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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' and ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' have Dr. Gero's creations, which are all under the blanket term "androids." However, two of the main four (Nos. 17 and 18; #16 is an android, as is, apparently, #8) in Dragonball Z are cyborgs, and it is implied that many of the previous ones were cyborgs as well. It is not revealed exactly how they were modified, only that it was enough for them to forget their previous lives. (#18 is at least human enough to bear a child, as she and Krillin have a daughter in the sequel series.) Eventually, Dr. Gero transplants his brain in a robotic body, becoming a cyborg as well. This is something of a case of [[Lost in Translation]], as the original word would be closer to "[[Artificial Human]]" (thus it includes Cell who is wholly organic).<ref>In the French version of the manga they are called Cyborgs, which makes sense for #17 and #18, but it makes less sense for #16 who is explicitly artificial.</ref>
** Frieza also becomes a cyborg after being defeated by Goku on Namek. Oddly enough, in Hell he isn't allowed to keep his cyborg body while Dr. Gero is.
** Perhaps it was because he was reverted back to how he was before he suffered the massive body mutilation in his fight with Goku. Gero was revived with a new humanoid body after escaping Hell- which was altered from the human flesh once again.
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