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* In ''Anime/MetallicRouge'', many Neans have conspicuous physical traits which mark them as androids at a glance, such as inhuman eye colors and skin tones, circuitry patterns on the skin, or obvious mechanical components. Other Neans lack these traits, however, and can pass for human as long as they keep their Nectar injection ports hidden.
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Soong-type androids like main character Data and his EvilTwin Lore are constructed with metallic white-golden skin and yellow eyes. As completely human looking androids did already appear in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', set almost a century earlier, this seems to be a deliberate design choice to make them stand apart from humans. This is further cemented when Data is able to provide his daughter with "more realistic skin and eye colour", and later when [[spoiler:an android replica of Dr. Soong's former wife shows up -- she has human skin and eye color, seems to be technologically more advanced than Data, and she is unaware of her nature]].
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Soong-type androids like main character Data and his EvilTwin Lore are constructed with metallic white-golden skin and yellow eyes. As completely human looking androids did already appear in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', set almost a century earlier, this seems to be a deliberate design choice to make them stand apart from humans. This is further cemented when Data is able to provide his daughter with "more realistic skin and eye colour", color", and later when [[spoiler:an android replica of Dr. Soong's former wife shows up -- she has human skin and eye color, seems to be technologically more advanced than Data, and she is unaware of her nature]].
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** In ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' and the ''Short Trek'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryShortTreksE10ChildrenOfMars Children of Mars]]", non-sentient androids are used as manual labor. They have the same golden-white coloring as Data, are all bald and have an identifying number on their forehead. During the first season of ''Picard'', multiple Soong-type androids appear -- while most of them are designed to blend in among humans and thus look identical to them, some retain the gold coloring.
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** In ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' and the ''Short Trek'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryShortTreksE10ChildrenOfMars Children of Mars]]", non-sentient androids are used as manual labor. They have the same golden-white coloring as Data, are all bald and have an identifying number on their forehead. During the first season of ''Picard'', multiple Soong-type androids appear -- while most of them are designed to blend in among humans and thus look identical to them, some retain variations of the trademark Soong gold coloring.
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Soong-type androids like main character Data and his EvilTwin Lore are constructed with metallic white-golden skin and yellow eyes. As completely human looking androids did already appear in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', set almost a century earlier, this seems to be a deliberate design choice to make them stand apart from humans. This is further cemented when [[spoiler:an android replica of Dr. Soong's former wife shows up -- she has human skin and eye color, and she is unaware of her nature]].
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Soong-type androids like main character Data and his EvilTwin Lore are constructed with metallic white-golden skin and yellow eyes. As completely human looking androids did already appear in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', set almost a century earlier, this seems to be a deliberate design choice to make them stand apart from humans. This is further cemented when Data is able to provide his daughter with "more realistic skin and eye colour", and later when [[spoiler:an android replica of Dr. Soong's former wife shows up -- she has human skin and eye color, seems to be technologically more advanced than Data, and she is unaware of her nature]].nature]].
*** Brent Spiner, finding his makeup process arduous early on in TNG's production, asked the same question – ''"If you could make a creature that moves like this and looks like this and thinks like this, why can't you do the skin?"'', to which Gene Roddenberry replied, ''"What makes you think what you have isn't better than skin?"''.
*** Brent Spiner, finding his makeup process arduous early on in TNG's production, asked the same question – ''"If you could make a creature that moves like this and looks like this and thinks like this, why can't you do the skin?"'', to which Gene Roddenberry replied, ''"What makes you think what you have isn't better than skin?"''.
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* ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'': Federal law requires robots with human forms have a distinguishing physical feature. This is the way the story explains why Rock has his blue armored legs before becoming Mega Man.
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* ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'': Federal law requires robots with human forms have a distinguishing physical feature. This is the way the story explains why Rock has his blue armored legs before becoming Mega Man.
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* ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'': The {{Artificial Human}}s called "[=InVitros=]" [[BellyButtonless do not have belly buttons]], but rather nipple-like bumps on the back of their necks from where artificial placentas were attached to them in their [[PeopleJars womb-tanks]] (hence the FantasticSlurs "nipple-neck" and "tanks").
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* ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'': The {{Artificial Human}}s called "[=InVitros=]" [[BellyButtonless [[NoNavelNovelBirth do not have belly buttons]], but rather nipple-like bumps on the back of their necks from where artificial placentas were attached to them in their [[PeopleJars womb-tanks]] (hence the FantasticSlurs "nipple-neck" and "tanks").
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This could just be [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail a visual shorthand for the viewer]] to quickly identify which societal group the character belongs to. Especially in live-action properties, it can be easier to give actors colored contacts or distinct clothes instead of a more involved and costly robot look, similarly to RubberForeheadAliens. Since androids in fiction are rarely allowed to [[PickYourHumanHalf both look human and act human]], an Android Identifier also serves the [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Doylist]] function of both allowing the character to act more human and still be immediately recognized by the audience as artificial.
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This could just be [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail a visual shorthand for the viewer]] to quickly identify which societal group the character belongs to.to (with headset like ears being a common identifier). Especially in live-action properties, it can be easier to give actors colored contacts or distinct clothes instead of a more involved and costly robot look, similarly to RubberForeheadAliens. Since androids in fiction are rarely allowed to [[PickYourHumanHalf both look human and act human]], an Android Identifier also serves the [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Doylist]] function of both allowing the character to act more human and still be immediately recognized by the audience as artificial.
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Such an identifier is also often used to showcase the FantasticRacism in such a society with an AndroidsArePeopleToo or ClonesArePeopleToo plot. If it's [[{{Anvilicious}} not done subtly]], expect armbands or badges reminiscent of real-life oppression like [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust the yellow star of David]]. This trope may lead to at least one RoboticReveal when an artificial human has removed or hidden their identifier to go on the run or blend in.
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