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Whatever the case may be, sufferers of this trope can pretty much write off any hope of a [[I Just Want to Be Normal|normal life]] (if they were human-looking enough to qualify for such) and expect a very hectic time dealing with at least three different sides all attempting to control, destroy, and/or befriend them at once. Expect a lot of justifiable angst from one of these guys as they desperately try (and fail) to stay out of situations where they have to use their [[Swiss Army Weapon|Swiss Army Weapons]] and convince people that they really don't want to murder them all after one slip up with the built-in flamethrowers.
Common "victims": [[Tyke Bomb]], [[Phlebotinum Rebel]], [[Secret Project Refugee Family]], [[Person of Mass Destruction]]. [[Super
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* In ''[[Short Circuit (Film)|Short Circuit]]'' a military combat robot gains sentience, and this trope ensues.
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* [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s [
* One of the example characters in ''[[GURPS]]'' Fourth Edition core book is the military robot turned Buddhist monk precisely for this reason.
* {{spoiler|River Song}} from ''[[
* An episode of Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney)|Hercules]]'' features a sentient crossbow, created for Ares, that doesn't want to be used as a weapon. She (yes, it's a female crossbow, and Ares is not too keen about it) ends up as Cupid's bow.
* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', a prototype military robot built by the Sith on Korriban escapes from its masters, you can [[Karma Meter|choose to assist it or haul it back in]].
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[[Category:I Am Not A Gun]]
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