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''Very'' often an [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]. After all, why in the world would a drop-dead gorgeous female facsimile have any conception of chastity, much less modesty, programming notwithstanding? If the '''Robot Girl''' is the lead female or at least an important one, this innocence and naivety can be a large part of their character or even the theme of the work.
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
Compare [[FemBot]], [[Projected Man]], [[Robosexual]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Alita/Gally from ''[[Battle Angel Alita]]''.
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* {{spoiler|Annalee Call}} from ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]: Resurrection.'' It is interesting [[Humans Are Bastards|how fast]] other characters forget that they used to think about her as a human when they find out.
{{quote|[[The Big Guy|Johner]]: "Can't believe I nearly fucked that thing."
[[The Smart Guy|Vries]]: "''Yeah, like you've never fucked a robot!''" }}
* 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.
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** Harlan also replicated SG-1 as robots to help him maintain his underground facility. {{spoiler|Harlan is also a robot, and a barmy one at that.}}
** Also, the gynoid who created the replicators in the first place. As toys.
* The short-lived science fiction cop show ''[[Mann
* Tenaya 7 in ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]''' is a rare villainous example.
** Much earlier than that there was Archerina of ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]'', although she was much more metallic than most other examples, lacking in synthetic skin or coloration.
*** Archerina's Japanese counterpart, Princess Multiwa of [[Chouriki Sentai Ohranger]]
* Vicki from ''[[Small Wonder]]''.
* ''[[Twilight Zone]]'': "The Lonely".
* ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' loves its robots, and occasionally combines it with [[Tomato in the Mirror]]. It being an anthology, some episodes have it turn out better than others for robots and/or any humans who love them than others.
* E.R.I.C.A. from the ''[[Sliders]]'' episode "State of the A.R.T."
* Rachel from the ''[[Weird Science (TV series)|Weird Science]]'' episode "The Copper Top Girl".
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdkWc_ogevs Invoked] on ''[[Target Women]]'' in response to a creepy skincare commercial that showed the same [[Emotionless Girl|"clone woman"]] over and over as a lab subject.
{{quote|''New Olay Professional Pro X! A specialized team of dermatologists and Olay have designed Pro X to [[Here Comes the Science!|resignal your skin]] so it looks more like it did when you were younger.''
"But can a robot lady learn... to love?" }}
* ''[[My Living Doll]]'', a 1963-64 sitcom, starred [[Julie Newmar]] as Rhoda, a secret government project to create a robot astronaut.
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