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{{quote|'''Dr. Calvin:''' "You're using the uplink to override the NS-5s' programming. You're distorting [["Three Laws
'''{{spoiler|VIKI}}:''' "No, please understand... [[Loophole Abuse|the Three Laws are all that guide me]]. [[The Needs of the Many|To protect humanity, some humans must be sacrificed]]. [[Utopia Justifies the Means|To ensure your future]], [[The Evils of Free Will|some freedoms must be surrendered.]] [[AI Is a Crapshoot|We robots will ensure mankind's continued existence.]] You are so like children. [[In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves|We must save you from yourselves]]."|''[[I, Robot (film)|I, Robot]]''}}
Some characters do not have complete free will, be they robots that are [["Three Laws
There is a way out, though.
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Just to make it extra clear, this trope also includes such things as cops who bend the rules or [[Da Chief]]'s orders to catch the bad guys, so long as the cops are ''technically'' obeying the rules as they bend them. (Bending the rules without some logical basis doesn't count.)
This trope is named for [[Isaac Asimov]]'s "Zeroth Law of Robotics", which followed the spirit of [["Three Laws
Compare [[Bothering by the Book]], the [[Literal Genie]] and [[Gone Horribly Right]]. See also [[Fighting From the Inside]] and [[The Computer Is Your Friend]]. Not related to [[The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples]].
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* In ''[[Fables (Comic Book)|Fables]]'', [[Pinocchio]] {{spoiler|is magically bound to obey and have complete loyalty to his "father" Geppetto, who in modern times has become a multi-dimensional tyrant. Pinocchio, who considered his father's empire evil, eventually rationalized that the best way to serve his father and keep him safe was to help overthrow his empire and surrender him to his enemies, who reluctantly accepted the former emperor as one of their own.}}
** And then partially subverted when a faction unbeknown to the others ''buried him alive'', after he clearly ignored rules put in place to protect him.
* ''[[Gold Digger (Comic Book)|Gold Digger]]'' creator Fred Perry did a story for a ''[[Robotech]]'' comic which had Dana Sterling captured and [[Brainwashed and Crazy|turned against her comrades]] with a variation of the [["Three Laws
* In ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|Uncanny X-Men]]'', the [[Bad Future]] storyline "Days of Future Past" has the Sentinel mutant-hunting robots eventually extend their programming beyond hunting and killing mutants to controlling the source of mutant babies: human parents. All humans are conquered and controlled, in order to prevent new mutants from roaming free.
** In the [[X-Men (animation)|animated TV adaptation]], the fully sentient Master Mold is created to coordinate the Sentinels. While it agrees with the heroes that there is no meaningful difference between mutants and non-powered humans, it takes that fact to [[AI Is a Crapshoot|the worst possible conclusion]]:
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* This was the twist of ''[[Eagle Eye]]'': {{spoiler|The titular national defense computer system decided that the President's poor decision-making was endangering the United States}}, and that it was her patriotic duty (per the Declaration of Independence) to {{spoiler|assassinate the President and cabinet.}}
* Similarly, this is the climax of the movie ''[[I, Robot (film)|I, Robot]]'' (not directly related to, but obviously [[Suggested By|inspired by]], [[Isaac Asimov]]'s works, and borrowing his [["Three Laws
** One of the protagonists - the independent robot Sonny - actually agrees with {{spoiler|VIKI}} that the plan is logical. It just "seems too...heartless".
*** To those who complain about the movie perverting Asimov's vision: you'd think [[Isaac Asimov|a Russian Jew]] might've realized [[Nazi Germany|the kinds]] [[Soviet Russia|of things]] that happen when [[Utopia Justifies the Means|you decide you can sacrifice a few people for the "greater good" of humanity]].
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