Supergirl2015'' story ''Fanfic/{{Survivors}}'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] feels like "Kara Zor-El" died when she left Krypton.
-->'''Megan:''' Is it true? Are you... Kara Zor-El?\\
'''Supergirl:''' I used to be. That girl died on Krypton. I think just Kara works now.
* In the 6th installment of the ''FanFic/TalesOfTheUndiscoveredSwords'', even after [[spoiler: embarking on a kiwame training and re-discovering his past self before he became the current BrokenBird EmotionlessBoy, Sasanoyuki still concludes he can "never once again be Katagiri Yosaburō", though he has seemingly decided to let go of his grief.]]
* Inverted in the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries''; [[spoiler: Chaos will always insist that he '''''is''''' Takato- the ''real'' Takato. The worst part is, it's essentially true.]]
* In ''FanFic/{{Tormentor}}'' [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Ajas Terror Mephysto]] decides to completely cut ties with his old life considering that "Harry Potter" [[TomatoInTheMirror never really existed in the first place.]]
* In ''Fanfic/TreadingDangerousWaters'', the plot centers on Harry Potter abandoned by Lily and James and he is actually Bucky Barnes from the Avengers. The best example of the title drop is from the summary itself: "Harry Potter is dead. He died when you left him at an orphanage. You are a terrible mother, Liliana Mae Potter and I am glad Harry Potter died. I am James Buchanan Barnes Jr. I am the Soldier. Understand?" Most of the plot revolves around him trying to get people to see him for him.
-->'''Voldemort:''' Tom is very much dead, only Lord Voldemort lives now.
* In ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'', Mr. Black claims this about who he used to be. [[spoiler:In the end it's reversed, with John Barton declaring Mr. Black dead]].
* In ''Fanfic/OutOfTheDeadLand'', the Winter Soldier actually wants very badly to be the "dead man" in question, but has been so broken by HYDRA's brainwashing that he believes there's no chance of him doing so.
--> ''Christ'', he wanted to be Bucky Barnes, he wanted that dead man's life, it was the only thing he could ever remember wanting, but he made his face go cold.
-->"No such person," he said to Steve. "You ought to know that by now."
* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6949110/1/A-Piece-Of-Glass A Piece Of Glass]], numerous characters use this, but the OC Breech Loader is particuarly adamant that Bridget Loranski (her birthname) is dead, and when pushed she can get edgy about it.
-->'''Breech:''' Bridget Loranski is DEAD! She died ten years ago. I should know; I was there. (...) Show some respect for the dead, dammit!
* In the [[BadFuture Dark World]] arc of the ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'', both [[DaddysLittleVillain Fluttercruel]] and [[TheStarscream the Valeyard]] say this about Fluttershy and the Doctor, respectfully. [[spoiler:The Valeyard is lying, he's merely got a [[SoulJar Regeneration Template]]. Fluttercruel is ''technically'' right, but more literal: Fluttershy is ''literally'' dead.]]
* In ''Series/Supergirl2015'' story ''Fanfic/{{Survivors}}'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] feels like "Kara Zor-El" died when she left Krypton.
-->'''Megan:''' Is it true? Are you... Kara Zor-El?\\
'''Supergirl:''' I used to be. That girl died on Krypton. I think just Kara works now.
* In the 6th installment of the ''FanFic/TalesOfTheUndiscoveredSwords'', even after [[spoiler: embarking on a kiwame training and re-discovering his past self before he became the current BrokenBird EmotionlessBoy, Sasanoyuki still concludes he can "never once again be Katagiri Yosaburō", though he has seemingly decided to let go of his grief.]]
* Inverted in the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries''; [[spoiler: Chaos will always insist that he '''''is''''' Takato- the ''real'' Takato. The worst part is, it's essentially true.]]
* In ''FanFic/{{Tormentor}}'' [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Ajas Terror Mephysto]] decides to completely cut ties with his old life considering that "Harry Potter" [[TomatoInTheMirror never really existed in the first place.]]
* In ''Fanfic/TreadingDangerousWaters'', the plot centers on Harry Potter abandoned by Lily and James and he is actually Bucky Barnes from the Avengers. The best example of the title drop is from the summary itself: "Harry Potter is dead. He died when you left him at an orphanage. You are a terrible mother, Liliana Mae Potter and I am glad Harry Potter died. I am James Buchanan Barnes Jr. I am the Soldier. Understand?" Most of the plot revolves around him trying to get people to see him for him.
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* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'' combines it with a MeaningfulRename for Rei.
--> "Rei Ayanami is dead. It was what she wanted, the only thing she ''could'' want, and I hope she is at peace. I am not her. I am Rei Akagi, Ritsuko's little sister."
* ''FanFic/EchoingSilence'' takes place in an AlternateUniverse wherein [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] is exiled from Equestria to the [[CrapsackWorld Dusklands]] for her actions during the Royal Wedding (which here did not result in Chrysalis revealing herself). Five years of BreakTheCutie and a TraumaCongaLine later, [[TookALevelInBadass she is now]] Diadem, the adopted Princess of the Den, having built an entirely new life for herself, and deliberately trying to forget everything that happened to her before coming to the Dusklands. [[CurbStompBattle For your health]], [[BerserkButton don't ever]] [[DoNotCallMePaul refer to her by her old name]].
--> "Rei Ayanami is dead. It was what she wanted, the only thing she ''could'' want, and I hope she is at peace. I am not her. I am Rei Akagi, Ritsuko's little sister."
* ''FanFic/EchoingSilence'' takes place in an AlternateUniverse wherein [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] is exiled from Equestria to the [[CrapsackWorld Dusklands]] for her actions during the Royal Wedding (which here did not result in Chrysalis revealing herself). Five years of BreakTheCutie and a TraumaCongaLine later, [[TookALevelInBadass she is now]] Diadem, the adopted Princess of the Den, having built an entirely new life for herself, and deliberately trying to forget everything that happened to her before coming to the Dusklands. [[CurbStompBattle For your health]], [[BerserkButton don't ever]] [[DoNotCallMePaul refer to her by her old name]].
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* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'' combines it with a MeaningfulRename for Rei.
--> "Rei Ayanami is dead. It was what she wanted, the only thing she ''could'' want,''FanFic/TheWandererOfTheNorth'': When Celestia and I hope Luna were having sisterly discussion in their ancient native language, Luna called Celestia by her true birth name. Celestia told Luna that 'Nikóleva' died long ago and that she is at peace. I am not her. I am Rei Akagi, Ritsuko's little sister."
'Celestia'.
*''FanFic/EchoingSilence'' takes place in an AlternateUniverse wherein [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] is exiled from Equestria In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7257961/2/Taking-Back-What-is-Mine Taking Back What Is Mine]]'' Harry offers to join the [[CrapsackWorld Dusklands]] for her actions during the Royal Wedding (which here did not result in Chrysalis revealing herself). Five years of BreakTheCutie and a TraumaCongaLine later, [[TookALevelInBadass she is now]] Diadem, the adopted Princess of the Den, having built an entirely new life for herself, and deliberately trying to forget everything that Dark Side.
-->'''Voldemort:''' What happened to Dumbledore's Gryffindor Golden Boy?\\
'''Harry:''' I killed him. He was weak; he begged for it, so I gave him relief. He will not be missed.
* ''Fanfic/WhereTheSunlightEnds'': All but outright stated by Peter One in Chapter 12:
--> ''[When the suit is] on and his mask is in place he feels held together. Contained. A different person, like Peter Parker is gone and there's nothing but Spider-Man that remains.''
--> ''Which is true. Peter Parker'' is ''gone.''
--> ''There's only Spider-Man, who's a hero, and Pietruccio, who's seventeen and alone and only good for delivering pizzas. No Peter Parker to speak of.''
* In ''Fanfic/WhiteDevilOfTheMoon'', Nanoha reveals that Princess Serenity had killed herself after Prince Endymion had shielded her from Queen Beryl. Mamoru goes to comfort her, but makes the mistake of calling her "Serenity", which she angrily corrects him beforecoming to running off. She does it again when confronted by the Dusklands. [[CurbStompBattle For your health]], [[BerserkButton don't ever]] [[DoNotCallMePaul refer to her by her old name]].spirit of Queen Serenity.
--> "Rei Ayanami is dead. It was what she wanted, the only thing she ''could'' want,
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-->'''Voldemort:''' What happened to Dumbledore's Gryffindor Golden Boy?\\
'''Harry:''' I killed him. He was weak; he begged for it, so I gave him relief. He will not be missed.
* ''Fanfic/WhereTheSunlightEnds'': All but outright stated by Peter One in Chapter 12:
--> ''[When the suit is] on and his mask is in place he feels held together. Contained. A different person, like Peter Parker is gone and there's nothing but Spider-Man that remains.''
--> ''Which is true. Peter Parker'' is ''gone.''
--> ''There's only Spider-Man, who's a hero, and Pietruccio, who's seventeen and alone and only good for delivering pizzas. No Peter Parker to speak of.''
* In ''Fanfic/WhiteDevilOfTheMoon'', Nanoha reveals that Princess Serenity had killed herself after Prince Endymion had shielded her from Queen Beryl. Mamoru goes to comfort her, but makes the mistake of calling her "Serenity", which she angrily corrects him before
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* ''FanFic/IAmRedacted'': After going to school in America and returning to Japan as an adult, Izuku tells Bakugou that "Deku" died years ago and he's no longer the scared punching bag from their youth (for added emphasis, Izuku is secretly the Pro Hero Nimbus, who has become the All Might of his generation to Bakugou/Ground Zero's Endeavor).
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* ''Fanfic/AllMixedUp'': Oprah asks a resurrected Mariana Mag, now referred to by her real name of Maggie Ocean Flounder, what she wants to be referred to as. The ex-villainess responds by saying the Director can just call her Maggie, and discards her villainous alias of Mariana Mag and her previous Odd Squad agent name of Ocean.
--> '''Oprah:''' Agents, may I introduce you to Maggie Ocean Flounder. Though, what would you prefer to go by?
--> '''Maggie:''' Maggie's fine. Ocean's dead to me. Dead since 1995.
--> '''Oprah:''' I'll take responsibility for being her executioner. At least, that's what I understand.
--> '''Maggie:''' Yeah, pretty much. If it's worth anything, Mariana Mag is dead, too. Otto took care of that.
--> '''Oprah:''' Agents, may I introduce you to Maggie Ocean Flounder. Though, what would you prefer to go by?
--> '''Maggie:''' Maggie's fine. Ocean's dead to me. Dead since 1995.
--> '''Oprah:''' I'll take responsibility for being her executioner. At least, that's what I understand.
--> '''Maggie:''' Yeah, pretty much. If it's worth anything, Mariana Mag is dead, too. Otto took care of that.
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--> '''Oprah:''' Agents, may I introduce you to Maggie Ocean Flounder. Though, what would you prefer to go by?
--> '''Maggie:''' Maggie's fine. Ocean's dead to me. Dead since 1995.
--> '''Oprah:''' I'll take responsibility for being her executioner. At least, that's what I understand.
--> '''Maggie:''' Yeah, pretty much. If it's worth anything, Mariana Mag is dead, too. Otto took care of that.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Dangerverse}}'': Before infiltrating the Death Eaters, Draco Black formally renounces that name and changes his name to Reynard Beauvoi, which apparently allows him to claim that Draco Black is dead and have it detect as truthful to divination magic.
* ''Fanfic/WhereTheSunlightEnds'': All but outright stated by Peter One in Chapter 12:
--> ''[When the suit is] on and his mask is in place he feels held together. Contained. A different person, like Peter Parker is gone and there's nothing but Spider-Man that remains.''
--> ''Which is true. Peter Parker'' is ''gone.''
--> ''There's only Spider-Man, who's a hero, and Pietruccio, who's seventeen and alone and only good for delivering pizzas. No Peter Parker to speak of.''
* ''Fanfic/WhereTheSunlightEnds'': All but outright stated by Peter One in Chapter 12:
--> ''[When the suit is] on and his mask is in place he feels held together. Contained. A different person, like Peter Parker is gone and there's nothing but Spider-Man that remains.''
--> ''Which is true. Peter Parker'' is ''gone.''
--> ''There's only Spider-Man, who's a hero, and Pietruccio, who's seventeen and alone and only good for delivering pizzas. No Peter Parker to speak of.''
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* ''Fanfic/WhereTheSunlightEnds'': All but outright stated by Peter One in Chapter 12:
--> ''[When the suit is] on and his mask is in place he feels held together. Contained. A different person, like Peter Parker is gone and there's nothing but Spider-Man that remains.''
--> ''Which is true. Peter Parker'' is ''gone.''
--> ''There's only Spider-Man, who's a hero, and Pietruccio, who's seventeen and alone and only good for delivering pizzas. No Peter Parker to speak of.''
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* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31456490 The Artist's Garden at Madripoor]]'', Steve goes to [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Madripoor]] in order to acquire the last component for the [[Film/AvengersEndgame Quantum Tunnel]] and discovers that [[FallenHero Sharon]] is the Power Broker, the city's JudgeJuryAndExecutioner. She refuses to give him the component unless he hands over his shield or Sam's wings [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar (which she stole for him and led to her becoming a fugitive)]] as well as more or less stating that she's largely uninterested in bringing back everyone who disappeared in [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar the Snap]] because it could threaten her position. When Steve [[YouUsedToBeBetterSpeech angrily asks what happened to the woman he used to know]], Sharon [[ArmorPiercingResponse bitterly fires back that]] [[AbandonmentInducedAnimosity "That woman died when [he] abandoned her,"]] causing Steve [[ItsAllMyFault to feel anger and guilt for failing to find her and causing her fall from grace]]. He [[MustMakeAmends resolves to actually help her, such as getting her a long overdue pardon]].
* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'', In chapter 25, the second All For One user has come to the conclusion that [[spoiler:Luz Noceda died along with and her friends at summer camp and takes the name her EvilMentor suggests after arriving in the Boiling Isles: [[MeaningfulRename Toshiko Shigaraki]].]]
--> [[spoiler:''In truth, she always knew, in the back of her mind that when she saw all of those whom she called friends dead, [[InnocenceLost she too died that day]]. [[TheHero Luz Noceda]] had died, and in her place was [[AntiHero Toshiko Shigaraki]]. [[ThePowerOfHate A girl who had nothing but hate for those who killed her friends]]. Oh, sure, she paraded around the name Luz, [[BrokenBird but she hadn’t truly been Luz]]. She was just… taking her place, so to speak. [[CynicismCatalyst Luz had died the day everyone else had]]. Toshiko merely wore her skin and stole her name. But now, she didn’t need that. [[StartingANewLife She didn’t need her name anymore. She was in a different world, meaning she had no longer had to hang onto the past]].'']]
* ''Fanfic/ADestroyersRemorse'': Twisted all around. Since the fic is about Dirk slowly remembering scraps of his time as Moebius D, he ''wishes'' D was dead, but instead is convinced that he's going to inevitably turn into that monster again. On a more positive note, his sister Glimmer decides not to meet her Ouroboros partner (the only guaranteed way to regain memories) because that version of her lived a long, full life and died of old age surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She feels that trying to reclaim those memories would be trying to take a life that isn't hers.
* ''Fanfic/TheChaoticMasters'': When it's revealed that [[FallenHero Wuya used to be a Xiaolin Dragon]], she states that that version of her is dead, dismissing her past self as a weakling who lacked the ambition to TakeOverTheWorld.
* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'', In chapter 25, the second All For One user has come to the conclusion that [[spoiler:Luz Noceda died along with and her friends at summer camp and takes the name her EvilMentor suggests after arriving in the Boiling Isles: [[MeaningfulRename Toshiko Shigaraki]].]]
--> [[spoiler:''In truth, she always knew, in the back of her mind that when she saw all of those whom she called friends dead, [[InnocenceLost she too died that day]]. [[TheHero Luz Noceda]] had died, and in her place was [[AntiHero Toshiko Shigaraki]]. [[ThePowerOfHate A girl who had nothing but hate for those who killed her friends]]. Oh, sure, she paraded around the name Luz, [[BrokenBird but she hadn’t truly been Luz]]. She was just… taking her place, so to speak. [[CynicismCatalyst Luz had died the day everyone else had]]. Toshiko merely wore her skin and stole her name. But now, she didn’t need that. [[StartingANewLife She didn’t need her name anymore. She was in a different world, meaning she had no longer had to hang onto the past]].'']]
* ''Fanfic/ADestroyersRemorse'': Twisted all around. Since the fic is about Dirk slowly remembering scraps of his time as Moebius D, he ''wishes'' D was dead, but instead is convinced that he's going to inevitably turn into that monster again. On a more positive note, his sister Glimmer decides not to meet her Ouroboros partner (the only guaranteed way to regain memories) because that version of her lived a long, full life and died of old age surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She feels that trying to reclaim those memories would be trying to take a life that isn't hers.
* ''Fanfic/TheChaoticMasters'': When it's revealed that [[FallenHero Wuya used to be a Xiaolin Dragon]], she states that that version of her is dead, dismissing her past self as a weakling who lacked the ambition to TakeOverTheWorld.
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* When Reverser tries to get Chat Noir to reveal his SecretIdentity in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34346623/chapters/98491797 Hawkmoth Gets a Reference]]'' with their TruthSerum power, Chat answers that his old self before getting the Black Cat Miraculous was a hollow shell without any aspiration or sense of self, and the moment he got the ring his old self easily died off. It's now less who is Chat Noir-s SecretIdentity and more [[SecretIdentityIdentity who is Chat Noir's masks]].
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* When Reverser tries to get Chat Noir to reveal his SecretIdentity in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34346623/chapters/98491797 Hawkmoth Gets a Reference]]'' ''Fanfic/HawkmothGetsAReference'' with their TruthSerum power, Chat answers that his old self before getting the Black Cat Miraculous was a hollow shell without any aspiration or sense of self, and the moment he got the ring his old self easily died off. It's now less who is Chat Noir-s SecretIdentity and more [[SecretIdentityIdentity who is Chat Noir's masks]].
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* ''Fanfic/TheChaoticMasters'': When it's revealed that [[FallenHero Wuya used to be a Xiaolin Dragon]], she states that that version of her is dead, dismissing her past self as a weakling who lacked the ambition to TakeOverTheWorld.
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* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': Much like [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 in]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 canon]], Hamato Yoshi doesn't go by his human name anymore, feeling that the name Splinter fits him better now. He says as much to Nick Fury when they meet. That said, he has no problem with SHIELD referring to he and his children as the Hamato family, or with Petra [[AdoptiveNameChange taking his old last name]].
--> '''Nick Fury''': Is it Master Hamato or Master Splinter?
--> '''Splinter''': I go only by Splinter these days.
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--> '''Splinter''': I go only by Splinter these days.
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* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'', In chapter 25, the second All For One user has come to the conclusion that [[spoiler:Luz Noceda died along with and her friends at summer camp and takes the name her EvilMentor suggests after arriving in the Boiling Isles: [[MeaningfulRename Toshiko Shigaraki]].]]
--> [[spoiler:''In truth, she always knew, in the back of her mind that when she saw all of those whom she called friends dead, [[InnocenceLost she too died that day]]. [[TheHero Luz Noceda]] had died, and in her place was [[AntiHero Toshiko Shigaraki]]. [[ThePowerOfHate A girl who had nothing but hate for those who killed her friends]]. Oh, sure, she paraded around the name Luz, [[BrokenBird but she hadn’t truly been Luz]]. She was just… taking her place, so to speak. [[CynicismCatalyst Luz had died the day everyone else had]]. Toshiko merely wore her skin and stole her name. But now, she didn’t need that. [[StartingANewLife She didn’t need her name anymore. She was in a different world, meaning she had no longer had to hang onto the past]].'']]
--> [[spoiler:''In truth, she always knew, in the back of her mind that when she saw all of those whom she called friends dead, [[InnocenceLost she too died that day]]. [[TheHero Luz Noceda]] had died, and in her place was [[AntiHero Toshiko Shigaraki]]. [[ThePowerOfHate A girl who had nothing but hate for those who killed her friends]]. Oh, sure, she paraded around the name Luz, [[BrokenBird but she hadn’t truly been Luz]]. She was just… taking her place, so to speak. [[CynicismCatalyst Luz had died the day everyone else had]]. Toshiko merely wore her skin and stole her name. But now, she didn’t need that. [[StartingANewLife She didn’t need her name anymore. She was in a different world, meaning she had no longer had to hang onto the past]].'']]
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* ''Fanfic/{{Spider-Ninja}}'': Much like [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 in]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 canon]], Hamato Yoshi doesn't go by his human name anymore, feeling that the name Splinter fits him better now. He says as much to Nick Fury when they meet. That said, he has no problem with SHIELD referring to he and his children as the Hamato family, or with Petra [[AdoptiveNameChange taking his old last name]].
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* ''Fanfic/{{Spider-Ninja}}'': ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': Much like [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 in]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 canon]], Hamato Yoshi doesn't go by his human name anymore, feeling that the name Splinter fits him better now. He says as much to Nick Fury when they meet. That said, he has no problem with SHIELD referring to he and his children as the Hamato family, or with Petra [[AdoptiveNameChange taking his old last name]].
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** Played with in the case of [[spoiler: Starlight Glimmer]]. To remain undetected in Ponyville and in the human/wizarding world, she takes on multiple aliases and disguises to execute her plans. Not only does it work, but her plans go largely unnoticed by the protagonists and she gets away with it [[note]] It helps that her plans were actually ''beneficial'' to the Wizarding World, as her objective was to make everyone magical equals and thus required the dismantling of the FantasticCasteSystem the Wizarding World had held for who knew how long. [[/note]]
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--> '''Nick Fury''': Is it Master Hamato or Master Splinter?
--> '''Splinter''': I go only by Splinter these days.
--> '''Nick Fury''': Is it Master Hamato or Master Splinter?
--> '''Splinter''': I go only by Splinter these days.
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* An unusual version in ''Fanfic/IfWishesWerePonies''. Due to the abuse he's suffered at the hands of humans (namely the Dursleys and everyone that believed their lies about Harry) and the neglect he received from the Wizarding World (thanks to Dumbledore making him disappear in favor of his political goals), Harry doesn't consider himself a human or a wizard anymore, as he identifies as a unicorn of Equestria. In the sequel, it's even implied [[spoiler: that Harry ''isn't'' a human anymore; Discord's tampering with the portal made it so that his true form is a unicorn, and his human form is his Animagus.]]
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* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31456490 The Artist's Garden at Madripoor]]'', Steve goes to [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Madripoor]] in order to acquire the last component for the [[Film/AvengersEndgame Quantum Tunnel]] and discovers that [[FallenHero Sharon]] is the Power Broker, the city's JudgeJuryAndExecutioner. She refuses to give him the component unless he hands over his shield or Sam's wings [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar (which she stole for him and led to her becoming a fugitive)]] as well as more or less stating that she's largely uninterested in bringing back everyone who disappeared in [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar the Snap]] because it could threaten her position. When Steve [[YouUsedToBeBetterSpeech angrily asks what happened to the woman he used to know]], Sharon [[ArmorPiercingResponse bitterly fires back that]] [[AbandonmentInducedAnimosity "That woman died when [he] abandoned her,"]] causing Steve [[ItsAllMyFault to feel anger and guilt for failing to find her and causing her fall from grace]].
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* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31456490 The Artist's Garden at Madripoor]]'', Steve goes to [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Madripoor]] in order to acquire the last component for the [[Film/AvengersEndgame Quantum Tunnel]] and discovers that [[FallenHero Sharon]] is the Power Broker, the city's JudgeJuryAndExecutioner. She refuses to give him the component unless he hands over his shield or Sam's wings [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar (which she stole for him and led to her becoming a fugitive)]] as well as more or less stating that she's largely uninterested in bringing back everyone who disappeared in [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar the Snap]] because it could threaten her position. When Steve [[YouUsedToBeBetterSpeech angrily asks what happened to the woman he used to know]], Sharon [[ArmorPiercingResponse bitterly fires back that]] [[AbandonmentInducedAnimosity "That woman died when [he] abandoned her,"]] causing Steve [[ItsAllMyFault to feel anger and guilt for failing to find her and causing her fall from grace]]. He [[MustMakeAmends resolves to actually help her, such as getting her a long overdue pardon]].
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* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31456490 The Artist's Garden at Madripoor]]'', Steve goes to [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Madripoor]] in order to acquire the last component for the [[Film/AvengersEndgame Quantum Tunnel]] and discovers that [[FallenHero Sharon]] is the Power Broker, the city's JudgeJuryAndExecutioner. She refuses to give him the component unless he hands over his shield or Sam's wings [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar (which she stole for him and led to her becoming a fugitive)]] as well as more or less stating that she's largely uninterested in bringing back everyone who disappeared in [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar the Snap]] because it could threaten her position. When Steve angrily asks what happened to the woman he used to know, Sharon bitterly fires back that "That woman died when [he] abandoned her," causing Steve [[ItsAllMyFault to feel anger and guilt for failing to find her and causing her fall from grace]].
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* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31456490 The Artist's Garden at Madripoor]]'', Steve goes to [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Madripoor]] in order to acquire the last component for the [[Film/AvengersEndgame Quantum Tunnel]] and discovers that [[FallenHero Sharon]] is the Power Broker, the city's JudgeJuryAndExecutioner. She refuses to give him the component unless he hands over his shield or Sam's wings [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar (which she stole for him and led to her becoming a fugitive)]] as well as more or less stating that she's largely uninterested in bringing back everyone who disappeared in [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar the Snap]] because it could threaten her position. When Steve [[YouUsedToBeBetterSpeech angrily asks what happened to the woman he used to know, know]], Sharon [[ArmorPiercingResponse bitterly fires back that that]] [[AbandonmentInducedAnimosity "That woman died when [he] abandoned her," her,"]] causing Steve [[ItsAllMyFault to feel anger and guilt for failing to find her and causing her fall from grace]].
