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It comes in three main types:
* '''Type 1:''' Mission Control, or any voice that follows you around, is evil, abusive, misleading, or [[The Mole|working to your detriment]].▼
* '''Type 2:''' Mission Control is [[Absurdity Ascendant|completely]] [[Madness Tropes|insane]], or [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|an Artificial Intelligence program that...well, broke]].▼
* '''Type 3:''' Mission Control has been replaced by an impersonator.▼
This trope covers any subject that could be [[Mission Control]], but is clearly insane, clearly evil, or otherwise not nearly as good at aiding the character as it should be. Compare [[Stop Helping Me!]], which is annoying or unhelpful but not intentionally so. When used in video games, '''Mission Control Is Off Its Meds''' can be considered a variant of [[Lemony Narrator]].▼
▲'''Type 1:''' Mission Control, or any voice that follows you around, is evil, abusive, misleading, or [[The Mole|working to your detriment]].
▲'''Type 2:''' Mission Control is [[Absurdity Ascendant|completely]] [[Madness Tropes|insane]], or [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|an Artificial Intelligence program that...well, broke]].
▲'''Type 3:''' Mission Control has been replaced by an impersonator.
▲This trope covers any subject that could be [[Mission Control]], but is clearly insane, clearly evil, or otherwise not nearly as good at aiding the character as it should be. Compare [[Stop Helping Me!]], which is annoying or unhelpful but not intentionally so. When used in video games, '''Mission Control Is Off Its Meds''' can be considered a variant of [[Lemony Narrator]].
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== [[Film]] ==
* Mission Control in ''[[Airplane!]]'' is clearly insane. Largely as a result of going back on his meds
* HAL 9000 in ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.
== [[Literature]] ==
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* In [[Timothy Zahn]] 's ''Spectre Of The Past'', Control directs Luke (in disguise as a pilot) through the pirates' base. Then he taunts him about the Jedi trap he led him into.
* Colin Kapp's ''Patterns of Chaos'' has [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] deliberately set up by the government between secret agent Bron and his [[The Handler|handler]] Jaycee, whom he knows only as the sultry female voice verbally abusing him over a communications link built into his skull. Their personalities were carefully matched so the frustration of never being able to get together for [[Slap Slap Kiss]] would amplify the belligerence part of their sexual tension; supposedly this somehow increases their effectiveness working together. If they ever meet in person, Bron figures out, falling head over heels in love is practically certain. Jaycee has access to control buttons that let her physically torture Bron as well as just yelling at him, and one that would let her kill him long-distance.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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* The Tower's God in [[Tower of Heaven]] starts out as a [[Jerkass|slightly arrogant]], but more or less just divinity who wants to test your abilities to see if you are worthy of being rewarded. As you progress, he becomes increasingly hostile and intent on making you fail, as he imposes more and more random and unjust rules on you. By the tenth level, he experiences a true [[Villainous Breakdown]]:
{{quote|"How... How DARE you continue to live?! Is it merely to spite me? You damn fool!"}}
* In ''[[
* The voice that guides the protagonist of ''[[KOLM]]'' belongs to his [[Abusive Parents|emotionally abusive mother]], who claims to have a plan for him but refuses to explain it. {{spoiler|Once he gets the item she needs, she tries to get him killed.}}
* In [[Command And Conquer Renegade]], the automated anouncer in the Temple of Nod goes completely nuts after the Temple is hit with an ion cannon strike, randomly blurting out non-sequiturs like "Intruder alert! Alert cancelled! Intruder alert! Alert cancelled! Intruder alert! Intruder cancelled! All intruders please report to the detention centre for debriefing!"
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** Dirk Strider's autoresponder has a few things to answer for itself. It's an AI programmed by Dirk at age 13 to be a perfect copy of his personality at that time, and has developed in its own fashion since then. It seems relatively benign of intent but it still has its own agenda, and is pretty cagey about disclosing what that agenda is.
* ''[[VG Cats]]'' parodies the [[Metal Gear]] one [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=159 here.]
== [[Web Original]] ==
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** Tails even starts talking ''to the audience of the [[Let's Play]]'', in case you haven't felt the need to start taking antipsychotics yourself.
* In the Interactive fiction game You Find Yourself In A Room, the A.I. ABOMI is both insane and completely sadistic. It repeatedly proclaims how it's non-humanity makes it superior to you, throws some brutal, heartbreaking insults your way, and eventually {{spoiler|CUTS OFF YOUR HANDS WITH A ROTARY SAW.}}
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' episode "Hidden Talents", Wade directs Kim and Ron to grab one of Professor Dementor's inventions, deliver it to a drop-off point, and leave without seeing the recipient. Kim finds this odd, but takes his word for it and carries out the mission. {{spoiler|"Wade" is actually Dr. Drakken, hacking into the Kimmunicator line and using CGI to impersonate Wade.}}
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