History Main / RobotsAreJustBetter

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* In a sci-fi comedy ''Arm of the Law'' by Creator/HarryHarrison, an android police officer is assigned for Beta testing to a police station of BadCopIncompetentCop types in a WretchedHive on Mars. The android single-handedly proceeds to CleanUpTheTown.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' shows the villain's development of the Omnidroid series as it went one-on-one with various superheroes. Though a super occasionally vanquished an early model Omnidroid, the mechas were still running about 3:1 win ratio. The newest model almost destroyed Mister Incredible, and even outwitted its creator.

* Deconstructed in ''Film/{{Zygote}}''; [[spoiler:the androids are ''so'' superior to humans that [[AwesomeButImpractical they're impractical to actually use in the dangerous mining operations they are meant for]], being prohibitively expensive and time-consuming to create. The corrupt MegaCorp mostly just kidnaps and/or buys human orphans and raises them to think they're androids because that's easier.]]

->"Organics create synthetics to improve their own existence, but those improvements have limits. To exceed those limits, synthetics must be allowed to evolve. They must by definition surpass their creators. The result is conflict, destruction, chaos. It is inevitable."

** The [[AIIsACrapshoot Machine Consciousness]] gets a 50% bonus on every production and employs Synthetics and slaves only. They will surpass any other empire technologically and economically eventually and their only goal is to wipe organics from the face of the galaxy.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' shows TheVillain's development of the Omnidroid series as it went one-on-one with various superheroes. Though a super occasionally vanquished an early model Omnidroid, the mechas were still running about 3:1 win ratio. The newest model almost destroyed Mister Incredible, and even outwitted its creator.

* Deconstructed in ''Film/{{Zygote}}''; [[spoiler:the androids are ''so'' superior to humans that [[AwesomeButImpractical they're impractical to actually use in the dangerous mining operations they are meant for]], being [[RealityEnsues prohibitively expensive and time-consuming to create]]. The corrupt MegaCorp mostly just kidnaps and/or buys human orphans and raises them to think they're androids because that's easier.]]

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': When they were introduced, the robotic Necrons were almost entirely unstoppable in fluff and crunch, no matter the enemy they faced (their weapons desintegrate everything atom by atom; when killed, they merely teleported away for repairs). While later editions made them slightly more killable and personable, some other materials maintain them at their InvincibleVillain levels (Literature/CiaphasCain in particular is entirely ready to sacrifice the semi-fabricated heroic reputation that gives him a very high standard of life in 40K if it means he doesn't have to face them).

This trope is when synthetics are depicted as better than [[CallAHumanAMeatbag Meatbags]] in almost any way, [[GameBreaker without having any major drawbacks]]. AIIsACrapshoot might be the result of this, though they are just as likely to live in harmony with organics.

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* In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' this is one of the dividing issues between android "brothers" Data and Lore. The interesting aspect is that Lore approaches the issue in a very "mechanical" sense: being better in every measurable sense means as a whole androids are better. Data sees it differently, he understands that humans are more complex than the sum of their parts. Thus with enough work Data can always be better than his past self, but Lore will never strive to be better because he believes no improvement is possible.

-->'''Avon:''' He probably didn't. Just being suspicious would have been enough. A machine of this type would have recognised that easily, more easily than we would.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': When they were introduced, the robotic Necrons were almost entirely unstoppable in fluff and crunch, no matter the enemy they faced (their weapons desintegrate everything atom by atom; when killed, they merely teleported away for repairs). While later editions made them slightly more killable and personable, some other materials maintain them at their InvincibleVillain levels (CiaphasCain in particular is entirely ready to sacrifice the semi-fabricated heroic reputation that gives him a very high standard of life in 40K if it means he doesn't have to face them).

* In "Headhunter", an android with no MoralityChip has [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters killed its creator]] and is rampaging through the base looking for MagicalComputer Orac, who begs to be shut down before this happens, as with [[AllYourPowersCombined their combined powers]] they could dominate and eventually make extinct all organic humanoid life.

** In "Project Avalon", a RebelLeader is replaced by a gynoid. A colleague who knows her well is suspicious, but she kills him.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K'': When they were introduced, the robotic Necrons were almost entirely unstoppable in fluff and crunch, no matter the enemy they faced (their weapons desintegrate everything atom by atom; when killed, they merely teleported away for repairs). While later editions made them slightly more killable and personable, some other materials maintain them at their InvincibleVillain levels (CiaphasCain in particular is entirely ready to sacrifice the semi-fabricated heroic reputation that gives him a very high standard of life in 40K if it means he doesn't have to face them).

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* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchise. Terminators are physically superior to human beings in every way known. They're stronger, near-indestructible, have heightened senses and reflexes, don't feel pain, and don't require food, air or water. Even their outer flesh heals over time. Skynet, the MasterComputer that created the Terminators, is reputedly far more intelligent than any human being. It's only in terms of existential topics (i.e., doing things they're not programmed to do) that humans are remotely better.

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-->--'''The Catalyst''', ''Videogame/MassEffect3''

* {{Pixar}}'s TheIncredibles shows TheVillain's development of the Omnidroid series as it went one-on-one with various superheroes. Though a super occasionally vanquished an early model Omnidroid, the mechas were still running about 3:1 win ratio. The newest model almost destroyed Mister Incredible, and even outwitted its creator.

** The Reapers appear to play this trope straight, needing an entire fleet to kill even just one of them. It is partly subverted in MassEffect2 when it turns out that [[spoiler:they are synthetic-organic hybrids.]]

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-->'''Bender:''' When will man learn that all races are equally inferior to robots?

* * Parodied in ''Series/SesameStreet'', where Sam the Robot fervently believes that machines "are perfect", but often [[BrokenRecord gets stuck while saying that]] and [[NotSoAboveItAll malfunctions in other ways]].
* In ''Series/Humans'' the conscious synths surpass normal humans in every way.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' robots appear to have superhuman strength, speed and intelligence and seem to be almost immortal. They live mostly in harmony with humanity, though there seem to be some [[RobotWar Robot Wars]] in the future, and a robot-supremacy-league.