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* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell2Innocence'', on the other hand, features [[SexBot]]s that are superhumanly fast and strong enough to punch a person's head off their shoulders. They are, however, fragile enough that such feats typically cause them to fall apart rather quickly.

* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell2Innocence'', on the other hand, features SexBots that are superhumanly fast and strong enough to punch a person's head off their shoulders. They are, however, fragile enough that such feats typically cause them to fall apart rather quickly.

** Subverted in another episode, where after many other attempts to replace Carl's body Frylock decides he'll put it on his super-powerful robot. Upon Shake's questioning he suddenly realizes how [[TooDumbToLive unwise]] it would be to heavily arm someone ''whose body they destroyed'' and wonders what he was thinking. He then takes things to the opposite extreme, just sticking Carl's head on a RC car and calling it a day.

** The Extraplanetary Multiform Mobile Identifiers, or [[FunWithAcronyms E.M.M.I.]], from ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'' were designed by the Galactic Federation to be research and surveillance drones. Uncharacteristically for such a role, they have sharp claws and a giant retractable DNA-extraction needle capable of piercing through battle armor, are surprisingly fast and [[AbnormalLimbRotation flexible]], have amazing pathfinding skills, and are NighInvulnerable to most of Samus's arsenal. When they go rogue, these traits make them one of the most dangerous foes Samus has ever faced. It that's not enough, many of the later encountered models have abilities or weapons that go way beyond their intended function or the justification of extra mobility or self-defense from hostile fauna. E.M.M.I.-07PB, in particular, is armed with ''[[SmartBomb Power Bombs]]''. It's unknown if Exelion Star Corporation (the E.M.M.I.'s manufacturer) built them with these overpowered weapons [[spoiler:or if [[BigBad Raven Beak]] outfitted them with Chozo technology after reprogramming them to make them more efficient killers]].

** ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'' contains a slightly more literal example in Cinnamon, the reploid [[TheMedic nurse]]. She can hit decently (well, the [[LethalJokeItem Kitty Gloves]] can) and her weapons inflict [[StandardStatusEffects various status effects]], she can [[PhlebotinumOverdose resist the effects]] of [[{{Unobtanium}} Force Metal]] better than others, [[spoiler: [[ItemCrafting generate the Force Metal]]]], heal the party, and her [[SuperMode Hyper Mode]] turns her nurse outfit into an actual maid's outfit loaded with many beneficial effects - enhanced defense, extra HitPoints, and better [[ManaMeter Weapon Energy]] [[RegeneratingMana recovery]] for her and her allies.

* The ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series has quite a number of robots that were supposedly designed with a benign, non-combat purpose, but are very overequipped for said purpose. Predictably, many of them [[AIIsACrapshoot go berserk]] (or get [[DemonicPossession possessed]]) and become enemies.

** The Extraplanetary Multiform Mobile Identifiers, or E.M.M.I., from ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'' were designed by the Galactic Federation to be research and surveillance drones. Uncharacteristically for such a role, they have sharp claws and a giant retractable DNA-extraction needle capable of piercing through battle armor, are surprisingly fast, have amazing pathfinding skills, and are NighInvulnerable to most of Samus's arsenal. When they go rogue, these traits make them one of the most dangerous foes Samus has ever faced. It that's not enough, many of the later encountered models have abilities or weapons that go way beyond their intended function or the justification of extra mobility or self-defense from hostile fauna. E.M.M.I.-07PB, in particular, is armed with ''[[SmartBomb Power Bombs]]''. It's unknown if Exelion Star Corporation (the E.M.M.I.'s manufacturer) built them with these overpowered weapons [[spoiler:or if Raven Beak outfitted them with Chozo technology after reprogramming them to make them more efficient killers]].

** The Extraplanetary Multiform Mobile Identifiers, or E.M.M.I., from ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'' were designed by the Galactic Federation to be research and surveillance drones. Uncharacteristically for such a role, they have sharp claws and a giant retractable DNA-extraction needle capable of piercing through battle armor, are surprisingly fast, have amazing pathfinding skills, and are NighInvulnerable to most of Samus's arsenal. When they go rogue, these traits make them one of the most dangerous foes Samus has ever faced.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' featured banjo-playing scorpion robots which were apparently intended as amusements at a children's theme park. They were armed to the teeth with missiles and machine guns.
** Subverted in another episode, where after many other attempts to replace Carl's body Frylock decides he'll put it on his super-powerful robot. Upon Shake's questioning he suddenly realizes how [[TooDumbToLive unwise]] it would be to heavily arm someone ''whose body they destroyed'' and wonders what he was thinking.

** In the most recent anime series, this is explained away by Tenma giving Astro the ability to "evolve" himself. Instead of all his gadgets being built into him from the start, his body somehow creates them in response to danger. He gained his rocket boots after falling out the window of an office building & he got his ArmCannon in a fight to the death with his evil "brother" Atlas. In this version, however, he doesn't have, ahem, rear-end gunning capability (and it's disturbing to contemplate what situation might have called for him to "evolve" it). He does have finger lasers to compensate.

* [[spoiler:Iris]] from the ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaReflection''[=/=]''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaDetonation Detonation]]'' movie duology is an ArtificialHuman created for terraforming a dying planet, yet is capable of fighting on even grounds with some of the most powerful mages in the multiverse. It's justified, since the planet in question is a DeathWorld [[spoiler:and her "[[EvilAllAlong father]]" was secretly planning on using her as a SuperSoldier.]]

** This trope is arguably in the 2009 film. Here, Tobio/Toby meets his end at the hands of a rogue military robot. Tenma later comments that the weapons and defense systems built into Astro are for self-defense, finally stating "I won't lose him again." Here, he's shown to be clearly overwhelmed by his son's death, and seeing that his son was killed by a lethal robot, he probably saw nothing wrong with going overboard on the self-defense systems.

** This trope is arguably justified in the 2009 film. Here, Tobio/Toby meets his end at the hands of a rogue military robot. Tenma later comments that the weapons and defense systems built into Astro are for self-defense, finally stating "I won't lose him again." Here, he's shown to be clearly overwhelmed by his son's death, and seeing that his son was killed by a lethal robot, he probably saw nothing wrong with going overboard on the self-defense systems.

* [[Webcomic/QuestionableContent Pintsize]] is basically a walking computer. [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=61 With a laser.]]
** Justified. Marten (Pintsize's owner) had to replace his chassis and unknowingly upgraded him with a [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=147 prototype battlefield robot chassis]]. The laser has since been removed.

[[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Sufficiently humanoid robots]] will have [[SuperStrength super-strength]] and [[StockSuperpowers other fantastic abilities]]. [[MisappliedPhlebotinum It doesn't matter what they were built for]].

** The Harmony-class and Diligence-class drones from ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'' (which game design-wise, are just slightly modified from the Pulse and Scatter Bombus from the first ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'') were designed by the Luminoth to be cleaning robots, which clean up organic residue by dropping electrical pulses or firing a focused laser beam. This is partially justified by the Luminoth later modifying them for combat against the Ing. By the events of ''Echoes'', the ones that weren't possessed by the Ing suffered a programming glitch that caused them to consider all organic life (including the sapient Luminoth and Samus) filth that must be cleansed.

** Also, the expensive part of a robot isn't the motors. Sensors, programming, and control electronics are expensive. A more powerful motor is cheap, especially if space isn't a critical issue. If making the box lifting robot strong enough to lift full boxes is only a couple of percent more expensive, it makes sense. It boosts resale value. It lowers maintenance complexity to have all your robots use the same parts and model. It reduces design costs to have the engineers only create one model. It lets you reassign it to replace a heavy lifting unit that's down. It lets you change your factory's procedures without having to worry about exceeding its specs. It doesn't even increase safety much, as even a low powered industrial robot is very dangerous. So use the more powerful motors.

This makes them a threat when acquiring an [[InstantAIJustAddWater Artificial Intelligence]], or [[LightningCanDoAnything struck by lightning]].

** This trope is ''inverted'' by the Gardener in the Dark program, which was supposed to be used only as an absolute final contingency against a robot threat that ultimately never materialized. It reduces a robot's capabilities to a catastrophic minimum, disabling most of its higher thought processes, physical dexterity and personality and basically rendering them nearly useless tools good for a single, incredibly specific purpose. In Jean's society, where robots ''vastly'' outnumber humans and are absolutely necessary for human survival (the planet is in the middle of being terraformed), it's basically the Apocalypse in a disk.

* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'': The MachineLifeforms are primarily designed for one of a number of roles: Harvesting plant life, mining ore, purifying air or water, recycling machines, or transporting the materials other machines collect. Every single one of them can turn their tools on humans to lethal effect. While some of this is justified by the Derangement--where machines grew more aggressive about twenty years ago--that's mostly a difference in behavior. They could have been built small and efficient, capable of doing their jobs without having the ability to harm humans, but they weren't. Now, not only will they trample humans who get too close, many machines have [[PlayingWithFire blaze]] and [[AnIcePerson chillwater]] attacks, using their collection and purification tools as weapons. Not to mention the machines that were actually designed for combat, which are worse.

* ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme'': At the behest of the Prime Minister, the Storyteller builds a robot body for Queen Victoria. Despite knowing full-well a human brain in a robot body will become dehumanised to the point of monstrousness, he also builds it with a variety of weapons, including the ability to shoot fire from her eyes, to demonstrate her majesty and terrify foreigners. Naturally, the minute her brain's put in the body, Queen Victoria goes on a rampage, starting with incinerating some orphans.

* In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', while Chachamaru herself being the lead {{gynoid}} was built primarily for combat and serving tea, her "sisters" act as a constant work force in their master Evangeline's [[YearInsideHourOutside hidden resort]] from Chachamaru's [[SuperPrototype prototype]]. They can however act as a reserve army at their creator Chao or Hakase's orders.

* Yuki Nagato from LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya is an ArtificialHuman built to observe. Fans describe her as the most powerful character ever made.

* Comicbook/BlueDevil's original PoweredArmor, which was bulletproof, gave him superstrength and supersenses including infrared vision, and had scuba gear, was built as a movie prop. As was the rocket trident that let him fly.

** ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' implies that the Animatronics were designed this way to begin with. The "Toy" versions of the Animatronics were stated to have access to police files on criminals in order to keep kids safe from harm (and it's stated that the "classic" versions were retrofitted with that technology before being scrapped for parts). This could possibly explain why they are able to restrain a full-grown human. [[spoiler:And, considering that it's heavily implied Freddy tried to stop the murders, it can be estimated they are programmed to restrain criminals until police help arrives.]] Of course, that doesn't explain why the Fazbear Crew would also show signs of being sentient ([[spoiler:but that could partially be due to those ghostly children]]). Or why they would need to have any sort of security-based programming if they are entertainment robots in the first place.

* Creator/OsamuTezuka, the creator of Astro Boy, used the trope again in the full lentgh movie ''Manga/{{Phoenix}} 2772'' (aka Space Firebird). Olga, the nanny robot, can transform into a car, a boat, and two forms of flying machine. She also performs decently in a battle in open space.

* ''Manga/DoctorSlump''. The only reason he built Arale was to see if he could. And she splits Earth OnceAnEpisode and was stronger than young [[Manga/DragonBall Son Goku]] in a crossover.
** Actually, Arale was stronger than '''''Vegeta''''' in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. By this point, Vegeta is probably strong enough to destroy the whole universe if he wanted to. Arale defeats him easily. Goku fares better [[FridgeBrilliance because Dragon Ball started as a comedy manga like Dr. Slump, but it was much more serious by the time Vegeta was introduced.]]
* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' seems to always have to fight these things. "No, no, you're supposed to compete in cleaning the house with it." "Then why is it firing missiles at me!?"
** Lampshaded in that the designer of that robot is almost fired because of her over-powered designs.

** The suicidal "Jeri" androids in Episode 3 have no apparent physical capabilities beyond those of humans--one kills itself just by walking into a river to drown! It's a little unclear if the robot geishas in the very first episode had superhuman strength or not--they had their hostages pinned down in submission holds which would be difficult to break out of in either case. However, they certainly weren't bulletproof.