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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In the ''[[Kare Kano]]'' [[Show Within a Show|play within the manga]] ''Steel Snow'', the main character keeps 'Antique', an old robot, around because it resembles his first love.
* This comes up in ''[[Ghost in
** The box isn't actually old-fashioned - the manga explains that it requires extremely sophisticated simulated sensation of body in order to avoid insanity due to sensory deprivation. The man just likes to advertise that he gave up his body to the company, so to speak; they sell organs donated by people who prefer cybernetics, which are cheaper and faster to get than cloned organs.
* ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[DC Comics]]' Star Hawkins - Space Detective! His robot secretary, Ilda, is very much an antique model - Star admittedly can't afford better, but he wouldn't get rid of her even if he could. (Except in ''Twilight'' [or "Let's make all our goofy sci-fi characters [[Darker and Edgier]]"], where he says he'd have junked her if he'd had a chance. But [[Canon
== [[Film]] ==
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** Bruno also has years of "rill-hopping" experience in him from their smuggling days. Also, compared to the other robots shown, Bruno is a lot smarter.
** He can also intercept phone calls but can't listen to them himself.
* In ''[[
* C-3PO and R2-D2 from ''[[Star Wars]]''. Especially C-3PO in the prequels.
** Other than C-3PO and R2-D2, there are several examples in the Star Wars universe, such as Wee-Gee, the Katarn family droid in ''[[Star Wars: Dark Forces
** Taken even further in the Expanded Universe. Luke is at one point given a shiny new R7 astromech to go with a prototype fighter, but soon goes back to his trusty X-Wing and R2-D2.
** It goes back to the original Star Wars movie (A New Hope). Before the final attack on the Death Star, an X-Wing mechanic notes to Luke that R2-D2 is looking pretty banged up and asks if he wants a new one. Luke declines.
** ''[[The Thrawn Trilogy]]'' explains that there are advantages to using old droids that haven't had regular memory wipes, such as the fact that Artoo has worked with Luke's X-Wing computer for so long that they practically have a symbiotic relationship and are much more efficient than the standard. There are also disadvantages - the ship's computer has become so idiosyncratic from this that if another computer needs to scan the ship's data, they need Artoo around to translate.
* Old Bob in ''[[The Black Hole]]''.
* In ''[[I, Robot (
* This was the plot of ''[[
* In ''[[Real Steel]]'', Atom is a previous generation sparring robot that was stored whole and functional (but uncleaned) in a parts depot. He has different strengths and weaknesses from current top of the line arena fighters, which allows him to survive when facing them.
** Some of his strengths have nothing to do with being outdated. Since he was built as a sparring bot, not a fighter, his body is specifically made to be highly resistant to damage. On the other hand, his physical strength is very low for a robot (also intentional). Basically, he can take a punch but not give one.
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* The last part of the ''[[
* In ''[[Power Rangers SPD]],'' the robot dog RIC (Robotic Interactive Canine.) Run down and broken, with replacement parts long out of production, he was given to making any sound ''but'' dog sounds, and annoyed the Rangers until he [[Taking the Bullet|jumped into]] [[Mecha
* An episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' featured a down-on-his-luck boxer in an age when all boxing was done by prizefighting robots. His old Mark 3 boxer-bot was no match for the new Mark 7s that littered the profession, but darn it, the Mark 3 was ''his'' robot. {{spoiler|When his robot malfunctioned, he entered the ring himself pretending to be a robot. This did not end well for him.}}
** This episode was based on a short story by Richard Matheson. The story was later loosely adapted into a film called ''[[Real Steel]]''.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Anachronox]]''. PAL-18 was originally built as a toy (the series is considered valuable collector's items) but is custom-equipped with hacker software and functional weapons. And Mystech capability. And self-awareness. And the personality of a bratty eight-year old. All in all making him far more useful than anything manufactured recently.
* While it isn't touched on much in the games, the ''Mega Man'' series can be seen as an example. In the ''[[Mega Man (
** The story of the ''X'' series partly revolves around the fact that the only reason X and Zero can save the world is ''because'' they are old robots: Reploids are created with a newer manufacturing process (and lack their [[Restraining Bolt
* Joey in ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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** 1-X reappears in the movies, but considering it got ''sliced in half'', it seems unlikely that it'll appear in the new season.
** It has reappeared in the new season... in Robot Heaven.
* Dr. Wakemn of ''[[My Life
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