History Main / LiteralChangeOfHeart

* In ''DungeonsAndDragons'', ancient red dragon Ashardalon was already a arrogant monster of greed and violence when his heart was badly damaged in battle. But after he replaced it with a literal demon, Ammet the Eater of Souls, it got worse as Ashardalon basically became pure evil incarnate.

* In ''KingdomHearts,'' this is how a GrandTheftMe by BigBad Xehanort is preformed.
* In ''BrutalLegend'', Demon Emperor Doviculus keeps his defeated enemies' (including [[spoiler:Drowned Ophelia]]'s) hearts in his chest. It doesn't influence his NeutralEvil morality much.

* In ''RepoMen,'' the main character only acts like a decent human being after losing his heart and having it replaced with a mechanical heart.
* In ''ReturnToMe'', Grace receives a transplanted heart that previously belonged to Bob's late wife. Although the movie is mostly not supernatural, there is one brief moment which suggests a connection between Grace and Bob due to the transplanted heart.
* A heroic version occurs in ''[[{{Terminator}} Terminator Salvation]]''. [[spoiler: John Conner gets mortally wounded and Marcus makes a HeroicSacrifice giving him his own heart]].

* In ''KingdomHearts,'' people who lose their hearts become, well, TheHeartless. So it was fairly surprising to learn that [[spoiler: not only had Kairi ''not'' become a Heartless, her own heart had been with Sora the whole time]].
** And, of course, [[spoiler: Kairi ended up returning the favor later on.]]

* In ''Three Fat Man'' by Yuri Olesha, the titular villains demanded from a scientist to replace the heart of their future heir with a heart of iron in order for him to grow up the way he wanted. Then, they put the scientist in a cage when he tried to explain it cannot be done. A rumor eventually spread among the population that the Fat Men ''did'' replace the boy's heart.

* In ''Clockwork,'' by PhilipPullman, a character's mechanical heart is winding down, threatening his life.

* Dr. Suess' The Grinch had a change of heart about stealing the Christmas gifts from Who-Ville after he heard the Whos celebrate anyway and his heart grows three times as large as it was before.

* A sort of example, Tony Stark from the ''Film/IronMan'' movie; though the heart didn't actually come from someone (or something) else, getting the arc generator put in his chest did symbolically represent his assumption of the role of Iron Man, thus fitting the trope.

* One mission in the Sega ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' game has you stealing a cybernetic heart in order to save the life of one of your brother's friends, because [[CyberneticsEatsYourSoul he's installed so much cyberware on his body that his biological heart can't sustain him anymore.]]

* One mission in the Sega TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} game has you stealing a cybernetic heart in order to save the life of one of your brother's friends, because [[CyberneticsEatsYourSoul he's installed so much cyberware on his body that his biological heart can't sustain him anymore.]]

* One mission in the Sega TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} game has you stealing a cybernetic heart in order to save the life of one of your brother's friends.

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', Forsworn Briarhearts are warriors who have had their hearts replaced with magical items. They are the mightiest warriors in the Forsworn's ranks, but the ritual deprives them of free will and makes them of little use as anything other than berserkers or battlemages.

* In Meredith Ann Pierce's book ''[[TheDarkangelTrilogy The Darkangel]]'', two characters switch hearts in an attempt to save one of them at the expense of the other's life. [[spoiler: They both live, because as it turned out, there was a way to revive the vampyre's heart without Aeriel giving up hers.]]

* In ''{{Skyrim}}'', Forsworn Briarhearts are warriors who have had their hearts replaced with magical items. They are the mightiest warriors in the Forsworn's ranks, but the ritual deprives them of free will and makes them of little use as anything other than berserkers or battlemages.

* In ''DungeonsAndDragons'', ancient red dragon Ashardalon was already a arrogant monster of greed and violence when his heart was badly damaged in battle. But after he replaced it with a literal demon, Ammet the Eater of Souls, ItGotWorse as Ashardalon basically became pure evil incarnate.

* ''TalesOfVesperia'': Raven's heart was replaced with a modified blastia after [[spoiler: he died during the Great War]], which took place 10 years prior to the events of the game itself. It not only sustains his life, it allows him to unleash the very same power as an offensive weapon; as seen during his Mystic Arte.

* ''{{Dragonheart}}'': Draco gave half his heart to the prince hoping it might redeem the prince from the ways of his wicked family. [[spoiler: It didn't work]].

* Dr. Suess' The Grinch had a change of heart about stealing the Christmas gifts from Who-Ville after he heard the Whos celebrate anyway and his heart grows three times as large as it was before.

* Occurs in the "Brown Betty" episode of ''{{Fringe}}''.

* In ''BrutalLegend'', Demon Emperor Doviculus keeps his defeated enemies' (including [[spoiler:Drowned Ophelia's]]) hearts in his chest. It doesn't influence his NeutralEvil morality much.

* One mission in the Sega {{Shadowrun}} game has you stealing a cybernetic heart in order to save the life of one of your brother's friends.

* In ''{{Skyrim}}'', Forsworn Briarhearts are warriors who have had their hearts replaced with magical items. They are the mightiest warriors in the Forsworn's ranks, but the ritual deprives them of free will and makes them of little use as anything other than berserkers or battlemages.

* During the ''Old World Blues'' DLC for ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the player has his/her heart (and brain, and spine) removed and replaced by a synthetic one. Later on, you have the choice of keeping your powerful synthetic organs or putting your old ones back in. (Upgraded with a bit of tech, of course)

* During the ''Old World Blues'' DLC for ''FalloutNewVegas'', the player has his/her heart (and brain, and spine) removed and replaced by a synthetic one. Later on, you have the choice of keeping your powerful synthetic organs or putting your old ones back in. (Upgraded with a bit of tech, of course)

* In ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', Captain Picard got in a fight with some surly Naussicans as a youth and got stabbed right through the chest. Now he's got an artificial heart. During a near-death experience in a later episode, he was asked by Q if he would like to change that part of his past that lead up to that (and the subsequent malfunction of the artificial heart years later); however, by doing so, he wound up becoming a person who never developed any guts or took any risks.

* In ''ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' the Condor has to have his heart replaced.

* During the ''Old World Blues'' DLC for ''FalloutNewVegas'', the player has his/her heart (and brain, and spine) removed and replaced by a synthetic one. Later on, you have the choice of keeping your powerful synthetic organs or putting your old ones back in. (Upgraded with a bit of tech, of course)

* In ''TeamFortress2'''s "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc Meet the Medic]]" video, the Medic accidentally destroys the Heavy's heart when trying to attach the Ubercharge device to it. He substitutes a larger heart from a "Mega Baboon" for it instead.

* ''AngelBeats'' has the rare heroic example of [[spoiler: Otonashi donating his heart to Tenshi after dying]].