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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':

* Mr. Universe's Love Bot in ''Film/{{Serenity}}''. The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' RPG notes that owning a love bot is enough to be blacklisted from hiring a Companion. From what we see in the movie, it has all the capabilities of a Real Doll with a tape player in it, so "bot" might be pushing it. [[CompanionCube Not that this stops Mr. Universe falling in love with her]], but then he's not so much walking the fine line between genius and madness as playing jump rope with it.

* In one of the ''ComicBook/XXXenophile Presents'' stories, the [[AllWomenAreLustful sex-mad]] captain of a starship mistakes the new ship's chaplain for her recently-ordered sexbot. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity]] (and sex) ensues.

** Spike intimidates Warren into building a Buffybot ("[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E18Intervention Intervention]]"). HilarityEnsues.
* On ''Series/TheColbertReport'', it is a running gag whenever scientists create a new robot musing about whether or not [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles the Japanese would want to have sex with it]].

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': The protagonist of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E7TheLonely The Lonely]]" is a prisoner on an asteroid, and the supply ship brings him an android female. He is far too emotional over leaving her behind for someone simply having a machine as a companion (someone who he simply talks to). His response is more or less exactly how you'd expect they'd react if their lover/wife had to be left behind. Since she apparently has fully human intelligence and emotional responses, this enters WhatMeasureIsANonHuman territory.

* Music/FrankZappa has a song with the title "Sy Borg" on the album Joe's Garage about this trope, the "Sy Borg" shorts out after a golden shower.

* Not sure whether Diktor from the ''ComicBook/{{Barbarella}}'' comic counts (since Barbarella tends to AnythingThatMoves, so he would rather be a robot that happens to have sex).

* ASCII of ''Webcomic/UmlautHouse'' probably wasn't designed as a sex bot (then again he was made by [[FlamboyantGay Rick]]), but one of the various jobs he had while his memory was damaged was a male prostitute. And his "father" has multiple "fully functional" prosthetic bodies, one of which was "borrowed" by [[AnythingThatMoves Volair]].

** Jeter revisits this trope in the sequel ''Fiendish Schemes'', Dower Jr. is almost raped by a mechanical simian known as Orang-Utan. Turns out his father was hired by a very jaded noble to make a mechanical orangutan that was extremely fierce to make good sport in hunting and also to be a sexbot that would fuck him with its giant iron penis that had its own steam engine for more pushing power. The noble died during their first bout of sex and an unlucky workman finds out the Orang-Utan is still active. After getting sodomized by the sexbot, the worker is held permanently in an asylum for ranting about getting buggered by a steam-powered ape.

* In Creator/KWJeter's ''Infernal Devices'', a wealthy couple commission genius inventor George Dower Sr. to create the Paninicon. The couple have differing reasons why they want it built, for the husband - the Paninicon will have the violin virtuoso's music skills. But for the wife, the Paninicon will have the sex skills of the original. The Paninicon goes on tour where it plays grand concerts and leaves a trail of sex-addicted trophy wives of old aristocrats. Unfortunately the Paninicon goes haywire when its psychic link to George Dower Jr. is affected by George losing his virginity, the out of control Paninicon goes so sex deviant that its lovers in that moment's orgy, end up going to a convent and swear celibacy.
** Jeter revisits this trope in the sequel ''Fiendish Schemes'', Dower is almost raped by a mechanical simian known as Orang-Utan. Turns out his father was hired by a very jaded noble to make a mechanical orangutan that was extremely fierce to make good sport in hunting and also to be a sexbot that would fuck him with its giant iron penis that had its own steam engine for more pushing power. The noble died during their first bout of sex and an unlucky workman finds out the Orang-Utan is still active. After getting sodomized by the sexbot, the worker is held permanently in an asylum for ranting about getting buggered by a steam-powered ape.

* Sexbots are one of the many types of robots made by the major corporation in ''Literature/TheSherwoodGame'' by Creator/EstherFriesner. The RobinHood program is downloaded into one of these bodies.

** To a lesser extent, there's also the song "Mrs. Pinky" from the album Zoot Allures. According to Zappa, its lyrics were based on a horrendous blow-up sex doll he saw in a Finnish magazine.

** Warren's sexbot April in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou I Was Made to Love You]]" and the [=BuffyBot=] he built for Spike. April deconstructs the trope, in that her creator Warren abandoned the perfect woman he created because her constant subservience was too boring compared to the real girlfriend he was dating.

* Pretty strongly implied at the end of the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' "Hair Raising Hare" -- WesternAnimation/BugsBunny is kissed by a girl rabbit robot, goes loopy and defensively shouts "Well? So she's ''mechanical!''"

Real-life sexbots are [[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/27/race-to-build-world-first-sex-robot now close to reality]] as [[LifeImitatesArt technology catches up with fiction.]] The ethical debate evolves along.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', Rick ends up buying Morty a sex bot they found at an alien pawn shop after much passive-aggressive whining. Morty's parents can't agree on how to feel about it. As it turns out, however, the robot is actually an alien breeding chamber that collects DNA and creates a Gazorpazorpian baby after Morty used it.

* Referred in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Awesome-O", when one of the studio producers asks if Cartman (disguised as the titular robot) is also a "pleasure model".
-->'''Cartman:''' ''LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME!

* Mitsukazu Mihara's ''Manga/{{DOLL}}'' series regularly featured a sexaroid-type DOLL. People can either buy sexaroids, or have their [=DOLLs=] remodeled (illegally) to suit their own perverse tastes. One story in particular focused on two sexaroids, Veronica (with a female body and male genitalia) and her nameless partner (male body with female genitalia). The two spend their time being used and abused, the more owners they have means their value wears off. The nameless doll grows more disturbed by their emotionally devoid life, until Veronica is finally killed by their latest owner. [[spoiler:The nameless doll is bought by Ichiro, the reoccurring DOLL remodeler, and we discover he's really the companion that Ichiro had been working with for the previous two novels. By the end of the series, the nameless doll gains a new name: Itsuki.]]

* In ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'', these tend to be [[RobosexualsAreCreeps associated with perverts, loners and losers]]. The Major comes across one such in a HackerCave with a couple of sexbots lazing around that cost the equivalent of a new Ferrari, and comments to the hacker that his parents would probably commit suicide at the sight. The Interior Minister is often shown accompanied by scantily-clad maidbots to establish him as a SleazyPolitician; a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion is shown when they're attending him as a senile patient in a hospital bed, when he's too far gone to even notice them.

* In the ''Anime/MyOtome'' manga, Miyu the MAID has these capabilities, with abilities such as [[BuxomBeautyStandard increasing the size of her breasts]] to match even Erstin Ho, and supposedly being able to accommodate both genders and any sexual preference. Miyu's adaptability is fortunate for her, because Alyssa's plans to win the competition between the [=MAIDs=] and Otomes involve Miyu seducing the WholesomeCrossdresser Mashiro.

** ComicBook/LexLuthor in ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing'' has one of his own. An armed to the teeth, opposing-viewpoint version of [[spoiler: Lois Lane]] Kink factor is off the charts by the second issue.

* A story in the very first issue of ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' was set in a {{Zeerust}} future where "disposable prefabricated robot women" are purchasable from vending machines. Alhough what they are used for is never explicitly stated, the main character pointedly observes: "Have you noticed how less and less men are getting married, and more and more of these robot women are being sold?"
* Played in ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies 3'' where the hero Machine Man criticizes [[{{Fembot}} Jocasta]] about not wearing a outfit and always being naked.

* "Polly" in ''ComicBook/ThePunisher2099'' is an ArtificialHuman rather than a robot, but she was designed as a sex toy ... until she rebelled, killed her owner and became a DistaffCounterpart of the Punisher under the name Vendetta.

* From the movie ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' there's Gigolo Joe and his female counterpart, Gigolo Jane. They do seem to have very different programming, with Joe being TheCharmer who puts a lot of effort into sweet-talking his female clientiele. From what little we see of Jane, she's straightforward and no-nonsense in her approach. The robots' creator himself is seen in the opening, where his colleagues joke that he's known for indulging a fair bit in his own work (to which he also jokingly replies "Quality control is very important").

* In ''Film/{{Automata}}'', Cleo is a sex bot based on a stolen Pilgrim 7000 industrial robot. Despite being "fully functional", the design deliberately invokes the UncannyValley; she moves as stiffly as the standard Pilgrim, but with the addition of a comical breast plate and a plastic face that resembles a mannequin's. She is stolen a second time and upgraded with a new biokernel that makes her sentient.
* ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars''. Shad can't resist trying the Dial-A-Date service on a long abandoned planet. The screen displaying a sexy alien female rises to reveal a [[FanDisservice decaying but fully functional android]]. Shad backs off quickly.

** The original novel discusses the relationship between sex and empathy in some detail. Phil Resch advises Deckard that the way to prevent developing feelings of empathy for androids is to have sex with one, then kill it. Deckard has sex with the android Rachel Rosen, but doesn’t complete the process.
* ''Film/BladeRunner2049'': Joi is a holographic ArtificialIntelligence made by Wallace Corporation for lonely people who want to experience a relationship (including sharing feelings and intimate thoughts). Joi can synchronize with the body of a real woman for "physical" sex, and does so with a prostitute at one point to have sex with the protagonist.

* ''Film/Dracula3000'', a terrible space vampire flick [[NonIndicativeName without Dracula]]. At the end Aurora and Humvee accept their doom, Aurora reveals she used to be a sex robot so Humvee picks her up and the ship explodes in a very poor special effect.
* In ''Film/ExMachina'', Nathan mentions that Ava is "fully equipped" with female genitalia, and that he built her so that she can indeed derive pleasure from sex. [[spoiler:Nathan used Ava's predecessors in this way, including Kyoko, whose primary purpose for Nathan, as opposed to being a RobotMaid, may be that of a sex slave. Whether by Nathan's suggestion or her own programming, she begins to take her clothes off for Caleb when he simply wanted to know where Nathan was]].

* Practically inverted by Samantha in ''Film/Her2013'' -- she doesn't have a body, but is capable of thought, reason and emotion. She can offer Theodore warmth, affection and romance, but cannot physically interact with him. Subverted in that neither of them seem to mind all that much -- after an awkward encounter with a sex worker role-playing as Samantha, they appear to decide that physical contact isn't all that important, and emotional connection is enough.
* ''Film/HotBot'' has an advanced sex bot named Bardot (actually her model name) ordered for a senator and lost in delivery before being discovered by two teenage boys. The model is built to learn and form its own personality, and decides it wants more than to be someone else's toy.

* Mr. Universe's Love Bot in ''Film/{{Serenity}}''. The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' RPG notes that owning a love bot is enough to be blacklisted from hiring a Companion. From what we see in the movie it has all the capabilities of a Real Doll with a tape player in it, so "bot" might be pushing it. [[CompanionCube Not that this stops Mr. Universe falling in love with her]], but then he's not so much walking the fine line between genius and madness as playing jump-rope with it.

* A businessman is showing off his newly-acquired secretary-bot (the [=SecBot=]) to a coworker, claiming she does absolutely ''everything'' a secretary does and more, as she also has built-in office equipment like a printer, stapler, tape dispenser, etc. The coworker is dubious, so the owner tells him to borrow the bot for a while, explaining how she works. As he's leaving, he hears a bloodcurdling scream, looks horrified and yells "Oh crap! I didn't tell him about the [[GroinAttack pencil sharpener!]]"

* In Creator/MikeResnick's ''The Buntline Special'' of his ''WeirdWest'' stories, "Big Nose" Kate's brothel has a couple of brass, mechanical prostitutes with limited A.I. which were made and maintained by Ned Buntline. These metal prostitutes are popular in Tombstone, but were prone to various mechanical failures like trapping a client with their limbs.

* In Creator/KWJeter's ''Infernal Devices'', a wealthy couple commision genius inventor George Dower Sr. to create the Paninicon. The couple have differing reasons why they want it built, for the husband - the Paninicon will have the violin virtuouso's music skills. But for the wife, the Paninicon will have the sex skills of the original. The Paninicon goes on tour where it plays grand concerts and leaves a trail of sex-addicted trophy wives of old aristocrats. Unfortunately the Paninicon goes haywire when it's psychic link to George Dower Jr. is affected by George losing his virginity, the out of control Paninicon goes so sex deviant that its lovers in that moment's orgy, end up going to a convent and swear celibacy.
** Jeter revisits this trope in the sequel ''Fiendish Schemes'', Dower is almost raped by a mechanical simian known as Orang-Utan. Turns out his father was hired by a very jaded noble to make a mechanical orangutan that was extremely fierce to make good sport in hunting and also to be a sexbot that would fuck him with its giant iron penis that had its own steam-engine for more pushing power. The noble died during their first bout of sex and an unlucky workman finds out the Orang-Utan is still active. After getting sodomized by the sexbot, the worker is held permanently in an asylum for ranting about getting buggered by a steampowered ape.

* In the Dutch SF story "Pairpuppets" ("Paarpoppen," translated and anthologized in ''The Best from the Rest''), lots of people are buying "pairpuppets," which are just what you'd think. The protagonist is kind of tired of them, and meets a real, flesh-and-blood woman. [[spoiler: They have sex in a ditch. Then she tells him she's a new model, thanks him for product-testing her, and says she'll return herself to the factory.]]

* The main character of ''Literature/SaturnsChildren'' by Creator/CharlesStross is a sexbot, in a solar system which entirely lacks the actual human beings she's programmed to be attracted to. This creates [[DrivenToSuicide major angst in her model line]], as the sexbots feel they don't have a purpose.

* In ''Literature/SpaceCaptainSmith'', Polly Carveth is a sexbot. However the man who commisioned her construction had a number of fetishes. So she's short and just barely scraping into being pretty. She also cusses a lot and constantly makes sexual innuendos. The other thing she's programmed to do is burp and fart regularly. Later in the series, she does drop a lot of her most obnoxious behaviour.
* A variation in ''Literature/TheWindupGirl'' by Creator/PaoloBacigalupi, with the eponymous windup girl Emiko created by genetic engineering rather than mechanical means. For instance her skin has less pores to make it smooth to the touch; unfortunately this means she's constantly in danger of overheating--and she lives in post-GlobalWarming Bangkok. Another story by the same author, ''Mika Model'', features a sexbot that definitely has a computer brain, although she is also apparently largely biological.

--> '''The Director''': There when a young man takes a maiden in marriage they do not lie together, but each lies with a cunningly fashioned image of the other, made to move and to be warm by devilish arts, for real flesh will not please them, they are so dainty in their dreams of lust.

* Mack accuses Holden of this with Aida in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', which he vehemently denies. Though she is modelled off his past love, no such relationship between the two is ever shown.

* ''Series/DarkMatter2015'': The crew opens their secure cargo hold and discovers Wendy, a disassembled entertainment android played by Creator/RubyRose. While Wendy has an extensive range of other options like singing, dancing, cooking or playing games, she also includes this trope. [[spoiler:Unfortunately she's also a TrojanHorse designed to sabotage the ship.]]

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': The protagonist of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E7TheLonely The Lonely]]" is a prisoner on an asteroid, and the supply ship brings him an android female. He is far too emotional over leaving her behind for someone simply having a machine as a companion (someone who he simply talks to). His response is more or less exactly what you'd expect they'd react if their lover/wife had to be left behind. Since she apparently has fully human intelligence and emotional responses, this enters WhatMeasureIsANonHuman territory.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQDn1Y3Jo70 24 Hours Candy Machine, by the Lodger]], is about a man who made himself a sex robot. Actually a nice view in the implications a sex bot would have if they could feel and think, crossing with WhatMeasureIsANonHuman as the Twiligt zone entry above.

** To lesser extent there's also the song "Mrs. Pinky" from the album Zoot Allures. According to Zappa, its lyrics were based on an horrendous blow-up sex doll he saw on a Finnish magazine.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' has one of the creepier variants, "bunraku" parlors where young girls are implanted with cyberware that temporarily blanks out their consciousness and operates their bodies running any of several different personality files, depending on the client's preferences. This is actually ''tamer'' than the book it's taken from, ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'', under Literature. Interestingly averts AndIMustScream though since the girls are artificially made happy so least they don't have to suffer...
** Making maters worse is said Personafix software, run at unsafe levels and causes potentially eventually fatal damage. Later editions also featured more conventional variants which in addition to use as a partner, may be used [[PowerPerversionPotential as bodies by others, mainly for exactly what you expect]].

* In the adult action adventure game ''VideoGame/BoneTown'', there are two robots one can have sex with, one really fat and one skinny.

* In ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'', detectives Connor and Anderson go to an android brothel full of sex bots to investigate a murder. Soon it becomes clear that the victim was a "client" who was murdered a by sex bots who had turned deviant, and Connor has to access the memory cores of various sex bots all around the brothel to find out where the killers went.

* ''VideoGame/{{Jazzpunk}}'' has a robotic hooker near the soviet consulate. You can steal a coin from a jazz musician and put in in her coin slot. She gives you a quick 2 second animation and a kiss on the cheek.
* He wasn't designed as a Sexbot, but C8-42 from ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' becomes a ReplacementGoldfish for his owner's late husband. Bring Canderous for this bit. He NAILS the {{Squick}} ideas this scene conjures better that Carth's and Bastila's banter.

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Jack lampshades this with [[spoiler:EDI's new appearance, complete with obvious cameltoe. Joker, in fact, asks Mordin for advice how he could have sex with her without breaking his bones. EDI mentions in passing that the robot was based on an old friend -- and possibly more -- of the Illusive Man's. Shepard tries to interrupt her right there, before she clarifies that there's nothing in the body's memory to suggest TIM used it that way.]]

* Mieu from ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIII'', a female combat android and a party member. According to WordOfGod she doubles as a "sexdroid", being able to do perform any biological functions except blinking and giving birth.

* Among the various specialized NPC Avatars in ''VisualNovel/BaldrSky'' there are of course those made with sexual intercourse in mind, most which are able to support a wide range of tastes. The main character Kou end up being quite disgusted by some of these as they are pirated versions of an Avatar based on one of his childhood friends. It is also briefly mentioned that the advent of these lead to a sharp drop in sex related crimes, but that said there are still those that prefer the "real deal".

* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' skirts around this issue with Momo, whose original chassis has the [[InformedAttribute ability to shoot live eels]], is discovered making out with an [[InformedAttribute “anatomically correct”]] action figure, and engages in a fantasy with the human character Sven. Momo’s second chassis is [[InformedAttribute “anatomically correct”]], although this may, or may not be true - May offers to look it up online, and gets tasered in return.

* Averted in ''Webcomic/TimesLikeThis''. Nicki, the resident RobotBuddy in the Wells household, is ''not'' equipped with "anatomically accurate genitalia"... and that only the [[FunWithAcronyms Cybernetic Libido Interactive Technology]] models have them.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', Rick ends up buying Morty a sex bot they found at an alien pawn shop after much passive-aggressive whining. Morty's parents can't agree on how to feel about it. As it turns out however, the robot is actually an alien breeding chamber that collects DNA and creates a Gazorpazorpian baby after Morty used it.

* Referred in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Awesome-O", when one of the studio producers ask if Cartman (disguised as the titular robot) is also a "pleasure model".

* Six-of-Nine from ''WesternAnimation/TrippingTheRift'' was designed as one, and according to her bio she's very good at it. Something about breaking Wilt Chamberlain's record in the most efficient way possible: parallel processing in groups of ten. But, since she wanted to feel more useful to her crew, she downloaded the requisite knowledge to be the ship's science officer. (Also a subversion, as she's the only character with intelligence and decency in the cast, at least when Creator/GinaGershon was voicing her.)

** The various androids of the Planet Mudd in "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E8IMudd I, Mudd]]". Chekov is enjoying his "harem", except for the fact that they "aren't real girls". They inform him that they are, and that Harry Mudd programmed them to "function as human women". Chekov's reaction? "This place is even better than [[HistoryMarchesOn Leningrad!]]"

'''Courier''': I can't feel my legs!\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', such robots are banned by law. Naturally, in the episode "Terry's Friend Dates a Robot" we actually see one. It goes berserk and has to be taken down by Terry.

Frequently, but not always overlaps with RobotGirl or {{Fembot}} -- see MostWritersAreMale and AuthorAppeal. A more sexual version of a CompanionCube.

One of the rare cases where having a RidiculouslyHumanRobot is actually [[JustifiedTrope justified]].

A SubTrope of {{Robosexual}}.

Frequently, but not always overlaps with RobotGirl or {{Fembot}} -- see MostWritersAreMale and AuthorAppeal. More sexual version of CompanionCube.

* ''Literature/SexRobotsAndVeganMeat:'' The author decides that the ultimate goal of the sex bot promoters isn't fancy masturbation toys, but slaves. A woman (or near equivalent) who obeys her owner's orders, does household chores, and is also sexually available.

* ''Manga/InAnotherWorldWithMySmartphone'': The terminal gynoids who run the Babylon floating islands were designed by their creator, Professor Regina Babylon, with organs capable of sexual intercourse. [[spoiler:In fact, Professor Babylon used Pure Liora as her sexual partner during her lifetime]].

* Mitsukazu Mihara's ''DOLL'' series regularly featured a sexaroid-type DOLL. People can either buy sexaroids, or have their [=DOLLs=] remodelled (illegally) to suit their own perverse tastes. One story in particular focused on two sexaroids, Veronica (with a female body and male genitalia) and her nameless partner (male body with female genitalia). The two spend their time being used and abused, the more owners they have means their value wears off. The nameless doll grows more disturbed by their emotionally devoid life, until Veronica is finally killed by their latest owner. [[spoiler: The nameless doll is bought by Ichiro, the reoccurring DOLL remodeller, and we discover he's really the companion that Ichiro had been working with for the previous two novels. By the end of the series, the nameless doll gains a new name: Itsuki.]]

* ''Film/{{Westworld}}'' has some robots that are "sex models". The protagonist has sex with a prostitute in Westworld, and an early sign of the sign of the park malfunctioning is when a serving maid in Medieval World refuses a guest seduction, even though it's part of her programming.

* ''Film/{{Westworld}}'' has some robots that are "sex models."

** May is certainly NOT "anatomically correct" but she DOES hook up with Sven at one point. Exactly what takes place is rather on the "flying helmet and wet celery" level, involving a range of miscellaneous "noodle objects" but May appears to be sufficiently involved or stimulated to want to "enjoy the afterglow" afterwards.

A robot specifically designed as a sexual toy for human beings, not just a robot designed to be capable of having sex if they want to. Not necessarily a RoboticSpouse.

A robot specifically designed as a sexual toy for human beings, not just a robot designed to be capable of having sex if it wants to. Not necessarily a RoboticSpouse.

* On ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Quark has many sex programs in his holosuites that serve this purpose.

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E2TheNakedNow The Naked Now]]", android Data reveals to a delighted Tasha Yar that he is fully functional in every way and programmed in multiple techniques -- though, of course, that is a bonus, not his primary role.

* The first ''Series/RedDwarf'' novel (''Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'') had an early scene that saw Rimmer go to a mechanoid brothel on Mimas. Unluckily one of the mechanoids goes beserk at the worst possible time...

* ''Series/DarkMatter'': The crew opens their secure cargo hold and discovers Wendy, a disassembled entertainment android played by Creator/RubyRose. While Wendy has an extensive range of other options like singing, dancing, cooking or playing games, she also includes this trope. [[spoiler:Unfortunately she's also a TrojanHorse designed to sabotage the ship.]]

** The various androids of the Planet Mudd in "I, Mudd." Chekov is enjoying his "harem," except for the fact that they "aren't real girls". They inform him that they are, and that Harry Mudd programmed them to "function as human women." Chekov's reaction? "This place is even better than [[HistoryMarchesOn Leningrad!]]"
** The concept is also expressed as clearly as you could on prime time TV in the Sixties in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", when Christine Chapel meets her fiance's robot nurse, who for some reason is a [[TheissTitillationTheory lot more scantily clad]] than the male androids he has serving him. First she refers to Andrea as "a mechanical {{geisha}}" (in keeping with the common misconception that geishas are prostitutes), and then:
--->'''Dr Korby:''' You think I could love a machine?\\

** In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Naked Now", android Data reveals to a delighted Tasha Yar that he is fully functional in every way and programmed in multiple techniques. Though, of course, that is a bonus, not his primary role.
* There was an episode of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' where the protagonist was a prisoner on an asteroid, and the supply ship brings him an android female. He was far too emotional over leaving her behind for someone simply having a machine as a companion (sort of like the woman who follows The Doctor or someone who he simply talks to). His response was more-or-less exactly what you'd expect they'd react if their lover/wife had to be left behind. Since she apparently had fully-human intelligence and emotional responses, this enters WhatMeasureIsANonHuman territory.