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Compare and Contrast: ActuallyADoombot, BodySurf, DecoyGetaway, DemonicPossession, EnemyWithout, MyselfMyAvatar, RobotMe, and SoulJar.

* Nemesis Prime from ''TransformersPrime'' is a remote controlled robot created by the human villian group called MECH.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Crusade}}'' had [[ClarkesThirdLaw Galen]] generate a sort of remote hologram of himself to discover who had been kidnapping and [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel vivisecting]] crewmembers who got seperated from the others while on the planet. His BadBadActing as the Homonculus makes this scene a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* Played with in ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' with the Observers. They claim that their bodies are operated remotely (as their brains are located in bowls), but if their brains are more than a few feet away from their bodies they become completely helpless.
* In the episode ''I, Robot, You, Jane'' of {{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}, a demon creates a mechanical robot self he operates via the internet. [[spoiler: Eventually he gets stuck in that body.]]
* An episode of ''{{Crusade}}'' had [[ClarkesThirdLaw Galen]] generate a sort of remote hologram of himself to discover who had been kidnapping and [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel vivisecting]] crewmembers who got seperated from the others while on the planet. His BadBadActing as the Homonculus makes this scene a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* ''FinalFantasyVII'' had Cait Sith who was really a high ranking member of Shinra operating a false body apparently operating [[MetaMecha another]] false body. Very Celtic.
* ''{{Xenosaga}}'' has a couple of these too, particularly Doctus and Wilhem. Doctus employs multiple android replicas of herself that are all tied into her consciousness (she's also hinted to be a cyborg herself) so she can be multiple places at once and operate in public without leaving her secret base. Series BigBad Wilhelm, meanwhile, has a giant mecha named Joshua; unlike the other mechs in the series, Joshua is actually an extension of Wilhelm's physical body.

* ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'': The hero spends part of the movie as the controller for a android.

* ''FinalFantasyVII'' had Cait Sith who was really a high ranking member of Shinra operating a false body apparently operating [[MetaMecha another]] false body. Very Celtic.

* [=NoMan=] of the ''ThunderAgents'' can [[BrainUploading transfer]] his consciousness into and out of several (disposable, if necessary) android bodies because of a EmergencyTransformation.

* An episode of ''{{Crusade}}'' had [[{{ptitletnnwhqnhdt9x}} Galen]] generate a sort of remote hologram of himself to discover who had been kidnapping and [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel vivisecting]] crewmembers who got seperated from the others while on the planet. His BadBadActing as the Homonculus makes this scene a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* This is the premise of the ''DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E5TheRebelFlesh The Rebel Flesh]]". At least, until a [[LightningCanDoAnything storm hits]] and what are supposed to be remote-operated bodies develop an independent consciousness...

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Compare and Contrast: ActuallyADoombot, BodySurf, DecoyGetaway, DemonicPossession, EnemyWithout, RobotMe, and SoulJar.

* ''PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'': Remote controlled robot rangers show up at some point.

* This is the premise of the ''DoctorWho'' episode "The Rebel Flesh". At least, until a [[LightningCanDoAnything storm hits]] and what are supposed to be remote-operated bodies develop an independent consciousness...

* ''The Ship Who Searched'' put a lot of money into building herself a remote body because she was a space ship and wanted to have legs.

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

A character has a body that can be operated remotely. Likely with equal or greater performance than if said character was physically present. Distinct from FightingAShadow in that the character is not an EldritchAbomination with only a small piece sticking out in our time and space, but a person (human, alien, whatever) that operates a separate device or number of devices. Although, this distinction can get a little messy if, for example, a BrainInAJar was given remote control of one or more machine bodies.

A character, hopefully a protagonist, has a body that can be operated remotely. Likely with equal or greater performance than if said character was physically present. Distinct from FightingAShadow in that the character is not an EldritchAbomination with only a small piece sticking out in our time and space, but a person (human, alien, whatever) that operates a separate device or number of devices. Although, this distinction can get a little messy if, for example, a BrainInAJar was given remote control of one or more machine bodies.

* ''NFL Rush Zone: Guardians of the Core'': Ish controls a robot called the Sub.