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* In ''Film/AfterEarth'' Raige Sr. was injured in the crash, with Kitai venturing out alone.

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** ''[[TwentyTwentySeven 2027]]'': Titan [[spoiler: and its subroutine]] and Xander fill in on this role for the majority of the game. Other characters will fill it as well as the game progresses.

** Mirror's Edge under water, i.e. ''{{VideoGame/Hydrophobia}}'', has Scoot, who even sounds much like Merc.

* Alec Sadler in ''Series/Continuum''.

-->-- '''Zeke''', ''VideoGame/InFamous2''

-->-- '''Zeke''', ''VideoGame/{{InFamous 2}}''

* The [=SEELE=] monoliths from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

* Juiz from ''EdenOfTheEast''. Just a female voice on a cellphone. She is also scarily competent at doing just about anything[[note]]and by "anything", we really mean '''anything'''[[/note]] one asks of her, usually within several seconds of the request being made. [[spoiler:She's actually an extremely powerful AI with connections all over the nation, her actual processors being housed in roving trailers.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''
** Barbara "Oracle" Gordon in the later comic books continuity.
** The Calculator also plays this role for the villains.
** Calculator's daughter Wendy recently got into this role in the pages of ''[[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2009}} Batgirl]]'' following her paralysis in ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''.
** [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Red Robin]] ''also'' had one (pre-{{New 52}}), in the form of the former ComicBook/{{Anarky}}, now paralyzed but wired into the Net.
* ThePunisher has had a couple of them, most famously, Microchip. Of course for some reason he does a [[FaceHeelTurn hell turn with his face]], though he says it was to snap Frank back to reality. Or something.
* Aleph in ''GlobalFrequency'', who was hired specifically for being a BrilliantButLazy internet whiz. Her job is to sit in a chair, look up information for dozens of agents simultaneously, and save the world.
* In the past, occasionally, {{Deadpool}}'s Weasel was this.
* Xander in ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Season Eight.
* The Beast sometimes serves in this role in the ''SecretAvengers''.

->''"I'll send you the [[FetchQuest valve locations]] as you go. Damn if the internet isn't a thing of beauty."''

-->--'''Zeke''', ''VideoGame/InFAMOUS 2''

* In the ''SlyCooper'' series, almost every main and supporting character qualifies for this trope, though, It's usually Bentley.

[[MissingMissionControl This character is prone to dying]], probably because they're a mentor of sorts and the job comes with its [[MentorOccupationalHazard occupational hazards]]. [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds They may also betray or discouraging the protagonist]], or in video games, [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou the player]].

The Voice with an Internet Connection serves two purposes. The first is as a way of explaining things about the game world to the player, and the second is to give the character someone to talk to throughout the game, thus developing the character as either a philandering badass or a chick with 'tude. The former is for all male characters, and the latter for female characters, unless the main is a HeroicMime. If the main is the silent type the Voice talks more, sometimes saying what the main normally would.

This character appears far more often in modern day and science fiction than in other genres, and almost never in fantasy, where the Voice's role is generally played by a related character.

The name Voice with an Internet Connection is taken from the fact that these are the archetype's only defining traits, and in many cases, the character's only role.

[[MissingMissionControl This character in video games is prone to dying,]] [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds betraying the player or discouraging the player]] (most common in indie flash games).

Related to TheVoice, {{Expositron 9000}} and MrExposition, the Voice with an Internet Connection is distinguished from them by being a disembodied character who advances the plot as well as a character with a distinct personality, something rare outside of videogames.

* The Lone Gunmen from ''Series/{{The X-Files}}'' and then later ''TheLoneGunmen''.
** In one episode of ''{{The X-Files}}'', Byers infiltrates a high-stakes poker match with various military executives. Langley feeds him information over an earpiece about various systems from military aircraft. He is eventually found out after one exec mentions a nonexistent production process; Langley finds no information and forces Byers to bluff his way out.

* In ''WorldWarZ'', a "Skywatcher" helped a downed pilot through her radio to keep on going and reach a pick-up point. Was later revealed [[spoiler:it could have been all in her head as said radio was apparently broken. [[MindScrew Or it could have been a goddess]].]]
* In JohnSandford's ''Kidd'' novels, Bobby Duchamps (a GeniusCripple). The fourth ''Kidd'' novel, ''The Hanged Man's Song'', [[spoiler:opens with Bobby's murder; until that point, neither the protagonist nor we had ever seen Bobby in person]].

* Harry Flack in ''FortuneHunter''.
* ''NedsDeclassified'' has iTeacher who teaches from home.
* In ''{{Warehouse 13}}'', the agents in the field will often call back to the Warehouse to get more info on what they might be dealing with from the person left behind, usually Artie, Claudia or Leena. Claudia will use the Internet, but Leena and Artie will use the Warehouse databse of good ol' paper files instead.

* In ''SystemShock2'' the player is assisted by a Dr. Polito, who has baricaded herself in a room with computer and communication access, [[spoiler:but had [[DeadAllAlong died before the beginning of the game]] and is instead used as a cover by SHODAN, who is immitating her voice pattern.]] Which is a subversion of Rebecca Lansing's role in the original ''System Shock''.

* The aptly-named Mister Voice in ''GoGoSentaiBoukenger''.

* Basically the purpose of Allison on ''KrattsCreatures'' except she had a MagicalDatabase rather than the Internet. And she could somehow follow the brothers' adventures on a monitor even though they were explicitly not being followed by a camera crew in-universe. [[MagicalSecurityCam And the footage was edited in spite of it supposedly being live]].

* In ''{{Sneakers}}'', the team use several sources, including the Internet, to guide the point man through their missions. Most notably, Dan Aykroyd gives Robert Redford fairly detailed instructions out of a book on how to defeat a keypad lock (we only see Redford nodding and saying he understands). It turns out to be kicking in the door.
* The ''TombRaider'' movie adaptations.

* [[RosarioDawson Connie]] is this for [[DenzelWashington Frank]] and [[ChrisPine Will]] in ''{{Unstoppable}}''.

* In ''{{Otherland}}'', Olga Pirofsky has it while StormingTheCastle.

* ''MinervaMetastasis'' and its prequel ''Someplace Else'' has the player being directed (as well as regularly reminded of their chances of survival) by an unseen character named Minerva-the Roman name for [[ClassicalMythology Athena]]. The titular voice makes reference to various mythological characters and stories, equating the character to Perseus. At first its clear that Minerva views the player as a mere pawn in her plans to undermine the Combine's control of humanity, but as the mission progresses she becomes more concerned with the player's well being.

** [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Red Robin]] ''also'' had one (pre-{{New 52}}), in the form of the former {{Anarky}}, now paralyzed but wired into the Net.

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* The later ''RainbowSix'' games usually have this, and they typically are pretty helpful. Except for the NSA Agent. [[spoiler:He turns out to be TheMole anyways, so his bad info that almost gets you killed over and over again actually makes sense in context.]]

* Although we get to see her, Theora from ''MaxHeadroom'', and to a lesser degree, Bryce, both fit this trope. In addition to Theora, all other controllers qualify, as this trope is essentially their job description.

* Regularly in ''Series/MissionImpossible'', at least one character will be remotely monitoring the other members the situation through explained audio and video feed (i.e. hidden wireless camera on other members' brooches). Not that it's useful since a villain will almost always accidentally chance upon the other member right before a major commercial break, but a few times they do help the other member talk their way out. Making this trope older than the Internet.