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[[caption-width-right:200: All is one in Darkseid. ([[FridgeLogic Wait, don't most people have two eyes? Shouldn't it be "twelve million eyes" then?]][[note]]By the way, the reason it doesn't say "seven billion" is because this comic came out before October 2011.[[/note]])]]

[[caption-width-right:200: All is one in Darkseid.]]

-->-- Literature/TheBible, ''[[Literature/TheFourGospels Mark]]''[[Literature/TheFourGospels 5:9]]

-->-- ''Literature/TheBible'', [[Literature/TheFourGospels Mark 5:9]]

* Oddly, enough, this Trope [[SubvertedTrope does not apply]] to ''Comicbook/XMen'' character Legion, despite the fact that he once quoted the passage in the Bible where the name of the Trope came from to explain his SplitPersonality.

* In the ''Film/GhostRider'' movie, after [[spoiler:absorbing the thousand souls from the contract]], Blackheart quotes the phrase from the Bible. Unfortunately, he does this in probably the most [[{{Narm}} Narmtacular]] way ''possible''.

* ''Film/{{Spawn}}'' finds out he actually has 4000 (?) souls. He quotes the same phrase from the Bible.

* OlderThanFeudalism: The trope takes its title from the [[Literature/TheFourGospels Book of Mark]], where a man possessed by many demons was asked his name by Jesus and replied, "My name is Legion for we are many." Jesus exorcised the demons into a herd of pigs, who rushed down a sleep slope to drown themselves in the waters.
** Another [[Literature/TheBible Biblical]] example: Daniel 10:6 also reports the eponymous prophet's vision of a glowing man whose [[VoiceOfTheLegion voice was "like the sound of a multitude."]]

* In ''Literature/LambTheGospelAccordingToBiff'', the TropeNamer scene is retold. It is basically the same, though it seems the Bible opted to... tone done the original line.

** In the sequel, a geth ends up rescuing Shepard and is then rescued by him/her in return and brought back to the Normandy. Shepard asks what it should be called, and it simply replies "Geth", claiming it is not an individual and that there are currently "1,183 programs active within this platform". EDI recites the Bible passage and names it Legion, which it "acknowledges as an appropriate metaphor".

* The antagonist in the video game rendition of ''VideoGame/ShadowMan'' was named (and may have been) Legion, and he and his group of serial killers (called "The Five") used the bible quote as a mantra. His goal was to trick the protagonist into collecting a series of demonic souls for him so he could unleash them to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, natch.
** Both the game and instructions seem to imply heavily that this is ''the'' Legion from the Bible, but never openly state it to be the case.

* The Tachikoma in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' are not a group of individual sentient robots, but are instead all remote controlled by a single computer. In regular intervals, the individual [=AI=] programs are stopped and all of the data each unit has gathered during the day is compared and analyzed. When the [=AIs=] are reinitialized, each one has exactly the same set of stored memories. Somehow they still manage to spend most of their idle time on philosophical debates with each unit expressing different views and opinions, which by all logical understanding [[JustForFun/SentientAIWarningSigns should be impossible]].

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* The demonic sword Saika from ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}''. It leaves a cut in each of its victims' souls, where a "daughter sword" is born, thus making the victim a part of Saika as well as a servant and mouthpiece.

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** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuK1kyCzhQI My naaame is leee-gion. For weee are maaa-ny.]]"

--> '''Legion: '''My name is Legion, for there are a shit-ton of us in here.
* In the webnovel ''[[Literature/DoNotTakeTheShells DO NOT TAKE THE SHELLS]]'', the woman on the beach, on top of having odd pauses in her speech, never uses the word "I". The main character is somewhat confused by this:
--> '''Woman:''' Name? Don't... think we have a name.
--> '''Harris:''' We?
--> '''Woman:''' We don't have a name. We don't need... one.
--> '''Harris:''' Where are the others, then?
--> '''Woman:''' There are no others. Just us.

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--> ''"You could never hope to grasp the source of our power."'' *rips out Adam's uranium core* ''"But yours is right here."''

* In ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', we have the Trickster, especially in ''The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith''.

--> Foreman - You are possessed by the biblical demon "Legion."
--> Thirteen - Nope, no jumping off a cliff in a herd of pigs.
--> Foreman - Otherwise, it did fit.

* [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Warhammer 40000's]] Thousand Sons Traitor Legion have a rule representing their status as possessed suits of armour entitled "We Are Legion."

-->'''Axonn''': Just so you know... Brutaka's his own "we" now. Long Story.

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-->'''Squirrel girls:''' Bio-computing effectiveness at 100%... ''(as their knight avatar)'' we are legion!
-->'''Art:''' That's... kinda creepy.

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* In the ''{{Webcomic/Narbonic}}'' forums, in the Mad Scientist Wars this happens in an alternate future, which is averted thankfully. It was executed particularly creepily by using the scene as a major BreakTheCutie.

* In the ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' special ''Cooler 2: The Return of Cooler's Revenge - The Reckoning'', when the main villain arrives with his full [[RobotMaster Meta-]][[HiveMind Cooler]] [[OhCrap army]], all of which he controls directly. He even attempts to quote the TropeNamer. ''Attempts'' being key here.
--> '''Meta-Cooler Army''': I am Legion, for we are-
--> '''[[DeadpanSnarker Vegeta]]''': A pain in my ass.

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* The Delightful Children from Down the Lane in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor.'' [[spoiler: (Though this is due to a brainwashing device that [[UpToEleven overloaded]].)]]

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* In the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Primeval", while Buffy prepares to face [[FrankensteinsMonster Adam]], the Scooby gang performs a power-joining spell that gives Buffy the combined power of all the past and future slayers, and speak with the combined voices of herself and those casting the spell.

->''Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many."''

* Appropriately enough, the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Legion" (which had the working title "Call Me Legion") featured a being which only existed as a combination of nearby conscious minds. He was referred to as a "gestalt entity"; this term was also frequently used to describe the "Grant Naylor" persona under which the programme's co-creators Rob Grant and Doug Naylor were often presented.

* In ''Film/BatmanForever'', Two-Face [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6dDO7YJwrQ refers to himself using "we"]] due to his SplitPersonality.

* The Tachikoma in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' are not a group of individual sentient robots, but are instead all remote controlled by a single computer. In regular intervals, the individual [=AI=] programs are stopped and all of the data each unit has gathered during the day is compared and analyzed. When the [=AIs=] are reinitialized, each one has exactly the same set of stored memories. Somehow they still manage to spend most of their idle time on philosophical debates with each unit expressing different views and opinions, which by all logical understanding [[SentientAIWarningSigns should be impossible]].

* {{Hammerfall}}'s song "Legion", which describes the Biblical demon.

* Oddly, enough, this Trope [[SubvertedTrope does not apply]] to ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'' character Legion, despite the fact that he once quoted the passage in the Bible where the name of the Trope came from to explain his SplitPersonality.

* In the ''{{Narbonic}}'' forums, in the Mad Scientist Wars this happens in an alternate future, which is averted thankfully. It was executed particularly creepily by using the scene as a major BreakTheCutie.

Common quality of {{Hive Mind}}s, {{Mind Hive}}s, and cases of ManySpiritsInsideOfOne, but this isn't necessarily so. Not to be confused with MesACrowd and RoyalWe. Often speak with VoiceOfTheLegion. Has nothing to do with ''Literature/IAmLegend''. Creator/RogerZelazny's ''Literature/MyNameIsLegion'' (about a secret agent with a multitude of false identities) is also not an example of this trope. Could be a LimitedSocialCircle that has JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. IAmSpartacus uses this as a diversion.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': In the episode "Up a Tree" it has an obvious ShoutOut to ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', creatures that live in a tree repeatedly say this: "In the tree, part of the tree. In the tree, part of the tree."

* Made fun of, and played straight in two different ''{{Naruto}}'' Fanfics. The first one (humor) has one of Naruto's Kage Bunshin say this to another shinobi, then another clone rolls his (its?) eyes and smacks it to get rid of it. The other one (horror) is the reason why it was forbidden. They eventually become flesh and blood, and psychically linked to the point where they lost track of the original.

* In the ''DragonBallZAbridged'' special ''Cooler 2: The Return of Cooler's Revenge - The Reckoning'', when the main villain arrives with his full [[RobotMaster Meta-]][[HiveMind Cooler]] [[OhCrap army]], all of which he controls directly. He even attempts to quote the TropeNamer. ''Attempts'' being key here.

* In both ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' and ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'' the Cloud of Darkness refers to "herself" in the plural. The reason for this could either because "she" is actually a personification of the chaotic forces that herald the coming of the Void, or because "she" is including her [[CognizantLimbs attack]] [[CombatTentacles tentacles]] when talking about "herself".

* Lampshaded in ''{{Bionicle}}'' after Brutaka gets possessed by Antidermis:

Common quality of {{Hive Mind}}s, {{Mind Hive}}s, and cases of ManySpiritsInsideOfOne, but this isn't necessarily so. Not to be confused with MesACrowd and RoyalWe. Often speak with VoiceOfTheLegion. Has nothing to do with ''Literature/IAmLegend''. Creator/RogerZelazny's ''My Name Is Legion'' (about a secret agent with a multitude of false identities) is also not an example of this trope. Could be a LimitedSocialCircle that has JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. IAmSpartacus uses this as a diversion.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'': What's worse than getting into a battle with [[ImplausibleFencingPowers Ra's Al Ghul?]] How about a battle against around 20+ Ra's Al Ghul sand clones who pounce on you while shouting '''WE ARE LEGION'''?