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Whatever the case may be, sufferers of this trope can pretty much write off any hope of a [[I Just Want to Be Normal|normal life]] (if they were human-looking enough to qualify for such) and expect a very hectic time dealing with at least three different sides all attempting to control, destroy, and/or befriend them at once. Expect a lot of justifiable angst from one of these guys as they desperately try (and fail) to stay out of situations where they have to use their [[Swiss Army Weapon|Swiss Army Weapons]] and convince people that they really don't want to murder them all after one slip up with the built-in flamethrowers. |
Whatever the case may be, sufferers of this trope can pretty much write off any hope of a [[I Just Want to Be Normal|normal life]] (if they were human-looking enough to qualify for such) and expect a very hectic time dealing with at least three different sides all attempting to control, destroy, and/or befriend them at once. Expect a lot of justifiable angst from one of these guys as they desperately try (and fail) to stay out of situations where they have to use their [[Swiss Army Weapon|Swiss Army Weapons]] and convince people that they really don't want to murder them all after one slip up with the built-in flamethrowers. |
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Common "victims": [[Tyke Bomb]], [[Phlebotinum Rebel]], [[Secret Project Refugee Family]], [[Person of Mass Destruction]]. [[Super-Trope]] of [[Defusing the Tykebomb]]. Compare and contrast [[Three Laws |
Common "victims": [[Tyke Bomb]], [[Phlebotinum Rebel]], [[Secret Project Refugee Family]], [[Person of Mass Destruction]]. [[Super-Trope]] of [[Defusing the Tykebomb]]. Compare and contrast [["Three Laws"-Compliant]]. |
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* In ''[[Short Circuit]]'' a military combat robot gains sentience, and this trope ensues. |
* In ''[[Short Circuit]]'' a military combat robot gains sentience, and this trope ensues. |
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{{quote| [[Memetic Mutation|Number 5 is alive]]. }} |
{{quote| [[Memetic Mutation|Number 5 is alive]]. }} |
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* [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s [[wikipedia:Berserker |
* [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s [[wikipedia:Berserker (Saberhagen)|Berserkers]] are [[Killer Robot|programmed to destroy all life]] in the galaxy, but in the short story ''Mr Jester'' one of them [[Identity Amnesia|forgets what "life" is]], and the local trickster tells it that life is a lack of [[Hilarity Ensues|laughter]]... |
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* One of the example characters in ''[[GURPS]]'' Fourth Edition core book is the military robot turned Buddhist monk precisely for this reason. |
* One of the example characters in ''[[GURPS]]'' Fourth Edition core book is the military robot turned Buddhist monk precisely for this reason. |
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* {{spoiler|River Song}} from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' might not have been created as a weapon, but she was taken from her parents as a baby with the sole purpose to, as her captor explicitly states, [[Laser Guided Tykebomb|"become a weapon"]]. Unfortunately for her "creators", while they suceeded to both fashion her into a perfect psychotic assassin ([[Gone Horribly Right|too well, one might say]]) and make her completely obsessed with her target, they failed to eradicate all her human emotions. The former led to her escaping, the latter to her seeking out her parents and falling in love with the guy she was supposed to kill. |
* {{spoiler|River Song}} from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' might not have been created as a weapon, but she was taken from her parents as a baby with the sole purpose to, as her captor explicitly states, [[Laser Guided Tykebomb|"become a weapon"]]. Unfortunately for her "creators", while they suceeded to both fashion her into a perfect psychotic assassin ([[Gone Horribly Right|too well, one might say]]) and make her completely obsessed with her target, they failed to eradicate all her human emotions. The former led to her escaping, the latter to her seeking out her parents and falling in love with the guy she was supposed to kill. |
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