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'''The Electric Ant''' is a short story by [[Philip K. Dick]]. Garson Poole, the owner of Tri-Plan Electronics, wakes up in the hospital missing his right hand after losing it in an accident while flying his "mercantile squib". In this future it's apparently possible to graft on new hands, but the doctor tells him they can't do it here because he's an "[[Title Drop|electric ant]]" -- an "organic" robot with flesh covering the electronic components. This revelation is understandably disturbing, and after that point things get pretty weird.
*[[Androids Are People, Too]]: One theme of the story. Judging by Poole's behavior, electric ants are just as much "people" as anyone else, but they are often owned by humans and used for various purposes without their knowledge.
*[[Future Slang]]: "Going splunkishly" apparently means going well, and science fiction TV shows are called "captain kirks". "Robot" is often shortened to "roby".
*[[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]: Poole is such a convincing mimicry of a human that he can drink and smoke and had no idea he was a robot until he was told.
*[[Tomato in the Mirror]]: Poole finding out he's a robot, though it's fairly early on and most of the story comes afterward.
*[[Video Phone]]: Everyone seems to use these instead of the other kind. They're called "fones".
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