History Main / MourningADeadRobot

* ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'': ImpliedTrope: [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Hank]] is noticeably upset whenever Connor comes back after he dies ([[TheManyDeathsOfYou which he can do a lot]]), suggesting that Connor's death bothered Hank at least somewhat. This is explained later in the story as Hank's [[DarkAndTragicPast continued angst after his son's death -]] he is upset because his son was never given the chance to come back. Played very straight if Connor gets shot by the deviant in the Stratford Tower, after him and Hank have grown closer - in this case, Connor actually [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dies in Hank's arms]], and Hank murmurs "Connor..." just after his death, clearly upset.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3:'' Regardless of the player's choices, [[spoiler:Legion the geth dies at Rannoch.]] If they were part of the party in ''2'', they receive a memorial placard on the ''Normandy''. If the situation is resolved so both geth and quarians survive, Tali finds herself mourning them and finds it slightly crazy, given the whole history between the quarians and geth.

* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Gaiden'': [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Lamia Loveless]], an android that grew beyond her programming, was thought to be killed because of a failed rescue attempt before she could expand more on her newfound 'sentience' and the mastermind of the death ([[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal Duminuss]]) was still out at large and immediately sent its ally, [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 the Shura]], to terrorize Earth from a safe distance. The whole good guys' was given little time to literally mourn, so it affected the whole team's morale and most of them were more dedicated in honoring her memory, wanting to wrap up the war with the Shura quickly so they can start avenging her, even newcomers that hasn't known her for long (Kouta Azuma) also joined in trying to avenge her, [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Kyosuke Nanbu]] is even grimmer than he usually was (since [[ItsAllMyFault he believed it's his fault that her death happened]]) and even Excellen Browning knew better not to crack joke too much than usual. [[spoiler:It's only after they somehow found a way to save and restore her (with a little help from a post-HeelFaceTurn Axel Almer) that the 'mourning period' is over, business fighting earth invaders resumed like usual with the normal mood.]]
* ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'': ImpliedTrope: [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Hank]] is noticeably upset whenever Connor comes back after he dies ([[TheManyDeathsOfYou which he can do a lot]]), suggesting that Connor's death bothered Hank at least somewhat. [[spoiler:This is explained later in the story as Hank's [[DarkAndTragicPast continued angst after his son's death -]] he is upset because his son was never given the chance to come back.]] Played very straight if Connor gets shot by the deviant in the Stratford Tower, after him and Hank have grown closer - in this case, Connor actually [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dies in Hank's arms]], and Hank murmurs "Connor..." just after his death, clearly upset.

--->'''Zim''': AH, ''GIR!'' '''''GIR!!''''' They've turned you into ground beef!! How?! [[BigWhy WHY?!]]

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* ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'': ImpliedTrope:[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Hank]] is noticeably upset whenever Connor comes back after he dies ([[TheManyDeathsOfYou which he can do a lot]]), suggesting that Connor's death bothered Hank at least somewhat. [[spoiler:This is explained later in the story as Hank's [[DarkAndTragicPast continued angst after his son's death -]] he is upset because his son was never given the chance to come back.]] Played very straight if Connor gets shot by the deviant in the Stratford Tower, after him and Hank have grown closer - in this case, Connor actually [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dies in Hank's arms]], and Hank murmurs "Connor..." just after his death, clearly upset.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In one storyline, the Tinkerer had a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots human-looking robot minion]] named "Toy". When Toy was destroyed during a battle with Spidey, Tinkerer openly wept over the loss of his "friend".

* In an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'', Wolverine and Jubilee are confronting a group of Sentinels. They have achieved sentience. One Sentinel, severely damaged, begins to express a sincere fear over the termination of its existence. Jubilee is moved by the robot's fear of death. Another Sentinel, dubbing itself Unit 3.14159, is puzzled by Jubilee's display of empathy, and rather than continue with its plan to spark a solar flare to roast all life on Earth, it decides that it, and its compatriots, will enter a dormant state while they consider the nature of empathy.

** One of Spidey's minor enemies (really he's more Ben Reilly's enemy) is Armada, a RobotMaster who specializes in building toylike little flying robots to help him in his crimes. When they inevitably get destroyed, he freaks out and mourns them as if they were human. [[DoAndroidsDream It's not at all clear whether they are actually are sentient, or if he's just crazy.]]

** One of Spidey's minor enemies (really he's more Ben Reilly's enemy) is Armada, a RobotMaster who specializes in building toylike little flying robots to help him in his crimes. When they inevitably get destroyed, he freaks out and mourns them as if they were human. [[DoRobotsDream It's not at all clear whether they are actually are sentient, or if he's just crazy.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': PlayedForLaughs when Wade's telepresence "Wade-bot" gets trashed in "Brush". Ron makes a melodramatic speech until Wade reminds him that he's at home and doing just fine.

* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'': Marrow befriends a malfunctioning Sentinel, naming it "Rover". After Rover sacrifices itself to help Marrow and her group escape, she is so heartbroken that she blames Professor X for what happened and betrays him to Master Mold.

* ''Manhua/MyBelovedMother'' ends with the destruction and HeroicSacrifice of Milan, mother of the RaisedByRobots protagonist Sinbell, who finally accepts the robot as his parent and is beginning to reciprocate her love only to have her destroyed in the last minute. The final page is a massive {{tearjerker}} where years later, Sinbell has created a life-sized MemorialStatue dedicated to the robot who raised him (complete with a TitleDrop with a plaque underneath that reads, "My Beloved Mother").

* An issue that frequently flummoxes military roboticists is [[https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0033-295X.114.4.864 "anthropomorphism"]] - the tendency of humans to project human-like tendencies (emotions, awareness, sentience, etc.) on non-human creatures, or even inanimate objects. Despite the best efforts of roboticists to make military robots as inhuman as possible to try and minimize the risk, militaries have noted that robots attached to squadrons typically wind up getting named and treated like a member of the squad, to the point where there have been multiple instances of soldiers risking their lives in order to "rescue" a damaged or stranded robot, despite that the ''entire point'' of the robots in the first place was to protect the soldiers and make sure they didn't have to put themselves in danger. Where robots attached to squadrons are destroyed during operations, [[https://www.ausa.org/sites/default/files/publications/LWP-132-Mission-Command-and-Armed-Robotic-Systems-Command-and-Control-A-Human-and-Machine-Assessment.pdf it is not uncommon for the squad to give them a "military funeral"]], the same way they would for a human squadmate.

* ''Animation/BoBoiBoyTheMovie'', Bora Ra kills Ochobot and mocks the hero for crying over him. Bora Ra laughs at the idea of befriending robots, let alone Power Spheres like Ochobot, who he hunts for their powers and collects as trophies, but the hero's love for his robotic friend (and the {{eleventh hour superpower}}s Ochobot grants the heroes) gives him the strength to beat Bora Ra. However, [=BoBoiBoy=] doesn't celebrate their victory immediately, [[PleaseWakeUp still begging Ochobot to wake up]]. When Ochobot turns out to be alive, the heroes cry TearsOfJoy instead.]]

* In ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'', the {{disney death}}s of two robots were mourned.
** In the Season 2 finale, Probe sacrifices himself by [[TakingTheBullet taking a blast from Ejo Jo's battle robot]] to save his boss, Adu Du, and even the heroes and bystanders tear up while Adu Du is devastated. Only [[SmugSnake Ejo Jo]] is the exception, who was surprised "that weak scrap-bot" even put up a fight against him at all, yet remains unsympathetic when he dies.
** In ''[=BoBoiBoy=] The Movie'', Ochobot's death reduces the hero to shouting apologies through his tears, as his RobotBuddy is yanked out of his hands by [[HopeCrusher Bora Ra]], who destroys Ochobot and mocks the hero for crying over him. Bora Ra laughs at the idea of befriending robots, let alone Power Spheres like Ochobot, which he hunts for their powers and collects as trophies, but the hero's love for his robotic friend (plus the {{eleventh hour superpower}}s Ochobot grants the heroes moments afterwards) gives him the strength to defeat Bora Ra in the FinalBattle. However, [=BoBoiBoy=] doesn't celebrate their victory immediately, still begging Ochobot to wake up.

->''"It says a great deal about the mind of Commander Data that, looking at the human race with all its violence and corruption and willful ignorance, he could still see kindness, immense curiosity, and the greatness of spirit. And he wanted, more than anything else, to be part of that. To be a part of… the human family."''
-->-- '''Jean-Luc Picard's eulogy to Data''': ''Series/StarTrekPicard''

** In the episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE62HisSiliconSoul His Silicon Soul]]", an ArtificialIntelligence that Batman foiled in a prior story arc uses its last creation, a [[RobotMe robot duplicate of Batman/Bruce Wayne]], to attempt to carry out a plan to [[KillAndReplace replace all of humanity with robots that look like the people they're replacing]]. However, it turns out Batman's robot copy [[CopiedTheMoralsToo has Batman's moral code]], especially ThouShaltNotKill, and ultimately destroys both its AI creator and itself rather than go through with the plan. Afterwards Batman waxes poetic when speaking about the dead robot:
--->'''Bruce''': It seems it was more than wires and microchips after all. Could it be it had a soul, Alfred? A soul of silicon, perhaps, but a soul nonetheless?
** PlayedForLaughs in the episode "The Last Laugh" when Batman destroys the Joker's "Captain Clown" robot. The Joker cries, "You killed Captain Clown!" in an outraged tone, though it's possible that he was simply trolling Batman.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The Season 12 episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E18TrilogyOfError Trilogy Of Error]]" starts with Lisa revealing her science project, a robot called Linguo, who corrects a person's grammar. Homer gives him a test and quickly grows attached to it despite all the crazy chaos that happens in the episode. By the end of the adventure, Linguo ends up being blown up and lands before Homer, who mourns for his passing.

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->''"It says a great deal about the mind of Commander Data that, looking at the human race with all its violence and corruption and willful ignorance, he could still see kindness, immense curiosity, and the greatness of spirit. He wanted, more than anything else, to be part of that. To be a part of a human family."''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "A Pharaoh to Remember", the robot Bender has become obsessed with being forgotten after he's gone. To try and cheer him up, his friends throw him a "living funeral" to show him how much they'll miss him when he dies. But not even their most heartfelt stories can placate the demanding Bender, who walks off saying that they've shown him "how much my funeral will suck."