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* [[Knight Rider]] has KARR, the prototype for KITT. The design flaw being that KARR was programmed to place self-survival over everything else.

** In the new series, however, KARR can transform from a robot into a car, while KITT can only transform into various cars. Also, it is revealed that the military always intended to go with KARR, once KITT's AI was "mature" enough. KITT was a temporary necessity.

* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' has Lore, the prototype for [[Ridiculously Human Robot|Data]], possessing the same strength, speed, endurance and physical design. But unlike Data, who only gained emotions later in life, Lore was created with them from the start, which led to him being [[Evil Twin|amoral and mentally unstable]]. Lore initially claimed, and believed, that he was "too perfect" and that Data was created as an inferior model, though their creator later explained that they're perfectly equal and that the colonists weren't jealous of Lore's abilities, but terrified of his outbursts. It's later revealed that Data and Lore were the last and most successful of a string of prototype androids, with one of them, the childlike B-4, showing up in ''[[Star Trek Nemesis]]''.

* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' has Lore, the prototype for [[Ridiculously Human Robot|Data]], possessing the same strength, speed, endurance and physical design. But unlike Data, who only gained emotions later in life, Lore was created with them from the start, which led to him being [[Evil Twin|amoral and mentally unstable]]. Lore initially claimed, and believed, that he was "too perfect" and that Data was created as an inferior model, though their creator later explained that they're perfectly equal and that the colonists weren't jealous of Lore's abilities, but terrified of his outbursts. It's later revealed that Data and Lore were the last and most successful of a string of prototype androids, with one of them, the childlike B-4, showing up in ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]''.

* The ''Defiant'' from ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. Stuffing the equivalent abilities of a ''Galaxy''-class ship into something barely a quarter of that size made it ''extremely'' overpowered, engine-wise, to the point where it nearly tore itself to pieces on its shakedown cruise. It was also, due to the combat-exclusive focus of its design, poorly suited for everything else (in stark contrast to every other Federation starship), with the worst of these shortcomings being the criminally under-equipped medical facilities.<ref>Since it was meant to fight the Borg, the expectation was that either the Borg ship would be destroyed, in which case any injured could be treated on another ship, or the Federation fleet would be wiped out. Against a Borg invasion, there's no middle ground and no long-term sustained fighting.</ref> It took the better part of a season and [[Mr. Fixit|O'Brien]] replacing just about everything to make the blasted machine work as it was expected to.

** Comes up again when Nog and Jake run into the elite cadet group [[Meaningful Name|Red Squad]], who are piloting another ''Defiant''-class vessel. It has the same problems, only they can't fix them. Luckily, Nog has spent enough time paying attention to O'Brien that he ''does know'', and thus he makes the ship work in a few minutes.

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* In ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'', {{spoiler|the antagonist, Kuja, and protagonist, Zidane, are both constructs. Kuja is revealed to be a flawed prototype, causing his [[Freak-Out]] on disk 3}}.

** Also {{spoiler|Vivi. Much more powerful than normal black mages and a longer life span, but he was never zombie-like and easily controllable like the others.}}

* Subject Delta, from ''[[~~Bioshock~~|Bioshock 2]]''. You're the prototype [[Papa Wolf|Big Daddy]]. While the later production-line Big Daddies are [[Lightning Bruiser|large, extremely well defended beings who can move very fast when they are angry]], you're a ''much'' weaker version, taking a lot more damage from almost everything.

* Subject Delta, from ''[[BioShock (series)|Bioshock 2]]''. You're the prototype [[Papa Wolf|Big Daddy]]. While the later production-line Big Daddies are [[Lightning Bruiser|large, extremely well defended beings who can move very fast when they are angry]], you're a ''much'' weaker version, taking a lot more damage from almost everything.

** Delta is more accurately a [[Glass Cannon]] Big Daddy. After all, unlike other Big Daddies he can freely use Plasmids along with his drill and gun.

** Somewhat justified, story-wise, since {{spoiler|the Alpha series was scrapped due to their overly-developed tie to specific Little Sisters. Being apart from their specific Little Sister left them weaker and prone to depression or agression, this being a major reason for their scrapping}}. While understandable it is still frustrating, since [[Cutscene Incompetence|now that you can control a Big Daddy, you're controlling the crappy one]].

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'''Wonderella''': Aw jeez, a Mark I.

'''Wonderita''': '''Question:''' why no one else is afraid of this robot?

'''Wonderella''': Rita, the first version of '''anything''' is always full of bugs and silly-ass design flaws. }}