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Might overlap with [[Artifact of Doom]]. Can have [[It Won't Turn Off]] as a side-effect. |
Might overlap with [[Artifact of Doom]]. Can have [[It Won't Turn Off]] as a side-effect. |
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Has naught to do with [[Ghost in |
Has naught to do with [[Ghost in the Machine]] or [[Ghost in the Shell]]. Not necessarily connected to [[Digitized Hacker]], though the potential is there. Nothing to do with standardized testing either. |
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== [[Film]] == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* In ''[[Film/Ghost In The Machine|Ghost In The Machine]]'', while a serial killer is undergoing a CAT scan at the hospital, a surge of lightning courses through the building, and his soul is transformed into electrical energy. He then uses the electrical grid and computer networks to continue his killing spree. |
* In ''[[Film/Ghost In The Machine|Ghost In The Machine]]'', while a serial killer is undergoing a CAT scan at the hospital, a surge of lightning courses through the building, and his soul is transformed into electrical energy. He then uses the electrical grid and computer networks to continue his killing spree. |
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* ''[[The Exorcist]]'' had a variation - as one transcript puts it, ''a huge machine, two pieces on either side of Regan's head and a piece above'' |
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* ''[[The Broken]]'' |
* ''[[The Broken]]'' |
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* The mentally ill girl in ''[[Dark Floors]]'' (the [[Lordi]] monster film) is put into a CT machine and shortly thereafter begins to freak out. {{spoiler|It's also where she starts when the monsters make the night start over again, something only she can remember.}} |
* The mentally ill girl in ''[[Dark Floors]]'' (the [[Lordi]] monster film) is put into a CT machine and shortly thereafter begins to freak out. {{spoiler|It's also where she starts when the monsters make the night start over again, something only she can remember.}} |
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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* Inverted in ''[[Scrubs]]'' where Elliot claims she uses a broken MRI machine as her "own little coccoon" when she's feeling stressed. |
* Inverted in ''[[Scrubs]]'' where Elliot claims she uses a broken MRI machine as her "own little coccoon" when she's feeling stressed. |
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* In ''[[The X |
* In ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode "Theef", the poor doctor's {{spoiler|poor wife is literally grilled in one of those}}. |
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* One of the challenges in ''Gaki no Tsukai'' involves a MRI scan. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyoo2jMbbj4 And has the contestants terrified.] |
* One of the challenges in ''Gaki no Tsukai'' involves a MRI scan. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyoo2jMbbj4 And has the contestants terrified.] |
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