multiple personality disorder theme
A mental disorder characterized by at least two distinct and relatively enduring identities or dissociated personality states.
8 total · 2 choice · 3 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahh2x21 | choice | The grand revelation of the story, cleverly concealed in the title, is that the distressed victim and the her malevolent antagonizer are in fact one and the same person. Helen suffers from a peculiar dual personality disorder that makes her take on the persona, and even imitate the voice, of her childhood frenemy Dorothy. |
| movie: Psycho (1960) | choice | Bates has a second personality built on his late mother, who he killed |
| tftc1989e4x07 | major | The viewer is led to believe that Nora was living a double life as her own daughter. It was revealed to be otherwise in the end. |
| tz1959e3x33 | major | The obvious medical explanation for what occurred is that Jerry had developed a secondary personality called Willie, which eventually came to take over (the face swap may be explained away in any number of ways). |
| voy5x07 | major | Seven of Nine was experiencing symptoms that are stereotypically associated with multiple personality disorder. |
| ahp2x14 | minor | This condition was mentioned explicitly (albeit in jest) and then we learned that John thought he was George Washington. |
| movie: Multiplicity (1996) | minor | Laura complained to one of Doug's clones that it was as if Doug had multiple personalities. If fact, the reality was that each Doug clone had its own distinct personality, and she was under the mistaken belief that they were all the same Doug. |
| tz2019e2x01 | minor | Phil's shrink started talking about this disorder. |