History Main / ArtificialHuman

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy''
** Interestingly, ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' reveals that the very first ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Final Fantasy]]'' protagonist [[spoiler:started life as a Manikin (a being born artificially from living crystal infused with the memories of the very first Cid, via a Lufenian memory-passing ritual)]]. The [[spoiler:Gods Chaos and Cosmos were created in a similar manner]].
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', this turns out to be the origin of [[BlackMage Vivi]] and his fellow Black Mages, as well as their enhanced [[EliteMook Black Waltz]] commanders that are being sold as weapons to Queen Brahne. This actually comes full circle when it is revealed [[spoiler:[[BigBad Kuja]] the one selling the black mages]] is also an artificial humanoid from an alien world trying to take over Gaia, albeit a defective one if [[TheManBehindTheMan Garland]] is to be believed. As is [[spoiler:Zidane Tribal]].

** Enkidu is essentially a human-shaped weapon created from clay by the gods. They emphasize this by describing themself as though they're a robot or a computer. For example, they say that they've been "activated" when summoned and one of their defeat quotes has them declare that they're "shutting down." They even compare their very mind/soul to "software" that can be installed into their body/"hardware" at will, [[spoiler:which is how they're able to merge with the remnant of Kingu in their Interlude and pick up some of his traits and memories.]]
** Minamoto-no-Tametomo doesn't wear a suit of mechanical armor; he ''is mechanical.'' In his voice lines, he specifically compares himself to Lu Bu and Xiang Yu, as being of similar make.

** Despite claiming to be a demon, Mephistopheles is actually [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent a homunculus created by Faust.]]

** Xiang Yu [[spoiler:is an automaton created by Qin Shi Huang, using the salvaged remains of Nezha. In Proper Human History, he was discovered after Qin Shi Huang's death by Xiang Liang, who passed him off as his nephew and intended to use him to conquer China. As he still possessed a humanoid form, no one suspected otherwise.]]

** Okita Alter is one, in a sense. Though summoned by the Counter Force, she was created without a fully functioning Saint Graph. [[spoiler:As she's supposed to be detonated like a bomb and be annihilated from existence, this makes her not necessarily an ArtificialHuman, but an ''Artificial Servant''.]]

* The Pacifista from ''Manga/OnePiece'', giant robots built [[RobotMe in the likeliness of the Warlord of the Sea Bartholomew Kuma]], and made from human corpses.

See also CreatingLife, {{Robot}}, and SpaceshipGirl. Compare RidiculouslyHumanRobots or DeceptivelyHumanRobots (which are what modern convention most often calls androids). Contrast ForgotHeWasARobot.