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* Meanwhile, ''The Transformers's" [[DuellingWorks rival series]] ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGobots'' subverts the trope twice over. Since the [=GoBots=] are actually cyborgs, they really ''do'' have gender, not just the appearance of it (though it's probably only on a neurological level, since they appear to be just brains in robot bodies). And, for the most part, female [=GoBots=] are ''not'' "noticeably curvier" than the males, having the same boxy-looking body styles as they do (well, Crasher sort of has a waistline).
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* Meanwhile, ''The Transformers's" [[DuellingWorks [[DuelingWorks rival series]] ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGobots'' subverts the trope twice over. Since the [=GoBots=] are actually cyborgs, they really ''do'' have gender, not just the appearance of it (though it's probably only on a neurological level, since they appear to be just brains in robot bodies). And, for the most part, female [=GoBots=] are ''not'' "noticeably curvier" than the males, having the same boxy-looking body styles as they do (well, Crasher sort of has a waistline).
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* Parodied with Gladys in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels ''Literature/GoingPostal'' and ''Literature/MakingMoney'', who is an ordinary KabbalicGolem given a new name and a gingham dress in order to satisfy Miss Maccalariat's strong views on who should be allowed to clean the ladies' privy. The weird part is that once she become Gladys, other characters start treating her as female, and she starts thinking of herself as female. At one point, Moist, thinking about how ridiculous the whole thing is, compares her to the [[MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial "male" golems]], and then has to remind himself that they ''aren't'' male, any more than Gladys is female.
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* Parodied with Gladys in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels ''Literature/GoingPostal'' and ''Literature/MakingMoney'', who is an ordinary KabbalicGolem {{Golem}} given a new name and a gingham dress in order to satisfy Miss Maccalariat's strong views on who should be allowed to clean the ladies' privy. The weird part is that once she become Gladys, other characters start treating her as female, and she starts thinking of herself as female. At one point, Moist, thinking about how ridiculous the whole thing is, compares her to the [[MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial "male" golems]], and then has to remind himself that they ''aren't'' male, any more than Gladys is female.
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* Parodied with Gladys in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels ''Literature/GoingPostal'' and ''Literature/MakingMoney'', who is an ordinary {{Golem}} given a new name and a gingham dress in order to satisfy Miss Maccalariat's strong views on who should be allowed to clean the ladies' privy. The weird part is that once she become Gladys, other characters start treating her as female, and she starts thinking of herself as female. At one point, Moist, thinking about how ridiculous the whole thing is, compares her to the [[MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial "male" golems]], and then has to remind himself that they ''aren't'' male, any more than Gladys is female.
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* Parodied with Gladys in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels ''Literature/GoingPostal'' and ''Literature/MakingMoney'', who is an ordinary {{Golem}} KabbalicGolem given a new name and a gingham dress in order to satisfy Miss Maccalariat's strong views on who should be allowed to clean the ladies' privy. The weird part is that once she become Gladys, other characters start treating her as female, and she starts thinking of herself as female. At one point, Moist, thinking about how ridiculous the whole thing is, compares her to the [[MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial "male" golems]], and then has to remind himself that they ''aren't'' male, any more than Gladys is female.
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* Parodied with Gladys in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' and ''Discworld/MakingMoney'', who is an ordinary {{Golem}} given a new name and a gingham dress in order to satisfy Miss Maccalariat's strong views on who should be allowed to clean the ladies' privy. The weird part is that once she become Gladys, other characters start treating her as female, and she starts thinking of herself as female. At one point, Moist, thinking about how ridiculous the whole thing is, compares her to the [[MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial "male" golems]], and then has to remind himself that they ''aren't'' male, any more than Gladys is female.
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* Parodied with Gladys in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' ''Literature/GoingPostal'' and ''Discworld/MakingMoney'', ''Literature/MakingMoney'', who is an ordinary {{Golem}} given a new name and a gingham dress in order to satisfy Miss Maccalariat's strong views on who should be allowed to clean the ladies' privy. The weird part is that once she become Gladys, other characters start treating her as female, and she starts thinking of herself as female. At one point, Moist, thinking about how ridiculous the whole thing is, compares her to the [[MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial "male" golems]], and then has to remind himself that they ''aren't'' male, any more than Gladys is female.
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* Despite being called Fembots, the named robots from ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' are actually RidiculouslyHumanRobots that can even impersonate specific people well known to the person they are interacting with, and are not all female. (One comes close to passing for Oscar Goldman to Steve Austin. It doesn't quite pull it off, but only because Steve notices the unusually deep footprints of the robot on the carpet in Oscar's office, and tests it by surreptitiously tossing a pencil underfoot and the robot crushes it to splinters.)
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* Despite being called Fembots, the named robots from ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' are actually RidiculouslyHumanRobots that can even impersonate specific people well known to the person they are interacting with, and are not all female. (One One comes close to passing for Oscar Goldman to Steve Austin. It doesn't quite pull it off, but only because Steve notices the unusually deep footprints of the robot on the carpet in Oscar's office, and tests it by surreptitiously tossing a pencil underfoot and the robot crushes it to splinters.)
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* ''Series/PhilipKDicksElectricDreams'': Alice is an example in "[[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E8Autofac Autofac]]", with a human face and otherwise very mechanical body. [[spoiler: It turns out Emily and the other woman are more subtle versions of this.]]
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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'', these appear in the selection of anthropomorphic drones. They
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** Shiawise I-Dolls are purchasable humanoid domestic servant robots that can be made as realistic or robotic as the customer desires.
** Saeder-Krupp Direktionssekretar (or "Executive Secretary") drones are similar to the I-Dolls, but a lot more advanced and more commonly marketed to the executive business sector as clerks, secretaries, and other office help. The drones can also serve as backup corp security if the need arises; the ''Rigger 5.0'' sourcebook notes that the drones' core vitals are armored, and that the drones are strong and fast enough to deliver fatal blows in unarmed combat.
** Shiawise I-Dolls are purchasable humanoid domestic servant robots that can be made as realistic or robotic as the customer desires.
** Saeder-Krupp Direktionssekretar (or "Executive Secretary") drones are similar to the I-Dolls, but a lot more advanced and more commonly marketed to the executive business sector as clerks, secretaries, and other office help. The drones can also serve as backup corp security if the need arises; the ''Rigger 5.0'' sourcebook notes that the drones' core vitals are armored, and that the drones are strong and fast enough to deliver fatal blows in unarmed combat.
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Differs from a RobotGirl in that a robot girl is basically a girl who happens to be a robot, while a Fembot is a robot who happens to be a girl. While robot girls always look human with the possible exceptions of antennae or metal joints, fembots are unmistakably robotic. Their body is protected by sheets of metal or plastic plating as opposed to the robot girl's synthetic skin. Where there should be hair is often substituted with a [[RobotHair hairdo shaped head casing]]. At times, should the fembot not be designed to wear human clothes, their torso would often sport components that would resemble feminine clothing such as hip mounted boosters that resembles a skirt. Their faces would often not be as articulate and human-like as a robot girl's even to the point that it's just a static mask. Other times it's completely inhuman such as cameras and [[TVHeadRobot televisions for heads]].
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Differs from a RobotGirl in that a robot girl is basically a girl who happens to be a robot, while a Fembot is a robot who happens to be a girl. While robot girls always look human with the possible exceptions of antennae or metal joints, fembots are unmistakably robotic. Their body is protected by sheets of metal or plastic plating as opposed to the robot girl's synthetic skin. Where there should be hair is often substituted replaced with a [[RobotHair hairdo shaped head casing]]. At times, should the fembot not be designed to wear human clothes, their torso would often sport components that would resemble feminine clothing such as hip mounted boosters that resembles a skirt. Their faces would often not be as articulate and human-like as a robot girl's even to the point that it's just a static mask. Other times it's completely inhuman such as cameras and [[TVHeadRobot televisions for heads]].
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*** Except in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', where she's clearly female- but still [[BrawnHilda nowhere near attractive]].
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--> '''Reporter''': So you're a Mechari! I didn't realize they made robots quite so...shapely.
--> '''Agent Voxine''': Rest assured, your reaction is perfectly normal. It merely confirms the effect of an appealing physique on those of diminished intelligence. Such as yourself.
--> '''Agent Voxine''': Rest assured, your reaction is perfectly normal. It merely confirms the effect of an appealing physique on those of diminished intelligence. Such as yourself.
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* ''WebComic/QuestionableContent'': While most female-shaped A.I. chassis in this setting tend toward RobotGirl, Bubbles is very clearly a Fembot, initially at least being very overtly robotic while still presenting and identifying as female. Her more mechanical features can be explained by the fact that she is a (former) combat A.I., and still wears a combat chassis ''and,'' when she first appears, significant amounts of body armor, unlike the companion models seen earlier; when she later abandons the armor for more civilian-style clothing, she looks like more of a RobotGirl.
* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'': Serious Franchise/{{Transformers}} fanboy Aaron ''imagines'' a nonexistent fembot model he’d like [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/Lady_Gagatron here.]] One can’t blame a young geek for dreaming.
* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'': Serious Franchise/{{Transformers}} fanboy Aaron ''imagines'' a nonexistent fembot model he’d like [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/Lady_Gagatron here.]] One can’t blame a young geek for dreaming.
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* ''WebComic/QuestionableContent'': ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': While most female-shaped A.I. chassis in this setting tend toward RobotGirl, Bubbles is very clearly a Fembot, initially at least being very overtly robotic while still presenting and identifying as female. Her more mechanical features can be explained by the fact that she is a (former) combat A.I., and still wears a combat chassis ''and,'' when she first appears, significant amounts of body armor, unlike the companion models seen earlier; when she later abandons the armor for more civilian-style clothing, she looks like more of a RobotGirl.
* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'': Serious Franchise/{{Transformers}} fanboy Aaron ''imagines'' a nonexistent fembot modelhe’d he'd like [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/Lady_Gagatron here.]] One can’t can't blame a young geek for dreaming.
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* In ''Webcomic/HueAreYou'' A several of the bots are technically female such as all Build Bots, Build-a, and Query.
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** Arcee looks like she usually does (shown above), only [[AxCrazy usually with more bloodstains]]. Her backstory started out as her having unwillingly been turned female by a MadScientist, sending her on a killing spree; subsequent {{Retcon}}s tweaked it so that Arcee had been {{Transgender}} before that and had volunteered for the process, but the MadScientist in question had opted to leave her pain sensors
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** Arcee looks like she usually does (shown above), only [[AxCrazy usually with more bloodstains]]. Her backstory started out as her having unwillingly been turned female by a MadScientist, sending her on a killing spree; subsequent {{Retcon}}s tweaked it so that Arcee had been {{Transgender}} before that and had volunteered for the process, but the MadScientist in question had opted to leave her pain sensors cranked up during the procedure and didn't see a point to providing aftercare.
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** Arcee looks like she usually does (shown above), only [[AxCrazy usually with more bloodstains]]. Her backstory started out as her having unwillingly been turned female by a MadScientist, sending her on a killing spree; subsequent {{Retcon}}s tweaked it so that Arcee had been {{Transgender}} before that and had volunteered for the process, but the MadScientist in question had opted to leave her pain sensors
** Windblade, whose design owes a lot to Japanese kabuki theatre, dives headlong into this trope. Her bodyguard Chromia doesn't draw from the same inspirations but is still fairly conventionally feminine.
** Nautica from ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' varies. She's shown as [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Windblade4-leavingCaminus.jpg fairly bulky]] in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersWindblade'', but MTMTE tends to [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Nautica-MTMTE42covercropped.jpg emphasise her femininity]]. Her friend Velocity [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Velocity-IDW.jpg doesn't go as far]], having a fairly broad build.
** Anode and Lug, both [[{{Transgender}} Cybertronians who were assigned male and realised it didn't fit]], have very different designs. Anode uses [[https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/thumb/a/aa/AnAxeToBreakTheIce-survivalpresent.jpg/800px-AnAxeToBreakTheIce-survivalpresent.jpg colour choices and kibble application]] to create a BareYourMidriff look, explained as being deliberate modifications to match her preferred pronouns, while Lug didn't bother getting rebuilt in the same way, and as such [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:LugIDW.jpg appears to be made entirely from squares]].
** Nickel of the Decepticon Justice Department is [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:MTMTE39_Nickel.jpg basically an angry square with legs]].
** Arcee looks like she usually does (shown above), only [[AxCrazy usually with more bloodstains]]. Her backstory started out as her having unwillingly been turned female by a MadScientist, sending her on a killing spree; subsequent {{Retcon}}s tweaked it so that Arcee had been {{Transgender}} before that and had volunteered for the process, but the MadScientist in question had opted to leave her pain sensors
** Windblade, whose design owes a lot to Japanese kabuki theatre, dives headlong into this trope. Her bodyguard Chromia doesn't draw from the same inspirations but is still fairly conventionally feminine.
** Nautica from ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' varies. She's shown as [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Windblade4-leavingCaminus.jpg fairly bulky]] in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersWindblade'', but MTMTE tends to [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Nautica-MTMTE42covercropped.jpg emphasise her femininity]]. Her friend Velocity [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Velocity-IDW.jpg doesn't go as far]], having a fairly broad build.
** Anode and Lug, both [[{{Transgender}} Cybertronians who were assigned male and realised it didn't fit]], have very different designs. Anode uses [[https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/thumb/a/aa/AnAxeToBreakTheIce-survivalpresent.jpg/800px-AnAxeToBreakTheIce-survivalpresent.jpg colour choices and kibble application]] to create a BareYourMidriff look, explained as being deliberate modifications to match her preferred pronouns, while Lug didn't bother getting rebuilt in the same way, and as such [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:LugIDW.jpg appears to be made entirely from squares]].
** Nickel of the Decepticon Justice Department is [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:MTMTE39_Nickel.jpg basically an angry square with legs]].
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