History Main / LivingToys

* In ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'', Rikochet owned a friendly living action figure named El Rey. In one episode, he discovered that El Ray was competing in a wrestling competition with other Living Toys (that occasionally became a DeadlyGame, unfotunately).

%%%* ''{{Gumby}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': Jade's moose doll, Super Moose, was brought to life by the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Rat Talisman]] in several episodes to act as an aide. There was also an evil puppet version the Monkey King from ''JourneyToTheWest'' who could come to life by switching places with a living being, which would then turn into a puppet in his stead while the Monkey King ran around causing trouble.
** Earlier than both of these examples, the Gnomekop doll powered from the Rat Talisman in the episode "Tough Break."
* ''ReBoot'' parodied this with a [=GameCube=], in the episode "Firewall". Experts believe that this is the only time this trope has ever been crossed with send-ups of ''JamesBond'' and ''WackyRaces''.

** They did it again in a later episode, this time saturated with StarWars references, and the return of the Rabbid Racoon.
* Mr. Buns from ''RubyGloom'' is a strange example. The other characters [[CompanionCube treat him as if he's alive]], and he seems to do things when he's not on-screen... but whenever he's on-screen, he's just a lifeless sock-bunny. In perhaps the most extreme case, he's fencing with Poe from just off-screen, only for the sword to drop the moment he's visible in the frame.

* In MonkeyDust, both Mr. Hoppy and Mr. Skatey fit. Psychopathic, murderous toys. [[spoiler: Or Are They?]]
%%%* The misfit toys from ''RudolphTheRednosedReindeer.''
%%%* GnomeoAndJuliet.
%%%* Binoo of ''ToopyAndBinoo''
%%%* The toys in ''DocMcStuffins''
* BettyBoop is one in her cartoon, "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers".
* MuppetBabies had living toys in the song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwd6ZmLYU6w "Calling All Toys".]]

* The Commando Elite in ''SmallSoldiers''. The monstrous Gorgonites were good, though.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' film series itself has two, Stinky Pete in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', and [[spoiler:Lotso]] in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''. Believe it or not, ''Woody'' was like this too at one point; early-stage drafts of the first movie featured a Woody who was outright psychotic, terrorizing the other toys into submission and in general abusing his position as Andy's favorite. All this was in response to [[ExecutiveMeddling demands from up the chain]] to make Woody "edgier", but eventually the movie reached it's low point and the team had to go to their bosses and say, "We can't make this movie. This isn't our movie anymore." Fortunately, the execs relented.

* ''TheTwilightZone'':
** "My name is Talking Tina,]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Doll_%28The_Twilight_Zone%29 and I'm going to kill you."]] You'd better be nice to her.[[note]]Parodied in a ''JohnnyBravo'' episode where Johnny's neighbor Little Suzy acquires an evil doll named "Little Talky Tabitha".[[/note]]

* The ''{{Ravenloft}}'' module ''The Created'' featured a villain named Maligno (an evil version of Pinnochio, more or less) and other evil toys called carrionettes. Even if the Player Characters succeeded and killed him, he later would return, the setting where the module took place (the town of Odiarre) become part of the mainstream ''Ravenloft'' setting with him as its Lord.

%%%* The Frantic Factory level in ''DonkeyKong64'' had some of these.
* Among the various monsters in the video game ''ZombiesAteMyNeighbors'' are psychotic knife-wielding dolls.
* ''[[NicktoonsUnite Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots]]'' (and humongous robots based on Nicktoon protagonists)
* Tonbetty, Mira's advisor in ''FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles: MyLifeAsADarklord'' is a small talking Tonberry plush.

* JamesRolfe tangles with Mr. Bucket, a very persistent little guy with an appetite for [[GroinAttack yer balls]], in an episode of his BoardJames series.
* The [[SonicTheHedgehog Tails Doll]] is an example of this. While not particularly evil in canon (though he ''was'' created by [[BigBad Dr. Ivo Robotnik]]), TheInternet had [[{{Creepypasta}} other ideas]]...

* A Krusty doll in one of the Halloween episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Once his [[spoiler:switch was set from "Evil" to "Good"]] there were no further problems. At least for everyone except the doll. However, he gets better... This one is a ShoutOut to the Talking Tina episode of ''TheTwilightZone'', mentioned above.

** Then there's the time [[CompanionCube Mr. Banana-Brain]] got possessed by [[MonsterClown Paddywhack]]

** An earlier episode, "Dumber Dolls", had Happy Time Harry, who rather than being homicidal was just depressed, cynical, and bad-tempered. His depression ''DID'' lead happier toy "Jiggle Billy" [[BreakTheCutie to attempt suicide]], however.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', Billy gets a tricycle which he names "Trikey". Billy immediately considers it to be his [[CompanionCube friend]], even though it appears to be inanimate. Later it becomes apparent that Trikey is alive... and evil.

* In ''CatDog'', the episode "The Collector" has a Mean Bob toy persuading Cat to buy a collection of Mean Bob action figures and sell them for a lot of money. [[spoiler:They later try to resist Cat from selling them.]]

*** She also [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Princess_Cologne_(card)has an actual card in the game]] with her likeness, and that does seem to fit the overall Trope too, although she seems even ''less'' evil here, given the effect.

* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi,'' Sakutarou is a variation off this. After Maria places a soul in him, he can talk with her and play with her, although he no longer looks like a stuffed animal to her. Instead, he looks like a little, half-human, half-animal boy. However, no one else can see him talk, etc. If he talks to Maria, anyone else sees it as Maria speaking in a funny voice, and he always looks like a stuffed animal to them. [[spoiler:Of course, if you go by a mundane perspective, Sakutaro is really just an ImaginaryFriend.]]

* Among the first things visitors to the ''Manga/OnePiece'' kingdom of Dressrosa see are its spicy Latin ladies and LivingToys living together with normal humans. Among those seen are a doll chasing a dog because it ripped its arm off, a toy soldier marionette that's also a town guard, and a toy robot in a baby stroller being pushed by a human woman.

* Depends on your definition of "evil", but: In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', there was [[AliceAllusion Alice]], originally a doll with a spirit inside her that stood on a mantle of a faculty lounge in the school. After a student blamed a card for his poor dueling and tore it in half (it was an Obelisk student, [[SarcasmMode big surprise]]), she grew to hate duelists, and wanted to punish them. She lured Judai into a Shadow Duel in an attempt to drive him to a DespairEventHorizon, using a deck full of monsters resembling evil dolls, but Judai's vibrant personality never wavered, and he convinced her to reject despair and [[PowerOfFriendship accept hope]]. When last seen, she was back on the mantle again - smiling.

* The BigBad from ''VideoGame/AliceTheMadnessReturns'' is the Dollmaker, likely one of the ''worst'' examples of this Trope. He not only ''is'' a Living Toy (a gigantic, horrible, hideous one) but he kidnaps the Insane Children in order to turn them ''into'' toys, in order to use them as fuel for the Infernal Train. [[spoiler:(In effect, this is a parallel to his real-world counterpart, Dr. Bumby, the true villain, who kidnaps and hypnotizes his younger patients in order to prostitute them.)]]

* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi,'' Sakutarou is a variation off this. After Maria places a soul in him, he can talk with her and play with her, although he no longer looks like a stuffed animal to her. Instead, he looks like a little, half-human, half-animal boy. However, no one else can see him talk, etc. If he talks to Maria, anyone else sees it as Maria speaking in a funny voice, and he always looks like a stuffed animal to them. [[spoiler:Of course, if you go by a mundane perspective, Sakutaro is really just an ImaginaryFriend.]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]
%%%* ''{{Gumby}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': Jade's moose doll, Super Moose, was brought to life by the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Rat Talisman]] in several episodes to act as an aide. There was also an evil puppet version the Monkey King from ''JourneyToTheWest'' who could come to life by switching places with a living being, which would then turn into a puppet in his stead while the Monkey King ran around causing trouble.
** Earlier than both of these examples, the Gnomekop doll powered from the Rat Talisman in the episode "Tough Break."
* ''ReBoot'' parodied this with a [=GameCube=], in the episode "Firewall". Experts believe that this is the only time this trope has ever been crossed with send-ups of ''JamesBond'' and ''WackyRaces''.
** This immediately followed an episode with a game starring Rocky the Rabbid Racoon.
** They did it again in a later episode, this time saturated with StarWars references, and the return of the Rabbid Racoon.
* Mr. Buns from ''RubyGloom'' is a strange example. The other characters [[CompanionCube treat him as if he's alive]], and he seems to do things when he's not on-screen... but whenever he's on-screen, he's just a lifeless sock-bunny. In perhaps the most extreme case, he's fencing with Poe from just off-screen, only for the sword to drop the moment he's visible in the frame.
** Many people think that Ruby Gloom herself is, in fact, a Living Doll. This is supported by her hobby of sewing, pure white skin, and the stitches around her eyes.
* In MonkeyDust, both Mr. Hoppy and Mr. Skatey fit. Psychopathic, murderous toys. [[spoiler: Or Are They?]]
%%%* The misfit toys from ''RudolphTheRednosedReindeer.''
%%%* GnomeoAndJuliet.
%%%* Binoo of ''ToopyAndBinoo''
%%%* The toys in ''DocMcStuffins''
* BettyBoop is one in her cartoon, "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers".
* MuppetBabies had living toys in the song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwd6ZmLYU6w "Calling All Toys".]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'', Rikochet owned a friendly living action figure named El Rey. In one episode, he discovered that El Ray was competing in a wrestling competition with other Living Toys (that occasionally became a DeadlyGame, unfotunately).

[[quoteright:350: [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Toy_Story_2_0_1310.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The Toys Are Back In Town.]]

* "Softies" from ''[[Literature/PointHorror Thirteen: 13 Tales of Horror]]'' takes place in an [[AlternateUniverse alternative universe]] in which each human has a living toy friend called a 'companion'. The problem is, the companions are [[spoiler:angry and secretly planning an uprising against their owners.]]

* Rudy the living ventriloquist dummy from ''Pinball/FunHouse''

* ''Literature/TheVelveteenRabbit'' tells the story of a crudely-made stuffed rabbit toy who tries to become a real rabbit because he has no hind legs and real rabbits mock him. In this book all toys are sentient and animate, and it's a "skin horse" who tells the rabbit how to become Real.

*** Actually, seeing as Tina's victim was [[AssholeVictim pretty rotten himself]] (being abusive to his stepdaughter all because ''he'' was sterile) she may be more of a WellIntentionedExtremist.

* ''The Night After Christmas'' by James Stevenson is about an old teddy bear and ragdoll who are thrown out with the trash after their children have received new toys for Christmas. An ''enormous'' TearJerker and CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming. Was animated in Britain as ''The Forgotten Toys'' and a number of sequels, starring [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Bob Hoskins]] as the gruff voice of Teddy.

* ''The Night After Christmas'' by James Stevenson is about an old teddy bear and ragdoll who are thrown out with the trash after their children have received new toys for Christmas, and then have to find a way to get by in the world. An enormous TearJerker and CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming. Was animated in Britain as ''The Forgotten Toys'' and a number of sequels, starring [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Bob Hoskins]] as the gruff voice of Teddy.

* [[http://hingescomic.blogspot.com/ Hinges]] is a web comic where the whole premise is about living toys that have created their own society.

* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'' portrays Franchise/{{Barbie}} and her crew as dolls that can talk and move by themselves.

* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'' portrays Franchise/{{Barbie}} and her crew as dolls that can talk and move by themselves.