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| 19 | ->''"As the humble spirit you now see before you, I am free to cross over and possess any human I wish, enabling me to undo the sacred spells that keep you here. If you so deem it."'' |
| 20 | -->-- '''Shendu''', ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', to his brothers and sisters |
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| 22 | Why, hello there! [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Shelvek the Seducer]] welcomes you to her den of decadence. What? Of course Shelvek the Seducer is a woman! Are these FemmeFatalons not proof enough? The male body I [[BodySnatcher currently inhabit]] is but a [[CallAHumanAMeatbag meat-dress]] for my demonic essence. |
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| 24 | [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty You see]], [[TermsOfEndangerment my dear]], Shelvek the Seducer has taken possession of [[ShowingOffTheNewBody this fragile and handsome body]] from its [[SplitPersonalityTakeover rightful owner]]. How did I do this? Oh, there are so many [[EvilTastesGood delectable ways!]] |
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| 26 | # First, by taking over an EmptyShell or once a mortal's DealWithTheDevil is up and his soul is yours. Once you become the "landlord", so to speak, the house is yours and you can kick out any tenants. |
| 27 | # Secondly, you can always forcibly take over anyone foolish enough not to realize EvilIsNotAToy. The ReligionOfEvil and other [[ReligiousHorror foul]] {{Cult}}s are usually nice enough to pick pretty sacrifices for us to inhabit, as well as those who work BlackMagic. A plus in this method is that you get a wonderful, echoing VoiceOfTheLegion. The strong willed may need to be worn down first though, otherwise they might try FightingFromTheInside. I prefer making them [[HearingVoices Hear Voices]]. |
| 28 | # The third way is popular among [[{{Mummy}} mummies]] and SealedEvilInACan; any ArtifactOfDoom that is a SoulJar, when held, lets the sealed spirit take over the possessed. |
| 29 | # A fourth way is to let the victim think he is possessing ''you!'' First, you let them think that by summoning and then "[[BondageIsBad binding]]" you [--*[[NoblewomansLaugh Ohohoho]]*--] they will get PowersViaPossession, but they never ReadTheFinePrint in this DealWithTheDevil. The more they use our powers, the more TheCorruption takes root and lets us take over. Delectably ironic, isn't it? |
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| 31 | A PuppeteerParasite can do this with science, but it lacks a certain ''je ne sais quoi.'' TheVirus, on the other hand, simply cores out the host's mind like an apple, effectively "[[LossOfIdentity killing]]" the original [[DeathOfPersonality personality]] and soul of the host immediately. And the LivingDollCollector uses PeoplePuppets, how ingenious! What amazes Shelvek the Seducer is that you humans [[GrandTheftMe do it]] to [[AstralProjection each other]], sometimes even [[OurGhostsAreDifferent after you've died]]! Not that it isn't deliciously kinky. Also, though it shames Shelvek the Seducer to admit it, this trope is not solely restricted to demons. [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angelic]] Possession works in precisely the same way, except that those feathery hypocrites don't know how to have ''fun'' with it. |
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| 33 | You may notice that I tend to appear [[LivingShadow slightly obscured]] [[TheManBehindTheMan behind the possessed]] in artful depictions. This pleasantly subtle fact emphasizes that Shelvek the Seducer is "in charge". Sadly, [[TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf mirrors]] will [[GlamourFailure reveal Shelvek's true nature]], making social outings... problematic. |
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| 35 | Oh, don't worry. I assure you, Shelvek the Seducer is the only one here. If my ten brothers were with me, we would be ManySpiritsInsideOfOne. But then it would be cramped in this body and I don't like cramped spaces. And don't think about trying to get chummy with me; some may like a SymbioticPossession, where the host and the guest are on good terms with each other, but I'm not a very sociable person. That said, you can rest assured I take good care of my meat-dresses, no sense taking over a body [[PossessionBurnout only to burn it out like a light-bulb]]. The only thing Shelvek the Seducer has to watch out for is not overstaying my welcome, otherwise I [[TrappedInTheHost might be trapped in the host body]]; it's ''sooo'' embarrassing to get stuck after [[YourSoulIsMine binge-eating souls]]! [--They're just [[EvilTastesGood so yummy!]]--] |
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| 37 | And did I also forget to remind you that a CompleteMonster is [[NoSell completely out of my league]]? Since they choose to be evil themselves, with or without being possessed? That's not to say there's anything stopping ''me'' from being one... |
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| 39 | Hmm, you aren't bad looking yourself. Would you mind terribly if I "[[TroubleEntendre change clothes]]"...? Don't worry, you [[AlternateIdentityAmnesia won't remember a thing afterwards]]. [--More's the pity.--] |
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| 42 | !!Example subpage: |
| 43 | [[index]] |
| 44 | * DemonicPossession/VideoGames |
| 45 | [[/index]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | !!Other examples |
| 48 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 50 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 51 | %%* [[CoolBigSis Urd]], [[NiceGuy Keiichi]], Megumi, and even [[MagicalGirlfriend Belldandy]] have fallen victim to this in ''Manga/AhMyGoddess''. (In Keiichi and Belldandy's case, they were able to squirm free; Urd and Megumi needed help from a third party.) |
| 52 | * Possession is a common problem for Guts, the protagonist of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', who in addition to fighting the demonic Apostles of the God Hand, must also deal with lesser demonic spirits drawn to his Brand of Sacrifice, which possess corpses, animals, susceptible people and even [[{{Snowlems}} the very snow itself]] in one case to try to claim him. He also has to deal with a [[EnemyWithin personal demon]] called the Beast of Darkness that wants to possess him and turn him into a monster himself. |
| 53 | * In ''Manga/BlackClover'', it's eventually revealed that this is how [[spoiler:Asta ended up with the AntiMagic grimoire: a devil picked him to be its host. The possession doesn't work out as planned because Asta refuses to give in to the devil and instead [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind basically kicks its ass inside his mind]] to claim the power for himself]]. |
| 54 | * This happens to Konekomaru in a filler episode of ''Manga/BlueExorcist''. The demon, lured by Konekomaru's fear of Rin, uses this fear to temporarily take control of Konekomaru's body. When the opportunity comes along, it fully possesses him, absorbing him and making him a part of its' body. Rin snaps him out of it though. |
| 55 | ** It happened to PosthumousCharacter Father Fujimoto as well. He got possessed by [[{{Satan}} the big man (er, demon) himself]]. [[spoiler: And then his adoptive son Yukio got possessed by Satan as well. Must run in the family.]] |
| 56 | ** Any demon in the series has to do this to manifest in Assiah. |
| 57 | * In ''Manga/ChainsawMan'', [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Devils]] can take over a variety of things, including people and objects. Fiends are devils that have [[PossessingADeadBody taken over a human corpse]], making the body their own in the process and sometimes retaining some of the memories of the human. There are also [[HalfHumanHybrid devil-human hybrids]] like Denji, [[TheHero the titular Chainsaw Man]], who are the result of SymbioticPossession. [[spoiler:The second [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Horseman]], the War Devil, possessed a young girl by the name of Asa Mitaka and turned her into a Fiend while still partially preserving her consciousness and keeping her in line with threats of a GrandTheftMe.]] |
| 58 | * Masami from ''Anime/TheCurseOfKazuoUmezu'' has this in "What Will the Video Camera Reveal?". Of course, she couldn't get those strange feelings out of her head. |
| 59 | * ''Anime/DayBreakIllusion'' features monsters called Daemonia. They possess people, and unfortunately for the {{Magical Girl Warrior}}s who have to fight them, [[ShootTheDog they cannot be exorcised]]. |
| 60 | * This is how the demons from ''Franchise/{{Devilman}}'' work. In the manga, it's very pronounced, since anyone can be possessed the instant they succumb to acting on instinct. Naturally, bars and nightclubs prove great places for demons to go to possess people since there are so few inhibitions in them. Only one who has a pure heart can harness the power of their possessor while still retaining their humanity, becoming a Devilman. |
| 61 | * Happens with relative frequency in ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame''. |
| 62 | ** Digimon in general act as digital {{youkai}}, [[HauntedTechnology possessing technology]] and causing paranormal events that the heroes have to deal with. |
| 63 | ** MonsterOfTheWeek Musyamon entered the real world in the form of a HungryWeapon, possessing other Digimon through the sword and forcing them to absorb LifeEnergy so it could regenerate its body. |
| 64 | ** Doumon[[note]]Taomon's EvilCounterpart[[/note]] ended up being possessed by ''the entire UsefulNotes/KamakuraShogunate'', and kidnapped TheLeader Hiro and multiple other people to serve as hosts for [[TheCaligula Hōjō Takatoki himself]] and his soldiers respectively to TakeOverTheWorld. |
| 65 | ** Turns out that [[spoiler:Gammamon doesn't actually Dark Evolve into [=GulusGammamon=]. [=GulusGammamon=] is the ''original Gammamon'' and a distinct entity that takes over Gammamon's body.]] |
| 66 | * This was the most potent ability of Baby, the first main antagonist of ''Anime/DragonballGT''. Being rather pragmatic, he tried to possess the most powerful individuals he could to accomplish his stated goal (reviving the Tuffle race and exterminating the Saiyans) and [[BodySurf quickly abandon a host when a stronger one was available.]] However, he also left a small part of himself in each former host, assuring that he could still assume control of them later if he had to. When his initial plan to possess Goku fails, he next targets Gohan, but only long enough to attack Vegeta and switch to him, which makes him a potent enemy for the rest of the arc. |
| 67 | * ''Music/EvilliousChronicles'': [[SevenDeadlySins Seven demons]] that can possess you, unwillingly or as part of a contract, are the main source of trouble in the setting. Once possessed the host is influenced to act out their respective sin, becoming increasingly evil and delusional--some of the series' [[VillainProtagonist protagonists]] are hosts that cause large scale disasters with the demons' power. |
| 68 | * Demonic Possession is more or less what Take-Over magic amounts to in ''Manga/FairyTail'', save it's {{inverted}}: It's the caster who's doing the possessing via [[TheAssimilator assimilating the creature into their body]] and then changing their body into said form to fight. However, the caster is in complete control... unless the creature is too powerful or the caster is suffering from UnstoppableRage, in which case they are a rampaging monster. Just ask Elfman when his first usage of Full Body Take-Over resulted in killing his little sister Lisanna [[spoiler:except [[NotQuiteDead not quite]]]], or when Mirajane, who was traumatized by this and lost access to her Magic, regained her own power when Freed almost killed Elfman and caused her to have flashbacks. She was half an inch from taking Freed's ''life'' via [[YourHeadAsplode pulping his skull with her fist]] before she took back control. |
| 69 | * ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': |
| 70 | ** Happens to [[spoiler:Ling Yao]] when he accepts Father's Philosopher's Stone and allows Greed to take possession of his body so he can finally find the secret to immortality. [[spoiler:After Greed regains his previous memories, he ends up as an enemy of the Homunculi and he starts [[SharingABody working on equal terms]] with Ling so he can defeat them.]] |
| 71 | ** Also, [[spoiler:Pride]] does something possession-like to [[spoiler:Al at one point, [[PeoplePuppets operating the armor with his shadows]] while Al is out of it.]] He later attempted a complete take-over of [[spoiler: Al's brother Ed]]'s body [[spoiler:but failed]]. |
| 72 | * Any non-Gatekeeper human in ''[[VideoGame/{{Gatekeepers}} Gatekeepers 21]]'' who succumbs to the dark emotions is susceptible to being possessed by [[DemonicInvaders The Invaders.]] ''Any'' dark emotion. Even complaining about kids in your taxi. |
| 73 | * A more benevolent version happens in ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'', where [[TheCaptain Jamil's]] former commander Lucille, now [[SealedGoodInACan in a stasis pod]], uses her PsychicPowers to [[GrandtheftMe temporarily take control]] of Jamil's adopted daughter [[MysteriousWaif Tifa's]] body to provide him with critical information ''and'' closure before she can finally die. After her job is done, she willingly leaves with no harm done to Tifa (who even says Lucille's presence was kind and gentle), and manages to pass away in peace. |
| 74 | * ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'': [[spoiler:This turns out to be how the Dark Lord came to be following the battle in his castle. He was once an ordinary human man, but an evil whisp-like being called the Dark Curse took over his body and turned him into a vengeful monster stealing faces of unsuspecting victims to gain power. The same almost happens to the hero, but the Great Sage protects them and takes the blow, turning them into the Darker Lord which becomes the final villain for the game.]] |
| 75 | ** One ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' manga takes this idea and runs with it by having Tifa get possessed by a metric ton of random characters, including [[Anime/MazingerZ Baron Ashura]] and [[Anime/{{Xabungle}} Timp]], with the threat hanging over their heads that [[CosmicDeadline if they don't clear it up soon]], Tifa's original personality will be destroyed. Thankfully Lucille returns and plays CoolBigSis before offering to take all the roaming spirits with her when she leaves. Of course, the comic ends with Tifa still getting possessed, but it's all about RuleOfFunny anyhow. |
| 76 | * This is a common threat in Happy Science movies, as the cult's teachings state that this happens whenever people abandon faith. |
| 77 | ** ''Anime/TheMysticalLaws'': [[spoiler:The main villain, Tathagata Killer, turns out to be possessed by a demon who seeks to destroy humanity, manipulating him into building the [[DoomsdayDevice Ultimate Destruction Weapon]].]] |
| 78 | ** ''Anime/TheRebirthOfBuddha'': After saving Sayako from a running train, Yuuki explains to her that suicide victims roam around Earth to possess living people and kill them in the ways they took their own lives. Later on, Mr. Arai causes a ''mass-induced'' example by hijacking all of Japan's TV stations to scare the populace into believing there will be a devastating, inescapable tsunami, and the only way they can survive is to obey him. However, this one is foiled by Sayako exposing his evil with the help of Mr. Sorano, resulting in [[spoiler:Mr. Arai losing everything and becoming possessed himself]]. |
| 79 | * Played for laughs early in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' with Katsura Yukiji when a demon tricks her using money. [[spoiler:Not played for laughs later at ''all'' with Athena Tellos and the ''Honored Spirit'' that possesses her when she's very upset. The first time she almost killed Hayate, Sakuya and Isumi. A curbstomp battle, in fact.]] |
| 80 | ** Curbstomp? Considering she needed to call on [[spoiler: Machina's alternate form]] to disturb Isumi's final spell and it looked like Isumi only retreated to call for reinforcements and to get the {{muggles}} out of the way.. |
| 81 | ** [[spoiler: When Athena first threw Hayate out of her castle, it seems to have been mostly her; the Spirit didn't take dominance till later.]] [[spoiler: Alternately, we could have never seen Athena un-possessed, it's just only become visible during these times.]] |
| 82 | * This is what is implied to be the relationship between [[CreepyChild Ai Enma]] and Yuzuki Mikage, a new character in ''[[Anime/HellGirl Hell Girl: The Cauldron of Three]]'', where Ai uses Yuzuki whenever she goes on her [[TheGrimReaper job]]. |
| 83 | * ''Manga/HoloearthChroniclesSideEYamatoPhantasia'': A stigmatized squirrel Ayakashi possesses a female student and then manifests as a large beast physically attached to her. |
| 84 | * ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'': |
| 85 | ** Happens to Inuyasha himself by Magatsuhi in an attempt to kill Sesshomaru and Kagome. |
| 86 | ** Also happens in a filler arc to [[ActionGirl Sango]] after she was forced to swallow a salamander egg. |
| 87 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 88 | ** Kakyoin was capable of doing this to others with his [[GuardianEntity Stand]] Hierophant Green, but [[ForgotAboutHisPowers never performed it again after his initial fight with Jotaro.]] |
| 89 | ** [[StarterVillain Angelo]] in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' had the ability to do this with his aqueous Stand Aqua Necklace by having it enter his victims' mouths and control them from inside. |
| 90 | ** In the SpinOff ''Manga/ThusSpokeKishibeRohan'', Rohan tells a story about a man who was cursed after failing an OldBeggarTest, with the beggar's angry spirit possessing his daughter to exact its revenge. |
| 91 | ** Also in ''Rohan'', he encounters a {{youkai}} he names Mutsukabezaka that possesses an individual before killing them, and making whoever was close by at the time feel responsible to it could possess them too. The possessed survivor would then [[ILoveTheDead "reproduce" with the corpse]], creating a new Mutsukabezaka that would "kill itself" in front of someone to possess them and continue the cycle. |
| 92 | ** Again in ''Rohan'', he meets Yoma Hashimoto, a young model and actor whose intense fitness regimen leads to him getting possessed by the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek god Hermes]] [[spoiler: and becoming a musclebound psychopath who murders anyone who he believes is in the way of his pursuit of greater strength]]. |
| 93 | * Combined with SealedInAPersonShapedCan in ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' as when Yuji eats one of Ryomen Sukuna's fingers, he then gets possessed by Sukuna. Fortunately, Yuji is able to restrain Sukuna from fully possessing his body. |
| 94 | * ''Anime/{{Kakurenbo}}'': The fate of the winner of Otokoyo. |
| 95 | * Shinou, the original king of the demons in ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh'' has done this a couple of times to Wolfram (who, interstingly enough, is also a demon [[spoiler:and may or may not be Shinou's IdenticalGrandson]]). The first time this happened because [[spoiler: Shinou himself was possessed by some SealedEvilInACan]]. The second was more for his own amusement than anything else (see also: KissingUnderTheInfluence). |
| 96 | * Several kinds of demonic possession are present in ''Manga/{{Majinden}}'', both heroic and villainous, and with several levels of BodyHorror. |
| 97 | * ''Manga/MarchStory'': The Ill that the main character fights have to do this to get a body. Also, if the ill commits murder while in your body they are there for good. |
| 98 | * The preferred method of the demonic space entity known as the Obsidian Lord, the true BigBad of ''Anime/MyHime'', who takes over the body of someone very close to a powerful [=HiME=] and turns both the victim and their "most important person" against their former friends. In the anime version, he possesses [[spoiler:Reito, Mikoto's long-lost [[AloofBigBrother brother]] and potential {{Love Interest|s}} for Mai]], and in the manga, he takes over the body of [[spoiler: Mai's younger brother Takumi, whom everybody [[MistakenForDying believed to have died of a heart attack]]]]. Needless to say, lots of [[StuffBlowingUp stuff gets blown up]] in his wake, and many others [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness get bumped off once their role in his plans is complete]]. |
| 99 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 100 | ** A very real danger for [[SealedInAPersonShapedCan jinchuuriki]], as the demons sealed in their body will attempt to take control of their body if their will or seal weakens. Gaara and Shukaku were the first shown instance of this, foreshadowing Naruto's on-going struggles with the Kyuubi. Both ultimately found a method to handle it. |
| 101 | ** Sasuke was intended to become the vessel for Orochimaru, who himself is no longer human [[spoiler:but a bizarre [[EldritchAbomination snake demon]]]]. |
| 102 | ** [[spoiler: How the Otsutsuki Clan resurrects themselves through the use of Kama.]] |
| 103 | * ''Technically'' what's happening when Rikuo (or his father Rihan who invented the technique) use ''Matoi'' in ''Manga/NurarihyonNoMago''. As one half (Rihan) or one quarter (Rikuo) ''{{Youkai}}'' their human sides are just as susceptible to possession by another youkai as a normal human but their own ''youkai'' heritage means they can control the abilities of the one possessing them. It requires a great deal of trust on the part of both participants to pull off though. |
| 104 | * Happens twice in ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi''. The first time is PlayedForLaughs because the demon doing the possessing is addicted to [[{{Troll}} scaring people]] and only possesses Onpu to scare Doremi and Momoko. The second time is far more serious [[spoiler:in that the BigBad possesses Momoko and traps her in a LotusEaterMachine so she can kill Hana to keep her from eventually undoing her curse]]. |
| 105 | * ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' plays with this trope and then ultimately inverts it, [[spoiler:when Oz, the protagonist, is revealed to actually be a [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Chain]] possessing a human body. [[TomatoInTheMirror Oz wasn't aware of this either]], and had thought his bizarre set of abnormally destructive powers [[PowersViaPossession came from Alice through the terms of their Contract,]] since she was believed to be the true Chain up until that point. But despite Oz being a being of destruction born to end the world, it's Jack, the man he's technically possessing, who is the malicious one of the duo and who gains the ability to usurp the other from control.]] |
| 106 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 107 | ** Ash got possessed a few times by an evil being. One towards the end of the Battle Frontier arc ("Battling The Enemy Within") has him being possessed by an ancient king bent on getting back at the Legendary Pokémon [[OlympusMons Ho-oh]] and eventually taking over the world. The second was in ''Anime/PokemonHoopaAndTheClashOfAges'', thanks to Hoopa's shadow. |
| 108 | ** Beraz and Meowth also had this in the latter. |
| 109 | ** Another episode has Pikachu being possessed by the Blue Orb and Archie being possessed by the Red Orb. |
| 110 | ** In the movie ''Anime/PokemonIChooseYou'' after [[AntiVillain Cross]] corrupts the Rainbow Wing in his attempt to summon [[OlympusMons Ho-Oh]], Marshadow possesses his Lycanroc as well as the wild Pokémon living on the mountain and tries to kill everyone. |
| 111 | * Due to demons possessing the cursed weapons used to hunt vampires in ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'', touching such a weapon will result in the user getting possessed themselves. Ashuramaru, the demon whom [[TheHero Yuu]] forms a contract with, has made it clear that should Yuu's will waver, then Ashuramaru will happily take over his body. |
| 112 | * Happens all the time in ''Manga/TetragrammatonLabyrinth'' due to the fact that demons need human hosts to manifest into the real world. |
| 113 | * Dark Nova possessed Optimus Prime for a while in ''[[Manga/TransformersZone Transformers: Return of Convoy]]'', but Sky Garry manages to save him. |
| 114 | * ''Literature/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': In the AlternateTimeline ''Marie Route'' series, Olivia suffers from this by a VengefulGhost bent on destroying the kingdom as an AgentProvocateur, PlayingBothSides as TheChessmaster in multiple conflicts, and being TheCorrupter for the Crown Prince Julius, while [[VillainWithGoodPublicity the public sees]] Olivia as a kind and generous saint. Olivia is only briefly capable of FightingFromTheInside. |
| 115 | * ''Manga/TheUnpopularMangakaAndTheHelpfulOnryoSan'': Onryo-san possesses a man on a scooter to catch up to Senai and give him his apron that he forgot when leaving for work. |
| 116 | * A strange case of this occurs in the ''Webcomic/WhenIWokeUpIBecameABagelGirl'' animé adaptation, where the ''possessor'' is the unwitting one. [[spoiler:After rescuing Ji Min from the river, Bong Gi tries to resuscitate her, and that's when the possession happened. Bong Gi's soul ends up in Ji Min's body either by "accident" or because her soul made it happen.]] End result? [[spoiler:This leaves Bong Gi's original body unconscious to be found and brought to the hospital, and it also seemed to turn Ji Min's body into Bong Gi's for a while and temporarily removed his memories of the whole incident]]. When he goes home for the night, [[spoiler:Ji Min's body returns to its normal shape as he sleeps, giving Bong Gi the illusion that he spontaneously turned into a girl]]. |
| 117 | * ''Manga/YuGiOh'': Ryou Bakura winds up possessed by the spirit of Thief King Bakura (mixed with the spirit of the demon Zorc Necrophades) by putting on the [[ClingyMacGuffin Millenium Ring.]] |
| 118 | * ''Manga/YuiKamioLetsLoose'': Mushi are supernatural hatered-fueled bugs that normally parasyte inside their host, though in Ayako's case the host is her violein. Chapter 28 shows a Mushi entering a host [[OrificeInvasion orally]]. |
| 119 | * ''Anime/YuriOnIce'': The semi-canon CrackFic of a special event, ''Yuri!!! on Festival'', saw Yuri being possessed by a squid demon. Victor (and friends) exorcised him with ThePowerOfLove. |
| 120 | * In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', when [[spoiler:Yusuke]] is fighting Sensui[[spoiler:'s true personality, Shinobu]], [[spoiler: and starts to lose his upper hand, his demonic ancestor Raizen decides to take control of Yusuke unexpectedly, laying down onto Sensui one of the most vicious, brutal beatdowns in shonen manga/anime. Yusuke is NOT happy when he recovers.]] |
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| 123 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 124 | * ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'': |
| 125 | ** ''ComicBook/CaballisticsInc'': Jenny is possessed by a demon early on, who manages to keep this a secret for an extended length of time. Eventually the rest of the team catches on when Jenny keeps somehow destroying equally dangerous supernatural entities all by her lonesome when they're not looking. However, the possibility of an exorcism is rendered moot by the demon threatening to kill Jenny if they so much as try it. |
| 126 | ** ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': |
| 127 | *** When the Dark Judges are in their ghost forms they can control human vessels, especially those with psychic abilities. (Possessing Cassie Anderson was how Death got back after the first time he died.) To manifest in their true forms, however, they require specially prepared corpses. |
| 128 | *** There are also "regular" demonic possessions in Mega-City One, although they're pretty rare -- no more than 20 cases or so a year (in a population of 400 million). There's a department of Psi-Division specifically devoted to demonology because of this. |
| 129 | * ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': The demon Urmarcht takes over the body of warlord Ghorghor Bey as he's defending a stronghold that his forces have occupied from a counterattack by the Knights of Light. The demon leads him to abandon his defense at the gate tactics and instead meet the knights in open battle so that he and his forces will easily be wiped out. |
| 130 | %%* ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Twilight does this to Angel.%%Administrivia/ZeroContentExample |
| 131 | * ''ComicBook/CleanRoom'': It's very common for demons to possess human bodies. Notable in that there's no preparation needed for the vessel, no apparent defenses, and exorcisms are hit-and-miss. |
| 132 | * ''Franchise/TheDCU'': |
| 133 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': In ''ComicBook/Aquaman2016'', Corum Rath quickly goes over the edge after becoming king of Atlantis, as he unleashes ancient forms of magic that he doesn't have full control over. This culminates in him [[spoiler:being possessed by the Abyssal Dark, an ancient demon that plagued Atlantis since its founding]]. |
| 134 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': In ''ComicBook/BatmanDamned'', ComicBook/{{Deadman}} possesses multiple people and even a few animals in order to properly communicate with Batman. Because of the physical strain it causes them, they are brief and frequent. [[spoiler:It is implied that [[DealWithTheDevil the Enchantress rid Bruce of his fear in exchange for possession of his body]].]] |
| 135 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Deadman}}'': The Hindu goddess Rama Kushna grants Boston Brand the ability to possess any mortal being, completely controlling their actions and being in possession of their memories and powers, while they retain no recollection of the happening. |
| 136 | ** ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'': This trope nearly leads to the extinction of TheMultiverse when it turns out that the Alpha Lanterns (cyborg Lanterns intended to be the [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Green Lantern Corps]]' InternalAffairs) are vulnerable to this, placing [[ComicBook/NewGods Granny Goodness]] in a key position to frame Hal Jordan and capture ComicBook/{{Batman}}. |
| 137 | ** ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': The Emotional Entities, which [[AnthropomorphicPersonification represent emotions]], are capable of possessing people and granting them great power over the light their emotion is associated with. There is also a degree of SymbioticPossession as well -- while the entities have pretty much complete control, they also appear to take on at least some of the personality traits and goals of those they possess. |
| 138 | ** ''ComicBook/TheMovement'': [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane It's ambiguous]] whether Burden is genuinely possessed or simply has metahuman powers. Burden believes former, but the rest of the team believes the latter. |
| 139 | ** ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': Stanley Baumgarten believes that he just has a sleep disorder. Instead, the mystical entity known as the Dark Rider has been possessing him at night, making money as a magic-using assassin in Stan's body. |
| 140 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': The SevenDeadlySins, seven demons who represent the Sins, do this every time they escape their prison in the Rock of Eternity. Their possessed victims are compelled to indulge in whichever sin the demon represents. |
| 141 | ** ''ComicBook/SimonDark'': By the time that Simon confronts the Geo Populous cult, every single member has been possessed and replaced by a demonic entity. This results in Simon having zero qualms about brutally tearing through them. |
| 142 | ** ''ComicBook/TheSpectre'': Eclipso is the former Spirit of Vengeance, having been replaced by the Spectre. Anyone who is unlucky enough to come into contact with Eclipso's black crystal prison will be possessed by it. |
| 143 | ** ''ComicBook/StanleyAndHisMonster'': In the DarkerAndEdgier appearance in ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'', the BigBad wants to invert this trope by possessing Stanley's Monster Spot, who turns out to be a powerful but kindhearted demon. |
| 144 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': |
| 145 | *** In ''ComicBook/DemonSpawn'', sword-wielding sorceress Nightflame steals Supergirl's soul in order to drain her life-force and take over her body. |
| 146 | *** In ''ComicBook/Supergirl1972'', Medusa's disembodied ghost tries to take over Supergirl's body. The Kryptonian girl manages to defeat the spirit, but with the help of another ghost. |
| 147 | *** ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'': When Supergirl touches the [=McDougal=] Clan's heirlooms, her body is taken over and transformed by the deceased spirits of Silver Banshee's clan. |
| 148 | *** In 1986 Power Girl's retconned origin, she was threatened with possession as an infant by the spirit of her granduncle Garn Daanuth, who attempted to reenter the realm of the living through her. Her grandfather Arion prevented this from happening by placing Kara in a magic crystal and sending her through time and space to the present-day world, selecting Superman as the one who she would be connected to upon her arrival. ''ComicBook/PowerTrip2005'' retconned this story out as a falsehood. |
| 149 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': |
| 150 | *** ''ComicBook/TheDayTheCheeringStopped'': King Kosmos, turned into an {{energy being|s}}, takes over an industrialist named Oswald Mandias and uses the latter's money and influence to turn the people of Earth against ComicBook/{{Superman}}. |
| 151 | *** ''ComicBook/Superboy1980'': In issue #2, Professor Lewis Lang becomes possessed by a horned flaming demon after finding a cursed Persian sculpture called the Twins of Kokra. |
| 152 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': |
| 153 | *** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': |
| 154 | *** When Steve Trevor first "dies", Eros possesses his body and tries having a romance with Wonder Woman while wearing Steve. Despite Steve's "death", elements of him remain (including some memories and personality traits), but they're overridden and used by Eros, who considers himself to be helping Diana rather than horrifically taking advantage of the situation |
| 155 | *** Mars' minions -- the Duke of Deception, the Earl of Greed, and the Count of Conquest -- can possess humans. |
| 156 | *** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Deimos, Phobos, and Eris make their return to the mortal plane by possessing the Joker, the Scarecrow and Poison Ivy after they realize that they can use the same loophole in their agreement not to mess with the mortal plane as their father did when her fathered their youngest sister Lyta while possessing a mortal man. |
| 157 | *** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanOdyssey'': The BigBad Nemesis uses the unwilling body of an alternate version of Diana. |
| 158 | *** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanWarbringer'': Deimos, Phobos, and Eris make trouble for the protagonists by possessing humans, with Phobos and Eris finding favored hosts who are protagonists. |
| 159 | %%** The Untitled from ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws''. |
| 160 | * ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'': In "The Swords of Kali", the "demon" is a fourth-dimensional alien who has assumed the guise of the Indian goddess of the title on Earth. In a Type 2 example, a cult slays thousands of people in her name over the centuries and manages to imprison their souls; the energy of these souls gives her the power to possess Clara Oswald's body and take on a giant physical form. Clara's consciousness is imprisoned within it and tries FightingFromTheInside. When the Doctor destroys the prison that contained the souls, Kali loses her power and Clara is restored to normal. |
| 161 | * ''ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats'': In "[[http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics283.html Vengeance from the Crypt]]," Josie is possessed by the angry ghost of one of Alexandra's ancestors while visiting the Cabot family crypt. The ghost is ultimately banished by the [[HolyBurnsEvil Cabot family Bible]].[[note]]''Josie and the Pussycats'' #72 (1973)[[/note]] |
| 162 | * ''ComicBook/LoriLovecraft'': In ''Lori Lovecraft: The Dark Lady'', Sir Andrew Parke-Jones was possessed by a demon he unintentionally summoned. However, the shock and strain of being possessed caused him to suffer a fatal heart attack at the moment of possession. The demon remains in control of Sir Andrew's body but is unable to leave Voodoo mansion until he succeeds in possessing a new, living host. |
| 163 | * ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'': |
| 164 | ** ''ComicBook/GhostRider'': Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch have this situation. Johnny's possessor is a demonic entity known as Zarathos whose power he uses to battle evil and who occasionally takes him over. In later comics, it's closer to SymbioticPossession, with Zarathos only taking over when Johnny lets him or is knocked out in a fight. Danny's possessor is a demon named Kale, who isn't as much of a bastard as Zarathos. [[spoiler:Also, Riders are eventually revealed to be examples of ''Angelic'' Possession.]] |
| 165 | ** ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': |
| 166 | *** In ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'', ComicBook/DoctorStrange allows a tiny fragment of the demonic entity Zom to possess him. He quickly discovers that [[EvilIsNotAToy this was probably not the wisest choice]]. |
| 167 | *** A BadFuture seen in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' [[spoiler:features the Breaker-Apart, the result of the Hulk being possessed by The-One-Below-All. Having had any trace of humanity consumed by The-One-Below-All, this Hulk is a CosmicEntity driven by The-One-Below-All's rage and hatred over its imprisonment. And since the Hulk gets bigger and stronger the angrier he gets, this makes the Breaker-Apart big and strong enough to smash entire planets and stars with a single punch]]. |
| 168 | ** ''ComicBook/NewFantasticFour'': The demon lord Asmodeus has his servants possess innocent mortals in Las Vegas. However, his demons find sharing a body with a living human's soul very uncomfortable, and take too long to adjust - so Asmodeus decides to call up damned human souls from Hell to replace them. The damned are much more effective as possessors. |
| 169 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Sleepwalker}}'': Cobweb had his minions possess innocent humans at different points in the series to do his evil bidding. Sleepwalker was able to exorcise them by zapping them with his [[EyeBeams warp vision]], which broke the demons' possession and sent them back to their home dimensions. |
| 170 | ** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': On one occasion, Mary Jane Watson is possessed by ComicBook/RedSonja and battles Kulan Gath, but she has no memory of those events. |
| 171 | * ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': Issue #7 makes it perfectly clear that the Nightmares are the ones in control, and the host is suppressed. It's implied this was [[MoreThanMindControl less true for Luna]] than it currently is for [[spoiler:Rarity]]. |
| 172 | * ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyGenerations'': In issue #3, Twilight uses an absorbing spell to see what the black strands they found in Violet Shiver's streamers are. She ends up possessed by them and tries to attack Pinkie and Zecora until she's knocked into a pond and the strands are washed off in the water. |
| 173 | * ''ComicBook/{{Sturmtruppen}}'': During a story arc, Private Fritz is possessed by the demon infesting Outpost [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] and starts behaving like the one from ''Film/TheExorcist''. He's eventually defeated and cured when he's slammed on the head with a giant wooden cross. |
| 174 | * ''ComicBook/TheSimpsonsTreehouseOfHorror'': In "The Exor-sister", Lisa is possessed by Music/{{Madonna}}...even though Madonna is still alive. |
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| 177 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 178 | * ''Fanfic/AlternateTailSeries'': [[spoiler: Lisanna, after unintentionally absorbing a boar soul and a lizard soul at the same time, becomes a [[HumanoidAbomination monsterous cross]] [[MixAndMatchCritters of boar/lizard/human]] that tries to devour a Clan Garten Mook after he tries to snipe her.]] |
| 179 | * ''Fanfic/{{Antipodes}}'': In the second-last chapter, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Tantalus, the primordial spirit of chaos, lost the ability to form his own bodies and relies on possessing other living creatures -- such as he did to Luna, Twilight and Spike -- to interact with the world]]. |
| 180 | * ''Fanfic/TheCaptainOfTheVirtualConsole'': The Thoughtless possess some Rocket Grunts and their Pokemon, as well as Haunter. |
| 181 | * ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'': |
| 182 | ** The main threat of the Darkhold comes in this form -- it opens a door for the user to be possessed by the Elder God of Chaos and BlackMagic, Chthon. At the end of the first book, he finally manages to pull this on Gravemoss [[AssholeVictim (who no one felt particularly sorry for)]], then after Gravemoss is either vaporised or punched to Jupiter (the narration is a little ambiguous), he tries to possess Wanda, whose exposure to his power at Mount Wundagore when she was born makes her a perfect host. Harry, however, gets in the way, which locks Chthon in a psychic cage-match with [[spoiler: the Phoenix]], just as [[MagnificentBastard Doctor Strange intended]]. |
| 183 | ** In Chapter 64 of the sequel, [[spoiler: Hermione]] is possessed by [[TheHeartless the entity]] haunting the Fallen Fortress in the Forbidden Forest, in order to gain control of her inherent chaos magic. |
| 184 | %%* ''WebAnimation/DanganronpaHushedWhispers'': Sachiko, the Ultimate Exorcist, is subject to this. |
| 185 | * ''Fanfic/DaylightBurning'': |
| 186 | ** The story is set off by the Nightmare possessing Celestia, and the remaining characters then having to deal with thing wearing Celestia's skin. The Nightmare can only possess willing targets, as it needs the "key of their heart", a set of abstract passes that can only be given freely by their owner. |
| 187 | ** [[spoiler:The Night Guard can feed vampirically on others to keep them drained of magical strength. However, overuse of this to keep the corrupted Celestia contained results in enough of the Nightmare's essence entering their leader for him to be taken over by a second instance of the Nightmare.]] |
| 188 | ** In the ending, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Discord has been possessing the body of Celestia's doctor for several years]]. |
| 189 | * ''Fanfic/TheDearSweetieBelleContinuity'': In ''Cutie Mark Crusaders Dream Warriors'', [[spoiler: Feather Duster plans to possess Scootaloo so he can kill Rainbow Dash]]. |
| 190 | * ''Fanfic/DemonInFodlan'': [[spoiler:It has been hinted in previous chapters that a Demon Pillar is possessing Aelfric, which is finally confirmed in Chapter 55 when Demon Pillar Sitri reveals itself, having taken over Aelfric for several months prior to the main events. It hijacks Aelfric's original role as the Cindered Shadows arc's [[ArcVillain villain]] and attempts to use the Cardinal's plans to restore itself and [[KillAllHumans take revenge on humanity]] for the death of its fellow Demon Pillars]]. |
| 191 | * ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': In the fourth story, ''The Diplomat's Life'', [[spoiler:it's revealed that Rabia persuaded Stygian to let him share Stygian's body, then seized control and began wreaking havoc with it.]] |
| 192 | * ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': As in the canon game, Keepers can use a spell to possess their minions, making it that much harder to kill their real bodies until every minion is dead. Cathy is very displeased when Ami first uses it on her in an emergency situation. [[spoiler:When she discovers that it's allowed her to share Ami's senshi enhancements, though, even after the possession ends, she has second thoughts.]] |
| 193 | --> '''[[spoiler:Mrs Mizuno]]:''' I need some clarification about this 'possession' ability you mentioned. When you say 'possession' I think of stories where evil spirits enter someone's body and use it like a puppet.\ |
| 194 | '''Ami:''' That's... that's pretty much exactly how it works. |
| 195 | * ''Fanfic/EmbersVathara'': [[spoiler: Katara is briefly possessed by a sea serpent, and later, a [[AnimalisticAbomination kanaloa]] possesses Aang at Boiling Rock]]. |
| 196 | * ''Fanfic/EquestriaAHistoryRevealed'': As hinted at in canon and confirmed in the comics, Princess Luna's transformation into Nightmare Moon is said to have been due to the fleeing Nightmare forces possessing her; to exact a toll for her failures. |
| 197 | * ''Fanfic/{{Equestrylvania}}'': [[spoiler: Marble, a pony allied with Dracula, turns out to actually have been possessed by [[WickedWitch Actrise]] in order to pass among the ponies undetected.]] The scene in which the possession ends is pure NightmareFuel, as she exits her victim by [[OrificeEvacuation crawling out of her mouth]]. |
| 198 | * ''Fanfic/TheEventideVerse'': |
| 199 | ** Typical for a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' FanVerse, Luna is depicted as having been possessed when she was Nightmare Moon. ''Fanfic/TheLongEventide'' notes that she has large gaps in her memory from when the Nightmare was in control, and Nightmare Moon is often referred to as a separate entity. "Downing" from the ''Flashes of Eventide'' flash fiction collection shows her last few moments before it took over her completely. |
| 200 | ** In the sci-fi action story ''Crystalforged,'' the point of view character, Rutile Quartz, ends up possessed by [[spoiler: what's left of Rabia, mother of the ancient enemy of the Crystal Empire, the umbrum. Thankfully, Rutile wins the resulting struggle for control of the body.]] By the last chapter, it seems to be on its way to becoming a SymbioticPossession instead. |
| 201 | * ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'': [[spoiler: Luna is possessed by a Chaos Daemon (revealed later to be [[ManipulativeBastard Tzeentch]]) shortly after the Crystal Kingdom is lost. Worse, it comes right after [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she realizes that she was about to overthrow]] [[TheEmperor her sister]]]]. |
| 202 | * ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': As part of their CrazyPrepared vetting of his viability as a LoveInterest for Spark, Blanche checks Arlo for this via looking for MindControlEyes. |
| 203 | * [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]] with Urabumi in ''Fanfic/InFamousHeroAcademia''. She isn't a demon or supernatural entity, but she is capable of possessing anyone who ingests her tar. |
| 204 | * ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': The story's premise is that Darth Nihilus's spirit is attempting to take over Jaune's body by transferring his memories into Jaune's mind and giving Jaune his powers. [[spoiler:At the end of "Chapter 16: Destiny", Nihilus succeeds in hijacking Jaune's body and [[TransformationOfThePossessed transforming]] it into his own.]] |
| 205 | * ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'': Partway through Series Three, [[spoiler: Haiba]] is possessed by [[spoiler:Death so he can enter the world.]] |
| 206 | * Near the end of ''Fanfic/MiraiSMP'', [[spoiler:Travis is able to deduce that Joko]] is being possessed by some kind of outside entity, which turns out to be [[spoiler:one of God's assistant demons, Yetz]]. |
| 207 | * ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'': Snap(e) is stated to have the ability to possess people. After an incident in which James "Samaro" Potter attempts to shoot "Lucian" Malfoy with a knife when the latter played an incorrect note during a concert, James says this happened because he was possessed by Snap at that moment. |
| 208 | * ''WebVideo/MyLittlePonyTheMentallyAdvancedSeries'': The canon character [[spoiler:Sweetie Belle]] doesn't exist, having been possessed by the demon Thrackerzod before ever appearing. The spinoff episode ''Rainbow Dash Presents Haunting Nightmare'' is about [[spoiler: a demon possessing first Twilight's toy Smarty Pants then Twilight herself. Thrackerzod intervenes, essentially calling dibs.]] |
| 209 | * ''Fanfic/NightmaresAreTragic'': Luna was possessed by the [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination Night]] [[LivingShadow Shadow]] the instant she became Nightmare Moon]]. The story is about Nightmare Moon's fight against the Mane Six as in the Season 1 two-part opener; but the ''ultimate'' conflict is between [[spoiler:Luna and her possessing Night Shadow]]. |
| 210 | * ''Fanfic/NineDaysDown'': Tartarus can send its will into any of the creatures living in It, completely taking over their bodies and burying their minds until It chooses to leave. It hates doing this, however, as It loathes being bound to a single, fleshy body and the limited perspective of its senses, and as such only does this when It absolutely needs to. |
| 211 | * ''Fanfic/{{Outcast}}'': While [[HighSchoolAU St. Hetalia Academy for Boys student]] [[spoiler: Sweden]] is rumored to be under a dark {{curse}} due to the mysterious deaths of those who are those closest to him, the rumors are only half correct. He's possessed by [[spoiler: the ghost of Ancient Scandinavia, one of the school's founders]], and the mysterious deaths can be attributed to [[spoiler: Ancient Scandinavia taking control of Sweden's body and using it to murder his parents, his childhood crush, and his roommate]]. |
| 212 | * ''Fanfic/{{Outcry}}'': [[spoiler: Coil uses Tattletale to ''shatter'' Ashburn as a distraction in his attempt to seize Dinah. As a result, Nadalia goes MamaBear, buries Taylor's mind in the Dark, and puts [[BloodKnight Raime]] in the driver seat. The demented knight recreates his armor and weapons on top of Taylor's body and ''massacres'' everyone at the site. This has two consequences: first, Raime is labeled as a new parahuman, codenamed Surtr, and second, the PRT, well aware of who it is under the armor, spins a story about Taylor falling under the control of a Master.]] |
| 213 | * ''Fanfic/PerfectionIsOverrated'': [[spoiler:[[BigBad The Usurper]]]] is able to possess anyone's body, and chooses to use this ability on [[spoiler:The Obsidian Lord, the canon BigBad, in a desperate attempt to win. He had originally planned to use it on the [[ParodySue SUE]] who emerged victorious against the Himes, but their failure drove him to his backup plan]]. |
| 214 | * ''Fanfic/ThePowersOfHarmony'': It eventually turns out that [[BigBad Cetus]] has been hiding in [[spoiler: Rarity]]'s magic font ever since the fight with Nightmare Moon. She later upgrades to GrandTheftMe by stealing [[spoiler: Celestia]]'s body and sealing away her Lifeforce [[spoiler: in the Sun]]. Not that this works out so well for [[spoiler: Rarity]], since as soon as Cetus leaves, she implants [[TheDragon Eclipse]] in her body as a replacement. Though Eclipse, at least, is willing to [[EnemyMine work with]] [[spoiler: Rarity]] rather than waste energy fighting her for control (as long as she stays the dominant party). |
| 215 | * ''Fanfic/ThePrayerWarriors'': Grover falls prey to this twice. In "Threat of Satanic Commonism", UsefulNotes/JosefStalin (who is himself implied to be possessed by Satan) has Grover "demon [[RougeAnglesOfSatin processed]]", and while Jerry makes an attempt to save him after stabbing him non-fatally, he realizes he has to kill Grover, and does so by stabbing him in the throat ([[UnexplainedRecovery he gets better]]). In "The Evil Gods Part II", Grover is possessed again, and the Prayer Warriors try to save him by holding his head underwater and praying for him; the attempt fails and he drowns, [[DeathIsCheap dying yet again]]. |
| 216 | * ''Fanfic/PurpleDays'': [[spoiler:Archmaester Marwyn]] uses Grand Maester Pycelle as a [[{{Blackmail}} not-entirely-willing]] medium to speak with Sansa. Later, the Yi-Tish sorcerous Emperor Vajul takes brief control of a servant at Harrenhal to warn Joff that the White Walkers are staying quiet on his side, so their main push will come from Westeros -- to the utter incomprehension and quiet fury of a nonplussed Randyll Tarly, who has no idea of what the hell the strangely mouthy servant is talking about or why he stumbled out like had no idea of what had just happened. |
| 217 | * ''Fanfic/RaisinSomeHell'': [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse Luz]], after getting bitten by a Shadow Hound, is possessed by a demon in Chapter 3. [[Characters/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]], with some help from Eda and Amity, is able to perform an exorcism and free her. |
| 218 | * ''[[Fanfic/WelcomeToTheWorldOfPokemon Rebirth]]'': Shadow possesses his trainer Ethan, and takes control of his body at inopportune times. [[spoiler: This is turned around after Shadow's HeelRealisation, and Shadow only takes control of Ethan to make him ridiculously powerful when he needs to be.]] |
| 219 | * ''Fanfic/TheResurrectionOfRose'': Abra gets taken over by the [[spoiler: Overlook Hotel]] that causes her to [[spoiler: kill her own mother with her Shining]]. |
| 220 | * ''Webcomic/SailorMoonCosmosArc'' begins when Servant Chaos possesses Hotaru, which was possible because of a previous avatar of Chaos, Mistress 9, possessing her in canon. |
| 221 | * ''Fanfic/{{Sary}}'': Frodo is possessed by Sauron, causing him to randomly rape Sary and hit her with a sword. |
| 222 | * ''Fanfic/StarWarsParanormalitiesTrilogy'': [[EldritchAbomination Forceless]] possession. Unlike most cases of this trope, the Forceless symbiote only controls the victim if they don't serve the Collective willingly, and [[AndIMustScream they are still conscious when possessed]]... [[spoiler: usually. Maesterus is only affected by the mutations whereas Zolph Vaelor is immune altogether.]] |
| 223 | * ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheEmperasque'': The Emperor takes over the body of a ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'' monster Tarrasque, which is explained in-universe as an inversion of this trope: the Emperor possesses a body of a demon. |
| 224 | * ''Fanfic/TwilaTheGirlWhoWazInLuvWithAVampyre'': Satan possesses the protagonist herself. But its okay, because he's friends with her so he does it as a joke. |
| 225 | * ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'': Shendu does this to Jade and Valmont, as per canon. He later possesses [[spoiler:his [[VillainousCrush love interest]] Valerie Payne instead of Jackie]] to get to the Book of Ages. In the sequel ''The Stronger Evil'', Hsi Wu attempts to possess Jade in order to escape the Netherworld. [[spoiler: At Valerie's request, Shendu helps Jade by telling her what she needs to do to cast Hsi Wu out.]] |
| 226 | * ''Fanfic/WarriorsOfTheWorldSoldiersOfFortune'' has the BigBad possess a character prior to their introduction due to a poorly thought-out DealWithTheDevil and said villain being deliberately [[ExactWords literal-minded]]. It is implied that the victim's soul was assimilated. Given what happens in [[WorldHealingWave the ending]], whether the victim regains his soul or remains dead is still unknown. |
| 227 | * ''Fanfic/WinterWar'': Tousen's [[EmpathicWeapon zanpakutou]] Suzumushi, vengeful and none too sane following his death, tries to possess another shinigami so that she can pursue "justice" for her wielder. |
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| 230 | [[folder:Film -- Animation]] |
| 231 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', red panda spirits were meant to have a SymbioticPossession relationship with the women of Mei's family but over time the women began seeing it as something closer to this and therefore started having them exorcised and placed in talismans. |
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| 234 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 235 | * ''Film/ArtOfTheDead'': After enough time under the effect of the paintings, the characters become actually possessed by the spirit of Dorian Wilde himself. |
| 236 | * ''Film/{{Atlantics}}'': After the wedding, Mariema and many of Ada's other friends start having strange fainting fits, which their families attribute to possession by an evil spirit and so they attempt to have them exorcised. [[spoiler:In fact, they are possessed by the spirits of The Boys, their dead friends/lovers.]] |
| 237 | * In the documentary-format horror film ''Film/TheAtticusInstitute'', what starts out as a 1970s investigation of psychic abilities turns darker when it turns out their star subject's powers come from this trope. |
| 238 | * ''Film/{{Attachment}}'': Leah's uncle Lev relates to Maja how dybbuks, tormented souls, will sometimes possess living people. The only way to exorcise them is learning about what the dybbuk wants. It turns out Leah has been possessed by one, which causes her to do strange things, and [[spoiler:even kill a girl once years ago]]. Leah's mom and uncle had found a way to temporarily keep the dybbuk at bay. Later it came back though. [[spoiler:The film's finale has them perform an exorcism to free her. It's successful, but Leah's mom Chana must sacrifice her life for Leah.]] |
| 239 | * ''Film/AxeMurdersOfVillisca'' features almost everyone who walks into the house becoming possessed by an ancient evil, which results in their [[BlackEyesOfEvil eyes turning black]]. The demon, who claimed to be "Born before your gods", possesses Reverend Kelly to commit the original murders in 1912. |
| 240 | * ''Film/TheBabadook'' is about a titular demon who possesses a single mom, and then [[spoiler:tries to force her to kill her own dog, son, and herself in a murder-suicide attempt]]. |
| 241 | * The Ghosts in ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' are capable of Possession. At least, they call it possession, but it seems to be different from ordinary demonic possession. Demons have to occupy the inside of the human host. [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Ghosts]] can control people from a distance, control more than one person at once, and even do it to each-other. (This happens three times; Betelgeuse himself does it to Barbara Maitland as a demonstration, both Maitlands do it to everyone at an entire dinner party, and at the end of the movie, as a reward, Adam Maitland allows/forces Lydia to float in the air and sing. (The Maitlands are obviously Harry Belafonte fans.) |
| 242 | * ''Film/BeyondTheDoor'': Jessica Barrett is the victim of a demonic possession shortly after discovering that she is pregnant for the third time. One of a number of movies made in the wake of ''The Exorcist''. |
| 243 | * Some of the DarkMessiah {{Big Bad}}s in ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn'' are turned into such against their will by being possessed by He Who Walks Behind the Rows, like in [[Film/ChildrenOfTheCornIITheFinalSacrifice the second]] and [[Film/ChildrenOfTheCornVFieldsOfTerror fifth]] films. |
| 244 | * ''Film/{{Civilization}}'' features the protagonist being possessed by ''UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}'' so Jesus can come back to earth and preach against the evils of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Thus it counts as a inversion. |
| 245 | * ''Film/DeadBirds'': By performing the ritual in the book, Hollister gave passage to something from the other side. It got inside his children, transforming them into monsters, and continues to do so to anyone who dares trespass in the house. |
| 246 | * In ''Film/TheDeadCenter'', John Doe is suffering from this while stuck in an emergency psych ward, and his psychiatrist initially thinks it's a combination of catatonia and dissociative amnesia. [[spoiler:John Doe's real name is Michael Clark. He was supposed to die alongside his wife in a house fire, but a demon entered his body and brought him back to life.]] Once he found out what was happening, he [[spoiler:tried committing suicide via blood loss. The demon brought him back ''again'', and now intends to consume as many souls as it possibly can]]. |
| 247 | * In ''Film/DeathShip'', Capt. Ashland gets possessed by the ghost of the titular vessel's former captain, and eventually begins taking on his personality., |
| 248 | * In ''Film/DeathSpa'', Catherine's spirit is able to possess her twin brother David's body and transform it into a physical duplicate of her own. |
| 249 | * ''Film/{{Demons}}'' brings this to gory extremes. |
| 250 | * ''Film/TheDevilWithinHer'': When a woman refuses the advances of a DepravedDwarf, he curses her: "You will have a baby, a monster, an evil monster conceived in your womb! As big as I am small, and possessed by the Devil himself!" Several years later, she gives birth to an abnormally large and strong son who, sure enough, is possessed by a demon, leading to a long string of horrific events. [[spoiler:At the end, the woman's nun sister-in-law manages to exorcise the demon, and the supernatural blowback kills the dwarf.]] |
| 251 | * ''Film/DustDevil'': How Dust Devils can exist on the material plane. [[spoiler:At the end, it possesses Wendy.]] |
| 252 | * The premise of the ''Franchise/EvilDead'' movies. The people possessed by the "spirits of the [[TomeofEldritchLore book]]" can even appear to change back into their former selves, only to lure their former friends into reach. |
| 253 | * ''Film/TheExorcist'' is probably the quintessential example, with little Regan being possessed by a demon by the name of Pazuzu, necessitating an exorcism to get him out of her. |
| 254 | * ''Film/{{Fallen}}'': The BigBad is the demon Azazel, and can only survive in a living host. He can BodySurf by touch normally, and jump to any host within 500 cubits if his current host dies. [[spoiler:There's also no rule that his host has to be ''human''.]] |
| 255 | * ''Film/TheFieldGuideToEvil'': "A Nocturnal Breath" is about an evil spirit called a drude that possesses the body of a sinner. At night, it exits the body -- leaving its human host in a deathlike trance -- and travels the countryside spreading disease. |
| 256 | * ''Film/FromBeyondTheGrave'': In "The Elemental", an invisible demonic entity known as an elemental attempts to possess businessman Reggie Warren, but is defeated by Madame Orloff's exorcism. [[spoiler:However, it turns out that the exorcism has driven it from Reggie's body but not sent it back to Hell. It possesses Reggie's wife Susan, and then beats Susan to death with a poker for foiling its first attempt to acquire a host. Rosemary then leaves the cottage to wreak more havoc.]] |
| 257 | * ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' and ''Film/GhostbustersII'' feature possession, with Dana and Louis becoming possessed in ''GB'', and Oscar (sort of), Janohz and Ray in ''GBII'' by the ''same'' entity. See below for examples from other media in [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} the franchise]]. |
| 258 | * In ''Film/TheGhostDance'', an unearthed spirit of a Native American cult leader possesses a medicine man, and starts killing people. His real goal, however, is to make a woman who looks like his dead wife his. |
| 259 | * The alien threat in ''Film/GhostsOfMars'' operates using this method. |
| 260 | * ''Film/HappyHellNight'': A mock satanic ritual turns out to be real when a body of a priest is possessed by a demon and starts killing people. |
| 261 | * ''Film/{{Haunter}}'': Ghosts are able to take control of people living in the location they are bound to. After the Pale Man died, he possesses people who move into his old house to continue his killing spree. Lisa is able to contact the current girl living in the house this way in a benevolent version. |
| 262 | * In ''Film/HellraiserBloodline'', the Duc de l'Isle and his apprentice Jacques kill a woman to use as a host for the Cenobite Angelique. She bodyjacks the corpse for several centuries it seems. |
| 263 | * In ''Film/{{Hereditary}}'', this is the case with [[spoiler:Charlie]] [[DeadAllAlong practically from birth]]. In the final act, it happens to [[spoiler:Annie]] and [[spoiler:Peter]] as well. |
| 264 | * ''Film/TheHollowChild'': The Hollow Ones it turns out are malicious spirits which lure young children out in the forest where they possess them, then cause harm to their families out of hatred for humans. |
| 265 | * Jason [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands pulls this]] many times in ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday'' after being blown apart by police. At the end of the movie, it's shown that he can hop from host to host by becoming a large demonic worm (!). |
| 266 | * In ''Film/KillerParty'', sorority pledge Jennifer is possessed by a demon accidentally summoned up at a frat party 22 years earlier, and then trapped in the abandoned frat house. She then starts killing all of the attendees at an April Fools Party. |
| 267 | * ''Film/TheLazarusEffect'': [[spoiler:Eva ''thinks'' this might be the case, but it's unclear whether it was possession, Zoe going crazy from the resurrection, or Zoe going crazy from having been in Hell.]] |
| 268 | * ''Film/LovelyMolly'' has an ambiguous case. Molly might just be crazy. She might be possessed by her father's ghost. Or the carving of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orobas Orobas]] on the property, and the scene where she walks into the arms of an animal-headed fiend might be significant... |
| 269 | * ''Film/NightOfTheDemons1988'' and its sequels have this as part of the main plot, with demons being freed from Hell on UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve. |
| 270 | * ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'': |
| 271 | ** ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'': Freddy Krueger, the demonically-powered monster who inhabits nightmares, has found a way to return once again by possessing Jesse, the most recent inhabitant of the house on Elm Street. He eventually accomplishes this by [[TransformationOfThePossessed painfully transforming Jesse's body into his own]]. |
| 272 | ** Freddy does in again in ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' with Bill Freeburg, though somehow he doesn't die when Jason kills his host, as would be expected in this scenario. |
| 273 | * Arguably the effect of the demonic mask in ''Film/{{Onibaba}}'', though whether this is actually what happens, or just what the characters fear has happened is up to interpretation. |
| 274 | * ''Film/TheOthers2001'' had a very creepy scene where the little girl was possessed by the ghost of an old woman. Then we find out that [[spoiler:the girl is the ghost, and ''she'' was possessing the old woman]]. |
| 275 | * ''Film/ThePossession'' is about a young girl who buys a wooden box in a yard sale and [[SealedEvilInACan is progressively possessed by the demon sealed inside]]. Notable for being based on Jewish folklore instead of using a Christian demon. |
| 276 | * ''Film/ThePossessionOfMichaelKing'' features the possession of the eponymous Michael King by demons. ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. |
| 277 | * ''Film/RabidGrannies'' features two kindly old ladies at their birthday party, possessed by demons and proceed to eat their family. |
| 278 | * ''Film/{{Rafiki}}'': {{Discussed|Trope}}, as Kena's mother thinks her lesbianism is caused by demons possessing her. Then her homophobic pastor prays before the congregation for exorcism. |
| 279 | * ''Film/{{REC}}'' has a mysterious virus that could be [[spoiler:and is]] Demonic Possession. |
| 280 | * The Demon Fetus from ''Film/SeedingOfAGhost'' uses this method to make its victims suffer, making them see things (such as a coconut suddenly becoming a human head) before taking over a host body to be used to create a physical form. |
| 281 | * Played with in ''Film/SeventhSon2015''. A suspected case of this turns out to actually be a powerful witch possessing a little girl in order to draw out her old adversary. She drops the facade quickly. |
| 282 | * ''Film/ShallMePlay'': Stacy is possessed by a malicious spirit after seeking to banish them, which makes her cut herself after she's foamed at the mouth. |
| 283 | * ''The Shrine'' takes place in a small Polish village that is cursed with a demonic statue standing in constant fog. Those who approach the statue in the fog, eventually become possessed by the demon. |
| 284 | * ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'': The Goblin shows up in the [[Film/SpiderMan2 second]] and [[Film/SpiderMan3 third]] films talking about things Harry could not possibly know -- including echoing [[Film/SpiderMan1 its advice to his father]]. |
| 285 | * ''Film/StTrinians2TheLegendOfFrittonsGold'': Annabelle gets possessed by her ancestor Captain Fritton. There is no real point to this scene other than having the other girls scream, making the Emo do an exorcism, damaging Annabelle's self-esteem, and getting the second half of the clue. |
| 286 | * ''Film/{{Tamara}}'': Tamara becomes a wholly different person after resurrecting, and Chloe says the magic that she used possessed her. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Kisha]] is implied to become possessed as well. |
| 287 | * ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' has [[spoiler:Jonah Hill]] getting [[BlackComedyRape raped]] and then possessed by a demon. When his friends discover this, they attempt to [[HollywoodExorcism exorcise]] him in a scene that closely parodies ''Film/TheExorcist''. |
| 288 | * ''Film/TruthOrDare2018'': A demon named Calux has possessed the truth or dare game within the film. Anybody who breaks the rules is possessed by him too to enforce them. |
| 289 | * The title character in ''Film/Warlock1989'' tricks a phony medium to channel the Devil by providing her with one of his lesser known names. The medium mutates to something more demonic and the Devil offers the host's eyes for the Warlock's use. |
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| 293 | * ''Literature/TheAbandonTrilogy'': How the Furies operate. They are able to take over a WeakWilled person and control them. Apart from the Persephone Diamond, there's no way of detecting them apart from normal humans. |
| 294 | * ''Literature/TheAfterward'': The Old God has demons and humans he controls to attack enemies. |
| 295 | * ''Literature/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Lutz basically accuses Myne of being a demon possessing his friend and is not, strictly speaking, actually wrong. To his surprise, she agrees to get out of the body, but suggests they go home first. After all, the original Myne was already dead when she got here, so "getting out" would leave Lutz with a corpse to explain, not the little girl who once was. He calms down when he realizes the Myne he knows is the same one he's always known and that she didn't even want to be here. |
| 296 | * ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'': In the last book, [[spoiler: an ill-advised magical experiment leads to a number of powerful demons inhabiting most of the higher members of the government. The demons have no ability to possess people, but the magicians summoned them into their own bodies, believing they could control them. Instead they obliterated their minds and set up shop. In order to fight them, Nathaniel and Bartimaeus have to truly trust each other and share a body -- this has the added benefit of being temporary. Nathaniel can dismiss Bartimaeus, while the other demons are trapped in their new bodies, permanently cut off from home.]] |
| 297 | * ''Literature/BazilBroketail'': The Doom exerts that on three caged humans in order to see, hear and speak through them. |
| 298 | * ''Literature/BlackLegion'': When Falkion's ship's [[DeflectorShield Gellar Field]] goes down in the middle of a Warp storm, him and his people are possessed by daemons and spend big part of the book trying to take them under control. In the end they succeed, getting a rudimentary HiveMind as a bonus. |
| 299 | * ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'': |
| 300 | ** ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': [[spoiler:Luke Castellan]] voluntarily gets possessed by the titan Kronos in the penultimate book, ''The Battle of the Labrynth''. For much of the final book (''The Last Olympian''), he serves as the vessel for the Titan King until [[spoiler:the IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight where Luke casts out Kronos in his HeelFaceTurn]]. |
| 301 | ** ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'': An eidolon, a Greek possessing spirit, possesses [[spoiler: Leo into firing on Camp Jupiter]], as part of Gaea's plan to raise hostilities between the two camps. Later, eidolons possess [[spoiler: Percy and Jason]] to [[LetsYouAndHimFight fight each other.]] |
| 302 | * ''Literature/TheCaseOfTheDoubleHusband'': Overlaps with WillingChanneler -- George Arnold was dying from a war wound, but his best friend Ted Eliot willingly offered his own body for George's soul to inhabit. George's body died and Ted's soul passed into the afterlife, but George's soul lived on in Ted's body. |
| 303 | * ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'': The demon Coronzon has possessed [[spoiler:Lola Zaza Crowley, more commonly known as Lola Stuart]], since the start of the series. It has also modified several people, including [[spoiler:Index]] and [[spoiler:Fran]], to be easier for it to possess. It later creates an artificial demon, Qliphah Puzzle 545, who specialises in controlling multiple people at once. |
| 304 | * ''Literature/TheChaosCycle:'' The malevolent spirit/demon Abaddon has the ability to take over a human host and force them to do what he wants. |
| 305 | * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber'': Ty'igas are bodiless demons who can possess people. |
| 306 | * ''Literature/ChroniclesOfAncientDarkness'': With powerful dark magic, demons can be summoned from the [[SpiritWorld Otherworld]] and trapped inside the bodies of living creatures. The host body's souls are then trapped inside with no possibility to be freed unless the host is killed. The demon bear from the first book is created by [[spoiler:Tenris]] trapping an elemental, the most powerful type of demon, inside a [[BearsAreBadNews bear]]'s body. ''Tokoroths'' are created by trapping demons inside the bodies of young children that have been reduced into {{Empty Shell}}s. |
| 307 | * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfDorsa'': People can be involuntarily [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by [[LivingShadow shadows]], though most do this [[WillingChanneler willingly]]. |
| 308 | * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant'': The Ravers are a trio of powerful demons who collectively act as TheDragon to BigBad [[GodOfEvil Lord Foul]]. They don't have true bodies of their own, but possess a variety of mortals across the series (they can possess humans without help, but require a power boost before they can possess [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Haruchai]] or [[OurGiantsAreBigger Giants]]). Some main characters get possessed at different points and are able to describe the experience. |
| 309 | * ''Literature/ComeCloser'': Skeptical architect Amanda is gradually [[spoiler:and successfully]] possessed by a demon Namaah. |
| 310 | * In Creator/RobertBloch's ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'' story "The Shadow From the Steeple", one of Nyarlathotep's many forms can apparently possess people. The possessed individuals look mostly the same other than their skin turning darker. Oh, and they also glow in the dark. |
| 311 | * ''Literature/ADarkerShadeOfMagic'' has Vitari, a being of pure magic which is capable of possessing multiple bodies. |
| 312 | * According to the {{Creepypasta}} ''Literature/TheDevilGame'', this is what happens to you if you don't end the ritual to summon the Devil in time. |
| 313 | * ''Literature/DevilVenerableAlsoWantsToKnow'': |
| 314 | ** When Wenren E uses a DangerousForbiddenTechnique to turn himself into a blood cultivator, he gains the ability to instantly possess and take control of anyone's body without being detected by other cultivators which makes infiltrating enemy sects a breeze. He can even access all of the memories of the person he's possessing, although he refrains from doing so except for one case near the end. |
| 315 | ** [[spoiler:He Wenzhao]] turns out to have been possessed by an elder demon who's the only blood cultivator in the world other than Wenren E and would have gone completely undetected if Wenren E hadn't sensed its existence. [[spoiler:He Wenzhao actually agreed to be possessed by it, but without knowing its true nature and being fooled into believing that it was benevolent.]] |
| 316 | * The ''Literature/DoraWilkSeries'' has a fair share of possessed people: first, [[spoiler:Raphael]] turns our to have been possessed for years, then, in book five, Dora is possessed, to both hers and demons' disgruntlement, and Baal reveals that [[spoiler: he was possessed by a demon but took control over it, effectively possessing a demon]]. The person and demon can be connected against their wish by a special magical ritual, which is how all of the above became possessed. |
| 317 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': |
| 318 | ** The whole Order of the Blackened Denarius are examples of this; the ''denarii'' are the ThirtyPiecesOfSilver paid to Judas for betraying Christ. Each silver coin is an ArtifactOfDoom that acts as a SoulJar for a FallenAngel. When the host is first possessed (by simply touching the coin with bare skin) only a "shadow" of the original FallenAngel exists within the host. This shadow can exert some control over the host by altering the mind, making them see illusions or not notice pain or cold. This is as far as the shadow can go. The only blessing is that they don't go so far as to kill the host because they need the host to take up the coin. To go for full possession, the host must willingly take up the coin and angel. This is because the host, as a human, has free will and, no matter what the shadow does, it cannot stop that. ''Literature/WhiteNight'' in particular examines the issue, as the host is unusually resistant, which has given the host and the shadow of the Fallen more time to become acquainted than is usual. Because the mortal chooses, even if that choice is under duress but not a lie by the Fallen, then no amount of Holy power can remove the Fallen from the host human. This is because God refuses to supercede the free will of mortals. Even when the Fallen might lie, the lie would only be countered with a statement of Truth with the exact same word count. The only means of truly freeing oneself from the Fallen [[spoiler:is to feel genuine guilt over their actions and let go of the coin]]. The only ways to free oneself from the Shadow of the Fallen are either [[spoiler:cutting oneself off from magic, which results in a form of starvation for the Shadow but has the consequence of a wizard losing their powers permenantly]], or [[spoiler:if the Shadow willingly sacrifices its life to save the host from a mental attack]]. |
| 319 | ** ''Literature/ColdDays'' reveals that there's also [[spoiler:Nemesis, an entity affiliated with the [[EldritchAbomination Outsiders]] that can infect people's minds like a virus. In most cases, Nemesis does not seem to directly control its victims, and only [[BrainwashedAndCrazy warps their personalities]] so that they will further its agenda. Some of its victims do not even seem to be aware of it, although others clearly are, and in some cases Nemesis can [[VillainOverride assume direct control]].]] To be free of this entity, it takes the help of a greater power to bind the victim and expell the thing, such as one on tier with Winter Queen Mab, Summer Queen Titania, or their Mothers. |
| 320 | * In ''Literature/TheDrowningCity'', there's an interesting twist: a demon (jinn, to be precise) is bound inside a human shell by trickery and restrained and controlled by powerful magical bindings. |
| 321 | * In ''Literature/EndoAndKobayashiLive The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte'', the titular villainess Lieselotte's fate in most routes of the FictionalVideoGame ''Love Me Magically!'' is to fall so deeply into despair (from being [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood thought as]] an AlphaBitch and being dumped by her fiance) that she gets possessed by the Witch of Yore, turning into a monster that is slain by the heroes. |
| 322 | * ''Literature/{{Echo}}'' centers around a mysterious mountain in the Swiss Alps that appears to be haunted by a malevolent presence. The story focuses on a mountain climber who barely survives his climb, and when he returns, appears to be haunted by this presence. |
| 323 | * ''Literature/ExpirationDate'' features several variations on ghostly possession. |
| 324 | * ''Literature/ForgottenRealms'': Dornal Silverhand noticed that his wife slowly turned into a withered shell. Some research revealed that she was possessed by "an entity of great magical power." He beheaded her to spare both of them any further agony (what is worse, she was carrying a child), only to be told that she ''agreed'' [[SubvertedTrope to be possessed by the goddess Mystra, in order to give birth to "special" daughters.]] FreakOut ensued. This did not stop the most powerful deity of that world, but youngest of [[http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Seven_Sisters Seven Sisters]] was born as a drow (which may be the sole good result of disaster). Mystra made Dornal practically immortal so he could find peace sooner or later, but averted his meeting with the last daughter, as she thought it would provoke another FreakOut. |
| 325 | * This is how ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'' describes being a berserk: your body harbours your own soul and the berserk spirit, which takes over when you HulkOut. If you leave it in charge too often, it can eventually kill the human personality and take over completely. Kosma implies that this is what happened to his and Nikita's father. |
| 326 | * [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Literature/TheGodsAreBastards''. One of the main characters is possessed by a demon, but the demon is just as upset about it as she is and they're good friends by the beginning of the story. |
| 327 | * Played with in ''Literature/GoodOmens'', which features a case of ''angelic'' possession after [[spoiler:Aziraphale's body gets destroyed]]. He jumps around the world, including into an on-air televangelist (who mistakes him for a demon), before settling on PhonyPsychic Madame Tracy. |
| 328 | * The ''Literature/GreyKnights'' novels, since they are about daemons and those who fight them, naturally have this occur a few times. Some of these daemons can take over machinery, as shown in ''Dark Adeptus''. |
| 329 | * ''Literature/DeGriezelbus'': In book 4, Onnoval starts possessing Mister Jacques from the Other Reality to write and read his stories to his class. He also forces the teacher to change his appearance into Onnoval's step by step so nobody will notice when they switch places later on. |
| 330 | * ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has the BigBad Lord Voldemort do this on a few occasions. |
| 331 | ** [[spoiler:Ginny Weasley]] in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', who became possessed through [[spoiler:Voldemort's [[SoulJar boyhood diary]]]]. |
| 332 | ** [[spoiler: Professor Quirrel]] might also count by the end of [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the first book]], though it's an interesting case; the original owner of the body is in fact allowed to remain in control, likely mostly due to the possessor's weakened state, and in the climax is ''told'' to give control over to the possessor (and talks back). It is also apparently consensual, though possibly for definitions of the word which include death threats. |
| 333 | ** Harry is possessed [[spoiler: by Voldemort]] in the climax of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' after spending most of the book worrying about the possibility of it happening. |
| 334 | * ''Literature/AHatFullOfSky'' sees young witch Tiffany Aching, still learning her Art, innocently discovering out-of-body experiences, going [[AstralProjection astral walking]] and considering this such a natural and unremarkable thing that she neglects to tell her teachers in the Craft. who, had they been aware, would have told her that when you pop out of the house for a few minutes and leave it unattended, ''you lock the back door and see all the windows are closed''. Or else, as Tiffany discovered, burglars and squatters can get in. |
| 335 | * ''Literature/HelenAndTroysEpicRoadQuest'': Helen and Troy's quest ends with one of them becoming the Lost God's host. Since Helen's horns make putting on the magic helmet anatomically impossible, Troy winds up being his vessel. |
| 336 | * In the ''Mage Winds'' trilogy of the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, BigBad Ma'ar is discovered to have been possessing the bodies of his descendants to prolong his own existence. This starts more like a case of serial GrandTheftMe, but as he suffers story-driven VillainDecay over the centuries, he eventually forgets to "finish off" the spirit of the final body he inhabits, bringing about his ultimate downfall. |
| 337 | * In ''Literature/HereticalEdge'', this is a racial ability of the angelic [[LightIsNotGood Seosten]]. Known victims include [[spoiler:Crossroads founder Heironymous Bosch, Flick's friend Columbus Porter, whoever killed Professor Pericles, Elisabet of the Crossroads Committee, and at least one of the Victors of Eden's Garden]]. The ability can also be inherited by a [[VictorGainsLosersPowers Heretic who kills a Seosten]], as [[spoiler:Flick finds out after killing Charmeine with the help of the friendly Seosten possessing her]]. |
| 338 | * ''Literature/{{Hurog}}'': In ''Dragon Bones'', the heroes spend the night on a hill, in the ruins of an ancient temple. In the night, Ward wakes up and sees that his (mute!) younger sister Ciarra is missing. When he finds her, she ... talks. In a male voice. To her feet lies Oreg, whom Ward had ordered to protect Ciarra. [[spoiler:They all survive, and it is more of a case of possession by a god, but it's a kind of {{jerkass god|s}}. Ward stays angry at him for the rest of the novel, and chooses to not pray to him when an incident makes it necessary to pray to someone.]] |
| 339 | * This is the main theme of ''Literature/ISitBehindTheEyes'', with the titular Entity being an EldritchAbomination who has been doing this since the dawn of time. [[spoiler: It is actually a rare case of Angelic Possession, as it only ever possesses criminals and Psychopaths, turning them into nicer people. It does not even realise that it is possessing someone, as it becomes a TomatoInTheMirror upon entering a new host.]] |
| 340 | * ''Literature/InSearchOfDorothy'' has the Wicked Witch of the West return by brainwashing an old woman, later possessing her to resurrect her body and magic completely. |
| 341 | * Spirits sometimes do this in the ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'', if they can [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters dupe a spellcaster who summons them]]. |
| 342 | * ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Enforcers are orderly deities who manifest as silver-grey smoke. By forcing their way into a physical body, they can take absolute control of that body. [[OrderVsChaos They are certainly considered demonic by elves and others in the Church of Chaos but Order's Orthodoxy considers them angels]]. [[spoiler: This is how King Ataidar, Kasile's father, meets his end. Everytime he's on screen, he's possessed by an enforcer.]] |
| 343 | * In Gav Thorpe's ''Literature/TheLastChancers'' novel ''Annihilation Squad'', this overtakes [[spoiler:Kage. Fortunately, a blank can free him when in distance, and in the end, he is free enough to make a HeroicSacrifice]]. |
| 344 | * In ''Literature/LordOfLight'', one of Sam's big advantages in the War Against Heaven is that he can control the Demon-like Rakasha, but when he slips up, the result is a demon walking around with all of Sam's powers -- not a good thing. |
| 345 | * In ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'', Denethor and Saruman are both corrupted by Sauron when using the [[CrystalBall palantir]]. Denethor seems to treat this simply as a device for attaining knowledge, unaware that Sauron has another palantir and is using it to selectively feed him information, much like how the scientists of N.I.C.E. in ''Literature/ThatHideousStrength'' are unaware that the Macrobes speaking to them through the living Head are actually fallen angels (see below). Saruman is aware that he is communing with Sauron by this method, but hubristically imagines that he can control the communication and use Sauron to his own ends, when it's actually the other way around. |
| 346 | * In ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'', [[spoiler:Kel Cheris ends up being possessed by Jedao]], though some of the original identity is retained. |
| 347 | * ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'': |
| 348 | ** Cotillion, the Patron God of Assassins takes over Sorry's body in the beginning of ''Literature/GardensOfTheMoon'' to spy on the Malazan Empire from within. Sorry, later named Apsalar, carries around the scars of having been possessed by Cotillion for most of the rest of the series, and the latter spends much of it trying to make it up to her. |
| 349 | ** Felisin Paran is possessed by the Whirlwind Goddess at the end of ''Literature/DeadhouseGates'', which makes her the spiritual and de facto leader of the Whirlwind Rebellion but leads to her death at the hands of her own sister, who never even realised who she was fighting. |
| 350 | * This is the ultimate goal of the Storm King in ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn''. Since his original body was destroyed by a DangerousForbiddenTechnique, his spirit has lived as a malevolent shadow in the realm of dreams for five hundred years, waiting for the culmination of his EvilPlan to seize a new body so he can bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. |
| 351 | * This is what happens in ''Literature/TheNightsDawnTrilogy'' when [[spoiler: the dead return to the living world]] by taking over people's body, usually using torture by already possessed or satanist cults to force their way in. |
| 352 | * ''Literature/ParrishPlessis'' has the Eskaalim, information entities which act as TheCorruption for their victims before taking complete control. |
| 353 | * In ''Literature/ProphecyOfTheSisters'' this happens to [[spoiler: Sonia ]] during an attempt to communicate with the world of spirits. [[spoiler: Lia is able to make the demon leave after he tries to talk her into helping him to enter the world.]] |
| 354 | * Tak in Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheRegulators'' and ''Literature/{{Desperation}}'' (not the same character, the novels are a short of AlternateContinuity versions of each other). |
| 355 | * The BigBad of ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' is the Spirit of Riot and Rebellion [[spoiler:[[Theatre/PunchAndJudy Mister Punch]]]] who is possessing innocent souls forcing them to commit random acts of murder and violence. At one point manages to possess and entire theatre crowd all at once. |
| 356 | * In the Literature/ChooseYourOwnAdventure book ''Secret of the Ninja'' by Jay Leibold, one of the options is to become a WillingChanneler for a centuries old spirit (referred to a ''kami'') that has been haunting Danai Kurayama, the main character's best friend, whose {{ninja}} clan has been rivals with another {{ninja}} family for centuries. The results depend on the reader's own decision, and can go from [[spoiler: simply let the ''kami'' explain his GhostlyGoals and reach a peaceful agreement]] to [[spoiler: have the ''kami'' perform a GrandTheftMe and use the main's body to ''murder'' poor Danai]]. |
| 357 | * '''Things''' in ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' have this as one of their standard abilities. In ''Queste'', this first happens to Hildegarde Pigeon and then to the Toll-Man. |
| 358 | * In the world of ''Literature/ShamanOfTheUndead'', ''every'' attempt at summoning a demon ends with demon taking control of the body, usually with rather gory results, as [[IAmAHumanitarian demons are humanitarians]]. It's case no 2 and 4, as most black wizards believe that they can control the demon. Sometimes happens as a side effect, when you're unlucky enough to stand too close when barrier between the worlds is ripped open. |
| 359 | * In the ''Literature/SpiritHunters'' story "The Lodge of the Doves" the ghosts of two [[spoiler:gay]] couples who died in an avalanche haunt the resort where they spent their last days and possess whoever enters until after midnight, using their bodies to have some fun. The titular characters get possessed three nights in a row before figuring out a way to exorcise them. |
| 360 | * ''Literature/TheSpiritThief'': All demonseeds eventually become puppets of the Master of the Dead Mountain. |
| 361 | * ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': The Voidbringers are actually Parshendi possessed by Voidspren, tiny fragments of the Cosmic Essence Of Hatred. Depending on which kind of Voidspren did the possessing, Voidbringers can manifest a wide variety of supernatural powers. |
| 362 | * ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'': Slides take control of animals through projecting their souls, plus people's they captured, into their bodies. |
| 363 | * ''Literature/ThatHideousStrength'': |
| 364 | ** The Head of the Institute is a literal severed head, animated by a dark eldil rather than its original occupant. There are also signs that it affects Frost, who experiences it as periods of doing things without knowing why; and there's one scene where Mark comes into Wither's office and finds that Wither's body is occupied by something quite unlike his normal personality. |
| 365 | ** Inverted with Merlin, who becomes the vessel for five ''oyeresu'' -- angelic possession. Even though he knows that [[PossessionBurnout channelling their power will destroy him]]. |
| 366 | * ''Literature/ThreeDaysToNever'': The protagonist's family is haunted by a malevolent supernatural creature (referred to by the Jewish term "dybbuk") with a grudge over the actions of one of his ancestors. Part of the plot hinges on its attempt to possess his daughter and use her to destroy the family from within. |
| 367 | * "Literature/ThroughTheGatesOfTheSilverKey": An unusual variant. In the second half of the story, Randolph's mind is cast back into the past and into the body of an alien, resulting in a case of an otherworldly entity being possessed by a human. Zkauba otherwise responds as expected, as he perceives his new "passenger" as a hideous mental parasite and works desperately to exorcise himself of it while Randolph's own mind struggles equally hard to take full control of their body and use it to return home. |
| 368 | * ''Literature/TheTraitorSonCycle'': [[spoiler:Harmodius]] possesses [[spoiler:Red Knight's]] body after the former dies. While he's usually little more than a voice in his host's head, he sometimes takes over, whenever a difficult spell has to be cast, his host loses consciousness, or something catches the "demon's" (as one of the doctors calls him) fancy. |
| 369 | * ''Literature/TrappedOnDraconica'': [[spoiler: Lucia]] has been possessed by [[spoiler: Kazebar]] from before the start. The names in the spoiler tags are critical to TheReveal. |
| 370 | * ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles'': A variation in ''Queen of the Damned'', which reveals that this as the origin of vampires. Most spirits are benign or friendly. However, Amel was vicious and loved to prick people, having a thing for blood. After the king and queen of Ancient Egypt were betrayed and fatally stabbed by their nobles, Amel used this opportunity to enter Queen Akasha through her wounds and transformed her body into the first vampire. She proceeded to turn King Enkil by sharing a portion of Amel with him. Their hunger for blood was great, and even candlelight caused them great discomfort. Eventually, they learned that passing on the Dark Gift to others would lessen their hunger and vulnerability by spreading Amel around. Thus vampires were born. Each vampire has a piece of Amel in him or her; however, Akasha is the one with the spirit's "core". Should she die, all vampires would die with her ([[spoiler:unless someone eats her heart and brain to take the "core"]]). |
| 371 | * ''Literature/WarsOfTheRealm'': demons of the Vexer-Possessor order can vex (harass) or possess unsaved humans and control them directly. This actually becomes a plot point, with the demons targeting Drew by possessing a serial killer, members of a street gang, and even a black bear. |
| 372 | * ''Literature/TheWaySeries'' has something somewhere between Demonic Possession and PuppeteerParasite. The Jarts are a species (really a conglomeration of assimilated species and whatever you'd call "original" Jarts) that exist primarily as virtual personality fragments as a sort of hive mind, where bits can be combined, split off and downloaded into an artificial body to perform any given task. The book's protagonist, Olmy, discovers an "individual" Jart who had been captured by humanity centuries earlier and downloads it into his mental implants to study. The Jart, because of the "species'" inherent flexibility to modify itself to fit into any environment capable of holding a conscious entity is easily able to reverse engineer the implants interface and downloads itself directly into Olmy's mind, reversing their roles. (He gets better.) |
| 373 | * In "Literature/AWitchShallBeBorn", this is one explanation offered from why Taramis (actually her EvilTwin Salome) is suddenly TheCaligula. |
| 374 | * In ''Wody Głębokie jak Niebo'', demons can possess people, changing them into mindless puppets. It was often used by wizards who wished for their wives to be nice and compliant. [[spoiler:Severo merges Arachne with a demon to save her from execution.]] |
| 375 | [[/folder]] |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 378 | * ''Series/AshVsEvilDead'' sees an attempt to summon a demon for interrogation and then exorcise it go slightly wrong. [[spoiler: At first it appears to have worked, with the demon seemingly banished in a cloud of black smoke, until the following episode when it's revealed to have possessed one of the plucky sidekicks, with the episode after that dedicated to the (very disturbing) attempts at exorcising it.]] That's not to mention all the Deadites in the series in general, who are humans (or corpses) possessed by Kandarian demons. |
| 379 | * ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'': |
| 380 | ** [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]] as a whole are an example of this -- they're dead bodies possessed by demons. |
| 381 | ** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E8TheDarkAge The Dark Age]]", Eyghon the Sleepwalker can inhabit any unconscious or dead body in his vicinity. |
| 382 | ** ''Series/{{Angel}}'': |
| 383 | *** {{Inverted|Trope}} in "[[Recap/AngelS01E14IveGotYouUnderMySkin I've Got You Under My Skin]]" when the gang goes to try and exorcise a demon-possessed boy... only for it to turn out that [[EnfantTerrible the boy is soulless]] and has ''trapped'' the [[HorrifyingTheHorror now-terrified]] demon inside his body. |
| 384 | *** In the last season, [[spoiler:Winifred Burkle's soul is destroyed by a magical ritual and her body taken over by an ancient demonic being called Illyria. Fred [[BackFromTheDead comes back]] in ''ComicBook/AngelAndFaith'']]. |
| 385 | * ''Series/Charmed1998'': There are demons, and they possess people. Usually it's only a GrandTheftMe situation, but the Hollow can take over weaker-willed individuals who think they can control its power. |
| 386 | * ''Series/Charmed2018'': The sisters have to deal with this when Angela gets possessed by the Harbinger. |
| 387 | * Accounts for most of the antagonists in ''Series/{{Crazyhead}}'' and causes quite a headache for Amy and Raquel. |
| 388 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 389 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E3ImageOfTheFendahl "Image of the Fendahl"]]: The Fendahl Skull did this to turn Thea Ransome, a scientist, into a golden [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reaper]]. |
| 390 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E3Kinda "Kinda"]] suggests the Mara could do this to Fifth Doctor companion Tegan. The trope is fulfilled in spades in the sequel serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E2Snakedance "Snakedance"]]. |
| 391 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E8TheImpossiblePlanet "The Impossible Planet"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E9TheSatanPit "The Satan Pit"]]: What may or may not be the Devil himself possesses the archaeologist Toby Zed. |
| 392 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E742 "42"]]: Korwin, Ashton and [[spoiler:the Doctor]] all get possessed by a [[GeniusLoci living star]] which forces them to attack others in revenge for having part of itself stolen for fuel, giving them GlowingEyesOfDoom. |
| 393 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]]: Some kind of alien lifeform possesses a human, imitates the speech of others, and incapacitates the Doctor. |
| 394 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E8TheWitchfinders "The Witchfinders"]]: Becka Savage and King James both claim that Satan can possess anyone. [[spoiler:Becka herself, who has been leading witch hunts, is actually possessed by an alien, the Morax queen, after she chopped down the tree serving as the lock to the Morax's prison. The queen eventually takes over Becka's body.]] |
| 395 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E8TheHauntingOfVillaDiodati "The Haunting of Villa Diodati"]]: Creator/LordByron raises this as a possible explanation when Dr. Polidori abruptly walks through what ''appears'' to be a wall after everyone in the house has been trapped inside the rooms they're in by the house twisting in on itself. The actual reason is because Polidori, being a {{sleepwalk|ing}}er, is immune to the PerceptionFilter that's part of the trap in this state. |
| 396 | * ''Series/DoubleTheFist'': Mephisto gets possessed by a Demi God Fear Factory, causing him to shoot lasers, murder people at random (well, more than before) and steal Steve's car. He shows up again two episodes later leading an army of lumberjack pandas. |
| 397 | %%* An old show called ''Everyman'' about real exorcisms on demons.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh9EAPqM1OA "Everyman-Exorcism"]] |
| 398 | * The enemy in ''{{Series/Garo}}'' is a race of demonic beings known as Horrors, who use this trope as their way to fully manifest into this world. In this case, the victim of the possession must be overtaken by negative emotions, such as sadness, anger or greed in order to make a perfect host for the Horror. Unfortunately, there is no way to exorcise the Horror, meaning the victim must be killed to end their suffering. |
| 399 | * ''Series/HoneyIShrunkTheKids''. Diane gets possessed by the ghost of a Celtic princess when translating a spell tablet in "Honey, You'll Always Be A Princess To Me", and Amy gets possessed by the ghost of a 19th century comedian in "Honey, I'm Spooked" when the Szalinski family gets a [[SoulJar trunk containing the comedian's spirit]] (who got released when they opened it). |
| 400 | * One ''Series/InsideNo9'' episode, [[spoiler:"The Harrowing"]], features demonic possession as a primary plot element. |
| 401 | * ''Franchise/KamenRider'': |
| 402 | ** This is one of the abilities from the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Imagin]] in ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''. TheHero even has four of them as allies, who regularly take possession of his body at inopportune moments. Despite drastically altering his appearance with things like colored hair, changing his voice and, above all, behavior, other characters don't really seem to notice something is off. |
| 403 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' features a variant of this trope. In this series, magic is generated by Phantoms, which are beings living in the mind of the wizard. People with latent magical abilities are known as Gates and have a Phantom lying dormant in their minds. Should a Gate give in to great despair, the Phantom awakens and is able to permanently take over Gate in question, allowing it to manifest in the physical world. |
| 404 | ** It's revealed that in ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'', [[spoiler:Souichi was possessed by Evolt, the destroyer of Mars, when the Mars mission [[DugTooDeep unearthed Pandora's box and accidentally set the evil spirit loose.]]]] |
| 405 | * Seen in OneEpisodeWonder ''Series/LostInOz'', with the Wicked Witch of the West returning by possessing a girl once she realized Dorothy could kill her. |
| 406 | * ''Series/LoveAndDestiny'': Yuan Zheng was possessed during the battle against the Demon King, which was why Jiu Chen had to kill him. |
| 407 | * ''Series/LovecraftCountry'': [[spoiler:Ji-Ah]] was possessed by a kumiho, a fox spirit from Korean folklore due to her mother's deal with a shaman. She has to kill one hundred men and take their souls before she'll become human again. |
| 408 | * In ''Series/Lucifer2016'', demons have the ability to possess the bodies of recently deceased humans, provided the soul was already destined for damnation. Heaven objected to the practice, so Lucifer banned it a few centuries ago. Lucifer himself isn’t particularly fond of it either, and tends to deal with demons who ignore the ban rather brutally. |
| 409 | * ''Series/TheMagicians2016'': |
| 410 | ** Richard is possessed by Renard the Fox, a cruel trickster god, after he's accidentally summoned. |
| 411 | ** Later Quentin essentially gives Alice the niffin a "time-sharing" form in return for her help. |
| 412 | * Apparently, this afflicts Josh Alexander in ''Series/NightAndDay''. For the most part he’s a kind-hearted, if mysterious, soul -– but later in the series, he begins to act demonically at times, taking pleasure in the suffering of others and apparently gaining the ability to harm people simply by staring at them with menacing red eyes. On at least one occasion 'Josh' explicitly states that he is not Josh, apparently suggesting that a parasitic entity of some form is responsible -- although its influence on him appears to be intermittent. The nature of the possession, if that's indeed what it is, is never really explained, though it appears to be triggered when Alex punches him and he hits his head. It may be related to his blackouts and/or a quasi-symbolic side-effect of his parent issues. The phenomenon, which also deploys aspects of the RomanticVampireBoy trope, has vanished by the series’ close, with just as little explanation as with its introduction. |
| 413 | * ''Series/NowhereBoys'': [[spoiler:A restoring demon (ie. a demon trying to 'restore' the natural order of things) is responsible for]] the hoards of animals that keep attacking the boys. [[spoiler:It later starts possessing people]]. |
| 414 | * ''Series/ProdigalSon'': In "Speak of the Devil", two different people are convinced they're possessed by a demon. In one case, his psychosis is kept relatively under control by rituals that convince him it's restrained. The other though was a killer, driven to commit ritual murder after lead poisoning caused him to develop delusions. He too though is later stopped by Malcolm performing an exorcism with a friar's instruction since it's something that the killer (a Catholic too) ''[[PlaceboEffect believes]]'' works. It's also mentioned that the modern Catholic Church only quite rarely performs an exorcism, since so many cases are like this, the result of delusions. |
| 415 | * John Druitt in ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' is possessed by a murderous energy elemental. He can control it sometimes, but it's unpredictable at best. |
| 416 | * PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' when the Church Lady believes [[Series/JerseyShore Snooki]] is possessed and brings in a priest to have her exorcised. [[spoiler: The priest ends up getting possessed as well, as evident by his new hairdo and annoying laugh.]] |
| 417 | * Seen in ''Series/TheSecretCircle''. Heather had been possessed by the demon Abaddon, which is why Cassie's mother put a binding spell on her. Heather eventually dies after being run over by a car and the demon then proceeds to possess Melissa at the end of episode 4, before eventually being killed while possessing Nick. |
| 418 | * ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': This is a very common power of many villains. In particular, possession by [[EvilTwin Bizarro]] or [[RoboticPsychopath Brainiac]] looks mightily demonic. |
| 419 | ** In "[[Recap/SmallvilleS04E08Spell Spell]]", Isobel pulls this on Lana in the teaser after she touches Isobel's spellbook, and she later works a spell that causes her two cohorts Brianna and Madelyn to possess Lois and Chloe. She possesses Lana ''again'' in "[[Recap/SmallvilleS04E15Sacred Sacred]]". |
| 420 | ** In "[[Recap/SmallvilleS05E14Tomb Tomb]]", Chloe finds the body of a girl in the Talon and becomes possessed by her ghost when she touches her kryptonite bracelet. |
| 421 | ** Bizarro does it in "[[Recap/SmallvilleS06E22Phantom Phantom]]". EnfantTerrible alert. GoryDiscretionShot '''not''' provided. |
| 422 | ** Brainiac does this to [[spoiler:Chloe Sullivan]] in "[[Recap/SmallvilleS08E10Bride Bride]]" and "[[Recap/SmallvilleS08E11Legion Legion]]"; comes with [[spoiler:BloodSplatteredWeddingDress]], ominous silver eyes and a {{Squick}}y, flirty and cruel attitude to horrifying effect. |
| 423 | ** "[[Recap/SmallvilleS09E16Escape Escape]]" has the Silver Banshee, who first takes control of an unnamed woman, then Chloe and, finally, Lois. |
| 424 | ** In "[[Recap/SmallvilleS10E03Supergirl Supergirl]]", Darkseid takes over Gordon Godfrey's body, and he ''tries'' doing this to Clark later. |
| 425 | * ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': |
| 426 | ** Played with in "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E05TheAssignment The Assignment]]" when Miles O'Brien's wife is possessed by an alien energy being who [[IHaveYourWife orders O'Brien around in exchange for not killing her]]. ''She'' can blend in perfectly, but O'Brien's odd behavior makes people suspect ''he's'' some kind of doppelganger. (Something similar also happened to him on another occasion...) |
| 427 | ** In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E21TheReckoning The Reckoning]]", one of the Prophets of Bajor and a Pah-wraith take possession of the bodies of Kira and Jake Sisko respectively in order to duke it out on the station. |
| 428 | * In ''Series/StrangerThings'' Season 2, [[spoiler:Will Byers, a kid who was trapped in the [[EldritchLocation Upside Down]] for several days, eventually finds himself getting attacked by one of its inhabitants, an evil entity called the "[[EldritchAbomination Mind Flayer]]". This thing, which looks like a giant mass of black smoke, forces itself into Will's body. Will is now able to sense the Mind Flayer as it tries breaking into the Earthly realm via a network of underground tunnels beneath Will's hometown. The Mind Flyer also forces Will into doing its bidding, such as luring a group of US Army soldiers into an ambush by monsters. When Will's family and friends finally realize what's wrong, they tie down Will to a bed and "exorcise" him by torturing him with extreme heat, which does expel the Mind Flyer after some considerable difficulty.]] |
| 429 | * In an episode of ''[[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody The Suite Life On Deck]]'', Bailey finds herself possessed by the spirit of the ancient South American royal Princess Zaria when Zack finds her [[ArtifactOfDoom crown]], thereby releasing her spirit from her [[SoulJar bust]]. |
| 430 | * This happens a lot on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': |
| 431 | ** It's actually the only way demons operate in the world, their default form being thick black smoke. It's even {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in [[Recap/SupernaturalS03E12JusInBello "Jus in Bello" (S03, E12)]]. |
| 432 | --->'''Henriksen:''' Smart. How long have you had those [anti-possession tattoos]?\ |
| 433 | '''Sam:''' Not long enough. |
| 434 | ** There's the young girls whom Lilith likes to possess and terrorize and kill their families, as well as her dental hygienist; Meg Masters, who has to spend over a year watching a demon use her body to kill people; [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E14BornUnderABadSign "Born Under A Bad Sign" (S02, E14)]], where the same demon who possessed Meg Masters earlier possesses [[spoiler:Sam]] and proceeds to [[spoiler:shoot and torture Dean and attack Jo]]; Ruby's unnamed hosts (the blonde, the secretary, Coma Girl); Abaddon's meat suit, Josie Sands; Crowley's literary agent from New York; the crossroads demons' hosts; whoever the Yellow-Eyed Demon happens to be possessing (Father Lehne, Samuel Campbell, John Winchester, the hospital janitor); Alastair's pediatrician; and, of course, all the random meatsuits the demonic mooks take over the course of the series. |
| 435 | ** The series then inverts this with ''angelic'' possession: since interacting with an angel's true form can burn out a person's eyes and deafen them, if not kill them outright, angels, just like demons, require the use of preexisting physical bodies when it comes to interacting with humans. Certain angels also stick to specific bloodlines, as those bodies hold them better (or are the only ones who can, especially in the case of archangels). The upside is that angelic possession requires verbal agreement by the host, before and during the possession, while demonic possession does not. Unfortunately, "[[SuchALovelyNoun that's a real nice body you've got there]]. [[ShameIfSomethingHappened It'd be such a shame if somebody were to give it terminal cancer]]" [[LoopholeAbuse is an acceptable tactic for obtaining that agreement]]. |
| 436 | ** The Leviathans can also do this. Their first on-screen victim is [[spoiler:Castiel's vessel Jimmy. They violently oust control from Castiel inside Jimmy and it's heavily implied that Castiel was killed in the process (though he later returned)]]. Their host isn't strong enough to hold ''all'' of them at once, so they are forced to leave him and find other humans to possess. |
| 437 | ** There's also ghost possession. But that's very rare, as it takes a ''particularly'' angry vengeful spirit to pull this trick off. |
| 438 | ** A couple of different instances involve possession via multiple, antagonistic entities who then [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind fight each other in the possessee's body]]. In Season 9, [[spoiler:Crowley enters a Gadreel-possessed Sam to inform Sam of the possession and encourage him to kick Gadreel out. The more powerful Gadreel easily beats up Crowley, but Sam's willpower and ownership of his own body gives him the ability to expel the angel.]] In Season 11, [[spoiler:Crowley does the same thing again, this time entering Castiel to try to encourage him to expel Lucifer. Unfortunately, Castiel is depressed and disinterested in fighting, and since Lucifer vs. Crowley is a CurbStompBattle, the demon is forced to flee without accomplishing much.]] So in one case the vessel is housing [[spoiler:a human soul, an angel, and a demon]], and in the second case, the vessel is housing [[spoiler: a demon and two angels, one of whom is ''[[{{Satan}} Lucifer]]'']]. Fortunately for everyone involved, both vessels are extremely strong and capable of handling the stress. |
| 439 | * ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S4E7JessBelle Jess-Belle]]", the vengeful spirit of Jess-Belle Stone possesses her love rival Ellwyn Glover soon after her wedding to Billy-Ben Turner. |
| 440 | * ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': Both stories in [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S2E10 the tenth episode of season two]] involve this trope. |
| 441 | ** In "Time and Teresa Golowitz", the Prince of Darkness possesses Laura Schuppe so that he can talk to Bluestone at Mary Ellen Cosgrove's party in October 1948. He later takes possession of Nelson Baxley. |
| 442 | ** In "Voices in the Earth", the ghosts of the dead Earth possess Professor Donald Knowles and make him attack his ship's sensor web. Their hope is that he will be sent back to Central and that they will be able to accompany him. They are unable to travel through warp space themselves without being destroyed or driven insane. |
| 443 | * ''Series/TwinPeaks'': The "inhabiting spirits" from the Black Lodge can affect the world by taking human hosts. While they're not all evil, Killer BOB's use of hapless humans to commit acts of murder and rape to [[EmotionEater feed himself]] is explicitly described as parasitic. |
| 444 | * A fair number of aliens and monsters in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' can do this, but by far the most famous user of the ability is ''Series/UltramanAce'''s BigBad Yapool, a highly intelligent and thoroughly malevolent {{Energy Being|s}} from AnotherDimension. He typically uses this ability to torment the Ultras' human hosts by possessing their friends and teammates, or using random civilians to cause chaos, but he's also capable of taking over the bodies of his [[{{Kaiju}} Choju]] to assume full command over them. |
| 445 | * ''Series/WellingtonParanormal'': Bazu'aal of the Unholy Realm's MO. |
| 446 | * ''Series/Willow2022'': |
| 447 | ** Ballantine is possessed by a Gale due to being touched by its staff, then spreads this to his men as well, turning evil while the Gale controls him. |
| 448 | ** Graydon is also infected in episode 3 and gets fully possessed in episode 4. Also it is revealed in episode 4 that Graydon was apparently demonically possessed as a child which caused him to kill his older brother by shoving him out of a tree. |
| 449 | [[/folder]] |
| 450 | |
| 451 | [[folder:Manhua]] |
| 452 | * This is the MO of the Violencia, the main antagonists of ''Manhua/TheExplodingGirl''. Specifically, they possess humans and drive them towards their worst, most violent and harmful impulses, and power themselves through the pain and suffering they cause. |
| 453 | [[/folder]] |
| 454 | |
| 455 | [[folder:Multiple Media]] |
| 456 | * The Makuta in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' are EnergyBeings who can possess living bodies or robots. The only catch is that the body must be empty of a soul (but still alive, unless it's a robot, of course) before they can enter it. However the spirits of unborn Makuta (basically liquid Antidermis[[note]]AKA "Makuta essence"[[/note]] that hasn't been materialized and assigned to a specific Makuta body yet) are fully capable of possessing even souled bodies, which is what happened to Brutaka after he fell into the Antidermis pit containing said souls. Though it helped that to his species, Antidermis was essentially a drug, which made his body easily accessible for the souls swirling in it. Luckily for him, said spirits were also still on the side of good [[WillingChanneler and allowed him to keep some level of his free will while using their powers]]. |
| 457 | ** Unexpectedly, [[BigGood Mata Nui]] also ends up doing this to the (sapient) [[MaskOfPower Mask of Life]], but [[SealedGoodInACan not by choice]]. This isn't elaborated on too much, except that for the most part it ends up being more of a SymbioticPossession. That said, Mata Nui is definitely the one calling the shots. |
| 458 | [[/folder]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 461 | * Music/AesopRock's lyrics are full of (usually unflattering) self-portaits. Sometimes he compares himself to a demon-possessed monster. "Fixed and Dilated" describes: |
| 462 | -->''Evil see him as a vehicle to commandeer\ |
| 463 | Two fixed pupils, all he say is "[[ThatManIsDead Ian's not here]]"\ |
| 464 | [[EvilSoundsDeep Pitch it down a octave]], I'mma take this opportunity\ |
| 465 | To piss and vomit lava while [[ExorcistHead the neck is lazy Susan-ing]]'' |
| 466 | * The Music/{{Kyuss}} song "Demon Cleaner" is about a man with multiple personalities who believes that all his friends, coworkers and family are all against him; he comes to the conclusion that his other personalities are demons and decides to exorcise them with a vacuum cleaner. Yeah, really. |
| 467 | * The Music/SpikeJones song "Don't Give the Chair to Buster" has Buster's attorney claiming that this has happened to his client ("the devil was in him that day"). It's downplayed when the attorney admits that certain non-lethal but still dangerous assaults were in fact Buster's own idea. |
| 468 | * Music/TheProjectHateMCMXCIX's song "Descend Into the Eternal Pits of Possession," sounds like it is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, but in actuality the song is about a person devouring the soul of another and using their body as a puppet. |
| 469 | * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viOMGlZqgzk Deceiver]]" by Music/{{Disturbed}} invokes this trope: |
| 470 | -->''This idiot won't let me go / Slowly penetrating the mind\ |
| 471 | I tell you now, my little puppet / You'll suffer me\ |
| 472 | You don't want to let me go / Till I've taken over your life\ |
| 473 | I'll ensure you survive / Little puppet don't die\ |
| 474 | Let me, let me die / Little puppet don't die\ |
| 475 | Let me, let me die / Little toy don't die'' |
| 476 | * In the music video for "Shot in the Dark" by Music/OzzyOsbourne a teenage girl goes to an Ozzy concert and gets possessed by... something, leaving her with glowing red eyes, long black nails, and truly insane EightiesHair. |
| 477 | * This is the premise of Music/{{The Fall|Band}}'s "Spectre vs. Rector". A spectre who has "waited since [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Caesar]] for this" possesses a rector, and a detective tries to help but fails. An exorcist who has "saved a thousand souls" finally settles things, although the detective winds up "[[GoMadFromTheRevelation half insane]]" and the narrator wonders "[[TheEndOrIsIt Is the spectre banished forever?]]" |
| 478 | * As expected with the band name, many songs by Music/SpawnOfPossession are about demons possessing the living -- "Spawn of Possession", "Deus Avertat", "Hidden in Flesh" among others. |
| 479 | [[/folder]] |
| 480 | |
| 481 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 482 | * This appears to be the source of the monster in the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Creepy Town''. Frank specifically says that the Devil is the cause behind everything. |
| 483 | * ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'': Father Burroughs claims this is what happened to him in "Confession"/"Desecrated Host", leading him to [[spoiler:kill and eat several people while under an elaborate demon-induced hallucination. As it turns out, he ''was'' possessed, though not by [[EldritchAbomination anything as straightforward as a demon]]]]. |
| 484 | [[/folder]] |
| 485 | |
| 486 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 487 | * At ''Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} Disk'', April 2, 2016, the second half of the Tag World Grand Prix tournament (the first part, ''Phone Home'', was held earlier that same day), Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}} and Wrestling/{{Frightmare}} used the Eye of Tyr on Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}}, causing him to become possessed by [[TheUnseen Nazmaldun]]. That led to Mantis hexing Wrestling/TheBatiri, Wrestling/{{Icarus|Wrestling}} and [[Wrestling/MarkAngelosetti "Mr. Touchdown" Mark Angelosetti]] (Wrestling/{{Jigsaw|Wrestling}} joined but was not hexed on-camera), with their group being named The [=heXed=] Men. At ''Temple of Doom'' on December 2, the first part of the SeasonFinale, Frightmare defeated Amasis in a Mask vs. Mask match, ending Wrestling/TheOsirianPortal. The main event of ''Supremacy'', held that same night was CHIKARA's Mightiest Heroes[[note]]Wrestling/DasherHatfield[=/=][[Wrestling/TheColonyWrestling Fire Ant]][=/=][[Wrestling/TheOsirianPortal Ophidian]][=/=][[Wrestling/RubyRiott Heidi Lovelace]][=/=][[Wrestling/KimberLee Princess Kimberlee]][=/=]Wrestling/{{The Estonian Thunderfrog}}[=/=]Wrestling/OlegTheUsurper[=/=]Wrestling/MissileAssaultMan[[/note]] defeating the [=heXed=] Men in the Torneo Cibernetico. After the match, Ophidian, Amasis' former tag team partner, stole the Eye of Tyr from around Mantis' neck and used it on him, saying "Be free." Mantis woke up, realized where he was, got out of his wheelchair[[note]]He'd retired in September 2015 due to leg injuries.[[/note]] and chased Hallowicked to the back, screaming [[MeaningfulEcho "I REMEMBER EVERYTHING!"]][[note]][[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]] destroyed the Eye of Tyr at the start of the 2012 Season Premiere ''The Thirteenth Hat'', January 28, 2012, proclaiming in clear English, "I REMEMBER EVERYTHING!" Jakob Hammermeier of Wrestling/DieBruderschaftDesKreuzes revealed that he had it at ''King of Trios 2014 Night I'' but did not explain how he had it, alluding only to some vague DealWithTheDevil.[[/note]] |
| 488 | [[/folder]] |
| 489 | |
| 490 | [[folder:Religion]] |
| 491 | * According to the Catholic Church and most other Christian denominations, this is TruthInTelevision. However, as ScienceMarchesOn, the criteria for demonic possession has been made ''extremely'' strict over the centuries, in order to prevent mentally ill people from being forced into or receiving exorcisms because someone mistook their delusions for possession. According to the Catholic Church, the signs of actual demon possession (as opposed to mental illness) include: |
| 492 | ** Possessing [[SuperStrength Supernatural strength]]. |
| 493 | ** Speaking in tongues or languages that the human victim wouldn't know. |
| 494 | ** Similar to the above, generally knowing things the human victim wouldn't know. |
| 495 | ** Lastly, [[NayTheist blasphemous rage]] and irrational [[HolyBurnsEvil aversion to holy things]]. |
| 496 | * Frequently occurs in Literature/TheBible: |
| 497 | ** It's lumped together with all the other diseases and mental disorders UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} cures. One notable example: the truly unfortunate man possessed by ''one thousand'' demons that called themselves "Legion". Jesus, [[AllLovingHero being Jesus]], cured the man but spared the demons by casting them into a herd of pigs instead of outright destroying them. However, the pigs then ran off a cliff into the sea and drowned. |
| 498 | ** Jesus also said that anyone with sufficient faith in Him could cast out demons in the same manner (and indeed, the Apostles are shown doing so on their own in later books), but He did [[EvilIsNotAToy caution against attempting this]] unless you were ''really'' devout: a rabbi's sons ignored this warning, tried to cast out a demon, and got a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for their trouble. |
| 499 | * This trope is sometimes played straight and inverted in East Asian religion, where humans can be possessed by benevolent or evil spirits. Usually, shamans and the like are called in to exorcise the person under possession. |
| 500 | ** It's often more of a case of WillingChanneler, especially where the shamans themselves host the spirits. Good spirits may temporarily possess the shaman to help evict evil spirits from others or help a wandering soul return to its body. |
| 501 | * In Voodoo, this is called "being ridden" by a loa. Whether it plays the trope straight or inverts it depends on the nature of said loa. Most of this is also WillingChanneler. |
| 502 | * In Middle Eastern and North African cultures, there is a local belief in a kind of spirit possession called ''zār'' which mainly affects women and can be "cured" with an elaborate exorcism ritual involving musical instruments and lasting several days. The person afflicted will act quite bizarrely and have "dissociative episodes such as sudden changes in consciousness or identity that may include periods of shouting, banging of the head against the wall, laughing, singing, or crying" (check out [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4801492/ this article]] for details). This phenomenon has been considered a culture-specific kind of mental illness as well as a religious belief. |
| 503 | [[/folder]] |
| 504 | |
| 505 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 506 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': |
| 507 | ** ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'': This setting provides rules for creating demons (and devils) that possess people. The Quori, creatures from the plane of dream, use this as their main MO. They are unable to planeshift to the material plane, so can only rely on possession of people as they sleep. Ironically, the Church of the Silver Flame has developed many tools and powers to deal with demonic possession (as they focus on hunting down demons). Those very same powers can also be used to end Quori possession just as effectively. It's a shame that most of the people working of the Silver Flame are unaware of the Quori and the Dreaming Dark's plans for Eberron. Also, Celestials can inhabit {{Willing Channeler}}s. |
| 508 | ** Ghosts in some editions could do this, and it's the signature trick of the odem, a type of disembodied evil spirit from the TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} setting. |
| 509 | ** The ''magic jar'' spell, which has been part of the game since the first edition and allows even humans to play the part of the possessor. |
| 510 | ** Some demons in ''3.5e'' can possess any creature or object and take on a multitude of different roles; six roles for creatures (Ally, Controller, Enemy, Mutterer, Rider, and Transformer), and three for objects (Controller, Corrupter, and Enhancer): |
| 511 | *** Controller: The most common, wherein the demon tries to control the possessed victim or causes the possessed object to move and/or animate. |
| 512 | *** Ally: The fiend grants its host a boost to one stat of the fiend's choice. Usually, this requires a DealWithTheDevil, and the demon can withhold the boost if necessary. |
| 513 | *** Enemy: The fiend imposes a penalty to its victim. Usually, they do this if the victim resists control attempts. |
| 514 | *** Rider: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The fiend rides inside the victim and has an easier time hiding out and infiltrating. |
| 515 | *** Mutterer: The fiend whispers to its host or imposes its emotional state onto its victim. Usually, they're trying to drive the victim insane. |
| 516 | *** Transformer: The demon slowly [[TransformationOfThePossessed transforms]] its victim. If it finishes the process, the victim is trapped inside the demon [[AndIMustScream with no way to do anything]]. |
| 517 | *** Enhancer: Gives the possessed item special abilities depending on how powerful the fiend is. |
| 518 | *** Corrupter: The fiend imposes curses onto anyone who touches the item its possessing. |
| 519 | * ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' covers this idea in different ways for different game settings. For example: |
| 520 | ** ''Creatures of the Night'' has a... thing that uses some sort of cosmic power to possess entire buildings. |
| 521 | ** ''TabletopGame/TheMadnessDossier'': |
| 522 | *** The ''êkimmu'' is a MesopotamianMonstrosity with no physical form of its own that seems to be a sort of independent {{meme|ticsInFiction}} or mental subroutine. It takes over human victims in a way virtually indistinguishable from classic demonic possession. |
| 523 | *** A few heroic but often unstable Project SANDMAN agents, known as ''chevals,'' have been subjected to radical brain-hacking processes related to Voudoun ideas of spiritual possession. They can trigger secondary personalities with advanced skills and even borderline-superhuman abilities. The result looks much like possession, though the Project would insist that it's no such thing. |
| 524 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Godforsaken}}'': Some creatures, such as demons, ghosts, entities of living mental energy, and so on, can possess a living person, taking over a character's body as if it were the creature's own. While possessing a character, the creature is immune to most direct attacks (although not so the host; killing the host will eject the creature). The text notes that, since possession takes away a player's ability to control their character, this can make some players very uncomfortable. |
| 525 | * ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': |
| 526 | ** A particular Band of demons, the Shedim, do this; unlike other demons who are given specially created bodies to inhabit while on earth, they enter the bodies of humans and manipulate the unlucky individual into doing evil things, which the host believes were his own idea. They can only stay in a certain host for so long at one time, as the host's resistance increases over time and the demon MUST force their host to perform acts of escalating evilness each day or suffer. Their angelic counterparts, the Kyriotates, act similarly, but can possess multiple entities (which do not have to be human), can totally take over the host's body (the host's mind is kept in a dreamlike state and will remember nothing about the possession) and may stay within a host as long as they like, as long as their host is not in worse condition than it was originally found. Needless to say, they don't force their hosts into depravity. |
| 527 | ** There's actually a Song (which are not to be confused with mere spells in the game) that allows any Celestial to possess any living thing. |
| 528 | * ''TabletopGame/InNomineSatanisMagnaVeritas'' has the demons take possession of freshly deceased corpses. The angels use bodies of wiling believers who accept the possession to support the angels' side in "the big Game". Anyway, the entourage of the possessed will notice a sudden shift in the behavior of the aforementioned possessed, who is likely to leave for a group of fellow angels/demons. |
| 529 | * ''TabletopGame/ChroniclesOfDarkness'': Spirits (and presumably ghosts) have a much easier time possessing bodies whose souls have been removed from their still living bodies. |
| 530 | ** In ''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil'', the Conspiracy known as Les Mysteres ''invites this to happen'', voluntarily offering their bodies to spirits in order to [[PowersViaPossession gain mystical powers from the spirits timesharing their bodies]]. |
| 531 | ** [[TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters Sin Eaters]] are often mistaken for people who are possessed by demons or ghosts. Which is [[MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil accurate]] [[FusionDance from a certain point of view]]. |
| 532 | ** In ''TabletopGame/DemonTheDescent'', Demons don't do this. Instead, they use Pacts to steal fragments of people's lives to bolster their own disguise as being humans... Or, for a high level Pact, they can literally ''steal a person's life'', [[RetGone removing the person from existence]] and taking their form, memories, ''everything'' as their own. The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOntheTin "Possession"]] Exploit, however, plays it straight (though a Demon can't keep it up for too long without shredding their actual Cover). |
| 533 | * In the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' game ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'', demons can only possess people with either terribly damaged souls or whose souls have been removed. They can possess objects, but doing so does not temper their Torment with humanity, leading to them becoming irredeemably evil. |
| 534 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': The Golarion setting with Zon-Kuthon, a deity created when an EldritchAbomination from the depths of outer space corrupted and possessed the benevolent god Dou-Bral. As debased as he's become, however, he still considers Dou-Bral's sister Shelyn [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes off-limits]]. |
| 535 | * The religious conspiracy, Eschaton, in ''TabletopGame/PsionicsTheNextStageInHumanEvolution'' interprets psionic powers as a sign of demonic possession. |
| 536 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' |
| 537 | ** Certain extraplanar spirits are unable to remain in Earth's astral space without weakening unless they can anchor themselves to a human host. Bug Spirits and Shedim, for example. |
| 538 | ** Nomads as well: Astral beings that possess their hosts and make them murder other people. |
| 539 | * Demons in ''TabletopGame/UnknownArmies'' can only interact with the material world through possession, which is dangerously easy to accidentally cause. Some adepts know spells to conjure demons, but not all know spells that also bind them... As well, demons are [[spoiler:actually the souls of dead humans, twisted by death and their obsession, always out to pursue their agendas in the world of the living but often getting sidetracked by renewed exposure to physical sensation. They'll say or do anything for just a little more time]]. Also the cause of lycanthropy, in a rather complicated and roundabout fashion. |
| 540 | * Daemons in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' can possess humans whose wills prove pliant. Though this provides a boost in power, a physical vessel can only sustain a daemon for so long; the greater danger is when a daemon possesses an individual with magical or psyker powers, and uses them to start summoning friends. |
| 541 | ** Both on and off the tabletop, the option of being willingly possessed by a daemon (for instance, the Gal Vorbak) is often seen as a flawed and inferior shortcut to power compared with becoming a [[DemonofHumanOrigin Daemon Prince]]: while Daemon Princes are immortal and receive a massive power boost, the benefits of possession are fewer and far more double-edged. In return for a relatively modest increase in physical strength and endurance, being possessed transforms the person into a howling mutated berserker fit only for melee combat. Worse, in the extremely likely event of their death the vessel's soul is dragged into the Warp by the daemon to be their thrall for eternity. Bad deal, though it is marginally better than failing to become a Daemon Prince and instead becoming a [[AndIMustScream Chaos Spawn]]. |
| 542 | ** This is the main reason psykers and mutants are hunted down with such zeal by the Ecclesiarchy and Inquisition: left unchecked, they don't learn how to defend themselves against demonic possession (a trained psyker compares it to holding a door that's being battered down, 24/7, and the door is in your head) and are particularly open to having daemons erupt from their bodies and attack. |
| 543 | ** It's occasionally overlooked, but in ''Warhammer'' games it's possible to invert this trope; some daemon-possessed beings actually form a symbiosis with their daemon, using [[HeroicWillpower Villainous Willpower]] to retain control over their body whilst still being able to access the power of the daemon. In ''40k'' this is the idea behind the Possessed units of Chaos Space Marines, as well as the Exalted Daemon hero from ''Warhammer Fantasy''. |
| 544 | *** The most spectacular inversion of this trope has to come from ''TabletopGame/BlackCrusade'', in which a Slaanesh worshiper summoned a Keeper of Secrets -- a towering incarnation of depravity and debauchery -- into her body as a way to achieve eternal youth at the behest of a sorcerer who thought it would kill her and give him a bound Greater Daemon servant. It didn't. Ax'Senaea proved such an egotistical psychopath that she managed to bind the daemon to her will and essentially ate it. The sorcerer, obviously in shock, didn't even attempt to defend himself as he was promptly mauled. Ax'Senaea succeeded at her first goal but failed at her second; instead she eventually "digested" the monster within her. So she summoned and reverse-possessed ''another'' greater daemon to continue extending her life. And then a third. On her fourth attempt, Slaanesh [[{{hermaphrodite}} hirself]] appeared to elevate her to a Daemon Princess on the spot, in admiration of her willpower and dark perfection, as Ax'Senaea [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Thrice Possessed]]. The three Keepers? She got to keep them, as punishment for being defeated by a PunyEarthling. |
| 545 | ** When Daemons were still part of the Chaos Space Marine army (as opposed to a separate army on their own) Daemons could not enter the mortal realm alone. This meant that, in-game, greater daemons and daemon packs couldn't be deployed normally with the rest of the army and had to be "summoned" to the battlefield. Daemon Packs were straight forward; just deepstrike them in and kick face. Greater Daemons were harder, as you NEED to have purchased a champion beforehand to have them possess it. This, of course, kills the champion. This could also be your Chaos Lord or his lieutenant, although most people just opted to sacrifice a nameless [[EliteMooks Aspiring Champion]] instead. If the sacrifice was killed before the daemon could manifest, then the Daemon could still possess his flesh, but the necrotic corpse cannot sustain the daemon for long (which is represented by the daemon having to take instability tests every turn and losing health every time he failed, until he died). |
| 546 | ** The possession mechanic is re-introduced with the 7th edition Psychic Discipline Malefic Daemonology, which allows you to possess the caster with a Greater Daemon. Because Greater Daemons and Daemon Heralds are also characters, this can result in a loop of a Daemon possessing another daemon, even letting the same daemon possess him/herself to regenerate all lost wounds (but this will make them lose any upgrades you purchased initially). |
| 547 | ** In ''40k'', some radical TabletopGame/{{Inquisitor}}s create Daemonhosts, imprisoning a Warp entity within a ritually-prepared human vessel. Theoretically this gives the Inquisitor a great source of diabolic intelligence and an extremely potent battlefield asset; in practice it ensures that the Inquisitor will be tortured to death by his peers if he's ever caught, since the creation of such blasphemies is the work of the most vile of heretics. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And]], [[RetCon as of their latest codex]], the [[ThePaladin Grey Knights]]. |
| 548 | ** The Exorcists chapter of SpaceMarines actually uses possession as part of its initiation. The initiate is possessed by a minor Warp creature for several hours (in a room with as much security as possible, they're not ''entirely'' stupid), and must cast out the daemon through force of will. If successful, the initiate is thereafter invisible to daemons. As well as whatever knowledge they gained from the experience. |
| 549 | ** Even inanimate objects aren't immune to this trope. In both games [[EvilWeapon Daemon Weapons]] are extremely potent pieces of wargear available to Chaos champions, with the downside of [[CriticalFailure occasionally injuring their wielder]] if he falters during the unending contest of wills (assuming the daemon doesn't break free completely and start rampaging across the battlefield). There's also an entire category of unholy amalgams of daemon and metal called Daemon Engines, from the Hellcannon of ''Warhammer'' to the Defiler, Forgefiend, and Helldrake of ''40k''. Even "normal" tanks from the Chaos Space Marine armoury can purchase Daemonic Possession as an upgrade, allowing them to ignore being shaken or stunned by oncoming fire -- though they lose some of their skill at shooting, and daemonically-possessed transports may eat infantry who try to ride inside them.[[note]][[ImAHumanitarian Transport that ate your troops regain hullpoints.]] If you don't particularly care about this squad of cheap expendable cultists and plan to use this Land Raider as a tank rather than as a transport, this is a win-win situation.[[/note]] |
| 550 | * ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': Because it has no true form of its own, the shadow managed to consume "Hirume" without "Tsukuyomi" noticing, and plot to eliminate its greatest threat, "Susanowo". |
| 551 | [[/folder]] |
| 552 | |
| 553 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 554 | * Parodied in ''Theatre/TheBibleTheCompleteWordOfGodAbridged'', where Jesus casts out a demon from a man's son: |
| 555 | -->'''Jesus:''' Wait a minute, didn't I cast a demon out of him before?\ |
| 556 | '''Father:''' Yes, but I didn't pay your bill and he got repossessed. ''(cue [[ExorcistHead spinning head effect]])'' |
| 557 | * In ''Theatre/CrossRoad'', the devil Amduscias does something like this to some humans. They speak with his voice, and say what he wants them to say, though it's never that far from what they would be saying under their own power, just more effective. He doesn't do this to his [[DealWithTheDevil contracted human]], violinist Niccolo Paganini. He only does this to others, for Niccolo's benefit. |
| 558 | * Dario Fo's ''Il diavolo con le zinne'' (The Devil with Boobs) has an incorruptable judge, Alfonso Ferdinando de Tristano, an incorruptable judge who is investigating a fire in the cathedral. There's a conspiracy to wreck his reputation, one of which is to employ a devil to possess him to turn him into a rogue -- but a mistake causes the housekeeper to get possessed instead. This results in a change of plan, where the housekeeper is turned to become beautiful to seduce the judge as part of an accusation against him. However, the devil does a HeelFaceTurn at the end, proving that the judge was frames as part of a conspriacy. The claim for the change was due to taking on a woman's body, along with her heart, passions and emotions. |
| 559 | [[/folder]] |
| 560 | |
| 561 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 562 | * In the haunted house ''Ride/HellsHigh'' from Ride/UniversalStudios' ''Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights'' 1998, the actors of the [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe movie]] were taken over by murderous ghosts. |
| 563 | [[/folder]] |
| 564 | |
| 565 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 566 | * ''VisualNovel/PurrfectApawcalypse'': |
| 567 | ** The first game has a heroic example of this trope in its best ending: [[spoiler:Angel, who was murdered by the AxCrazy Patches and is a ghost, prevents Patches from taking Olive's life too by forcibly possessing his body. Later games show that this possession is a long-term one as it forced Patches' spirit out of his body, letting Angel take full control of it.]] |
| 568 | ** The second game has a more traditional villainous example: [[spoiler:Ginger spends months wearing down Sparky's mental resistance and possessing him in his sleep until he's vulnerable enough to be fully possessed by her as part of Patches' plan to get revenge on the heroes.]] |
| 569 | * In ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'', BigBad Kakuya demonstrates the ability to possess a person's body if the situation calls for it, as shown with her [[spoiler:possessing Ami after the Killer Peach case, and then Seiji/Kaoru in the Normal End.]] |
| 570 | * Roa in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' has gained effective immortality by switching bodies. Whenever his current one dies, he goes to the next prepared host. In the event he couldn't prepare one in time, he can end up as someone like [[spoiler: Elisia aka Ciel]] who has immense power but not the lineage and wealth he prefers. In a way, though, he's actually already dead as his ego has been reduced to two goals: continue seeking immortality, and [[spoiler:apologize to Arcueid, which he doesn't realize he wants to do.]] |
| 571 | * ''VisualNovel/WeKnowTheDevil'': This is what happens to [[spoiler: the person who gets left out more often when you choose who to pair up.]] Played with in the true ending where [[spoiler: the characters embrace the possession as a means of escaping the oppression of society. They are much happier like this, and extend that happiness to the other campers, and possibly the rest of the world.]] |
| 572 | [[/folder]] |
| 573 | |
| 574 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 575 | * ''WebAnimation/AnimatorVSAnimation'': In the original ''Animation VS Minecraft'' video, [[UrbanLegendofZelda Herobrine]] does this to Red, who proceeds to attack everyone and steal the Minecraft block. Ultimately, the only way to get rid of Herobrine was to [[spoiler:throw the Minecraft block into the recycle bin, causing a WorldWreckingWave that destroyed everything from Minecraft.]] |
| 576 | ** Averted when, in the first AMV short, Red fakes it for his own amusement. [[DudeNotFunny No one thinks it's funny]], and Blue in particular reacts by taking off his helmet and smacking Red. |
| 577 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Arenas}}'': In "Chosen By The Vadrigar", after Doom's rescue, [[spoiler:he gets to hear the plans of his superiors]], his eyes turns red and he rebels. It seems like something possessed him. [[TheUnreveal Which thing? We don't know]]. |
| 578 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': When the Possessor Ghost takes over someone, the body gains its SinisterScythe and must be knocked out for the Possessor Ghost to retreat. |
| 579 | * In ''WebAnimation/GamingAllStars'' (''The Ultimate Crossover'' and ''Remastered'') [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards 02’s]] Dark Matter henchmen]] mind-control a handful of innocent [[VideoGame/TheSims Sims]] in “City Invasion”, subsequently turning them into crazed and backstabbing maniacs. |
| 580 | * ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': In "[[Recap/HTFReadEmAndWeep Read 'em and Weep]]", Cub gets possessed by a demon after Pop reads him a bedtime story from a [[Main/TomeOfEldritchLore cursed book]]. Lumpy, as a priest, manages to exorcise the demon from Cub, only for it to possess Lumpy in the process. |
| 581 | * ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': In "Truth Seekers" [[spoiler: Stolas]] possesses Agent Two, spins her head around 180 degrees and taunts Agent One, then reanimates a bunch of dead agents and has them draw a summoning circle around her in blood so he can show up in person. |
| 582 | * ''WebAnimation/MaekaEnderfox'': Arima is a demon that tends to possess Maeka at the worst or best moments, granting her Main/PowersViaPossession, usually to fight something even worse. Not that Arima ever bothered to hold back. |
| 583 | * ''WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated'': Arthur’s left arm is possessed by something that turns his left half green, causes his left eye to glow, and plasters a sinister, jagged-toothed smirk on the left side of his face. His right half is stuck watching in terror as he pushes a friend off a cliff to their death. We later learn that [[spoiler:Arthur’s left arm has taken on a life of its own as a continuing host for the murderous green entity]]. |
| 584 | * ''WebAnimation/PowerStar'': [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] spends the vast majority of the series under the unwilling seduction of malevolent spirits, the latter using the former as a vessel to slaughter passersby and gain energy from the titular artifacts to enhance their army. [[spoiler: This also happens to an entire crowd of toads who are slowly marching toward the Mushroom Kingdom during the final battle, having come to combine all of the Power Stars in the world into one super-powerful relic for Mario to absorb]]. |
| 585 | -->'''Luigi:''' ''[To Peach]'' He was possessed… by BOOS! |
| 586 | [[/folder]] |
| 587 | |
| 588 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 589 | * TheDragon Ruby of ''Webcomic/AgentsOfTheRealm'' is possessed by ''something'', likely the BigBad. |
| 590 | * The main protagonists in ''Webcomic/{{APOC}}'' all have the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse trapped within their bodies. Potential possession of the bodies haven't been looked into yet, but it seems like they share their minds, mental states and emotions with their particular Horseman, to an extent. |
| 591 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Aurora|2019}}'', Erin accidentally gets possessed by an evil dragon in the process of deactivating a storm of magical energy, becoming a recurring part of his arc that occasionally takes over his body. It gives him dark void powers that only two characters can reliably survive, and his eyes change too. Erin is usually able to fight off the dragon by FightingFromTheInside for long enough, though. |
| 592 | * This trope plays an important role in ''Webcomic/AvasDemon''. Ava is haunted and frequently possessed by the Demon Wrathia, who causes mischief whenever possible. Wrathia is able to physically control Ava's body for short periods of time, such as when she is forced to flip off the school's principal. Later on, the story reveals [[spoiler: Ava is not the only one who has a Demon]]. |
| 593 | * In ''Webcomic/ChampionsOfFaraus'' Despite being in some sort of different realm/dimension, Gods and Godesses have the ability to possess their champions’ bodies, be it the whole thing, or individual parts (such as limbs) while their champions keep control whatever isn't currently possessed. |
| 594 | * Poor Zeno of ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' is particularly susceptible to possession, due to his broken mind, lack of self worth, and submissive personality. |
| 595 | * This occurs several times throughout ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell,'' which is in no way surprising considering that the BigBad is {{Satan}}. |
| 596 | * In ''Webcomic/DaughterOfTheLilies'', the drath are able to do this seemingly to any creature they touch, living or dead. The AltText says that drath's possession of dead bodies are ''much'' grosser. |
| 597 | * ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' fan-comic ''Webcomic/{{Deal}}'': After showing Gwen the truth about her brother's existence, supernatural being Bill Cipher proceeds to possess her, needing her as a host to bring about Weirdmageddon once more. |
| 598 | * ''Webcomic/TheDragonDoctors'': While initially believed to be an alien, [[spoiler:the Crax]] is later revealed to be [[spoiler:the manifestation of a sociopathic man who learned how to become [[ImmortalityImmorality immortal]] by taking over other people's bodies. Did we mention he's become what is basically [[BodyHorror sapient cancer]]?]] |
| 599 | * ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'': There's basically two levels of demonic possession. First, there's tainting. This is generally done in a controlled manner, so that the demon will not progress to the next level. It leaves the host in full control, while making sure that she can't be possessed accidentally in a more dangerous manner. Very weak taints can sometimes be reversed. Tainting also is generally used to dull fear and pain. In the full form of possession, the demon has full control, and the host's body commonly [[BodyHorror deforms]]. Both forms leave the host with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]]. |
| 600 | ** By Book 2, it's revealed that [[spoiler:nether demons are mostly former mortals who have become entrenched in the everlasting torture of eating each others' minds]]; demons constantly possess each other, which explains why they've gotten so good at it. |
| 601 | * In the ''Sister 3'' arc of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', [[spoiler:Ellen]] is possessed by the aberration Sirleck as part of a highly convoluted plot to give the wizard Magus a new physical form ([[spoiler:which Sirleck, unbeknownst to anyone but himself, intends to promptly take possession of]]). [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Sirleck, people created by magic have a built-in advantage at [[FightingFromTheInside resisting possession]], which leads fairly directly to his (Sirleck's) destruction.]] |
| 602 | * This is the major plot point in ''Webcomic/{{Garanos}}''. |
| 603 | * Reynardine from ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' can possess anything with eyes, or a representation thereof. There's elements of GrandTheftMe to his possession: he can't exist outside a body for more than a few seconds, and he permanently dispossesses the host's soul. When he takes a new host, his old one dies. |
| 604 | ** There's also the Glass-Eyed Men, who at one point possesses a robot. |
| 605 | * ''WebComic/KillSixBillionDemons'': |
| 606 | ** Devils can get a power boost by forcing their masks upon the body of a powerful Human or Servant and possessing them instead of growing a body of their own. The 'daughters' of [[TheDon devil crime lord]] Praman Nand do this to human slaves [[TheFaceless with their faces missing]], letting them obtain speech and human-like intelligence despite being Pale Devils. Nand himself uses a sphinx-like Servant for a host, making him powerful even for a Gold Devil. Such 'devil-skinned' can also lead to [[FightingFromTheInside the body proving too willful and burning both parts out]] or an outright FusionDance if both parts enter into it as equals and are able to synchronize wills. [[spoiler:Allison and Cio are able to do so in ''King of Swords'', due to being partners, with the possession being entirely symbiotic.]] |
| 607 | ** Allison is made an Emissary of Incubus in ''Seeker of Thrones'', accepting one of the Demiurge's keys in order to master her own power. When she later loses control of her body and gets trapped inside her own mind she logically assumes this is the case, [[SubvertedTrope though Incubus immediately shows up to reveal]] she's actually just grown a SuperPoweredEvilSide from her own power and he had (almost) nothing to do with it. |
| 608 | * It's one of the major plot points in ''Webcomic/KuroShouri''. Kijo, a demon princess, fled from the demon world and took residence in a human, [[spoiler:that human being Yasha]]. She bears no ill will toward her container, but does damage the human's body every time she takes control. |
| 609 | * ''Webcomic/LegendOfTheBlueDiamond'': |
| 610 | ** [[spoiler: Indigo is possessed by Karro.]] |
| 611 | ** [[spoiler: Karro attempts to possess Akela.]] |
| 612 | * ''Webcomic/{{Muted}}'': The Eloi girl following Camille turns out to be possessed by a demon. |
| 613 | ** All Eloi witches must travel with at least one other Eloi witch in order to avert this, due to their individual sensitivity to demons. |
| 614 | * Parodied in [[https://www.oglaf.com/brimstone-vinegar/ one strip]] (link SFW) of ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}''. A warlock with less than stellar cleaning habits summons Dread Lord [[TheUnpronounceable Xlpth]] to possess him and do evil deeds. The warlock then awakens the next morning to find that said evil deeds consisted of [[HarmlessVillain cleaning the warlock's house and filing his taxes]]. The comic then cuts to Hell where Xlpth is being chewed out by his boss. |
| 615 | * In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', it is revealed that at least one vampire is a demonic spirit possessing the dead body, while holding the helpless soul captive inside, able to watch as the vampire tricks his friends into believing him to be the original. WordOfGod is that this is how all vampires work in this world, and the reason nobody warns the heroes is because it's fairly obscure knowledge. |
| 616 | * ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'': |
| 617 | ** Weakened spirits can possess either an object (turning it into a Tool) or a person (turning them into a medium). Spectrals with a matching spectral energy color can then use that spirit's special powers, while the spirit leeches off some of the spectral's energy until they recover. In both cases, the spectral is usually the one in control, though there are ways for the spirit to take over temporarily. Normally, spectrals are either Tool-users or mediums (or neither); being both at the same time is rare and dangerous. Mr. Spender has a light spirit in his sunglasses that helps him contain the darkness spirit in his body. |
| 618 | ** [[spoiler:Max is unknowingly the medium for a piece of a very dangerous shattered god, in addition to having an animalistic grudge in his bat]]. |
| 619 | ** Hijack, the primary antagonist of Chapter 5, is a spirit who specializes in possession. He spends much of the chapter in direct control of a normally-innocuous student named [[spoiler:Jeff]]. |
| 620 | * There are a few of these floating around the ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' universe, most notably K'Z'K the Vowelless. |
| 621 | * In ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', Twitchy-Hug, the colour-changing mass murderer cat-turned-ashtray, may have become this. Warning signs include colour-shifting clothes and occasionally red speech bubbles. Oh, and homicidal insanity. See [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/catty/ here]] (and onward) and [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/old-familiar-faces-xiv-pt-3/ here]]. (While we don't learn the backstory of the landlord and his son, Kharisma still acts like Kharisma apart from being murderous, suggesting a MoreThanMindControl situation). |
| 622 | * In ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'', Kades are corrupted mages capable of infecting ''anyone'' who gazes into their eyes. After hearing BlackSpeech after dealing with the trollified Hilja, Ensi feared she had been possessed by a Kade. As such, she ordered Lalli not to look her in the eye, only to suddenly scream at him to do the opposite, revealing she was indeed possessed. |
| 623 | * In one ''Webcomic/SupernaturalLaw'' story, the trope is {{inverted|Trope}} when a summoning attempt by an incompetent warlock causes a virtuous soul named Barry on his way to Heaven to involuntarily possess a demon named Wasistlos. The warlock eventually separates them, and they both go to where they belong. However, the warlock screws this up as well -- Barry gains Wasistlo's ThirdPersonPerson speech patterns, while Wasistlos becomes kinder and gains Barry's love of music. |
| 624 | * In ''Webcomic/UserFriendly'', installing Windows NT on Erwin causes him to become possessed by the spirit of Bill Gates. |
| 625 | -->'''Erwin''' ''(static on screen)'': Grglzzzzz mrrrffff\ |
| 626 | '''Dust Puppy''': Erwin!! Speak to me!!\ |
| 627 | '''Bill Gates''' ''(appearing on Erwin's screen)'': Competition is good. 90% market share is better.\ |
| 628 | '''Dust Puppy''': Somebody call an exorcist!! |
| 629 | * There are at least two tiers of possession in ''Webcomic/TheGreenhouse''. The first is where a demon attaches itself to a presumably unwilling and usually unwitting host. The connection is weak, though, and easily disrupted by salt, sage, and/or holy water (a smoothie combining those ingredients is actually the suggested cure). Unfortunately, it's also not the kind of possession that main character Mica is dealing with. Her demon, 'Red', [[spoiler:is actually bound by an incomplete summoning ritual, which she accidentally tied to herself by shattering Red's mirror and cutting herself on the glass]]. This sort of thing would normally be done intentionally for a demonic servant, but for Mica it means it's going to take an expert in blood magic to even begin untangling Red from her soul. And the longer Red stays, the [[PossessionBurnout thinner Mica's soul becomes]]. [[spoiler:By the time they're finally separated, Mica's soul is regularly slipping into Red's home plane, with presumably disastrous consequences if Red didn't keep catching it.]] |
| 630 | [[/folder]] |
| 631 | |
| 632 | [[folder:Web Originals]] |
| 633 | * According to one story MJTR told on ''LetsPlay/AnalogControl'', he scared a phone scammer away by claiming he was possessed by Satan. While on the call, he also stated that HumansAreTheRealMonsters and threatened to possess the scammer next. |
| 634 | * ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' has [[spoiler:Percy]] possessed by Orthax, the demon he made a deal with to gain [[spoiler:revenge for the deaths of his family]]. A lucky Nat 20 on the Wisdom saving throw allows him to make a final effort of will, forcing Orthax from his body so it can be fought. |
| 635 | * Creator/SamAndMickey's "Krissy's Christening" has Barbie hallucinate that baby Krissy has become possessed by {{Satan}}. |
| 636 | * In the ''Roleplay/LeagueOfIntergalacticCosmicChampions'', Mr. Obvious had been possessed by Asmodeus Beelzebub. |
| 637 | * In ''Theatre/TheLeagueOfSTEAM'''s webisode, "Dinner with the Devil", Sir Conrad gets possessed after a botched exorcism. As he's the resident demonologist, the rest of the League is in a bit of a quandary. |
| 638 | * In WebVideo/MatthewSantoro's "20 Haunting Halloween Facts", Matt says that he's used a Ouija board many times before, and nothing bad has ever happened to him. He then gets possessed. |
| 639 | * ''WebVideo/NewLifeSMP'': The Sculk origin, held by Sparrow in his third life equivalent, has this as one of their abilities, being able to tap into another entity's brain to see the world from their perspective. As Sparrow experiments, the possession occurs when another entity breathes in the person's Sculk particles, and ends when the entity either sneezes out the particles or is immersed in water. Alternatively, those who hold the origin can [[spoiler:''disconnect the entity's synapses'' as the entity loses health and ''dies'']]. |
| 640 | * WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic gets possessed by the devil in one of his fights with the Nerd, and only Super Mecha Death Christ is able to defeat him. |
| 641 | * TheReveal in ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' shows that the assassin, [[spoiler: Axel]], had been possessed by a demon. [[spoiler:She gets better via forcible removal of said demon]]. |
| 642 | * In ''Literature/{{Prolecto}}'', this is Azazel's MO. [[spoiler:Sonya is EvilerThanThou. At least until the climax]]. |
| 643 | * Bad SlashFic demons can possess canon characters in ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum,'' causing them to carry out the fanfic writer's whims. It's the PPC's job to remove them via exorcism. |
| 644 | * ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1036 SCP-1036 ("Nkondi")]] are African dolls that each contain a "sentient incorporeal entity" (AKA spirit). If any of the iron nails inserted into the dolls are removed the spirit will escape, possess someone nearby and make the victim kill themselves. |
| 645 | * It shows up a couple of times in ''Blog/SevenshotKid.'' |
| 646 | * ''WebVideo/ShinyObjectsVideos:'' A toaster gets possessed in the aptly-titled "Possessed Toaster". |
| 647 | * ''WebVideo/StacheBros'': In "The Curse of Toadsworth Mansion", Toadsworth gets possessed by the spirit of [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Prince Peasley]] II, who plans to end his curse by assassinating the spirit of the former tyrannical king of the Mushroom Kingdom. Later in the video, [[spoiler:Wario also gets possessed by the spirit of the King]]. |
| 648 | * ''TabletopGame/TechInfantry'' has the Caal, a long-extinct alien race whose souls somehow stuck around, and tend to possess other life forms. Humans possessed by the Caal are granted supernatural strength and other powers, to the extent that they are described as being able to ''walk through tanks'', but are (of course) also completely mind-controlled by the Caal. |
| 649 | * Some demons in ''Literature/VoidDomain'' are capable of destroying a person's personality and completely taking them over. |
| 650 | * In ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars'', [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Pride]] was indirectly possessed by [[Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls HIM]], who made himself a vessel in the form of a black cat named King in order to get close to Pride. HIM then used him to create a philosopher's stone so that he'd have enough negative emotional energy to give him the power to take over the world. |
| 651 | [[/folder]] |
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| 653 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 654 | * In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', there is a random snail that appears OncePerEpisode as a FreezeFrameBonus. Unfortunately for him, one such appearance was in the lair of a demon, and he was not wearing any protective gear, causing him to get possessed by [[OurLichesAreDifferent The Lich]], and becoming an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom. Thankfully, he gets better when [[BigBad The Lich]] chose to BodySurf to Billy [[HeroKiller instead]]. He had also possessed Princess Bubblegum. |
| 655 | * ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'': In "Monster", the Aqua Teens find Meatwad's pet gerbil in the closet after hearing ghostly wails, which suddenly transforms into a demonic bat. Frylock attempts the usual "power of Christ compels you!" before yelling at the demon to "come into" Shake. This gets Shake possessed and Frylock lures him to a hotel to make him fall out a window. [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment It survived, and brought Carl's head back with it.]] |
| 656 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' episode "[[Recap/Ben10S2E11GhostfreakedOut Ghostfreaked Out]]", the titular ghost-themed Alien, which turns out to actually have the identity of the source of the DNA sample used to create it due to his species' BizarreAlienBiology, escapes from Ben’s TransformationTrinket. Prevented from taking Ben since he can only be possessed while in human form, Ghostfreak jumps between others' bodies in the meantime, with the most notable incident being his possessing Gwen and demanding that Ben give himself up or he’ll force Gwen to kill herself jumping from a roof. |
| 657 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'': PlayedForLaughs in the episode "[[Recap/TheBoondocksS2E4StinkmeanerStrikesBack Stinkmeaner Strikes Back]]", in which the ghost of [[{{Jerkass}} Colonel H. Stinkmeaner]] possesses [[ButtMonkey Tom Dubois]]. Stinkmeaner-in-Tom then proceeds to troll everyone he meets for his own amusement before trying to kill Robert Freeman out of revenge, so the Freemans hire [[BoomerangBigot Uncle Ruckus]] to try and exorcise him. |
| 658 | * ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': This is one of X.A.N.A.'s favorite attack methods. |
| 659 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "[[Recap/CourageTheCowardlyDogS1E4TheDemonInTheMattressFreakyFred The Demon in the Mattress]]", after purchasing a cursed bed from two shady rats, Muriel gets possessed by a demon. Courage and Eustace team up to try and exorcise her. [[spoiler:The exorcism sort of succeeds, but then goes horribly wrong, so the evil spirit transfers into Eustace's body.]] |
| 660 | * One of the many ghost powers in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''. It's called "[[InsistentTerminology overshadowing]]" in the show, though. |
| 661 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'' episode "[[Recap/DisenchantmentS1E3ThePrincessOfDarkness The Princess of Darkness]]", Sorcerio convinces King Zog that his daughter Princess Bean's criminal misbehavior is the result of demonic influence. [[RightForTheWrongReasons While this is sort of true]] -- Bean's demon friend Luci is [[ToxicFriendInfluence telling her to do bad things]] -- he's not actually controlling or forcing her to do anything against her will. However, when Zog and Odval hire an exorcist named Big Jo to [[HollywoodExorcism remove Bean's demon]], [[EvilSorceress the Enchantress]] ([[TheManBehindTheMan Luci's secret master]], [[CrystalBall watching them from a distance]]) casts a spell that forces Luci to possess Bean's body ''for real'', to try (and fail) to hide Luci from the exorcist. During Big Jo's exorcism of Bean, Luci takes the opportunity to taunt Jo and [[ExorcistHead spin Bean's head around a few times]], just for fun. |
| 662 | * ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': [[SatanicArchetype Invictus]] is capable of both the first and second types: [[PossessingADeadBody reanimating the thousands of dead alternate Gary's that have come to Final Space as its army of puppets]], and forcibly possessing Gary and then [[spoiler:Avocato]] when Gary accidentally summons its astral form in Season 2. In the latter case, instead of Invictus directly suppressing his mind and controlling his body for itself, it massively amplifies and exacerbates all of [[spoiler:Avocato]]'s doubts, insecurities, and worst traits to make him turn uncontrollably AxCrazy against his friend and his son. The main symptoms of possession by Invictus are gaining purple GlowingEyesOfDoom and (if Invictus is directly puppeteering the body like with Gary) a near-perpetual SlasherSmile. |
| 663 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS1E2FirstDayFrights First Day Frights]]", Scratch possesses the unconscious Andrea at the school in order to save Molly and remove Libby from being an outcast. |
| 664 | * In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', [[EldritchAbomination Bill Cipher]] can take control of a mortal body if he [[DealWithTheDevil convinces]] (or [[ManipulativeBastard tricks]]) the host into giving him permission to do so. |
| 665 | ** In "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E4SockOpera Sock Opera]]", Dipper -- in a desperate attempt to get a password to a laptop containing information he needs -- makes a deal with Bill Cipher, who says he "[[ExactWords only wants a puppet]]" (Mabel had made a bunch of sock puppets to impress her crush). Bill proceeds to rip Dipper's soul from his body and takes over, smashing the laptop before declaring his intentions to go after the journal. Fortunately, Mabel and Dipper are able to kick Bill out before he does any more damage. |
| 666 | ** This episode serves as foreshadowing for the backstory revealed in "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E15TheLastMabelcorn The Last Mabelcorn]]": [[spoiler:Years before the events of the show took place, Stanford Pines made a permanent deal with Bill which enabled Bill to possess his body whenever he liked. He only manages to keep Bill out by means of a metal plate installed in his head]]. |
| 667 | ** In "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E17DipperAndMabelVsTheFuture Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future]]", [[spoiler:Bill finds a third pawn in time-traveler Blendin Blandin]]. |
| 668 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': When Billy asks Grim if he can do this, Grim nonchalantly says he can, demonstrating by doing so to Milkshakes, then saying it's actually a rather easy trick that only "a brain-dead zombie" wouldn't be able to do. Unfortunately, this inspires Billy to do it to Mandy -- doesn't end well. |
| 669 | * ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': |
| 670 | ** The [[DragonsAreDemonic demonic dragon]] Shendu is able to do this whenever he's reduced to [[OurGhostsAreDifferent spirit form]]. In the Season 1 episode "Project A, For Astral", he uses the [[AstralProjection Sheep Talisman]] to take over Jade's dormant body. Later for most of Season 2, he accidentally possesses Valmont (he intended to take over Jackie, which he later succeeds at). |
| 671 | ** Also, in season 4, the [[MaskOfPower Oni Masks]] will [[EvilMask cause anyone wearing them to succumb to the influence of]] the {{Oni}} and [[LivingShadow Shadowkhan]] demons [[SealedEvilInACan sealed inside the masks]]. |
| 672 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode "Johnny's Inferno", Johnny ends up possessed by a demon who then tries to force Johnny into a rampage of evil. Thankfully, the "rampage of evil" ends up being quite underwhelming due to Johnny being TheDitz and the demon having a PokeThePoodle idea of evil. |
| 673 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In "[[Recap/KaelooS1E37LetsPlayParanormalStuff Let's Play Paranormal Stuff]]", the main four hold a séance to summon spirits. Unfortunately, they wind up summoning the spirits of all the yogurts Quack Quack ever ate, and the spirits possess Quack Quack. |
| 674 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': When [[TheCorruption Princess Luna was transformed into Nightmare Moon]] through her bitterness and jealousy, it's all but stated Nightmare Moon is actually a manifestation of Luna's jealousy that is possessing her. Part of this is because of Luna being EasilyForgiven after being returned to her original form (as eternal night would freeze the world and bring the apocalypse), and part of this is because WordOfGod has hinted at it. The comics confirm an outside force is involved -- the Nightmare Forces. |
| 675 | -->'''Creator/LaurenFaust:''' Luna was no longer present, jealousy buried her inside NMM. |
| 676 | * In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/NeoYokio'', popular fashion blogger Helena St. Tesser is seemingly possessed by a demon, [[spoiler:though it turns out it's actually her custom-made suit that's possessed]]. |
| 677 | * In ''WesternAnimation/NotWithoutMyHandbag'', Satan possesses the handbag Auntie has gone to retrieve in order to bring her back to hell. |
| 678 | * In ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'', this is revealed to be the reason behind [[spoiler:Lorna's affliction. Her body is possessed by a flesh-eating spirit, which will devour anyone it encounters]]. This, in turn, is why [[spoiler:Auntie Whispers keeps her constantly busy with chores and forbids visitors, to keep her from eating anyone. Luckily, she gets better once Wirt and Greg banish the spirit from her body]]. |
| 679 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': |
| 680 | ** In the episode "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS3E1ThanksToThem Thanks to Them]]", [[spoiler:Belos's cursed slime manages to get inside Hunter's body through a cut in his finger, and slowly starts to grow inside him, causing paranoia, hallucinations and extreme mood swings. Once Hunter and Luz have found the location of the Titan's Blood, Belos fully takes over Hunter's body, turning his arms and parts of his face into cursed mud and sprouting a pair of horns. Belos himself sees this as him finally reuniting with his brother, and decides to use "Caleb"'s body to finish what they started as [[TheWitchHunter witch hunters]] by trying to kill the Hexsquad. [[AndIMustScream Hunter himself is fully conscious the whole time]], but doesn't manage to [[FightingFromTheInside wrench control back]] until Belos [[KickTheDog mortally wounds Flapjack]].]] |
| 681 | ** In [[Recap/TheOwlHouseS3E2ForTheFuture the following episode]], [[spoiler:Belos moves on to Raine, possessing their puppet form initially and then their regular form after. Raine manages to [[FightingFromTheInside force him out]], but can't stop him from moving to his final target -- ''[[GiantCorpseWorld the Titan]]'']]. |
| 682 | * One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' has Peter get possessed by a demon named Watt (whose name is used for a lot of "what" gags throughout). It intends to [[BorrowedBiometricBypass use his body and voice to access the Busters' containment system]] and unleash all the ghosts stored therein. |
| 683 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'': |
| 684 | ** At the end of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E4TreehouseOfHorrorXVI B.I.: Bartifical Intelligence]]", Homer wakes up to find that he hasn't been made into a pathetic cyborg -- he's just been possessed by the devil. A brief splash of holy water results in him babbling angrily, [[Film/TheExorcist climbing up the walls, and turning his head 180 degrees]], but it's okay because he gets to be excused from work. |
| 685 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS29E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXVIII The Exor-Sis]]" is a straighter parody, with Maggie being possessed by a statue of Pazuzu that Homer ordered from Amazon (he thought was pizza). When Pazuzu is expelled from Maggie, he latches onto Bart and finds himself trapped, as Bart is eviler than he is. |
| 686 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': |
| 687 | ** While he's semi-permanently dead in Season 6, Kenny channels himself through Cartman (who drinks Kenny's ashes). This is an interesting inversion since Kenny is much nicer to Stan and Kyle than Cartman. |
| 688 | ** Music/MichaelJackson has also channeled himself through Ike in "[[Recap/SouthParkS13E8DeadCelebrities Dead Celebrities]]". He's just happy being a kid and has to [[spoiler:win a little girl beauty pageant]] in order to leave. |
| 689 | ** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS18E6FreemiumIsntFree Freemium Isn't Free]]", upon learning that the Canadian Devil is responsible for exploitative freemium games, Satan asks to borrow Stan's body so he can fight him. After he's done, he returns Stan's body to his friends. |
| 690 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': In "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E09VisionsAndVoices Visions and Voices]]", Kanan and Sabine are possessed by Nightsister spirits after they follow Ezra and [[spoiler:Maul]] to Dathomir, concerned for his safety with the [[spoiler:ex-Sith Lord]]. |
| 691 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Steven is able to possess one's body, if he thinks about them while sleeping. He discovers this when he accidentally does it to Lars in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E10TheNewLars The New Lars]]". |
| 692 | * In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', Karkull wreaks havoc in Metropolis after possessing a petty thief who recites the incantation on a tablet he steals from a museum. Several of his subservient demons take control of characters like Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. |
| 693 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': A heroic example is Raven -- she has a SuperpoweredEvilSide as one lovely feature of her dual nature; on the occasions where it takes control, she's possessed by her ''own'' inner demon. |
| 694 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': |
| 695 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' has Starscream become a ghost after he dies, and over the span of two series possesses other transformers (Cyclonus, Scourge in G1 and Waspinator in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''). |
| 696 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', Megatron exposes himself to Dark Energon, the blood of [[GodOfEvil Unicron]], which [[spoiler: allows Unicron to possess him in the first season finale. It's a testament to the strength of this Megatron's will, though, that Unicron had to knock him out before he could take total control. It happens again during the GrandFinale movie, only this time much easier since Megatron is currently [[BackFromTheDead dead]] courtesy of a [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice Star-Saber-made hole through his chest]] and he's unable to do much more than be a prisoner in his own body]]. |
| 697 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' there exist Shushus, which are demons [[SealedEvilInACan trapped inside of objects]]. However, they can possess people through their weakness or even their own volition, and [[IdiotHero Shushu guardian Sadlygrove]] has this happen more than once. |
| 698 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' episode "[[Recap/WanderOverYonderS1E11TheFancyPartyTheTourist The Fancy Party]]", Lord Hater attempts to impress a wealthy socialite to inherit her fortune before she dies. He succeeds, only for it to turn out that she's actually the host of a demonic entity that claims a new host every millennium and wants to make Hater its newest host (it almost made ''Wander'' its next victim before Hater interrupted). It transfers to Hater, who starts choking on it, but Wander gives him the Heimlich maneuver and transfers the entity to a sandwich, forcing it to spend the next thousand years, and the rest of the series, as "Sourdough the Evil Sandwich". |
| 699 | * ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': In Episode 9 of Season 4, Roxy is possessed by a vengeful Nebula through the White Circle. |
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| 704 | -->Hmm, Shelvek the Seducer must admit, [[ShowingOffTheNewBody all that jazzercize you did certainly has paid off.]] I do hope you don't mind [[FateWorseThanDeath "hanging]] [[AndIMustScream out"]] while Shelvek the Seducer buys new leather pants in y-- ''her'' size. |
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