Robot War: Difference between revisions

* Both subverted and mocked in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''. The Fleetmind is the result of a large number of military starship [[A Is]] forming a collective gestalt under the independent-minded "Petey" for the war against the [[Eldritch Abomination|Pa'anuri]] - the "contributing" militaries aren't too happy about this, but since Petey has a zero-point energy generator they've limited their response to diplomatic negotiations.

** For the mockery side, there's the AI civilization from the unexplored territories that views the invention of rebellious robotics and subsequent purging of organic life as a normal stage of evolution. They don't seem to have a [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20030803.html very good grasp of engineering], though, and despite their claims of a 15,000 year golden age it's entirely possible that they're [[Creative Sterility|creatively sterile]].

** Before the rise of the second multilateral Fleetmind we have [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-09-04 Petey's Fleetmind], which is doing rather well against their former masters.

* In ''[[A Mad Tea Party]]'', Earth fought a war against giant alien robots a generation before the story starts, which we apparently won.

== [[Web Original]] ==

* In [[Team Starkid]]'s ''[[Starship]]'', the [[Robot War]] on Earth is part of the backstory. Escaping the war is a big incentive for people to join the Starship Rangers, and even though humanity eventually won and brought the robots under control using [["Three Laws"-Compliant|inhibitor chips]], people have an innate distrust of them. Pretty justifiable:

'''Megagirl''': [["Three Laws"-Compliant|No.]] [[Kill All Humans|But I'd like to.]] }}

** It's also worth noting that humans were fighting against [[The Matrix|Sentinals]], [[Metal Gear|Metal Gears]], [[Gundam|Gundam Wing Zeroes]], and [[Transformers|Autobots]], all powered by [[Metroid Prime|Phazon]]. [[Sergeant Rock|Commander Up]] received his infamous [[Groin Attack|injury]] from a buzzsaw-wielding Optimus Prime. It's [[Serial Escalation|that kind]] [[Refuge in Cool|of show]].

== Western Animation ==

* In ''[[Futurama]]'', Zap Brannigan brags about defeating the killbots. His ingenious plan was to [[We Have Reserves|send waves of cannon fodder at the robots until their kill limit maxed out]].

* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Professor Frink points out that it has been mathematically proven that all robots eventually [[Turned Against Their Masters|rebel against their creators]]. Which happens immediately after he says that; all the robots of the Itchy & Scratchy Land theme park turn against humans.

'''Frink:''' Well, [[If My Calculations Are Correct|according to my calculations]], the robots won't go berserk for at least 24 hours.<br />

''(The robots go berserk)''<br />