With out the remote you really don’t have a Parrot. One of the best toys for gags. It’s pretty funny what you can program it to respond/ say on command words, it’s probably worse then a real parrot. If your religious. Lol
This is a great entertainment for children and adults. My first Hasbro Talking Parrot was broken in our move back to the Mainland (AZ). This was a replacement and we've enjoyed it so much. Very real looking with great comical sayings. Love it!