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{{quote|'''Charley''': ''You know, little girl, you freak me the hell out. On the outside, you're just pretty as a picture, but on the inside, you're a...''

'''Cameron''': ''Hyperalloy combat chassis.''

 

She's gorgeous, she's sexy, and she's got a 50,000-mile warranty. She's the '''Robot Girl''', a staple character type in anime. Most commonly found in science fiction and [[Sentai]] shows, but not exclusively. Despite their artificial nature, Robot Girls are never—well, hardly ever—sexless; they are at the very least [[Moe|cute as hell]], and more often drop-dead gorgeous, if not [[Kiss Me, I'm Virtual|outright seductresses]]. (Robotic males, on the other hand...) Despite how cute or sexy she may be, though, the '''Robot Girl''' is often a dangerous opponent in a fight, even if they're only created to do [[Super-Powered Robot Meter Maids|common household chores.]]

Occasionally, even if the robot girl is initially depicted as totally emotionless and incapable of compassion, empathy, humor or love, often such traits - or the simulation of such traits - will begin to sneak in. Examples of this have included Cameron from ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'', Eve Edison from ''Mann & Machine'' and Rhoda from ''My Living Doll''. Unless, of course, the robots are programmed from the start to simulate—or even genuinely experience—emotion, such as the Cylons from the 2004 version of ''Battletar Galactica'' or the Replicants from ''Blade Runner''.

 

 

Contrast [[Uncanny Valley Girl]] and [[Spaceship Girl]].

* Nano from ''[[Nichijou]]'' appears to be perfectly normal—aside from that huge wind-up key sticking out of her back. The [[Child Prodigy|eight-year-old girl]] who created her also likes to modify her body with useless additions, just for the heck of it. This doesn't always make Nano too happy, since she so much [[I Just Want to Be Normal|wants to come across as an ordinary girl]].

* Annapuna and Unipuma - the Puma Twins from the [[Dominion Tank Police]] manga and anime series - were revealed, close to the end of the original manga, as androids - Ostensibly 'love dolls', although they take offense at this designation. In the second manga series, their android nature was on the table all the time, even becoming a plot point on at least two occasions. Interestingly, in the anime the issue was ignored completely, even as an implication.

* Flandre, Francesca, and Francette from [[Princess Resurrection]]

* {{spoiler|Princess Ixquic}} and {{spoiler|Leina}} in [[Cyborg 009]].

 

 

* MALIK from the ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]/[[Lilo and Stitch|Lilo & Stitch]]/[[Invader Zim]]'' crossover series ''[[Both Syllables]]''

* In [http://www.fanfiction.net/~mrevil Mr.Evil]'s ''[[Ben 10]]'' fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3875254/1/Hero_High_Earth_style Hero High: Earth Style], Pharaoh's assistant Miss. Neith is revealed to be an android at the end of the story.

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* The iconic Robot Maria from ''[[Metropolis]]''. In the novel Rotwang, the scientist who creates her, says that it's far more likely for a man to create a woman than another man.

* Any of the female replicants from ''[[Blade Runner]]'' fit this trope, mainly Rachael.

* The Fembots (though these were not of the [[FemBot]] variety) from the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' series, usually equipped with machine-gun jumblies.

* Galatea in ''[[Bicentennial Man]]''. She's also so annoying it's actually cute.

* ''[[Virtuosity]]''. Sheila 3.2, Virtual reality sex doll, Sole function is to deduce your psychosexual needs, and fulfill them. "Sheila 3.2 is collecting information from 136 aspects of your physiology. Your heart rate, pupil dilation, vocal intonation, syntax..." She was scheduled for download to nigh indestructible regeneration type, possibly shape shifting body, subverted.

* ''[[Robo Geisha]]''. It's all there in the title.

* The T-X from the third ''[[Terminator]]'' film.

* Roberta from ''Not Quite Human II''.

* Almost all of the women in ''[[Westworld]]'' (and Roman World and Medieval World too).

 

== Literature ==

* ''YOSH!'' counts many robot girls as characters: Miyo, Nami, Toyoko, Lien and Rieko, a robot fox girl with the soul of a human. It is stated that their creator, Shiden, made thousands of them (all female) and occasionally uses them to attempt to [http://www.yoshsaga.com/latest.php?i=051016 conquer] the world.

* ''Ask Dr Eldritch'' has Helen, the Doctor's [[Robot Maid]]. He really hates it when people call her a [[Sex Bot]], though, so don't.

* ''[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com Jayden and Crusader]'' has two, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150314195011/http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2007/08/09/2007-08-09/ Computer] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20150314195047/http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2008/06/07/this-really-isnt-a-good-time/ Computer Version 2]. The first one was temporarily almost a main character, but the second one showed up twice and was never seen again.

** Computer [https://web.archive.org/web/20151231215631/http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2009/09/18/page-136/ came back] and boy is she [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|angry.]]

 

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[[Category:Otherness Tropes]]

[[Category:Robot Roll Call]]

[[Category:Older Than Feudalism]]

[[Category:Turn-On Tropes]]