What Measure Is a Non-Human?/Western Animation: Difference between revisions

** Jack has never turned down anyone in need due to species. Human, Robot, Ape, Alien, Talking Dog, no matter. The only thing important was that someone needed his protection. He's reacted with horror at seeing a village of robots destroyed just as much as one of organic creatures.

** Still, the extent of carnage and violence Tartakovsky indulged in under sole excuse of this trope is unsettling. It's not just that robots can be killed on-screen - they can be killed in ''horrifying'' ways on-screen. They are burned, dissolved in acid, disemboweled in slow-mo, cannibalised and ''devoured alive by a huge monster''. At this they sometimes clearly express emotions, namely pain and horror, and other times they look exactly like living beings right until the moment of death.

{{quote| '''Danny''': She's not just a ghost, she's also a ''girl''. And if Vlad [[Never Say Die|destroys]] the ghost half, the human half is destroyed along with it.<br />

'''Valerie''': No, that's not my problem. She ''is'' a ghost, and I destroy ghosts!<br />

* ''[[Megas XLR]]'' will never kill off humans, and will only very rarely have any kind of organic being die. The giant robots that are frequently the enemies though, are cannon fodder, regardless of their level of sentience. One particularly extreme example is when Coop accidentally blows up ''a planet'' of sentient robots (although they ''were'' [[Ax Crazy]] and sort of fascist). If they could get away with it, the writers would also have plenty of ''humans'' killed to (and a few still are).

* ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'' is ''horrible'' about this. You can accurately predict how much violence is inflicted on an enemy based on how humanlike they are. Actual humans are merely subdued and non-humanoids are dismembered, exploded, or something else particularly deadly. This becomes especially awkward when you realize that, thanks to the very nature of the powers of the Omnitrix, Ben himself isn't human half the time!

*** It is mentioned that her race are incredibly tough and difficult to kill with the implication that the parents will be fine until the ceremony is over.

** In the [[Time Skip|time skipped]] Alien Force, Gwen scolds Kevin that "You hit him too hard!" when he decks a guard. Kevin placates her with, "Not him. It." and removes the holographic mask disguising the alien as a human. This could be potentially problematic, as a later episode reveals that these aliens are in fact [[The Virus|humans taken over by alien parasites]], and the Omnitrix is ''capable of reversing the transformation.''