History Main / ForcedToFeelEmpathy

* ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'': Arueshalae is a {{succubus}} who once seduced and then devoured a priest of Desna, goddess of freedom. The ever-unpredictable Desna reached through her priest to forcibly give Arueshalae a conscience, causing her to become horrified at what she'd done and repent; she's now trying to become an AscendedDemon.

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-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E1ISecondThatEmotion I Second That Emotion]]"

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* It is implied that this is what Homura did to Kyubey at the end of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' by [[spoiler:having him take on all the Curses that Magical Girls would have dealt with]].
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* ''ComicBook/TheImmortalThor'': Thor grants Toranos the power of Thor by tricking Toranos into grabbing Mjolnir. Because Thor decides who was worthy, and whoever is worthy of holding the hammer gains the power of Thor, Toranos becomes a version of Thor, complete with all the mercy and restraint that entails. Toranos throws away the Hammer but is still overwhelmed by guilt and runs away.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': During ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueAMidsummersNightmare'', Martian Manhunter temporarily restores the Joker's sanity, causing the clown prince of crime to be horrified by his own actions.

* ''ComicBook/OurWorldsAtWar'':The event ends with a shred of Wonder Woman's kindness remaining in Darkseid of all people. The Lord of Apokolips considers this as horrible -- if not moreso -- a price as the thousands of Amazon lives lost in the War.

* ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': The Point of View Gun was designed by the supercomputer Deep Thought and causes the target to see things from the shooter's point of view.

* ''Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt'': In the Sellswords spinoff series, Jarlaxle gives Artemis Entreri a ring that allows him to feel the emotions of others (Promise of the Witch-King). This starts him off on his HeelFaceTurn toward becoming a true hero.

* ''Series/TheLibrarians2014'': In one episode, a fairy is rampaging across a town that she'd been forced to keep safe for the last thirty years, under the auspices of a wish she'd granted a young boy. Another boy freed her from the snow globe she was bound to, and Cassandra points out that the fairy owes him a wish, now. He wishes for the fairy to know what it was like to be afraid, after having heard it didn't know or understand fear. Overwhelmed by the emotion, the fairy declares that if knowing the feeling of fear was what it meant to be human, it was punishment enough, and she is allowed to depart, having decided to spare the town.

* ''Series/TheSandman2022'': In the [[Recap/TheSandman2022S01E10LostHearts Season 1 finale]], Dream of the Endless "ends the dreams" of an [[ItMakesSenseInContext entire convention's worth]] of {{Serial Killer}}s, causing them all to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone gain a conscience for the very first time]]. As they shuffle outside wearing {{Thousand Yard Stare}}s, one is seen calling the police to turn herself in, and another commits suicide.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Played for laughs in the 2020 ParodyCommercial "5 Hour Empathy", where a straight white man expresses a desire to understand the [[UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatterMovement racial unrest going on in the country]]. The voiceover (done by the black Creator/KenanThompson) offers him 5-Hour Empathy, an energy-drink-like substance that would give him empathy for other demographics. "Cool," he says, except he's completely reluctant to try it and defensively claims that he's not a racist when pressed by the voiceover. The man then elects to jump out the window rather than empathize. Meanwhile, his white wife claims that she doesn't need it because she's a woman, to the voiceover's offense.
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': When the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager rescue the crew and compliment of a damaged vessel, one of them is badly wounded, and Seven of Nine uses her Borg nanomachines to help save his life. It turns out he's a convicted criminal who was being transported to have his death penalty carried out. However, it turns out that he suddenly feels the unfamiliar sensation of guilt. His criminal behavior was facilitated by a type of brain damage that kept him from empathizing with others. Seven's nanomachines recognized the damage and repaired it, causing him to experience empathy and remorse for his past life. Unfortunately, the families of his victims do not accept that he has become a better person, and his death sentence must still be carried out. And due to the Prime Directive, Janeway has no choice but to turn him over to the authorities of his home world.
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': Gunther Lutze from "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E9DeathsHeadRevisited Death's Head Revisited]]" is a Nazi and former concentration camp commander who is confronted by the spirits of his victims (led by his favorite target Alfred Becker), who put him on trial for his numerous horrific crimes. After Lütze consistently denies any remorse or even [[NeverMyFault that he was culpable]], the sentence they decide on is for him to feel all the pain he caused throughout his life. Lutze goes insane from the sheer agony in under a minute.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Arueshalae from the ''Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path'' is a {{succubus}} who once seduced and then devoured a priest of Desna, goddess of freedom. The ever-unpredictable Desna reached through her priest to forcibly give Arueshalae a conscience, causing her to become horrified at what she'd done and repent; she's now trying to become an AscendedDemon.

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* ''Website/OrionsArm'': Psychoempaths are a horrifying subversion. They can feel other people's feelings and physical sensations as if it were happening to them, but are also extreme sadomasochists that enjoy the feeling of torturing other people to death.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E1ISecondThatEmotion I Second That Emotion]]," [[Characters/FuturamaBenderBendingRodriguez Bender]] flushes Nibbler down the toilet. [[FriendToAllLivingThings Leela]] is heartbroken, and Bender's indifference leads [[MadScientist the Professor]] to install an empathy chip so Bender can feel the pain he caused. This leads to Bender flushing ''himself'' down the toilet to retrieve Nibbler. For further laughs, at the climax Bender is unable to save Nibbler because the chip ''overwhelms'' him with Leela's concern for her pet's safety, which leads to Leela having to learn how to feel LackOfEmpathy. The episode ends with the two of them, equally {{Jerkass}}es, going off to annoy the world.
* ''WesternAnimation/JadeArmor'': In the finale, [[spoiler:Jade purifies the Shards inside the body of BigBad, the Crimson Lord purifying him in the process as well. This causes the Crimson Lord to have a HeelRealization.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': [[Characters/StevenUniverseBlueDiamond Blue Diamond]] is revealed to have this as her main power. She can force other Gems to feel the overwhelming sorrow and pain she's experienced since the death of her sister Pink Diamond. Blue's baseline mood simply makes the Gems around her cry, but when she [[EmotionBomb weaponizes her emotions]], she can utterly immobilize the toughest warriors and even affect humans. The only Gems ever shown to be able to resist Blue's grief bomb are Garnet -- and even then it took every ounce of HeroicWillpower she had to stand up -- and Lapis Lazuli, whose [[TraumaCongaLine millennia-long history of abuse]] has rendered her TooBrokenToBreak ("I've felt ''worse''"). [[spoiler:After Blue Diamond's HeelFaceTurn, she instead makes other Gems feel relaxed and happy, as she's finally processed her sadness.]]

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': Gunther Lutze from "Death's Head Revisited" is a Nazi and former concentration camp commander who is confronted by the spirits of his victims (led by his favorite target Becker), who put him on trial for his numerous horrific crimes. In the end, the sentence they decide on is for him to feel all the pain he caused throughout his life. Lutze goes insane from the sheer agony in under a minute.

* ''Website/OrionsArm'': Psychoempaths are a horrifying subversion, they have the ability to feel other peoples feelings and physical sensations as if it were happening to them, they're also extreme sadomasochists, they enjoy the feeling of torturing other people to death.

->''"I will use my last wish. I wish... for you to have a heart!"''
-->-- '''Bastian''' to Xayide, ''Film/TheNeverendingStoryIITheNextChapter''

-->'''Professor:''' I'm installing an empathy chip.\\
'''Fry:''' And that'll allow Bender to feel other people's emotions?\\
'''Professor:''' Yes. If by "allow" you mean... "force".