History Main / ManySpiritsInsideOfOne

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* In TheExorcismOfEmilyRose Emily at one point starts speaking in demon voices as the demons say there are many of them in her and each one has possessed a different evil person throughout the history. Movie is VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory of Anneliese Michel, who was suffering from severe mental problems and had many seizures. She also believed she was possessed, specifically by Lucifer and several evil people throughout history, including Cain and AdolfHitler.

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* In FullmetalAlchemist, those injected with the Philosopher's Stone [[spoiler:(or who, as in Hohenheim's case, are living Philosopher's Stones]] have hundreds, maybe even millions of souls living inside them. They usually lose their sentience after a while, [[spoiler: but Hohenheim knows and has talked to '''every single one''' of the thousands of souls residing inside him.]]

The TropeNamer is a song by Hammerfall, based on the famous biblical tale of Legion, man possessed by multiple demons, which is obviously the TropeCodifier. Contrast IAmLegion, another trope named after this tale, which occurs when members of a groups start referring to themselves as a group, rather than individual people, implying that they lost their individuality.

* Altogether Andrews in ''{{Discworld}}''. He has eight personalities, none of whom answer to the name 'Andrews' (Jossi, Lady Hermione, Little Sidney, Mr Viddle, Curly, The Judge, Tinker and Burke). They seem to take their turn at controlling the man, with the exception of [[NoodleIncident Burke, who fortunately isn't allowed to surface any more]].

* ''Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk'': At the beginning it was only Bruce Banner and the brutal Green Hulk, who turned gray and then started getting constantly dumber until he reverted to green and became Savage Hulk. Later a new Gray Hulk, a mischievous and selfish version of the first gray Hulk, joined them. Then [[SplitPersonalityMerge the Hulks and Banner merged]] into Professor Hulk, who was later {{retcon}}ned to be a completely different personality altogether. Recently, the four of them have been joined by Green Scar — an intelligent, brutal warrior persona. There was a story revealing that Banner has a lot more Hulks in his mind, including such creatures as the lizard-like Guilt Hulk or the monstrous [[CompleteMonster Devil Hulk]], but the question of whether it's still in the continuity remains debatable.

Some people are victims of DemonicPossession or GrandTheftMe. Others suffer from SplitPersonality, or even outright SuperpoweredEvilSide and have to struggle with EnemyWithin. All those things are terrible in their own way each. But don't worry, [[ItGotWorse they can always be even worse]]. It's one thing when your body is taken by the [[{{Satan}} lord of all evil himself]]. But when he invites his 12 best drinking buddies to join the ride, that's just completely new level of being screwed.

* ''BattleBDaman'' has Bull, a boy with three personalities: calm one, confident one and aggressive one.

-->''My name is Legion, for we are many.''
--->[[TheBible Mark 5:9]]

-->''My name is Legion''
-->''For we are [[TropeNamer many spirits]]''
-->''[[TropeNamer Inside of one]].''
---> {{HammerFall}}, "Legion"

* In TheExorcismOfEmilyRose Emily at one point starts speaking in demon voices as the demons say there are many of them in her and each one has possessed a different evil person throughout the history. During her exorcism Anneliese Michel, which the movie is based on, she was speaking in demonic voices as different demons, who were claiming to be the souls of those people, turned into demons.
** [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Um, no. That's not entirely accurate.]] Anneliese Michel was suffering from severe mental problems and had many seizures. Initially, only Anneliese believed she was possessed, specifically by Lucifer and several evil people throughout history, but the priests initially said she didn't meet the criteria for possession. She eventually stopped taking her medication and died of malnutrition and dehydration.

* In TheExorcismOfEmilyRose Emily at one point starts speaking in demon voices as the demons say there are many of them in her and each one has possessed a different evil person throughout the history. This is AdaptationDecay from the case of Anneliese Michel the movie is based on. During her exorcism Anneliese was speaking in demonic voices as different demons, who were claiming to be the souls of those people, turned into demons.

The TropeNamer is a song by Hammerfall, based on the famous biblical tale of Legion, man posessed by multiple demons, which is obviously the TropeCodifier. Contrast IAmLegion, another trope named after this tale, which occurs when members of a groups start referring to themselves as a group, rather than individual people, implying that they lost their individuality.

Compare MindHive, a similiar trope which occurs when multiple minds are trapped in one body, but are neither demons possessing it nor split personalities.

* ''BattleBDaman'' has Bull, a boy with three personalities: calm one, confidient one and aggressive one.

* In TheExorcismOfEmilyRose Emily at one point starts speaking in demon voices as the demons say there are many of them in her and each one has possessed a different evil person throught the history. This is AdaptationDecay from the case of Anneliese Michel the movie is based on. During her exorcism Anneliese was speaking in demonic voices as different demons, who were claiming to be the souls of those people, turned into demons.

* One of the DLC characters for ''{{BlazBlue}}'' is a MagicalGirl with a rather unpleasent female personality, a nicer male personality and one of the six heroes sharing the same body.

* Sora from KingdomHearts habitually invites other people in, although he usually isn't consiously aware of doing so. At this point he's renting out space to [[spoiler: Ventus, Xion, Roxas, and probably Vanitas]], and [[spoiler: Kairi]] was also in there for most of the first game. Most of his tenants are fairly nice people, but all but two of 'em ''were'' trying to kill or suppress him at one point or another, intentionally or not.

* Sora from KingdomHearts habitually invites other people in, although he usually isn't consiously aware of doing so. At this point he's renting out space to [[spoiler: Ventus, Xion, Roxas, and probably Vanitas]], and [[spoiler: Kairi]] was also in there for most of the first game.

-->And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith: I will return into my house from whence I came out. And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is made worse than the first.