Life Model Decoy

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In the Marvel Universe, a Life Model Decoy (LMD) is an android designed to function as an exact body double for VIPs. Their design is such that they mimic the subject's outer appearance (fingerprints, hair, all details of the skin), speech patterns, scent, iris and retina patterns, body language, thought patterns (to fool telepaths) and any other biological indicators one could think of. Aside from any invasive procedure or strong EMP, they are indistinguishable from the original.

S.H.I.E.L.D. has used LMD substitutes for key personnel for decades, most notably as stand-ins for their director, Nick Fury (whose decoys, Spider-Woman has remarked, never smell right.). The most advanced derivatives of this technology are the autonomous mecha from Project: LIVEWIRE (their other technological parents being the Mannites).

[edit] Alternate versions

[edit] Heroes Reborn

In the Heroes Reborn universe, Captain America was brainwashed into living a suburbanite life, for his protection, and his wife and son were LMDs.

[edit] Appearances in other media

• LMDs also appeared in the Nick Fury film starring David Hasselhoff.