The eponymous character(s) of Yu-Gi-Oh! is/are this upon solving the Millennium Puzzle, Yugi Muto becomes host to the soul of an ancient unnamed pharaoh, who apparently is even better than Yugi is at children's card games.He only comes out when Yuuri is really upset by some form of injustice. Kyo Kara Maoh! has Yuuri's Demon King side, which possesses the ability to actually use the demon magic that's his by birthright.Some fans believe that Doppio and Diavolo are two souls in the same body, which would better explain Doppio's eyes at birth, and the events of Chariot Requiem. The details of Doppio's life are left mostly ambiguous, but Polnareff speculates that it's a case of multiple personalities.It allows him to see 10 seconds into the future and react accordingly. While Doppio himself does not possess another stand, he can still use King Crimson's 'Epitaph' ability. Doppio is not aware of his alter ego, and can only communicate with Diavolo at certain times, as he believes he is a different person. Doppio's alter ego is Diavolo, who possesses the stand King Crimson. Subverted In Part 5 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.Daisuke's mother was heartbroken that she, as a girl, wasn't able to be Dark, so she fixed on having a son who was and runs his 'career' capably.Occasionally it will be Daisuke in charge of Dark's body, but when things get really sticky is when Dark is running things but looks like Daisuke. Hilarity Ensues whenever accidental transformations happen (it's set off by his 'heart pounding' in connection with the girl he likes), especially at school.Mostly his real super powers don't get used much, because it takes a lot out of Daisuke when they are. But killing the stuff they steal is saving the world or something, so it's reasonably heroic. He's tall and handsome where Daisuke is short and cute, and does not act a few hundred years old by any means. D.N.Angel is based around the main character, Niwa Daisuke, having a long family tradition of being possessed during their adolescence by 'Kaitou Dark,' a supernatural famous art thief.Besides that, Yukito is a normal teenage boy who is unaware of his superpowered true form. Sort of used in Cardcaptor Sakura with Yukito and Yue Yue's a magic-using Winged Humanoid, while Yukito is his "false form" that (presumably) Clow created for Yue to hide in while waiting for the Final Judgment.Sometimes though, Birdy just steals him away when she needs to run off to do her work. Birdy the Mighty: Tsutomu can't use the powers of Birdy, even though it's technically her body, but they can communicate and switch with a moment's notice (without invoking a Henshin Hero) once they've agreed they need to work together.This trope itself is the subtrope of Sharing a Body. When the superpowered side is evil, then it is, rather unsurprisingly, the subtrope Superpowered Evil Side. Maybe some Fan Wank, or even deliberate ambiguity, will occur over how much the alter ego is a separate personality at all or whether it's more of a Super Mode or Henshin Hero with a confidence boost. Sometimes it's like it's just another person hiding inside their body until the right moment, other times it's a total personality shift but they'll retain the memories of being that Superpowered Alter Ego and it will still be them. Issues about how the personality is split off can vary. The transformation can often be handled by a Transformation Sequence. They also won't have the same "using your powers for selfish gain" issue because a complete personality change can't be used so easily. They can keep the superhero relatable by having the non-powered character be The Everyman or Ordinary High-School Student. They just don't have to constantly worry about the issue. Normally, however, writers will not remove the issue of being discovered they'll use the single moment of transformation as a time where the secret can be discovered or requires the hero diving off into that phone booth. They don't need a disguise because you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at them. This takes several superhero/villain issues and solves them in a single stroke. This personality can also look and be physically very different. The case where a being is able to engage in superheroics or grand villainy not by gaining any powers or by being a Badass Normal, but by being a vessel in some fashion for another personality that does have superpowers, but only when that personality takes control.
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