History Anime / ArmitageIII

* SuperSpeed: Armitage pulls off some positively VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog-esque moves in the first episode.

* AdaptationalContextChange: In the original OVA series, [[spoiler: the Thirds are revealed as UterineReplicators after one of the murder victims who had been living underground on Mars was discovered. In the ''Polymatrix'' movie, her storyline was cut -- and so a new scene was animated showing that Kelly [=McCannon=], the first of the Thirds to be murdered, was pregnant. Ross has a flashback to Kelly's manager [[DrowningMySorrows Drowning His Sorrows]], and calling her "the most human woman I know" -- a scene from the OVA now used as foreshadowing for this revelation.]]

* MonsterMisogyny: D'anclaude's targets throughout the OVA are all the very much female Thirds, so female [[spoiler: they were built in order to be able to concieve]]. Their femininity is apparently [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence a major bonus for him in his struggle to have them cruelly eraticated.]]
-->’’'René D'anclaude''': I ''love'' seeing pretty girls get roughed up!

* MonsterMisogyny: D'anclaude's targets throughout the OVA are all the very much female Thirds, so female [[spoiler: they were built in order to be able to concieve]]. Their femininity is apparently [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence a major bonus for him in his struggle to have them cruelly eraticated.]]

* {{Cyberspace}}: One of the scenes from the OVA not included in the ''Polymatrix'' movie has Ross access a VirtualReality terminal to accompany Armitage into cyberspace to find [[spoiler:the virtual ghosts of Julian and the other murdered Thirds. Ross muses that being able to do that is another sign that he's becoming less human. The cyberspace scenes are strongly reminiscent of ''Film/{{Tron}}'', but the scene was so minor that ''Polymatrix'' is able to write it out with a few seconds of new [[LoopingLines ADR]].]]

* RearEndWriting: A SexBot repurposed as a flight attendant is shown wearing a thong for the InUniverse FanService of the all-male passengers (long story short, runaway feminism leads to a lot of guys moving to Mars), and has a "DO NOT TOUCH!" decal on her left bumcheek.

* {{Straw Feminist}}s: Earth's government. The {{backstory}} is only implied, but a key plot element is that feminists have become political powerhouses equivalent to Greens. It is implied by the presence of an Earth "observer" that on Earth, women have gained status equivalent to South African whites under apartheid - and few are willing to give that up just because MarsNeedsWomen. Space has been colonized, and Mars has been partially {{Terraform}}ed, but has thus been unable to draw enough women to the planet to breed new Martians. Androids first created as a source of labor were upgraded to {{Ridiculously Human Robot}}s known as "[[AMechByAnyOtherName Seconds]]" as a immigration draw; come to Mars and leave the [[LieBackAndThinkOfEngland shrews]] behind for a [[ExtremeDoormat sweet, willing]] [[MegaCorp conCeption]] {{Sexbot}}. The long term solution was to [[spoiler:''build'' fertile women - the titular "Thirds"; robots so human that they can be '''[[UterineReplicator impregnated]]''' -- and actually raise the children they give birth to. When the Straw Feminists find out about the plan, [[TallPoppySyndrome the threat to their power base pisses them off to no end]], resulting in an ultimatum; scrap the baby makers or Mommy will come do it personally, [[TheWarOfEarthlyAggression along with as much of the landscape as necessary]].]]

* RobotMe: [[spoiler:The D'anclaude Naomi and Ross encounter in the first few episodes turns out to be one of several[[KillBot assassinroids]], all built in the image of their creator, one Doctor Rene D'anclaude. Armitage is briefly suspected as a JackTheRipoff when the murders continue after the first D'anclaude was taken into custody, and DaChief refuses to accept Ross' testimony that he'd apparently escaped. Another D'anclaude-bot was [[HeelFaceBrainwashing reprogrammed]] to serve as a lab assistant to Dr. Asakura.]]

* AndroidsAndDetectives: Ross Sylibus, a detective fresh from Earth who hates robots after losing a leg and an old partner in a fight, works with Naomi Armitage, a experienced Martian CowboyCop who is one of the [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Third-type humanoid robots]] living in secret on Mars. TheyFightCrime, and FantasticRacism. Their initial relationship boils down to the stock "I hate technology." "I ''am'' technology." dialogue associated with this trope.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Armitage, the "badge-toting terror in [[WhoWearsShortShorts hot pants]]" and a leather bra top. Ross even [[{{Lampshading}} lampshades]] this in the first OVA.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Armitage's pants aren't exactly regulation.

* HumanMomNonhumanDad: [[spoiler:Inverted in Dual Matrix with the robot Naomi and the human Ross.]]

* InformedAbility: When Ross is first introduced to Armitage, the chief goes on about how she's such a good detective. Her idea of "detective work" clearly amounts to getting in witnesses and suspects faces and threatening them with bodily harm if they don't cooperate with her. If anything, [[ByTheBookCop Ross]] is the one who conducts the actual investigation.

''Armitage III'', as brief as it is, spawned a sequel movie called ''Dual Matrix''.it switches from traditional animation to computer-assisted animation. Taking place years after the end of the OVA, Ross and Naomi live a quiet life on St. Lowell. Ross now works for Astro Technologies, a company seeking to restore oceans to Mars using ice asteroids. A new effort to restart the Third project prompts Naomi to travel to Earth and investigate, which leads her and Ross to oppose [[NonActionBigBad Demetrio Martini]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Vice President]] of Earth Robotronics Corporation, who wants to stop robots from gaining equality and discover the secret of Thirds so he can produce Thirds as a slave race.