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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 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]].

** The Marvel Comics Transformers series responds to a letter asking why there were no female Transformers with something to the effect of, "You assume that Transformers are male and female, and that any Transformer not explicitly female is implicitly male." Unfortunately, the current IDW Comics series opted not to do it that way, having the MadScientist Jhiaxus turn an Autobot female to see what happens if you throw gender into a genderless race. The victim, Arcee, talks about how people treat her now, and even use different pronouns, and... basically, not being one of the boys anymore. It becomes clear that Jhiaxus didn't introduce gender to a genderless race, but a ''woman'' to an ''all-male'' race - and of course, there is no good reason for non-sexually-reproducing robots to be male, either. Things wind up making [[VoodooShark much less sense]] than they would make if the question were simply ignored, as most series have. It has since been retconned however that gender did exist on ancient Cybertron and it eventually died out, with Jhiaxus reintroducing gender (as well as other extinct aspects of ancient Cybertron such as CombiningMecha). Other female transformers that have started showing up since then have come from cybertronian [[LostColony lost colonies]] where gender didn't die out.

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* The TropeCodifier is probably the artwork of Hajime Sorayama, who is famous for his pinup art of gynoids, all chrome but with curves in all the right places.
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* Platinum (AKA Tina) and, now, Copper, from Creator/DCComics' ComicBook/MetalMen.

* In the ComicBook/{{New 52}}'s ''ComicBook/{{Earth 2}}'', ComicBook/RedTornado is a feminine robot rather than the masculine robot Tornado was pre-New 52. Pre-Flashpoint, the male Tornado was given a "sister", Red Torpedo.

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* The cover art for''Film/LiquidSky'' has one of these.
* In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', the alien chef Dexter had a female [[InsistentTerminology droid]] waitress at his diner.

* Despite being called Fembots, the ones that appear in the ''Film/AustinPowers'' movies are RidiculouslyHumanRobots and not these. At least they have machine-gun jubblies.
** Vanessa gets replaced by one between the first and second films (a "wedding gift" from Dr. Evil?). Machine-gun jubblies included.
* Blue Sky's ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'' has them all over the place. During the assembly of the main character, his father asks if they want a boy or girl. The mother answers boy, followed by a clang and crying.

-->'''Caleb:''' Why did you give her sexuality? An AI doesn't need a gender. She could have been a gray box.
-->'''Nathan:''' Actually, I don't think that's true. Can you give an example of consciousness, at any level, human or animal, that exists without a sexual dimension?
-->'''Caleb:''' They have sexuality as an evolutionary reproductive need.
-->'''Nathan:''' What imperative does a gray box have to interact with another gray box? Can consciousness exist without interaction? Anyway, [[SexIsGood sexuality is fun]], man. If you're gonna exist, why not enjoy it? ''(off Caleb's look)'' What? You want to remove the chance of her falling in love and fucking? And in answer to [[AllMenArePerverts your real question]], [[RoboSexual you bet she can fuck]].

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* Eminem's MusicVideo for "We Made You" has [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} a purple semi truck transform into one of these]], [[GagBoobs with certain parts accented]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{ToonMarty}}'' has Holly, a female robot and one of Marty's friends.

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Fembots also encompasses the {{mecha}} genre as well as some mechs are designed to look like a gigantic metal women. This is especially prevalent in the SuperRobotGenre as writers and designers are free to design mechas as out there as they can imagine due to the nature of the genre that they're working on. Feminine mechs have appeared in some RealRobotGenre stories before but it's quite a rarity. Often it's backed up by an in-universe scientific explanation as to why it was designed in that particular way to preserve the gritty realism the genre is known for. Sometimes it's explained away as just a mere coincidence that the mecha resembled a woman ''a la'' Pareidolia.

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 female. While robot girls always look human with the possible exceptions of antennae or metal joints, fembots are unmistakeably robotic with female bits welded on.

* The Gretel series in ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters.''
* In ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'', plenty of [[AMechByAnyOtherName Orbital Frames]] like Nephitis and Ardjet look pretty feminine as is. This is especially jarring considering that most, if not all Orbital Frames have [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything literal cockpits]] regardless of their gender programming.
** Dolores is a rather peculiar case, as she straddles the line between Fembot and RobotGirl by combining the elements of both character archetypes.
* ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' gives us the Fei-Yen and Angelan series of mecha, modeled after MagicalGirl archetypes. (Fei-Yen is a MagicalGirlWarrior whose iterations frequently resemble a waitress of some sort, while Angelan looks like a WhiteMagicianGirl, but is probably more an homage to [[Manga/AhMyGoddess Belldandy]].)
** The third game, ''Virtual-On Force'', introduced the Guarayakha, which resembles something of a CuteWitch, but in a bizarre subversion, was actually the LightningBruiser boss mecha Jaguarandi in disguise. {{Squick}}.
** The fourth, ''Virtual-On Marz'', brought us fem'd versions of a robot with a previously AmbiguousGender, the three [[TransformingMecha MYZR]] Delta units belonging to the [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Three Rose Sisters]].
* The ''VideoGame/CustomRobo'' games have the aptly named Aerial Beauty and Sexy Stunner robo types.
* Genders not revealed, but at least these robots in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' look female enough that the resident AscendedFanboy Ryusei fall heels over it: [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars3 Valsione]] (this one also looks [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot ridiculously human]]), [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Angelg]], and the [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Fairlions]]. Possibly also [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal Fiona's Excellence Eternal]], just to differentiate it with [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal Raul's Excellence Lightning]], so it's given a MUCH more fembot-ish appearance.
** Also, any of the above in an SRW game? Ryuusei's been there, drooling. Especially the French Dragon twins.

* The Praetorian Clockwork androids in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' come in both male and female varieties. So far [[RobotGirl IVy]] is the only one that can be considered qualify as sentient.
* ''VideoGame/XMenNextDimension'' added a sleek, flying "Sentinel-Beta" to allow for more variety when compared to the male, large, grounded and slow Sentinel-Alpha. Apart from moves shared for plot reasons, they were quite different, averting DistaffCounterpart.
* Several from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''. Two are playable (Vierge and Crescens).
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', EDI, the AI system installed aboard the Normandy that was carried over from the previous game in the series, gains remote control over a Fembot platform built by Cerberus after encountering it as an enemy combatant and later neutralizing its on-board AI. Combined with her being unshackled[[note]]IE: released from artificial constraints on her thought processes[[/note]] in the previous game, she begins to evolve from being merely intelligent to feeling truly "alive".
* One gets the feeling there was someone with a fetish working in Bioware, because around the same time as [=ME3=], the equally feminine looking robot with less of an excuse (being, apparently, the combat platform of another self evolving AI) called SCORPIO popped up in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''. She's basically [=GLaDOS=] with a body.
** In the Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion, you learn about the GEMINI droids; a comment made by SCORPIO and the immediately subsequent cutscene where you discover their name implies that they are either knockoff copies of SCORPIO or subordinate droids hijacked by Valkorion.
* Miss Bloody Rachel from ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe 2'', who can also shapeshift to become a one-woman BossRush.
* FATE of ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' adopts such a form for your boss fight with her.
* ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' allows this with the Into The Future and its Plumbots.
** [=SimBot=]s from ''Ambitions'' also have physical differences depending on what gender they activate as; females have metal hair and a narrower waist. Servos from ''VideoGame/TheSims2 Open for Business'' may or may not count as male and female Servos share a body mesh but females sport cosmetic TertiarySexualCharacteristics, such as lipstick and a pink bow on their antennae.
* Female Mechari from ''VideoGame/WildStar'', good '''god.''' Their creators, the Eldan, specifically designed them to be like this, though.
--> '''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.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Robopon}}'', several Robopon are this, such as Razor, Meddy, Betty, and Loopy.

* There's one in ''VideoGame/{{Jazzpunk}}'' that's a prostitute, delivering such priceless lines as "Only if you use encryption, sweetie!" As she has the same body shape as all the human characters in the game, namely a genderless restroom sign symbol, it might be unclear if she qualifies as this or a Robot Girl... were it not for the flashing red readout where her eyes should be and the [[ComputerEqualsTapeDrive prominent tape reels]] [[GagBoobs on her chest]].
* WD-40 in ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVTheNextMutation'' is basically a gynoid version of Arnoid the Annihilator from ''Space Quest III''. After Cliffy reprograms her to be the SCS Eureka's science officer, she still maintains a cold, aloof demeanor, but at least not aiming to kill Roger Wilco. Her surprise attack [[spoiler: on the pukoid mutants]] during the game's climax [[TorpedoTits drives this trope to hilarious extents.]]
* ARIA, from ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' (2013) Season 2. Although in her case it is by choice rather than design (since he body is comprised of nanite cores it can take any form it wishes, her AI chooses it to be a feminine figure).
* Nova in ''VideoGame/LoveYouToBits'' is this, even managing to develop a [[{{Robosexual}} relation with a human, Kosmo.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Scrapland}}'' gives us Betty, [[SmurfettePrinciple the only female robot in the whole game]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'':
** Averted with Orisa, who is a [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaur-looking]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot omnic]] that lacks the TertiarySexualCharacteristics of a typical Fembot aside from a somewhat feminine face.
** This is played straight with Echo, however, who has a humanoid body with an ImpossibleHourglassFigure and long eyelashes on her very feminine holographic face.

When a Fembot meets a male robot, RoboRomance might ensue.

* One of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'''s playable characters is Orisa, the first (and so far, only) named female [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot omnic]] shown in the game. However, she lacks the TertiarySexualCharacteristics of a typical Fembot aside from a somewhat feminine face.

* The current Vision series has him settling down with a synthezoid family, including a wife and daughter.

* ''ComicBook/{{Chassis}}'': Tropic's robot chauffer Caddie is 'female'; being built with feminine curves, 'hair', and more delicate facial features. Chassis' RobotBuddy SLIC is smitten with her.

* ''ComicBook/{{Chassis}}'': Tropic's robot chauffer Caddir is 'female'; being built with feminine curves, 'hair', and more delicate facial features. Chassis' RobotBuddy SLIC is smitten with her.

* ''Manga/EdensZero'' is a setting where there are many androids, many of whom are gendered female, but in a variety of ways. The ones on Granbell are rather blocky and more asexually designed due to being a century out-of-date while E.M. Pino is a tiny, fairy-like droid. Then there's Witch, the AI interface for the ship ''Edens Zero'' itself, who has a very humanoid android body designed in the style of a HotWitch.

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* ''WebVideo/{[Damaged}}'' has Emily.
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When a FemBot meets a male robot, RoboRomance might ensue.