History Main / DeceptivelyHumanRobots

* Unfortunately, most robots designed to look human fall under this. Technology still has not advanced far enough to get real-life robots out of the UncannyValley. However, [[http://www.hansonrobotics.com Hanson Robotics']] creation [[http://www.hansonrobotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Jules_011.jpg Jules]] comes pretty close. Not only can he form fairly realistic (and mood-appropriate) expressions, but he is advanced enough to hold a fairly decent conversation with someone.

* ''Manga/AsobiAsobase'': Rich girl Hanako and her butler Maeda build a robot copy of Hanako's forgiener friend Oliva to perform in an English test. It's clear that the robot isn't Oliva... [[SirSwearsAlot and then she starts talking]]. The worst part is that "she" ''chooses'' to do this!

** Though people still seem to fall for it - Father Blood Drench Robo Crush is a priest, and the response to that statement (from a little old lady) is a kindly "More tea, father?"
*** "...AFFIRMATIVE."
* In ''ComicBook/PoppyGenesis1'', 0Music/{{Poppy}} is explicitly stated to have been an android that was created by a nameless factory.
* Marvel's ComicBook/TheVision. Having ComicBook/WonderMan's brainwave patterns helps.

* The {{Space Pirate|s}} Grey Roger liked using these as MechaMooks in ''[[Literature/{{Lensman}} Triplanetary]]''.

* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}:'' Erek and the other Chee are able to project holograms that look perfectly human, but underneath they look like their alien creators, the [[PerfectPacifistPeople Pemalites]]--basically, bipedal dogs. This is only a problem in book #27, when [[GreatGazoo the Drode]] disables their holograms and paralyzes them, forcing the Animorphs to save them.

* This is why the Humanoid Interfaces from ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' are often considered {{Robot Girl}}s, despite being realistic enough to bleed.

** The RobotMe androids in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E4TheAndroidInvasion "The Android Invasion"]].

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* ''Radio/DimensionX'''s "[[Recap/DimensionX40DwellersInSilence Dwellers in Silence]]": Dr Hathaway built life-like [[ArtificialFamilyMember robot replacements of his family]]. Alice Hathaway is aware of being a robot, but the children haven't been told.
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* In ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', [[SteamPunk Nemesis]] Impostor Automatons fall into this when they blow their cover. Often with hilarious dialogue.

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* In [[http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2013/08/21/lovelace-11/ Part 11]] of ''Literature/LovelaceOneTwo'', Andi deduces that [[spoiler:her purported parents]] are robots.
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* ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'': Tres Iqus looks just like a young man in his early 20s but most certainly doesn't act the part, having exactly one facial expression and saying 'Positive' or 'Negative' instead of yes or no, and '"Requesting damage report" instead of, "Are you hurt?".
* ''Anime/{{Vexille}}'s'' plot revolves around Japan's insistence on building deceptively human robots even after the rest of the world has banned them.
* This is why the Humanoid Interfaces from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' are often considered {{Robot Girl}}s, despite being realistic enough to bleed.

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' has the Alastor, which is much more robotic than most examples on this page. What makes it qualify is that nobody thought it was possible to scale a HumongousMecha down to six feet until they actually did it. It acts as Leonard Testarossa's bodyguard and tends to go around in a hat and trench coat.

* VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}s do look and often act like the humans they're placing, but their form is very delicate. Their artificial skin gets cancer with any sun exposure (and leaving a tell-tale smell), and apparently the skin isn't that durable since at least one is shown with pieces of it missing from a fight earlier. So really, any person that's suddenly avoiding sunlight looks pretty suspicious. Also: [[EvilDetectingDog animals hate them]].

** "Literature/TheBicentennialMan": Andrew learned enough about robotics and biology to make himself appear almost perfectly human. Over the course of two centuries, he started to wear clothes, design ArtificialLimbs to require food and drink, and modified himself enough that other robots [[MistakenIdentity started to treat him as human]]. This is because Andrew Martin [[PinocchioSyndrome wants to be human]], and he [[BecomeARealBoy achieves humanity]] by [[spoiler:designing a replacement brain to kill himself in [[ThreeLawsCompliant violation of the Third Law]]]].

* Pick a Franchise/{{Terminator}}, any Terminator.

* There are also the X model androids, again from Marvel Comics-- or at least ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}'s very special corner thereof. They look human enough, but earlier models, like "Father Blood Drench Robo Crush" often spout threats like, "I MAKE YOU DIE WITH STEAMY ELECTRIC MEK BITS NOW KLAK KLAK KLAK!"

* ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars''. Shad is assumed to be one of her androids by [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Nanelia]] until he expresses his annoyance at being strapped to a ShackleSeatTrap. Her own androids look human but have jerky movements and speak with a reverb.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' series has [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Pfhor]]-created bio-android infiltrators/[[ActionBomb suicide bombers]] called Simulacrums, which appear human at a distance but look noticeably disfigured and inhuman close range. This isn't a pressing concern for the Pfhor since "close range" usually means "within the blast radius", but their tendency to shout nonsense such as "[[WordSaladHorror Frog Blast the Vent Core!]]" while trying to blend in tends to give them away even quicker.

* Dorothy from ''Anime/TheBigO'' is one, for she often speaks in a flat monotone and never changes her facial expression no matter what's going on. There's also the fact that she's insanely heavy.