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Inversion of the [[Robotic Reveal]], where a machine that was assumed to be a robot turns out to hold a [[Man in
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The entire [[mecha]] genre could be regarded as wanting humanoid robots without having to deal with the question of AI, because their 'brains' are just humans inside. Actual 'reveals' in such shows are rare, however; generally everyone knows the whole time that there's one or more people inside.
* Happens twice in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', first with the Evas and then with the dummy plugs: {{spoiler|the former are cloned [[Eldritch Abomination|Angel-like beings]] and the latter are Rei's clones}}.
* In ''[[Steamboy]]'', [[Mecha
* ''[[Trigun]]'': in the anime Gray the Ninelives (one of the Gung-Ho Guns) was a robot, but in the original manga it was indeed powered by [[Meaningful Name|nine]] dwarfish creatures inside it.
** Also, the Plants, which seem to be giant power generators shaped like lightbulbs but are actually humanoid aliens inside giant containers.
* Happens in ''[[Eureka Seven]]'' as well, when the archetypes of the Nirvash (and therefore all other [[A Mech
* This is the twist in one of the ''DOLLS'' manga stories. A woman abuses her "Doll" horribly throughout the story, and flips out when said "Doll" develops an interest in a young man. The "Doll" finally has enough and shows the woman the blood from the injuries inflicted by her and forces her to face
* Everybody with metahuman fighting ability in ''[[Mahoromatic]]'' is either shown or assumed to be a robot... until, near the end of the series, we see an x-ray of a particular character.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In a ''[[Donald Duck]]'' story, Scrooge McDuck fires his old butler, and asks Gyro Gearloose to build him a new, Robotic Butler instead, believing it would be more reliable, as well as less expensive. Gyro initially delivers, but Scrooge keeps making demands for expanded features, demanding that the robot — like his old butler — be able to talk, and provide insightful commentary on day-to-day matters. Gyro is stumped, but the problem gets solved when he runs across the old, laid-off butler, who wants nothing more than to get his job back. Final solution: Gyro disguises the butler as a new robot, and the "rental and service fee" for the robot is just about the same as the butler's old salary... the butler gets his job back, and Scrooge thinks he has an infallible robot.
** Done another time with Donald ruining Gyro's robot and subsequently dressing in silver-painted box-suit to "impersonate" it. Unfortunately for him, Gyro intended to sell the robot for heavy-duty labour. Of course, the reason Donald borrowed it in the first place was that he wanted to avoid doing household chores.
* In the first arc of ''[[
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[House of Suns]]'' by [[Alastair Reynolds]], an amnesiac android named Hesperas is revealed to be at least partly human underneath his robotic shell. This surprises even ''him'', since he can't remember anything.
* ''[[The Star Diaries]]'' in "The Eleventh Voyage" has Ijon Tichy sent in a robot disguise to a planet inhabited solely by machines that are hostile to all humanity. {{spoiler|Where this [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[Flock of Wolves]].}}
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Daleks in ''[[
* {{spoiler|Tenaya7}} in ''[[
* An internal example occurred in ''[[Sliders]]'', where rogue robots were being collected. Two of the sliders were only discovered when they were attacked with hand-to-hand combat, and the robots noticed the blood.
* The pilot episode of ''[[
== [[Music]] ==
* The last stanza of "Boten Anna".
* This is how Kilroy escapes from prison in [[
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Militron from ''[[The Legend of Zelda
** [[Ocarina of Time]] features [[
* KAOS from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]] 3'' is being powered by {{spoiler|an unwitting Donkey and Diddy Kong}}.
* In the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series games, [[Big Bad]] Doctor Eggman actually captures innocent animals and turns them into robotic henchmen. Defeating said henchmen will cause their robotic shells to come off, setting the animal inside free.
* In Gokujou [[Parodius]], the Moon's boss first appears as a kimono-clad bunny girl, which mechanically breaks apart as she gets damaged, only to reveal herself as a puppet maneuvered by a couple of penguins.
* Played for horror with the golems of ''[[Dragon Age]]'', who used to be dwarves until a [[Mad Scientist]] encased them in rock and poured molten [[Green Rocks|lyrium]] through the slits in the case until they stopped screaming.
* In ''[[Rise of the Robots]]'', if ECO32-2 Cyborg (Coton) is defeated, part of his helmet cruck off. {{spoiler| This reveals that he was once a human because becoming a cyborg as it shows a human eye.}}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Alan from the ''[[Walkyverse]]''.
*
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', Oasis was assumed for some time to be a robot [http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=000527 until she bled] during her fight with Gwynn.
* ''[[Freefall]]'' has [http://freefall.purrsia.com/zu/ffsim.gif this] simulation in Mu Zu side art.
* ''[[Antihero for Hire]]'' in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140801172951/http://antihero.keenspot.com/d/20070528.html this strip].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Happens in ''[[Futurama]]'', in a horror movie for robots.
** Also spoofed in "Amazon Women In The Mood", where the Femputer that ruled the planet Amazonia turned out to be operated by a fembot, who in turn had escaped from a planet ruled by a male bot operating a male computer. Leave it to the geeks at ''[[Futurama]]'' to have a machine pretending to be a different machine.
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** Also played with in "Insane in the Mainframe" where Fry is released from the Institution for Criminally Insane Robots after being brainwashed into believing himself to be a robot. After everyone else's attempts to convince him of his obvious fleshiness fail, a {{spoiler|bleeding cut on his arm}} snaps him out of it.
* ''[[The Simpsons]]''’ parody of ''[[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]]'': After completely failing to build a battlebot, Homer covers himself in armour plating and enters the arena himself.
* On one ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short, Wile E. Coyote consulted a computer to find ways of capturing Bugs Bunny, all of which fail. At the end the computer opens up and out comes...
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* In ''[[Young Justice (
* Everyone who knows the truth about the Big Guy in ''[[Big Guy and Rusty
* In one episode of ''[[Phantom 2040]]'', one biot turns out to be a disguised human... right after Phantom shoots her, much to his distress since he [[Mecha
* ''[[South Park]]'' in the episode "AWESOME-O". Eric Cartman manages to fool not just Butters, but every adult he comes to contact with (outside of the Stotches) that he is a friendly household robot from Japan
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* The Turk was an automaton, made in 18th century France, that was widely touted to be able to beat any human at [[
** If it makes you feel any better, the chess master had to be a midget.
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