History Main / HauntedTechnology

* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Haunted Tank]] - although it's actually a GOOD haunting, as the ghost of Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart provides invaluable advice to his namesakes, tank commander Jeb Stuart and the tank itself, an M3 Stuart.

** And ''[[WraithTheOblivion Wraith]]'', the original ghost game, had the Arcanos of Inhabit, which allowed wraiths to possess and manipulate technology (and well as create spectral Artifacts) from beyond the Shroud.

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* As a Rotom gijinka, [[Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars Rota]] can possess electronics. She likes to sleep in fridges.

** Closer to the literal definition of the trope, any ghost with the right Numina can possess technology. [[GeistTheSinEaters Sin-Eaters]] with the Industrial Key can frequently replicate this effect, mainly through use of the Marionette.

* {{Shivers}} had the electricity Ixupi, which possessed things like a UFO-shaped lamp and an electric chair.

* In ''{{Pokemon}} Diamond/Pearl'', the Pokemon Rotom is found in a TV set. Might have been a little scary if he wasn't [[CreepyCute so damn cute]].

* In ''{{Pokemon}} Diamond/Pearl'', the Pokemon Rotom is found in a TV set. Might have been a little scary if he wasn't so damn cute.

** Also the message displayed on the monitor in the cockpit of every Megadei changes at this moment for Alan: "Cast in the name of God, ye are guilty." This event happened after he told Roger about how he intends to use Big Duo solely for mass murder and destruction.

** Also the message displayed on the monitor in the cockpit of every Megadei changes at this moment for Alan: "Cast in the name of God, ye are guilty."

* [[PokemonTheAnimatedSeries PKMN the cartoon]] has a Rotom haunting them

** According to [[WordOfGod the Allspark Almanac]], the producers might have reused this trope with a body-hopping [[spoiler: Prowl]] had the series gotten a fourth season.

* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' narrowly averts this. CuteGhostGirl Sayo may be have been given a robotic body, but she's controlling it via possessing a voodoo doll (with a cute exterior) and controlling a MobileSuitHuman.

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* A few years back, an {{NES}} for sale on eBay was advertised as being haunted. The seller claimed to hear whispering sounds while playing it. The sounds were actually sound chip malfunctions due to the console's age.
* James Dean's car, a Porsche 550 Spyder nicknamed "Little Bastard" is claimed to be haunted due to bad luck and accident associated with the car after Dean's death.
* Paranormal investigators such as [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426697/ Ghost Hunters]] who use fancy gadgets to detect ghosts, and scare people with supposed [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3JjOnClaV0 E.V.P.]] (Electronic Voice Phenomena), anomalous voices or other sounds on electronic audio recordings.
* Animatronics and robotic dolls, such as this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6xgOXuemqo Furby]] [[hottip:*:Definitely not fake at all or anything]]

* ''GhostWatch'' - will make you want to have your TV exorcised.

[[caption-width-right:350:Haunted, yes, but it ''[[MundaneUtility would]]'' make throwing a barbecue a lot cheaper.]]

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[[caption-width:351:Haunted, yes, but it ''[[MundaneUtility would]]'' make throwing a barbecue a lot cheaper.]]

** "The Mangler" (published in the collection ''NightShift'') is about a haunted industrial laundry machine, nicknamed the mangler. An unlikely set of circumstances caused it to become posssessed, and an attempt to exorcise it missed a variable affecting the creature, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero turning it into a mobile killing machine]].

* ''ExtremeGhostbusters'' had a demon who swore to destroy humankind with its own technology for turning its collective back on the occult. It first appears posessing an action figure, then jumps to other machines before sneaking into Roland's proton pack and subtly brainwashing him into building a HumongousMecha called "The Infernal Machine," which the demon takes control of.

** "The Mangler" is about a haunted industrial laundry machine, nicknamed the mangler. An unlikely set of circumstances caused it to become posssessed, and an attempt to exorcise it missed a variable affecting the creature, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero turning it into a mobile killing machine]].

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* ThoseWhoHuntElves has a haunted/possessed tank. Luckily, it's an animal's ghost and is real friendly with the main cast.

* Parodied in ForgettingSarahMarshall. Over an awkward dinner, Peter and Aldous mock Sarah for taking a role in a movie where cellphones killed their owners.
**Which is a parody of ''Pulse'' (mentioned below), which the actress playing Sarah starred in.
* ''Feardotcom'' featured a haunted snuff website.
* This is more or less the whole point of the movie ''Pulse'' and its American adaptation.

* In the film {{Pi}}, the protagonist uses his supercomputer to decode a strange number which can predict the stock market, and is apparently somehow related to God and the structure of the universe. In addition to causing serious [[MindScrew mind screwy]] fever dreams for the protagonist when he thinks about it too hard, processing the number seems to make his computer leak some sort of goo (presumably the idea is it is creating primordial life). So basically, his computer is possessed by God.

** ''Christine'' is about a possessed car.

* In StationeryVoyagers, [[DoAndroidsDream Librions]] are quite literally robots with [[OurSoulsAreDifferent souls]] [[GhostInTheMachine inside them]]. They interact with a cybernetic brain interface that, due to being artificial, disrupts their [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-established_harmony cosmic orientation]]. Due to the way that interface works, they constantly blur the lines between a literal [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]] and a VirtualGhost. Their [[WhoWantsToLiveForever quasi-immortality]] inside their robotic selves [[AIisACrapshoot tends to be very prone]] to developing [[HeroicBSOD mental]] [[AxCrazy illness]].

* And don't forget the TV movie ''Killdozer''.

* Chaos likes to do this in {{Warhammer 40000}}, where a daemon can inhabit anything from a chainsword to a tank to a HumongousMecha.

* In {{Persona 4}}, a mysterious late-night television channel somehow murders people on foggy nights. If you happen to watch it on those nights, you can see who the victim will be.
* ''Nanashi no Game'', for the Nintendo DS, is ''The Ring'' [-[[RecycledInSpace BUT WITH A]] {{RETRAUX}} RPG!-]
* GhostMaster has ghosts that specialise in making technology spark and jump.

* ''FullFrontalNerdity'' parodied StephenKing's fondness for this trope by having the gamers play "Stephen King: The RPG". The GM rolled n a table to determine what the possessed item was and how it killed people. The players ended up fighting a possessed radio.
* JetDream: In [[http://tgcaps.com/caps/modcomics/suedenim/jetdream/jetdream04/jetdream4_01.jpg.php "The Haunted Copter"]], the T-Girls' new X-34 Athena Stratolifter is haunted by the ghost of Athena in a parody of DCComics' TheHauntedTank feature.

** ''The Real Ghostbusters'' had the episode "Killerwatt", which took over anything that ran on electricity. Also, the episode "Lost and Foundry" featured a ghost that escaped our heroes by falling into a vat of molten metal, possessing any metallic objects made from that metal. They battled a terrifying HumongousMecha in a New Jersey junkyard, and won.

*[[AquaTeenHungerForce Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]: When they cloned their television one too many times, it became evil.