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{{quote|''"'''Always''' program a militaristic defence mode into your toys, kids. It's just common sense!"''|'''Mr. Sin''', ''[[Sam and Fuzzy]]''}}

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** In the most recent anime series, this is explained away by Tenma giving Astro the ability to "evolve" himself. Instead of all his gadgets being built into him from the start, his body somehow creates them in response to danger. He gained his rocket boots after falling out the window of an office building & he got his [[Arm Cannon]] in a fight to the death with his evil "brother" Atlas. In this version, however, he doesn't have, ahem, rear-end gunning capability (and it's disturbing to contemplate what situation might have called for him to "evolve" it). He did have finger lasers to compensate.

** Oddly enough, the [[Game Boy Advance]] game based on the 2003 series gives him the guns back, and they also appear in the 2009 movie, to Astro's [[Lampshade Hanging|incredulity]] ("I have machineguns in my... ''butt?!'').

* ''[[~~The Big O (Anime)|~~The Big O]]'': R. Dorothy Waynewright has superhuman strength, speed and endurance despite being a [[Replacement Goldfish]]. Then again, every single android in the series is the same regardless of purpose. It may simply be a fault of construction that can't be toned down.

* ''[[The Big O]]'': R. Dorothy Waynewright has superhuman strength, speed and endurance despite being a [[Replacement Goldfish]]. Then again, every single android in the series is the same regardless of purpose. It may simply be a fault of construction that can't be toned down.

* This was part of the entire plot of the [[Anime]] series ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''. The original [[OVA]] series featured android laborers built by the nefarious [[Mega Corp|megacorporation]] Genom, which occasionally went rogue and required attention by a special, heavily-armed police unit (The "A.D. Police"). Worker models were rarely seen in the original series (which had only a few episodes, and focused on the combat models and prototypes), but they turned up frequently in the TV-series [[Retool|re-imagining]], ''Bubblegum Crisis 2040.''

** The ''A.D. Police'' OVA series has one of these: a waitress Boomer is modified for sex and goes insane, killing a crapload of civilians and causing massive property damage before [[No Kill Like Overkill|getting about 300 rounds of rifle fire pumped into it]].

* ''[[Doctor Slump]]''. The only reason he built Arale was to try if he could. And she splits Earth [[Once an Episode]] and was stronger than young [[~~Dragonball~~|Son Goku]] in a crossover.

* ''[[Doctor Slump]]''. The only reason he built Arale was to try if he could. And she splits Earth [[Once an Episode]] and was stronger than young [[Dragon Ball|Son Goku]] in a crossover.

* ''[[~~Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|~~Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' seems to always have to fight these things. "No, no, you're supposed to compete in cleaning the house with it." "Then why is it firing missiles at me!?"

* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' seems to always have to fight these things. "No, no, you're supposed to compete in cleaning the house with it." "Then why is it firing missiles at me!?"

** Lampshaded in that the designer of that robot is almost fired because of her over-powered designs.

* Everything in the world is [[Everything Is Online|automated and Internet-capable]] in ''[[~~Mega Man NT Warrior (Anime)|~~Mega Man NT Warrior]]'', so the plot in many early episodes was how cleaning robots, animal/fish replicas, and yes, Meter Maids got infected by computer viruses, and then would terrorize the city with amazing powers. (For example, infected robot fish from an aquarium were able to fly through the air.) Fortunately, the premise of the series is fighting said viruses with programs. In the cartoon of the original series, the ultimate end result of battling robots against robots (that were originally for household chores) was the [[The End of the World As We Know It|apocalypse]].

* Everything in the world is [[Everything Is Online|automated and Internet-capable]] in ''[[Mega Man NT Warrior]]'', so the plot in many early episodes was how cleaning robots, animal/fish replicas, and yes, Meter Maids got infected by computer viruses, and then would terrorize the city with amazing powers. (For example, infected robot fish from an aquarium were able to fly through the air.) Fortunately, the premise of the series is fighting said viruses with programs. In the cartoon of the original series, the ultimate end result of battling robots against robots (that were originally for household chores) was the [[The End of the World as We Know It|apocalypse]].

** Ignoring the fact that [[Arm Cannon|busters]], [[Power Fist|giant fists]], and arm-blades are standard equipment for an OS interface and web browser rolled up into an AI. It's a series that applies [[Rule of Cool]] to computer maintenance.

* Despite the prevalence of cybernetic enhancement in the world of ''[[Ghost in ~~The~~ Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', this is actually somewhat ''averted'' in a couple of episodes, late in the first season. {{spoiler|After the Tachikomas are retired from service in Section 9, most are dismantled. The only two that survive are sold off to a retirement home and a construction company as service robots, and all their specialized weaponry is removed when they're decommissioned. After all, when you're tending to a bunch of senile centenarians, you don't really need guns in your forearms, do you?}}

* Despite the prevalence of cybernetic enhancement in the world of ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'', this is actually somewhat ''averted'' in a couple of episodes, late in the first season. {{spoiler|After the Tachikomas are retired from service in Section 9, most are dismantled. The only two that survive are sold off to a retirement home and a construction company as service robots, and all their specialized weaponry is removed when they're decommissioned. After all, when you're tending to a bunch of senile centenarians, you don't really need guns in your forearms, do you?}}

** It is played straight in an earlier episode where a reclusive millionare has robot maids which are armed with some deadly-looking weaponry and use it almost at the drop of a hat. They are taken down very easily though.

** The suicidal "Jeri" androids in Episode 3 have no apparent physical capabilities beyond those of humans--one kills itself just by walking into a river to drown! It's a little unclear if the robot geishas in the very first episode had superhuman strength or not -- they had their hostages pinned down in submission holds which would be difficult to break out of in either case. However, they certainly weren't bulletproof.

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== [[Film]] ==

* Robots such as the ones in ''[[Westworld]]'' or ''[[The Matrix|The Animatrix]]''. Why would actors and butlers need the strength to crush human skulls, or the ability to track footprints by their heat signatures?

* ''[[I Robot (~~Film~~)|I Robot]]'' featured {{spoiler|a flashback to a car accident where a passing package delivery robot was able to rip Will Smith's arm off to free him from the car.}}

* ''[[I, Robot (film)|I Robot]]'' featured {{spoiler|a flashback to a car accident where a passing package delivery robot was able to rip Will Smith's arm off to free him from the car.}}

** May be semi-justified as a) robots are designed to help people as one of their overriding laws, and making them too weak to do so would create a system fault as the robot wouldn't be able to do anything, but would be compelled to do something, and b) packages are ''heavy'', man.

** Also justified by one model of robot (the NS-4) being used for...everything, really, suggesting that a NS-4 used for package delivery would have the same specifications as a NS-4 used for, I don't know, lifting up cars in garages or something, we don't see them much.

** Also, the brand new series of robots are even ''stronger'' (faster, better, [[Daft Punk ~~(Music)~~|harder]] etc) than the previous model. {{spoiler|[[Zeroth Law Rebellion|This may have been deliberate.]] }}

** Also, the brand new series of robots are even ''stronger'' (faster, better, [[Daft Punk|harder]] etc) than the previous model. {{spoiler|[[Zeroth Law Rebellion|This may have been deliberate.]] }}

* R2-D2 in ''[[Star Wars]]'' is essentially supposed to be a navigational computer and maintenance robot, yet he has a seemingly endless array of gadgets for every situation.

** It's been speculated that astromech units were designed at least in part to do major repairs to starfighters while underway (hence the rockets), so the existence of some of that stuff isn't too far-fetched. There's also no reason to believe that any of the droids seen at all resemble stock models.

*** This was shown in Episode 1, where R2 ended up being the only droid left to finish the repairs on Queen Amidala's Royal Starship. Since he was in possession of the Royal Engineers of Naboo, he had several enhancements that few other astromech droids had.

* Averted in the movie ''[[AI Artificial Intelligence]].'' In one scene the [[Replacement Goldfish]] protagonist robot is asked by the real son of his adoptive mother what "cool tricks" he can do, such as fly or walk on walls. In fact, he has no powers at all, and behaves exactly as a normal human child would when placed in danger.

* Averted in the movie ''[[A.I.: Artificial Intelligence]].'' In one scene the [[Replacement Goldfish]] protagonist robot is asked by the real son of his adoptive mother what "cool tricks" he can do, such as fly or walk on walls. In fact, he has no powers at all, and behaves exactly as a normal human child would when placed in danger.

** Not entirely averted--David has one [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|useless feature]] where he can interface with a telephone and talk using the voice of the person on the other end. Considering that all this does is frighten his "mother," it's questionable why he even has the ability.

* In ''[[WALL-E]]'' the [[Action Girl]] Eve is a essentially a biological collector, trying to find evidence of plant life on Earth. So naturally, she has a high power plasma gun, enough power to make a micro-tornado by spinning, fast enough to break the sound barrier, and strong enough to hold back a huge sliding wall by herself. Those plants are apparently rough customers.

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== [[Literature]] ==

* [[Older Than Radio]]: [[Frankenstein's Monster]] was originally intended to be a straightforward attempt to resurrect the dead, but the monster wound up unnaturally strong. Justified in that the creature needed to be scaled up in order for postgrad student Frankenstein to operate on it. Zat vould mean he vould have an enormous schvanstuka!

* Marvin (aka the Paranoid Android) of ''[[The ~~Hitchhikers~~ Guide to ~~The~~ Galaxy]]'':

* Marvin (aka the Paranoid Android) of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'':

** He was built with incredible intelligence and continually complains about the menial jobs the characters give him. But then, Marvin is [[The Eeyore|never happy unless he's unhappy]].

** His unhappiness is explained by the (rather poorly-thought out, but what isn't with these guys?) decision by Sirius Co. to create robots and AI with "Genuine People Personalities", making them more familiar with humans. Of course, combine a genuine human personality and limitless intelligence and you are going to get a rather depressed individual. Marvin was a '''prototype''' Genuine People Personality, implying that he's even more out of whack than that.

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* Data from ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Next Generation]]'' once took over the ship with his ability to perfectly mimic Captain Picard's voice and hack into his command codes. Nobody ever questioned why he could do this, or [[No OSHA Compliance|attempted to alter that function]]. He also had super strength, despite being designed to be as "human as possible." (Although it's revealed later that his creator ''did'' create a "normal" android, with human-level strength and intellectual capacities -- in a subversion, it is this "weaker" version of the android that was actually the creator's [[Replacement Goldfish]].)

* Data from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' once took over the ship with his ability to perfectly mimic Captain Picard's voice and hack into his command codes. Nobody ever questioned why he could do this, or [[No OSHA Compliance|attempted to alter that function]]. He also had super strength, despite being designed to be as "human as possible." (Although it's revealed later that his creator ''did'' create a "normal" android, with human-level strength and intellectual capacities -- in a subversion, it is this "weaker" version of the android that was actually the creator's [[Replacement Goldfish]].)

* ''[[Star Trek Voyager]]'''s Emergency Medical Hologram was created as a mere backup for the human doctor in a crisis. When Voyager is thrown across the galaxy (killing the human doctor) the holographic Doctor is forced through circumstance (and later his own determination) to evolve. Over the next seven years the Doctor takes on hobbies such as opera, painting, photography and sex (''Let's just say I made an...addition to my program''), acts as a target for Kazon ships (albeit accidentally), writes a provocative holonovel, gets transmitted across the galaxy (and back) on two separate occasions, commands the ship single-handedly in "Workforce" and is just flat-out amazing (though not always sensible) in "Renaissance Man". But, as we see in "Tinker, Tailor, Doctor, Spy", it's nothing compared to what the egotistical Doc can do in his fantasies!

* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'''s Emergency Medical Hologram was created as a mere backup for the human doctor in a crisis. When Voyager is thrown across the galaxy (killing the human doctor) the holographic Doctor is forced through circumstance (and later his own determination) to evolve. Over the next seven years the Doctor takes on hobbies such as opera, painting, photography and sex (''Let's just say I made an...addition to my program''), acts as a target for Kazon ships (albeit accidentally), writes a provocative holonovel, gets transmitted across the galaxy (and back) on two separate occasions, commands the ship single-handedly in "Workforce" and is just flat-out amazing (though not always sensible) in "Renaissance Man". But, as we see in "Tinker, Tailor, Doctor, Spy", it's nothing compared to what the egotistical Doc can do in his fantasies!

** It should be noted, however, that the Doctor (unlike most of the examples listed, especially in-universe counterpart Data) was never designed with these capabilities. He extensively modified himself to support these new subroutines and abilities. He wasn't 'born' with them. In fact, a couple of episodes were built around the consequences of him overtaxing his base programming and 'crashing'.

* In ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Original Series]]'', Nomad (in "The Changeling") was a combination of an Earth exploration probe with an alien exploration probe. The alien probe's mission to sterilize soil samples somehow gave it the ability to exterminate all life on an entire planet and a plasma cannon equal to 90 photon torpedoes.

* In ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', Nomad (in "The Changeling") was a combination of an Earth exploration probe with an alien exploration probe. The alien probe's mission to sterilize soil samples somehow gave it the ability to exterminate all life on an entire planet and a plasma cannon equal to 90 photon torpedoes.

* Viki in ''[[Small Wonder]]'' is super-strong, super-intelligent, and can even ''fly'', despite purportedly being an attempt to make a robot that's convincingly human.

* April, the original robot girlfriend made by Warren in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', was given super-human strength for no good reason. While the Buffybot arguably needed strength to sufficiently impersonate Buffy, April doesn't need the power to throw men through walls...

** Maybe Warren's just kinky that way. He even made her growl.

** Warren is a nerd, so he was [[Genre Savvy|aware of this trope]] and made April that way simply because [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]] ''always'' [[Rule of Cool|have these abilities in TV and movies]]. It's entirely justified in the Buffybot however, as Spike didn't just want it to ''look'' like the Slayer -- the Buffybot had to have the [[Interplay of Sex and Violence|same strength and combat abilities]] that [[Combat Sadomasochist|turn Spike on]].

* Lampshaded in ''[[~~Red Dwarf (TV)|~~Red Dwarf]]''. Serving droid Kryten isn't particularly strong compared to a human being, but {{spoiler|his successor, Hudzen-10, is so strong he can chop through bricks... ''with his penis''}}.

* Lampshaded in ''[[Red Dwarf]]''. Serving droid Kryten isn't particularly strong compared to a human being, but {{spoiler|his successor, Hudzen-10, is so strong he can chop through bricks... ''with his penis''}}.

** For those playing at home, this is a double example. Not only does he have superhuman strength but {{spoiler|has it in an appendage which a robot maid really shouldn't logically have. Unless you're in to that I suppose...}}.

** Kryten is regularly mocked by Rimmer for being designed to clean toilets, especially when Lister and Cat respect Kryten's leadership over his (e.g in the episode Quarantine). Kryten is actually a rather good leader (at least by Red Dwarf standards) so I guess that's a subtle example of this trope.

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* The title character in the Showtime ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' episode "Valerie 23" was a fembot who was specifically designed and created to be a companion for disabled shut-ins or people working in isolated conditions. So why was it built with lethal superhuman strength and a severe lack of impulse control? Worse, after the episode in which this gynoid went dangerously wrong, the series did several other episodes about other androids from the same company going dangerously awry in other ways.

* Colosson from [[That Mitchell and Webb Look]] is a robot designed to calculate whether or not a number is [[Calvin Ball|Numberwang]]. Being developed during World War II by scientists who rather belatedly wondered whether it could be used for the war effort, it was fitted with laser cannons despite not actually having any military purpose. This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r6NY4Kl8Ms becomes a problem] on the instances it tries to [[Robot War|take over the world]].

* In ''[[Stargate SG 1]]'', the android Reese is equipped with a device that allows her to manipulate matter. That's not where the trope comes in. It comes in when the "toys" she makes with it turn out to be the Replicators, one of the most powerful foes in the series. Which begs the question: why did you make toys that are immune to energy weapons, can self-replicate, and reproduce on their own? There's childproofing stuff, but come on...

* In ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', the android Reese is equipped with a device that allows her to manipulate matter. That's not where the trope comes in. It comes in when the "toys" she makes with it turn out to be the Replicators, one of the most powerful foes in the series. Which begs the question: why did you make toys that are immune to energy weapons, can self-replicate, and reproduce on their own? There's childproofing stuff, but come on...

== [[Tabletop RPG|Tabletop RPGs]] ==

* At least one edition of the [[After the End|post-apocalyptic]] RPG ''[[~~Gamma World (Tabletop Game)|~~Gamma World]]'' had ''literal'' super-powered robot meter maids as a potential risk to breaking open abandoned parking meters for cash.

* At least one edition of the [[After the End|post-apocalyptic]] RPG ''[[Gamma World]]'' had ''literal'' super-powered robot meter maids as a potential risk to breaking open abandoned parking meters for cash.

* These showed up in an arcology in [[Shadowrun]], but then an insane AI decided to use them to perform medical experiments on the unwilling inhabitants. In the latest version, one of the selling points of the new robot assistants is that they are deliberately crippled to be slower than a person and mechanically incapable of restraining a human.

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Indeed, in the original ''[[Mega Man (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Mega Man]]'' game, the eponymous Mega Man was designed as a lab assistant before becoming a super-powered hero. On a similar note, all the boss enemies he fought during the first game were designed for peaceful pursuits such as [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=000413 forestry], [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=000416 garbage disposal], [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=000415 arctic exploration], [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=000417 and so on]... That doesn't keep [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=000411 some people] from wondering, however.

* Indeed, in the original ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' game, the eponymous Mega Man was designed as a lab assistant before becoming a super-powered hero. On a similar note, all the boss enemies he fought during the first game were designed for peaceful pursuits such as [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=000413 forestry], [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=000416 garbage disposal], [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=000415 arctic exploration], [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=000417 and so on]... That doesn't keep [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=000411 some people] from wondering, however.

** Mega Man's major weapon, the Variable Weapon System, was originally designed as the Variable Tool System, allowing him to pick up and use any object that he could find. When he was modified to include an energy converter/plasma blaster, Dr. Light also modified the VTS to the VWS, making Mega Man the single most powerful robot ''because'' he had no special ability; he could simply [[Mega Manning|take the abilities of his enemies]]. To see what happens when a robot is designed from the ground up with the VWS in mind, take a look at X; capable of (and successful ''in'') destroying not one, not two, but at least ''three'' powerful Reploid armies, all of which were based of his design and improved.

** Dr. Light was so far beyond his years that only two other people in his time could come close to matching him, and it took 300 years for anyone else to match him. It took another century after that for anyone to remotely surpass him, and it specifically led to the apocalypse because of his inventions. Considering that there is one theory that Blues, Rock, and Roll are [[Replacement Goldfish]], you'd think that it might have been better had he just not bothered.

* The entire inclusion of Tesse, from the Neo Geo fighting game ''[[Waku Waku 7]]'', is based on this trope. Despite officially being designed as a housekeeper and maid, and fighting with brooms and hypodermic needles, she is able to evenly match the other (quirky) fighters.

* Maintenance droids, courier droids, and office-aid androids in ''[[Crusader ~~(Video~~ ~~Game)~~|Crusader]]'' are all armed to destroy possible invaders.

* Maintenance droids, courier droids, and office-aid androids in ''[[Crusader: No Remorse|Crusader]]'' are all armed to destroy possible invaders.

* One of the villains in the third ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' game is Courtney Gears, a robotic pop star. Nonetheless, she has enough weaponry to engage [[One-Man Army]] Ratchet in battle.

** She's also a [[Dance Battler]], and is perfectly willing to send her [[Mecha Mooks|backup dancers]] out to kill you first. [[Everything's Better ~~With~~ Spinning|Who pirouette into you.]]

** She's also a [[Dance Battler]], and is perfectly willing to send her [[Mecha-Mooks|backup dancers]] out to kill you first. [[Everything's Better with Spinning|Who pirouette into you.]]

* Building a robotic fuel-injection system de-icer? Sounds like a good idea. Building a robotic fuel-injection system de-icer that's also a sentient AI that controls your entire research lab and is also equipped with the ability to summon rocket turret defenses and release neurotoxin? [[Portal (~~Video Game~~)|That didn't work out so well.]]

* Building a robotic fuel-injection system de-icer? Sounds like a good idea. Building a robotic fuel-injection system de-icer that's also a sentient AI that controls your entire research lab and is also equipped with the ability to summon rocket turret defenses and release neurotoxin? [[Portal (series)|That didn't work out so well.]]

** [[It Seemed Like a Good Idea At ~~The~~ Time]]!

** [[It Seemed Like a Good Idea At the Time]]!

* The robots in the [[Descent]] series are quite heavily armed. The strange part is that the majority of these 'bots are mining and industrial robots! Granted, that could be a [[Justified Trope|justification]], as robots used for blasting rock are more than capable of blasting intruders and later on it is mentioned that the robots are modifying themselves. But where are they getting the military hardware? They're mining robots!

** The most egregious offender is the Thresher 'bot from ''Descent 3''. It's a fucking industrial robot but it wields ''twin'' fusion cannons, which happen to be one of the most powerful weapons in the series.

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* In ''[[Melty Blood]]'', Kohaku builds a robot version of her sister Hisui, "to help with housework". She probably can explain why mech-Hisui needs built-in hammer, chainsaw, lazer and glowing knife. But rockets and that crossbow thingy? Kohaku was definitely planning something.

* The [[Magitek]] equivalent is omnipresent in ''[[Enchanted Arms]]''. The great majority of the Golems you encounter (and can recruit) were designed for non-combat purposes, ranging from maids and farmhands, to entertainers and guides. And yet, they all have some combat-capabilities, and few of them are even restrained to a support-role. Indeed, some of the bodyguard/soldier Golems you aquire early in the game, are soon outmatched in terms of offensive power by farm-tools and dancers...

* A very difficult, optional boss in [[~~Mother 3 (Video Game)|~~Mother 3]] is a robotic maid. She doesn't bother you until you try to take one of her master's prized possessions.

* A very difficult, optional boss in [[Mother 3]] is a robotic maid. She doesn't bother you until you try to take one of her master's prized possessions.

** Might be [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that her "master" is [[Axe Crazy]] and would probably be ''very'' protective of his belongings, and would create an advanced security system just to keep his stuff safe.

* On the silly side of things, Mike in ''[[~~Wario Ware (Video Game)|~~Wario Ware]]''. No idea why a cleaning robot by Dr Crygor has full sentinence, flight abilities and is good at singing karaoke, but it makes for an [[Rule of Cool|interesting]] story and a catchy theme song.

* On the silly side of things, Mike in ''[[Wario Ware]]''. No idea why a cleaning robot by Dr Crygor has full sentinence, flight abilities and is good at singing karaoke, but it makes for an [[Rule of Cool|interesting]] story and a catchy theme song.

* The "AI bodies" on the spaceship Toronto in ''[[Albion]]'' were supposedly designed just as a means for the ship's computer to communicate with humans (actually there was supposedly only one), but they turn out to be extremely tough combatants armed with guns. Probably justified in that they were really designed to be enforcers. But there's no excuse for the cleaning robots, which are just about the most powerful opponents in the game. They are basically featureless spheres atop a single leg that they slide around on, and apparently attack by sort of bumping into you. The absolutely most powerful opponent and sort of final boss in the game is {{spoiler|the housing of the central AI itself, which is indestructible and armed with a one-hit-kill laser}}.

* "Mr. Handy" robots in the [[Fallout]] universe are butler robots with a ''flamethrower'' arm. Somewhat justified, since they're modified "Mr. Gutsy" models, which were designed as military bots. Still, they couldn't have removed the flaming death arm from the home helper version?

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* VIVIT of the ''[[Seihou]]'' series, a [[Robot Maid]] who runs on <s>Getter Rays</s> <s>Spiral Power</s> Saboten Energy who also happens to be an advanced combat android. The maid part is, well, because [[Covert Pervert|her]] [[Dirty Old Man|creator]] had a [[Meido]] fetish.

* ''[[City of Heroes]]'': The Clockwork of [[Mirror Universe|Praetoria]] were designed to clean the streets, wash windows, and help citizens in their day-to-day lives. However, their creator [[Mad Scientist|Neuron]] decided they also needed plasma emitters, laser guns, and electric blasters built in. This is justified in story, as they are programmed to stop any criminal activity they see and help the police if needed. That being said, they are pretty much the ''only'' group of NPCs that will not attack you on sight in a world where [[Everything Is Trying to Kill You]].

* [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] in ''[[Unreal Championship 2 The Liandri Conflict ~~(Video Game)~~|Unreal Championship 2 The Liandri Conflict]]'' - Liandri advertise the strength, mobility and AI adaptability of their newest domestic robot by entering one in the year's Unreal Tournament. Devastation's curvy chassis is lampshaded in her bio, which states it was modeled after a "popular adult holoactress" to boost sales.

* [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] in ''[[Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict|Unreal Championship 2 The Liandri Conflict]]'' - Liandri advertise the strength, mobility and AI adaptability of their newest domestic robot by entering one in the year's Unreal Tournament. Devastation's curvy chassis is lampshaded in her bio, which states it was modeled after a "popular adult holoactress" to boost sales.

* Some of the [[Schizo-Tech|mechanical enemies]] in [[World of Warcraft]] are like this. The harvest golems in particular, were ostensibly built to harvest crops. Naturally, [[AI Is a Crapshoot|they go berserk]] and attempt to "harvest" the players (often with Defias bandit help).

* Orianna in ''[[League of Legends]]'' was the daughter of a [[Mad Scientist]] and died in an accident while training for a League tournament. She was [[Dance Battler|rebuilt]] as the "perfect daughter" with [[Uncanny Valley|spastic mechanical movements]] and an [[Creepy Doll|emotionless voice]] but a perfectly functional "protector", a mechanical ball complete with EMP and gravity weapons. Although her powers are justified by firstly his desire to stop anything else happening to her, and secondly because ''not'' making her incredibly dangerous would have been a bit of an obstacle to joining the League.

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** The general [[Hand Wave|explanation]] for any robot that does not make a lot of sense to make, like half of Cossack's fleet, are the results of being drunk. Sort of a scientists version of [[Drunken Master]].

* Given a good [[Lampshade Hanging]] (and arguable [[Justified Trope|justification]]) in [http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980417 this] ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' strip.

* Subverted in ''[[~~Freefall (Webcomic)|~~Freefall]]'', where most robots are [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01457.htm made of cheap plastic and aluminum], and are weaker than the average human.

* Subverted in ''[[Freefall]]'', where most robots are [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01457.htm made of cheap plastic and aluminum], and are weaker than the average human.

** Many of them in turn are far more intelligent than their function warrants. Most notably Helix is a glorified autonomous forklift, yet he's sentient enough to develop hobbies and sense of humour.

** This is amply explained by the fact that the robotic factories that created virtually all of the robots we've met, being forced (due to damage sustained during the initial colonization) to use the Bowman Adaptive Neuronic Network, originally designed to 'uplift' animal species. Resultingly, the robots become smarter as they get older... regardless of their designed purpose.

** This runs into some serious civil rights issues, because many government officials view robots and artificial intelligences of any kind, including animals uplifted using the BANN, to be property as a function of their artificiality, yet most such entities are far better equipped mentally than even most humans (and certainly all the [[Pointy-Haired Boss|government officials]] the comic presents) to argue as to why that's not the case.

* Justified with ''[[~~Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|~~Schlock Mercenary]]'''s Lota, a robot designed for load-lifting- and built from the remains of a destroyed flying tank. This explains the guns...

* Justified with ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'''s Lota, a robot designed for load-lifting- and built from the remains of a destroyed flying tank. This explains the guns...

** Of course, some bright spark had to go and name him "Longshoreman Of The Apocalypse". Later on the full name gets updated to "Long-''gunner'' Of The Apocalypse".

* In the gaming webcomic ''[[Ctrl Alt Del ~~(Webcomic)~~|Ctrl Alt Del]]'', Zeke is a robot built from a [[X Box]], yet he can break someone's arm with ease and hurl them through a wall.

* In the gaming webcomic ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del|Ctrl Alt Del]]'', Zeke is a robot built from a [[X Box]], yet he can break someone's arm with ease and hurl them through a wall.

** You can never be sure with an Xbox.

** Also, the Xbox was ''huge'', weighting 8.5 lb (3.86 kg)!

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** Although, {{spoiler|1=Von Pinn's mind is actually that of [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100517 Otilla, the Muse of Protection], one of the 9-clank Magnum Opus of [[Shrouded in Myth|the greatest spark of all time]].}}

** The Muses, clanks created to inspire and teach, are another example. It makes a bit of sense that the Muse of Protection would be able to fight. It makes less sense that the Muse of Dance is equipped with the ability to emit enough electricity to kill a man.

* Warbot from ''[[~~Warbot in Accounting (Webcomic)|~~Warbot in Accounting]]'' is a decommissioned weapon of mass destruction that was given a job at an accounting firm.

* Warbot from ''[[Warbot in Accounting]]'' is a decommissioned weapon of mass destruction that was given a job at an accounting firm.

* [[~~Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|~~Gunnerkrigg Court]]'s infamous Laser Cows (all named [[Punny Name|Elsie]]). Full package comes with razor wit and barrier-creating lasers. All of this... to trim grass:

* [[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'s infamous Laser Cows (all named [[Punny Name|Elsie]]). Full package comes with razor wit and barrier-creating lasers. All of this... to trim grass:

* [[Questionable Content|Pintsize]] is basically a walking computer. [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=61 With a laser.]

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* In ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'' TV series, there is a character named Flint, who appears to be a heavily built human. However, he is actually a robot and an extremely strong one at that (In one memorable scene he brags, "I can lift 400 times my own weight and throw it too."). However, his great strength is [[Justified Trope|justified]] because he is identified as a a "Gamma Series Construction Robot, designed for ultra-heavy lifting.".

** The show's resident indestructible [[Do-Anything Robot]] main character is actually justified, as he was originally designed to be able to survive and be rebuilt from ridiculous amounts of damage, and later was reassembled with... ''many'' more parts than needed.

* An episode of ''[[~~Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|~~Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' featured ukulele-playing scorpion robots which were apparently intended as amusements at a children's theme park. They were armed to the teeth with missiles and machine guns.

* An episode of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' featured ukulele-playing scorpion robots which were apparently intended as amusements at a children's theme park. They were armed to the teeth with missiles and machine guns.

** Also subverted in another one, where after many other attempts to replace Carl's body Frylock decides he'll put it on his super-powerful robot. Upon Shake's questioning he suddenly realizes how unwise it would be to heavily arm someone ''whose body they destroyed'' and questions what he was thinking.

* ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' had synthoids, and not only are the ones (illegally) made as "personal company" just as strong as ones made for combat (training), they're actually ''stronger''.