History Film / Robot

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Rajnikanth isn't just the first-billed actor in the OP, he's UBER-CREDITED as [[InsistentTerminology SUPERSTAR RAJNI.]]

* MoralDissonance: Dr. Vaseegaran [[spoiler: proceeds to brutally "dismantle" Chitti, despite his pleas to be allowed to live, and no one sees anything wrong with it. In fact, he's the only one who seems to regret it and even then he states, it's only because he saw him as his greatest breakthrough. [[DesignatedHero That's our hero, folks.]]. What might make this worse is that he had been struck by lightning earlier and was behaving more human after this, possibly suggesting that a deity had given him life.]]

* MoralDissonance: Dr. Vaseegaran [[spoiler: proceeds to brutally "dismantle" Chitti, despite his pleas to be allowed to live, and no one sees anything wrong with it. In fact, he's the only one who seems to regret it and even then he states, it's only because he saw him as his greatest breakthrough. [[DesignatedHero That's our hero, folks.]]]]

Notable for being the only collaboration between monster-meister Creator/StanWinston (whose most beloved creations include TheTerminator and The Alien Queen) and Martial-Arts Luminary Creator/YuenWooPing, who is beloved for his works with JetLi and his masterful combat-choreography on classics like OnceUponATimeInChina and Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon.

Notable for being the only collaboration between monster-meister Creator/StanWinston (whose most beloved creations include TheTerminator and The Alien Queen) and Martial-Arts Luminary Creator/YuenWooPing, who is beloved for his works with JetLi and his masterful combat-choreography on classics like OnceUponATimeInChina and CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon.

Notable for being the only collaboration between monster-meister Creator/StanWinston (whose most beloved creations include TheTerminator and The Alien Queen) and Martial-Arts Luminary Yuen Woo Ping, who is beloved for his works with JetLi and his masterful combat-choreography on classics like OnceUponATimeInChina and CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon.

* AllAsiansAreAlike: The actor playing Dr. Bora is an Indian man from an ethnic group closely related to the people of Nepal, which confuses some westerners who think he looks "Chinese" instead of their idea of "Indian."

Notable for being the only collaboration between monster-meister StanWinston (whose most beloved creations include TheTerminator and The Alien Queen) and Martial-Arts Luminary Yuen Woo Ping, who is beloved for his works with JetLi and his masterful combat-choreography on classics like OnceUponATimeInChina and CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon.

The most expensive and third highest grossing movie in Indian history, ''Robot'' (''Endhiran'', in the original Tamil) is an action comedy about the brilliant scientist Dr. Vaseegaran (played by Rajnikanth) who creates an ArtificialHuman named Chitti (also played by Rajinikanth, though the two characters look very distinct). Intending to offer Chitti to the Indian army, Dr. Vaseegaran first has to teach his creation how to function in society. Though he's superintelligent, Chitti takes things very literally, and he has zero knowledge of social situations. Still, he tries to be as kind and helpful as possible. Dr. Vaseegaran and his beautiful girlfriend Sana (played by AishwaryaRai) try everything they can to make Chitti into a real person -- although Sana's slowly getting annoyed at how much time her boyfriend spends at work, instead of with her.

!! TV tropes include

* XMeetsY: ''{{Pinocchio}}'' crossed with ''TheTerminator''...in India!

** When Vaseegaram [[spoiler:masquerades as an evil!Chitti Mook, he gives himself the serial number [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 42]].]]

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--> Chitti: "I have been built entirely by ''your'' specifications! If there is a problem, it is not with me, it is with YOU!"

* BadassAutomaton

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: A mild case at first. [[spoiler:[[ItGotWorse Then Bora steps in]]...]]

ItGetsWorse. It also gets ''really, really awesome''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNXHveyzUvY See for yourself!]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Inverted - Bora looks more Chinese than Indian.

** "I am Chitti. Speed 1 terahertz. Memory 1 zetabyte." This one is even repeated during Chitti's {{cameo}} in ''RA One''!

* [[spoiler: OrIsIt: The dismantled Chitti is turned into an exhibit in a robotics museum in the future - one that responds to a child's question. Was he reprogrammed into a Q&A machine, or is he still in there...?]]

** "I am Chitti. Speed 1 terahertz. Memory 1 zetabyte."

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: A mild case at first. [[[[spoiler:[[ItGotWorse Then Bora steps in]]...]]