Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Difference between revisions

=== Provides Examples Of: ===

* [[Artificial Human]]: The androids.

* [[Doppelganger]]: Rachael Rosen and Pris Stratton are physically identical, being the same model of android. Pris even attempts to use the name "Rachael Rosen" with Isidore as well, but she changes her story when he recognises the surname Rosen as belonging to the robotics manufacturer.

* [[Dystopia]]: Pick a scene, any scene...

* [[Only Electric Sheep Are Cheap]]: Animals are a luxury, as many died out or became extinct due to fallout from World War Terminus. This results in owning an animal being a sign of wealth or status, which in turn means people buy fake, robotic animals to make themselves look more important. In the beginning of the book, Deckard owns an [[Title Drop|electric sheep]].

* [[Punch Clock Villain]] - Deckard, from the androids' point of view, although some humans (notably Deckard's wife) find the idea of bounty hunters unpleasant.

** Too ridiculous, as in these robots can actually pass for human. The people of Earth are aware of this trope, much to their annoyance, since they're the ones who have to track down renegades who have escaped from Mars. Multiple times they've requested the Andies' manufacturer to make the Andies less human-like. The book also insinuates that the Andies are made so realistically because the Mars colonists are using them as a replacement for human intimacy (including sex).

** There are also Ridiculously Animal Robots, robotic animals that have been programmed to act like animals even when malfunctioning (so other people don't realize they are robots). In one scene, a character who works for a robot animal repair shop has someone call him to help their cat... and he doesn't realize that the cat is ''real'' until it dies and he can't find any wires.

*** Though said character ''is'' a chickenhead (i.e. his IQ is markedly below average). It's unclear whether he fails to figure out that the animal is a robot because of this or because of how convincing the robot is.

** More recently, ''[[Mega Man 10 (Video Game)|Mega Man 10]]'' includes Robot Master Sheep Man. The BGM for his stage is also called ''Cybersheep's Dream''.

* [[The Sociopath]]: All androids. Many people would argue Phil Resch is one, but since he can pass the empathy test, they'd be wrong.