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* Launch in ''DragonBall'' has a sweet, caring personality and a violent, aggressive personality that switch dominance when she sneezes. The sweet Launch is blue-haired, while aggressive Launch is blonde and has a HammerSpace machine gun.

* The manga ''Historie'', a biography of one of Alexander the Great's secretaries, starts weird, and when Alexander finally appears gets weirder. Apparently Alexander is a rather sweet little prince who developed a split personality upon walking in on his mother having an affair with a slave. That split personality is (Alexander's real-life [[HoYay best friend]]) Hephaestian, who is kind of a dick and whose presence is signified by a fixed stare and covering up Alexander's snaked-shaped forehead birthmark with his mother's makeup.

* The manga 'Historie,' a biography of one of Alexander the Great's secretaries, starts weird, and when Alexander finally appears gets weirder. Apparently Alexander is a rather sweet little prince who developed a split personality upon walking in on his mother having an affair with a slave. That split personality is (Alexander's real-life [[HoYay best friend]]) Hephaestian, who is kind of a dick and whose presence is signified by a fixed stare and covering up Alexander's snaked-shaped forehead birthmark with his mother's makeup.

* Lucy, the main character in ''Manga/ElfenLied'' has rounder eyes, child-like and a softer expression as her second personality Nyu.

* You can tell whether Agito or Akito is in control on Manga/AirGear depending on which eye their eye patch is on. They also have differently shaped pupils, and in the anime, drastically different voices. [[spoiler: The third personality, Lind, takes it a step farther; he has a totally different hairstyle and cross-shaped pupils]].

* Motoko, the female protagonist of ''{{Change 123}}''. (Just look at the picture on the linked page!)

* Lady Une in ''Anime/GundamWing'' has a split personality (which Treize claims is his fault), and the Colonel and the Diplomat can be distinguished easily by the former having her hair up and wearing glasses, and the latter wearing it down and taking the glasses off, as well as changes in facial expression and posture.

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* Allelujah Haptism from ''Anime/{{Gundam 00}}'' is a more subtle example; which personality is in control depends on which of his [[DualityMotif differently-colored eyes]] is hidden by his PeekABangs. Unusually for this trope, he's actually seen shifting his hair around in-universe when he changes personalities, rather than it happening automatically as a stylistic change.

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* They comment on this extensively in the miniseries ''{{Jekyll}}''. Hyde is slightly taller and thinner than Jackman, he has a slightly different hairline and jaw shape, and his eyes are jet black. Of course it's the same actor plus platform shoes and different tailoring/shooting angles, but the effect is subtle and present, and many viewers who may not even notice the prosthetic changes at the start of the series will immediately be able to identify which one of them is in control by the end, even without the vastly different body language and behaviour.

* Not a split personality, but when {{Mulan}} is dressed as a [[SweetPollyOliver soldier]], she is drawn with no eyelid folds and a more angular jaw to make her look more masculine.

* ''[[DotHackGUGames .hack//G.U.'s]]'' [[spoiler:Sakubo]] lets you know who is in control by [[spoiler:her[[note]]Although Saku is a girl and Bo is male, the Sakubo character model is female[[/note]] hat, which changes which point is up, backpack, which changes color, eyes that switch from {{Tareme Eyes}} to {{Tsurime Eyes}}, and skirt which flares out or flattens. Her hair also gains a bit of a curve outward as Saku.]] Given that this is an MMORPG, this is hidden under the guise of [[spoiler:Saku and Bo being twin brother and sister.]]

* Some of the artists who have drawn ComicBook/{{Superman}}, like Frank Quitely and Ed [=McGuiness=], have made a point of giving Clark and Superman slightly different appearances to help explain why so few people make the connection between the two of them. Quitely's version of Clark, for instance, has a noticeably hunched posture and badly combed hair (whereas his Superman has the usual spitcurl). [=McGuiness=]' Superman has a perpetual squint, while his Clark's blue eyes are usually visible.

* Thendy Bravura (also known as another dozen names) in ''{{Felsic Current}}'' incurs very visible personality changes. Often, others can tell he's just "done it again" merely by witnessing his facials features melt into a completely different countenance, before he even speaks. Their mounting exasperation to these frequent incidences is usually the source of [[FunnySchizophrenia comedy]].

* ParappaTheRapper: Captain Fussenpepper's face turns red and his eyes become bloodshot when he's in his DrillSergeantNasty personality. Hairdresser Octopus's entire body turns red and his tentacles move when he's in his crazy personality.

* Jamie from ''ZoidsNewCentury'' gains swept back hair and a bold, deep voice when he becomes [[RedBaron the Wild Eagle]] during air combat.

* Allelujah Haptism from ''{{Gundam 00}}'' is a more subtle example; which personality is in control depends on which of his [[DualityMotif differently-colored eyes]] is hidden by his PeekABangs. Unusually for this trope, he's actually seen shifting his hair around in-universe when he changes personalities, rather than it happening automatically as a stylistic change.

* In ''{{Psyren}}'', [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Abyss]] has darker skin than [[spoiler:Sakurako]].

* Lucy, the main character in ''ElfenLied'' has rounder eyes, child-like and a softer expression as her second personality Nyu.
* Razlo and Livio from ''TrigunMaximum'' have a system with fairly reasonable in-universe mechanics. When Livio's running things, he has his long hair flipped over on side of his face. When Razlo takes over, he flips it to the other side and we discover that the previously covered side of his head is bald with weird computer-chip tattoos and a wild eye.

* Lady Une in GundamWing has a split personality (which Treize claims is his fault), and the Colonel and the Diplomat can be distinguished easily by the former having her hair up and wearing glasses, and the latter wearing it down and taking the glasses off, as well as changes in facial expression and posture.
* Sensui, the biggest single villain in ''YuYuHakusho'' (and the mangaka's favorite) has ''[[UpToEleven seven]]'' personalities. We meet three, and the visible difference is as impressive as it is subtle, having as much to do with mannerisms and speech patterns as it does visual cues.

* Played straight with Zwei's two personalities Echo & Noise, from ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' . It even came as a shock to the main cast when they were revealed as being one and the same person. While Echo has dead eyes, free flowing hair, dresses in uniform, has a calm/stale posture and a voice that is generally gentle/weak, though devoid of emotion. When turning into Noise her eyes go wild with ecstasy, she braids her hair with an ornament, strips of all clothing (dressing up in a nightgown and bloodred cape), moves as if she was the star of a play and shouts/screams her words.
* There is no actual split personality involved, but Molossia from ''WebComic/AxisPowersHetalia'' changes from his real NiceGuy personality to a {{Delinquent}} [[JerkassFacade façade]] in seconds by changing his hairstyle and putting on a jacket and sunglasses when anyone but America enters his territory.

* Yugi from ''Anime/YuGiOh'' is one of the most prominent examples; when his "[[SeriousBusiness playing card games]]" personality takes over, his hairstyle changes, his eyes switch from {{Tareme Eyes}} to {{Tsurime Eyes}}, his voice deepens significantly, and he's drawn to appear taller and more imposing. (The height change only happens in the anime, though, and in Japanese he kept the same voice actor, who just changed her delivery style.) Happens with Bakura and Marik too.