Marionette Motion: Difference between revisions

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== Anime & Manga ==

* In the Hades chapter of ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', the specter Minos Gryphon can turn his enemies into [[People Puppets]]. [[Combat Sadomasochist|The sadist enjoys]] twisting them and breaking them to "put on a show", at one point turning this power on {{spoiler|Gemini Kanon}}.

** In the [[Prequel]] ''[[Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas]]'', he looks forward to fighting especially [[Bishonen]] Gold Saint Pisces Albafica because he'd make a good puppet.

* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', the victims of Yura of the Hair.

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== Films -- Animation ==

* Linguini on ''[[Ratatouille]]'', because he is literally being moved like a marionette.

* [[Jan Svankmajer]]'s films own this page!

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* Among other tricks such as choreography, in the film adaptation of ''[[Silent Hill (film)|Silent Hill]]'' the eerie, jittery movements of the nurses were done by the actresses walking backward. The footage was later reversed.

* In ''[[Mirror Mask]]'', the [[Uncanny Valley]] box mannequins have this. So ''very'' much. And to the tune of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz8-7JsFD_g&feature=related "Close to You"], no less.

* When the... ''thing'' in ''[[Sliver]]'' controls bodies, this is how they move.

* The [[Boss Battle]] in ''[[Stardust (film)|Stardust]]'' features a very well-done duel with a magically animated dead swordsman who moves this way.

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== Live-Action TV ==

* The dead astronauts in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead".

* The [[Humongous Mecha]] in older ''[[Power Rangers/Super Sentai|Super Sentai]]'' seasons sometimes slipped into this during wirework stunts.

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== Music Videos ==

* Rhianna's Disturbia music video.

* The "evil clowns" in Pink's music video for "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdjtqu3XK4U Funhouse]".

* In the [[Talking Heads (band)|Talking Heads]] music video "Once in a Lifetime", David Byrne's dance is about halfway between a marionette and an epileptic fit.

* This style of dancing is used by a lot of [[Korean Pop Music|k-pop]] artists, but a particularly memorable example can be seen in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKtvDv7eykg 2PM's music video for "Heartbeat"] in which the members utilize the style of [[Marionette Motion|broken-body dancing]] to show how their hearts are being controlled by a scornful girl and how they are helpless to stop it. At a few points in the dance, they are even shown as being [[Marionette Master|controlled]] by one of their own.

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== Video Games ==

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'': The result of Screaming Mantis using her weapon on people.

* The various nurses in the ''[[Silent Hill]]'' franchise (and quite a few monsters besides, for that matter).

* Appropriately enough, the Marionettes in ''[[Devil May Cry]]'', who even still have strings on their limbs.

* Some of the more humanoid-shaped Nobodies in [[Kingdom Hearts II]] move this way.

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