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* {{Touhou}} - [[{{Tsundere}} Alice Margatroid's]] main specialty is her Doll Army, two of her most notable dolls being [[ThemeNaming Shanghai and Hourai]]. [[MundaneUtility She also has them help her do chores all over the house, even when she's not in the same room as them.]]

* TheWorldEndsWithYou's Shiki Misaki has her stuffed [[strike:pig]] cat, Mr. Mew.

* Cornet from RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure
* Jov Leonov from VideoGame/PsiOpsTheMindgateConspiracy who has the power of mind control and a MeatPuppet army.

* Dave's Bro from ''{{Homestuck}}'' seems to be one of these - until you realize that he IS physically controlling [[CreepyDoll Lil' Cal]], he's just [[TeleportSpam moving so fast]] that it looks like Lil' Cal is ''[[CrazyAwesome moving of his own accord.]]''

* The Other Mother aka Beldam in ''{{Coraline}}''. Her dolls are not primarily made for fighting, however if her victim comes to realise the trap it has fallen into and attempts to fight back, they can become rather deadly.

* Jov Leonov from [[PsiOpsTheMindgateConspiracy Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy]] who has the power of mind control and a MeatPuppet army.

* Two recent {{Tokusatsu}} series have given this the same twist: ''KamenRiderDecade'' and ''KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' have heroes who can [[MegaManning assume the forms of their predecessors]]. Each series also has an antagonistic character who uses the same TransformationTrinket but produces "dupes" of the hero in question rather than changing his own form.

* Kankuro from ''{{Naruto}}'' is a rare ([[HeelFaceTurn eventually]]) heroic example. Ditto [[CoolOldLady Chiyo]]; Sasori [[PeoplePuppet not so much]].

* Kankuro from ''{{Naruto}}'' is a rare heroic (well, sort of) example. Ditto [[CoolOldLady Chiyo]]; Sasori [[PeoplePuppet not so much]].

* Lulu in ''FinalFantasyX'' fights with magically animated toys.

* [[PandoraHearts Zwei]], or better her Chain Doldum, is one of [[MarionetteMaster those]]. [[MarionetteMotion Poor Gil.]]

* [[{{Tsundere}} Alice]] [[{{Touhou}} Margatroid's]] main specialty is her Doll Army, two of her most notable dolls being [[ThemeNaming Shanghai and Hourai]]. [[MundaneUtility She also has them help her do chores all over the house, even when she's not in the same room as them.]]
* [[ThatOneBoss Puppet Ganon]] from ''TheLegendOfZelda: TheWindWaker'' anyone?

A {{Subtrope}} of TheBeastmaster. Compare PuppeteerParasites.

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* Dave's Bro from ''{{Homestuck}}'' seems to be one of these - until you realize that he IS physically controlling [[CreepyDoll Lil' Cal]], he's just [[TeleportSpam moving so fast]] that it looks like Lil' Cal is ''[[CrazyAwesome moving of his own accord.]]''

* Jov Leonov from[[PsiOpsTheMindgateConspiracy Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy]] who has the power of mind control and a MeatPuppet army.

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* Vice-Amiral Marie Swasou from ''OpenBlue'' is ''rumored'' to be this, though she never says anything about it. There ''has'' to be an explanation why her dolls seem to move around a lot when nobody's looking, though...

* Corona of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha [[SpinOffSpring ViVid]]'' is revealed in flashbacks to have doll manipulation as her main talent. After Vivio praised her for it, she trained and refined this skill to the point where she can now create and manipulate giant {{Golem}}s in battle.

* Kankuro from ''{{Naruto}}''.
** Ditto Chiyo and Sasori.

A {{Subtrope}} of TheBeastmaster. Compare PuppetParasites.

A {{Subtrope}} of TheBeastmaster.