Robotic Angel
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Badass Automaton of angels or similar spiritual beings. Frequently, heaven tends to keep track of technology, and angels are often the military force of such place. They can serve for a host of purposes, often holy or neutral depending on what their jobs requires. This could land in the Rule of Cool, thanks to the combination. They could also be artificially created and become a version of Holy Hand Grenade.
One of the more extreme variations of Our Angels Are Different. May of necessity be a Religious Robot.
Examples of Robotic Angel include:
Advertising
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 use of which was said to be potentially apocalyptic, but which ultimately resulted in Kurumi transforming into a true robot-angel hybrid being.
- Angeloids in Sora no Otoshimono.
- The sole inhabitant of the Imaginary Number District in A Certain Magical Index is an artificial angel, definitely of the Holy Hand Grenade sort.
Comic Books
Fan Works
- Fusion Gundam in Final Stand of Death are this thanks to being angels fused with Mechanical Lifeforms and 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".
Literature
Live-Action TV
- The Messengers on the 2004 Battlestar Galactica.
Music
New Media
Newspaper Comics
Oral Tradition, Myths and Legends
Pinball
Podcasts
Professional Wrestling
Puppet Shows
Radio
Recorded and Stand Up Comedy
Tabletop Games
- Penny Arcade: The Game – Gamers vs. Evil, the 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.
Theatre
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.
Visual Novels
Web Animation
Web Comics
- Invoked for laughs in the December 8, 2004 Penny Arcade which postulated an In Name Only Metroid movie that was about "a rowdy team of baseball players who discover the true meaning of Christmas from a robot cowboy angel".
