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{{quote|''"[[Genre Blind|How evil can a doll be, anyway]]?"''
A [[Sister Trope]] of [[Creepy Doll]] and [[Demonic Dummy]].
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Not to be confused with [[Homestuck|Bro Strider's lucrative puppet pornography business]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Ridley Sheldon in the Toei ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'' anime is a puppet master. He has life-size dolls set up outside his house to resemble a large party, and impersonates the (female) school nurse with a puppet. Of course, his deck is also based on dolls.
* Somewhere in the Japan of ''[[Ranma ½]]'', there exists an inn famous for its haunted doll. After Ranma breaks it accidentally and reassembles it, its spirit possesses Akane, [[Freaky Friday|switching places with her]] so that Ranma's fiance is turned into [[And I Must Scream|a living, silent doll]]. Meanwhile, the original spirit plots to kill Ranma using her body.
* Marianne from ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'', servant of Friagne, Shana's first major opponent.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' gives us Chachamaru Zero, aka Chachazero, who at least has a decently strong sense of free will above mere "puppet". That scale of free will just happens to be on the line between grimly humorous and psychotic.
** Evangeline has also hinted that current [[Big Bad]] Fate is actually a puppet or construct of some sort. He even, at several points later in the story, refers to himself as a doll/puppet (though Tsukuyomi disagrees, {{spoiler|and succeeds in getting him to show some strong emotion (anger at her threatening to steal his kill)}}).
* ''[[Digimon
** There's an entire family of puppet digimons in the verse. Interestingly enough, almost all of them are classified as [[
* ''[[
* One episode of ''[[The Slayers
* In ''[[Vampire Princess Miyu]]'', Ranka utilizes her [[Razor Floss]] to move around the mannequins she collects ([[Baleful Polymorph|which once were human students]]), using them as shields. Larva hits one of them accidentally and it bleeds and screams silently, to Miyu's horror.
* ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'': Suigintou does this early in the story with a Doll (A Pooh Bear doll in the Manga) and Kirakishou probably fits this too.
* Lord Kuruku from ''[[Unico
** Even worse than that was the fact that the ''only'' reason he was alive was because of his hatred - he "died" once his hatred was taken away from him.
* Anju from ''[[Karin]]'' always carries an animated puppet with a meat cleaver.
* Pucchan from ''[[Best Student Council]]'' is not actually evil, but he is a possessed puppet with supernatural powers.
* Yuji Yata from the manga ''[[Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service]]'' claims to use his sock puppet to channel a snarky, foul-mouthed alien who answers to the name Kere Ellis.
* Drocell Cainz, in the anime of ''[[Black Butler
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* ''Spike: Shadow Puppets'', an extension of the ''Smile Time'' episode of ''[[Angel]]''.
* Played with in the Season 8 ''[[Buffy]]'' comics. In one issue, {{spoiler|Dawn}} is turned into a porcelain doll. She's surrounded by other, living dolls, but they were made that way rather than being possessed. And none of them are particularly evil, just a bit unhinged.
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== Films ==
* Chucky from the ''[[Child's Play (film)|
* The ''[[Puppet Master]]'' film series of course.
* The little girl's doll in the J-horror film ''[[Reincarnation (film)|Reincarnation]]'' (aka ''Rinne'').
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== Literature ==
* The African Zuni warrior doll in [[Richard Matheson]]'s short story "Prey". Memorably adapted as part of the made-for-TV film ''[[Trilogy of Terror]]'' with Karen Black in the '70s.
* ''[[Fablehaven]]'''s first book has Mendigo, a human sized lumberjack animated by the power of a demon working for the villain. {{spoiler|However during the second book when he is released again some faeries change his loyalty to the heroes.}}
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* One good character in the miniseries version of ''The Tommyknockers'' is killed when her doll collection animates and attacks her.
* The infamous episode ''Smile Time'' on ''[[Angel]]''.
* In a [[Halloween Episode]] of ''[[Family Matters]],'' there was an evil puppet-Steve named Stevil who wanted to steal Urkel's soul. ''Next'' year, Stevil returned, with a new one based on
* ''[[Friday the 13th: The Series]]'' had two: the china doll Vita and Oscar the ventriloquist's dummy (the latter animated by a silk boutonniere).
* Subverted in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', where the puppet we are led to believe is a
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== Tabletop Games ==
* The ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]'' META-4 universe (the default universe for 1E) had Gepetto, a psycho who could both animate puppets to make them murderous and use mind control to create [[People Puppets]] (who exhibited little glowing strings hanging from midair, controlling their motions). He's a somewhat tragic case in that the event which led to his power breakthrough also burnt down the orphanage he ran. In his mind, he's just trying to bring the children back.
* The ''[[Ravenloft]]'' setting of ''[[
** It also has "Carrionettes", which are malevolent self-aware marionette puppets that can use magical needles to trade bodies with living people. Their true purpose in existence is to swap bodies with some poor sucker, so they can enjoy being flesh and blood, and thusly they only associate with other monsters in return for the prospect of being given a victim to take for their own.
** The most dangerous and notorious carionette is Maligno, the [[Big Bad]] of the module "The Created" and Darklord of Odiare. His is pretty much a villainous version of [[Pinocchio]].
* Then there's this little gem, from ''[[Exalted]]'':
{{quote|'''''The Scripture of the Maiden on the Shelf:'''''
''[[Arc Words|Once, there was a maiden...]]''
''...who sat on a child's shelf and watched the entire world.''
''[[Uncanny Valley|Her eyes were made of glass,]]''
''[[Red Eyes, Take Warning|And their pupils were red.]]''
''[[Uncanny Valley|Her mouth was sewn on.]]''
''For years and years, she did not move.''
''[[Paranoia Fuel|Then, when necessary, she was gone, and the head of that child with her.]]''
''"Survival is control," she said.'' }}
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]] has one of these, surprisingly enough: [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Malice_Doll_of_Demise Malice Doll of Demise].
* The Death Puppets of ''[[Duel Masters]]'' are an entire race of these.
== Video Games ==
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* ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' has Calca/Calco, Brina/Brena and their "[[Fusion Dance|fused]]" form Calcabrina/Calcobrena. Controlled by Golbez, the dolls attacked Cecil and Co. when they tried to retrieve the [[MacGuffin|Earth Crystal]]. They even have their own musical theme called "Dancing Calcabrina".
** For Rydia's chapter of sequel, Calca and Brina are part of Rydia's party, and they're far less demonic-looking and scary, and they're pretty helpful, to boot. Makes you ''want'' to find the way to avert their [[Final Death]].
* ''[[Silent Hill 2]]'' has the Mannequin, a living sewing dummy (to be more precise: two very feminine looking lower halves joined together) and a very common nuisance throughout the game. ''[[Silent Hill Origins]]'' has Ariel, a distorted little puppet found in the Artaurd Theater. Ariel hangs upside down from the ceiling and tries to kill Travis by breaking his neck.
* The Wracky species from ''[[Monster Rancher]] 2''. The best breed of Wracky can [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|be summed up perfectly by its name]]: [[Bad Santa|Satan Claus]].
* ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' features two perverse puppets as regular enemies: Remo Con in Booster's Tower and Puppox in Smithy's Factory. But it also subverts the trope by having Geno, a celestial being animating the body of a child's toy, as one of the heroes in your party.
* The first boss of SRPG ''[[Shining Force]]'' is a Marionette left by [[Wicked Witch]] Mishaela in the [[Circus of Fear|Circus]] at Rindo. Not only that, but the other monsters you face in said big top also include mannequins, spell-casting puppets and [[Monster Clown|knife-wielding clowns]].
* Elsie and Frances in ''[[Metal Gear|Metal Gear Acid]]'' are a pair of bantering puppets who manage to hijack a plane. {{spoiler|They're being controlled by Lena}}.
** In [[Metal Gear|Metal Gear: Ghost Babel]] (known as Metal Gear Solid for the GBC), Snake has to fight an enemy called [[Psychopathic Manchild|Marionette]] [[Serial Killer|Owl]], who uses two life-sized marionettes... [[Squick|made out from the body parts of people that Owl killed]]!
* The Smilin' Sam and Handsome Tom enemies from ''[[
* Killer doll enemies in ''[[Zombies Ate My Neighbors]]'' that throw hatchets at you. Sometimes when you kill them you have to fight their [[Incendiary Exponent|burning remains]], which are faster.
* The "Puppit" enemies in the Subspace Emissary mode of ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''. Their description [[Nightmare Fuel|just makes them creepier.]]
** Here, let me help. ''A marionette enemy, suspended from above by piano strings. A Puppit proves vicious with long, sharp claws and a mysterious beam emitted from its eyes. You would think, based on the exterior wood pattern, that it's made of wood, but no one is sure. More importantly, who is the one manipulating those piano strings?! What an enemy! Mystery abounds!''
* ''[[Arcana Heart]]'' has Elfriede, Lieselotte's dead sister who possesses a legless marionette that Lieselotte carries around, giving it [[Glowing Eyes of Doom|glowing eyes]] and an appearance that evokes the image of a [[Stringy
* The [[Pokémon]] Banette is apparently a toy brought to life by its grudge of being thrown away.
** [[Nightmare Fuel|That actively seeks out its old owner.]]
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* [[Meaningful Name|Medicine Melancholy]] from ''[[Touhou]]'' is basically this. She is a sentient doll fueled with ''poison''. Note that [[Marionette Master|Alice]]'s doll are technically not sentient.
* ''[[Baten Kaitos]] Origins'' has a heroic example in Guillo.
* ''[[Lies of P]]'' is "Perverse Puppet the Game"; while not all of Pinocchio's enemies in this [[Darker and Edgier]] reimagining of the story are puppets ("puppets" here being [[Clock Punk]] automatons) most are. The backstory of the game is how the population of the city of Krat created a whole servitor race of puppets, which malfunctioned and turned against them, resulting in the [[Apocalypse How/Class 0]] state of the setting.
== Web Comics ==
* Reynardine from ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' is a [[Demonic Possession|body-snatching
* In ''[[Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki]]'', the norse god Loki walks the earth in the body of a small plush cat.
* Lil' Cal from ''[[Homestuck]]'' is perhaps the foremost thing in the comic that most fans can testify is horrifying; he's not only horrifying to the viewer, but {{spoiler|ultimately becomes key in the creation of one of the major villains, with hints that the personality is the same between the two of them}}. And Bro's puppet obsession is pretty perverse as it is...
* Blair from ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'', a very obviously male spirit possessing a "girl" doll. In his case, "perverse" should be also understood literally: he's [[The Peeping Tom]] and an incorrigible [[Panty Thief|underwear thief]]. {{spoiler|He's also an assassin.}}
== Web Original ==
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== Western Animation ==
* Mr. Hat, Mr./Miss/Mr. Garrison's constant companion from ''[[South Park]]'', is often hinted to be this. Though he is never shown to actually move by himself, he {{spoiler|breaks Garrison and Chef out of Jail, and even disappears, ostensibly to attend a meeting of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], when Garrison turns his back}}.
* In an episode of ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' called "The Haunting of Mr. Banana Brain", the evil spirit Paddywhack possesses Quackerjack's doll, Mr. Banana Brain. As he causes trouble alongside the demented toymaker, he grows, feeding from the negative emotions around himself.
** Note that [[Monster Clown|Quacker]][[Cloudcuckoolander|jack]] failed to realize that Mr. Banana Brain was possessed.
* In the "[[Treehouse of Horror]] III" episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Homer buys a Krusty the Clown doll that turns out to be evil.
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