anthropomorphic object come to life theme

There is a doll, puppet, mannequin, or suchlike human-shaped object that is ordinarily inanimate but now moves and acts on its own accord like a sentient human being.

Examples

In tz1985e2x04a "The After Hours", we saw how a woman named Marsha discovered that she was, in fact, a store mannequin that had been granted the opportunity to experience real life for a short while, but must now revert to her former inanimate state.

16 total · 2 choice · 11 major · 3 minor

Story	Level	Motivation
tz1959e1x34	choice	Marsha turned out to be a department store mannequin come to life for a month. Moreover, the department store was filled with other mannequins that could take human form.
tz1985e2x04a	choice	Marsha was a living mannequin.
ahh3x13	major	In one interpretation of the story, Eva's doll, Numa, became a human girl.
ahp4x27	major	The waxwork figure of the serial killing barber Bourdette came to life and slit Raymond's throat with a razor, or so it appeared.
ftt1982e3x03	major	Pinocchio was a living wooden puppet.
rbt1985e2x12	major	The viewer is made to ponder whether the dummy John Fabian used to perform his ventriloquist act was inhabited by the consciousness of his former lover. The dummy said things that implicated John as the murderer. The viewer must therefore ponder whether it had a consciousness of its own, perhaps that of his former lover and murder victim.
tftc1989e4x12	major	The sinister Koko the Clown marionette was telling the aged puppeteer Joseph what to do. In the end, Koko brutally murdered Joseph's wife and her lover to avenge their taking of Joseph's life.
tz1959e3x14	major	It turned out that the five occupants of a large metal cylinder were actually dolls come to life, and that the cylinder was actually a Christmas toy collection barrel for a girls' orphanage.
tz1959e3x33	major	The dummy Jerry used to perform his ventriloquist act turned out to have a mind of its own.
tz1959e4x08	major	While the doll in a museum display case merely seemed to be alive to Charley, at the story's conclusion the museum guard also saw the doll as alive, presumably confirming that it was really so.