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-->'''Honor''' It'll be some much better if you don't resist.\\

* In ''Film/TheEvilDead'', the spirits of the dead are frequently heard moaning the words "join us."

* In Creator/JunjiIto's "The Conversation Room", a group of female patients have been assimilated into a single connected being, unknown to the hospital staff. They creepily urge another patient, Sugie, to join them in their room, before later assimilating her.

** In the "Treehouse of Horror V" segment "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E6TreehouseOfHorrorV Time and Punishment]]", Homer ends up in a timeline where Flanders is the ([[HappinessIsMandatory oddly tyrannical]]) ruler of Earth and his family is taken in for reconditioning. Marge, Bart, and Lisa are {{lobotom|y}}ized and try to convince Homer to join them.

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--> '''Katie/Sadie''': Like, come and hang with us, Gwen. We get now why you like being goth so much, the darkness is totes thrilling. It's everything you want and more. So come and hang with us, ''forever and ever''.

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* The {{Literature/Cityverse}} includes an EldritchAbomination based in Antarctica which hijacks various media to send messages of "join us" to the world.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' the episode “One Of Us” has everyone try to force Jimmy into watching the Happy Happy Fun Show that has them turn into rather cheerful Zombies.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': In the SeriesFinale, "The Inquisition", the school gains a new superintendent who wishes to "fix" the flaws of the students by turning them into human characters. Gumball and Darwin find themselves the only two left and run for it, only to encounter Tobias, Tina and Sussie who have undergone the process. They corner the two, imploring them to join them and chanting "It's better this way."

--> '''Mother''' ''(Warped tone)'': Must build alien transceiver.
--> '''Father''' ''(Ditto)'': Must contact mothership
--> '''Dee Dee''' ''([[EvilSoundsDeep deep warped tone]], to Dexter)'': Must take you in for reconditioning.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In ''The Honking'', The Planet Express crew go to the home of one of Bender's relatives, Uncle Vlad, for a will reading which specifies Bender [[SillyWill will get the inheritance if he spends th[e night in said relative's mansion]]. Naturally, it's haunted (kinda, it's revealed later it was just projections coming from the relative's body) and Bender ends up confronted by the "ghosts" of his ancestors (lead by Vlad) who drone "join us" as they come out of the paintings.
--> '''Vlad''': Come to us Bender, you'll like being dead.
--> '''Bender''': That's what they said about being alive!

** In ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' IV's ''Bart Simpson's Dracula'', Bart does this after being bitten by Mr.Burns, trying to beckon Lisa to do so while floating outside her window with other kids he's bitten.
-->'''Bart:''' Come join us, Lisa, it's so cool. You get to stay up all night drinking ''blooood''!
** ''Treehouse of Horror V'': In "Time and Punishment", Homer ends up in a timeline where Flanders is the ([[HappinessIsMandatory oddly tyrannical]]) ruler of Earth and his family is taken in for reconditioning. Marge, Bart, and Lisa are lobotomized and try to convince Homer to join them.
--> '''Bart and Lisa''' ''(Holding a jar of a piece of their brain that was cut out, droning)'': Join us, father.
--> '''Marge''': ''(Likewise)'' It's blissssss.

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[[caption-width-right:310:Hmm, the pale skin, fangs, hunger for blood and inhuman demeanor you weren't showing before do make a compelling argument.]]

* ''Film/TheFaculty'': Late in the film, the alien-infected [[spoiler:Stan and Delilah]] and the alien HiveQueen [[spoiler:Marybeth]] each try to convince the remaining protagonists to embrace the PuppeteerParasite and join their HiveMind, claiming that they won't be persecuted for being nerds, or goths, or outcasts anymore. Naturally, they aren't interested.

* In ''Film/TheEvilDead'', the spirits of the dead are frequently heard moaning the words "join us."
* ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' inverts this when Shaun hatches his plan to gather his friends and head to the Winchester. He goes to get Pete who earlier said he'd been attacked by someone on the street. He finds that Pete has become a zombie and tries to talk him down, mentioning his plans and meekly asking "Join us?"

* Used a few times to [[BlackComedyBurst spice up]] "educational" short films on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', such as the "mirror world" inside the toaster in [[https://youtu.be/UvhskXf_5XU?t=351 The Days of Our Years]], and the whispers of "Conform!... Conform!" from the ''Film/MrBNatural'' riff.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** ''Operation L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N'' has a bit of a variant, since the power subjugating the Sector is caused by being [[OurVampiresAreDifferent spanked by a vampire without their glove]]. So when Numbuh 5 is is the FinalGirl among the group who've been turned. They cite her as being "bad" as an excuse to spank her and turn her into a spank-happy vampire.
** In "Operation: D.A.T.E.", the Delightful Children From Down The Lane hold a party, inviting every kid in town. They then lure the kids into having their photos taken, using the "camera" to brainwash them. When discovered by Numbuh One and Lizzie, the brainwashed victims all chant "Join us" [[SpeakInUnison in unison]].
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': In ''Urban Jungle'', Sam gets mind-controlled into serving as Undergrowth's queen/caretaker for his plant regime. Danny has to make a break for the Ghost Zone as it's the only place where Undergrowth's power can't follow. All the while Sam chases him, imploring that he join Undergrowth's kingdom and that they can rule together.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' the episode “One Of Us” has everyone try to force Jimmy into watching the Happy Happy Fun Show that has them turn into rather cheerful Zombies.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'': In "Computer Creep Much", this ends up happening to Jerry and Sam when an evil A.I use bug-like drones to brainwash them. The two going on about how "wonderful" it feels to be "liberated" with the latter trying to get Alex to join them.
--> '''Sam''': ''(in a zombie-like tone)'' Join us, we need your brain.
--> '''Alex''': Well that's a first.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In one of the original ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'', one of Santa's ChristmasElves is dragged back to the North Pole. Once he's thrown into the sleigh, more elves pop up, telling him in a monotone voice, "Come, Jeff. Be one of us."
* ''WesternAnimation/VictorAndValentino'': In "The Collector", Val inadvertently trades Victor to a creepy collector named Chip to regain a priceless coin from his coin collection that Victor spent. When Val goes to get him back, he finds that Chip turned Victor into a doll and has likewise done so with other unfortunate victims. Chip awakens the dolls and sics them on Val, with the dolls chanting "Join us" as they try to capture him.

* ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''. Played for BlackComedy when Dr. Zarkendorf is assimilated by the cyborg HiveMind.

* "Powerful Pretty," DC issue #36 of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', has the Pokey Oaks kids under the influence of Sedusa's hypnotic cosmetics. Buttercup is the only child not taking part with the cosmetics, but the others march towards her zombie-like entreating her to join them {"Glitter Girlie...one of us...").

-->Join us... join us ''now''!

-->-- '''Possessed-seeming dancers''', ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfiction ''[[https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:MrTyeDye/The_Nightmare_House_(Part_6:_Lucy) The Nightmare House]]''

[[caption-width-right:310:Hmm, the pale skin, fangs and fangs, hunger for blood and lack of morality you weren't showing before do make a compelling argument.]]

* In ''ComicBook/{{Peculia}} and the Goon Grove Vampires'', near the end Peculia runs into the Babysitters who were all fed on by the vampire family to whom they fell prey. Now turned themselves, they cite they love the change and chant for Peculia to join them when they corner her in a tree.

[[caption-width-right:350:Hmm, the pale skin, fangs and hunger for blood do make a compelling arguement]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: "C'mon Mertle, let us in, being undead and weeeird is awesome. Join us! The other girls love it. Don't you guys?" "''Yeeeeahisss!!!''" [[note]][[https://www.deviantart.com/retro7/art/Lilo-and-Stitch-Come-Join-Us-Mertle-20-838298458 Art]] by [[https://www.deviantart.com/retro7 Retro7]], used with his permission[[/note]].]]