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Many [[Cloning Blues|clones]] are depicted like this, empty without the original soul, because [[Science Is Bad]] and can't truly ''[[Create Life]]." These resurrectees are likely to become an [[Emotionless Girl]], [[Extreme Doormat]], or an extremely unmotivated [[The Stoic|Stoic]] or everything may go well (If they don't get [[Demonic Possession|possessed by something,]] that is). If they are tossed away, very likely they will become independent personalities and [[Phlebotinum Rebel|seek revenge]] on their creator/humanity.

 

 

If you were looking for the [[Fanfic]] of the same name, it's [[Soulless Shell (Fanfic)|here]].

== Live Action TV ==

 

** Ironically, this episode arguably applies the concept to life itself, as the Doctor dismisses the extraordinary nature of Jamie's resurrection by saying "Life's easy, just nature's way of keeping meat fresh."

* ''[[So Weird]]'': "James Garr" features a sciency form of this: the titular character had been [[Human Popsicle|cryonically frozen]] because of an incurable illness. When he's thawed out a decade later and cured, James Garr is left a soulless automaton, because his body "seemed" dead, so his soul had moved on to the afterlife.

* ''[[Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones (Video Game)|Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones]]'' has Orson betraying the heroes in exchange for bringing back his wife. All it can say is "darling..." He's too insane at this point to notice though. Furthermore, if you read the [[Subtext]] right, he may have even done the deed [[Squick|with her]] It seems to be implied that the body of the "wife" has continued to rot, or other such thing. [[Take Our Word for It|They never show Monica up close,]] but when the heroes find her they are repulsed.

{{quote| "He thought that thing... was his wife?"}}

* Any victims of [[Super Robot Wars|Duminuss]]' resurrection stitch will fit in this, because while the victims are brought back as an [[Soulles Shell]], it is on purpose, so Duminuss can manipulate and brainwash them to do its bidding. Unfortunately, it lives in the [[Super Robot Wars]] universe which runs on the optimism scale, so this gets a combined effect with [[Monster Beyond The Veil]]: A part of the victim's soul will still exist just so the heroes have the chance to make them Come Back Right. And they do.

* In ''[[Wild Arms 3 (Video Game)|Wild Arms 3]]'', Malik, a biologist-turned-villain is trying to [[Oedipus Complex|resurrect his mother]] by creating clones, but knows that his creations (of which there are quite a few) are nothing without the memories of the original. However, once a tricky devil late in the story grants his wish of giving one of the clones his mother's memories, things [[It Got Worse|get worse]].

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