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[[File:GallaxharMeansNoHarm.jpg|link=Monsters vs. Aliens|frame|So, just to recap: [[We Come in Peace, Shoot to Kill|I come in peace, I mean you no harm, and you all will die. Gallaxhar out.]]]]

When the alien [[Glorious Leader]], [[Evil Overlord]] and [[Mad Scientist]] want the world to know about their nefarious doings, they will usually [[Do Not Adjust Your Set|take control of every TV]] (and sometimes even computer screen) to give their [[Motive Rant]] and/or [[New Era Speech]]. However, if they have access to powerful [[Hologram]] projectors they may also/instead project themselves over every city as a Huge Holographic Head.

Needless to say [[Required Secondary Powers|it also includes]] a hidden sound system powerful enough most rock bands would kill for (and metal bands would sacrifice fans onstage for) in order to let everyone hear them. [[Rule of Cool|For some reason]], subtitles under a big floating holographic head just aren't as impressive as a big booming voice.

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== [[Fan Fiction]] ==

* Gendo does this in ''[[Aeon Entelechy Evangelion]]'' when he and Shinji meet again.

* [[Hive Queen|The Goddess]] in ''[[Fallout Equestria]]''. Disturbingly, the surface of her 'head' is a mosaic of the faces of all the ponies she has [[The Assimilator|assimilated]].

== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[Equilibrium]]'' messages from the leader of the totalitarianist regime, "Father", does this with massive screens throughout the city. Much like the ''[[Half Life]]'' example below.

* Gallaxhar on ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'', as shown above.

* In ''[[The Simpsons]] Movie'', Russ Cargill communicates with the people of Springfield through a giant screen projected in the [[Domed Hometown|dome covering the town]].

* ''[[Tron]]'' has the MCP, which is gratuitously spoofed by Moses of the [[Superfriends|Super]] [[Captain Ersatz|Best Friends]] in ''[[South Park]]''.

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* A non-villainous example in ''[[The Pendragon Adventure]]''. When Bobby first steps onto Veelox, he's greeted by pitch blackness and Aja Killian's giant, floating, holographic head. He eventually starts wondering whether the hologram reflects the physical reality in any way. Considering what he's been through, you can't really blame him.

* Played for humor in "Reach" by Edward Gibson. The [[Jerkass]] boss has set up a holoconferencing call to establish what went wrong with their latest space probe. Everyone is shocked when one of the callers appears as a giant head because he accidentally set his camera on closeup.

* Like the Film example above, the Wizard takes this form when speaking to Dorothy. The others, though, are treated to different illusions.

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Doctor Breen in ''[[Half-Life 2]]''.

* Another full body example: in the civilization stage of ''[[Spore]]'', religious attacks on a city will include a giant hologram speaking to the city trying to convert it.

* Happens in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic Adventure 2]]'' when Dr. Robotnik announces his plans for world domination, shortly before blowing up the moon.

* In the [[Mass Effect]] 2 Kasumi DLC, {{spoiler|Donovan Hock}} addresses the player using one of these that fills half the (rather large) room. And the acting is at least as over-the-top as the presentation.

** At the end of the Arrival DLC, [[Big Bad|Harbinger]] himself pops up as one of these to vent his annoyance at Shepard for delaying the Reapers yet again, along with the usual "we cannot be stopped" monologue.

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