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One of the sure symptoms of fascism in the media is TV screens, radios and loudspeakers (occasionally [[Loudspeaker Truck|mounted on vehicles]]) blaring propaganda and messages from the Glorious Leader reminding his subjects to obey. [[La Résistance]] may or may not get the chance to [[Hollywood Hacking|hack into the system]] and [[Voice of the Resistance|broadcast something more uplifting]].

 

 

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* In ''[[Ergo Proxy]]'', fellow citizens of Romdo are encouraged to consume and make waste.

* The third part of ''[[Genocyber]]'' has the citizens of what is implied to be the world's last surviving city being ordered to increase their production by 20% or be incarcerated.

* In ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', unlike the movie (see below), the public address system is used for a nightly broadcast from the Voice of Fate (which V enjoys toying with, first driving the man who provides the voice insane, and later hijacking it for his own address). Later, after Finch reports that {{spoiler|V is dead}}, the government wastes no time getting that news out over the public address system.

 

* The infamous "Leave the Bronx!" sequence from ''[[Escape 2000]]''.

* In ''[[Buckaroo Banzai]]'', there's a public address system inside the Yoyodyne facility occasionally broadcasting brief messages and propaganda to the Red Lectroid workers.

{{quote|'''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mike]]:''' Yeah, ''right''. }}

* This always seems to be happening on the [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Cardassian]] [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Homeworld]]

 

== Literature ==

* The telescreens from ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'', which double as [[Sinister Surveillance|surveillance devices]].

 

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== [[Video Games]] ==

* In ''[[Half-Life]] 2'', the usual orders from Overwatch to the Civil Protection troops (which are transmitted over loudspeakers for everyone else to hear) are often mixed up with short motivational speeches.

** [[Les Collaborateurs|Doctor Breen's]] "Breencasts" certainly fit as well, since they praise the regime of "Our Benefactors". Sure enough, [[La Résistance]] hacks them at one point, and [[Absent-Minded Professor|Dr. Kleiner]] begins broadcasting a message of hope, rebellion, and whatever else happens to come to mind at the moment of recording, including a very [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|sesquipedalian]] recap of events thus far in the storyline and urgings to take advantage of the collapse of the Combine suppression field to, ahem, do your part for the re-population of humanity. Which is unfortunate, since it's supposed to be brief evacuation notice.

* In [[Sim Copter]], you can broadcast canned orders over your helicopter's loudspeaker by pressing the F-keys. These range from "Heavy traffic in this area. Use alternate routes." to "Get out of here now, before you all die. Or Worse!!" to "I'd like a room with a shower please"

* Chinese propaganda towers in ''[[Command & Conquer: Generals]]''. They ''heal'' friendly units who hear them. You can even install them on the Overlord tanks and Helix choppers to turn them into pseudo-Medics.

* ''Jak 2'' does this; Baron Praxis spends most of the game "motivating" the populace over the city's public address system. Occasionally he addresses Jak specifically, probably to the confusion of everybody else.

* [[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good & Evil]]: The leader of the Alpha Section on the floating screens in the market. He even comments on your missions, claiming responsibility for benefits and blaming you for damages.

* [[System Shock|Xerxes]] is the Von Braun's onboard computer. It continually broadcasts prerecorded messages – all keyed in by [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Captain Korenchkin]], both before and after becoming [[Body Horror|controlled]] by [[Puppeteer Parasite|The Many]]. See if you can tell which is which!

'''[[The Last of These Is Not Like the Others|This is Xerxes.]]''' Can you not feel the glory of the flesh? Do you not yearn to be free of the tyranny of the individual? }}

* In ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'', various rules were spoken out throughout the game by Dr. Hugo Strange throughout your time there, including the countdown to Protocol 10. {{spoiler|Once Protocol 10 is initiated and Strange is later killed by Ra's al Ghul, the announcements stop.}}

 

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