“ | I see. So this was the one who was controlling me like some kind of puppet? Now... HE'S GONNA PAY!!! | „ |
~ Piccolo Jr. angry at being controlled by Dr. Wheelo. |
“ | These? They're dragon killers, drugged into obedience with their own venom. Not even your precious alpha could control them. They serve me, and only me. | „ |
~ Grimmel telling Hiccup about the six Deathgrippers he drugged into obedience. |
Villains who have been the victims of brainwashing and/or possession. Possession means that the host's body was taken over by a demon or other form of evil spirit and brainwashing means that the host was hypnotized, mind controlled, etc.. Possessed/Brainwashed characters only count as villains if they have a neutral or good alignment while they are in their normal senses, and the person who was possessing/brainwasing them was making them commit evil acts. Other times, if the villain ends up brainwashed, the villain may end up turning to the good side (Carl Hauser and Darth Revan are examples). For obvious reasons, these villains always fall under Villains by Proxy.
Notes[]
- IMPORTANT: Pure Evil villains will NEVER fall under this category as those types of villains are in their normal senses (neither possessed nor brainwashed) and are responsible for their own actions. Regardless of how cruel, sadistic, or unnecessary the possessed/brainwashed characters' actions were, it is never completely their fault since they were being controlled by someone else. The same applies to villains who are possessed/brainwashed by someone else and responsible for their own crimes while in their normal senses, even if they are not Pure Evil.
- Even if, in a very rare case, Pure Evil villains had been possessed/brainwashed by someone else (e.g. Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin was brainwashed by Tretji Rebenok and became Man on Fire; Makuta Teridax was taken over by the Mask of Ultimate Power and thus became a mindless puppet; Brajira of the Messiah had his memories erased by Robogog of the 10-sai and became Buredo-RUN of the Cyborg; the Joker was bitten by Dracula and turned into a vampire until Batman cured him, The Batman Who Laughs became like Joker after inhalating toxin but gained cosmic awareness and chosen to remain evil, Lucas Baker was under Eveline's control but was eventually cured from her influence, Zoom was possessed by Time Wraiths to become the Black Flash, Carnage had his morality reversed by a spell from Doctor Doom and Scarlet Witch but was later freed and returned to evil, Zeus was consumed by the evils of the Great War that corrupted his being, Brainiac was taken over by Darkseid who used a mother box to take over his code, Hackman was infected by nanites created by Ken Castle who took control on him and forced him to fight Kable Tillman to death), they should go under Pawns instead of this category.
- Additionally, in rarer cases, a villain who is meant to LOOK Pure Evil in a flashback or the legacies of their evil actions can have their Pure Evil status retconned via snapping out of a possessed/brainwashed state and deciding they like their new life better.
- Not all possessed and/or brainwashed villains are automatically tragic, as some of them lack any freudian excuse and don't have a dark and troubled background prior to being brainwashed (e.g. Mechagodzilla, Richard Trager, Shredder (TMNT 2012), The Heretics and Michael Myers).
- In rare cases, brainwashed/possessed villains can be psychopaths if being brainwashed only changes their goals without changing their lack of empathy (e.g. Victor Zsasz, Alie Peters, SCP-076-2, and Michael Myers).
- Furthermore, not every villain who is possessed/brainwashed can fall under here and some villains can commit far too many heinous crimes with full responsibility to be fitting here even if they aren't Pure Evil (e.g. Pigma Dengar, Melvinborg, Bender, Plankton, Mr. Krabs, Bubble Bass, Gale and Barriss Offee)
- Also, do not create pages of long-time heroes or good people who are only briefly controlled by villains. They do not count.
- However, if a hero is brainwashed into a new identity and effectively becomes a different character, they are allowed (e.g. Mu La Flaga was brainwashed into becoming Neo Roanoke, Sensei Wu was forcibly assimilated and turned into Techno Wu, the minions who got dosed with the PX-41 turned into Purple Minions, Boris the Wolf was twisted into Brute Boris, Tron was reprogramed and turned into Rinzler, Janice was possessed into becoming Annabelle Higgins, John Connor was converted and turned into a T-3000 terminator, Jessica, Bo and Dressy being turned into the Messica Gorgon, Claylossus and Hangry Hypnosinger personas are done by laser blasts and being mutated, the teachers and kids who drink the Zombie-Nerd juice turned into Evil Zombie Nerds).
- For example:
- Ami Onuki (from Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi) was only possessed by the drumsticks she bought that caused her to be controlled by Crazy Styxx in "Ami Goes Bad".
- Master Yo (from Yin-Yang Yo!) only drank the drink Carl the Cockroach made that caused him to go on a destructive rampage in "A Case of Evils".
- Jill Valentine (from Resident Evil) only turned evil under Albert Wesker's mind control device implanted in her chest, once Chris and Sheva removed it from her she was back to her heroic state.
- Buzz Lightyear (from Toy Story) was only briefly turned into an evil servant by Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear when he switched him to demo mode.
- Toothless (from How to train your Dragon) was only turned into a mindless puppet when he was under Drago Bludvist's Bewilderbeast's control, while Hiccup managed to snap him out of it and was able to overcome the Bewilderbeast's Influence.
- Raphael (from Teenage mutant ninja turtles) was only brainwashed by Shredder's brainworm, and was briefly transformed into a vampire by Dracula's influence.
- Kiana Kaslana from Honkai Impact 3rd, who was possessed by the diabolical Herrscher of the Void.
- Jenny (from My Life as a Teenage Robot) only turned into a giant hideous monster due to being infected with a microbug by Vexus in "Hostile Makeover", while in "Sister Sledgehammer", she was controlled by a giant robot made from the Cluster drones by Smytus, along with XJs 2-8.
- Red (from Angry Birds) only transformed into a pig and behaved like one due to being infected with the Chef Pig's potion in "Pig Plot Potion".
- Vida Rocca (from Power Rangers Mystic Force) only became a vampire after being bitten by Necrolai in Strangers Within Parts 1 and 2, and Necrolai tried to make Vida bite the other rangers and turn them into vampires, but thanks to Chip's care for her she returned to the heroes side.
- Calamity (from Valkyrie Crusade) was only transformed into Cajoling Calamity by a Taboo member who controlled her miasma to went out of control.
- Missing Predators turned savaged briefly by Dawn Bellwether (from Zootopia), at first were thought to have become savages due to self-instinct, but was due to the Poisonous Flowers called "Night Howlers" that Bellwether had darted them with, therefore, they were never culpable for the latter's crimes.
- All of the people akumatized by Hawk Moth (from Miraculous Ladybug) had their negative emotions amplified by his akumas and transformed into supervillains temporarily, though some villainous characters which willingly offer to be akumatized to support his goals (like Lila Rossi and Mayura) still count.
- Drago was briefly turned into a mindless Bakugan after Spectra Phantom brainwashed him using forbidden abbilty cards and become normal after Dan freed him.
- Tails (from Sonic the Hedgehog) only acted like he was going to fight Sonic as Eggman's minion because he was brainwashed by the latter's mind control beam.
- The T-850 Terminator (from Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) only got reprogramed by the T-X to go after John Connor and Katherine Brewster. Not to mention that his consciousness at least was still free from the T-X's takeover at the time, unlike the other heroes/innocent people on this list, who got briefly enslaved by their respective villains.
- Most of the Clone Troopers (from Star Wars), such as Captain Rex or Wrecker only commited evil acts, like turning on the Jedi due to their mind being controlled by inhibitor chips upon Order 66.
- Gru Jr. (from Despicable Me 4) only mutated into a human-cockroach hybrid and turned against his father by Maxime Le Mal.
- Chopper (from Star Wars: Rebels) only got hacked by the imperial hacker LT-319 in order to locate the rebels' base in Double Agent Droid.
- Blue and her sisters (from Jurassic World) only turned against Owen Grady and the InGen team by the Indominus rex while controlling them with her velociraptor physiology.
- Bloom (from Winx Club) only turned into an evil dark fairy by Lord Darkar twice while controlling her mind with his powers.
- Indiana Jones (from the eponymous film pentalogy) only turned into a servant of the Thuggee by Mola Ram by dosing him with the blood of Kali Ma.
- Jonathan Loughran (from Hotel Transylvania) only turned feral due to his monster transformation.
- Glamrock Freddy (from Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach) only turned hostile towards Gregory by Glitchtrap while controlling his mind in the Burntrap Ending of the game.
- Ahsoka Tano (from Star Wars: The Clone Wars) only turned into a mindless zombie by the Son while controlling her mind with his powers in Altar of Mortis.
- Catboy and Owlette (form PJ Masks) were brainwashed by Romeo's Opposite Ray in "Gekko and the Opposite Ray.", so they can help him take over earth.
- Sulu (form Captain Underpants) was brainwashed by Evil George Beard and Evil Harold Hutchins to be evil.
See also[]
- Possessed/Brainwashed on the Heroes Wiki.
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