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[[File:Battle Droids 2 6155.jpg|link=Star Wars|frame|Not squishy anywhere.]] |
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{{quote|''"If you are looking for an unstoppable army of killing machines unhampered by such weaknesses as mercy and compassion, robot warriors are for you."'' |
{{quote|''"If you are looking for an unstoppable army of killing machines unhampered by such weaknesses as mercy and compassion, robot warriors are for you."'' |
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|'''Neil Zawacki''', ''[http://evil-guide.tripod.com/ How to Be a Villain]''}} |
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In many American cartoon series, the extraordinary violence is blunted by having the [[Faceless Goons|nameless bad guys]] (or [[Mooks]]) be, in fact, robots. This allows the protagonists to [[What Measure Is a Mook?|dismember, mutilate, and otherwise wreck-up armies of faceless goons]], in a manner [[Family-Unfriendly Violence|unacceptable if said bad guys were squishy and red on the inside]]. |
In many American cartoon series, the extraordinary violence is blunted by having the [[Faceless Goons|nameless bad guys]] (or [[Mooks]]) be, in fact, robots. This allows the protagonists to [[What Measure Is a Mook?|dismember, mutilate, and otherwise wreck-up armies of faceless goons]], in a manner [[Family-Unfriendly Violence|unacceptable if said bad guys were squishy and red on the inside]]. |
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* Spoofed in ''[[Tom Strong]]'', where Timmy Turbo realizes that "We can be as violent as we like with these teachers, because they're just ''robots''!" |
* Spoofed in ''[[Tom Strong]]'', where Timmy Turbo realizes that "We can be as violent as we like with these teachers, because they're just ''robots''!" |
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* One of Lex Luthor's plans to take over the United States relied upon him unleashing a horde of GI Robots that were technically property of the US army. Since [[Superman]] was apparently dealing with Brainiac that week, [[Batman]] ended up taking out all except one—that Bats had reprogrammed with the Geneva Convention. Really. |
* One of Lex Luthor's plans to take over the United States relied upon him unleashing a horde of GI Robots that were technically property of the US army. Since [[Superman]] was apparently dealing with Brainiac that week, [[Batman]] ended up taking out all except one—that Bats had reprogrammed with the Geneva Convention. Really. |
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