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16	->''"Clothes make the people [and not the other way around]."''
17	-->-- '''A German Proverb''' [[labelnote:1]]Which presumably omits tailors.[[/labelnote]]
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19	The hero character gets some sort of apparel or accessory that [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman seems to be great and useful]], but it's really unstable, sentient, evil (or at least mischievous in the way {{Muggles}} would consider evil) or otherwise damaging to its user's heroic nature.
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21	In the case of a sentient, evil item, it often seeks to turn the hero to its own ends. Toward this goal, it begins manipulating the hero's mind. He becomes less sunny and more grim. He becomes less playful and more violent. Eventually the suit and or its wearer [[IAmLegion begin referring to themselves as "we".]]
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23	In the case of unstable or dangerous items, various effects from AppliedPhlebotinum can cause the same problems to happen as if it were a truly evil thing affecting its wearer.
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25	At that point, the hero may very well realize there's a problem. Or the damage is done, and the hero's tipped over, and will have to be forcibly separated from his new item. In any case, whether the hero's willing or unwilling, [[ClingyMacGuffin don't expect]] [[ClingyCostume removing it to be easy]].
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27	It needn't always be an article of clothing. It could be a gem or jewelry. In fact, they are often the worst offenders; they are ensorceled to whisper seductively to a prospective wearer, the better to get into position to take over the victim.
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29	This trope has a fine lineage, sharing relations to MaskOfPower, ArtifactOfDoom, EnemyWithout, EvilCostumeSwitch, EvilFeelsGood, ClothesMakeTheSuperman, TheHatMakesTheMan, EvilMakeover, and WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity. The difference is that the person who ends up the maniac in question started out a good guy and had no idea that the article of clothing would drive them evil/insane. SuperTrope to EvilMask. Compare FreakyFashionMildMind, PaintItBlack (where the clothes the person was wearing transform because the person turns evil, rather than the person changing because the clothes were evil).
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32	!!Examples:
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35	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
36	* The title artefact in the ''Manga/JunjiItoKyoufuMangaCollection'' story "The Reanimator's Sword" always possesses its owner and makes them carry out its will, [[spoiler:including Keiji after he acquires it]].
37	* ''Anime/KillLaKill'''s [[PureIsNotGood Junketsu]] zigzags this. It takes over the mind of anyone who wears it unless the wearer is sufficiently strong willed. Satsuki wears it for much of the series until [[spoiler:it's captured and worn by Ragyo, whose mind and Junketsu's are fully aligned, and then used to turn Ryuko evil by forcing it on her]]. When it's finally returned to Satsuki, [[spoiler:Iori repurposes the Kamui by infusing it with Senketsu's life fibers, which were altered by their father to make it compatible with humans]].
38	* The Millennium Ring in ''Manga/YuGiOh''.
39	* The mask that turns its wearer into a host of Darkness in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''.
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43	* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'': In ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoCCS6E1TalesFromTheVault Tales from the Vault]]'', one of Jo's friends is possessed by a spirit inhabiting a Boer War army tunic he buys from a vintage shop.
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47	* ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'': In "The Blood of Azrael", Azrael's mask contains the memories and powers of the OmnicidalManiac Azrael, waiting for a host of a suitable mindset to continue his work. [[spoiler:Danny]] provides that host. It's unclear if he was already an OmnicidalManiac at that point, although he was already [[spoiler:a murderous and sadistic xenophobe]].
48	* In ''ComicBook/{{Femforce}}'', Nightveil's powers are connected to her Cloak of Darkness, an inherently evil magical artifact. While this makes her arguably among the most powerful beings on earth, Laura must constantly struggle to keep the evil influence of her Cloak in check. She is at times insecure in her own ability to do so and is disturbed by the possibility that the Cloak may already be corrupting her in some way.
49	* ComicBook/IronMan occasionally lent his armor to James Rhodes or Kevin O'Brien, only to have them turn violent and unstable when it is worn too long because the armor's [[UnusualUserInterface neural-interface controls]] were only calibrated for Tony Stark's brainwaves. Obviously, Stark has properly adjusted Rhodes' Comicbook/WarMachine armor for him to wear safely.
50	* ''ComicBook/TheMask'' removes all social inhibitions while granting huge power. In the comics, it is responsible for several murder sprees.
51	* In ''ComicBook/OzCaliber'', as part of the Nome King's takeover of Oz, the WickedWitch Mombi gave magical necklaces to the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Lion that warped them into isolationist tyrants: each of them ruling their own land with an iron fist. When the necklaces are removed, they revert to their normal friendly and heroic selves, and are horrified by their acts.
52	* ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'': The black costume that Spider-Man wore for a while is a sentient and aggressive, if not outright evil, [[BondCreature symbiote creature]]. It used to take his body walking and swinging around while he was unconscious, and its aggression in turn made Peter aggressive and darker. For that matter, this is true of most the spider-suit type symbiotes from the Marvel Universe. ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'' is kind of an AntiHero (due to the host's morals), but the majority of symbiotes seem to generally bend toward what readers would consider evil. However, [[{{Retcon}} it was later revealed]] that the symbiotes are ''usually'' pretty nice originally, but they inherit the personality traits of their previous wielders, changing it into "Maniacs Make the Clothes, and then the Clothes Make More Maniacs" (Venom itself originally bonded with a genocidal alien and then later on ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, the combination of which drove it insane by the time Spidey got it).
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55	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
56	* The evil hat Doris from ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'' can take over its wearers and produce similar effects.
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59	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
60	* ''Film/{{Clown}}'': A Father puts on a cursed Clown costume that he cannot take off, and slowly turns him into a murderous MonsterClown.
61	* ''Film/TheHouseThatDrippedBlood'': In "The Cloak", whenever Paul Henderson dons the eponymous cloak, he turns into a vampire.
62	* The title artifact in ''Film/TheMask'' and ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' plays with the trope. It is an item of Loki, god of mischief. So when it takes over the gentle dreamer Stanley Ipkiss, it boosts his confidence and turns him into a mostly-harmless cartoon maniac, who indulges in one act of [[AssShove strongly implied]] [[DisproportionateRetribution horrifying violence]]. Dorian, however, is bitter and violent, and the Mask only [[CharacterExaggeration magnifies those bad traits to worse]].
63	* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'':
64	** In ''Film/SpiderMan2'', Otto Octavius becomes Doctor Octopus as a direct result of the [[FailsafeFailure failsafe burning out]] that was supposed to protect him from the influence of his sentient waldoes.
65	** In ''Film/SpiderMan3'', the black suit issue rears its ugly head again, compelling Peter to uninhibited aggression. It's not quite revealed just how much it affects Eddie Brock's mind when it later bonds with him as well, as the theme of mutual revenge is retained.
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69	* ''Literature/CreatureCourt'' has the gown and a waistcoat Velody makes and uses the work to channel her feelings of darkness and anger - and then gives the clothes to [[spoiler:Isangell and Priest]]. Turns out the garments are infested with [[spoiler:the remnants of Dhynar's corrupted shade and the noxcrawl Veldoy saved Poet from]], and they allow the sky to possess [[spoiler:Isangell]], cancelling the festivals that allow Aufleur to heal, and [[spoiler:Priest]], forcing him to kill [[spoiler:Janvier and Seonard]] and seriously injure Warlord, destabilising the trust Velody has built in the Court, and eventually [[spoiler:using him as a ManchurianAgent to destroy Bazeppe]].
70	** There's also Poet's pocket watch, inherited from Saturn, which [[spoiler:works as a conduit for the sky to manipulate him into attempting to trap Velody. Poet manages to shake it off, but the person who had the watch before him was [[AxCrazy Garnet]], which ended...badly.]]
71	* The Archchancellor's Hat in the Literature/{{Discworld}} book ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}''. Played with in that the wizards weren't really on the bad side, just one of two sides wreaking havoc equally, and that the person who got the hat was already a scheming EvilChancellor and probably couldn't have gotten ''worse''. But still, the hat has a mind of its own, and not a nice one.
72	%%* The Haunted Masks in the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' series.
73	%%* The [[spoiler:locket Horcrux]] in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows''.
74	* Most of the rings in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', The One Ring being the most focused on, but most pronounced in the Nine; they turned their owners, once proud kings, into evil ghostly death knights.
75	** The Seven Rings were ''meant'' to do the same to the Dwarves. Unfortunately for Sauron, [[DownplayedTrope while the Rings did magnify their greed and some other negative emotions]], they did not prolong the lives of the Dwarves, nor did they turn the Dwarves into wraiths as the Nine Rings did to the humans. So Sauron sought to take the Seven Rings back; he managed to get three, while the other four were destroyed by dragons.
76	** Averted with the Three Rings of the Elves; these Rings were never touched by Sauron, and were wielded by immortal beings who were not subject to the "unduly prolonged life" effect that the Great Rings all had. The Three, however, were made with the advice of Sauron (whom the elves at the time didn't realize was Sauron) and were still subject to The One Ring if a sufficiently powerful being gained possession of it. The Elves were immediately aware of this fact when Sauron first donned the One, and responded by promptly taking their rings off. The Three were not worn or used again until Sauron lost the One at the end of the Second Age. Gandalf states that if Sauron were to regain the One, one of the more dire consequences would be that everything that had been done with the Three would fall under his control. He is unsure whether the destruction of the One would cause the Three to be free of its shadow or if it would cause the Three to lose their powers, though he believes it is likely the latter. He turns out to be correct.
77	%%* The amulet version turns up in Creator/StephenKing's book ''Literature/NeedfulThings''.
78	* In ''Literature/PeterPanInScarlet'' it's established that wearing someone else's clothes makes you more like them. The former Lost Boys exploit this by wearing their children's clothes so they can be young enough again to get to Neverland. The BigBad of the story also exploits this by manipulating Peter Pan into wearing Hook's jacket as a trophy. This slowly corrupts him over the course of the book into acting more callous and pirate-like.
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82	* ''Series/AmazingStories'': "The Wedding Ring" turns any woman into an AxCrazy PsychoKnifeNut as well as an irresistible seductress. Its last known owner was "[[BlackWidow The Black Widow]]". Makes you wonder if her evil tainted the ring, or if she was another victim of the ring.
83	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E6TheKeeperOfTraken The Keeper of Traken]]", Kassia is turned evil by the necklace the Melkur gives her, though in this case it's a HypnoTrinket.
84	* ''Series/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' the Series had the Thinky-Ring, which turned the wearer into a psychic vampire that grows smarter by draining the intelligence of other people, not to mention addictingly evil. Wayne's wife went so far as to call the ring her "precious," a reference to ''The Lord of the Rings'' (the novel; This was years before the movie version), and when his son wore it he dressed up in a black robe and used a growth ray to enlarge his cranium.
85	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
86	** ''Series/KamenRider555'': The Delta Driver SuperPrototype doesn't come with the life-draining costs of its successors, but it makes the user addicted to using its power for violent ends.
87	** ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'': In one episode, the Zecters are revealed to have a system that will turn the Riders into berserkers if they don't fight Worms. However, like most plot points in ''Kabuto'', [[AbortedArc it's never mentioned again.]]
88	** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'': The purple Core Medals make OOO far more powerful, both granting him new ice powers and enabling him to kill the show's otherwise immortal main villains. However, they also gradually corrupt him towards becoming an OmnicidalManiac. The other user of the purple Cores, Dr. Maki, is completely on board with this goal from the beginning and so they don't change his personality at all.
89	** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': The Hazard Trigger, an upgrade for the Build Driver that serves as the show's SwordOfPlotAdvancement, makes Build much more powerful when he uses it, but using it for more than a minute overloads his mind with stimulation that causes him to shut down, then reawaken as a silent, brutally efficient killing machine. Two full story arcs are devoted to Build's attempts to master it and dealing with the trauma that he suffers when he commits murder under the Trigger's influence. Eventually he finds a way to build a secondary upgrade that makes the Trigger's power safe to use.
90	** ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'': Averted with the Ark Driver when Aruto picks it up near the end of the show and becomes a FallenHero. Despite what the audience and the other characters initially think, the Driver isn't responsible for his villainous actions in the slightest.
91	** ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'': The Sword of Darkness, one of ten holy swords, has a habit in recent years of causing anyone who picks it up to turn into a villain. It takes the third wielder to admit that this is because it grants the power of foresight, and seeing that ''every possible future'' ends in the world evaporating into dust in the next few months does a number on the user's sanity.
92	* ''Series/RoundTheTwist'': In "Copy Cat", Bronson finds an ancient Mongolian copy cat hat that compels whoever is wearing it to copy what they see. Linda wears it during the `Birdman’ competition and she copies a seagull soaring through the sky. But Dad and Gribble aren’t quite so lucky when they wear the copy cat hat.
93	* Clark has stumbled upon jewelry made of red kryptonite at least three times on ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', usually to the detriment of his personality.
94	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E9 Dead Woman's Shoes]]", a shy woman tries on a pair of high heels at a thrift store that make her assertive, self-confident -- and send her on a murderous mission.
95	* ''Series/Warehouse13'': Many of the artifacts in the Warehouse are clothing, jewelry, hairbrushes, and similar personal items, ranging from Mata Hari's stockings to Alessandro Volta's[[note]]a 19th-century Italian scientist who experimented with magnetism and electricity; his last name gave us the term ''volt'' for a unit of electrical energy[[/note]] lab coat. One especially nasty item is called "Charles Atlas's Workout Trunks", and gives the wearer the ability to control their own density. Increased density makes the wearer super-tough; decreased density allows them to leap enormous distances. Unfortunately, after a while the wearer won't be able to control their increased density, leading to a localized gravity field as powerful as a black hole.
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99	* Some artifacts in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' have a tendency to do this. But then again, what were you expecting from an artifact that requires you to gouge out your own eye (or chop off your own hand) in order to use it?
100	** This can be true of any intelligent magic item (and pretty much any item can be intelligent). Each such item has a CharacterAlignment of its own as well as an "Ego Score" measuring how strong its personality is. An evil item with a high Ego Score is this trope waiting to happen; if wielded by someone it disagrees with it can refuse to work, or attempt to control the user. Of course, it can also be reversed; a good-aligned item might attempt to control an evil user as well.
101	* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a sort of demon called a Perronelle, an amorphous creature that can be worn as a suit of flexible, lightweight, durable armor...if you don't mind it whispering incitements to blasphemy and Yozi-worship in your ear while you sleep.
102	* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}: Mercenaries'' features the [[PoweredArmor Angrar Mark 1 suit]], which, like the [[HumongousMecha Mark 2]], will slowly corrupt its wearer, causing demonic features to appear on them and leading to violence if anyone is caught near their armour; until eventually the person is absorbed by the suit [[spoiler:as the suit itself is actually a demon.]]
103	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' brings us suits of armor corrupted or even possessed by daemons, with... predictable... results for anyone who dons them.
104	** In Graham [=McNeil=]'s novel ''Storm of Iron'', a daemon lures Larana Utorian into donning one. True, she [[TheDogBitesBack does get to kill the Beserker who wore it before her]] -- but then it starts to get control of her.
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108	* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', due to the baseless rumors that he murdered Mozart in a jealous rage, Antonio Salieri has been warped into an [[TragicMonster Avenger]]. As part of this transformation, he's given a twisted costume named the Wailing Facade, which grants him considerable power and even a Noble Phantasm at the cost of turning him into a Mozart-hating psychopath. He's aware that he's not the real Salieri, who was in life a good friend and peer of Mozart, but he's not strong enough to sustain the existence of a Heroic Spirit without the costume.
109	* ''VideoGame/LuxarenAllure'': The Armor of Ellicide, which turns Aurelie into Evil Overlord Darkloft.
110	* In ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2'', much like in the comics, the Symbiote Suit makes Peter harsher, meaner, and crueler, eventually forcing him to discard it. [[spoiler:Afterwards, it returns to its previous hose, Harry Osborne, whereupon the mixture of Harry's jealousy towards Peter and the Symbiote's resentment over Peter's rejection give birth to Venom.]]
111	* In ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'', the cursed sword that Arthas finds in Northrend, Frostmourne, is what destroys the last straw of his sanity, leading him to become a Death Knight and eventually the Lich King.
112	* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, the Ring of Hircine has a few different effects based on the wearer, and [[TheWildHunt Hircine's]] mood at the time. The one that most fits the trope is when the wearer is a werewolf and does not have Hircine's favour, becoming cursed to transform at erratic times and act more violently, and it [[ClingyMacGuffin doesn't like being removed]] even when worn by someone it won't affect. Inverted when Hircine is pleased with the wearer, as they will either gain a controlled werewolf transformation (if not one already) or total control over their existing ones (if they are).
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116	* In the ''WebAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'' episode "Little Bad Dress," Teresa changes from an innocent CloudCuckoolander to an obnoxious snob[[note]]"snobnoxious" in the other girls' own words[[/note]] after borrowing a LittleBlackDress from Barbie's UnknownRival Raquelle.
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120	* Dolly Malestrom in the ''Webcomic/CiemWebcomicSeries'', upon stealing the Earwig prototype suit, immediately goes from the not-so-humble housewife to a [[AxCrazy crazed and psychotic]] slayer of street thugs. So crazy, she's able to take on an anti-villain who [[TheWorfEffect should be several weight classes beyond her]].
121	* ''Webcomic/{{Darken}}'''s Komiyan seems to be heading in this direction. [[EmpathicWeapon His sword]] is certainly trying to push him down that road, and is capable of taking over his body.
122	* A modest example with Walter from ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany'', who varies between dressing like a nerd and APirate400YearsTooLate depending on his clothes. He almost freaks after a spell sends the cast [[InstantCosplaySurprise appropriately]] dressed to a [[BeachEpisode beach]].
123	-->'''Walter:''' What do I look like? A mage? I have no clue. Hell, I'm not even a pirate right now!
124	%%* [[http://www.fuffernutter.com/index.php?tag2=fuffernutter&comic=121 iPhones do this]].
125	* In the ''Webcomic/HyperboleAndAHalf'' post [[http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/10/menace.html "Menace"]], Allie recounts how a dinosaur costume made her four-year-old self go mad with power.
126	* Wonderella's black dress in [[http://nonadventures.com/2007/04/21/back-in-black/ this strip]] of ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' is a parody of Spider-Man's black costume. But hey, it was 70% off!
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130	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
131	** [[spoiler: [[ArtifactOfDoom The Ice King's Crown]]. Centuries prior, Simon Petrikov, an collector of ancient artifacts, purchased the crown for his collection, and put it on momentarily as a joke when showing it to his fiancée. However, the crown's power never left him; although it granted him immortality and amazing power over ice and snow, it slowly drove him insane, transforming him into the Ice King.]]
132	** In "Little Dude", Finn's hat gets brought to life to by a spell that infuses it with an evil spirit. It then starts forcing itself onto people's heads and turning them evil.
133	* In ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' episode "Armored and Dangerous", The Sultan dons some magic armor of an old ruler of Agrabah named Kileem. It makes the Sultan much faster and stronger but unfortunately it also makes him act evil and plans on taking over other kingdoms.
134	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': The invisibility suit used by an already slightly unbalanced man in "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE17SeeNoEvil See No Evil]]" becomes toxic when it is activated and apparently drives him completely over the edge into complete psychopathy.
135	* Cash on ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' ended up with one, in the form of a cybernetic robot glove that could build itself a new body and compel its wearer to mindless violence.
136	* ''WesternAnimation/CampLakebottom'': In "Remember Fort Sunny Bottom", the stone hat from the statue of General Butt falls on Buttsquat's head; causing him to be possessed by the ghost of the general and declare war on Camp Lakebottom.
137	* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', there was a cursed necklace that turned its wearer into a raging dragon --literally--when the wearer became upset.
138	* Fang of ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'' once acquired some lederhosen that gave her super-strength, but turned her evil. From this, and her rescue from them, she learned the valuable lesson [[SpoofAesop that Dave has really tender eyebrows.]]
139	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' features the Eye of Odin, a necklace that turns its wearer into [[ADarkerMe a living embodiment of their darkest impulses]]. Even in human form, they are incredibly reluctant to relinquish it.
140	* Inverted, sort of, in the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' Christmas episode, where the [[VillainProtagonist already-evil Zim]] makes a robotic Santa suit that takes him over to make him jolly and Santa-ish. PlayedStraight later when the suit goes crazy and turns into a psychotic monster; it flies off into space and apparently terrorizes the Earth every Christmas one million years in the future.
141	* In ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'', the Living Laser and Madame Masque both slowly went insane and became terminally ill as a result of the unstable ore in the Howard Stark inventions they used to give them powers.
142	* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'': In "Kung Shoes", Po buys a pair of magic shoes that enhance his kung fu prowess. However, if the wearer wears the shoes for more than two hours at a time, the shoes start to take over and demand that the wearer do more and more kung fu until they have destroyed everyone and everything around them.
143	* The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "WesternAnimation/BugsBonnets", in setting up its TheHatMakesTheMan premise, invokes this by putting a meek suit-wearing everyman in a pirate outfit, with this result:
144	-->'''Man:''' ''[waving sword and flintlock]'' Batten down the keelhaul! Kill the women and children first! Blood! Gore! Hang 'em from the mizzenmast! ''[stands there panting with a crazed grin until costume is removed]''
145	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'': In "Rebel Without a Glove", Daffy accidentally shrinks Bugs' regular WhiteGloves in the wash, forcing Bugs to find a replacement pair. Bugs settles on a pair of leather fingerless gloves that cause him to act more and more like [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels a belligerent outlaw biker]].
146	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'':
147	** {{Downplayed\|Trope}} when Stanley Ipkiss puts on the mask he becomes the eponymous eccentric, mischievous, but ultimately good-hearted vigilante.
148	** The same with Evelyn as when she accidentally puts on the mask she becomes a man hungry, Southern American girl named Eve but like The Mask she is sweet, kind, polite and loves Stanley very much even calling him screwball rabbit as a way of showing her love for him.
149	** Dr Neuman wears the mask when been given it by Stanley who then puts it on and becomes a insane and psychotic madman who thinks there is a disorder called Ipkissa Maskosis which he must get rid of no matter what even teaming up with Pretorius to do it because his plan might be the only way to do even though he thinks that Pretorius is insane.
150	** Peggy Brandt decides to put on the mask for once to see what it will be like and after putting it on becomes a vapid vain and egotistical, british green faced woman who believes she is the main story and must keep her appearance all perfect but like The Mask and Eve she cares very much about Stanley as she tells him that he's the only one who understands him unlike everyone else.
151	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': Jenny's "human skin" in "Return of the Raggedy Android" was fixated on being normal and beautiful and refused to let Jenny use her robot powers to save people when the situation warranted.
152	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman'' episode "The Wisp Of Wickedness", a possessed hat causes anyone who dons it to commit evil acts.
153	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
154	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E12TeamHomer Team Homer]]", the elementary school institutes a uniform policy, and the drab clothes causes the kids to regress in personality so much that that they blink in unison. Then it turns out that the uniforms aren't colorfast, and during a rainstorm during recess, the clothes become tie-dye, setting off a riot.
155	** Used in one segment of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse of Horror IX]]". Homer receives a toupee made from the hair of executed criminal Snake, and it forces him to seek revenge on those who helped put in him jail, including Bart.
156	* See the ComicBook/SpiderMan entry under ComicBooks. Every version of a Spidey AnimatedSeries after the 80s has done a variation on the black suit saga.
157	** And in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan,'' Doc Ock's FreakOut happens exactly the same way as in the movie.
158	** The 80's version is notable as it originated this quality for the suit and it became RetCanon.
159	* A police officer on ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' is a milder example. He was given a [[PoweredArmor combat suit]] to use that ended up addicting him. He shaved his head, the better to interface with it, began referring to himself as "we" and got violent when separated from the suit or thwarted from using it. It also made him territorial to the point of being willing to beat up on Superman.
160	* The mother of Manny Rivera, the protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre'', is recovering from an addiction to a pair of gloves she wore as the superheroine Plata Peligrosa, that turned her into an action junkie.
161	* In an episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 TMNT: Back to the Sewers]]'', an antiques store owner hastily gives Casey Jones the evil Ring of Yin to keep it out of the hands of the Purple Dragons. Not knowing what it is, Casey gives it to April as an engagement ring. It rather quickly possesses her and turns her into a powerful, monster-summoning demon. Casey, being the one who put it on her, is magically bound to be the only one capable of removing it. No small task, as by the time he is told this April had grown to epic size and was flying over the city.
162	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'': In "Glove Glove Me Do", Owen takes a pair of gloves from the lost-and-found box that make him perfect at everything, but compel him to commit evil acts.
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