History Main / WetwareBody

* In one episode of ''StarTrekVoyager'' the Doctor has to hide from a race who doesn't allow photonics. He is stored in Seven of Nine's implants and takes temporary control of her body, using it to indulge himself as he couldn't normally (by eating and drinking in particular).

* ''{{QuentynQuinnSpaceRanger}}'': The commander rents a [[http://www.rhjunior.com/QQSR/00081.html biosynth hybrid positronic AI in a bioengineered body]] as a somewhat snarky "bloodhound".

* The Murakumo units in the ''{{BlazBlue}}'' series are a set of {{Power Armor}}s that prefer to body-jack young women to act as hosts for their [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal]] programming.

* ''CourageTheCowardlyDog'' focuses an entire episode on the house computer possessing the bodies of the old couple that the protagonist lives with, only to grow bored and return to being the computer after much hijinks ensues to prevent the Wetware bodies from being harmed/completely DESTROYED beyond medical help.

* AI in'' RedVsBlue''--or at least certain ones--are capable of taking over the mind and body of the soldier whose armor they're in. In fairness, although the Freelancer Project didn't stop using AIs after discovering this, they did try to remove the one who started it. Emphasis on the word ''try'', as O'Malley had figured out how to BodySurf at this point. The other two who are capable of this are [[spoiler:Tex and Church, who both simply take over the body of the person they "possess", as opposed to O'Malley who can actually control their mind to a degree]].

* ''CodeLyoko'' stars an antagonist A.I. named XANA, who later into the series gains the ability to possess living creatures, [[strike: his]] [[strike: her]]''' ''its'' ''' logo usually illuminates and appears in a person's eyes or forehead [[GlamourFailure to reveal this]].
* ''CourageTheCowardlyDog'' focuses an entire episode on the house computer possessing the bodies of the old couple that the protagonist lives with, only to grow bored and return to being the computer after much hijinx ensues to prevent the Wetware bodies from being harmed/completely DESTROYED beyond medical help.

* AI in RedVsBlue--or at least certain ones--are capable of taking over the mind and body of the soldier whose armor they're in. In fairness, although the Freelancer Project didn't stop using AIs after discovering this, they did try to remove the one who started it. Emphasis on the word ''try'', as O'Malley had figured out how to BodySurf at this point. The other two who are capable of this are [[spoiler:Tex and Church, who both simply take over the body of the person they "possess", as opposed to O'Malley who can actually control their mind to a degree]].

* In ''SchlockMercenary'', [[spoiler:Petey]] uses illegal cloning equipment to create multiple flesh-and-blood bodies for himself. This allows him to [[spoiler:suborn Tauseggian ships by simply throwing the loyalty switch on their AIs and then issuing new orders.]]

* [[spoiler:Lynx]] in ''ChronoChross'' turns out to be the host of [[spoiler:the FATE computer system which has been manipulating the islands for thousands of years.]]

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A WetwareBody is when a biological [[BodyAndHost Host]] is possessed by a computer or other artificial intelligence(named after a casual term for the biological equivalent of hardware, as in "Wetware CPU"). This can lead to the host acting either like a machine (monotonic, unemotional, unfocused on anything but objective) or as it normally would (if the possessing A.I. is a good actor).

* {{Robert A Heinlein}}'s novel {{Time Enough for Love}} has one of these created.

A WetwareBody is when a biological [[BodyAndHost Host]] is possessed by a computer or other artificial intelligence. (It is named after a casual term for the biological equivalent of hardware, as in "Wetware CPU".) This can lead to the host acting either like a machine (monotonic, unemotional, unfocused on anything but objective) or as it normally would (if the possessing A.I. is a good actor). Frequently this process has the side effect of causing the A.I. to feel emotions for the first time, which may act as the trigger to self-awareness and empathy, or like a virus that inevitably destroys the mechanical hijacker. Wetware Body characters are most likely to appear in Sci-Fi horror genres, or in stories where machines and artificial intelligences are common or at least present.

* {{Robert A Heinlein}}'s novel {{Time Enough for Love}} has one of these created.

* [[spoiler:Lynx]] in ''ChronoTrigger'' turns out to be the host of [[spoiler:the FATE computer system which has been manipulating the islands for thousands of years.]]

* ''{{Ghost in the Shell}}'' has what amounts to technological zombies; human corpses with the frontal lobe replaced by a transmitter so their body can be manipulated by an A.I.

Note: Becoming a Wetware Body means '''you are the host''', not the possessor. For the other way around, see {{Wetware CPU}}.