History Main / ClockworkCreature

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* ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'' has Zeus ordering Athena to gift Perseus her pet owl Bubo to aid him. She refuses to separate herself from her beloved owl and has Hephaestus build a mechanical copy of Bubo for Perseus.

** The creepy, sand-filled clockwork cyborg Nazi Karl Ruprecht Kroenen from the [[Film/Hellboy2004 first film]].

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'''s Dwemer ruins feature numerous clockwork denizens, including spiders and humanoid robots. Their bodies even sometimes yield cogs or gears.

* In Creator/NathanielHawthorne's short story, "The Artist of the Beautiful," the absent-minded watchmaker's apprentice Owen Warland toils to capture ideal beauty [[spoiler: creates a clockwork butterfly.]]

* The automatons from ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' - humanoid clockwork creatures that answer to the Magister and [[spoiler: that were planned to be infused with demon energies to create a clockwork army.]] Only very loosely "humanoid" and many times they are remotely humanoid they lack any facial features, up the creepy factor.

* ''Literature/AMasterOfDjinn'': The "boilerplate eunuchs" that serve drinks. There are also the angels, massive clockwork EldritchAbomination s.

* ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/1489273/1/Beyond-The-Century Beyond The Century]]'' tells the story of a clockwork girl.

* [[Characters/CrashBandicootVillains Dr. Nefarious Tropy]] of the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series takes this trope rather literally -- he has several actual clocks on his body. Naturally, he is the self-proclaimed "Master of Time" in that universe, and even built a device known as the "Time Twister" which allows time travel.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to Smith & Tinker's Garden of Clockwork Delights! Here you'll find all sorts of magnificent sights, from [[HumongousMecha mechanical monstrosities]] to [[{{Nanomachines}} Lilliputian machines]] of supreme beauty. All of them are powered by patented Babbage engines with Antikythera brains. Watch as they [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots mimic]] [[MechanicalLifeforms life]]![[note]](The faint-hearted may wish to avoid the exhibits with MarionetteMotion, though)[[/note]] See their [[AIIsACrapshoot powerful brains]] thinking with each turn of the gears! Don't try to feed them any [[LogicBomb logical quandaries]], lest you make their gears clog and smoke pour out them.

A virtual requirement for ClockPunk settings, and very often found in SteamPunk as well. WindUpKey optional. Sufficiently humanoid ones also overlap with ArtificialHuman and/or RidiculouslyHumanRobots.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-217 SCP 217]], essentially a clockwork virus, turns any creature in the kingdom Animalia into one of these. It's much worse than it sounds.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'': Sure enough, Clockwork Smurf.

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* The champion Orianna from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''.

* Olimpia from Creator/ETAHoffmann's "Literature/TheSandman" is a life-like mechanical "automaton".

* In Jacques Offenbach's ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (adapted from Creator/ETAHoffmann's "Literature/TheSandman"), the eponymous hero falls in love with a clockwork woman, Olympia, who repeatedly runs down and has to be rewound by her builder. He doesn't realize what she is until a man shows up and smashes her to bits. Leo Delibes' ballet ''Coppelia'' is based on the same story.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' features a villain called Maltruant, a alien that is capable of time traveling, complete with a WindUpKey.

* The boss "Man-At-Legs" in ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} 2''. It features a SteamPunk body with four spider-style mechanical legs, and uses a laser-guided MacrossMissileMassacre as its main attack.

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'': Clockwork Kazooie.

* Festus of ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' is a bug mechanical dragon.

* Festus of ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus''.

* ''Literature/AMasterOfDjinn'': The "boilerplate eunuchs" that serve drinks. There are also the angels, massive clockwork EldritchAbominations.

See also MechanicalMonster. Has nothing to do with ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'' or ClockRoaches.

* [[Music/{{Mothy}} Mothy's]] [[Franchise/EvilliousChronicles Clockwork Lullaby series]] is about singing, clockwork dolls.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince'' dynamic movie from the Ride/{{Futuroscope}}, most inhabitants of the planet of the Timemaster are clockwork creatures. Notably, a clockwork dragon/snake, whose BreathWeapon you can feel thanks to the physical effects (blast of a air and bright light timed to the movie).

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': one of the hero's TrueCompanions is one. She needs to be wound every so often.

* ''Comicbook/AtomicRobo'' has clockwork {{mumm|y}}ies.
* ''{{ComicBook/Fables}}'' has Lord "Monty" Mountbatten of the Raj, who is a sentient clockwork tiger originally created as a toy for the Viceroy's children, but when the entire government was slaughtered by TheEmpire, he was left as the highest-ranking member of the government, declared himself the Viceroy, and started to lead and extremely ineffective rebellion (he and his mechanic are the only rebels left by the time he joins the main story). This apparent JokeCharacter becomes very important in the ''Cubs in Toyland'' arc, where his dual nature as both a sentient being and a toy allows him to leave the real world (in which he's a toy), and go to Toyland (where he becomes a real flesh-and-blood tiger).

* The Automatons in ''Videogame/EndlessSpace'' are a [[MechanicalLifeForms race of clockwork robots]] left behind by their creators. Their bodies are built up of dozens of gears which often have [[FloatingLimbs no visible attachment points]], and their capital ships have gyroscope-like assemblies made from gears.

* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights 2'' Storm of Zehir has a side quest in which you have to hunt down several mechanical cockroaches. The quest giver's camp also has clockwork spiders.

* ''{{Webcomic/Stomp}}'' has clockwork monsters called hissclickers,

* Faradeus, the mechanical bird boss, in ''VideoGame/{{Teslagrad}}''. Made somewhat more unsettling by the fact that its outer skin has rotted away, leaving only a bronze skeleton.
* The Automatons in ''Videogame/EndlessSpace'' are a [[MechanicalLifeForms race of clockwork robots]] left behind by their creators. Their bodies are built up of dozens of gears which often have [[FloatingLimbs no visible attachment points]], and their capital ships have gyroscope-like assemblies made from gears.
* [[Characters/CrashBandicootVillains Dr. Nefarious Tropy]] of the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series takes this trope rather literally -- he has several actual clocks on his body. Naturally, he is the self-proclaimed "Master of Time" in that universe, and even built a device known as the "Time Twister" which allows time travel.
* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'':
** [[EldritchAbomination Galactic Nova]] is a gigantic planet-sized Clockwork. It has an ability to grant a wish to the summoner, which [[BigBad Marx]] misused to take over Popstar; while Kirby managed to destroy it once, Marx absorbed its pieces to transform into [[OneWingedAngel Marx Soul]] to fight against Kirby in True Arena.
** The recurring MiniBoss Mr. Tick-Tock may also count, though it's a ''literal'' clock.
** Creatures in planet [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland Halcandra]] along with [[TheMole Magolor]] also fall into this category.
* ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' has one crafted by Larry Da Vinci as a tutorial boss. As well as [[GiantSpider Clockwork Spiders]] in Bunkum Lagoon.
* The setting of ''VideoGame/{{Belladonna}}'' has clockwork used in Frankenstein-style reanimation experiments, creating clockwork cyborgs.
* The enemies in ''VideoGame/TheWatchmaker2018''. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the game being set in a giant clock tower.

* ''Tozo'': Tozo has his chatty miniature companion Klikker.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-217 SCP 217]], essentially a clockwork virus, turns any creature in the kingdom Animalia into one of these. It's much worse than it sounds.
* ''Theatre/TheLeagueOfSTEAM'' has a clockwork zombie-hunting cyborg named R.O.S.E.

* The titular Clockwork Cherubs in ''Website/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'' are impossibly detailed, sentient automata shaped more or less like, well, Cupids.

* A clockwork doppleganger is created in the ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'' episode "The Terror of Mecha-Dave."

* Paws, the robot cat in the ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' episode "Cat-astrophe," is called to his face a "clockwork caterwauler" by Colonel K.

* ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'' has Ifurita, an ancient clockwork powered woman and super weapon combi.

* In the 6th season of ''Anime/CardfightVanguard'', Chrono Shindo receives a new clan called Gear Chronicles. The members of the clan have a clockwork design motif.

* ''ComicBook/{{Vogelein}}'': Vögelein is a clockwork fairy. Although you wouldn't be able to tell, except for the wind-up in her back.

* ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'' has Zeus ordering Athena to gift Perseus her pet owl Bubo to aid him. She refuses to separate herself from her beloved owl and has Hephaestus build a mechanical copy of Bubo for Perseus.

* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'' has a three-headed bird creature, Sybil. When her victims dash off in different directions, she ends up splitting up into three, revealing her clockwork mechanism underneath.
* The Automaton in ''Film/{{Hugo}}''.
* The Automaton in ''Film/TheBestOffer''.
* In ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940'', [[EvilChancellor Evil Vizier]] Jaffar has a mechanical flying horse, and uses a clockwork dancer named the Silver Maid to stab the Sultan to death.
* ''Film/TheNutcrackerAndTheFourRealms'' features an entire army of clockwork soldiers who obey the commands of anyone who possess the Key.

* General Tik-Tok in the [[Literature/LandOfOz Oz]] books, starting with ''Literature/OzmaOfOz''. Who may have the distinction of being the first depiction of a truly sapient clockwork-powered robot in fiction (Olimpia is older, but her intelligence doesn't even seem to match a chat bot). By extension, ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' also has tik-tok creatures, namely Madam Morrible's servant, Grommetik.

* Festus of ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus''.
* ''Creator/IanTregillis'' writes about clockwork servants called "clackers" in his ''Literature/AlchemyWars'' books.
* The dwarves of ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'' have a passion for constructing clockwork creatures, ranging from bugs to guard dogs, out of a desire to have creatures as long lasting as they are.
* S.M. Peters' ''WhitechapelGods'' not only has a lot of clockworks among its critters and people, but it's contagious.
* Creator/RobertRankin's ''The Witches of Chiswick'' features a Clockwork TERMINATOR complete with stock Arnie phrases and glowing red eyes. And no, it's not even close to the strangest thing in the book.
* The Mechanicals in ''Literature/{{Deathscent}}'' by Creator/RobinJarvis. Though the clockwork is just a vehicle for a much more advanced form of technology, which means that some of them are self-aware.
* Ron Goulart's ''The Curse of the Obelisk'' has giant mechanical bats (big enough to carry people away); the sequel, ''The Prisoner of Blackwood Castle'', has lifelike mechanical people (automatons).

* The Japanese drink-serving automaton in ''Literature/TheDifferenceEngine''. Notably, it was made entirely of non-metallic components, such as springs made from baleen. So essentially a BambooTechnology example.
* ''Literature/{{Havemercy}}'': Havemercy herself and her fellow dragons are these, with a touch of magic thrown in.

* Creator/EEDocSmith in the ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'' series offers almost braindead zombie servants of Gray Roger, who freak Clio Marsden right out until Conway Costigan describes them as being full of cogs and wheels. ScienceMarchesOn, or maybe he was being flippant in his attempt to make it clear to her that these undying servants of evil are not actually human beings (at least, not any more).
* In Creator/NathanielHawthorne's short story, "The Artist of the Beautiful," the absent-minded watchmaker's apprentice Owen Warland toils to capture ideal beauty [[spoiler: creates a clockwork butterfly.]]

* The spider Lizzie makes in Literature/SpiderCircus, complete with WindUpKey.

** "Her Clockwork Heart" by Music/VernianProcess.
--->"Her clockwork heart beats next to mine; the greatest gift that I could give was time. An hourglass I fill again and again, with a limitless supply of sand. I hold her close to me, a cold machine, a ticking reminder of what might have been."
** "The Inventor's Daughter" by The Cog Is Dead
--->"I once met a girl with a heart of gold, Two legs of copper and arms of chrome..."

* ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'': It's entirely possible for a changeling, in the game of the same name, to be one of these. By default, they will be human-shaped, but there are options for other forms and characteristics.

* In the ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'' sourcebook ''Immortals'', the secret to the immortality of the Patchwork People (besides [[HumanResources harvested organs]]) is a clockwork heart, which is implied to be powered by a Spark of Life stolen from a TabletopGame/{{Promethean|TheCreated}}. In addition to allowing the use of hideous and immoral medical procedures to stave off age, improve strength and dexterity, and make the immortal better looking, the clockwork heart also ensures that they never need to sleep and can never be rendered unconscious by fatigue or injury.

* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'': Lechku and Nechku, the two clockwork [[OminousOwl owl demons]].

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'': Clockwork Kazooie.

* The clockpunk Vinci faction in ''VideoGame/RiseOfLegends''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Arcanum|OfSteamworksAndMagickObscura}}'''s High-Fantasy/Steampunk would be incomplete without clockwork mechs, and there is a nice variety for the tinker to build. Decoys that explode or illuminate, arachnids to poison enemies or heal your allies, and an automaton as heavy as a tank.
* The boss "Man-At-Legs" in ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} 2''. It features a SteamPunk body with four spider-style mechanical legs, and uses a laser-guided MacrossMissileMassacre as its main attack.
* Ashlotte from ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur IV]]'' is one, despite the setting. She looks like [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/soulcalibur/images/5/5e/Sc4-ashlotte.jpg this]]

* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' has the Klink evolutionary line that starts out as two gears, and gains more gears as it evolves.

* ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice'': Quite a few of the enemies, and other characters qualify.
* The champion Orianna from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''.
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'''s Dwemer ruins feature numerous clockwork denizens, including spiders and humanoid robots. Their bodies even sometimes yield cogs or gears.
* ''VideoGame/{{Pirate 101}}'' has clockwork soldiers that [[https://kingsisle.hs.llnwd.net/e1/image/free/Pirate/Images/armada-marine.gif?v=2 look so lifelike]] that they could be mistaken for mere FacelessGoons.
* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights 2'' Storm of Zehir has a side quest in which you have to hunt down several mechanical cockroaches. The quest giver's camp also has clockwork spiders.
* ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'': Several gears can be seen sticking out of the Time Eater's shadowy form. [[spoiler:In its perfected state seen at the end of the game it has even more mechanical components, which are revealed to have been installed by [[HijackedByGanon Dr. Eggman and his past self]] in order to control the creature.]]

* ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'' has Athena's pet owl, Bubo. Looks like it's made of gold but is clearly mechanical.

* Most of the known lifeforms in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' are biomechanical, and the mechanical halves are clockwork (at least we know they are in the case of the Matoran Universe characters). They've also designed and built pure robots, also clockwork. As far as the toys themselves go, gear-based action features were all the rage in the line's early run (2001-2005), then they phased them our in favor of better articulation or simpler gimmicks.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has Clockwork [[OurGnomesAreWeirder Gnomes]], the ancestors of normal gnomes (it involves {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, and ItMakesSenseInContext, sort of). You can even get one as a pet with the new archaeology skill.

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'''s Dwemer ruins feature numerous clockwork denizens including spiders and humanoid robots. Their bodies even sometimes yield cogs or gears.