Editing Ventriloquism (section)

=== In popular culture ===
[[File:Antique male ventriloquial figure.jpg|thumb|upright|Ventriloquist dummy in the shape of a young boy]]
The plots of some [[Horror film|films and television program]]s are based on "[[killer toy]]" dummies that are alive and horrific. These include "[[The Dummy]]", a May 4, 1962 episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'';<ref name="Andrews">{{cite news| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/archie-andrews-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-ventriloquists-dummy-516992.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220811/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/archie-andrews-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-ventriloquists-dummy-516992.html |archive-date=11 August 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | work=The Independent | title=Archie Andrews: The rise and fall of a ventriloquist's dummy | date=26 November 2005}}</ref> ''[[Devil Doll (film)|Devil Doll]]'';<ref>Young, R. G. (2000). ''The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies''. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 155. {{ISBN|1-55783-269-2}}</ref> ''[[Dead Silence]]''; ''[[Zapatlela]]'';<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/no-strings-attached/1129554/| title = Zapatlela uses possessed doll Tatya Vinchu| website= indianexpress.com| date= 20 November 2009| first= | last= | access-date= }}</ref> ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy The Vampire Slayer]]''; ''[[Goosebumps (original series)|Goosebumps]]''; ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''; ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'' (the episode "[[Nothing's Shocking (Gotham)|Nothing's Shocking]]"); ''[[Friday the 13th: The Series]]''; ''[[Toy Story 4]]''; and ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in different episodes. This genre has also been satirized on television in ''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]'' (the episode "I'm Your Puppet"); ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (the episode "[[The Chicken Roaster]]"); and the [[Monty (comic strip)|comic strip ''Monty'']].

Some [[psychological horror]] films and other works feature [[psychotic]] ventriloquists who believe their dummies are alive and use them as surrogates to commit frightening acts including murder. Examples of this include [[Magic (1978 film)|the 1978 film ''Magic'']], [[Dead of Night|the 1945 anthology film ''Dead of Night'']],<ref name="Andrews"/> and [[Ventriloquist (character)|the Ventriloquist]] from [[Batman]] comics and other Batman media.

Literary examples of frightening ventriloquist dummies include [[Gerald Kersh]]'s ''The Horrible Dummy'' and the story "The Glass Eye" by John Keir Cross. In music, [[NRBQ|NRBQ's]] video for their song "Dummy" (2004) features four ventriloquist dummies modelled after the band members who 'lip-sync' the song while wandering around a dark, abandoned house.