Either the hero will coach them, in a role reversal, or they'll be held captive as a hostage and the hero will have to do his own thinking. The hero could be captured (see All Up to You), baddies could invade their HQ (a Die Hard scenario ensues), or someone could just catch them off duty. If a series with a Mission Control runs long enough, they will inevitably be forced into a truly threatening situation. ('Stay here and mind the base, honey! And don't call unless it's important! Yes, yes, I'll bring back the macguffin no need to nag.') This type of portrayal is reminiscent of a fifties TV housewife. If the hero is male, this character is often female, attractive, and in love with him. In some series, Mission Control makes up one half of a Spy Couple. He'll be all too glad when everything's back to normal, he's risking his neck and MC's back in his chair.

Often the hero will mock his backup's unwillingness to risk it all in the field, and be punished when he loses their valuable help temporarily. Losing contact with Mission Control can be used as a plot element. The defining characteristic is that the character provides banter, exposition, information and support, while the hero is still physically alone and isolated. This will often lead to some sort of friction between the two and Character Development as time goes on. Various other contrasts may also be built up: if the hero is the strong silent type, Mission Control will be cheerful and will crack jokes. If the hero is strong and invulnerable, Mission Control is weak and frail. Mission Control prefers to sit back and plan, while the hero is brash and forward. Most times, Mission Control is more intellectual than the heroes, being a planner and strategist rather than a doer.

The opposite of his partner in the field in many respects.

In the modern Internet of Things era, Mission Control can provide valuable field assistance by hacking into the local technology by remote to unlock doors, see the Big Bad base's security cameras, turn off the security cameras or use Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV's) and other digitally-controlled devices. Alternatively, a sapient AI computer that travels with him to give advice, but which is incapable of rendering assistance physically. A character or group of characters in headquarters who, rather than accompany the hero into the field, offers assistance with information and technology from the other end of a phone.

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