History Sandbox / MultipleHeadCaseWickCheck

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* AttackOfTheMonsterAppendage: ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. The MultipleHeadCase Hellmouth Demon seen in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl Prophecy Girl]]" and "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E13TheZeppo The Zeppo]]". '''(ZCE)'''

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* ReformedButNotTamed: San, formerly one of the '''[[MultipleHeadCase three heads]]''' of King Ghidorah who has since been separated from Ghidorah's body and has merged with Dr. Graham to form a new two-headed creature in ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon''. Although [[MoralityPet Vivienne's positive influence]] and being cut off from the other Ghidorah heads' evil influence leads San to [[HeelFaceTurn switch his moral alignment]] to fighting for Godzilla and humanity, San still retains a cruel streak towards anyone who personally hurts him and the ones he cares about past his patience threshold, and he still finds the thought of fighting with other monsters [[BloodKnight alluring]].
* ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon: Used by the kaiju themselves in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''. Ghidorah's [[ShockAndAwe gravity beams]] are already an absolutely devastating long-rage BreathWeapon, capable of [[NotEnoughToBury disintegrating humans and other non-kaiju targets to ash]]. During his aerial fight with [[MagmaMan Rodan]], Ghidorah's right and left heads restrain the TerrorDactyl while the '''[[MultipleHeadCase middle head]]''' fires his gravity beam straight into Rodan's chest [[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange at point-blank range]]. Rodan is taken out for the remainder of the fight.
* StayAheadOfThisIndex: MultipleHeadCase: A being with more than one head whose different heads don't get along well.
* TheQueenpin: WesternAnimation/KidCosmic has Boss Fiosa, the '''[[MultipleHeadCase two-headed]]''' alien crime lady of the Bagai Crime League. She was once the moll of the previous boss of the League, who was given two of the [[GreenRocks Cosmic Stones of Power]] by him as a gift. But she then used their power to [[KlingonPromotion kill him]] and take control of the organization for herself.
* VillainousIncest: ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Both Ghidorah's regenerating body and the autonomous [=MaNi=] version of '''[[MultipleHeadCase Ghidorah's right head]]''' are perfectly happy to use RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil among other ColdBloodedTorture on Monster X to torment Vivienne into AxCrazy insanity, and are planning to use her as a monster BabyFactory. Although [[spoiler:Vivienne]] was born a human, Ghidorah's heads do still think that her transformation into [[spoiler:Monster X by San's severed head]] makes her both their sister and their daughter, and the fact she has [[spoiler:a "shed skin" version of San as her transformed body's second head doesn't deter [=MaNi=] at all from performing a subtextual violation of Monster X's body]].
* AdaptationalSympathy.FanWorks: The expansion on San's (Ghidorah's left head's) and Ghidorah's general characterization and backstory gives the former even more sympathetic traits and redeeming qualities than he was presented with in [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 canon]], and the physical and auditory abuse he suffers '''[[MultipleHeadCase from Ghidorah's other two heads]]''' is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs here. The San head has been under chronic physical and verbal abuse from his brother heads whilst having absolutely no-one else to turn to for ''billions'' of years, which has in turn made San dependent, severely love-starved, and [[ItsAllMyFault prone to self-blame and self-loathing]]; [[spoiler:to say nothing of what he went through before all that with [[AbusivePrecursors the Makers]]]]. San also truly likes and cares for his MoralityPet Vivienne Graham, taking his new responsibilities as her brother head to heart after their fusion.
* Anime.ChibiGodzillaRaidsAgain: Each of Chibi Ghidorah's heads often contradicts the other and can erupts into fights (usually over food).
* BigBrotherInstinct.FanWorks: ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': This runs both ways with [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX Monster X]]'s two heads, [[TwoBeingsOneBody San and Vivienne Graham]], who consider each-other siblings due to MultipleHeadCase being Ghidorah's definition of siblinghood and due to bonding closely with each other, respectively. Anyone who actively and seriously messes with one of the two beings who compose Monster X is in for a world of agony and likely death from the other half. [[spoiler:Eventually, Vivienne somewhat extends her protectiveness of her San to his separate clone, San-2/Youngest Brother]].
* Characters.AShadowOfTheTitans: [Asuka-Tammy] two heads each with their own name and mind. Also upper bodies with extra arms. They are the same arachnid lower body.
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* Characters.{{Deltarune}}: Used to pothole a character name in a character index ("Clover"), no context provided beyond the one word.
* Characters.DigimonGhostGameSupportingCast: Like other Reppamon, his tail is completely sapient, and the two are constantly at odds with one another. In this one's case, the tail wants to prove its strength by attacking things and doesn't care for civilian casualties, while the main body is constantly fighting it to prevent people from getting hurt.

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* Characters.FinalFantasyIX: Tiamat has three heads.
* Characters.FutureCardBuddyfightDisaster: Actually averted. The heads don't act independently of each other. They even speak in unison.
* Characters.GoosebumpsHorrorLand: [The Menace] has a second head that he constantly argues with.
* Characters.HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftAlternateHeroes: Omen has two heads, each with a distinct voice. They get along well for the most part, but the right head is more cunning and the left head is more aggressive.

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* Characters.NickelodeonAllStarBrawl: Unlike ''Smash''[='s=] transforming duo characters, Cat and Dog are conjoined twins [[AHeadAtEachEnd connected via a long, stretchy body]] who simply swap positions rather than transforming in any capacity.

* Characters.PokemonGenerationIIChikoritaToGranbull: Girafarig has an extra head on its tail, which has its own simple brain and can act, perceive and attack separately from the main one. When it evolves, its two heads fuse together, and their brains are now directly connected through thick nerves.

* Characters.RollingWithDifficulty: HE-11 and Vice each have a distinct head, which switch out depending on who is in control.
* Characters.ShatteredGlassPrimeOthers: As is traditional for Quintesson Judges, Aquarius has five different faces, each with its own personality. Downplayed in that the faces usually agree on what to do, just not how or why they want to do it.

* Characters.StarVsTheForcesOfEvilTheMagicHighCommission: Rhombulus' snake hands have a mind of their own. In "Crystal Clear" they try to convince him that abducting Star isn't a good idea. Their origins are explained in ''Star and Marco's Guide to Mastering Every Dimension'' wherein Glossaryck turned Rhombulus' original limbs into "thoughtful alligators" in an effort to counteract the bruiser's innate savagery. It didn't quite take and the snakes grew to hate Glossaryck as much as Rhombulus did. When magic disappears, the snakes outlived Rhombulus, but seem to have been reduced to regular snakes intellect-wise.
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* Characters.TheAquabats: Briefly dated one '''[[MultipleHeadCase head]]''' of a man eating Siren.

* Characters.TotalWarWarhammerTheSkaven: OldSoldier: Throt is the second-oldest Skaven in Clan Moulder next to his master Lord Verminkin, who is '''[[MultipleHeadCase even more mutated]]''' than Throt. He is still able to lead armies and snap necks with ease.
* Characters.UltramanEighty: Each of Fire-Draco's three heads has its own personality, appearance, and powers. In fact, when the monster was originally defeated long ago, the heads' souls reincarnated as three separate humans.
* Characters.VivaPinataTVShowMainCharacters: Teddington is a snob who likes opera (he also likes singing it, [[HollywoodToneDeaf unfortunately]]) and sad, melodramatic movies while Tina is a snarky, more fun-loving but still hot-headed {{Tomboy}} type. The two don't get along at all and barely ever go a minute without arguing.
* Characters.WarhammerWarriorsOfChaos: When he consumed and was consumed by the Daemon, his head split into two down its length and transformed into two independent heads atop two long, snaking necks. His original personality occasionally takes control of one of these, leading to his two heads fighting with one another until the daemon resumes control.
* Characters.XenobladeChronicles3Moebius: When O and P Interlink, rather than one member dominating, the resulting fusion has two heads (one for O and one for P) and uses a StanceSystem to switch between a more bestial and a more humanoid stance where O or P is in control, respectively. As they're the only multi-headed Interlink in the whole game, this is played for BodyHorror and implies that their fusion isn't as "perfect" as they repeatedly claim it to be.
* ComicBook.BabeDarlingOfTheHills: Oliver and Boliver, a two-headed member of the freakshow. They haven't spoken for a month after having an argument, to which Babe laments they "were such good friends".
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* ComicBook.TopTen: Dispatcher Linda "Janus" Burnett, like the Roman god, has a face on the back of her head. "Front-Jan" and "Back-Jan" are distinct individuals (even with their own boyfriends) and spend a decent amount of the first series bickering and competing with each other. The events in ''Beyond'' get her to ResignInProtest and go back to her parents (who are two-faced like her) and she's replaced with a ''three''-faced woman named Tara.
* DarkAndTroubledPast.FanWorks: ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX San]], the former '''[[MultipleHeadCase left head]]''' of Ghidorah. Ghidorah as a whole is just as violent, depraved and sadistic in this story as it's ever been, but it has a pretty compelling FreudianExcuse which also applies to San: [[spoiler:San and his brothers were originally just wild animals on some long-gone alien world fighting for survival, until they were captured by [[AbusivePrecursors the Makers]], systematically [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil tortured into evil]], and transformed into a BioweaponBeast. Ghidorah [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters turned against]] and exterminated the Makers in revenge, but [[TerribleTicking the Old Noise]] which the Makers had programmed into Ghidorah's heads as a "standing order" continued tormenting the three heads ceaselessly, constantly and insatiably demanding endless bloodshed and destruction,]] until any trace of goodness in Ichi/Eldest Brother and Ni/Elder Brother was irreversibly "torn apart and forgotten" and Ghidorah's three minds were moulded into the AxCrazy interstellar OmnicidalManiac we all know it as. What's more, before and after the three heads' corruption, San was and always remained the [[TokenGoodTeammate least actively malicious and hateful of the three, and the most curious about humanity and the other "little" lifeforms]] his brothers so hated, for which Ichi and Ni were very physically, verbally and emotionally abusive towards San, treating him like little more than dirt.

* Fanfic.PostMULifeScream: Terri and Terry. Subverted, as they're two different characters [[spoiler: and now no longer sharing a body]].

* Film.ThreeHeadedMonster: The titular monster, of course. The middle head appears to be the one who's in charge, while the left and right head would spend times bickering when things doesn't go their way.
* Funny.HeroesOfTheStorm: Lunara and Cho'gall.
-->'''Lunara:''' How dare you show your face here?! Uh... '''[[MultipleHeadCase faces]]'''.\\
'''Gall:''' [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Ahahahaha!]]\\
'''[[TheComicallySerious Cho]]:''' Don't laugh at that, you idiot!
* HarryPotter.TropesAToI: Philosopher's Stone: Professor Quirrell, who is revealed to be '''[[MultipleHeadCase quite literally]]''' working directly for Voldemort to get the Philosopher's stone and was the one trying to kill Harry throughout the story.
* JustForFun.SuperWeightVideoGamesAToM: Super Weight: [[PlayingWithFire Twinbellows]], '''[[MultipleHeadCase Hewdraw]]''', [[EvilOverlord Gaol]], [[TheGrimReaper Great Reaper]], [[CloudCuckooLander Pandora]], [[RecycledInSpace Kraken]], [[SuperMode Pit with the Three Sacred Treasures]], [[InvincibleMinorMinion Ornes]], [[spoiler:ThePhoenix, [[DishingOutDirt Cragalanche]], [[CastingAShadow Arlon]]]].

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* MeaningfulName.LiveActionFilms: In his [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah MonsterVerse continuity incarnation]], his MultipleHeadCase three heads are named Ichi, Ni and San, meaning One, Two and Three in Japanese and denoting the order of most to least intelligent head. The "King" in his name also carries special relevance with this incarnation, as he's initially only referred to as Ghidorah, the implication being that he only gains the name ''King'' Ghidorah when he [[TyrantTakesTheHelm successfully usurps Godzilla's kingship over the other Titans for a time]].

* OnePiece.TropesKToM: Judge Baskerville subverts this trope, as it turns out he's actually two shorter guys sitting on the legs of one really tall guy in the middle.

* Podcast.TheFallenGods: Tuatha has a pet Cerberus-Yorkie whose three names (Susienka, Binggan, Keksi) all mean "biscuit" in Slovak, Mandarin, and Finnish respectively. They also disagree often, with one having opposite opinions from another and the third acting as a neutral party.
* Quotes.OmnicidalManiac
->"''IN THE END THE ONLY SANE CHOICE LEFT IS TO BURN IT ALL TO THE GROUND.''"
-->-- '''Ni/Elder Brother''' (the '''[[MultipleHeadCase right head]]''' of Ghidorah), ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon''
* Recap.BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl: MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily[=/=]MultipleHeadCase: The Hellmouth beast.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath.FanWorks: ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In the finale, [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]]'s left head goes rogue against the other two, '''[[MultipleHeadCase eviler]]''' heads, and he dies helping the heroes to kill the three-headed dragon and put an end to their menace once more.

* TabletopGame.{{Necromunda}}: Having two heads was one of the options for mutant Scavvies in the 1st and 2nd Edition versions of the game. The mutation gave the model a 180 degree field of vision and allowed them to [[GunsAkimbo fire two pistols at the same time]] as each head is able to aim and fire one of the guns independently.
* TooDumbToLive.AnimatedFilms: In ''WesternAnimation/HerculesPureMagic'', Hercules mentions that the Hydra's middle head is immortal. '''[[MultipleHeadCase The other heads]]''' immediately become so jealous that they jump into a volcano to test this immortality, even though that would also kill ''them'' (and the immortal head is the only one who can ressurrect the other heads when they're destroyed).

* VideoGame.DragonGun: One of the stronger enemies, a two-headed aquatic monster several times larger than lesser mooks who can shoot projectiles from both it's heads.
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* WebAnimation/ObjectOverload: From left to right: [[...]] Boombox, Casey, '''[[MultipleHeadCase Cherry]]''', [[ShyBlueHairedGirl Masky]], [[HairTriggerTemper Television]] [...]

* WesternAnimation.DragonTales: But they're two entirely different individuals. [[FridgeLogic Of two entirely different sexes...]]
* WesternAnimation.MonstersInc1: Very briefly seen, after Sulley and Mike expose [[BigBadDuumvirate Randall and Mr. Waternoose]]'s plan to [[TheMenInBlack the CDA]]. A two-headed monster can be seen, the two heads exchanging glances with each other.
* WesternAnimation.TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003: Triple Threat from ''Fast Forward'' has three heads: a [[RedIsViolent red brutish]] one, a yellow [[CloudCuckoolander crazy]] one, and a methodical blue one
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* ''Anime/TheUltraman'': Cho, Jin and San are a trio of {{Sea Monster}}s who, because of pollution, ends up being mutated into a single three-headed entity, all three of their heads capable of interacting independently.
* The Creator/ECComics story "The Basket" from ''The Haunt of Fear'' features a two headed man who always keeps one of his heads covered with a basket so he can go in public. While one head is friendly the other is cruel and a murderer.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'': The Hydra starts with a single head, but after Hercules decapitates it [[HydraProblem three more grow in its place]]. The heads glare at each other momentarily, and after Hercules keeps chopping off its heads the Hydra ends up with dozens of heads, wildly snapping and fighting each other over who gets to eat Hercules.
* ''Film/ThreeHeadedMonster'': The titular villain. The middle head is the one's that's in charge, while the left and right heads spends most of the film arguing with each other. Fittingly enough, the middle head is its sole weak spot -- removing it will kill the monster instantly.

* Music/InsaneClownPosse mention this in the song "Down with the Clown":
-->''What if I grew another fuckin' head?\\
And his name was violent... Ed?\\
And he'd headbutt me every time I cussed.\\
I would need two microphones when I bust.\\
Would you show me love even with another head?\\
Or would you be like: "FUCK YOU AND ED"!''

* ''Webcomic/{{Muertitos}}'': DJ Tonja doesn't so much have two heads as a second mouth on the back of her head, but the second mouth has its own personality, and often argues with the front face.

* "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E17SomeponyToWatchOverMe Somepony to Watch over Me]]": The talking chimera has three heads, each with its own distinct personality: a tiger, a goat and a snake. They refer to one another as sisters, and spend much of their time arguing with one another. They can't ever agree on what to eat (besides pies) and the goat and tiger heads bicker about who's in charge.

* ''Fanfic/KaijuRevolution'': Each of King Ghidorah's three heads have an independent personality, the center head is dominant and the most well-coordinated, the right head is a BloodKnight who will lash out even against the center's wishes, the left head seems to be self-loathing due to its tendency to nip at his body in disgust.

* ''VideoGame/MutantFootballLeague'': Brickhead "Bricks" Mulligan, the color commentator, has a "mutant hobbit head" that lives on his shoulder: Bricks, Jr. Junior ''hates'' Bricks. Eerily, it's strongly implied he can somehow separate from Bricks's body and move around on his own; sometimes he asks Bricks to provide an alibi as to his whereabouts last night if his parole officer calls. At the absolute minimum, Junior is fully formed enough to be capable of both vomiting and urinating of his own accord. Usually [[UrineTrouble directly]] onto [[ButtMonkey Bricks]]. '''(This feels like it should be on ConjoinedTwins, if they physically separate some of the time.)'''

* Multiple people on one body = 21/50 = 42%
* One personality trait per head = 6/50 = 12%

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* AttackOfTheMonsterAppendage: ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. The MultipleHeadCase Hellmouth Demon seen in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl Prophecy Girl]]" and "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E13TheZeppo The Zeppo]]".
* CannibalismSuperpower: ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Dire trolls]] are a mutated form of troll that comes into being when a troll starts eating other trolls. This causes them to grow much larger and develop [[BodyHorror mutations]] such as [[MultiarmedAndDangerous extra limbs]], {{eyes|DoNotBelongThere}}, mouths, and '''[[MultipleHeadcase sometimes even entire heads]]''' growing from random places around their body. To further add on to this, they can graft parts from other trolls to themselves thanks to their [[HealingFactor regeneration]]. Each dire troll is thus a unique collection of grotesque horror. And, of course, they're much stronger and tougher than normal trolls, as well.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': The [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX two-headed Kaiju]] formed of San (Ghidorah's [[WhiteSheep left]] [[MultipleHeadCase head]]) and Vivienne Graham merging together has a spar with Godzilla, during which Godzilla at one point propels them into the sky. The San half of them takes control of their arms and spreads them out wide on instinct, on account of him being formerly part of a flying dragon that had wings in place of arms (and likely also on account of the fact that the feelings of power and freedom that came with being able to fly are one of the only things about being part of Ghidorah that San misses).

* FracturedFairyTale: ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' has "[=DeeDee=]-Locks and the Ness Monster"; Dexter's mom convinces (read: forces) him to read [=DeeDee=] a story because she's sick, which leads to Dexter reading her from a complicated science textbook. Bored to sleep, [=DeeDee=] takes over and makes up her own story, taking a bit of everything from old fairy tales with her own twists; such as three pigs made of Straw, Sticks, and Bricks, a Big Bad Wolf with the stature of [[TheNapoleon Napoleon]], and a '''[[MultipleHeadCase three-headed]]''' bag-pipe monster named the Ness Monster (each head with its own personality and PunnyName: Silly Ness, Grumpy Ness, and Sleepy Ness). Dexter interrupts halfway and {{lampshade|Hanging}}s the lack of story structure, but was ignored.
* HydraProblem: King Ghidorah from ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' has an amazingly rapid healing factor, able to regenerate his severed left head in less than a minute, with that head's '''[[MultipleHeadCase individual personality intact]]''', no less. While he regrows only ''one'' head, fortunately, it's theorized that he can eventually regenerate from any severed piece of his body, with [[spoiler: his severed head being recovered in TheStinger implying he's not gone for good.]]
* LeakingCanOfEvil: ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': While [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnon Ghidorah]] was still frozen in Antarctica, its '''[[MultipleHeadCase heads]]''' were partly conscious and aware of what was happening around their icy prison, and they were still able to exert a limited psychic and electromagnetic interference.

* ObsessedWithFood: ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterGenerations'': The Nakarkos is a cuttlefish-like Elder Dragon that's responsible for ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction entire ecosystems]]'' disappearing into its beaked maw. However, unlike other HungryMenace cases such as the Deviljho, whose metabolism is so intense that it's constantly starving, the Nakarkos is different. It ''does'' use a few bones from its prey to cover its arms with, giving it the initial appearance of a MultipleHeadCase Elder Dragon, but mostly, it just [[ForTheEvulz doesn't have anything better to do]] than eat everything.

* DarkAndTroubledPast.FanWorks" ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX San]], the former '''[[MultipleHeadCase left head]]''' of Ghidorah. Ghidorah as a whole is just as violent, depraved and sadistic in this story as it's ever been, but it has a pretty compelling FreudianExcuse which also applies to San: [[spoiler:San and his brothers were originally just wild animals on some long-gone alien world fighting for survival, until they were captured by [[AbusivePrecursors the Makers]], systematically [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil tortured into evil]], and transformed into a BioweaponBeast. Ghidorah [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters turned against]] and exterminated the Makers in revenge, but [[TerribleTicking the Old Noise]] which the Makers had programmed into Ghidorah's heads as a "standing order" continued tormenting the three heads ceaselessly, constantly and insatiably demanding endless bloodshed and destruction,]] until any trace of goodness in Ichi/Eldest Brother and Ni/Elder Brother was irreversibly "torn apart and forgotten" and Ghidorah's three minds were moulded into the AxCrazy interstellar OmnicidalManiac we all know it as. What's more, before and after the three heads' corruption, San was and always remained the [[TokenGoodTeammate least actively malicious and hateful of the three, and the most curious about humanity and the other "little" lifeforms]] his brothers so hated, for which Ichi and Ni were very physically, verbally and emotionally abusive towards San, treating him like little more than dirt.

Before checking through examples, I'm going to establish to methodological guidelines:

* Second, I'm assuming that, ''without further context being provided'', the ability for one head to perform one action while another head performs another is not inherently a sign of distinct minds existing -- not any more than, say, being able to do different things with each hand means having two minds in control of them. Multitasking is a thing. There aren't a lot of examples where this is a relevant concern -- most either clearly establish the existence of multiple personalities or don't have anything like this happen -- but it does come up a few times.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': A demon in Lorne's bar sings a duet of "Bye Bye Love", which you can do if you've got a second head in your chest.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Magdh of the fae has three faces, [[TheHecateSisters mother, maiden, and crone]]. She is attended by a heirarchy of faerie dragons, amongst whom seniority is determined by the number of heads they have.