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* AdultFear: He's the one most easily frightened, and he always has a nervous look about him.

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* AdultFear: CowardlySidekick: He's the one most easily frightened, and he always has a nervous look about him.
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These are the main characters of TheInquestOfPilotPirx.

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These are the main characters of TheInquestOfPilotPirx.''Film/TheInquestOfPilotPirx''.
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** While in the book, he shows more understanding of human psychology, actually reminiscing on women being [[Main/{{Robosexual}} drawn to him]] because they viewed him as [[EvilIsCool a sort of demonic creature]]]]. Moreover, he suggests it's possible for him to fall in love, only it would be different from the love of humans.

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** While in the book, he shows more understanding of human psychology, actually reminiscing on women being [[Main/{{Robosexual}} drawn to him]] because they viewed him as [[EvilIsCool a sort of demonic creature]]]].creature]]. Moreover, he suggests it's possible for him to fall in love, only it would be different from the love of humans.
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** While in the book, he shows more understanding of human psychology, actually reminiscing on women being [[Main/{{Robosexual}} drawn to him]] because they viewed him as [[EvilIsCool a sort of demonic creature]]]]. Moreover, he suggests it's possible for him to fall in love, only it would be different from the love of humans.
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* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: He declares moral, friendship and love are meaningless words to him.
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* ScarsAreForever: Even if [[spoiler:you're a robot]]. The scar from a surgical knife on his hand is still there.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: It's he who's the viewers' favorite.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He wanted the humans [[spoiler:to die from the acceleration force]]. Instead, it happened to him.


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* HonestyIsTheBestPolicy: He tells Pirx everything about his plans at the earliest opportunity.
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* UniquenessValue: He knows he'll do much better if he remains [[spoiler:the only humanoid robot]].
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* XanatosGambit: The key part of his plan. [[spoiler:Whatever Pirx ordered after the ship entered the Cassini division, it would have resulted in a catastrophe and death of the humans on board. It failed due to an unwitting [[TakeAThirdOption use of a Third Option]] on Pirx's part.]]

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** In the book, Pirx thinks Brown has [[spoiler:a perfectly inflect voice]], which adds to his suspicions.



** In the book, Pirx thinks Brown has [[spoiler:a perfectly inflect voice]], which adds to his suspicions.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He didn't want to go on that flight, but he was promised a large sum of money. In the book, he explains further that he wanted to marry his girlfriend, and, being UnableToSupportAWife, had to agree (in the film, there's nothing about the marriage, and he's only shown flirting with a girl whom he meets just the day before the flight).

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* EasilyForgiven: Despite Pirx treating him with unhidden suspicion, Brown firmly stands for him at court, and they part as friends.

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* EasilyForgiven: Despite Pirx treating him with unhidden suspicion, Brown firmly stands for by him at court, and they part as friends.


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* ReversePsychology: He didn't want to take part in the experiment. After United Atomic Laboratory attempted to remove him from the picture, he called the UNESCO director and agreed to command the ''Goliath''.
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* EasilyForgiven: Despite Pirx treating him with unhidden suspicion, Brown firmly stands for him at court, and they part as friends.

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* MistakenForEvidence: When he steps aside to let Weber pass, Weber, having previously hidden a radioactive detail in the wall, [[spoiler:believes him a robot who can detect the slightest radiation]].
** In the book, Pirx thinks Brown has [[spoiler:a perfectly inflect voice]], which adds to his suspicions.



* LogicBomb: He loses [[spoiler:because he relies too much on strict logical calculations but doesn't know a thing about human emotions]].



* CollapsedMidSpeech: That's what led to him almost being put behind the bars for not giving the necessary order.
-->[[spoiler:Calder]]: We'll get through the Cassini division and, flying at hyperbolic speed, [[spoiler:shake off the probe]]!
-->Pirx: I don't all... (unable to speak due to rapid gravity increase)



* TheQuietOne: He is almost always silent, only speaking when asked. By himself, he has just two short lines.

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* TheQuietOne: He is almost always silent, only speaking when asked. By himself, he has just two short lines. Perhaps it was this fact that [[spoiler:first awoke Brown's suspicions]].



* AdultFear: He's the one most easily frightened.

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* AdultFear: He's the one most easily frightened.frightened, and he always has a nervous look about him.
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Electronicist on the ''Goliath''.

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!! Kurt Weber

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Neurologist, cyberneticist and doctor on the ''Goliath''.
!! Kurt WeberWeber
Nucleonicist on the ''Goliath''.
* AdultFear: He's the one most easily frightened.
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* TheQuietOne: He is almost always silent, only speaking when asked. By himself, he has just two short lines.
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* NonVerbalMiscommunication: When Pirx falls silent as the ship [[spoiler:enters the Cassini division]], Calder believes it's a clever plan on the commander's part. In reality, Pirx was [[DumbStruck and plain confused]].

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* NonVerbalMiscommunication: When Pirx falls silent as the ship [[spoiler:enters the Cassini division]], Calder believes it's a clever plan on the commander's part. In reality, Pirx was [[DumbStruck [[spoiler:DumbStruck and plain confused]].
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* NonVerbalMiscommunication: When Pirx falls silent as the ship [[spoiler:enters the Cassini division]], Calder believes it's a clever plan on the commander's part. In reality, Pirx was [[DumbStruck and plain confused]].

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!! Co-pilot Harry Brown
!! First pilot John Calder
!! Commander Pirx

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!! Co-pilot Harry Brown
The co-pilot of the ''Goliath''.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: In the book, he has golden locks.
!! First pilot John Calder
The first pilot of the ''Goliath''.
* EvidenceDungeon: The black box [[spoiler:containing his thoughts]].
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Of course, he [[spoiler:doesn't have a heart in fact]], but still, the blackness is of no doubt. In the book, his hair is described as a Scandinavian sort of silvery blond, in the film, too, he's very fair.
!! Commander Pirx



!! Electronicist Jan Otis
!! Cybernetician and neurologist Tom Nowak
!! Nucleonicist Kurt Weber

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!! Electronicist Jan Otis
!! Cybernetician and neurologist Tom Nowak
!! Nucleonicist Kurt Weber
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* ScalingTheSummits: He devotes his free time to alpinism. Both his first and his last appearances are in the mountains.

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* ScalingTheSummits: ScalingTheSummit: He devotes his free time to alpinism. Both his first and his last appearances are in the mountains.
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* BrutalHonesty: He's famous for that trait. More often than not, it makes others extremely uncomfortable. When Brown tells him [[spoiler:Otis]] is a robot, Pirx asks him straight away how much money Brown wants for the information.
* NoNameGiven: We only know his surname.
* ScalingTheSummits: He devotes his free time to alpinism. Both his first and his last appearances are in the mountains.
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These are the main characters of TheInquestOfPilotPirx.
!! Co-pilot Harry Brown
!! First pilot John Calder
!! Commander Pirx
A space pilot, chosen to be commander of the ''Goliath''.
!! Electronicist Jan Otis
!! Cybernetician and neurologist Tom Nowak
!! Nucleonicist Kurt Weber

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