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If they or their team-mates discover the truth, expect a lot of angst. Whether or not they are are able to break free of their programming (or at least, soon enough for it to matter) will vary from story to story.
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In spy and technothriller fiction, such agents are commonly known as "sleeper agents", or just "sleepers".
In spy and technothriller fiction, such agents are commonly known as "sleeper agents", or just "sleepers".
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See also {{Brainwashed}}, BerserkButton, MoralityDial, TomatoInTheMirror, ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory and LotusEaterMachine. Compare MemoryGambit, which is when you do this to yourself. May require {{Deprogram}}ming to cure.
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See also {{Brainwashed}}, BerserkButton, MoralityDial, TomatoInTheMirror, ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory AlternateIdentityAmnesia and LotusEaterMachine. Compare MemoryGambit, which is when you do this to yourself. May require {{Deprogram}}ming to cure.
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* Raul Diaz in ''Literature/MrBlank'' is referred to as a Manchurian Candidate. Brainwashed by so many different conspiracies, traded as a pawn, he even [[spoiler: gets activated to kill by accident.]]
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* [[spoiler: Alex Mason]] in [[CallOfDuty Call of Duty: Black Ops]] is programmed to [[spoiler: kill President Kennedy]]. It's not outright stated whether this succeeded or not, but it's heavily implied.
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* [[spoiler: Alex Mason]] in [[CallOfDuty Call of Duty: Black Ops]] ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' is programmed to [[spoiler: kill President Kennedy]]. It's not outright stated whether this succeeded or not, but it's heavily implied.
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[[spoiler:'''Dragovitch:''' [=*=]laughs[=*=] ''Tried?'']]
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** It's also revealed that [[spoiler:Viktor Reznov managed to add onto that programming, sending him after the men responsible for the initial brainwashing.]] This bit comes up again in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'', where [[spoiler:one of Reznov's targets, Kravchenko, is revealed to have survived - when he shows up, one of the plot-changing decisions you get to make is whether to resist the brainwashing and let him talk, or give in and shoot him.]]
** It's also revealed that [[spoiler:Viktor Reznov managed to add onto that programming, sending him after the men responsible for the initial brainwashing.]] This bit comes up again in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'', where [[spoiler:one of Reznov's targets, Kravchenko, is revealed to have survived - when he shows up, one of the plot-changing decisions you get to make is whether to resist the brainwashing and let him talk, or give in and shoot him.]]
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* [[spoiler: Cloud]] from ''FinalFantasyVII'' probably counts.
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* In the (original) TV series of ''{{V}}'', Ham Tyler is brainwashed to kill resistance leader Michael Donovan.
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* In the (original) TV series of ''{{V}}'', ''Series/{{V}}'', Ham Tyler is brainwashed to kill resistance leader Michael Donovan.
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* The [[Film/UniversalSoldier UniSol]] [[CloneArmy clones]] in ''Day of Reckoning''.
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* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Lelouch's mind-controlling EvilEye lets him give people orders that cannot be refused, and in addition to the immediate {{Brainwashed}} victims, he can also create a ManchurianAgent by applying special condistions to the command. For example, he made a Britannian officer into a Manchurian agent that would see him as [[spoiler: Princess Cornelia (under whose command he was)]] when he grabbed his collar.
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* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Lelouch's mind-controlling EvilEye HypnoticEyes lets him give people orders that cannot be refused, and in addition to the immediate {{Brainwashed}} victims, he can also create a ManchurianAgent by applying special condistions to the command. For example, he made a Britannian officer into a Manchurian agent that would see him as [[spoiler: Princess Cornelia (under whose command he was)]] when he grabbed his collar.
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* ''StarTrekEnterprise''. In the MirrorUniverse, Mirror Tucker is tortured for hours after a suspicious overload shuts off the ship's cloaking device and internal sensors. Afterwards he accuses Mirror T'Pol of doing the deed and framing him for it.
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-->'''Tucker:''' The hell I am! I think I'd remember if I had sabotaged the ship!
-->'''T'Pol:''' Not necessarily.
-->'''Tucker:''' What did you do to me?!!
-->'''T'Pol:''' I lured you away from Engineering with the promise of a sexual encounter. Once we were alone in my quarters, I implanted a telepathic suggestion. I compelled you to sabotage the power grid. After you completed the assignment, we melded again. I altered your memory of what had happened.
-->'''T'Pol:''' You're mistaken.
-->'''Tucker:''' The hell I am! I think I'd remember if I had sabotaged the ship!
-->'''T'Pol:''' Not necessarily.
-->'''Tucker:''' What did you do to me?!!
-->'''T'Pol:''' I lured you away from Engineering with the promise of a sexual encounter. Once we were alone in my quarters, I implanted a telepathic suggestion. I compelled you to sabotage the power grid. After you completed the assignment, we melded again. I altered your memory of what had happened.
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* In the conclusion of the {{Daredevil}} "ComicBook/{{Shadowland}}" event, [[spoiler: Typhoid Mary]] was revealed to be Kingpin's Manchurian Agent.
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* In the conclusion of the {{Daredevil}} ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' "ComicBook/{{Shadowland}}" event, [[spoiler: Typhoid Mary]] was revealed to be Kingpin's Manchurian Agent.
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** It's not perfect, though. If someone realizes they're being triggered, they may resist, to an extent. Specifically, [[spoiler:Mellie resists when ordered to kill Paul, and opts to shoot herself instead]].
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* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Lelouch's mind-controlling EvilEye lets him give people orders that cannot be refused, and in addition to the immediate {{Brainwashed}} victims, he can also create a ManchurianAgent by applying special conditions to the command. For example, he made a Britannian officer into a Manchurian agent that would see him as [[spoiler: Princess Cornelia (under whose command he was)]] when he grabbed his collar.
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* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Lelouch's mind-controlling EvilEye lets him give people orders that cannot be refused, and in addition to the immediate {{Brainwashed}} victims, he can also create a ManchurianAgent by applying special conditions condistions to the command. For example, he made a Britannian officer into a Manchurian agent that would see him as [[spoiler: Princess Cornelia (under whose command he was)]] when he grabbed his collar.
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** Technically, they are {{Deep Cover Operative}}s. They are not made to forget their origins but to blend into the American culture.
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** The other use of this in-game are the Children of the Emperor, crossing both the Consular and Knight arcs. Force-Sentitive infants and children throughout the galaxy are found by the Emperor's agents and brought to him. The Emperor then uses a Sith ritual to establish a PsychicLink with them, seeding them across the galaxy. At any time, he can activate that link and use them as vessels for his will and consciousness. The "children" are not usually aware of their status until the emperor has need of them, so they live ordinary lives, many as loyal Republic citizens, until the trigger causes them to betray their former friends and allies while exhibiting the usual [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide Sith degree of sanity]]. With the Knight, [[spoiler: Kira Carsen's parents surrendered her willingly,]] and the Emperor possesses her to try and kill the [[TheChosenOne Knight]] in Act One, when they're [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy still too weak to face him directly]]. Consulars will have their hands full with the rest of the "siblings," who range from diplomats and low-ranking Sith, to common Republic soldiers and even [[spoiler: Master Syo Bakarn, a senior member of the Jedi Council]]!
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* {{Film/Salt}} Has a group of these trained from childhood.
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* Some believe that this was a goal of the CIA's Project [=MKUltra=].
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* Some believe that this This was a goal one of many forms of mind control researched by the CIA's Project [=MKUltra=].[=MKUltra=] and, out of all the things they tried, seems to have been the ''least'' workable (and for one of America's many insane ColdWar superscience pipe dreams is ''really'' saying something). At least that's the official story...
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* Some believe that this was the goal of the CIA's Project [=MKUltra=].
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*Some believe that this was the goal of the CIA's Project [=MKUltra=].
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MemoryGambit and NeuroVault meet DeepCoverAgent. A person is {{Brainwashed}} so that, on a certain trigger (either a situation, or else a [[TriggerPhrase phrase]] only someone in the know would ever say), they will go from their normal self to TheMole; they will most often remember nothing afterward. Occasionally they can be programmed to do even more serious crimes, such as attacking their teammates outright, but their true value lies in the fact that their cover is so deep that not even ''they'' realise it.
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* In ''ComicBook/AssassinsCreedTheFall'', [[spoiler:Daniel]] serves this role in [[spoiler:Warren Vidic]]'s XanatosRoulette to weed out the Assassin Order.
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* In ''ComicBook/AssassinsCreedTheFall'', [[spoiler:Daniel]] serves this role in [[spoiler:Warren Vidic]]'s XanatosRoulette EvilPlan to weed out the Assassin Order.
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* The ''[[{{Vegas}} Vega$]]'' episode "Lost Monday" has Binzer being hypnotized into constructing and detonating a bomb. The hypnotist instructs him to respond to the trigger word "superstar".
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* The ''[[{{Vegas}} Vega$]]'' ''Series/{{Vegas}}'' episode "Lost Monday" has Binzer being hypnotized into constructing and detonating a bomb. The hypnotist instructs him to respond to the trigger word "superstar".
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* Imriel in ''[[KushielsLegacy Kushiel's Mercy]]'': the trigger is kissing his beloved.
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* Imriel in ''[[KushielsLegacy ''[[Literature/KushielsLegacy Kushiel's Mercy]]'': the trigger is kissing his beloved.
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* Emily the SixthRangerTraitor from ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' [[spoiler: shed her [[MeatPuppet human shell]] and turned into a HumanoidAbomination under Angelo's command when she touched the first Magicant Piece.]]
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*[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5971984/1/The-River This]] Season 3 ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fic where Faith turned out to be a ManchurianAgent placed by Wes to infiltrate the Mayor’s organization and with a simple phrase, wake up and come back to fight with the white hats. But then there’s the big reveal in the finale, [[spoiler:the real Faith was the evil one from the start, Wes having made up the alternate Faith to give her a chance at redemption]].
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*[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5971984/1/The-River This]] Season 3 ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fic where Faith turned out to be a ManchurianAgent placed by Wes to infiltrate the Mayor’s organization and with a simple phrase, wake up and come back to fight with the white hats. But then there’s the big reveal in the finale, [[spoiler:the real Faith was the evil one from the start, Wes having made up the alternate Faith to give her a chance at redemption]].
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* In ''VideoGame/LegendofHeroesTrailsintheSky'', the [[spoiler: Male protagonist, Joshua Bright]] is revealed to be a Manchurian agent for [[spoiler: The Ouroboros]], giving [[spoiler: Cassius Bright's]] information to them while everyone else are asleep.
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* In ''VideoGame/LegendofHeroesTrailsintheSky'', ''VideoGame/LegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'', the [[spoiler: Male protagonist, Joshua Bright]] is revealed to be a Manchurian agent for [[spoiler: The Ouroboros]], giving [[spoiler: Cassius Bright's]] information to them while everyone else are asleep.
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* The ''Series/MissionImpossible'' episode "Mindbend".
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* The ''Series/MissionImpossible'' episode "Mindbend"."Mindbend", where brainwashing is used. They have a drug prepared to counter it...
** The second series episode "The Assassin", with hypnosis and biochips behind the ear.
** The second series episode "The Assassin", with hypnosis and biochips behind the ear.
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* [[CodeGeass Lelouch's]] mind-controlling EvilEye lets him give people orders that cannot be refused, and in addition to the immediate {{Brainwashed}} victims, he can also create a ManchurianAgent by applying special conditions to the command. For example, he made a Britannian officer into a Manchurian agent that would see him as [[spoiler: Princess Cornelia (under whose command he was)]] when he grabbed his collar.
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* [[CodeGeass Lelouch's]] ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Lelouch's mind-controlling EvilEye lets him give people orders that cannot be refused, and in addition to the immediate {{Brainwashed}} victims, he can also create a ManchurianAgent by applying special conditions to the command. For example, he made a Britannian officer into a Manchurian agent that would see him as [[spoiler: Princess Cornelia (under whose command he was)]] when he grabbed his collar.
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Readers of the online comic only do not yet know this as its a spoiler for those who haven\'t read the prequel book \'Start of Darkness\'.
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': The Monster in the Darkness has "eat Redcloak (and spit out his [[SoulJar holy symbol]])" linked to the trigger "Redcloak betrays Xykon".
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': The Monster in the Darkness has "eat [[spoiler:"eat Redcloak (and spit out his [[SoulJar holy symbol]])" linked to the trigger "Redcloak betrays Xykon".]]
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->He shook his head, which only intensified the ringing in his ears. When had that started? With the shockwaves? During the fight with Chevalier?
->Or before all that? Before the Yàngbǎn. Had it ever stopped?
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->He shook his head, which only intensified the ringing in his ears. When had that started? With the shockwaves? During the fight with Chevalier?
[[KnightInShiningArmor Chevalier]]?
->Or before all that? Before the Yàngbǎn. Had it everstopped?''stopped?''
->Or before all that? Before the Yàngbǎn. Had it ever
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->He shook his head, which only intensified the ringing in his ears. When had that started? With the shockwaves? During the fight with Chevalier?
->Or before all that? Before the Yàngbǎn. Had it ever stopped?
->He thought of the [[EmotionControl Simurgh]], thought of all of this in the context of him being just one of her pawns.
->His head hung.
->Always a pawn. Always the expendable one.
-->'''Perdition''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}''
->Or before all that? Before the Yàngbǎn. Had it ever stopped?
->He thought of the [[EmotionControl Simurgh]], thought of all of this in the context of him being just one of her pawns.
->His head hung.
->Always a pawn. Always the expendable one.
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* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', the [[OmnicidalManiac Simurgh]] ''mass produces'' these. As a powerful telepath, she gets into the minds of those she encounters and twists them until they will fulfill her needs. These agents can go undetected for years, acting perfectly normal until they get into position to influence something important, at which point they appear to snap. The Simurgh's impressive precognitive powers only makes this ''more'' effective.
