Basic Trope: A character feels alienated from their sense of self.
- Straight: Bob becomes Brainwashed and Crazy and attacks Alice, whom he had sworn to protect. He later feels guilty about it.
- Exaggerated: Bob kills Alice and her dog before causing The End of the World as We Know It. He snaps out of it just in time to see everything fall apart.
- Downplayed: Bob accidentally pushes Alice and she scrapes her knee.
- Justified: Bob really did something horrible and has a Heel Realization.
- Inverted: Bob is given Brainwashing for the Greater Good and agrees it was the right choice.
- Subverted:
- It looks like Bob is going to attack Alice. Then he doesn't.
- Alternatively, he does and it doesn't horrify him afterwards.
- Double Subverted: Emperor Evulz succeeds at his second attempt at brainwashing Bob.
- Bob is horrified after he is out of sight for Charlie.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: No one feels alienated from themselves.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Emperor Evulz sets up a Sadistic Choice so that all options will result in this.
- Exploited: Emperor Evulz takes every chance to remind Bob of this to keep him off balance.
- Defied: "No, Emperor Evulz. You did that, not me."
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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