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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] plots in the [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* In the ''[[Static Shock]]''/''[[Superman the Animated Series]]'' [[Crossover]] "Toys in the Hood", despite Superman helping Toyman's robot girlfriend hide from Toyman, after her self-destruct sequence is initiated by Toyman (after she betrays both Superman and him), Superman shows ''no concern whatsoever'' about her death. This is jarring, considering how far Superman will go to save even [[Lex Luthor]]. He'll grieve if he thinks Lex is dying, is a very strict vegetarian in several incarnations, and indeed was hesitant to kill ''Xenomorphs'' in a crossover with ''[[Alien (Film)|Aliens]]''! He's frequently had a double standard with regard to non-biological life, though; see his lack of concern for the Bizarros.▼
* ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'':
▲** In the ''[[Static Shock
** This is also pretty bad compared to the Superman episode where the robot girlfriend is introduced. The Toyman doesn't want to take over the world or destroy Metropolis; he just wants to get his property and get out. However Superman treats her like a human being, going to the Toyman's lair to rescue her. By the time he catches up to her and teams up with Static though, she's just a robot.
** On the other hand, Superman of the DCAU shows every once in a while that he has no problem being a [[Jerkass]] when he feels he needs to be. Like the Parasite episodes... He doesn't get any in [[Justice League]], but he makes up for it in Unlimited.
** It's not that he doesn't care about Bizarro; Bizarro's too misguided to cause anything but harm on his own and is easily manipulated, so it's best to keep him away from Earth. And Bizarro was shown to be perfectly happy on his planet. He had a carefully-built (for him, anyways) rock Metropolis filled with rock people he interacted with, and when he wanted to be a hero, he rolled a boulder at them so he can stop it. And after a hard day of protecting the rock people of Rocktropolis, he went to his 'Cave of Alone-ness' to watch his rock TV with rock Lois on his rock couch. Oh, and play with his vicious alien creature... er, 'cute doggy' Krypto.
** In the origin story, a bunch of [[Starfish Aliens]] stumble upon [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|Braniac's]] ship, reactivate him and get swiftly slaughtered for their troubles. Only their silhouettes are visible at that, but their [[Alien Blood|bodily fluids]] are spattered all over a wall. Nothing even remotedly as graphic ever befalls humans. Braniac himself, by the way, is also fair game for Sups to kill.
* Uncomfortably used in ''[[Justice League]]'', where half of the League itself isn't human and, thus, probably ought to have given this issue more thought. Robots and [[
** Said White Aliens are the reason the Green Martians are down to one.
** Mentioned somewhat in one episode where Martian Manhunter is admonishing Wonder Woman for being too aggressive lately. He brings up an incident against alien invaders, and Wonder Woman angrily replies that they weren't innocent, they thought that humans were food.
* ''[[Teen Titans (
** In the movie ''[[Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo]]'', however, Robin [[What the Hell, Hero?|gets called out on this]] after he (apparently) accidentally killed a villain:
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'''Inspector''': Neither are most of your friends. }}
* ''[[Batman:
** In "Growing Pains", Robin befriends a lost, amnesiac little girl he names "Annie". The child turns out to be a portion of Clayface that has gained sentience and an identity of its own, and in the end is re-absorbed into the main body of the villain, effectively "killing" the girl as a separate person. Robin reacts as if she were always a separate being:
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'''Robin''': Yeah, murder. }}
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'''Batman''': It seems it was more than wires and microchips after all. Could it be it had a soul, Alfred? [[Title Drop| A soul of silicon, but a soul nonetheless]]. }}
* In the [[Exactly What It Says
** More than likely, this is one reason it is illegal to build [[Ridiculously Human Robots]] in this setting.
* Applied thoughtfully in ''[[The Zeta Project]]''. The title character, Zeta, is a robot who gains a conscience and decides not to kill anymore. With time, it becomes evident he's his own person, with opinions, thoughts and knowledge he was never meant to have, and he's learning from the world around him much like a child would. The problem is that the agency that created him doesn't <s>know</s> [[Just a Machine|believe]] he's sentient now; they think he's been reprogrammed. They treat him like a dangerous weapon. Zeta's friend Ro, however, treats him as a normal human being, since she's realized he's just a sweet, harmless, very very very innocent guy.
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