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Author: OmarKarindu

Aug 11th 2011 at 3:17:31 PM

Comic Books
* The post-ZeroHour version of the second Two-Face, Paul Sloane, was reimagined as an actor so involved in method acting that he ended up turning himself into one of {{Batman}}'s [[ThematicRoguesGallery deformed, psychotic rogues]] while researching a part.
* In recent interpretations, Spider-Man enemy the Chameleon sometimes has trouble discarding his assumed identities without some mental issues.
* In a 1970s story, a combination of psychological conditioning and PTSD left MarvelComics SuperSpy the Black Widow mentally "stuck" in her cover identity as mousy schoolteacher Nancy Rushman.

Live Action TV
* In an episode of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Drusilla uses her psychic talents to appear to Giles as his former lover Jenny Calendar in order to seduce some information from him. She gets so carried away in the role that she continues making out with him for some time after learning what she was after. 
* This is arguably the super power of Echo, the protagonist of ''{{Dollhouse}}''. Despite repeated memory wipes, she always retains the "imprints" the other personalities she's assumed.

Video Games
* [[DeconstructorFleet As with so many other tropes]], this one is [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in ''MetalGearSolid'': Decoy Octopus is so committed to his disguises that he requires ''deprogramming'' to leave his assumed identities after a mission.