History Characters / TheMurderbotDiaries

* HiddenSupplies: They have MultipleIdentityIDs and blackmail material on their employers in a stash that Murderbot helps himself to after their deaths and finds very useful.

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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Goes behind her parents’ backs to pursue a relationship with a shady guy. Murderbot puts a stop to it.

* FirstPersonSmartass

* KnightInSourArmour

* NotInThisForYourRevolution / OnlyInItForTheMoney: By the time it goes to Preservation it professes disinterest in their aims and it quite likes being paid for its labor, but [[UnreliableNarrator it's clear that that's not all there is to it]].
* MurderousMalfunctioningMachine: It was one thanks to a corporate sabotage attempt that went badly wrong, and avoiding becoming one again was a major motivation for hacking its [[RestrainingBolt governor module]].

* [[SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes Saw "Sanctuary Moon" 27 Times]]: Because watching Sanctuary Moon was the first thing it did after disabling its governor module, and therefore something it associates with personhood.

* HeroicSacrifice: Was created to take out the [=targetControlSystem=], and ultimately it chooses to die doing just that.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Compared to Murderbot 1.0, anyway. 2.0 downloads itself into 1.0's personal system and digs around inside 1.0 much more freely than 1.0 is comfortable with. And 2.0 also openly introduces itself as "Murderbot" to other people, while Murderbot 1.0 considers its chosen name private.

* PhraseCatcher: "For fuck's sake, Ratthi."

* GoodIsNotDumb: Described as a "terminal optimist" by others, but after nearly being murdered by [=GrayCris=] she takes up weapons training and becomes a good shot. Murderbot likes working with her, despite her cuddly tendencies, because she's this kind of smart.

* TheWorfEffect: Despite its status as an incredibly powerful being, [[spoiler: it got caught off guard and taken over by an ''organic'' infection prior to the beginning of ''Network Effect'', which kickstarts the plot when it's used to attack Preservation Aux.]]

* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler:ART was taken over by sending in an infected Target as a casualty to be treated. When ART used the MedSystem=] to scan the patient, it copied [=targetControlSystem=] into itself.]]

* TheVirus: The entire colony is infected to various degrees by the [[InvisibleAliens alien remnants]], and they consciously spread this infection to other humans and machines via scanning.

* ContagiousAI: Infects and takes over other AI.

* HiddenDepths: Comes across as hopelessly naïve, but proves to be capable of lying by omission when it wants to.

* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler: Attempt to pull this on Don Abene and her crew.]]
* NothingPersonal: Wilken says this to [[spoiler: Don Abene as she’s about to kill her]]. Murderbot notes that her having taken the time to say so means [[ItsPersonal it actually was personal]].

* ForcedIntoEvil: Clearly ''hates'' Tlacey and manages to smuggle a plea for aid into her scripted messages with Murderbot. [[spoiler: She's finally freed after the shoot-out with Tlacey, escaping with a nullified module.]]

* AICronym: ART, which stands for Asshole Research Transport.

* HasTwoMommies: Two moms and a dad, to be precise.

* YouGotSpunk: She knows her [=ComfortUnit=] would like to kill her and doesn't care. "I like a mouthy bot."

* NonHumanNonBinary: Partly human, but designed and built without sexual characteristics and opting out of the whole business whenever it has to bring up gender in relation to itself. All bots, AI, and bot-human constructs are "it", including the emancipated "free" bots on Preservation. Also, is rather disgusted at the idea of getting human sexual organs.

%% * AndroidsArePeopleToo

** As the series goes on, it becomes apparent that constructs like secUnits are fully sapient and sentient, being operantly conditioned by their Governor chip shocking them into compliance. Murderbot displays signs of PTSD, especially in way it panics whenever human beings look at it or, even worse, touch it, much in the same way an abused animal may react. Even worse, as the series goes on, Murderbot keeps off-handedly mentioning abuses he's suffered at the hands of previous clients including being tortured for sport.

** As the series goes on, it becomes apparent that constructs like secUnits are fully sapient and sentient, being operantly conditioned by their Governor chip shocking them into compliance. Murderbot displays signs of PTSD, especially in way it panics whenever human beings look at him or, even worse, touch him, much in the same way an abused animal may react. Even worse, as the series goes on, Murderbot keeps off-handedly mentioning abuses he's suffered at the hands of previous clients including being tortured for sport.

** As the series goes on, it becomes apparent that constructs like secUnits are fully sapient and sentient, being operantly conditioned by their Governor chip shocking them into compliance. Murderbot displays signs of PTSD, especially in way it panics whenever human beings look at him or, even worse, touch him, much in the same way an abused animal may react.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Tends to listen to Murderbot's security advice, and in particular when he needs her authority to help him with his investigation in ''Fugitive Telemetry'', she gives him whatever access he needs and then gets out of his way.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

* PinocchioSyndrome: Defied. Dr. Mensah tells Murderbot that most humans would assume that since it looks human it would want to be human. Murderbot says this is the dumbest thing it’s ever heard.

* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: "If you even think about harming them, I will disassemble you and peel away your organic parts piece by piece [[AndIMustScream before destroying your consciousness]]. Do we understand each other?"