User:Hinatafan06/Polar bifurcation

Polar Bifurcation also known as the Yin/Yang1 effect is a literary tool used commonly in television and books where a main character is separated into at least two beings, with one being either passive and good, or aggressive and evil. This is often used as a contrast between the two sides of an already known character, in order to allow viewers or readers (depending on the format) to get to know a new, unique side of them or to add depth to a relatively unkown character. Eventually nearly all characters are returned to normal. There are several examples: In book #32 of the Animorphs series "The Change,"[1] Rachel is cut in half while in a Starfish morph and ends up separated with her newer self being aggressive and bloodthirsty while appearing to have become a crybaby. In the Jackie Chan Adventures Episodes "Tiger and the Pussycat," "The Tiger Returns," and "Black Magic" The Tiger Talisman2 is used to seperate multiple persons (Jackie, Captain Black, and Spring-Heeled Jack) into two personas. In the case of Spring-Heeled Jack and Jackie, the classic good-and-evil separation occurs, however it is revealed that the talisman can seperate a human from an oni. In the Mutant X Episode "Double Vision,"3 Brennan and an old friend of his cause Emma to be split into her passive and aggressive personas, with the darker version joining the enemy. This seems to be a common theme with Star Trek. Those who have experienced polar bifercation are James Kirk[2], Spock, and Riker[3]. Fans of the series refer to this as the mirror universe. The Star Trek:Enterprise episode "In a Mirror, Darkly" is the only Star Trek episode to take place entirely in the mirror universe[4]. In the Anime DNAngel, Dark and Krad are considered to be "two sides of the same coin." In Hellboy II: The Golden Army, the twins Nuada and Nuala are considered to have this relationship, going so far as to be able to feel each other's pain. In the book 2099 the main character is revealed to be a clone of an evil genius who is trying to destroy the world. In Big Bad Beetle Borgs, The Shadowborg4 and the White Blaster Beetle Borg were connected by their origins. When the Blue Beetle Borg destroys Shadowborg, the White Beetle Borg loses his powers as well. In Marvel Comics, perticularly the Infinity War, Adam Warlock uses the Infinity Gauntlet to purge all good and evil from himself in order to become a being of pure logic. The resulting beings became known as the Magus(Adam's evil side) and the Goddess (his good side)[5]. The separation of beings into different forms is not always in these two absolutes. In some instances, the separated are essentially siblings, whereas in others the seperation manifests in other ways. In Kirby:Right Back At Ya5, the minor characters of Lololo and Lalala (Fololo and Falala in the English dub) were actually one creature (Lola) that was split into two. In Xiaolin Showdown the Ring of Nine Dragons divides the wearer into up to nine duplicates. Unlike most cases, this divides not spiritual balance or polarity, but just about everything else (IQ, concentration, maturity, skills, etc.). There is an opposite to this tool, known as Polar Fusion. In Fusion rather than one character becoming more, multiple characters are made one. In the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Tuvix,6" Tuvok and Neelix are made into a unique yet still recognizeable character. This is the only example of the seperation of a fused character being equated with murder(in most other cases, the fusion is seen as a bad thing and so usually focus is stressed on seperating them). The Marvel/DC character Access (Axel Asher)[6] has the ability to dynamically fuse beings from both worlds together. The dialogue of the resulting characters suggests that each has their own back story. The only literal example of Polar Fusion in the series is the fact that Access once fused with an evil alternate version of himself. In Dragon Ball Z, a super-being named Majin Buu fuses himself with several of the series' heroes in order to become more powerful[7]. In the Justice League: Unlimited episode "Divided We Fall[8]", the evil android Brainiac fuses himself with Lex Luthor in order to bide his time and become strong enough to kill Superman. Although it's not technically a fusion, in the movie 'Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker' the Joker uses what he calls "cutting-edge genetics technology" to make Tim Drake7 into the second Joker[9]. The ultimate literal form of Polar Fusion (don't laugh) is in Garfield's Pet Force. In one issue, Vetvix creates an evil villian called the Mutanator8 from pieces of Pet Force minus Garzooka (Garfield). The combination of heroic abilities as well as partial appearance caused Garzooka to be defeated, as he found himself unable to hurt his friends. Later, Mutanator was divided into its parts and the rest of the team was restored. all references were from other pages on wikipedia