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* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', when Harry enters the mind of his apprentice Molly to [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind defend her from a psychic attack]], he finds out that she represents her mental defenses as the bridge of [[Franchise/StarTrek The Enterprise]], with all the posts manned by representations of herself.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'', in the episode [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E3JellyfishingPlankton
Plankton]], Plankton enters Spongebob's head to make him bring a Krabby Patty to the Chum Bucket, so he can discover the Krabby Patty's secret formula. While no control room was found in the brain, Plankton did attach a [[MindControlDevice device]] to the brain that allowed him to manually control Spongebob.

Plankton!]], Plankton enters Spongebob's head to make him bring a Krabby Patty to the Chum Bucket, so he can discover the Krabby Patty's secret formula. While no control room was found in the brain, Plankton did attach a [[MindControlDevice device]] to the brain that allowed him to manually control Spongebob.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'', in the episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E3JellyfishingPlankton
Plankton!]]", Plankton enters Spongebob's head to make him bring a Krabby Patty to the Chum Bucket, so he can discover the Krabby Patty's secret formula. While no control room was found in the brain, Plankton did attach a [[MindControlDevice device]] to the brain that allowed him to manually control Spongebob.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'', in the episode "Plankton!", Plankton enters Spongebob's head to make him bring a Krabby Patty to the Chum Bucket, so he can discover the Krabby Patty's secret formula. While no control room was found in the brain, Plankton did attach a [[MindControlDevice device]] to the brain that allowed him to manually control Spongebob.

* The episode "Do the Bright Thing" of ''Series/McGeeAndMe'' has [=McGee=] showing off the inside of Nick's mind to the viewer, which contains a master control that shows Nick's thought processes as he makes decisions through a normal day of his life.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' has Megabyte plan to shrink down, invade Bob's body, install a control device, and take control of the guardian to open a portal to the Supercomputer. Taking place inside a computer, this is effectively akin to adding a plugin or modifying software. Of course the plan hits a snag when they accidentally invade ''Enzo'' instead, but Megabyte quickly realizes he can make do when he discovers Enzo's bizarre behavior saw the boy he controls taken into the Principal Office [[OhCrap past all their security and near the Core...]]

* There's a variation in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'', Remy (a rat) doesn't even need to be inside the human Linguini's body to control him; Remy gains absurdly precise control over Linguini's muscles by sitting on the top of his head under his chef's hat and ''pulling his hair''. Don't think about it too hard, because that's all the explanation you're going to get.

Note that this does not necessarily have to be in the brain, nor does it have to involve someone invading another person's body - this trope refers to any situation where a character can be controlled from the inside of their body using a manual control device found inside. Can overlap with the GhostInTheMachine when there are actually any workers in the brain room - usually, however, there are none, which raises the question just why is there a control room in the brain in the first place.

* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'''s third season ''The Devil's Playhouse''. In the episode "The City That Dares Not Sleep", we have Sam and a bunch of experts ([[spoiler:Sybil, Mr. Paperwaite and Yog-Soggoth]]) team up to enter the body of a giant monster ([[spoiler:Max who turned into a giant EldritchAbomination]]) that is destroying the city. They access various parts of his body (which, incidentally, looks like a well-decorated house) and manage to take control of the monsters's arms and legs using the devices found in them; with the outside help of Momma Bosko, they can manually make the monster move in the desired direction.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', in the episode "Tiny Timmy", Timmy travels through Vicky's body and reaches her brain. He finds out her emotions are controlled by little people in chairs, one of whom, who represented her kindness, never showed up for work. Timmy turns on the machine himself, [[Main/TookALevelInKindness making Vicky a kind and caring person]] as a result, [[StatusQuoIsGod until one of the little people sees that Timmy left it on and turns if off]].

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* ''Command Center'' features Creator/AnnaAkana in charge of some policemen who work inside a young woman's head, and try to help the young woman make rational decisions.

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Compare MobileSuitHuman, where the human is ''actually'' a manually controlled robot. Compare also PuppeteerParasite, PeoplePuppets and DemonicPossession.

* ''{{Videogame/Xenoblade}}'': [[spoiler: The Mechonis]]

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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' has two strips where Calvin is portrayed as a giant robot run by tiny versions of himself, [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/08/16 running around in a panic because he's falling]] or [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1995/05/28 having no clue what his dreams are supposed to mean.]]

** In the episode "Reflex" where Ozzy the white blood cell inadvertently causes his host human Hector to tick off a bully, who challenges him to an after-school fight. Ozzy tries to amend his mistake by sneaking into Hector's brain's manual control room and linking their bodies so that Ozzy can use his martial art skills to control Hector in the fight. However, he gets caught by security in the process, turning it into WhatTheFuAreYouDoing

** The fear center was seen in a previous episode: Ozzy turned everything off so Hector would go on a nausea-inducing carnival ride and vomit up a disease-ridden corn dog.

* For better or worse, this trope has become the main [[RunningGag running gag]] of Xander Martin 98's "Xanfic" fanfiction series; special mention goes to its appearance in ''Journey To The Central Nervous System Of Muriel'' (in which Muriel's brain somehow contains a clone of the computer in Courage's attic, in addition to allowing Courage to quite-literally possess Muriel's body for the [[{{Sadist}} blatantly sadistic]] amusement of Eustace and Di Lung).

Compare MobileSuitHuman, where the human is ''actually'' a manually controlled robot. Compare also PuppeteerParasite and DemonicPossession.

* One episode of ''Series/McGeeAndMe'' has [=McGee=] showing off the inside of Nick's mind to the viewer, which contains a master control that shows Nick's thought processes as he makes decisions through a normal day of his life.