A "manchurian candidate" is a person that has been unknowing been convinced to act according to someone else's interest. A manchurian candidate will usually be subjected to brainwashing, drugging, electro-shock, sleep deprivation, long periods of darkness, be subjected to patterns of sounds and visual imagery, and extreme physical exercise before he or she deemed ready to begin carrying out these actions.

A "manchurian candidate" is a person that has been unknowing been convinced to act according to someone else's interest. A manchurian candidate will usually be subjected to brainwashing, drugging, electro-shock, sleep deprivation, long periods of darkness, be subjected to patterns of sounds and visual imagery, and extreme physical exercise before he or she deemed ready to begin carrying out these actions.