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== Live Action Television ==
== Live Action Television ==


* In the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode, "The Trouble With Tribbles", Dr. McCoy states that tribbles are "born pregnant", which implies an adult reproductive system.
* In the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode, "The Trouble With Tribbles", Dr. McCoy states that tribbles are "born pregnant", which implies an adult reproductive system.
** There's a type of [[Real Life]] mite that has a reproductive cycle exactly like this. Every female is born pregnant; males aren't born at all, because they impregnated their sisters before any of them were born, and once he's mated his usefulness is over, so he just kind of dies inside his mother. Aphids are also born pregnant, but such offspring are clones of their mothers.
** There's a type of [[Real Life]] mite that has a reproductive cycle exactly like this. Every female is born pregnant; males aren't born at all, because they impregnated their sisters before any of them were born, and once he's mated his usefulness is over, so he just kind of dies inside his mother. Aphids are also born pregnant, but such offspring are clones of their mothers.
** In the original series episode, "I, Mudd", the androids are apparently "born" as fully functional adults.
** In the original series episode, "I, Mudd", the androids are apparently "born" as fully functional adults.
** In ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', Mr. Data's "species", the "Soongian androids", are apparently born with adult bodies, but rather robotic personalities. As their positronic neuroprocessors age, they develop childlike personalities before becoming fully adult.
** In ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', Mr. Data's "species", the "Soongian androids", are apparently born with adult bodies, but rather robotic personalities. As their positronic neuroprocessors age, they develop childlike personalities before becoming fully adult.
* Kyle in ''[[Kyle XY]]'' (also, Jessi too).
* Kyle in ''[[Kyle XY]]'' (also, Jessi too).
* In ''[[Angel]]'', Jasmine is born as a full-grown woman. She's of the "born with world survival skills" variety (or in this case, world-destroyer skills).
* In ''[[Angel]]'', Jasmine is born as a full-grown woman. She's of the "born with world survival skills" variety (or in this case, world-destroyer skills).
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* ''[[Gamma World]]'' adventure GW1 ''The Legion of Gold''. The cyborgs in the SAMURAI underwater laboratory are created full-grown and then have their brains programmed.
* ''[[Gamma World]]'' adventure GW1 ''The Legion of Gold''. The cyborgs in the SAMURAI underwater laboratory are created full-grown and then have their brains programmed.
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''.
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''.
** If the Clone and Stasis Clone spells were used on adults, the clones they created would be adults too.
** If the Clone and Stasis Clone spells were used on adults, the clones they created would be adults too.
** In the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting, Living Constructs ({{spoiler|Alias}} and her "sisters") were based on one of their creators' modified clone and thus created in adult form. The first has escaped after receiving [[Fake Memories]], but the second generation was released as is and thought they had an incurable amnesia. Their built-in protection from divination magic prevented anyone from discovering the truth.
** In the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting, Living Constructs ({{spoiler|Alias}} and her "sisters") were based on one of their creators' modified clone and thus created in adult form. The first has escaped after receiving [[Fake Memories]], but the second generation was released as is and thought they had an incurable amnesia. Their built-in protection from divination magic prevented anyone from discovering the truth.
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* Grunt in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', grown in a lab tank and educated through neural downloading
* Grunt in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', grown in a lab tank and educated through neural downloading
* {{spoiler|Klaymen himself}} in ''[[The Neverhood]]'' was created in his current form.
* {{spoiler|Klaymen himself}} in ''[[The Neverhood]]'' was created in his current form.
* The Murakumo units {{spoiler|including Noel Vermillion}} of ''[[Blaz Blue]]''.
* The Murakumo units {{spoiler|including Noel Vermillion}} of ''[[BlazBlue]]''.
* In [[Tales of the Abyss]] {{spoiler|replicas are identical to their originals as they were at the moment of creation. However, their minds are complete blank slates, save for a limited capacity to be programmed with basic commands.}}
* In [[Tales of the Abyss]] {{spoiler|replicas are identical to their originals as they were at the moment of creation. However, their minds are complete blank slates, save for a limited capacity to be programmed with basic commands.}}


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