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* In the side stories of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing" Vulkanus is massive asteroid that has been turned into a fully automated Mobile Doll factory allowing a large number of unmanned MechaMooks to be mass produced.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Apocalypse}}'': The War Factory stage is set in one of these, and is the only level where all your enemies are robots instead of human mooks.

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* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995'' begins with a sequence of Mokoto's robotic/cybernetic body being assembled.



* The first ''Comicbook/AtomicRobo'' Free Comic Book Day issue has Robo fighting a seemingly endless supply of MechaMooks, and asking if there's a factory or something to no one in particular. [[GilliganCut Cue Trope]] with an editor's note that simply says "Yes!"

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* The first ''Comicbook/AtomicRobo'' ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'' Free Comic Book Day issue has Robo fighting a seemingly endless supply of MechaMooks, and asking if there's a factory or something to no one in particular. [[GilliganCut Cue Trope]] with an editor's note that simply says "Yes!"



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* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995'' begins with a sequence of Mokoto's robotic/cybernetic body being assembled.
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* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'': The Shiro Psychic Center is filled with huge lines of Yuriko clones passing in pods, though we don't see them being grown.



* ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' has a few levels set in the automated production lines making the turrets.
** [[InstantAIJustAddWater Some of which happen to]] ''[[InstantAIJustAddWater devolve]]'' [[InstantAIJustAddWater into sentient talkative AIs.]]
* ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'': The Shiro Psychic Center is filled with huge lines of Yuriko clones passing in pods, though we don't see them being grown.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' ''VideoGame/Portal2'' has a few levels set in the automated production lines making the turrets.
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turrets... some of which happen to ''devolve'' into [[InstantAIJustAddWater Some of which happen to]] ''[[InstantAIJustAddWater devolve]]'' [[InstantAIJustAddWater into sentient talkative AIs.]]
* ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'': The Shiro Psychic Center is filled with huge lines of Yuriko clones passing in pods, though we don't see them being grown.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': Mister Krabs seems to have a penchant for building these kinds of machines, as one episode sees him exploiting the jellyfish as a power source using such a device, and another has him manufacturing soap out of the unspeakable mess from Krusty Krab's grease trap.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Mister Krabs seems to have a penchant for building these kinds of machines, as one episode sees him exploiting the jellyfish as a power source using such a device, and another has him manufacturing soap out of the unspeakable mess from Krusty Krab's grease trap.
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* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' begins with a production line of the titular toys being manufactured (including Terminator-style skeletons and UncannyValley-ish rubber "skins").

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* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' begins with a production line of the titular toys being manufactured (including Terminator-style skeletons and UncannyValley-ish rubber "skins").

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%%* Makes a [[EternalEngine good level]] for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1''.



* Frequently seen in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', to the tune of StandardSnippet "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEuwAh3LFvM Powerhouse]]".

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* Frequently seen in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', to the tune of StandardSnippet "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEuwAh3LFvM Powerhouse]]"."Powerhouse".
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* "Powerhouse" is also used in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' in the page quote; when Homer questions where the new bowling pins that are placed after the old ones are knocked down come from, a scene is shown where the pins are being made by machines, while the old ones are thrown away rather than re-used.

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* "Powerhouse" is also used in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' in the page quote; an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''; when Homer questions where the new bowling pins that are placed after the old ones are knocked down come from, a scene is shown where the pins are being made by machines, while the old ones are thrown away rather than re-used.

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* ''Film/MinorityReport'' has a fight scene take place on a robotic assembly line which ends when the protagonist finds a car being literally assembled around him, which he then uses to drive off and make his escape!



%%* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' uses this several times.

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%%* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' uses this several times.* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''. The climax of the first movie takes place in a robot assembly plant, with obvious RuleOfSymbolism. Kyle Reese turns on the machines to make it difficult for the Terminator to track them.
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->''"I wonder where the pins come from..."''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
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* Early on in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', the children happen upon a factory with a robotic assembly line constructing unusual looking metal apparatuses. The weird thing is, later on down the line, the machines disassemble the things they had just built.
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* ''TabletopGame/GURPSUltraTech'' has rules for setting these up; specifically focusing on the product being made so that you can get along with the game.

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* ''TabletopGame/GURPSUltraTech'' has rules for setting these up; up, specifically focusing on the product being made so that you can get along with the game.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: Ultra-tech'' has rules for setting these up; specifically focusing on the product being made so that you can get along with the game.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: Ultra-tech'' ''TabletopGame/GURPSUltraTech'' has rules for setting these up; specifically focusing on the product being made so that you can get along with the game.
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* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' movie begins with a sequence of Mokoto's (technically a cyborg, but since the only part of her which isn't artificial is her brain) robotic body being assembled.

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* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' movie ''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995'' begins with a sequence of Mokoto's (technically a cyborg, but since the only part of her which isn't artificial is her brain) robotic robotic/cybernetic body being assembled.
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* ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'': The Shiro Psychic Center is filled with huge lines of Yuriko clones passing in pods, though we don't see them being grown.
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* There's a whole genre of games, popularized by ''VideoGame/{{Factorio}}'', where the main point of the game is building up a giant automated factory.

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* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': The opening credits start off with a black screen, with orchestral music and hammering, before featuring the automated assembly of [=NDR114=] robots, with plenty of [[TechnologyPorn closeups on the wiring and gears]] as everything is assembled.



* Shows up in ''Star Wars: Film/AttackOfTheClones'' with the droid army.
** We also get treated to a clone factory, although we don't quite see the Clone Troopers being "built" we do see the various stages of development, followed by their eventually arming. At the end, we see them being gathered for war.
* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' begins with a production line of the titular toys being manufactured (including Terminator-style skeletons and UncannyValley-ish rubber "skins").



* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': The opening credits start off with a black screen, with orchestral music and hammering, before featuring the automated assembly of [=NDR114=] robots, with plenty of [[TechnologyPorn closeups on the wiring and gears]] as everything is assembled.



* Shows up in ''Star Wars: Film/AttackOfTheClones'' with the droid army.
** We also get treated to a clone factory, although we don't quite see the Clone Troopers being "built" we do see the various stages of development, followed by their eventually arming. At the end, we see them being gathered for war.



* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' begins with a production line of the titular toys being manufactured (including Terminator-style skeletons and UncannyValley-ish rubber "skins").






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%%* Makes a [[EternalEngine good level]] for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1''
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' had that famous scene where you walk into a huge, fully-automated ''save-point factory'', revealing where all those floating symbols came from.
* The intro movie to the old computer game ''Hoyle Word Games''.

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%%* Makes a [[EternalEngine good level]] for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1''
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' had that famous scene where you walk into a huge, fully-automated ''save-point factory'', revealing where all those floating symbols came from.
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* The intro movie to the old computer game ''Hoyle Word Games''.''VideoGame/HoyleWordGames''.
* In sector 6 of ''VideoGame/{{Jumper}} Two'' you can watch (and get in the way of) [=OgmoBots=] as they travel through the assembly line, becoming more Ogmo-like in each stage.



* In sector 6 of ''VideoGame/{{Jumper}} Two'' you can watch (and get in the way of) [=OgmoBots=] as they travel through the assembly line, becoming more Ogmo-like in each stage.

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* In sector 6 of ''VideoGame/{{Jumper}} Two'' you can watch (and get in the way of) [=OgmoBots=] as they travel through the assembly line, becoming more Ogmo-like in each stage.%%* Makes a [[EternalEngine good level]] for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1''.




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* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' had that famous scene where you walk into a huge, fully-automated ''save-point factory'', revealing where all those floating symbols came from.



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* The Slurm production factory in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.



* The TitleSequence of ''WesternAnimation/TheRobonicStooges''.



* The TitleSequence of ''WesternAnimation/TheRobonicStooges''.
* The Slurm production factory in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.
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* ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'': {{MegaCorp VBI]] has some that produce the surrogate bodies.

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* ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'': {{MegaCorp [[MegaCorp VBI]] has some that produce the surrogate bodies.
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* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': The opening credits has this

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* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': The opening credits has thisstart off with a black screen, with orchestral music and hammering, before featuring the automated assembly of [=NDR114=] robots, with plenty of [[TechnologyPorn closeups on the wiring and gears]] as everything is assembled.

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