History Main / EasilyDetachableRobotParts

** Toy Chica removes parts of her face when she's active for no reason other than [[RuleOfScary making herself look scarier]].

* [=XJ9=] from ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' frequently has body parts taken off and easily put back on (or [[PullingThemselvesTogether self-reassemble]]), although she does require a lynchpin to hold her body together. Most of the time this actually takes pretty severe physical trauma, but one of the first couple episodes has [[NonActionGuy Brad]] accidentally tear her arm off when trying to get her to come outside.

* Cyborg of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''.
* [=XJ9=] from ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'', although she does require a lynchpin to hold her body together. May not count; instances of losing and reattaching limbs are rare. But then, armed with a wrench, somebody can turn her into a motorbike.

* This is the entire purpose of XR in ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''. His name stands for "Expendable Robot".

* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest 6: The Spinal Frontier'', [[AlmightyJanitor Roger]] asks Circuit Sydney, the resident android on the ''[=DeepShip=] 86'', to lend him his eye and an arm. Sydney is a little reluctant at first, but Roger promises to return them. They come off easily.

* Another [[Franchise/StarWars ''Star Wars'']] example: the gangly B1 battle droids' limbs are attached electromagnetically and can be ripped off with relative ease. In case of sudden power loss, they can even just fall off.

* Another [[Franchise/StarWars''Star Wars'']] example: the gangly B1 battle droids' limbs are attached electromagnetically and can be ripped off with relative ease. In case of sudden power loss, they can even just fall off.

** The gangly B1 battle droids' limbs are attached electromagnetically and can be ripped off with relative ease. In case of sudden power loss, they can even just fall off.

* Though not exactly a 'robot': in ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'', Olimar's ship is scattered into intact parts when it crashes. All that's needed to restore the the ship is to recollect the pieces. (Though, to be fair, Olimar does mention making a few repairs)

* Robotman of the DoomPatrol, although his parts weren't designed to come off. His readiness to discard body parts at the first sign of trouble was actually a symptom of self-desctructive rejection of his artificial body and severe depression.

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Can get a bit ridiculous if the robot is easily rebuilt after things like explosions, which logically should mishape the parts that reconnect. To go to the computer analogy, your PC will work if you take anything but the power cord out, but it won't work that well if you do something like shoot it with a shotgun.

** A gag that frequently appeared in the earlier seasons would have Joel rip one of Crow's arms off in annoyance every time Crow made a joke that went to far. The arm would usually be back in place by the next host segment with no discussion.

* In ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' film, Arthur detaches Marvin's for use as an improvised weapon, despite having no tools handy (unless Ford's towel is that cleverly made).

* ''Franchise/MegaMan''
** In the "Day of Sigma" movie in ''VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX'', X at one point simply drops his buster off, then it turns back into his forearm by itself.
** Both [[VideoGame/MegaMan7 Junk Man]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Mino Magnus]] are good examples. Junk Man, as his name suggests, was a robot made out of spare parts and assorted trash held together by electromagnetic forces. Said forces can be easily disrupted by Cloud Man weapon's [[ShockandAwe Thunder Bolt]] causing the trash titan to fall apart. Mino Magnus was the boss of the Magnetic Zone and could generate huge amounts of electromagnetic power. In battle, Magnus used said power to separate his body into five parts, attacking Zero with a rather complex pattern of movements.

* WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant is so modular that individual screws are intelligent enough to track down the rest of the body if misplaced.

Can get a bit ridiculous if the robot is easily rebuilt after things like explosions, which logically should mishape the parts that reconnect. To go to the computer analogy, your PC will work if you take anything but the power cord out, but it won't work that well if do something like shoot it with a shotgun.

* The Comicbook/{{ABC Warriors}} often display this, with one of them even removing his head when he takes a bath.

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* [[Franchise/StarWars C-3PO]], of course. In ''Film/ANewHope'' an arm came off and was easily reconnected. In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', he was dismembered and Chewbacca had to work at reassembly.
** One of the ExpandedUniverse guidebooks indicates that most protocol and translation droids are made this way so that they can take abuse from owners who like to ShootTheMessenger.
** In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', C-3PO's head is easily knocked off and re-attached to the wrong body. Then later, the same happens again but in reverse. Which is odd, since no other robots survive having their heads taken off, especially [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Mooks those of the type]] that C-3PO's parts keep getting swapped with.
* The [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} T-1000]] is a borderline example, but it *was* a robot. Albeit a liquid metal one, with detached parts reverting and being reabsorbed into the main mass.

* Johnny 5 from ''Film/ShortCircuit'' (and, presumably, every other SAINT robots) are built like this; each Nova truck is full of parts for them, and Johnny uses them to at different times replace an arm that went dead (which, apparently, was being held on at the shoulder joint by just magnets) and [[FakingTheDead building an entire duplicate to get blown up by the military for him]].
** Justified in that since he's a military model robot he'd have to be easily repairable and moddable otherwise they'd spend too much time and money in fixing him out on the battlefield.
* In ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' film, Arthur detaches Marvin's for use as an improvised weapon, despite having no tools handy (unless Ford's towel is that cleverly made).
* The short film ''I'm Here'' is centered around a male robot selflessly giving his love interest his limbs as she accidentally damages hers beyond repair. He can detach them in a matter of seconds with a screw driver stored in his finger tip.

* A PublicServiceAnnouncement features Astar, a robot from the Planet Danger. He can put his arms back on. You can't, so play safe.

* In the short-lived 1980's ArchieComics series ''ComicBook/ManTech,'' both the cyborg good guys and the robot bad guys had modular parts. The comic was based on a toy line that had this characteristic.
* ''Extremely'' common in ''ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''. More so than in other adaptations, where the robots tend to have less personality.
* The {{ABC Warriors}} often display this, with one of them even removing his head when he takes a bath.

* TheIronGiant is so modular that individual screws are intelligent enough to track down the rest of the body if misplaced.

* Vuffi Raa from the StarWarsExpandedUniverse can detach his five tentacles from his "body" and have them do tasks by themselves. The tentacles even have enough individual intelligence to operate starship guns, thus allowing Vuffi Raa to get around his ThouShaltNotKill programming.

* Jimmy the Robot from ''TheAquabatsSuperShow'' can remote control his detachable hands.
** That's not all he can do, either. At one point in the very first episode he gets one of his arms ripped off by a giant ant, and then proceeds to grab it and start beating the snot out of said ant with his own arm ala Toy Story. The next shot shows him popping the arm back into place with no ill effects. He also uses one of his hands as a grenade at one point (and yes, before you ask, he says "[[OneLiner How about]] [[IncrediblyLamePun a hand grenade?]]" before detonating it), but since his original hand exploded he simply replaces it with a spare that rises out of his wrist stump.

* ''VideoGame/CyborgJustice'' was a great example of this; among your various hand-to-hand combat moves, you could yank off your opponents' arms and replace your own with theirs; you could also yank their torso off their legs, absorb their life force, and then steal their legs too. Nothing says pwnage like stealing all your parts.
** Actually, there's a bit of a subversion, as it takes some effort on the part of your cyborg to rip off their arm. Oddly enough, tearing them in half afterwards plays it entirely straight.
* In the "Day of Sigma" movie in ''VideoGame/MegaManX: [[VideoGameRemake Maverick Hunter X]]'', X at one point simply drops his buster off, then it turns back into his forearm by itself.
** Both [[VideoGame/MegaMan7 Junk Man]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Mino Magnus]] are good examples. Junk Man, as his name suggests, was a robot made out of spare parts and assorted trash held together by electromagnetic forces. Said forces can be easily disrupted by Cloud Man weapon's [[ShockandAwe Thunder Bolt]] causing the trash titan to fall appart. Mino Magnus was the boss of the Magnetic Zone and could generate huge amounts of electromagnetic power. In battle, Magnus used said power to separates his body into five parts, attacking Zero with a rather complex pattern of movements.

* In co-op in''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' one of the gestures involves [[LosingYourHead removing your partner's head]].
* In ''SpaceQuest 6: The Spinal Frontier'', [[AlmightyJanitor Roger]] asks Circuit Sydney, the resident android on the ''[=DeepShip=] 86'', to lend him his eye and an arm. Sydney is a little reluctant at first, but Roger promises to return them. They come off easily.
* Though not exactly a 'robot': in {{Pikmin}}, Olimar's ship is scattered into intact parts when it crashes. All that's needed to restore the the ship is to recollect the pieces. (Though, to be fair, Olimar does mention making a few repairs)
* In the ''MySims'', Makoto, despite [[BlatantLies being]] a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot typical high school girl]], loses her arms from time to time, including, in ''MySims Agents'', during her "Prom Date" mission if you have her do "The Robot" instead of the waltz for the final dance.
* From ''TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', the boss Koloktos: throughout the battle, you use a whip to pull its arms apart, and then you swing at the HeartDrive with one of its dropped swords. While, after a brief amount of time, it is able to use some sort of energy to reattach its arms, it is unable to repair the damage on the cage it uses to protect the HeartDrive.

* This is the entire purpose of XR in ''BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''. His name stands for "Expendable Robot".