This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
-Z-: the castlevania example was incorrect; the mechanism by which a replacement for dracula comes about is not the same as dracula's own resurrection cycle. thus, it is removed.
From YKTTW:
Bluetooth The Pirate: Here's one: the dark cousin of Freaky Friday and The Puppetmasters, the plot whereby an old or infirm villain character switches bodies with a younger, able-bodied character, with no intention of giving it back, and expecting the victim to die with his old body. Ra's Al Ghul did it to his daughter in Batman Beyond, and tried to do it to Bruce; the old man (his name escapes me) did it in Rah Xephon; Mick Jagger (or a pastiche thereof) tried to do it in the comic Vertigo Pop: London; and it was the intended goal in the beginning of All of Me.
Gus: Angel did this one, too. As did those Grimm guys. Strong contender for The Oldest Ones in the Book.
BT The P: I'm tempted to call it "The Great Brain Robbery", but the Reboot episode with that title was actually a Fantastic Voyage episode. Maybe "Body Snatch", or "Grand Theft Me"?
Airbud: This was also the basis of the Stargate episode "Holiday".
Gus: I am digging on Grand Theft Me.
BT The P: Took a crack at it. Thoughts?
Ununnilium: Looks good.
fleb: Hey, Zackgar Prime, do you think you can shorten this by a lot? Spoilers this long are kinda counter-productive.
- * A major plot point in Hades Project Zeorymer. The main character of the titular mecha is, in absoloutely every way, an extremely normal teenager. Having been kidnapped and forced to pilot Zeorymer of the Heavens, being in the cockpit, especially when under extreme duress, causes a second personality, going by a different name to take over and pilot with perfect ability. It turns out the second personality was the mech's designer, who turns out to be the real Big Bad, intentionally implanting his mind in the protagonist's subconscious, since he knew he would be hunted down and killed. For awhile, this secondary mind takes complete control of the hero both inside and outside the cockpit, revealing his Xanatos Gambit, which revealed that the person formerly thought to be the Big Bad has a similar situation. The hero eventually gains control once again, and for good. It's worth noting that the Zeorymer becomes horrifically powerful when the second personality takes over, making this a case of Superpowered Evil Side, as well.
The excellent movie "The Hidden" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093185/)
has this as a central premise with a body-snatching cop chasing a body-snatching villain. I have no idea of how one can describe this without it being a solid chunk of spoiler.
