Characters Who "Tame the Beast"

To say Bruce Banner has anger problems is an understatement. Due to an unfortunate gamma ray accident, when Banner gets peeved he transforms into the Incredible Hulk—a giant, green man-monster capable of flinging an army tank into the sun. Thankfully, Banner puts his rage to good use, as he uses his Hulk power to defend the planet along with fellow Marvel superheroes as a card-carrying Avengers member. If you're somehow unfamiliar with the Hulk, or if you're a massive fan, you can check him out this summer in Joss Whedon's The Avengers. In our opinion, actor Mark Ruffalo is looking to be one of the finest Bruce Banner's to date.

In Fight Club, Edward Norton's character (The Narrator) has an ass-kicking alter ego named Tyer Durden (played by a very tan Brad Pitt). Durden is everything the Narrator hopes and wishes to be: tough, self-assured, ruggedly handsome. Then again, Durden is also a complete psychopath. We learn that the Narrator was actually Tyler Durden after Durden blows up a bunch of building in the name of anarchy. Luckily, The Narrator "tames the beast" before Durden causes more destruction.

Harry Potter character Remus Lupin first appears in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban looking tired and disheveled. Harry, Ron and Hermione soon discover that he's not a hobo, but rather, their new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Still, the mystery as to his haggard appearance grows and grows as the story progresses until it is discovered that he was hiding being a werewolf. Lupin was able to "tame the beast" by taking a special potion created by his rival, Professor Snape.

Altered Beast for the Sega Genesis is one of the most classic arcade games of all time. The game may be flawed (it's incredibly short and mind-numbingly straightforward), but it does feature a gameplay mechanic that was considerably revolutionary for the time it was release (1988): the ability to transform into werebears, weretigers and werewolves. Players could "tame the beast" by not collecting the spirit orbs that turn you into the character's respective monster, but walking around as a half-naked behemoth isn't as much fun.