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* Roger Rees, on ''M.A.N.T.I.S.''

* Theora in ''[[Max Headroom]]''.

** To a lesser extent, Tina McGee in the live-action version of ''[[The Flash (TV ~~series~~)|The Flash]]'', which was also played by Amanda Pays.

** To a lesser extent, Tina McGee in the live-action version of ''[[The Flash (TV 1990)||The Flash]]'', which was also played by Amanda Pays.

* AI vehicle KITT served this role on ''[[Knight Rider]]'', except when he'd go into Auto Cruise and drive himself to the rescue.

* AI Selma on ''[[Time Trax]]''.

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* Birkoff on ''[[La Femme Nikita]]''.

* ''[[Wiseguy]]''. Daniel Burroughs, AKA "Lifeguard", a legless Organised Crime Bureau agent who communicates mostly via telephone (posing as Vinnie's "Uncle Mike"). Vinnie calls him daily to pass on and receive information; he also has codewords for when he's in trouble.

* Barney Collier on ''[[Mission Impossible (TV series)|Mission Impossible]]''.

* Barney Collier on ''[[Mission: Impossible (TV series)||Mission Impossible]]''.

* Ianto and Tosh in ''[[Torchwood]]''.

* Nate and often Hardison in ''[[Leverage]]''.

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* In the ''[[Crusader: No Remorse|Crusader]]'' games, while you're off committing crimes against humanity, your fellow Resistance members occasionally call you via datalink to suggest that you channel that aggression in a particular direction.

* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] II'', Atton Rand plays Mission Control for the Jedi Exile for a little while in Peragus, before properly joining the team.

* In ''[[~~Blood Rayne~~]] 2'', Rayne's Brimstone Society handler Severin fulfills this role throughout the game.

* In ''[[BloodRayne]] 2'', Rayne's Brimstone Society handler Severin fulfills this role throughout the game.

* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' naturally has Oracle acting as Mission Control for Batman, but it also has the Joker acting as [[Mission Control Is Off Its Meds|Mission Control]] for his minions (alerting them to when a goon with a vitals-reading "suicide collar" has been knocked out, and providing [[Gallows Humor|darkly-humorous commentary]] and/or [[Bad Boss|threats]]).

** The Riddler also hacks your communications to comment on your progress {{spoiler|with regard to the various puzzles he's placed throughout Arkham.}}

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* The Administrator of ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' does little more than sit behind a microphone and announces the progression of the mission, revel in bloodshed, or berate the classes for their ineptitude. {{spoiler|The same woman gives orders to both sides of the fight.}}

* All of the ''[[Armored Core]]'' games have had similar sounding female mission controls. Most play this trope straight, but a few turn out to be enemy pilots, psychotic [[A Is]], or even the [[Big Bad]]. Tellingly, when {{spoiler|you cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]] in 4A, your operator quits in disgust and digs out her [[Retired Badass|old mecha from 4,]] to kill you.}}

* ''[[~~Starcraft~~ II]]'' has two of these: the Adjutant AI and your bridge officer Matt Horner, who give you advice on running your base and troops and highlight your objectives, usually by scanning key points on the map.

* ''[[StarCraft II]]'' has two of these: the Adjutant AI and your bridge officer Matt Horner, who give you advice on running your base and troops and highlight your objectives, usually by scanning key points on the map.

* Armor Games' ''Indestruc2Tank''. Dirk Danger has some witty banter (and [[UST]]) with the Chief as she gives him his missions in Adventure Mode. She's kidnapped by General Betton, who uses her in a [[Hostage for Macguffin]] to try to make Dirk give up the IndestructoTank. She's killed before Dirk can rescue her.

* In the ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]]'' series, most missions don't have any information more than what you get at the [[Mission Briefing]] before launching, but on occasion (particularly in the later games) the player receives information from their home base, directing them to another task while still in flight or informing them of any changes in the situation.

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* In [[DC Universe Online]], the oft-mentioned [[Batman|Oracle]] acts as Mission Control for hero players. If you're a villain, the Calculator serves as your main source of information. However, characters that sometimes fight for themselves such as [[Superman]], [[Batman]], [[Lex Luthor]], or [[The Joker]] give the player information on specific missions.

* ''[[Solatorobo]]'' has [[Voice with an Internet Connection]] Chocolat feeding Red vital mission points, maps, and statistics during most of the game. She ventures outside once or twice, but rarely.

* Not long after getting involved with ''[[~~Runescape~~]]'''s secret agent-esque Temple Knights of [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|Saradomin]], the player receives her or his own mission control in the form of a certain member of the order, who communicates with the player via a 'Communication Orb'.

* Not long after getting involved with ''[[RuneScape]]'''s secret agent-esque Temple Knights of [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|Saradomin]], the player receives her or his own mission control in the form of a certain member of the order, who communicates with the player via a 'Communication Orb'.

* Professor E Gadd in [[Luigi's Mansion]] and presumably [[~~Luigis~~ Mansion 2]], who communicates to Luigi through the Game Boy Horror and gives tutorials/turns ghosts into paintings between areas.

* Professor E Gadd in [[Luigi's Mansion]] and presumably [[Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon]], who communicates to Luigi through the Game Boy Horror and gives tutorials/turns ghosts into paintings between areas.

* In ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'', there are eight different characters who can fill this role. Three of them mandatory, the rest are optional. Each has their own perk that they confer on Mike when they act as his handler (which changes, depending on how much they like or dislike him). They are:

** Mina Tang, the [[Token Good Teammate]], who handles the majority of the missions.