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!!EmptyShell Wick Check
EmptyShell, according to it's description, [[Laconic/EmptyShell Laconic]], and [[PlayingWith/EmptyShell Playing With]] page, is specifically about emotionlessness. The problem I've noticed, which I assume is due to the trope's misleading name, is that a lot of examples attribute it to literal hollowness, as in no mind or conciousness left in there at all. This runs contrary to the description which says "There is still something there — they move, talk, eat, sleep — but they have no drive, ambition, or capacity for emotion."
My wick check showed that out of a random sample, not even a supermajority of correct usage was found. I blame that entirely on the title, an artifact of when tropes could be named after examples from media, so it was taken from Literature/BattleRoyale assuming everyone would get the reference.
Wicks Checked: 54/54
[[folder: Correct Use (31/54) 57%]]
* Characters.BattleRoyale: He is completely without emotions. Justifed in the novel, Kiriyama [[spoiler:suffered a major brain injury when he was a fetus, resulting in him to be born without emotions whatsoever. In the manga, he suffers this injury as a child.]]
* Characters.BlazBlueCalamityTrigger2: [[spoiler:As a result of the injuries Hakumen inflicted on her and losing the one thing that gave her life meaning, her memories of Ragna, Nu is reduced to this state in the end of ''Central Fiction''. She is seen lying in bed, not responding to anything, in a near-catatonic state.]]
* Characters.CinderellaPhenomenon: [[spoiler:In Waltz's bad ending, Hildyr completely drains her of her magic and she becomes an obedient, practically lifeless doll.]]
* Characters.CrueltySquad: As his fan nicknames would suggest, he's so beaten down by the dismal state of his life that he responds to every situation he encounters with apathetic silence.
* Characters.DragonAgeOrganizations: [[spoiler:The original purpose of the Rite of Tranquility was to serve as the Seekers' initiation. Permanent Tranquility was supposed to be the price of failure. No one knew that it stripped mages of their magic until [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom one tried and failed to join the Seekers to gain their immunity to possession]].]]
* Characters.FateExtraHumans: [[spoiler:In Meltryllis’s dungeon. Caster was turned into a doll and torn apart by Meltryllis, and because Alice's connection with her Servant is like a mirror, this left Alice as helpless as the torn doll. She’s described as “the soul leaving from [her] eyes, even though she’s still alive,” after making her last words a plea to give Caster back. Only by returning the real Caster to Alice can she can finally pass on.]]
* Characters.GuardianTales: In the Old Diary [[StoryBreadcrumbs story bit]] found by progressing through the first Expedition, [[spoiler:he gives Clara a feather-shaped location emitter that she can use to call for him whenever she needs him, doubling as an IWillFindYou. Cue in Kaden's disappearance and Clara's descent into becoming an EmptyShell]]. '''I double-checked Clara's page, and it's used correctly there.'''
* Characters.GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFightersPhobosCourt: [[spoiler: After being raped by Rhouglar, she pretends that the trauma has turned her into an EmptyShell, so that her rebel captors will eventually drop their guard around her, allowing her to rescue her husband and escape.]]
* Characters.GushingOverMagicalGirls: Claims to be emotionally deadened during her fight with Baiser, and her reactions to things not having to do with Imita do tend to be quite shallow.
* Characters.TheHauntingOfBlyManor: [[spoiler:The oldest ghosts lose so much of themselves that they become nothing more than patterns and habits without minds. They may sing along to a song they hear, but they barely do anything more than simply exist.]]
* Characters.HigurashiWhenTheyCryProtagonists: In the [=PS2=] exclusive ''Taraimawashi-hen'', [[spoiler:Mion survives the Great Hinamizawa Disaster, but her trauma has left her in a vegetative state. She still hasn't recovered in her late twenties.]]
* Characters.InCryptid: After [[spoiler:having his mind accidentally wiped and becoming an EmptyShell]], Sarah tries to [[spoiler:reconstruct his mind from everyone else's memories of him]], but not having [[spoiler:his own original memories]] makes him a little...off.
* Characters.KamenRiderBlackSun: By the time its heart gets ripped out by Kotaro, the Creation King has effectively become this, showing very little free will, and only defends itself due to insticts
* Characters.MagicKnightRayearth: [[spoiler:When captured by the Cephireans in the second season, the poor woman is seen vacant and despondent to almost anything. Lantis is the only one who can make her react, and that's just because she thinks he is Zagato.]]
* Characters.MarvelComicsSymbiotes: [[spoiler:Ultimately leaves with Tel-Kar's ship ([[EmptyShell and his brain-dead body]]) to explore the universe on its own, though it returns in ''Absolute Carnage'']].
* Characters.{{Moribito}}: He loses his mind after [[spoiler:the Giving Ceremony, which is a fitting end for him as it renders him no longer capable of deceiving and manipulating people.]]
* Characters.TheNostalgiaChick: She takes pretty good care of the Critic in the ''Film/MoulinRouge'' crossover, being the one to tell him that it's okay to like parts of the movie (even though she herself has problems with that) and looking visibly unhappy after he hits EmptyShell mode after killing Floss.
* Characters.PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth: What she basically is at the beginning of the game. Everything inside her has been hollowed out by the series of emotional abuses dealt by people around her...and ultimately by ''herself''.
* Characters.PillarsOfEternityRaces: A creature without a soul is comatose, unable to move or react, devoid of anything but basic biological function. The (very technical) term for this in-universe is Hollowborn, with a plague of children in the Dyrwood being born Hollowborn, called Waidwen's Legacy, kicking off the first game.
* Characters.TheSilverCase: [[spoiler:When Kodai and Akira discover Kamui, they find a silent man who lacks any potential to kill anyone]].
* Characters.ASongOfIceAndFireEssosTheFreeCities: Being made a SexSlave has turned her into an EmptyShell of a person. And unlike [[spoiler:Jeyne Poole]], nobody's coming to save her.
* Characters.SoulEdge: Post-resurrection, he's described as feeling a "long emptiness" only brought to an end by joining with Soul Edge once more.
* Characters.StevenUniversePinkDiamond: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E26TogetherAlone "Together Alone"]] revealed that she ''had'' a friend in [[spoiler:Pink Pearl, her first Pearl. The two shared a casual yet close friendship that was frowned upon by the other Diamonds; when the two were caught, White Diamond permanently turned Pink Pearl into an EmptyShell that served only as her current Diamond's mouthpiece, White Pearl. She then gave Pink Diamond a new Pearl, one who was made to be a SycophanticServant… the Pearl who would become a member of the Crystal Gems.]]
* Characters.TalesOfArise: The people of his realm, both Renan and Dahnan alike, have been reduced to [[EmptyShell empty husks of their former selves]] thanks to his cruel abuse of them.
* Characters.TalesOfCrestoriaAlternativeTalesCounterparts: Laphicet in ''Berseria'' was a EmptyShell upon first being introduced, and developed a sense of self through interacting with Velvet and the others. Here, he already has a defined personality and is more upbeat and cheerful at the start of the game.
* Characters.TheUnexpectablesNonPlayableCharacters: [[spoiler:His current three headed state is noted to have soulless eyes and at one point only stares at Obby blankly while he tries to get himself freed from the dragon cult's treasure hoard, essentially operating only on instinct and Darkus’ orders.]]
* Characters.ValkyriaChronicles4SquadE: Stopping Riley from entering the burning Miller Company factory to save her family in their youth. This left him an EmptyShell until a fight with Raz snapped him out of it a few years before the game, and it drives him to prove to his childhood friends, especially Riley, that he has changed for the better.
* Characters.XMenRoguesGallerySToZ: Being possessed by him. As revealed by Karma, victims are [[AndIMustScream completely aware]] the whole time, unable to stop Farouk from his systematic degradation of their bodies and, indeed, are suffering from ceaseless psychological torture in their own heads as Farouk works to make them [[EmptyShell empty shells]]. The harder a victim fights back, the more Farouk enjoys it and the longer he draws out their suffering.
* Characters.YuGiOhVRAINSBohmansFaction: The Hanoi Project and all the hell and torture he went through made him suffer even worse than Yusaku, shaken over the incident and unable to leave. He gets better after he is informed that the Lost Incident/Hanoi Project was brought to a closure... only for Bohman to appear shortly after and suck his soul away, leaving Jin a lifeless husk. [[spoiler:His consciousness is then suppressed and he is made into Lightning's aide.]] He gets much better in Season 3 after losing all his memories of the Lost Incident and is no longer a lifeless shell.
* [[Characters/Vol10To15 Zekkyou Gakkyuu]]: Becomes this at the end of the story due to her latest capsule prize making her completely nonresponsive to anyone.
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[[folder: Misused: Not Emotionless (1/54) 1%]]
* Characters.DannyPhantomStrandedTheTravilleFamily: By the end of "Visited", Beatrice has become a timid wreck and shut-in who lives in fear of Danny's return. '''Fear and Paranoia are still emotions that motivate a character'''
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[[folder: Misused: Completely Hollow (7/54) 13%]]
* Characters.ChildOfTheStormNonAlignedVillains: He's characterised as someone playing with action figures and dolls. Which gets especially chilling when it's some person's EmptyShell after he's slowly eaten their soul.
* Characters.{{Eleutherophobia}}: The Yeerks used her body to conceive babies that would subsequently be used as hosts, creating an EmptyShell that wouldn't develop the brain power to fight back. '''part of the description implies that this state is the result of some sort of shift, so examples where there was never any mind to begin with probably shouldn't count.'''
* Characters.GrrlPowerAntagonists: Downplayed. Her true form is the flame-eye thing floating at her brow, and she can transfer it from body to body. However, she only truly "possesses" the body if it's an EmptyShell. When she jumps into a body with a prior occupant, she has to share.
* Characters.KirbyOtherMajorAntagonists: The crown normally does this to its wearer, slowly corrupting them with hate until they become an EmptyShell for the Master Crown to manifest its powers and desires through. We see this in action with Magolor Soul, who has been completely possessed by the crown and is [[AndIMustScream helpless to stop himself from destroying everything]].
* Characters.{{Prototype}}: There's nothing human left in her any more; all that remains is the virus in an empty human host.
* Characters.PuellaMagiTartMagica: Her body is just a puppet being used by her witch when we meet her.
* Characters.SamuraiShodownWarriorsRage: In ''Samurai Shodown 2'', Hattori Hanzo goes to rescue Shinzo's soul [[EmptyShell to merge it back with his body, after it's stolen by Mizuki]]. He succeeds, [[SacrificialRevivalSpell but at the cost of his wife's life]].
* Characters.TheThoriumMod: When you hire him, the actual Weapon Master NPC remains where he was. However, trying to talk to him just results in this, implying that the NPC you normally interact with is just an EmptyShell inhabited by the more obviously demonic form that appears when you hire him. '''This sounds much more like AstralProjection.'''
--> '' blankly stares through you, as though he's not entirely there...''
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Misused: Example of a different trope (2/54) 3%]]
* Characters.BigBrother20TheJury: By the time of her eviction, her alliance is gone, she can't win any challenges, and she's officially given up all hope, now just begging to be sent home. '''Better fit for DespairEventHorizon, also this trope was declared Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease, which I'm pretty sure also applies to Reality Shows?'''
* Characters.FinalFantasyRecordKeeper: [[spoiler:Because he was corrupted by the Shadowsmith, Odin split himself into two forms: Dark Odin which could physically manifest but his Magicite held no power, and the true Odin that still held great power in his Magicite, but couldn't manifest.]] '''I don't understand how you could possibly derive this example for this trope if you did anything but just take a glance at the title and assume what it was about. Much better fit for something like LiteralSplitPersonality'''
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[[folder: Zero Context Examples (8/54) 15%]]
* Characters.AliceInBorderland: The next time Usagi sees Arisu, he is lying in a street even as it's raining, following the loss of his friends in 7♥ ''Hide and Seek''. '''As described, fits better for HeroicBSOD.'''
* Characters.MyGymPartnersAMonkey: Became this, when getting sued in "Leaf of Absence". '''zce'''
* Characters.SamuraiFlamenco: What he's become by the time he meets Masayoshi. '''zce'''
* Characters.SpaghettiIce: Her original motive for possessing Solana's EmptyShell and pretending to be her, as she wasn't able to talk to others or feel warmth staying tethered to her talismans. The protagonists eventually work out a solution. '''Solana's character page tells me literally nothing, so this is a zce for EmptyShell, works fine for IJustWantToHaveFriends.'''
* Characters.StarTrekDeepSpaceNineFederationAndBajor: Bashir saves his life after a shuttle accident, but it leaves him as a shadow of his former self. '''zce'''
* Characters.TheStoryOfBlackPearl: The Stain grants her the ability to ''weaponize'' this; [[spoiler: she can forcibly fuse with others by overpowering their will, ravaging their body, and leaving them an [[EmptyShell shattered shell]] of their former self]]. '''zce for EmptyShell, fine example for FusionDance, what it's listed under.'''
* Characters.TsubasaReservoirChronicle: There was something weird about him as a kid. [[spoiler:It is later revealed at that time he had a small heart which R Syaoran gave him.]] '''what was weird about him? the explanation doesn't explain how he was weird.'''
* Characters.WerewolfTheApocalypse: Fomori become this when they exhaust their Autonomy score. '''zce'''
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[[folder:Unsure (5/54) 9%]]
* Characters.Persona2PartyMembersAndProtagonists: [[spoiler:Should the party leave Yukino to mourn, after her Shadow kills herself and Anna, when the party meets with Philemon, he will reveal to them Yukino, who has literally become a mindless, empty husk of her self.]] '''Given what I know about shadows from Persona 4 and 5, I'm pretty sure this is referring to hollowness rather than emptiness as defined by the trope. Can't confirm entirely because I haven't played Persona 2.'''
* Characters.PonyPOVSeriesAntagonists: Feeding at maximum tends to leave her victims this. [[spoiler:Her first victims were her parents. Her ultimate goal is to do this to ''all of Equestria''.]] '''As written, could refer to EmptyShell portrayed correctly, or complete hollowness.'''
* Characters.RuneScapeGods: [[spoiler:All that remains after her "daughter" Seren {{mercy kill}}s her is an empty husk of what could have been a powerful being.]] '''From context I'm led to believe the example refers to a corpse left behind, but it refers to a god and I haven't played Runescape so I'm not sure.'''
* Characters.TheSagaOfTanyaTheEvil: Of the people who have received his "blessings", Tanya is the only one who has not been [[ReforgedIntoAMinion twisted]] into an unrecognizable, [[KnightTemplar fanatical]] EmptyShell of their former self, and only because she recognizes the danger and avoids overusing her orb, and has a strong reticence towards Being X's influence. From the way he offers [[PowerAtAPrice power at the cost of one's sanity]], you could easily take Being X for a SatanicArchetype rather than the god he supposedly is. '''Featured as a qualifier for TheCorruptor. Haven't read it but from context seems redundant to bring up here having already brought up ReforgedIntoAMinion'''
* Characters.TNOSouthernAfrica: Ramanantsoa has no ideological values, beliefs or convictions, his primary goal as the new president of Madagascar is to give the OFN the membership they need for his country. '''I don't know if lacking motivation in terms of political ideology qualifies for this trope's explanation of emotionlessness. Leaning towards misuse because the character in question does have a stated motivation.'''
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EmptyShell, according to it's description, [[Laconic/EmptyShell Laconic]], and [[PlayingWith/EmptyShell Playing With]] page, is specifically about emotionlessness. The problem I've noticed, which I assume is due to the trope's misleading name, is that a lot of examples attribute it to literal hollowness, as in no mind or conciousness left in there at all. This runs contrary to the description which says "There is still something there — they move, talk, eat, sleep — but they have no drive, ambition, or capacity for emotion."
My wick check showed that out of a random sample, not even a supermajority of correct usage was found. I blame that entirely on the title, an artifact of when tropes could be named after examples from media, so it was taken from Literature/BattleRoyale assuming everyone would get the reference.
Wicks Checked: 54/54
[[folder: Correct Use (31/54) 57%]]
* Characters.BattleRoyale: He is completely without emotions. Justifed in the novel, Kiriyama [[spoiler:suffered a major brain injury when he was a fetus, resulting in him to be born without emotions whatsoever. In the manga, he suffers this injury as a child.]]
* Characters.BlazBlueCalamityTrigger2: [[spoiler:As a result of the injuries Hakumen inflicted on her and losing the one thing that gave her life meaning, her memories of Ragna, Nu is reduced to this state in the end of ''Central Fiction''. She is seen lying in bed, not responding to anything, in a near-catatonic state.]]
* Characters.CinderellaPhenomenon: [[spoiler:In Waltz's bad ending, Hildyr completely drains her of her magic and she becomes an obedient, practically lifeless doll.]]
* Characters.CrueltySquad: As his fan nicknames would suggest, he's so beaten down by the dismal state of his life that he responds to every situation he encounters with apathetic silence.
* Characters.DragonAgeOrganizations: [[spoiler:The original purpose of the Rite of Tranquility was to serve as the Seekers' initiation. Permanent Tranquility was supposed to be the price of failure. No one knew that it stripped mages of their magic until [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom one tried and failed to join the Seekers to gain their immunity to possession]].]]
* Characters.FateExtraHumans: [[spoiler:In Meltryllis’s dungeon. Caster was turned into a doll and torn apart by Meltryllis, and because Alice's connection with her Servant is like a mirror, this left Alice as helpless as the torn doll. She’s described as “the soul leaving from [her] eyes, even though she’s still alive,” after making her last words a plea to give Caster back. Only by returning the real Caster to Alice can she can finally pass on.]]
* Characters.GuardianTales: In the Old Diary [[StoryBreadcrumbs story bit]] found by progressing through the first Expedition, [[spoiler:he gives Clara a feather-shaped location emitter that she can use to call for him whenever she needs him, doubling as an IWillFindYou. Cue in Kaden's disappearance and Clara's descent into becoming an EmptyShell]]. '''I double-checked Clara's page, and it's used correctly there.'''
* Characters.GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFightersPhobosCourt: [[spoiler: After being raped by Rhouglar, she pretends that the trauma has turned her into an EmptyShell, so that her rebel captors will eventually drop their guard around her, allowing her to rescue her husband and escape.]]
* Characters.GushingOverMagicalGirls: Claims to be emotionally deadened during her fight with Baiser, and her reactions to things not having to do with Imita do tend to be quite shallow.
* Characters.TheHauntingOfBlyManor: [[spoiler:The oldest ghosts lose so much of themselves that they become nothing more than patterns and habits without minds. They may sing along to a song they hear, but they barely do anything more than simply exist.]]
* Characters.HigurashiWhenTheyCryProtagonists: In the [=PS2=] exclusive ''Taraimawashi-hen'', [[spoiler:Mion survives the Great Hinamizawa Disaster, but her trauma has left her in a vegetative state. She still hasn't recovered in her late twenties.]]
* Characters.InCryptid: After [[spoiler:having his mind accidentally wiped and becoming an EmptyShell]], Sarah tries to [[spoiler:reconstruct his mind from everyone else's memories of him]], but not having [[spoiler:his own original memories]] makes him a little...off.
* Characters.KamenRiderBlackSun: By the time its heart gets ripped out by Kotaro, the Creation King has effectively become this, showing very little free will, and only defends itself due to insticts
* Characters.MagicKnightRayearth: [[spoiler:When captured by the Cephireans in the second season, the poor woman is seen vacant and despondent to almost anything. Lantis is the only one who can make her react, and that's just because she thinks he is Zagato.]]
* Characters.MarvelComicsSymbiotes: [[spoiler:Ultimately leaves with Tel-Kar's ship ([[EmptyShell and his brain-dead body]]) to explore the universe on its own, though it returns in ''Absolute Carnage'']].
* Characters.{{Moribito}}: He loses his mind after [[spoiler:the Giving Ceremony, which is a fitting end for him as it renders him no longer capable of deceiving and manipulating people.]]
* Characters.TheNostalgiaChick: She takes pretty good care of the Critic in the ''Film/MoulinRouge'' crossover, being the one to tell him that it's okay to like parts of the movie (even though she herself has problems with that) and looking visibly unhappy after he hits EmptyShell mode after killing Floss.
* Characters.PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth: What she basically is at the beginning of the game. Everything inside her has been hollowed out by the series of emotional abuses dealt by people around her...and ultimately by ''herself''.
* Characters.PillarsOfEternityRaces: A creature without a soul is comatose, unable to move or react, devoid of anything but basic biological function. The (very technical) term for this in-universe is Hollowborn, with a plague of children in the Dyrwood being born Hollowborn, called Waidwen's Legacy, kicking off the first game.
* Characters.TheSilverCase: [[spoiler:When Kodai and Akira discover Kamui, they find a silent man who lacks any potential to kill anyone]].
* Characters.ASongOfIceAndFireEssosTheFreeCities: Being made a SexSlave has turned her into an EmptyShell of a person. And unlike [[spoiler:Jeyne Poole]], nobody's coming to save her.
* Characters.SoulEdge: Post-resurrection, he's described as feeling a "long emptiness" only brought to an end by joining with Soul Edge once more.
* Characters.StevenUniversePinkDiamond: [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E26TogetherAlone "Together Alone"]] revealed that she ''had'' a friend in [[spoiler:Pink Pearl, her first Pearl. The two shared a casual yet close friendship that was frowned upon by the other Diamonds; when the two were caught, White Diamond permanently turned Pink Pearl into an EmptyShell that served only as her current Diamond's mouthpiece, White Pearl. She then gave Pink Diamond a new Pearl, one who was made to be a SycophanticServant… the Pearl who would become a member of the Crystal Gems.]]
* Characters.TalesOfArise: The people of his realm, both Renan and Dahnan alike, have been reduced to [[EmptyShell empty husks of their former selves]] thanks to his cruel abuse of them.
* Characters.TalesOfCrestoriaAlternativeTalesCounterparts: Laphicet in ''Berseria'' was a EmptyShell upon first being introduced, and developed a sense of self through interacting with Velvet and the others. Here, he already has a defined personality and is more upbeat and cheerful at the start of the game.
* Characters.TheUnexpectablesNonPlayableCharacters: [[spoiler:His current three headed state is noted to have soulless eyes and at one point only stares at Obby blankly while he tries to get himself freed from the dragon cult's treasure hoard, essentially operating only on instinct and Darkus’ orders.]]
* Characters.ValkyriaChronicles4SquadE: Stopping Riley from entering the burning Miller Company factory to save her family in their youth. This left him an EmptyShell until a fight with Raz snapped him out of it a few years before the game, and it drives him to prove to his childhood friends, especially Riley, that he has changed for the better.
* Characters.XMenRoguesGallerySToZ: Being possessed by him. As revealed by Karma, victims are [[AndIMustScream completely aware]] the whole time, unable to stop Farouk from his systematic degradation of their bodies and, indeed, are suffering from ceaseless psychological torture in their own heads as Farouk works to make them [[EmptyShell empty shells]]. The harder a victim fights back, the more Farouk enjoys it and the longer he draws out their suffering.
* Characters.YuGiOhVRAINSBohmansFaction: The Hanoi Project and all the hell and torture he went through made him suffer even worse than Yusaku, shaken over the incident and unable to leave. He gets better after he is informed that the Lost Incident/Hanoi Project was brought to a closure... only for Bohman to appear shortly after and suck his soul away, leaving Jin a lifeless husk. [[spoiler:His consciousness is then suppressed and he is made into Lightning's aide.]] He gets much better in Season 3 after losing all his memories of the Lost Incident and is no longer a lifeless shell.
* [[Characters/Vol10To15 Zekkyou Gakkyuu]]: Becomes this at the end of the story due to her latest capsule prize making her completely nonresponsive to anyone.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Misused: Not Emotionless (1/54) 1%]]
* Characters.DannyPhantomStrandedTheTravilleFamily: By the end of "Visited", Beatrice has become a timid wreck and shut-in who lives in fear of Danny's return. '''Fear and Paranoia are still emotions that motivate a character'''
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Misused: Completely Hollow (7/54) 13%]]
* Characters.ChildOfTheStormNonAlignedVillains: He's characterised as someone playing with action figures and dolls. Which gets especially chilling when it's some person's EmptyShell after he's slowly eaten their soul.
* Characters.{{Eleutherophobia}}: The Yeerks used her body to conceive babies that would subsequently be used as hosts, creating an EmptyShell that wouldn't develop the brain power to fight back. '''part of the description implies that this state is the result of some sort of shift, so examples where there was never any mind to begin with probably shouldn't count.'''
* Characters.GrrlPowerAntagonists: Downplayed. Her true form is the flame-eye thing floating at her brow, and she can transfer it from body to body. However, she only truly "possesses" the body if it's an EmptyShell. When she jumps into a body with a prior occupant, she has to share.
* Characters.KirbyOtherMajorAntagonists: The crown normally does this to its wearer, slowly corrupting them with hate until they become an EmptyShell for the Master Crown to manifest its powers and desires through. We see this in action with Magolor Soul, who has been completely possessed by the crown and is [[AndIMustScream helpless to stop himself from destroying everything]].
* Characters.{{Prototype}}: There's nothing human left in her any more; all that remains is the virus in an empty human host.
* Characters.PuellaMagiTartMagica: Her body is just a puppet being used by her witch when we meet her.
* Characters.SamuraiShodownWarriorsRage: In ''Samurai Shodown 2'', Hattori Hanzo goes to rescue Shinzo's soul [[EmptyShell to merge it back with his body, after it's stolen by Mizuki]]. He succeeds, [[SacrificialRevivalSpell but at the cost of his wife's life]].
* Characters.TheThoriumMod: When you hire him, the actual Weapon Master NPC remains where he was. However, trying to talk to him just results in this, implying that the NPC you normally interact with is just an EmptyShell inhabited by the more obviously demonic form that appears when you hire him. '''This sounds much more like AstralProjection.'''
--> '' blankly stares through you, as though he's not entirely there...''
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Misused: Example of a different trope (2/54) 3%]]
* Characters.BigBrother20TheJury: By the time of her eviction, her alliance is gone, she can't win any challenges, and she's officially given up all hope, now just begging to be sent home. '''Better fit for DespairEventHorizon, also this trope was declared Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease, which I'm pretty sure also applies to Reality Shows?'''
* Characters.FinalFantasyRecordKeeper: [[spoiler:Because he was corrupted by the Shadowsmith, Odin split himself into two forms: Dark Odin which could physically manifest but his Magicite held no power, and the true Odin that still held great power in his Magicite, but couldn't manifest.]] '''I don't understand how you could possibly derive this example for this trope if you did anything but just take a glance at the title and assume what it was about. Much better fit for something like LiteralSplitPersonality'''
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Zero Context Examples (8/54) 15%]]
* Characters.AliceInBorderland: The next time Usagi sees Arisu, he is lying in a street even as it's raining, following the loss of his friends in 7♥ ''Hide and Seek''. '''As described, fits better for HeroicBSOD.'''
* Characters.MyGymPartnersAMonkey: Became this, when getting sued in "Leaf of Absence". '''zce'''
* Characters.SamuraiFlamenco: What he's become by the time he meets Masayoshi. '''zce'''
* Characters.SpaghettiIce: Her original motive for possessing Solana's EmptyShell and pretending to be her, as she wasn't able to talk to others or feel warmth staying tethered to her talismans. The protagonists eventually work out a solution. '''Solana's character page tells me literally nothing, so this is a zce for EmptyShell, works fine for IJustWantToHaveFriends.'''
* Characters.StarTrekDeepSpaceNineFederationAndBajor: Bashir saves his life after a shuttle accident, but it leaves him as a shadow of his former self. '''zce'''
* Characters.TheStoryOfBlackPearl: The Stain grants her the ability to ''weaponize'' this; [[spoiler: she can forcibly fuse with others by overpowering their will, ravaging their body, and leaving them an [[EmptyShell shattered shell]] of their former self]]. '''zce for EmptyShell, fine example for FusionDance, what it's listed under.'''
* Characters.TsubasaReservoirChronicle: There was something weird about him as a kid. [[spoiler:It is later revealed at that time he had a small heart which R Syaoran gave him.]] '''what was weird about him? the explanation doesn't explain how he was weird.'''
* Characters.WerewolfTheApocalypse: Fomori become this when they exhaust their Autonomy score. '''zce'''
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* Characters.Persona2PartyMembersAndProtagonists: [[spoiler:Should the party leave Yukino to mourn, after her Shadow kills herself and Anna, when the party meets with Philemon, he will reveal to them Yukino, who has literally become a mindless, empty husk of her self.]] '''Given what I know about shadows from Persona 4 and 5, I'm pretty sure this is referring to hollowness rather than emptiness as defined by the trope. Can't confirm entirely because I haven't played Persona 2.'''
* Characters.PonyPOVSeriesAntagonists: Feeding at maximum tends to leave her victims this. [[spoiler:Her first victims were her parents. Her ultimate goal is to do this to ''all of Equestria''.]] '''As written, could refer to EmptyShell portrayed correctly, or complete hollowness.'''
* Characters.RuneScapeGods: [[spoiler:All that remains after her "daughter" Seren {{mercy kill}}s her is an empty husk of what could have been a powerful being.]] '''From context I'm led to believe the example refers to a corpse left behind, but it refers to a god and I haven't played Runescape so I'm not sure.'''
* Characters.TheSagaOfTanyaTheEvil: Of the people who have received his "blessings", Tanya is the only one who has not been [[ReforgedIntoAMinion twisted]] into an unrecognizable, [[KnightTemplar fanatical]] EmptyShell of their former self, and only because she recognizes the danger and avoids overusing her orb, and has a strong reticence towards Being X's influence. From the way he offers [[PowerAtAPrice power at the cost of one's sanity]], you could easily take Being X for a SatanicArchetype rather than the god he supposedly is. '''Featured as a qualifier for TheCorruptor. Haven't read it but from context seems redundant to bring up here having already brought up ReforgedIntoAMinion'''
* Characters.TNOSouthernAfrica: Ramanantsoa has no ideological values, beliefs or convictions, his primary goal as the new president of Madagascar is to give the OFN the membership they need for his country. '''I don't know if lacking motivation in terms of political ideology qualifies for this trope's explanation of emotionlessness. Leaning towards misuse because the character in question does have a stated motivation.'''
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