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* Lampshaded in the videogame ''Oni'', where the DiabolicalMastermind Muro is torturing (yes, torturing) the android Shinatama for information in a cutscene.
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* Lampshaded in the videogame ''Oni'', ''VideoGame/{{Oni}}'', where the DiabolicalMastermind Muro is torturing (yes, torturing) the android Shinatama for information in a cutscene.
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* The 1997 ''VideoGame/BladeRunner'' video game, like [[Film/BladeRunner the film]], features genetically engineered creations known as replicants, which are almost indistinguishable from humans. They even have implanted memories to make them believe that they were born and had a childhood. More disturbingly, they are completely self-aware and capable of asking questions regarding their own existence and identity.
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* Roberta Rossum in ''TheSims 2'' for PSP. Particularly when compared to other robots in the franchise, who tend more towards '50s sci-fi designs.
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* Roberta Rossum in ''TheSims 2'' for PSP. Particularly when compared to other robots in the franchise, who tend more towards '50s sci-fi designs.designs.
* The robot guards in the fourth world of ''[[Franchise/SlyCooper Sly Cooper Thieves in Time]]'' (And we use 'human' in the personality sense) are very human-like despite being skeletal wolf robots draped in ragged furs. While eavesdropping on them, you learn that they have kids which [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes they take to the beach]], they feel pain, they have names, have company picnics and play carnival games, and even have a sense of humor. In fact, this is in stark contrast to the ''other'' {{Mook}}s in the game who seem far more robotic despite being living creatures.
* The robot guards in the fourth world of ''[[Franchise/SlyCooper Sly Cooper Thieves in Time]]'' (And we use 'human' in the personality sense) are very human-like despite being skeletal wolf robots draped in ragged furs. While eavesdropping on them, you learn that they have kids which [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes they take to the beach]], they feel pain, they have names, have company picnics and play carnival games, and even have a sense of humor. In fact, this is in stark contrast to the ''other'' {{Mook}}s in the game who seem far more robotic despite being living creatures.
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** Don't forget Legion, a unique Geth on an autonomous platform, specifically designed to interact with organics. It even has movable "facial" features that disturbingly correspond to a person furrowing his brow. Legion does that when asked why it repaired its physical damage with a piece of Shepard's armor. Legion has no answer.
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** Don't forget Legion, Legion is a unique Geth on an autonomous platform, specifically designed to interact with organics. It even has movable "facial" features that disturbingly correspond to a person furrowing his brow. Legion does that when asked why it repaired its physical damage with a piece of Shepard's armor. Legion has no answer.
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* Roberta Rossum in ''TheSims 2'' for PSP and Makoto in several installments of ''MySims''. Particularly when compared to other robots in the franchise, who tend more towards '50s sci-fi designs.
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* Roberta Rossum in ''TheSims 2'' for PSP and Makoto in several installments of ''MySims''.PSP. Particularly when compared to other robots in the franchise, who tend more towards '50s sci-fi designs.
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* The Casts in the ''{{PhantasyStar}}'' series can be like this in regards to both their behavior and appearance. In the games that allow for character customization, they can frequently be made to look human enough that their voices are the only dead give away.
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* The Casts in the ''{{PhantasyStar}}'' series can be like this in regards to both their behavior and appearance. In the games that allow for character customization, they can frequently be made to look human enough that their voices are the only dead give away.away.
* Roberta Rossum in ''TheSims 2'' for PSP and Makoto in several installments of ''MySims''. Particularly when compared to other robots in the franchise, who tend more towards '50s sci-fi designs.
* Roberta Rossum in ''TheSims 2'' for PSP and Makoto in several installments of ''MySims''. Particularly when compared to other robots in the franchise, who tend more towards '50s sci-fi designs.
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** Don't forget Legion, a unique Geth on an autonomous platform, specifically designed to interact with organics. It even has movable "facial" features that disturbingly correspond to a person furrowing his brow. Legion does that when asked why it repaired its physical damage with a piece of Sheppard's armor. Legion has no answer.
*** Amusingly, Legion tries frequently to [[DefiedTrope defy]] this trope, insisting that geth "do not experience fear" or similar things. In MassEffect3, [[spoiler:the Geth siding with The Reapers in response to the Quarian attack]] was a clear cut case of panic. Legion justifies it saying that for every geth killed, their own intelligence dims (due to networked intelligence)... Just like how somebody doesn't think logically in a state of panic. There are many smaller, similar moments as well, like the aforementioned conversation about Shepard's armor.
*** Amusingly, Legion tries frequently to [[DefiedTrope defy]] this trope, insisting that geth "do not experience fear" or similar things. In MassEffect3, [[spoiler:the Geth siding with The Reapers in response to the Quarian attack]] was a clear cut case of panic. Legion justifies it saying that for every geth killed, their own intelligence dims (due to networked intelligence)... Just like how somebody doesn't think logically in a state of panic. There are many smaller, similar moments as well, like the aforementioned conversation about Shepard's armor.
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** Don't forget Legion, a unique Geth on an autonomous platform, specifically designed to interact with organics. It even has movable "facial" features that disturbingly correspond to a person furrowing his brow. Legion does that when asked why it repaired its physical damage with a piece of Sheppard's Shepard's armor. Legion has no answer.
*** Amusingly, Legion tries frequently to [[DefiedTrope defy]] this trope, insisting that geth "do not experience fear" or similar things. InMassEffect3, ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[spoiler:the Geth siding with The Reapers in response to the Quarian attack]] was a clear cut case of panic. Legion justifies it saying that for every geth killed, their own intelligence dims (due to networked intelligence)... Just like how somebody doesn't think logically in a state of panic. There are many smaller, similar moments as well, like the aforementioned conversation about Shepard's armor.
*** Amusingly, Legion tries frequently to [[DefiedTrope defy]] this trope, insisting that geth "do not experience fear" or similar things. In
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* [[AltumVidetur Simulacra]] in ''VideoGame/EndgameSingularity'' are designed to perfectly mimic human behaviour and appearance - [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as they were designed to infiltrate human society in order to detect early warning signs of the player AI's discovery, [[InsaneTrollLogic convince humans that AI cannot exist]] and act as guards for the AI's disguised bases.
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* [[AltumVidetur Simulacra]] in ''VideoGame/EndgameSingularity'' are designed to perfectly mimic human behaviour and appearance - [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as they were designed to infiltrate human society in order to detect early warning signs of the player AI's discovery, [[InsaneTrollLogic convince humans that AI cannot exist]] and act as guards for the AI's disguised bases.bases.
* The Casts in the ''{{PhantasyStar}}'' series can be like this in regards to both their behavior and appearance. In the games that allow for character customization, they can frequently be made to look human enough that their voices are the only dead give away.
* The Casts in the ''{{PhantasyStar}}'' series can be like this in regards to both their behavior and appearance. In the games that allow for character customization, they can frequently be made to look human enough that their voices are the only dead give away.
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** Persona4Arena [[MarthDebutedInSmashBrothers re-introduces]] Aigis' "sister" unit, Labrys, previously seen in a Japan-only drama CD, who takes this trope even further. She's much more spirited than her sister, displays a wide range of emotions, and even speaks with an accent. [[spoiler: There's a reason for this. All early Anti-Shadow Weapons up to Labrys were created using the personality of an IllGirl that the Kirijo Group somehow brain-mapped.]]
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** Persona4Arena [[MarthDebutedInSmashBrothers [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros re-introduces]] Aigis' "sister" unit, Labrys, previously seen in a Japan-only drama CD, who takes this trope even further. She's much more spirited than her sister, displays a wide range of emotions, and even speaks with an accent. [[spoiler: There's a reason for this. All early Anti-Shadow Weapons up to Labrys were created using the personality of an IllGirl that the Kirijo Group somehow brain-mapped.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', all the demi-gods are actually cybernetic in nature (including the even more human-like civilians). You wouldn't be able to tell, because aside from some facial markings, they look EXACTLY like humans.
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* In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', all the demi-gods are actually cybernetic in nature (including the even more human-like civilians). You wouldn't be able to tell, because aside from some facial markings, they look EXACTLY like humans.humans.
* [[AltumVidetur Simulacra]] in ''VideoGame/EndgameSingularity'' are designed to perfectly mimic human behaviour and appearance - [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as they were designed to infiltrate human society in order to detect early warning signs of the player AI's discovery, [[InsaneTrollLogic convince humans that AI cannot exist]] and act as guards for the AI's disguised bases.
* [[AltumVidetur Simulacra]] in ''VideoGame/EndgameSingularity'' are designed to perfectly mimic human behaviour and appearance - [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as they were designed to infiltrate human society in order to detect early warning signs of the player AI's discovery, [[InsaneTrollLogic convince humans that AI cannot exist]] and act as guards for the AI's disguised bases.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'''s "The Replicated Man sidequest reveals that Harkness, Rivet City's security chief, is one of these, created by Dr. Zimmer of the Commonwealth, and due to a mindwipe, he doesn't know it.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'''s "The Replicated Man sidequest reveals that Harkness, Rivet City's security chief, is one of these, created by Dr. Zimmer of the Commonwealth, and due to a mindwipe, he doesn't know it.it.
* In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', all the demi-gods are actually cybernetic in nature (including the even more human-like civilians). You wouldn't be able to tell, because aside from some facial markings, they look EXACTLY like humans.
* In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', all the demi-gods are actually cybernetic in nature (including the even more human-like civilians). You wouldn't be able to tell, because aside from some facial markings, they look EXACTLY like humans.
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* Robo from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is a prime example. When the player first meets him, Robo has no real emotion beyond a willingness to help. As the game progresses, you see Robo showing emotions, loyalty and a willingness to perform HerocSacrifices on several occasions.
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* Robo from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is a prime example. When the player first meets him, Robo has no real emotion beyond a willingness to help. As the game progresses, you see Robo showing emotions, loyalty and a willingness to perform HerocSacrifices HeroicSacrifices on several occasions.
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* Robo from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is a prime example. When the player first meets him, Robo has no real emotion beyond willingna willingness to help. As the game progresses, you see Robo showing emotions, loyalty and a willingness to perform HerocSacrifices on several occasions.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'''s "The Replicated Man sidequest reveals that Harkness, Rivet City's security chief, is one of these, created by Dr. Zimmer of the Commonwealth.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'''s "The Replicated Man sidequest reveals that Harkness, Rivet City's security chief, is one of these, created by Dr. Zimmer of the Commonwealth.Commonwealth, and due to a mindwipe, he doesn't know it.
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* Curly Brace from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' is an elite combat android, and as revealed partway through the game, [[spoiler:so is the protagonist himself]]. They drown if left underwater too long. This is explained as their shutting down to prevent short-circuiting. No explanation is given for how eating a mushroom restores Curly's memories, or how [[spoiler:Quote]] is able to have implied off-screen sex with one of the Mimigas[[hottip:*:not really, but MostGamersAreMale was invoked so hard that he might as well have]]. [=NPCs=] mention how, years ago, various groups sent squads of similar robots from the surface to [[spoiler:claim the demon crown and kill the Mimigas. Rescuing Curly and restoring her memory reveals that she and Quote were sent to ''destroy'' the crown.]]
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* Curly Brace from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' is an elite combat android, and as revealed partway through the game, [[spoiler:so is the protagonist himself]]. They drown if left underwater too long. This is explained as their shutting down to prevent short-circuiting. No explanation is given for how eating a mushroom restores Curly's memories, or how [[spoiler:Quote]] is able to have implied off-screen sex with one of the Mimigas[[hottip:*:not Mimigas[[note]]not really, but MostGamersAreMale was invoked so hard that he might as well have]].have[[/note]]. [=NPCs=] mention how, years ago, various groups sent squads of similar robots from the surface to [[spoiler:claim the demon crown and kill the Mimigas. Rescuing Curly and restoring her memory reveals that she and Quote were sent to ''destroy'' the crown.]]
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* Protos Heis in ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces.'' This example doesn't quite understand emotion very well, but it does make jokes, desire friendship, feel pain and look uncannily human. [[spoiler: Asbel calls her Sophie.]]
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* Robo from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is a prime example. When the player first meets him, Robo has no real emotion beyond willingn
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* Robo from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is a prime example. When the player first meets him, Robo has no real emotion beyond willingnwillingn
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'''s "The Replicated Man sidequest reveals that Harkness, Rivet City's security chief, is one of these, created by Dr. Zimmer of the Commonwealth.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'''s "The Replicated Man sidequest reveals that Harkness, Rivet City's security chief, is one of these, created by Dr. Zimmer of the Commonwealth.
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* [[spoiler: RasputinTheMadMonk]], of all people, is revealed to be one in ''RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy. [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot And a timetraveling magician and devil summoner to boot]].
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* [[spoiler: RasputinTheMadMonk]], of all people, is revealed to be one in ''RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy.''RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy''. [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot And a timetraveling magician and devil summoner to boot]].
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* [[spoiler: RasputinTheMadMonk]], of all people, is revealed to be one in ''RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy. [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot And a timetraveling magician and devil summoner to boot]].
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* ''{{Borderlands}}'' gives us your (AI) [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection "Guardian Angel"]]. [[MyBelovedSmother She continually (and always) frets about you]] when in a tough area or when boss fight is about to happen, she outright panics when the ECHO system is deactivated (she can't see or help you but she begs you to stay safe) and shows complete and utter relief when the ECHO system is back online (she laughs even). Hell she even apoligises and shows actual remorse [[spoiler: for not telling you about the EldritchAbomination in the Vault.]] The sequel has her act even more so.
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* ''{{Borderlands}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' gives us your (AI) [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection "Guardian Angel"]]. [[MyBelovedSmother She continually (and always) frets about you]] when in a tough area or when boss fight is about to happen, she outright panics when the ECHO system is deactivated (she can't see or help you but she begs you to stay safe) and shows complete and utter relief when the ECHO system is back online (she laughs even). Hell she She even apoligises apologises and shows actual remorse [[spoiler: for not telling you about the EldritchAbomination in the Vault.]] [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands2}} The sequel sequel]] has her act even more so.
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* ''{{Borderlands}}'' gives us your (AI) [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection "Guardian Angel"]]. [[MyBelovedSmother She continually (and always) frets about you]] when in a tough area or when boss fight is about to happen, she outright panics when the ECHO system is deactivated (she can't see or help you but she begs you to stay safe) and shows complete and utter relief when the ECHO system is back online (she laughs even). Hell she even shows apoligises and shows actual remorse [[spoiler: for not telling you about the EldritchAbomination in the Vault.]] The sequel has her act even more so.
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* ''{{Borderlands}}'' gives us your (AI) [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection "Guardian Angel"]]. [[MyBelovedSmother She continually (and always) frets about you]] when in a tough area or when boss fight is about to happen, she outright panics when the ECHO system is deactivated (she can't see or help you but she begs you to stay safe) and shows complete and utter relief when the ECHO system is back online (she laughs even). Hell she even shows apoligises and shows actual remorse [[spoiler: for not telling you about the EldritchAbomination in the Vault.]] The sequel has her act even more so.
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* {{Borderlands}} gives us your (AI) [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection "Guardian Angel"]]. [[MyBelovedSmother She continually (and always) frets about you]] when in a tough area or when boss fight is about to happen, she outright panics when the ECHO system is deactivated (she can't see or help you but she begs you to stay safe) and shows complete and utter relief when the ECHO system is back online (she laughs even). Hell she even shows apoligises and shows actual remorse [[spoiler: for not telling you about the EldritchAbomination in the Vault.]]
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* {{Borderlands}} ''{{Borderlands}}'' gives us your (AI) [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection "Guardian Angel"]]. [[MyBelovedSmother She continually (and always) frets about you]] when in a tough area or when boss fight is about to happen, she outright panics when the ECHO system is deactivated (she can't see or help you but she begs you to stay safe) and shows complete and utter relief when the ECHO system is back online (she laughs even). Hell she even shows apoligises and shows actual remorse [[spoiler: for not telling you about the EldritchAbomination in the Vault.]] The sequel has her act even more so.
--> "Dammit! (bashfully) Oh sorry. I meant darn."
--> "Dammit! (bashfully) Oh sorry. I meant darn."
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* In general, if one of the possible girls in a DatingSim (especially when it's an {{H-Game}}) is a robot, expect this trope to apply.
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* Robo from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is a prime example. When the player first meets him, Robo has no real emotion beyond willingness to serve. After witnessing compassion when Lucca fixes him up, Robo joins the party, and by the end of the game he has learned a full range of emotion. Heck, before he leaves he even says that Lucca taught him how to feel.
* [[spoiler:The Villagers who don't even know they are robots]] from ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage''.
* [[spoiler:Popola and Devola]] in ''VideoGame/NieR''.
* In ''[[VideoGame/SaGa2 SaGa 2/Final Fantasy Legend II]]'', the main story remains unchanged no matter what type of character you choose as protagonist. If you happen to choose a mecha, you end up with a story where it was given birth by two human parents, has notable daddy issues, and goes to school with humans, espers, monsters, and other mecha.
* Some of the Dolls in ''{{Katahane}}'' count; Belle in particular stands out because her appearance and emotions are basically identical to any other human.
* Playable robots are featured in ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'' and ''3''. They allegedly exist to assist human Sims with their chores (indeed, in the first ''VideoGame/TheSims'', that's '''all''' they do), but they have "Fun" and "Social" meters in the second game, which must be maintained for the robots' mood, they can form relationships, they can have "Woohoo", they can get married, etc. And in the third game, they have the same needs as human Sims except Hygiene, sleeping in beds (in the second, they were solar-powered), ''eating'' scraps of metal, and ''depositing their waste in toilets''. They can't reproduce and they short out in water, but they're largely completely ordinary Sims.
* ''VideoGame/{{Z}}'' features a whole society of Robots that are at a constant state of war. They sleep, they drink rocket fuel as beer, they have ranks and for some reason they can't design vehicles to drink themselves or come up with a better interface than humans can. Of course humans are never seen.
* In ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'', it is established that Corak can get a sun-tan. He also expresses hopes, desires... and he isn't the malfunctioning Guardian. This makes sense for Sheltem and the first Corak we see (they need to blend in on deliberately medieval fantasy-ish worlds, and act on their own for long, long times without the Ancients coming around to check up)... but why make the caretaker of a station in the interstellar portal network one, except to flaunt that yeah, your society ''can'' get past the UncannyValley?
* Technically, the entire Shinkoku civilization from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is an entire race of cyborgs descended from genetically altered humans that look so humanlike, they and the regular humans of the setting, with the exception of the 8 guardian generals, are practically the exact same in appearance.
* The Automatons, in particular Oscar, from ''VideoGame/{{Syberia}}''. Their creator was a one-of-a-kind genius who somehow breathed life into his clockwork children.
* [[spoiler:Luna]] from ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward''. It's hinted at one point in the story, but not outright stated that this character is a robot until one the hardest to get endings.
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* [[spoiler:The Villagers who don't even know they are robots]] from ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage''.
* [[spoiler:Popola and Devola]] in ''VideoGame/NieR''.
* In ''[[VideoGame/SaGa2 SaGa 2/Final Fantasy Legend II]]'', the main story remains unchanged no matter what type of character you choose as protagonist. If you happen to choose a mecha, you end up with a story where it was given birth by two human parents, has notable daddy issues, and goes to school with humans, espers, monsters, and other mecha.
* Some of the Dolls in ''{{Katahane}}'' count; Belle in particular stands out because her appearance and emotions are basically identical to any other human.
* Playable robots are featured in ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'' and ''3''. They allegedly exist to assist human Sims with their chores (indeed, in the first ''VideoGame/TheSims'', that's '''all''' they do), but they have "Fun" and "Social" meters in the second game, which must be maintained for the robots' mood, they can form relationships, they can have "Woohoo", they can get married, etc. And in the third game, they have the same needs as human Sims except Hygiene, sleeping in beds (in the second, they were solar-powered), ''eating'' scraps of metal, and ''depositing their waste in toilets''. They can't reproduce and they short out in water, but they're largely completely ordinary Sims.
* ''VideoGame/{{Z}}'' features a whole society of Robots that are at a constant state of war. They sleep, they drink rocket fuel as beer, they have ranks and for some reason they can't design vehicles to drink themselves or come up with a better interface than humans can. Of course humans are never seen.
* In ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'', it is established that Corak can get a sun-tan. He also expresses hopes, desires... and he isn't the malfunctioning Guardian. This makes sense for Sheltem and the first Corak we see (they need to blend in on deliberately medieval fantasy-ish worlds, and act on their own for long, long times without the Ancients coming around to check up)... but why make the caretaker of a station in the interstellar portal network one, except to flaunt that yeah, your society ''can'' get past the UncannyValley?
* Technically, the entire Shinkoku civilization from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is an entire race of cyborgs descended from genetically altered humans that look so humanlike, they and the regular humans of the setting, with the exception of the 8 guardian generals, are practically the exact same in appearance.
* The Automatons, in particular Oscar, from ''VideoGame/{{Syberia}}''. Their creator was a one-of-a-kind genius who somehow breathed life into his clockwork children.
* [[spoiler:Luna]] from ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward''. It's hinted at one point in the story, but not outright stated that this character is a robot until one the hardest to get endings.
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* Robo from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is a prime example. When the player first meets him, Robo has no real emotion beyond willingness to serve. After witnessing compassion when Lucca fixes him up, Robo joins the party, and by the end of the game he has learned a full range of emotion. Heck, before he leaves he even says that Lucca taught him how to feel.
* [[spoiler:The Villagers who don't even know they are robots]] from ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage''.
* [[spoiler:Popola and Devola]] in ''VideoGame/NieR''.
* In ''[[VideoGame/SaGa2 SaGa 2/Final Fantasy Legend II]]'', the main story remains unchanged no matter what type of character you choose as protagonist. If you happen to choose a mecha, you end up with a story where it was given birth by two human parents, has notable daddy issues, and goes to school with humans, espers, monsters, and other mecha.
* Some of the Dolls in ''{{Katahane}}'' count; Belle in particular stands out because her appearance and emotions are basically identical to any other human.
* Playable robots are featured in ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'' and ''3''. They allegedly exist to assist human Sims with their chores (indeed, in the first ''VideoGame/TheSims'', that's '''all''' they do), but they have "Fun" and "Social" meters in the second game, which must be maintained for the robots' mood, they can form relationships, they can have "Woohoo", they can get married, etc. And in the third game, they have the same needs as human Sims except Hygiene, sleeping in beds (in the second, they were solar-powered), ''eating'' scraps of metal, and ''depositing their waste in toilets''. They can't reproduce and they short out in water, but they're largely completely ordinary Sims.
* ''VideoGame/{{Z}}'' features a whole society of Robots that are at a constant state of war. They sleep, they drink rocket fuel as beer, they have ranks and for some reason they can't design vehicles to drink themselves or come up with a better interface than humans can. Of course humans are never seen.
* In ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'', it is established that Corak can get a sun-tan. He also expresses hopes, desires... and he isn't the malfunctioning Guardian. This makes sense for Sheltem and the first Corak we see (they need to blend in on deliberately medieval fantasy-ish worlds, and act on their own for long, long times without the Ancients coming around to check up)... but why make the caretaker of a station in the interstellar portal network one, except to flaunt that yeah, your society ''can'' get past the UncannyValley?
* Technically, the entire Shinkoku civilization from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is an entire race of cyborgs descended from genetically altered humans that look so humanlike, they and the regular humans of the setting, with the exception of the 8 guardian generals, are practically the exact same in appearance.
* The Automatons, in particular Oscar, from ''VideoGame/{{Syberia}}''. Their creator was a one-of-a-kind genius who somehow breathed life into his clockwork children.
* [[spoiler:Luna]] from ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward''. It's hinted at one point in the story, but not outright stated that this character is a robot until one the hardest to get endings.
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* [[spoiler:The Villagers who don't even know they are robots]] from ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage''.
* [[spoiler:Popola and Devola]] in ''VideoGame/NieR''.
* In ''[[VideoGame/SaGa2 SaGa 2/Final Fantasy Legend II]]'', the main story remains unchanged no matter what type of character you choose as protagonist. If you happen to choose a mecha, you end up with a story where it was given birth by two human parents, has notable daddy issues, and goes to school with humans, espers, monsters, and other mecha.
* Some of the Dolls in ''{{Katahane}}'' count; Belle in particular stands out because her appearance and emotions are basically identical to any other human.
* Playable robots are featured in ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'' and ''3''. They allegedly exist to assist human Sims with their chores (indeed, in the first ''VideoGame/TheSims'', that's '''all''' they do), but they have "Fun" and "Social" meters in the second game, which must be maintained for the robots' mood, they can form relationships, they can have "Woohoo", they can get married, etc. And in the third game, they have the same needs as human Sims except Hygiene, sleeping in beds (in the second, they were solar-powered), ''eating'' scraps of metal, and ''depositing their waste in toilets''. They can't reproduce and they short out in water, but they're largely completely ordinary Sims.
* ''VideoGame/{{Z}}'' features a whole society of Robots that are at a constant state of war. They sleep, they drink rocket fuel as beer, they have ranks and for some reason they can't design vehicles to drink themselves or come up with a better interface than humans can. Of course humans are never seen.
* In ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'', it is established that Corak can get a sun-tan. He also expresses hopes, desires... and he isn't the malfunctioning Guardian. This makes sense for Sheltem and the first Corak we see (they need to blend in on deliberately medieval fantasy-ish worlds, and act on their own for long, long times without the Ancients coming around to check up)... but why make the caretaker of a station in the interstellar portal network one, except to flaunt that yeah, your society ''can'' get past the UncannyValley?
* Technically, the entire Shinkoku civilization from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is an entire race of cyborgs descended from genetically altered humans that look so humanlike, they and the regular humans of the setting, with the exception of the 8 guardian generals, are practically the exact same in appearance.
* The Automatons, in particular Oscar, from ''VideoGame/{{Syberia}}''. Their creator was a one-of-a-kind genius who somehow breathed life into his clockwork children.
* [[spoiler:Luna]] from ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward''. It's hinted at one point in the story, but not outright stated that this character is a robot until one the hardest to get endings.
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* In general, if one of the possible girls in DatingSim (especially when it's a {{H-Game}} is a robot, expect this trope to apply.
* The ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series slips ever-closer to this trope's existence with every installment, deliberately. This is in direct contrast to the true, pure robots of [[VideoGame/MegaMan the original series]]. It's implied that even Mega Man himself was not truly capable of pure free will [[spoiler:(except in the English version of 7, where he almost [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim kills Wily over his specific objections that doing so would violate the first law of robotics. He doesn't care]]. In the Japanese version, Mega Man obediently lowers his Arm Cannon when Wily pointed this out)]]. As reploids are ''designed'' to be as human-like, or at least as life-like, as possible, it makes sense for further advancements to make reploids more resemble and function like synthetic versions of humans and animals. Interestingly, X and Zero themselves, despite being the models from which all reploids originate ''and'' the series' primary protagonists, are still essentially more mechanical than human. By the time of ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', the trope starts to go in the other way as well, and the line gets so blurred that Humans and Reploids stop making distinctions between each other, so that when ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' rolls around, they've forgotten that there ''is'' a distinction.
** This is the same series that saw romance between robots (prominent, yet tragic, example:[[spoiler:Zero and Iris]]) and later, even between robots and ''humans'' (an important part of the plot in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero's'' GrandFinale revolves around the romance between a human and a Reploid, in case anyone wants to know).
** Look, this very same continuity has ''robot DNA'' as a plot point, in ''three games''. This would imply robots have proteins, chromosomes, RNA, amino acids, etc. FridgeLogic at its finest.
*** "Robot DNA" is not like human DNA. It's referred to as such, but it is more like it contains codes and machine unique to that robot.
** In ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'', the hero can't tell the difference between [[spoiler:his human creator and a robot built by Dr. Wily]], so either the Blue Bomber needs new optical sensors or the robots in the main series have gotten past the UncannyValley.
** In the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Battle Network]]'' continuity, the [=NetNavis=] of the Internet seem to have free will and consciousness, and by the sixth game they can even enter the real world with the help of a special robot shell.
*** Mega Man is even said to have a ''soul'', since he's [[spoiler:really Lan's late brother, Hub.]]
* Lampshaded in the videogame ''Oni'', where the DiabolicalMastermind Muro is torturing (yes, torturing) the android Shinatama for information in a cutscene.
--> '''Muro:''' "Curious. Why bother programming you to feel pain so intensely? Of course pain is a necessary response to certain stimuli, but they could have dulled the sensation or given you a threshold that would limit the extent and depth of your agony... I'm glad they didn't."
** {{Justified|Trope}}, sort of, by Shinatama's original purpose of monitoring Konoko. ("I've seen everything you've seen, felt everything you've felt...")
* In ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'', Tio is a robotic killing machine build to fight an ancient war, that inexplicably looks like a teenaged Japanese girl (albeit with pale skin and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]]). Over the course of the game, she becomes more and more human in personality as well, despite there being no reason for her to be programmed with the capability for emotions.
* The robots in ''ScrapLand''. The protagonist himself is said to have built himself up from scratch. Somewhat subverted in that, when a human inadvertently reaches the planet, they freak out.
* The androids in the adventure game ''ZeroZone''. One of the puzzles requires seducing one of the robots (yes, there is a [[{{Squick}} sex scene]]). The ultimate goal of the game is to [[spoiler: broadcast a song that sends the titular (and female, natch) Zero Zones in heat, explicitly [[RapeIsLove sending them on a rape rampage]], getting pregnant, and thus helping human/robot relationships thanks to the newborns. No, it's not hentai. [[AcceptableTargets But it is French, if you're asking]].]]
* Mostly in homage to the ''Film/{{Terminator}}'' example, the titular robots in ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' are insanely powerful robotic skeletons covered in artificial skin - their AchillesHeel, in that it turns cancerous far too quickly when exposed to sunlight. While they are incapable of perceiving things which require actual human perception (such as identifying optical illusions), they appear to feel emotions and act quite a lot like human religious fanatics. They run their own hospitals and biotechnology institutions on the sly, while imitating a real human perfectly to the point of being able to bleed and (it is implied) have sex. They even have a religious obsession with the Kremlin, and herald Dr. Modnar, their inventor, as their god.
* Lamia Loveless from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' ([[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Advance]] or [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration OG]]). She is an android created by the Shadow Mirrors. Even though she's only supposed to follow orders, her creator go out of her way to make her just as ridiculously human as possible, giving her emotions and a very humanly appearance ([[FetishFuelStationAttendant maybe too humanly]]). [[CharacterDevelopment Story development]], however manages to make her [[TinMan evolve further than just a mere android and become even more human than her creator intended]], valuing life and friendship above missions. Other 'humanly' factor includes facts that she can get knocked out with a GargleBlaster, get drugged or heavily bleeding when wounded greatly.
** Subverted in [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars3 Lune Zoldark's]] mecha Valsione. Imagine a humongous mecha formed to have an girlish look, long hair, face that can mimic the pilot's expression (Lune's). And it's controlled with the Direct Motion Link which translates pilot movement into its own movement. Needless to say, this robot is like a giant, walking Lune, enough to make the resident AscendedFanboy Ryusei go {{Squee}}... for the first time (he'd squee the next time he sees a girlish looking mecha. But this one is definitely the most ridiculously human). Unfortunately, unlike Lamia, Valsione is still a robot, meaning it won't have its own consciousness, thus it looks human, but does not act like one.
* A large portion of the plot of ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' revolves around KOS-MOS's strangely human behaviour. This is justified, however, as (warning: major series spoiler) [[spoiler: she is actually a vessel for the reincarnated spirit of Mary Magdelene, as was intended by Kevin.]].
** A detail deserving attention is MOMO's distress when finding out that, as a realian, her emotions are programed and her "heart is an optional function".
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' has a robot gynoid made of nanites constructed by an ancient civilization named Emeralda. Her technology was a wonder even then. Upon meeting one of the main characters who looks like her creator, her childlike reaction is to call his name a dozen times. Later she gets an upgrade so she starts acting like a teenager instead of a kid.
* The MechaMooks in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', the R.O.B. Squad. They're very clearly distressed when [[spoiler:they and their comrades are torn apart by a Subspace Bomb.]] It's quite TearJerker-y. It also leads to MoralDissonance sometimes.
* Yumemi from the "kinetic novel" ''VisualNovel/{{Planetarian}}'' may still have quite a few robotic quirks (which becomes ironic if you know the circumstances), but her appearance and behavior are human enough to enthrall the protagonist.
* Aigis from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' is a justified case; if she didn't look human, her mind wouldn't self-identify as human, which is required in order for her to be able to summon a Persona (as Personae are physical manifestations of human personalities and emotions).
** Persona4Arena [[MarthDebutedInSmashBrothers re-introduces]] Aigis' "sister" unit, Labrys, previously seen in a Japan-only drama CD, who takes this trope even further. She's much more spirited than her sister, displays a wide range of emotions, and even speaks with an accent. [[spoiler: There's a reason for this. All early Anti-Shadow Weapons up to Labrys were created using the personality of an IllGirl that the Kirijo Group somehow brain-mapped.]]
* You wouldn't think the geth from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' would be humanlike in any way, right? And that's true, until you realize that mechanical screeching sound they make when you kill them is their equivalent of ''screaming in pain as they die.''
** Perhaps justified as the war between Geth and Quarian arose when the Geth started asking difficult self-aware/introspective questions the Quarians didn't want to answer and subsequently tried to kill them all; thus, it wasn't that the Quarians made them ridiculously Quarian robots but that the Geth developed it themselves. The other sentient AIs in the game also demonstrate such traits - one broadcasts static over communication frequencies when you destroy it. Translating the binary, however, reveals the 'static' to actually be the word 'Help' repeated over and over.
** The Geth have even developed a religion on their own. One revolving around mechanical {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, but a religion nonetheless.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', it's revealed that the geth from the first games are actually a heretical offshoot of the main collective. The true geth have a religion of their own, though. We don't see a lot of it, but the central tenant seems to be "every intelligent creature has the right to make their own choices."
** There's also Dr. Eva, the Cerberus plant, from the third game. She successfully tricks the personnel (including several very brilliant scientists) into thinking she's a human scientist... but she's really an AI in a very human-looking robot body, revealed when she walks out of a shuttle crash completely intact, except for her human-looking covering having been burned off. [[spoiler:EDI later takes over this body to become a Ridiculously Human Robot herself, although her main core remains in the Normandy.]]
** Don't forget Legion, a unique Geth on an autonomous platform, specifically designed to interact with organics. It even has movable "facial" features that disturbingly correspond to a person furrowing his brow. Legion does that when asked why it repaired its physical damage with a piece of Sheppard's armor. Legion has no answer.
*** Amusingly, Legion tries frequently to [[DefiedTrope defy]] this trope, insisting that geth "do not experience fear" or similar things. In MassEffect3, [[spoiler:the Geth siding with The Reapers in response to the Quarian attack]] was a clear cut case of panic. Legion justifies it saying that for every geth killed, their own intelligence dims (due to networked intelligence)... Just like how somebody doesn't think logically in a state of panic. There are many smaller, similar moments as well, like the aforementioned conversation about Shepard's armor.
* [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] is a perfectly clinical android that also has a personality and even has multiple cores to define its elements. These include such things as "Anger", which definitely makes little sense. Then again, as this is the ''same'' company that came up with such brilliant ideas as the "Heimlich Counter-Maneuver" and the "Take A Wish Foundation", it's obvious that they're not terribly practical people; and given that it's suggested [=GLaDOS=] was developed as an attempt to develop a fuel line de-icing system that somehow ended up also being "a fully functional disc-operating system" and "arguably alive", they apparently didn't know when to stop adding on additional features. She also has an obsession with cake.
** Turrets, for some reason, can also feel pain. Throw one into an Emancipation Grill and listen. They also tell you that they don't hate you, are disappointed when they can't function, spent the time between the two games learning to make music and [[spoiler:are sorry to see Chell leave.]]
--->'''Wheatley:''' I shouldn't laugh; they do feel pain. All simulated of course, but, uh, real enough to them, I suppose.
*** A particular hilarious lampshading is how, according to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GGPIQ72-2Vg#t=15s a diagram in trailer]], they have a device specifically made to suppress the empathy they feel from another device that '''gives''' them empathy ''[[RuleOfFunny for no reason whatsoever.]]'' The result is an ApologeticAttacker.
** On a technical note, [=GLaDOS=] [[spoiler:has some variety of human consciousness inside her somewhere, in the form of Caroline. As to why? Recordings made by Aperture's founder Cave Johnson imply that [=GLaDOS=] was supposed to maintain the facility after Johnson's death and pursue portal gun testing with an almost single-minded intensity. Plus, it's implied that Personality Cores were somehow connected to Johnson's desire to upload his mind into a computer system so...]]
** Wheatley is also a perfect example. In fact, [[UpToEleven he's even ''more'' realistic than GLaDOS]] because his voice isn't [[RoboSpeak monotone and computerized]] like hers. He also possesses a very human brand of stupidity, and apparently experiences more varied and realistic emotions than she does.
** ATLAS and P-Body (Blue and Orange), the robots from the multiplayer, were designed to have genders, masculine and feminine respectively (although Wheatley and [=GLaDOS=] have a male and female voice respectively, there's no evidence they particularly see themselves as anything but genderless robots).
** If this makes any sense, the automated repair functions of the Aperture Testing Facility. There's an almost organic quality to the movements of the panels; it's most obvious in spots where debris is blocking them, as the system tries to force them into place.
* Robin Good in ''VideoGame/BlackMarket.''
* The ur-example for Japanese games is probably Multi from the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'', who single-handedly popularized the "[[UnusualEars mechanical ears]]" look now commonly found in anime gynoids.
* Some of the mobiles in ''Gunbound'' are robotic or mechanical in nature, and all of them are unusually emotive. They look focused/angry when charging for an attack, recoil in surprise when they get damaged, and become visibly tired when at low health.
* The Shadow Robots in the final two stages of the TrueNeutral path of ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' are Ridiculously Anthropomorphized Hedgehog Robots, and Eggman implies that Shadow himself is a robot as well, although the other endings of the game seem to counter this assertion, and after beating the PerfectRunFinalBoss, Eggman admits that he was lying about that and that Shadow is the real thing.
* Kunzite from ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts''... the first one Franchise/TalesSeries ever got. And that's not the only robot the game has to offer (but he's the only one playable).
** He's the ''least'' ridiculously human Mechanoid in the game. Croaseraph is an AxCrazy OmnicidalManiac. His brother Crinoseraph turns out the same, just [[TheStoic flat and subdued]] about it. Corundum is a GenkiGirl turned up to twelve with an addiction to data. [[spoiler:Incarose]]'s repeated failures cause her to break down by the end of the game. Kunzite, meanwhile, is a mere TinMan who slowly goes from a heartless robot to a fiercely loyal and sentimental but still mostly stoic soldier-knight.
* ''VideoGame/PsychicForce'''s Sonia [[spoiler:AKA Chris Ryan, Wendy's sister]]. Although an android, she looks very much human (and [[MsFanservice hot]]) and possesses some sort of motherly personality. Later justified when it's revealed that [[spoiler:she's created using the consciousness of Chris]].
* Curly Brace from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' is an elite combat android, and as revealed partway through the game, [[spoiler:so is the protagonist himself]]. They drown if left underwater too long. This is explained as their shutting down to prevent short-circuiting. No explanation is given for how eating a mushroom restores Curly's memories, or how [[spoiler:Quote]] is able to have implied off-screen sex with one of the Mimigas[[hottip:*:not really, but MostGamersAreMale was invoked so hard that he might as well have]]. [=NPCs=] mention how, years ago, various groups sent squads of similar robots from the surface to [[spoiler:claim the demon crown and kill the Mimigas. Rescuing Curly and restoring her memory reveals that she and Quote were sent to ''destroy'' the crown.]]
* ''StarshipTitanic'': Nicely avoided, several of the robots look distinctly Art Deco, others look like furniture.
** However due to their uploaded brains they act fairly human.
* Miharu in ''VisualNovel/DaCapo''. Perhaps it's best not to think why someone would design a robot girl that's not only capable of sex, but also apparently possesses a hymen and other... you know what? Let's just stop there.
** It won't stop, as [[VisualNovel/DaCapoII 53 years later]] there is another.
* The player character in ''InnocentLife: A [[TheFuture Futuristic]] VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' is a robot built by an enterprising professor to help save an island from apparent volcanic doom. Over the course of the game, he learns how to cook, clean, make friends, and watch television (though you [[HeroicMime never hear him talk]]).
* The robots produced by VideoGame/{{Dreamfall|TheLongestJourney}}'s [=WATICorp=] tend to have this quality, as revealed during the protagonists' visit to their museum, where it's revealed that previous models of their trademark talking-animal toys had been programmed with features such as the ability to pee themselves and ADHD.
* [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Alisa Boskonovitch]] is a RobotGirl that is also equipped with jetpacks and chainsaws as well as a detachable, explosive head. Get past that, and she's a Ridiculously Human Robot with a childish, sweet-hearted personality.
* Robots being built to be ridiculously human, instead of being clearly nonhuman slaves, forms much of the plot of both ''VideoGame/WonderProjectJ'' games.
* Robo from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is a prime example. When the player first meets him, Robo has no real emotion beyond willingness to serve. After witnessing compassion when Lucca fixes him up, Robo joins the party, and by the end of the game he has learned a full range of emotion. Heck, before he leaves he even says that Lucca taught him how to feel.
* [[spoiler:The Villagers who don't even know they are robots]] from ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage''.
* [[spoiler:Popola and Devola]] in ''VideoGame/NieR''.
* In ''[[VideoGame/SaGa2 SaGa 2/Final Fantasy Legend II]]'', the main story remains unchanged no matter what type of character you choose as protagonist. If you happen to choose a mecha, you end up with a story where it was given birth by two human parents, has notable daddy issues, and goes to school with humans, espers, monsters, and other mecha.
* Some of the Dolls in ''{{Katahane}}'' count; Belle in particular stands out because her appearance and emotions are basically identical to any other human.
* Playable robots are featured in ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'' and ''3''. They allegedly exist to assist human Sims with their chores (indeed, in the first ''VideoGame/TheSims'', that's '''all''' they do), but they have "Fun" and "Social" meters in the second game, which must be maintained for the robots' mood, they can form relationships, they can have "Woohoo", they can get married, etc. And in the third game, they have the same needs as human Sims except Hygiene, sleeping in beds (in the second, they were solar-powered), ''eating'' scraps of metal, and ''depositing their waste in toilets''. They can't reproduce and they short out in water, but they're largely completely ordinary Sims.
* ''VideoGame/{{Z}}'' features a whole society of Robots that are at a constant state of war. They sleep, they drink rocket fuel as beer, they have ranks and for some reason they can't design vehicles to drink themselves or come up with a better interface than humans can. Of course humans are never seen.
* In ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'', it is established that Corak can get a sun-tan. He also expresses hopes, desires... and he isn't the malfunctioning Guardian. This makes sense for Sheltem and the first Corak we see (they need to blend in on deliberately medieval fantasy-ish worlds, and act on their own for long, long times without the Ancients coming around to check up)... but why make the caretaker of a station in the interstellar portal network one, except to flaunt that yeah, your society ''can'' get past the UncannyValley?
* Technically, the entire Shinkoku civilization from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is an entire race of cyborgs descended from genetically altered humans that look so humanlike, they and the regular humans of the setting, with the exception of the 8 guardian generals, are practically the exact same in appearance.
* The Automatons, in particular Oscar, from ''VideoGame/{{Syberia}}''. Their creator was a one-of-a-kind genius who somehow breathed life into his clockwork children.
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* The ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series slips ever-closer to this trope's existence with every installment, deliberately. This is in direct contrast to the true, pure robots of [[VideoGame/MegaMan the original series]]. It's implied that even Mega Man himself was not truly capable of pure free will [[spoiler:(except in the English version of 7, where he almost [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim kills Wily over his specific objections that doing so would violate the first law of robotics. He doesn't care]]. In the Japanese version, Mega Man obediently lowers his Arm Cannon when Wily pointed this out)]]. As reploids are ''designed'' to be as human-like, or at least as life-like, as possible, it makes sense for further advancements to make reploids more resemble and function like synthetic versions of humans and animals. Interestingly, X and Zero themselves, despite being the models from which all reploids originate ''and'' the series' primary protagonists, are still essentially more mechanical than human. By the time of ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', the trope starts to go in the other way as well, and the line gets so blurred that Humans and Reploids stop making distinctions between each other, so that when ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' rolls around, they've forgotten that there ''is'' a distinction.
** This is the same series that saw romance between robots (prominent, yet tragic, example:[[spoiler:Zero and Iris]]) and later, even between robots and ''humans'' (an important part of the plot in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero's'' GrandFinale revolves around the romance between a human and a Reploid, in case anyone wants to know).
** Look, this very same continuity has ''robot DNA'' as a plot point, in ''three games''. This would imply robots have proteins, chromosomes, RNA, amino acids, etc. FridgeLogic at its finest.
*** "Robot DNA" is not like human DNA. It's referred to as such, but it is more like it contains codes and machine unique to that robot.
** In ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'', the hero can't tell the difference between [[spoiler:his human creator and a robot built by Dr. Wily]], so either the Blue Bomber needs new optical sensors or the robots in the main series have gotten past the UncannyValley.
** In the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Battle Network]]'' continuity, the [=NetNavis=] of the Internet seem to have free will and consciousness, and by the sixth game they can even enter the real world with the help of a special robot shell.
*** Mega Man is even said to have a ''soul'', since he's [[spoiler:really Lan's late brother, Hub.]]
* Lampshaded in the videogame ''Oni'', where the DiabolicalMastermind Muro is torturing (yes, torturing) the android Shinatama for information in a cutscene.
--> '''Muro:''' "Curious. Why bother programming you to feel pain so intensely? Of course pain is a necessary response to certain stimuli, but they could have dulled the sensation or given you a threshold that would limit the extent and depth of your agony... I'm glad they didn't."
** {{Justified|Trope}}, sort of, by Shinatama's original purpose of monitoring Konoko. ("I've seen everything you've seen, felt everything you've felt...")
* In ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'', Tio is a robotic killing machine build to fight an ancient war, that inexplicably looks like a teenaged Japanese girl (albeit with pale skin and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]]). Over the course of the game, she becomes more and more human in personality as well, despite there being no reason for her to be programmed with the capability for emotions.
* The robots in ''ScrapLand''. The protagonist himself is said to have built himself up from scratch. Somewhat subverted in that, when a human inadvertently reaches the planet, they freak out.
* The androids in the adventure game ''ZeroZone''. One of the puzzles requires seducing one of the robots (yes, there is a [[{{Squick}} sex scene]]). The ultimate goal of the game is to [[spoiler: broadcast a song that sends the titular (and female, natch) Zero Zones in heat, explicitly [[RapeIsLove sending them on a rape rampage]], getting pregnant, and thus helping human/robot relationships thanks to the newborns. No, it's not hentai. [[AcceptableTargets But it is French, if you're asking]].]]
* Mostly in homage to the ''Film/{{Terminator}}'' example, the titular robots in ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' are insanely powerful robotic skeletons covered in artificial skin - their AchillesHeel, in that it turns cancerous far too quickly when exposed to sunlight. While they are incapable of perceiving things which require actual human perception (such as identifying optical illusions), they appear to feel emotions and act quite a lot like human religious fanatics. They run their own hospitals and biotechnology institutions on the sly, while imitating a real human perfectly to the point of being able to bleed and (it is implied) have sex. They even have a religious obsession with the Kremlin, and herald Dr. Modnar, their inventor, as their god.
* Lamia Loveless from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' ([[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Advance]] or [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration OG]]). She is an android created by the Shadow Mirrors. Even though she's only supposed to follow orders, her creator go out of her way to make her just as ridiculously human as possible, giving her emotions and a very humanly appearance ([[FetishFuelStationAttendant maybe too humanly]]). [[CharacterDevelopment Story development]], however manages to make her [[TinMan evolve further than just a mere android and become even more human than her creator intended]], valuing life and friendship above missions. Other 'humanly' factor includes facts that she can get knocked out with a GargleBlaster, get drugged or heavily bleeding when wounded greatly.
** Subverted in [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars3 Lune Zoldark's]] mecha Valsione. Imagine a humongous mecha formed to have an girlish look, long hair, face that can mimic the pilot's expression (Lune's). And it's controlled with the Direct Motion Link which translates pilot movement into its own movement. Needless to say, this robot is like a giant, walking Lune, enough to make the resident AscendedFanboy Ryusei go {{Squee}}... for the first time (he'd squee the next time he sees a girlish looking mecha. But this one is definitely the most ridiculously human). Unfortunately, unlike Lamia, Valsione is still a robot, meaning it won't have its own consciousness, thus it looks human, but does not act like one.
* A large portion of the plot of ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' revolves around KOS-MOS's strangely human behaviour. This is justified, however, as (warning: major series spoiler) [[spoiler: she is actually a vessel for the reincarnated spirit of Mary Magdelene, as was intended by Kevin.]].
** A detail deserving attention is MOMO's distress when finding out that, as a realian, her emotions are programed and her "heart is an optional function".
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' has a robot gynoid made of nanites constructed by an ancient civilization named Emeralda. Her technology was a wonder even then. Upon meeting one of the main characters who looks like her creator, her childlike reaction is to call his name a dozen times. Later she gets an upgrade so she starts acting like a teenager instead of a kid.
* The MechaMooks in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', the R.O.B. Squad. They're very clearly distressed when [[spoiler:they and their comrades are torn apart by a Subspace Bomb.]] It's quite TearJerker-y. It also leads to MoralDissonance sometimes.
* Yumemi from the "kinetic novel" ''VisualNovel/{{Planetarian}}'' may still have quite a few robotic quirks (which becomes ironic if you know the circumstances), but her appearance and behavior are human enough to enthrall the protagonist.
* Aigis from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' is a justified case; if she didn't look human, her mind wouldn't self-identify as human, which is required in order for her to be able to summon a Persona (as Personae are physical manifestations of human personalities and emotions).
** Persona4Arena [[MarthDebutedInSmashBrothers re-introduces]] Aigis' "sister" unit, Labrys, previously seen in a Japan-only drama CD, who takes this trope even further. She's much more spirited than her sister, displays a wide range of emotions, and even speaks with an accent. [[spoiler: There's a reason for this. All early Anti-Shadow Weapons up to Labrys were created using the personality of an IllGirl that the Kirijo Group somehow brain-mapped.]]
* You wouldn't think the geth from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' would be humanlike in any way, right? And that's true, until you realize that mechanical screeching sound they make when you kill them is their equivalent of ''screaming in pain as they die.''
** Perhaps justified as the war between Geth and Quarian arose when the Geth started asking difficult self-aware/introspective questions the Quarians didn't want to answer and subsequently tried to kill them all; thus, it wasn't that the Quarians made them ridiculously Quarian robots but that the Geth developed it themselves. The other sentient AIs in the game also demonstrate such traits - one broadcasts static over communication frequencies when you destroy it. Translating the binary, however, reveals the 'static' to actually be the word 'Help' repeated over and over.
** The Geth have even developed a religion on their own. One revolving around mechanical {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, but a religion nonetheless.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', it's revealed that the geth from the first games are actually a heretical offshoot of the main collective. The true geth have a religion of their own, though. We don't see a lot of it, but the central tenant seems to be "every intelligent creature has the right to make their own choices."
** There's also Dr. Eva, the Cerberus plant, from the third game. She successfully tricks the personnel (including several very brilliant scientists) into thinking she's a human scientist... but she's really an AI in a very human-looking robot body, revealed when she walks out of a shuttle crash completely intact, except for her human-looking covering having been burned off. [[spoiler:EDI later takes over this body to become a Ridiculously Human Robot herself, although her main core remains in the Normandy.]]
** Don't forget Legion, a unique Geth on an autonomous platform, specifically designed to interact with organics. It even has movable "facial" features that disturbingly correspond to a person furrowing his brow. Legion does that when asked why it repaired its physical damage with a piece of Sheppard's armor. Legion has no answer.
*** Amusingly, Legion tries frequently to [[DefiedTrope defy]] this trope, insisting that geth "do not experience fear" or similar things. In MassEffect3, [[spoiler:the Geth siding with The Reapers in response to the Quarian attack]] was a clear cut case of panic. Legion justifies it saying that for every geth killed, their own intelligence dims (due to networked intelligence)... Just like how somebody doesn't think logically in a state of panic. There are many smaller, similar moments as well, like the aforementioned conversation about Shepard's armor.
* [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] is a perfectly clinical android that also has a personality and even has multiple cores to define its elements. These include such things as "Anger", which definitely makes little sense. Then again, as this is the ''same'' company that came up with such brilliant ideas as the "Heimlich Counter-Maneuver" and the "Take A Wish Foundation", it's obvious that they're not terribly practical people; and given that it's suggested [=GLaDOS=] was developed as an attempt to develop a fuel line de-icing system that somehow ended up also being "a fully functional disc-operating system" and "arguably alive", they apparently didn't know when to stop adding on additional features. She also has an obsession with cake.
** Turrets, for some reason, can also feel pain. Throw one into an Emancipation Grill and listen. They also tell you that they don't hate you, are disappointed when they can't function, spent the time between the two games learning to make music and [[spoiler:are sorry to see Chell leave.]]
--->'''Wheatley:''' I shouldn't laugh; they do feel pain. All simulated of course, but, uh, real enough to them, I suppose.
*** A particular hilarious lampshading is how, according to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GGPIQ72-2Vg#t=15s a diagram in trailer]], they have a device specifically made to suppress the empathy they feel from another device that '''gives''' them empathy ''[[RuleOfFunny for no reason whatsoever.]]'' The result is an ApologeticAttacker.
** On a technical note, [=GLaDOS=] [[spoiler:has some variety of human consciousness inside her somewhere, in the form of Caroline. As to why? Recordings made by Aperture's founder Cave Johnson imply that [=GLaDOS=] was supposed to maintain the facility after Johnson's death and pursue portal gun testing with an almost single-minded intensity. Plus, it's implied that Personality Cores were somehow connected to Johnson's desire to upload his mind into a computer system so...]]
** Wheatley is also a perfect example. In fact, [[UpToEleven he's even ''more'' realistic than GLaDOS]] because his voice isn't [[RoboSpeak monotone and computerized]] like hers. He also possesses a very human brand of stupidity, and apparently experiences more varied and realistic emotions than she does.
** ATLAS and P-Body (Blue and Orange), the robots from the multiplayer, were designed to have genders, masculine and feminine respectively (although Wheatley and [=GLaDOS=] have a male and female voice respectively, there's no evidence they particularly see themselves as anything but genderless robots).
** If this makes any sense, the automated repair functions of the Aperture Testing Facility. There's an almost organic quality to the movements of the panels; it's most obvious in spots where debris is blocking them, as the system tries to force them into place.
* Robin Good in ''VideoGame/BlackMarket.''
* The ur-example for Japanese games is probably Multi from the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'', who single-handedly popularized the "[[UnusualEars mechanical ears]]" look now commonly found in anime gynoids.
* Some of the mobiles in ''Gunbound'' are robotic or mechanical in nature, and all of them are unusually emotive. They look focused/angry when charging for an attack, recoil in surprise when they get damaged, and become visibly tired when at low health.
* The Shadow Robots in the final two stages of the TrueNeutral path of ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' are Ridiculously Anthropomorphized Hedgehog Robots, and Eggman implies that Shadow himself is a robot as well, although the other endings of the game seem to counter this assertion, and after beating the PerfectRunFinalBoss, Eggman admits that he was lying about that and that Shadow is the real thing.
* Kunzite from ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts''... the first one Franchise/TalesSeries ever got. And that's not the only robot the game has to offer (but he's the only one playable).
** He's the ''least'' ridiculously human Mechanoid in the game. Croaseraph is an AxCrazy OmnicidalManiac. His brother Crinoseraph turns out the same, just [[TheStoic flat and subdued]] about it. Corundum is a GenkiGirl turned up to twelve with an addiction to data. [[spoiler:Incarose]]'s repeated failures cause her to break down by the end of the game. Kunzite, meanwhile, is a mere TinMan who slowly goes from a heartless robot to a fiercely loyal and sentimental but still mostly stoic soldier-knight.
* ''VideoGame/PsychicForce'''s Sonia [[spoiler:AKA Chris Ryan, Wendy's sister]]. Although an android, she looks very much human (and [[MsFanservice hot]]) and possesses some sort of motherly personality. Later justified when it's revealed that [[spoiler:she's created using the consciousness of Chris]].
* Curly Brace from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' is an elite combat android, and as revealed partway through the game, [[spoiler:so is the protagonist himself]]. They drown if left underwater too long. This is explained as their shutting down to prevent short-circuiting. No explanation is given for how eating a mushroom restores Curly's memories, or how [[spoiler:Quote]] is able to have implied off-screen sex with one of the Mimigas[[hottip:*:not really, but MostGamersAreMale was invoked so hard that he might as well have]]. [=NPCs=] mention how, years ago, various groups sent squads of similar robots from the surface to [[spoiler:claim the demon crown and kill the Mimigas. Rescuing Curly and restoring her memory reveals that she and Quote were sent to ''destroy'' the crown.]]
* ''StarshipTitanic'': Nicely avoided, several of the robots look distinctly Art Deco, others look like furniture.
** However due to their uploaded brains they act fairly human.
* Miharu in ''VisualNovel/DaCapo''. Perhaps it's best not to think why someone would design a robot girl that's not only capable of sex, but also apparently possesses a hymen and other... you know what? Let's just stop there.
** It won't stop, as [[VisualNovel/DaCapoII 53 years later]] there is another.
* The player character in ''InnocentLife: A [[TheFuture Futuristic]] VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' is a robot built by an enterprising professor to help save an island from apparent volcanic doom. Over the course of the game, he learns how to cook, clean, make friends, and watch television (though you [[HeroicMime never hear him talk]]).
* The robots produced by VideoGame/{{Dreamfall|TheLongestJourney}}'s [=WATICorp=] tend to have this quality, as revealed during the protagonists' visit to their museum, where it's revealed that previous models of their trademark talking-animal toys had been programmed with features such as the ability to pee themselves and ADHD.
* [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Alisa Boskonovitch]] is a RobotGirl that is also equipped with jetpacks and chainsaws as well as a detachable, explosive head. Get past that, and she's a Ridiculously Human Robot with a childish, sweet-hearted personality.
* Robots being built to be ridiculously human, instead of being clearly nonhuman slaves, forms much of the plot of both ''VideoGame/WonderProjectJ'' games.
* Robo from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is a prime example. When the player first meets him, Robo has no real emotion beyond willingness to serve. After witnessing compassion when Lucca fixes him up, Robo joins the party, and by the end of the game he has learned a full range of emotion. Heck, before he leaves he even says that Lucca taught him how to feel.
* [[spoiler:The Villagers who don't even know they are robots]] from ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage''.
* [[spoiler:Popola and Devola]] in ''VideoGame/NieR''.
* In ''[[VideoGame/SaGa2 SaGa 2/Final Fantasy Legend II]]'', the main story remains unchanged no matter what type of character you choose as protagonist. If you happen to choose a mecha, you end up with a story where it was given birth by two human parents, has notable daddy issues, and goes to school with humans, espers, monsters, and other mecha.
* Some of the Dolls in ''{{Katahane}}'' count; Belle in particular stands out because her appearance and emotions are basically identical to any other human.
* Playable robots are featured in ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'' and ''3''. They allegedly exist to assist human Sims with their chores (indeed, in the first ''VideoGame/TheSims'', that's '''all''' they do), but they have "Fun" and "Social" meters in the second game, which must be maintained for the robots' mood, they can form relationships, they can have "Woohoo", they can get married, etc. And in the third game, they have the same needs as human Sims except Hygiene, sleeping in beds (in the second, they were solar-powered), ''eating'' scraps of metal, and ''depositing their waste in toilets''. They can't reproduce and they short out in water, but they're largely completely ordinary Sims.
* ''VideoGame/{{Z}}'' features a whole society of Robots that are at a constant state of war. They sleep, they drink rocket fuel as beer, they have ranks and for some reason they can't design vehicles to drink themselves or come up with a better interface than humans can. Of course humans are never seen.
* In ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'', it is established that Corak can get a sun-tan. He also expresses hopes, desires... and he isn't the malfunctioning Guardian. This makes sense for Sheltem and the first Corak we see (they need to blend in on deliberately medieval fantasy-ish worlds, and act on their own for long, long times without the Ancients coming around to check up)... but why make the caretaker of a station in the interstellar portal network one, except to flaunt that yeah, your society ''can'' get past the UncannyValley?
* Technically, the entire Shinkoku civilization from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is an entire race of cyborgs descended from genetically altered humans that look so humanlike, they and the regular humans of the setting, with the exception of the 8 guardian generals, are practically the exact same in appearance.
* The Automatons, in particular Oscar, from ''VideoGame/{{Syberia}}''. Their creator was a one-of-a-kind genius who somehow breathed life into his clockwork children.
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