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* The "[[SuperFunHappyThingOfDoom island where dreams come true]]" in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''. What visitors don't understand is that by "dreams," we mean ''[[RealDreamsAreWeirder all]]'' [[NightmareFuel dreams]]. And Lord Rhoop was stuck there for ''[[AndIMustScream seven freaking years]]''.

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** In ''Literature/TheSilverChair'', the captive Prince Rilian was bewitched into forgetting his identity. Worse, [[spoiler:the spell only affects him during the daytime, but his captor always pre-emptively binds him to the silver chair before nightfall. In his enchanted state, he ''lets'' her do this, under the impression that he'll go berserk and turn into a monstrous snake unless he's properly restrained. So when the enchantment lifts, he's lucid all night but can't do anything about it.]] Rilian's captor similarly tries to bewitch the heroes into forgetting their own background, and she apparently used some kind of magical mind control on her SlaveMooks too.
** In ''Literature/TheLastBattle'', a talking cat [[GoMadFromTheRevelation loses its sapience at the shock of seeing the Calormene god Tash]]. Likewise, in the book's GainaxEnding, [[spoiler:the divine lion Aslan strips away the sapience of the talking animals who turn away from him during the apocalypse]].
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** In ''[[Literature/ThousandSons Ahriman: Exile]]'', Ahriman damages Maroth’s mind with a psychic attack. The haughty sorcerer is reduced to a gibbering, weak-willed wreck that spends most of his time crawling around in the dark. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that Maroth is [[ObfuscatingInsanity faking the madness]].]]
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* It is implied that this is what the Chamber of the Ordeal is like for those who wish to be knights in Creator/TamoraPierce's Literature/TortallUniverse. The fact that it seems to be a semi-aware entity ''does not help''. It shows you images of what can be, what you're afraid of, what you must do, and it acts as a portal for the God(s) words. If you're afraid of spiders and/or drowning, guess what you get visited by. People have described it has being a jewel, and the Chamber is a jeweler's hammer, tapping at your weaknesses. And ''those'' are the "good guys". If you're a "bad guy", or just not relevant to the plot, well... Squires have been known to kill themselves once they come out, come out [[spoiler:dead]], or come out [[spoiler:feeling the pain of every injury they inflicted upon women that they beat, raped and murdered]], and it doesn't end until ''it'' wants to. Anyone want to be a knight?

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* It is implied that this is what the Chamber of the Ordeal is like for those who wish to be knights in Creator/TamoraPierce's Literature/TortallUniverse. The fact that it seems to be a semi-aware entity ''does not help''. It shows you images of what can be, what you're afraid of, what you must do, and it acts as a portal for the God(s) words. If you're afraid of spiders and/or drowning, guess what you get visited by. People have described it has the experience as being a jewel, and the Chamber is a jeweler's hammer, tapping at your weaknesses. And ''those'' are the "good guys". If you're a "bad guy", or just not relevant to the plot, well... Squires have been known to kill themselves once they come out, come out [[spoiler:dead]], or come out [[spoiler:feeling the pain of every injury they inflicted upon women that they beat, raped and murdered]], and it doesn't end until ''it'' wants to. Anyone want to be a knight?
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''The Manchurian Candidate'' is about a man brainwashed by the Chinese during the Korean War as part of a decades-long plot to elect a Communist puppet to the Presidency of the United States.

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* ''The Manchurian Candidate'' is about a man brainwashed by the Chinese during the Korean War as part of a decades-long plot to elect a Communist puppet to the Presidency of the United States.
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''The Manchurian Candidate'' is about a man brainwashed by the Chinese during the Korean War as part of a decades-long plot to elect a Communist puppet to the Presidency of the United States.
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* Due to his god-like nature, Hearteater in ''Literature/TailchasersSong'' has the ability to invade other's minds. He uses the ability to see if Tailchaser is a threat.

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* In ''Literature/HorusHeresy'', Curze tortures Vulkan by plunging him into a "dream" in which the man is forced to fight - and eventually "dies" at hands of - his brother Corvus.



** In ''Literature/HorusHeresy'', Curze tortures Vulkan by plunging him into a "dream" in which the man is forced to fight - and eventually "dies" at hands of - his brother Corvus.



* In the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series, teenage Jedi apprentice Tahiri Veila is kidnapped by [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong]] [[MadScientist Shapers]], who attempt to rewrite her memories to convince her that she was a warrior of their species, as part of an attempt to create Jedi-fighting Force-sensitive Yuuzhan Vong. She's rescued before they finish, but there are still [[SplitPersonality lingering consequences]] for the rest of the series.
* In ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'', Joruus C'baoth goes far, ''far'' beyond the JediMindTrick by mind-raping General Covell ''to death''- reducing him to a state of such mindlessness that, when their link was broken by an AntiMagic field, he didn't have enough mind left to survive.


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** In the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series, teenage Jedi apprentice Tahiri Veila is kidnapped by [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong]] [[MadScientist Shapers]], who attempt to rewrite her memories to convince her that she was a warrior of their species, as part of an attempt to create Jedi-fighting Force-sensitive Yuuzhan Vong. She's rescued before they finish, but there are still [[SplitPersonality lingering consequences]] for the rest of the series.
** In ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'', Joruus C'baoth goes far, ''far'' beyond the JediMindTrick by mind-raping General Covell ''to death''- reducing him to a state of such mindlessness that, when their link was broken by an AntiMagic field, he didn't have enough mind left to survive.
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* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': [[spoiler: Mizzamir]] did this to Sam's mother, to cover up his physically raping her. It left her permanently mentally damaged.
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** This seems to be what happened to Ginny in the second book in regards to Riddle's diary. [[spoiler:It was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.]] Get a little too attached to one and it'll start playing hobnob with your head. [[spoiler:That's what happened to Ron after wearing Slytherin's locket (another Horcrux). It started picking at his fears, to the point that Ron broke off from Harry and Hermione for a while, only to come to his senses at the last moment and pull off the save.]]
** It also happened to Dumbledore after he drank the potion in the cave. Although the potion is supposed to burn your throat something terrible, it mainly seems to attack the psyche with your worst recollections.

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** This seems to be what happened to Ginny in the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets second book book]] in regards to Riddle's diary. [[spoiler:It was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.]] Get a little too attached to one and it'll start playing hobnob with your head. [[spoiler:That's what happened to Ron after wearing Slytherin's locket (another Horcrux). It started picking at his fears, to the point that Ron broke off from Harry and Hermione for a while, only to come to his senses at the last moment and pull off the save.]]
** It also happened to Dumbledore in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]'' after he drank the potion in the cave. Although the potion is supposed to burn your throat something terrible, it mainly seems to attack the psyche with your worst recollections.
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** Note that the Arisians are ''the good guys''. A higher-up on the side of the bad guys does something similar (along with physical torture) to render a protagonist a blind, limbless, drooling idiot, figuring that it will be more demoralizing for the heroes to have to take care of what's left of a survivor than it would be for them to bury a corpse.

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** The Aes Sedai also consider bonding a Warder without said Warder's permission the equivalent of rape.

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** The Aes Sedai also consider bonding a Warder without said Warder's permission the equivalent of rape.rape, although the few times that this happens, they don't even get a slap on the wrist for it.



*** Graendal in particular was known for using Compulsion, especially to make harems of beautiful men and women. In the Age of Legends they considered unrecoverable and it was considered mercy instead of murder to kill them - their minds are already gone.

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*** Graendal in particular was known for using Compulsion, especially to make harems of beautiful men and women. In the Age of Legends they considered unrecoverable and it was considered mercy instead of murder to kill them - any level of Compulsion damages the mind, and the stronger the Compulsion, the worse off the subjectg would be when it was lifted. While others exerted more subtle control over their minds are already gone.victims, Graendal - a psychiatrist in a past life - was known to turn her subjects into pieces of furniture grinning dolls.


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** Perrin toys with this as his control of the Dream expands, but he just ends up killing the rogue channelers instead.


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** Turning was hinted at early on and largely ignored for most of the series. It required a corruption of the Power itself to achieve and literally '''[[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil turned you evil.]]''' When it was actually shown toward the end of the series, it was found to be a drawn-out and horrifically painful experience, and the final result left the subject behaving like it was being [[DemonicPossession controlled by a retarded demon.]] However, it could be avoided if the victim was willing to pay a terrible price.
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* Done to Slick Henry in William Gibson's ''Literature/CountZero'' as punishment for, of all things, car theft.

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* Done to Slick Henry in William Gibson's ''Literature/CountZero'' ''Literature/MonaLisaOverdrive'' as punishment for, of all things, car theft.
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* Done to Slick Henry in the third book of William Gibson's ''Literature/SprawlTrilogy'' as punishment for, of all things, car theft.

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* Done to Slick Henry in the third book of William Gibson's ''Literature/SprawlTrilogy'' ''Literature/CountZero'' as punishment for, of all things, car theft.
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* In ''Literature/TheSpiritThief'': The Master tries to break Nico by torturing her with visions and bending her mind to his will.
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* ''Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy'': During her encounter with the Crawler in ''Annihilation'', [[spoiler:the biologist]] experiences being mentally turned inside out by the creature while drowning in light, then getting spat out again.


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* ''Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy'': The extensive and invasive psychological conditioning and surgery on [[spoiler:the linguist]] breaks her mentally. [[spoiler:The psychologist, as a mercy, allows her to opt out and return home even though the linguist was Lowry's tool.]]
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reciprocal link back to Literature - The Others for how victims of Harvesters feeding on them experience.

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* In ''Literature/TheOthers'' there are certain species of Others known as [[GorgeousGorgon Harvesters]]. When they feed victims are struck by sudden weakness, followed by the definite sensation that their skull is sweating (on the inside) much to their distress.
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* In ''Literature/Warriors'', Tigerstar tortures Lionpaw with hallucinations of Lionpaw viciously killing his friend, Heatherpaw.

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* In ''Literature/Warriors'', ''Literature/WarriorCats'', Tigerstar tortures Lionpaw with hallucinations of Lionpaw viciously killing his friend, Heatherpaw.
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* In ''Literature/Warriors'', Tigerstar tortures Lionpaw with hallucinations of Lionpaw viciously killing his friend, Heatherpaw.
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* The "[[SuperFunHappyThingOfDoom island where dreams come true]]" in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''. What visitors don't understand is that by "dreams," we mean "{{night|mareFuel}}[[NightmareSequence mares]]". And Lord Rhoop was stuck there for ''[[AndIMustScream seven freaking years]]''.

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* The "[[SuperFunHappyThingOfDoom island where dreams come true]]" in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''. What visitors don't understand is that by "dreams," we mean "{{night|mareFuel}}[[NightmareSequence mares]]".''[[RealDreamsAreWeirder all]]'' [[NightmareFuel dreams]]. And Lord Rhoop was stuck there for ''[[AndIMustScream seven freaking years]]''.
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* [[spoiler:Zero]] of the ''Literature/HIVESeries'', as the clone of [[spoiler:Otto,]] has the ability to control [[spoiler:electricity, except to a much higher degree with finer control.]] This allows him to [[spoiler:control minds and illicit hallucinations.]] He uses it extensively on [[spoiler: Laura, who undergoes serious psychological scarring due to the incident. Nero offers to let her go home because of it.]]

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* [[spoiler:Zero]] of the ''Literature/HIVESeries'', as the clone of [[spoiler:Otto,]] has the ability to control [[spoiler:electricity, except to a much higher degree with finer control.]] This allows him to [[spoiler:control minds and illicit elicit hallucinations.]] He uses it extensively on [[spoiler: Laura, who undergoes serious psychological scarring due to the incident. Nero offers to let her go home because of it.]]
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* ''Literature/IncarnationsOfImmortality'': In ''On a Pale Horse'', [[spoiler:Luna Kaftan, the main female character, confesses, "I have fornicated with a demon of Hell." She doesn't reveal until much later in the novel that the demon violated her mind and soul, but not her body.]]

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* ''Literature/IncarnationsOfImmortality'': In ''On a Pale Horse'', ''Literature/OnAPaleHorse'', [[spoiler:Luna Kaftan, the main female character, confesses, "I have fornicated with a demon of Hell." She doesn't reveal until much later in the novel that the demon violated her mind and soul, but not her body.]]
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* What [[spoiler:HangingJudge Wargrave]] puts his victims through in ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone''. Specially in the case of the one he thought of as the ''worse'' of all of them: [[spoiler:child-killing {{Yandere}} Vera Claythorne]].

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* What [[spoiler:HangingJudge Wargrave]] puts his victims through in ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone''. Specially in the case of the one he thought of as the ''worse'' ''worst'' of all of them: [[spoiler:child-killing {{Yandere}} Vera Claythorne]].
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* In ''Literature/EndOfWatch'', Brady Hartsfield is able to use his mental projection ability to plant thoughts in people's heads that drive them to destructive behaviors, and is eventually able to overwrite people's minds, leaving him in control of their bodies.
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* In "Literature/ItsAGoodLife," this is what Anthony did to Amy Fremont:
-->She was a tall woman, thin, a smiling vacancy in her eyes. About a year ago, Anthony had gotten mad at her, because she'd told him he shouldn't have turned the cat into a cat-rug, and although he had always obeyed her more than anyone else, which was hardly at all, this time he'd snapped at her. With his mind. And that had been the end of Amy Fremont's bright eyes, and the end of Amy Fremont as anyone had known her.
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* Called out by name in ''{{Literature/Vampirocracy}}'' by Leon, when [[spoiler: the new vampire Duke uses mind control to ascertain a suspect's guilt or innocence.]] The actual event was a pretty mellow, question and answer session, though.
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* In the Literature/AnitaBlake books, there's a few different kinds exhibited by the vampires. First, they use simple brainwashing of a human into a happy automaton with no independent thought (most often used to get people to stand still while they take blood). Not usually used for physical sex, however, taking blood this way is very sexual and is described as metaphysical sex. Then there's dream/magical simulation manipulation. While not used to its full potential, all the characters able to do this are nymphomaniacs and use it to force sex on the unwilling.\\
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Thirdly, there's emotional manipulation - this can be either making people hopelessly in love with the vampire or making a person incapable of feeling anything but fear, and both types are shown both with and without physical rape. Finally, there's establishing the Human Servant/Master bond against the servant's will; basically, being a master vampire's human servant is the equivalent in being the wife in a medieval marriage, except the ceremony allows your husband to make you watch any memories he chooses during it and to play with your mind, to some extent, afterwards.

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* In Creator/RobinHobb's ''[[Literature/RealmOfTheElderlings Farseer]]'' trilogy, The Pretender King and his agents use mind rape to forcefully help themselves to whatever a persons mind can give them. Be it information, loyalty, control of the body or simply for the sadistic pleasure of it.\\
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Oddly enough, the conclusion of the trilogy saw [[spoiler:Fitz use much the same technique back on "King" Regal, in a way that was not portrayed as even slightly anti-heroic. Then again, Fitz was the narrator, so...]]

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* In Creator/RobinHobb's ''[[Literature/RealmOfTheElderlings Farseer]]'' trilogy, The Pretender King and his agents use mind rape to forcefully help themselves to whatever a persons mind can give them. Be it information, loyalty, control of the body or simply for the sadistic pleasure of it.\\
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Oddly enough, the conclusion of the trilogy saw [[spoiler:Fitz use much the same technique back on "King" Regal, in a way that was not portrayed as even slightly anti-heroic. Then again, Fitz was the narrator, so...]]
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* In Creator/MichaelMoorcock's ''TheBloodRedGame'', the surviving remnants of a dying universe engage in a type of mental competition with an alien race who does this as their primary way of resolving conflict. Since the aliens' physical weapons would obliterate the refugees, the refugees agree to play this game. Basically, whoever does the most Mind Rape on their opponents wins.

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* In Creator/MichaelMoorcock's ''TheBloodRedGame'', ''The Blood Red Game'', the surviving remnants of a dying universe engage in a type of mental competition with an alien race who does this as their primary way of resolving conflict. Since the aliens' physical weapons would obliterate the refugees, the refugees agree to play this game. Basically, whoever does the most Mind Rape on their opponents wins.

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