Robotic Angel: Difference between revisions

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[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Robots who are angels and/or angels who are robots. Can include angels who are [[Cyborg]]s as well. Either way, it's very much a case of the [[Rule of Cool]] in play.

On the one hand, while [[Heaven]] is not often seen as a high-tech setting, sometimes it can surprise you -- and when it does, this will likely be one of the surprises: the inorganic angel.<ref>Yes, yes, we know. Being purely spiritual beings, ''all'' angels are technically inorganic, at least until they take on the form of a corporeal creature. And maybe not even then.</ref> These are nearly always [[Badass Automaton]]s of the highest order, and while all but guaranteed to be [[Holy Hand Grenade|part of the Armies of Heaven]], they can also serve in a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|host]] of other roles.

 

 

One of the more extreme variations of [[Our Angels Are Different]]. May of necessity be a [[Religious Robot]].

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi]]'' has battle gynoids called "steel angels", among them the main character. Although the story is set in an alternate 1920s Tokyo, the gynoids were created in a distant future, and possessed mysterious power sources called "angel hearts" which seemed to be mystical in origin. The title character possessed a Mark II Angel Heart, the full use of which was said to be potentially apocalyptic, but which ultimately resulted in Kurumi transforming into a true robot-angel hybrid being.

* The sole inhabitant of the Imaginary Number District in ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' is an artificial angel, definitely of the [[Holy Hand Grenade]] sort.

 

== [[Fan Works]] ==

* Fusion Gundam in ''[https://www.wattpad.com/story/173566505-final-stand-of-death Final Stand of Death]'' are this thanks to being angels fused with [[Mechanical Lifeforms]] and [[Petting Zoo People| humanoid wolves]].

** In episode 5, it's discovered in their original form, i.e. minus their armor, they also process [[Glowing Mechanical Eyes]], while the other ghosts of the fallen have normal eyes. This was likely to tell apart what kind of ghosts they were.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* Seraph from ''[[The Matrix]]'' series was created by the Oracle to serve as a "guardian angel".

 

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* The Messengers on the [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|2004 ''Battlestar Galactica'']].

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* ''[[Penny Arcade: The Game – Gamers vs. Evil]]'', the ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' card game published in 2011 by Cryptozoic Entertainment, includes a card for the Robot Cowboy Angel cited below.

* The role-playing game ''[[Starfighter]]'' has Barachius angels, which are a mix of angels and cyborgs.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* A common theme in the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' series, especially in depictions of Metatron, who is often depicted as humanoid robot. Other high ranking angels also have partial or completely robot motifs on occasion.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

 

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