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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Dr. Faxx is like a Cyberpunk adaptation of UsefulNotes/JosefMengele to go with [=OCP's=] PuttingOnTheReich theme in ''[=RoboCop=] 2''. She conducts unethical medical experiments with a sense of intrigue and no sign of remorse, savoring the prospect of implanting Cain's brain into a ludicrously armed cyborg. Even Cain is horrified when she calls to "inform" that Cain has died before shutting off his life support with gleeful joy.

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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Dr. Faxx is like a Cyberpunk adaptation of UsefulNotes/JosefMengele to go with [=OCP's=] [=OCP=] PuttingOnTheReich theme in ''[=RoboCop=] 2''. She conducts unethical medical experiments with a sense of intrigue and no sign of remorse, savoring the prospect of implanting Cain's brain into a ludicrously armed cyborg. Even Cain is horrified when she calls to "inform" that Cain has died before shutting off his life support with gleeful joy.
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Dr. Faxx is like a Cyberpunk adaptation of UsefulNotes/JosefMengele to go with [=OCP's=] PuttingOnTheReich theme in ''[=RoboCop=] 2''. She conducts unethical medical experiments with a sense of intrigue and no sign of remorse, savoring the prospect of implanting Cain's brain into a ludicrously armed cyborg. Even Cain is horrified when she calls to "inform" that Cain has died before shutting off his life support with gleeful joy.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted. While she does look on in shock as Cain/RoboCop 2 massacres people in the climax, she seems to be in awe of the deaths she has caused rather than showing any remorse, later stepping over dead bodies with absolute indifference.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: The whole franchise demonstrates what she says to the Old Man and Johnson when they wonder why the other Robocop candidates have been DrivenToSuicide: that Alex Murphy is a man with a tremendous amount of HeroicWillpower and a sense of duty stronger than the directives installed in him, and is a SuperPrototype as a result.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Doctor Tyler from ''{{Film/RoboCop}}''.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Doctor Tyler from ''{{Film/RoboCop}}''.''{{Film/RoboCop1987}}''.



A technician who assisted Linda Garcia in maintaining RoboCop.

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A technician who assisted Linda Garcia in maintaining RoboCop.[=RoboCop=].



The OCP scientist that designed the robot body and inner mechanics of the RoboCop 2 .

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The OCP scientist that designed the robot body and inner mechanics of the RoboCop [=RoboCop=] 2 .



* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Doctor Linda Garcia from ''Film/Robocop2''.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Doctor Linda Garcia from ''Film/Robocop2''.''Film/RoboCop2''.

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* MechaMook: One serves as Dick Jones' personal bodyguard.



* MechaMook: One serves as Dick Jones' personal bodyguard.
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* CripplingOverspecialization: It has enough firepower to damage [=RoboCop=] and could very likely kill him in a straight long-range fight. The problem is that its design and programming has so many flaws Robo can easily outmaneuver it and put it down long before it can make that happen. Dick Jones bluntly admits ED-209's primary purpose was to sell defense contracts rather to ''actually work''.

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* CripplingOverspecialization: It has enough firepower to damage [=RoboCop=] and could very likely kill him in a straight long-range fight. The problem is that its design and programming has so many flaws Robo can easily outmaneuver it and put it down long before it can make that happen. Dick Jones bluntly admits ED-209's primary purpose was to sell defense contracts rather to than ''actually work''.
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* UriahGambit: An odd version, as he didn't even know Murphy, let alone had any real disagreement with him. Morton wanted a skilled, experienced police officer to use for his [=RoboCop=] project and for said officer to be dead so he could exploit legal loopholes regarding the use of the officer's body, and thus arranged several officers to be sent to the dangerous Metro West section of Detroit. Alex Murphy just has the crappy luck of being killed and selected by Morton.

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* UriahGambit: An odd version, as he didn't even know Murphy, let alone had any real disagreement with kind of animosity towards him. Morton wanted a skilled, experienced police officer to use for his [=RoboCop=] project and for said officer to be dead so he could exploit legal loopholes regarding the use of the officer's body, and thus arranged several officers to be sent to the dangerous Metro West section of Detroit. Alex Murphy just has had the crappy luck of being killed and one of many selected by Morton.Morton, leading to his demise.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted; he shares a first name with a minor mook named Bobby.

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* OneSteveLimit: Averted; he shares a first name with a minor mook named Bobby.Bobby, who coincidentally [[spoiler: is also murdered by Clarence Boddicker.]].
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted, he shares a name with a minor mook named Bobby.

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* OneSteveLimit: Averted, Averted; he shares a first name with a minor mook named Bobby.
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* LackOfEmpathy: (After a fellow junior executive gets blown to pieces) "Hey, it's life in the big city."

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* LackOfEmpathy: (After a fellow junior executive gets blown to pieces) "Hey, it's that's life in the big city."



* MoralityChain: Even though he's just another CorruptCorporateExecutive, but to due to his somewhat genuine goal of creating a crimefighting cyborg with absolutely no ill effects and to make sure Old Detroit is safe to walk in the streets again with no worries unlike the first film's sole 100% genuine CorruptCorporateExecutive sociopath Dick Jones, Morton seems to be this to the Old Man (who seems to be less corrupt in the first film) and the company OCP (which includes employees like [[OnlySaneMan Johnson]]) in general. Add to this his competent approach to his work to make an actual high calibre "product" unlike Dick Jones's incompetence and shortcuts. [[spoiler:However, after Morton's death in the first film, in the second film, the Old Man become as bad as Dick Jones, which in turn OCP becomes just another amoral EvilInc unlike the first film where the company only had a few crooked chief executives following the death of his and the company's one of the few or even ''only'' employee of a CorruptCorporateExecutive with any redeeming qualities.]]

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* MoralityChain: Even though he's (mostly) just another CorruptCorporateExecutive, but to due to his somewhat genuine goal of creating a crimefighting cyborg with absolutely no ill effects and to make sure Old Detroit is safe to walk in the streets again with no worries unlike (unlike the first film's sole 100% genuine CorruptCorporateExecutive sociopath Dick Jones, Jones), Morton seems to be this to the Old Man (who seems to be far less corrupt in the first film) and the company OCP (which includes employees like [[OnlySaneMan Johnson]]) in general. Add to this This is coupled with his competent approach genuine commitment to his work to make making an actual high calibre "product" caliber "product", unlike Dick Jones's incompetence and shortcuts. [[spoiler:However, after Morton's death in the first film, in the second film, the Old Man become becomes as bad as Dick Jones, which in turn and OCP itself becomes just another amoral EvilInc EvilInc, unlike the first film where the company only had a few crooked chief executives following the death of his and the company's one of the few or even ''only'' employee of a CorruptCorporateExecutive with any redeeming qualities.executives.]]

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* JerkassHasAPoint: In fairness it would be pointless to let Murphy keep his organic arm when already having removed almost everything else, and it would be weaker than the rest of his cybernetic body to no benefit.



--> '''Morton:''' You are gonna be a bad mother fucker!

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--> '''Morton:''' You are gonna be a bad mother fucker!motherfucker!
* JerkassHasAPoint: In fairness it would be pointless to let Murphy keep his organic arm when already having removed almost everything else, and it would be weaker than the rest of his cybernetic body to no benefit.
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* EvilIsHammy: Morton is right at home to the other slimy 80s action villains.

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* EvilIsHammy: Morton is right at home to the alongside other slimy 80s action villains.
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** When ED-209 kills Kinney, Morton is seen to have been shielding a female coworker. And he's the one who calls for a paramedic to be called in right away in case Kinney could still be saved.

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** When ED-209 kills Kinney, Morton is he's seen to have been shielding a female coworker. And he's the one who calls for a paramedic to be called in right away in case Kinney could still be saved.



* HookersAndBlow: What he was doing before [[spoiler: Boddicker came to his house.]]

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* HookersAndBlow: What he was he's doing before [[spoiler: Boddicker came comes to his house.]]
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* BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults: How he gets on Dick Jones' bad side. Jones does not appreciate being shown up by one of his subordinates on his own project.

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* BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults: How he gets cements getting put on Dick Jones' bad side. Jones does not appreciate being shown up by one of his subordinates on his own project.project, and certainly doesn't care to be mocked for it.

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* AntiVillain: He's slimy, but compared to the other OCP execs he's relatively nice. [[spoiler: [[AlasPoorVillain His death scene makes him look more pathetic than anything as he begs for his life while Boddicker shoots him and leaves him to die]].]]



* AntiVillain: He's slimy, but compared to the other OCP execs he's relatively nice. [[spoiler: [[AlasPoorVillain His death scene makes him look more pathetic than anything as he begs for his life while Boddicker shoots him and leaves him to die]].]]

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* ComedicSociopathy: He reacts way too happy when Robo kills Dick, complete with a huge smile and a thumbs-up, though it may be because he just found out Dick had murdered Morton, who he considered a friend.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is horrified by the ED-209 screw-up, [[KubrickStare dismayed]] to find that Jones was behind Bob's murder, happy when he died after learning about the latter's death and was appalled with Faxx's ideas for the [=RoboCop=] 2 project.

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* ComedicSociopathy: He reacts way too happy happily when Robo kills Dick, complete with a huge smile and a thumbs-up, though it may be because he just found out Dick had murdered Morton, who whom he considered a friend.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is horrified by the ED-209 screw-up, [[KubrickStare dismayed]] to find that Jones was is behind Bob's murder, happy when he died after learning about the latter's death Jones is killed and was is appalled with Faxx's ideas for the [=RoboCop=] 2 project.



* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Even though he's a JerkAss CorruptCorporateExecutive and his ambitions are purely selfish, he still has some redeeming qualities and he's much more likeable compared to the real BigBad of the story. He comes across even better in the sequel even postmortem with the added context that the [=RoboCop=] project could've gone ''so,'' '''so''' [[NightmareFuel/{{Robocop 2}} much worse]] with someone else at the helm.


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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Even though he's a JerkAss CorruptCorporateExecutive and his ambitions are purely selfish, he still has some redeeming qualities and he's much more likeable compared to the real BigBad of the story. He comes across even better in the sequel even postmortem with the added context that the [=RoboCop=] project could've gone ''so,'' '''so''' [[NightmareFuel/{{Robocop 2}} much worse]] with someone else at the helm.
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** Richard knew full well how pathetically dilapidated the construction processes that went into manufacturing his Enforcement Droid 209 was. Yet he still thought it was a good idea to bring it in, with no safety's or protection's put in place to prevent disasters, to a live board meeting where any number of things could've gone wrong for the people involved, on a Highrise no less. Which it inevitably did, despite this however said SlimeBall had the lack of sense in believing. Despite its underwhelming initial performance, that it could contend with the far more successful Robocop initiate; even with his Directive 4 inhibition kicked in. Needless to say, one slip down a flight of stairs and landing on its back with no ability to correct its position quickly proved him wrong.
** The smart thing to've done the very second his flunky in local crime; Clarence Boddiker, ratted on Dick's involvement with the gangs of Detroit after being pressured by the bionic supercop. Would to've been severing all ties to the unstable rat bastard and giving a public statement of disowning him to cover his own hide. Instead, when his faulty product and the idiots on the DPD S.W.A.T. team fail to close the deal. He puts his faith in the lack of capability from such an unpredictably unreliable henchmen to do for him what he cannot. On top of inviting an infamous convict onto the premise in broad daylight, after the incident at his office.

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** Richard knew Knowing full well how pathetically dilapidated the construction processes that went into manufacturing his Enforcement Droid 209 was. Yet was, he still thought it was a good idea to bring it in, with no safety's or protection's put in place to prevent disasters, to into a live board meeting (with no security protocols at all) where any number of things could've gone wrong for the people involved, on a Highrise no less. involved. Which it inevitably did, does. And despite this however said SlimeBall had the lack of sense in believing. Despite its underwhelming initial performance, Jones insists on rolling out the faulty weapon, convinced that it could contend with the far more successful Robocop initiate; even with his Directive 4 inhibition kicked in. Needless to say, one initiate. One slip down a flight of stairs and landing on its back with no ability to correct its position quickly proved him proves Jones wrong.
** The smart thing to've done the very second his flunky in local crime; Instead of severing ties with Clarence Boddiker, ratted Boddiker the instant he rats on Dick's involvement with the gangs of Detroit after (after being pressured by the bionic supercop. Would to've been severing all ties to the unstable rat bastard and giving a public statement of disowning him to cover supercop), he instead doubles down by having his own hide. Instead, when his faulty product and the idiots on the DPD S.W.A.T. team fail to close the deal. He puts his faith in the lack of capability from such an unpredictably unreliable henchmen to do for him what he cannot. On top of inviting an infamous convict onto henchman (in the premise in broad daylight, after course of a very public meeting on the incident at his office.premises of OCP headquarters) attempt to destroy the nigh-invulnerable adversary, despite their previous utter lack of success.

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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: When he's furious with Bob Morton, he comes in close and starts stroking his hair before grabbing a hank of it and threatening him.



* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: When he's furious with Bob Morton, he comes in close and starts stroking his hair before grabbing a hank of it and threatening him.



* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The rest of OCP, including his boss, has no idea about his mob connections and general underhandedness.



* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The rest of OCP, including his boss, has no idea about his mob connections and general underhandedness.
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** Jones's spiting Robo as a thing and a "Violent, mechanical psychopath." comes off as comical to the point of absurdity. Considering he hires out psychotics & murderous scumbags to do his dirty work, while disregarding his own inhumanity after brushing off a junior exec being killed at the start of the movie.

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** Jones's spiting Robo as a thing and a "Violent, "violent, mechanical psychopath." comes off as comical to the point of absurdity. Considering he hires out psychotics & murderous scumbags to do his dirty work, while disregarding his own inhumanity after brushing off a junior exec being killed at the start of the movie.

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* EvilerThanThou: Played straight with the dynamics between him and his rival, Bob Morton. Though Bob Morton might be a JerkAss CorruptCorporateExecutive, he doesn't stoop to the level of villainy like Jones and gets outplayed - [[AlasPoorVillain Unfortunately for him.]]


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* EvilerThanThou: Played straight with the dynamics between him and his rival, Bob Morton. Though Bob Morton might be a JerkAss CorruptCorporateExecutive, he doesn't stoop to the level of villainy like Jones and gets outplayed - [[AlasPoorVillain Unfortunately for him.]]

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