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{{trope}}
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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.
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== [[Anime]] ==
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* Gendo does this in ''[[
* [[Hive Queen|The Goddess]] in ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
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* 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 [[
* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
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* The Emperor uses one of these to talk to Darth Vader in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''.
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** And Sheridan borrowed Draal's system to do the same thing on B5 to announce they were seceding from the Earth Alliance.
*** Considering the [[Tron]] example above, one wonders if JMS wasn't indulging in a little [[Actor Allusion]].
* In ''[[Burnt
* The Oz example gets a [[Shout
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Doctor Breen in ''[[
* 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.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[
* One of these pops up on Mars in ''[[Invader Zim]]'', leading Zim to believe that the long-dead Martians were a race of holographic instruction manuals.
* In ''[[
* During the big finale in ''[[
* This is how [[Evil Overlord|The Sovereign]] likes to appear in [[The Venture Brothers]]. Although given his {{spoiler|shapeshifting powers, he could actually make himself look like this}}.
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