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[[File:sentinel3_4628.jpg|link=The Matrix|~~right~~|There's a good reason people call them "squiddies."]]

[[File:sentinel3_4628.jpg|link=The Matrix|frame|There's a good reason people call them "squiddies."]]

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Such strange robots may be partly designed after equally strange organic creatures such as insects, cephalopods, or other invertebrates, though a direct parallel may be hard to find. Other times, their designs may not have ''any'' basis in the natural world. Occasionally, the robots may ''need'' to be designed with bizarre forms in order to function better in particular situations.

This trope is to [[Starfish Aliens]] what [[Ridiculously Human Robots]] are to [[Human Aliens]]. Also, note that [[Starfish Aliens]] would logically make ''their'' robots look like starfish, for the same reasons humans would make androids. Common variations of this trope include [[Spider Tank]] and [[Tripod Terror]]. Subtrope of [[Robot]].

This trope is to [[Starfish Aliens]] what [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]] are to [[Human Aliens]]. Also, note that [[Starfish Aliens]] would logically make ''their'' robots look like starfish, for the same reasons humans would make androids. Common variations of this trope include [[Spider Tank]] and [[Tripod Terror]]. Subtrope of [[Robot]].

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== Live-Action TV ==

* The robotic shells the Daleks use for transportation in ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]''. They are salt-shaker shaped tanks with an eye-stalk, a gun tube, and a telescoping arm ending in either a plunger-like device or a claw. Appropriately enough, the Daleks themselves are [[Starfish Aliens]] (though they mutated from humanoids).

* The robotic shells the Daleks use for transportation in ''[[Doctor Who]]''. They are salt-shaker shaped tanks with an eye-stalk, a gun tube, and a telescoping arm ending in either a plunger-like device or a claw. Appropriately enough, the Daleks themselves are [[Starfish Aliens]] (though they mutated from humanoids).

* The pilot movie for ''[[Lexx]]'' has a small dragonfly-like robot.

* Although the Hybrids in ''[[~~Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|~~Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' have a semi-humanoid form, they are actually giant living computers for the Cylons' base ships (which look very much like literal starfish). Unable to conventionally communicate with humans or other humanoid Cylons, they instead "vomit metaphysics" and surrealist poetry in between routine system checks. Some characters believe the hybrids to be closer to God.

* Although the Hybrids in ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' have a semi-humanoid form, they are actually giant living computers for the Cylons' base ships (which look very much like literal starfish). Unable to conventionally communicate with humans or other humanoid Cylons, they instead "vomit metaphysics" and surrealist poetry in between routine system checks. Some characters believe the hybrids to be closer to God.

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