History Main / SplitPersonalityTeam

** Revisited in ''ComicBook/TheImmortalHulk''. Bruce is active during the day and handles scientific knowledge or anything to do with rules or structure. The Immortal / Devil Hulk comes out at night and is more at home with gut feelings and doling out karmic punishments. Bruce can trade places with Joe Fixit if he needs Joe's cunning or is just emotionally overwhelmed; something similar applies to the Immortal and Savage Hulks.

* ''Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk'': In the early 2000s Bruce Banner develops Lou Gehrig's Disease, which is killing him. He strikes a bargain with the various Hulks in his head (primarily the green Savage, gray Joe Fixit, and Professor personalities): they can come out whenever they think is appropriate, and in turn they keep Banner alive.

* This is the point which Toko Fukawa and Genocider Syo/Genocide Jack in ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' have reached after numerous years of the former being justifiably terrified of the latter. Toko has learned to control when Jack fronts (by shooting herself in the head with a taser) and Jack has quit being a man-hunting serial killer to use her power to instead slaughter armies of killer robots. In return, they’re pardoned for the tens of bodies they dropped before TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and an internship in the second-to-last government on Earth, which quickly becomes the last by the end of the prologue. Toko’s in charge unless they need to fight things, then Jack is called out to destroy everything in their path.

* This is the point which Toko Fukawa and Genocider Syo/Genocide Jack in ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' have reached after numerous years of the first being justifiably terrified of the other. Toko has learned to control when Jack fronts (by shooting herself in the head with a taser) and the second has quit being a man-hunting serial killer to use her power to instead slaughter armies of killer robots. In return, they’re pardoned for the tens of bodies they dropped before TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and an internship in the second-to-last government on Earth, which quickly becomes the last by the end of the prologue. Toko’s in charge unless they need to fight things, then Jack is called out to destroy everything in their path.

* This is the point which Toko Fukawa and Genocider Syo/Genocide Jack in VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls have reached after numerous years of the first being justifiably terrified of the other. Toko has learned to control when Jack fronts (by shooting herself in the head with a taser) and the second has quit being a man-hunting serial killer to use her power to instead slaughter armies of killer robots. In return, they’re pardoned for the tens of bodies they dropped before TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and an internship in the second-to-last government on Earth, which quickly becomes the last by the end of the prologue. Toko’s in charge unless they need to fight things, then Jack is called out to destroy everything in their path.

* ''Manga/Change123'' plays with this. ShrinkingViolet Motoko possesses four other personalities. The first three, known collectively as "[=HiFuMi=]", are able to converse among themselves and, when Motoko is in danger, can trade off as needed to combat the threat. Motoko, however, can not consciously communicate with them, and is often left dealing with the aftermath of their actions. (She eventually learns to use a diary to communicate with her other personalities.) The last personality, Zero, is a rage-fueled ImplacableMan and, thus, not typically cooperative.

* Franchise/YuGiOh: Before Yami's true nature and origin were revealed, everyone thought he was a SplitPersonality of Yugi (Yugi called him "other me"). As Yami was the better duellist and had the mind powers to punish cheating opponents, they switched out for battles. One one occasion, they defeated a mind reader by switching out before drawing a card. [[spoiler:Yami and Yugi's final duel serves to demonstrate that Yugi no longer needs Yami to fight for him, letting Yami move on to the afterlife.]]

* In the LighterAndSofter (in the sense that nobody is a serial killer) ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' fanfic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6808720 Five Pieces of One Mirror]]'', Hannibal Lecter's DarkAndTroubledPast gave him one of these, consisting of [[OnlySaneMan Hannibal]], [[ConsummateProfessional Dr. Lecter]], [[TheHedonist the Cannibal]], [[ChildrenAreInnocent Little Sister]], and [[GuiltComplex the Sin-Eater]].

* ''Manga/Change123'' plays with this. ShrinkingViolet Motoko possesses four other personalities. The first three, known collectively as "[=HiFuMi=]", are able to converse among themselves and, when Motoko is in danger, can trade off as needed to combat the threat. Motoko, however, can not and is often left dealing with the aftermath of their actions. The last personality, Zero, is a rage-fueled ImplacableMan and, thus, not typically cooperative.

* Shinobu Sensui from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' has seven personalities, created after a psychologically traumatic event to help carry his burdens. They could even converse with each other and convince each other to take a particular course of action. i.e, the suave ManipulativeBastard seen at the beginning is "Minoru", created to contact and deal with Sensui's followers, and when Yusuke manages to land a hit on "Minoru" Sensui switches to a personality named "Kazuya", who is an AxCrazy BlodKnight that handles the actual killing of the human beings Sensui hates so much.

* Sensui from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' has seven personalities, created after a psychologically traumatic event to help carry his burdens. They could even converse with each other and convince each other to take a particular course of action.

* Franchise/YuGiOh: Before Yami's true nature and origin were revealed, everyone thought he was a SplitPersonality of Yugi (Yugi called him "other me"). As Yami was the better duellist and had the mind powers to punish cheating opponents, they switched out for battles. One one occasion, they defeated a mind reader by switching out before drawing a card. [[spoiler:Yami and Yugi's final duel serves to demonstrate that Yugi no longer needs Yami to fight for him, letting Yami move on.]]

* Mike of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' has this going for him. His personalities include a resilient [[JerseyShore Situation]] expy, an athlete, a GrumpyOldMan, an AdventurerArchaeologist ... [[ExplainExplainOhCrap and]] [[EnemyWithin M]][[TokenEvilTeammate al]]. All of these personalities except for the latter (maybe) have easy if slightly situational triggers (athletic challenge, not wearing a shirt, wearing a certain type of hat, etc.) that can be exploited to this effect.

* This is explored in depth in ''[[Literature/VorkosiganSaga Mirror Dance]]''. Mark Vorkosigan develops a Split Personality Team he dubs the "Black Gang" (because they do the dirty jobs) in order to survive and eventually escape ColdBloodedTorture. Three of the personalities are TooKinkyToTorture (in different ways) and one of them is a manifestation of Mark's assassin training.

* ''Literature/WhenRabbitHowls'': The Troops have some elements of this, although they don't always surface for practical reasons. Mean Joe protects the most vulnerable personalities, Grace the Zombie keeps going under immense strain, Black Katherine deals with rage, and so forth.

* ''This Alien Shore'' by Creator/CeliaSFriedman: The main character Jamisia is on the run, and struggles to understand the Others, extra people who live in her head, this growing up in a place where mental disorders has been cured. The most prominent among the Others in the story are Derik, aggressive and impulsive, Raven, trained as a pilot and a technician, and Katlyn, the seductress.

* In {{Naruto}}, Zetsu is the only Akatsuki member who doesn't go around in EvilDuo - his teammate is himself, i.e Black and White Zetsu. The white is goofy and gleeful while the black is serious. He can also split into two halves.

* ''JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has this in the form of Part 5's main villain, Diavolo, and his split personality, [[spoiler:Doppio.]] Being extremely paranoid of people finding out his identity, Diavolo doesn't go out in public, preferring to "switch" to [[spoiler:Doppio,]] who definitely seems more normal [[BerserkButton so long as you don't stick your nose too deep into his business...]]

In a Split Personality Team, a character's multiple personalities have a "division of labor" in which each personality takes charge during a particular emotion, challenge, or aspect of life. The personalities that take over during these special circumstances generally have skills or psychological traits that suit them for the job. A common variation is a more resilient or even {{Badass}} personality that surfaces during moments of extreme stress if the core personality is psychologically fragile.

[[SplitPersonality Split Personalities]] aren't always [[EnemyWithin hostile to the original]] or [[JekyllAndHyde radically different]] in CharacterAlignment. Sometimes the personalities are different in complementary rather than strictly antagonistic ways. Sometimes they even have common goals.

The Split Personality Team is less horror-oriented than other SplitPersonalityTropes, because the alternates are generally on the core personality's side, or at least looking out for their shared welfare. It's more commonly used in psychologically oriented stories exploring the complexity of a character's fractured mind. Some RealLife accounts of Dissociative Identity Disorder report a similar phenomenon, which may have inspired the trope.

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* The [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/59646 "Multicolored"]] series of ''Film/TheAvengers'' fanfiction expands Bruce Banner and the Hulk's relationship into a full Split Personality Team, introducing a bunch of additional alternates and explaining their personality and roles.
* In the LighterAndSofter (in the sense that nobody is a serial killer) ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' fanfic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6808720 Five Pieces Of One Mirror]]'', Hannibal Lecter's DarkAndTroubledPast gave him one of these, consisting of [[OnlySaneMan Hannibal]], [[ConsummateProfessional Dr. Lecter]], [[TheHedonist the Cannibal]], [[ChildrenAreInnocent Little Sister]], and [[GuiltComplex the Sin-Eater]].

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* Practiced by [[SpaceElves Eldar]] in {{Warhammer 40000}} - keeping themselves free of Chaos influence requires utmost focus on whatever they do - in particular, all the craftworld warriors have a civilian and warrior persona, switched through an elaborate pre-battle ritual.

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* The ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}'' use this as a gameplay mechanic, with all the Smiths playing differently, using different weapons, and having different skills despite being split personalities of one man (the twist being [[spoiler: that the one man is not the one that we think]]. They even appear to change form when they switch personalities and have their own health meters.

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* Invoked in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': A psychiatrist diagnoses multiple personality disorder at Butters when he plays trucker, cowboy or detective. It then turns out that the psychiatrist himself has MPD and one of his personalities, a boy named Billy, tries to convince Butters to become "Inspector Butters" in order to solve a crime. Butters plays along, because the psychiatrist is armed and one of his personalities is ready to shoot him if he steps out of the line.

* ''Literature/JoesWorld'' by Creator/EricFlint: Wolfgang Laebmauntsforscynneweëld, wielding the twin powers of madness and amnesia, and is himself both "the main patient, the head psychiatrist, the chief tester as well as testee of experimental drugs, and the captain of the security guard" at the Begfat asylum that he himself founded, so he could have a home of his own.

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