"Hizzoner has, of course, no clue what these ski-masked "terrorists" are talking about, but the cubs get more and more pissed. One gets the bright idea that the Master Vamp had put some sort of Jedi Mind Trick on him and beating the snot out of an overweight, forty-year old white guy just isn't as fun as they'd like it to be. Now, the Theurge has been using Sense Wyrm like once every five minutes, determined he's going to find something. You know what he got? Nothing but a headache. Vampires have the hooks in city politics, sure. But they do it in the same way everyone else buys off the city - with money and favours."
—Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Book Of The City
"Not really. I went along because I wanted my full powers back."
Dr. Eggman: Do you remember what happened that day, pretty boy? How you threw away all the trust you had for your sister just to fulfill what you wanted?
Shining Armor: I was under Chrysalis' spell! I wasn't in control of what I was doing!
Dr. Eggman: Indeed you were, but do you know what that spell actually did to you?
Shining Armor: I-It stole my love and brainwashed me to neglect Twilight.
Dr. Eggman: Not quite, Shining Armor. Yes, it stole your love and fed Queen Chrysalis, but the only other thing it did to you was make you believe she was Cadance, no matter what she did. Everything you said to your sister, you said it of your own free will! Her spell had no influence over you in that regard!
Shining Armor: I was under Chrysalis' spell! I wasn't in control of what I was doing!
Dr. Eggman: Indeed you were, but do you know what that spell actually did to you?
Shining Armor: I-It stole my love and brainwashed me to neglect Twilight.
Dr. Eggman: Not quite, Shining Armor. Yes, it stole your love and fed Queen Chrysalis, but the only other thing it did to you was make you believe she was Cadance, no matter what she did. Everything you said to your sister, you said it of your own free will! Her spell had no influence over you in that regard!
"Lissen, scum-breath— no one controls me. Not Slade and certainly not you. I do what I wanna do... and right now I wanna see you damn do-gooders die... real slow and real painful."
—Terra, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
Buzz: Of course! Amnesia!
Warp: No.
Buzz: Evil clone.
Warp: No.
Buzz: Android replica.
Warp: No.
Buzz: [beat] Okay, okay, it's so obvious! Zurg's mind-control ray. He got to you first!
Warp: Actually, I went to him. Evil is just so much more profitable than good, and more fun.
Buzz: I don't believe it! The Warp Darkmatter I trained side-by-side with would never work side by side with the most evil force in the universe!
Warp: Look, Lightyear, I've been on Zurg's payroll since the Academy. Once I got the LGMs to spill the secret of the Unimind, the Big Z brought me on full-time. My name's Darkmatter. Who's surprised here?
Warp: No.
Buzz: Evil clone.
Warp: No.
Buzz: Android replica.
Warp: No.
Buzz: [beat] Okay, okay, it's so obvious! Zurg's mind-control ray. He got to you first!
Warp: Actually, I went to him. Evil is just so much more profitable than good, and more fun.
Buzz: I don't believe it! The Warp Darkmatter I trained side-by-side with would never work side by side with the most evil force in the universe!
Warp: Look, Lightyear, I've been on Zurg's payroll since the Academy. Once I got the LGMs to spill the secret of the Unimind, the Big Z brought me on full-time. My name's Darkmatter. Who's surprised here?
"Demonic whispers have no effect on me. I just want the gods to know: from now on, nobody will ignore my feelings!"
—Lucretia, AFK Arena
"Scores of witches and wizards have claimed that they only did You-Know-Who's bidding under the influence of the Imperius Curse. But here's the rub: How do we sort out the liars?"
—Professor Moody/Barty Crouch Jr., Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Hunter: Crosshair, forget the Empire. This isn't you. It's your inhibitor chip. We can help you.
Crosshair: Wrong. I had my chip removed a long time ago.
Hunter: Since when?
Crosshair: Does it matter?
Hunter: Yes.
Crosshair: This... is who I am.
Crosshair: Wrong. I had my chip removed a long time ago.
Hunter: Since when?
Crosshair: Does it matter?
Hunter: Yes.
Crosshair: This... is who I am.
Molly: I can assure you Ashley that no one Brainwashed me into liking Libby. Libby told me about her feelings for me one day and after reflecting on it I realized that I felt something more for her too and decided to give a relationship between us a chance.
[Gorilla Grodd gets knocked out by the feedback from his mind-control helmet]
Dr. Sarah Corwin: What have you done to him!?
The Flash: Simple. When I pushed the helmet down over his eyes, I also crossed some wires.
Dr. Corwin: How could you!? You destroyed the greatest mind on Earth!
The Flash: He'll be okay, now that you're free from his mind control.
Dr. Corwin: What are you talking about? He never used that on me! I loved him...
The Flash: Internet romances, huh? Go figure.
Dr. Sarah Corwin: What have you done to him!?
The Flash: Simple. When I pushed the helmet down over his eyes, I also crossed some wires.
Dr. Corwin: How could you!? You destroyed the greatest mind on Earth!
The Flash: He'll be okay, now that you're free from his mind control.
Dr. Corwin: What are you talking about? He never used that on me! I loved him...
The Flash: Internet romances, huh? Go figure.
