History Main / DeceptivelyHumanRobots

* In ''CityOfHeroes'', [[SteamPunk Nemesis]] Impostor Automatons fall into this when they blow their cover. Often with hilarious dialogue.

* D from ''{{Dual}}'' speaks in a dull monotone and avoids contractions.

* The [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffybot]], who didn't pull off snappy lines the way the original model did. "That'll put marzipan in your pie plate, Bingo!"

* Makoto from the ''{{MySims}}'' series. Built by the mad Dr. F. to be indistinguishable from a real human, she appears to be a perfectly normal Asian schoolgirl, but has an unfortunate tendency to talk about how she is [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely a real human AND NOT A ROBOT AT ALL]]. This is then subverted in MySims Agents, when two villainesses persuade her to steal a huge gizmo that no normal human could possibly lift, yet are still genuinely amazed when you later inform them she's a robot.

* Tres Iqus (''TrinityBlood'') looks just like a young man in his early 20s but most certainly doesn't act the part, having exactly one facial expression and saying 'Positive' or 'Negative' instead of yes or no, and '"Requesting damage report" instead of, "Are you hurt?".

* The titular ''{{ComicBook/Livewires}}'' from MarvelComics. They seem like RidiculouslyHumanRobots (and are even anatomically correct), but because of procedures they performed on themselves, they lack ''fear and doubt,'' distancing them from humanity by an incalculable magnitude.

** Also the original Human Torch.

* DeceptivelyHumanRobots: In the original book by Gaston Leroux, Erik (the titular phantom)''"also invented those automata, dressed like the Sultan and resembling the Sultan in all respects, which made people believe that the Commander of the Faithful was awake at one place, when, in reality, he was asleep elsewhere."'' for Mehemet Alí Bey.

** Also Ted, the evil robot who tried to romance Buffy's mother. He qualified for [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human]] (albeit a reject from ''Leave It to Beaver'') until Buffy kicked him down the stairs, at which point he ran into hardware trouble.

* Data on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. One ExpandedUniverse novel (''Ghostship'') even noted this in a semi-mocking tone, in that it made no sense to design an android to blend in with human society, to give it human characteristics such as blinking, drinking, breathing... and then give it chrome-colored skin.
** Apparently it was done so that he could blend in with humans, without [[UncannyValley scaring the living daylights]] out of everyone who worked out what he really ''was''. It's fairly obvious looking at him that he ain't human and - hey, people in the trekiverse are used to that.
*** You seem to be missing the point. If Data was designed so that humans could easily recognize him as an android, what was the point of giving him eyelids so he could blink?
**** Same reason we do. To remove dust and other interfering particulate matter from his photo receptors.
**** Giving him the ability to blink and have facial expressions also pushes him further outside of the UncannyValley. If his face was a completely expressionless mask it'd be damn creepy.
**** And not easily recognize him as an android, easily recognize him as NOT HUMAN. If he's just another rubber forehead alien, then it's not so bad when it turns out he's an android.
**** Other possibilities - the colour of Data's skin may simply be the natural colour of "bioplast sheeting", which is what his skin is made from. Dr Soong may have originally intended to make Data (and the earlier prototypes, had they worked) look progressively more human over time, but when his colony was attacked by the Crystalline Entity and he was forced to flee he never finished his work. The episode ''Brothers'', with its introduction of Data's emotion chip, all but explicitly states that Data was first activated in a state Soong regarded as "unfinished".
**** Supported by the discovery of a perfected Soong android meant to be a perfect copy of a woman he loved, right down to simulated aging and dying. She was completely undetectable as anything but human (including the man she was partnered with).

* The Hardac trilogy of episodes in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' featured an [[AIIsACrapshoot AI named Hardac]] who planned to conquer the world with deceptively human robots. The first two parts played this straight, but the third one, "His Silicon Soul", subverted it. The Batman robot started out as a deceptively human robot, but became a ridiculously human robot over the course of the episode. So human, in fact, that it sacrificed itself to prevent the scheme it had set in motion from hurting people. Because like the real Batman, the robot copy [[ThouShaltNotKill is unwilling to kill, ever]].

** But how can you be sure?

* ''FullMetalPanic'' has the Alastor, which is much more robotic than most examples on this page. What makes it qualify is that nobody thought it was possible to scale a HumongousMecha down to six feet until they actually did it. It acts as Leonard Testarossa's bodyguard and tends to go around in a hat and trench coat.

* The SpacePirate Grey Roger liked using these as MechaMooks in ''[[{{Lensman}} Triplanetary]]''.

* The Creator/LucyLiu-bot from the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "I Dated a Robot" looked and acted just like the real actress, except it occasionally spoke in RoboSpeak. "I love you more than the moon or the stars or POETIC IMAGE #36 NOT FOUND."
* The Hardac trilogy of episodes in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' featured an [[AIIsACrapshoot AI named Hardac]] who planned to conquer the world with deceptively human robots. The first two parts played this straight, but the third one, "His Silicon Soul", subverted it. The Batman robot started out as a deceptively human robot, but became a ridiculously human robot over the course of the episode. So human, in fact, that it sacrificed itself to prevent the scheme it had set in motion from hurting people. Because like the real Batman, the robot copy [[ThouShaltNotKill is unwilling to kill, ever]].

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Sometimes what seems to be a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] isn't actually all that ridiculously human after all. It may look human, it may even be anatomically correct, but the illusion of humanity lasts [[PickYourHumanHalf only as long as that robot is silent or stationary]], since the moment it speaks or moves the [[RoboticReveal illusion goes flying out the window]]. Can occasionally invoke the UncannyValley.

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* In ''MahouSenseiNegima'', Evangeline has a bunch of maids that are deceptively human robots.

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* Arguably, the titular ''{{Livewires}}'' from MarvelComics. They seem like Ridiculously Human Robots (and are anatomically correct, even), but because of procedures they performed on themselves, they totally lack fear and doubt, distancing them from any semblance of humanity by an incalculable magnitude.

* ''FullMetalPanic'' has the Alastor, which is much more robotic than most examples on this page. What makes it qualify is that nobody thought it was possible to scale a HumongousMecha down to six feet until they actually did it. It acts as Leonard Testarossa's bodyguard and tends to go around in a hat and trenchcoat.

* R. Daneel Olivaw in Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'' and ''Literature/TheNakedSun''. Dr. Sarton spent many years overcoming the UncannyValley, and as a result Daneel can shake hands like a real human and even eat, but he is still identifiable as a robot even from visual clues. He breathes at irregular intervals sometimes several minutes apart, he eats in identical mechanical motions and his body is unable to "naturally" remove food waste, isntead requiring him to literally empty the food sack in his abdomen. However, because humans do not ''expect'' a robot to look human, he is passable to anybody except for robotic experts.

**** Same reason we do. To remove dust and other interfering particulate matter from his photoreceptors.

* The [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffybot]], who didn't pull off snappy lines the way the original model did. "That'll put marzipan in your pie plate, Bingo!"

* ''Webcomic/{{Mulberry}}'' has a comic in which Mulberry guides an android through the literal "Game of Life". He looks inhuman due to the bolts sticking out of his neck, as well as his metallic sheen. He also seems to have an electronic-sounding voice. Despite these, people who encounter the robot don't immediately recognize him as a machine.

* ''Webcomic/{{Mulberry}}'' has a comic in which Mulberry guides an android through the literal "Game of Life".

* The LucyLiu-bot from the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "I Dated a Robot" looked and acted just like the real actress, except it occasionally spoke in RoboSpeak. "I love you more than the moon or the stars or POETIC IMAGE #36 NOT FOUND."

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* In MahouSenseiNegima, Evangeline has a bunch of maids that are DeceptivelyHumanRobots.

* ''{{Vexille}}'s'' plot revolves around Japan's insistence on building DeceptivelyHumanRobots even after the rest of the world has banned them.

* Dorothy from Anime/TheBigO is one, for she often speaks in a flat monotone and never changes her facial expressions no matter what's going on. There's also the fact that she's insanely heavy.
* In the ''TimeOfEve'' the robots ''appear'' to belong to this category with their human appearance contrasted by their UncannyValley movements and MachineMonotone speech, but it appears that they actually do this for the humans' convenience. When they are free of restraints in the titular café that allows no discrimination between humans and robots they become RidiculouslyHumanRobots good enough to fool each other!

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* There are also the X model androids, again from MarvelComics-- or at least {{Nextwave}}'s very special corner thereof. They look human enough, but earlier models, like "Father Blood Drench Robo Crush" often spout threats like, "I MAKE YOU DIE WITH STEAMY ELECTRIC MEK BITS NOW KLAK KLAK KLAK!"

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* The [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffybot]], who didn't pull off snappy lines the way the original model did. "That'll put marizpan in your pie plate, Bingo!"

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* Makoto from the {{MySims}} series. Built by the mad Dr. F. to be indistinguishable from a real human, she appears to be a perfectly normal Asian schoolgirl, but has an unfortunate tendency to talk about how she is [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely a real human AND NOT A ROBOT AT ALL]]. This is then subverted in MySims Agents, when two villainesses persuade her to steal a huge gizmo that no normal human could possibly lift, yet are still genuinely amazed when you later inform them she's a robot.

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* The Lucy Liu-bot from the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "I Dated A Robot" looked and acted just like the real thing, except it occasionally spoke in RoboSpeak. "I love you more than the moon or the stars or POETIC IMAGE #36 NOT FOUND."
* The Hardac trilogy of episodes in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' featured an [[AIIsACrapshoot AI named Hardac]] who planned to conquer the world with DeceptivelyHumanRobots. The first two parts played this straight, but the third one "His Silicon Soul" subverted it. The Batman robot started out as a DeceptivelyHumanRobot but became a RidiculouslyHumanRobot over the course of the episode. So human in fact that it sacrificed itself to prevent the scheme it had set in motion from hurting people. Because like the real Batman, the robot copy [[ThouShaltNotKill is unwilling to kill, ever]].

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* Marvel's Vision. Having Wonder Man's brainwave patterns helps.

* VideoGame/{{Snatcher}}s do look and often act like the humans they're placing, but their form is very delicate. Their artificial skin gets cancer with any sun exposure (and leaving a tell-tale smell), and apparently the skin isn't that durable since at least one is shown with pieces of it missing from a fight earlier. So really, any person that's suddenly avoiding sunlight looks pretty suspicious. Also: [[EvilDetectingDog animals hate them]].

* {{Snatcher}}s do look and often act like the humans they're placing, this form is very delicate. Their artificial skin gets cancer with any sun exposure (and leaving a tell-tale smell), and at apparently the skin isn't that durable since at least one is shown with pieces of it missing from a fight earlier. So really, any person that's suddenly avoiding sunlight looks pretty suspicious. Also: [[EvilDetectingDog Animals hate them]].