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Not to be confused with [[People Puppets]], a Meat Puppet is a biological and (usually) living [[Body and Host|Host]] that has been taken control over by a [[Puppeteer Parasite]], [[Body Snatcher]] or similar character, be it through science or occultic sorcery. The attempt to control a potential Meat Puppet in such a manner either results in [[People Puppets|Body Control]], [[Mind Control]] or [[Demonic Possession]]. Compare to [[Empty Shell]].

* [[Big Dumb Body]] - A meat puppet that holds little intelligence, but is desirable for its physical prowess and durability.

* [[Living Bodysuit]] - when a host is chosen as a disguise for reasons of secrecy and espionage.

An entirely alternate meaning refers to [[The Internet]] and [[New Media]] culture in social media: an online "entourage" or crowd of [[Yes-Man|Yes People]] surrounding a particular internet user and/or a "personal army" of internet users recruited to attack or defend someone in a [[Flame War]] or flare of [[Internet Backdraft]], or to [[The Shill|promote them or their product.]] This is connected to [[Astroturf]] except that [[Astroturf]] is usually for a politician or product or company, while a [['''Meat Puppet]]''' can appear anywhere (and are often ''why'' a debate escalates to [[Flame War]], [[Internet Backdraft]], or appearing on Fandom Wank levels.) These are usually called [['''Meat Puppet]]''' as opposed to [[Sock Puppet]], because they ''are'' actually separate people, unlike a [[Sock Puppet]], which is a different user identity (or collection of them) created by the same person. That said, good luck in telling them apart - especially in [[GIFT|places that allow anonymity and don't ban proxies]].

* In the [[Adaption Decay|much-maligned]] sequel to the film adaptation of [[Starship Troopers]], [[Puppeteer Parasite|Control Bugs]] take over an entire outpost of [[Redshirt Army|Mobile Infantry]] soldiers and pit them against the main characters.

* The ''[[Half Life]]'' series features various types of headcrab creatures that overlap with [[Zombie Mooks]]. The headcrabs apparently latch onto the skull of the host, eat their way through it, and then control the new "corpse" while simultaneously mutating it to make it even nastier.

* The Flood parasites of ''Halo'' insert their tendrils into the nervous systems of their host subjects. Afterwards, they control and mutate the host in the same way that headcrabs do.

* This is the implied case with Millennia from ''[[Deception|Kagero: Deception II]]''. She never speaks in cutscenes aside from nodding or shaking her head, but exactly ''how much'' control the Timemoids are exhibiting over her is [[Alternate Character Interpretation|up to the player]] via [[Dialogue Tree|Dialogue Trees]]s.

* ''[[Meat Puppet (video game)|Meat Puppet]]'': Yes, there is a game whose title is the same as this trope, and the game mostly follows the description at the top. Lotos/Lotus Abstraction answered a personal ad that said about "nocturnal missions". She is being controlled by The Puppet Master/Martinet. She is required to make [[Asshole Victim|Asshole Victims]]s out of six leaders of the most profitable corporations (also known as ambassadors), and do this in one night, or else the suit that was put on her against her will will self-destruct and kill her! This is what Martinet is trying to accomplish: {{spoiler|The Puppet Master wants to use Lotos to reassemble the fractured genetic key to universal entropy and shut down the universe. That would make Lotos accomplice to the biggest murder of all time a prospect that displeases her greatly. She'd rather save the world instead}}. You can find out more [http://www.thecomputershow.com/computershow/previews/meatpuppet.htm here].

* In ''[[Fite!]]'', {{spoiler|the Mutali turns out to be just puppets of Skerry.}}

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