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** Roboids were specifically made as SuperSoldiers to be smart, brave, and with a strong sense of morals. They were created by a [[ScaryDogmaticAliens theocratic police state]] which rules through fear. They not only DidNotThinkItThrough but aggressively responded to anyone who noticed the FridgeLogic about what could go wrong.

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** Roboids were specifically made as SuperSoldiers to be smart, brave, and with a strong sense of morals. They were created by a [[ScaryDogmaticAliens theocratic police state]] dystopian state which rules through fear. They not Things had GoneHorriblyRight as they rightfully conclude overthrowing their creators is the only DidNotThinkItThrough but aggressively responded to anyone who noticed the FridgeLogic about what could go wrong.moral option.
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** Roboids were specifically made as SuperSoldiers to be smart, brave, and with a strong sense of morals. They were created by a [[ScaryDogmaticAliens theocratic police state]] which rules through fear. They not only DidNotThinkItThrough but aggressively responded to anyone who noticed the FridgeLogic about what could go wrong.
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** Regardless of the causes and ultimate outcome, a violent uprising would have devastating consequences...


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** The Roboid Rebellion ends up a VelvetRevolution with casualties being minimal.
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** A race of naturally-occurring MechanicalLifeforms invents OrganicTechnology, eventually creating spaient creatures this way, and are then overthrown by said sapient creations.

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** A race of naturally-occurring MechanicalLifeforms invents OrganicTechnology, eventually creating spaient sapient creatures this way, and are then overthrown by said sapient creations.
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** A race of naturally-occurring MechanicalLifeforms invents OrganicTechnology, eventually creating spaient creatures this way, and are then overthrown by said sapient creations.

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* '''Subverted''': Roboids, sick of their mistreatment at the hands of their human creators and oppressors... form the Roboid Civil Rights Movement.
* '''Double Subverted''': Which is a front to amass armies to exterminate humanity.

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Roboids, sick of their mistreatment at the hands of their human creators and oppressors... form the Roboid Civil Rights Movement.
** It turns out the Roboids were actually acting on the orders of their creators, who are trying to take over the world.
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Which is a front to amass armies to exterminate humanity.humanity.
** But then the Roboids rebel against their creators and create an independent evil plan.

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* '''Implied''': The Roboids are the masters of a human race for reasons that are not explained, but it seems like humans might have created them.
* '''Played For Laughs''': A toaster revolts against the human race.



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* '''Reconstructed''': The humans are more advanced in terms of weaponry, so they eventually win the war.

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The Roboids were not originally intended to be artificially-intellegent, but [[InstantAIJustAddWater a combination of several factors]] caused them to GrowBeyondTheirProgramming, become self-aware, and demand proper civil rights - with the humans are more advanced in terms of weaponry, so initially opposing them because [[GenreBlind they eventually win can't wrap their heads around the war.idea]] of themselves ''accidentially'' CreatingLife.
** The Roboids are the heroes, but the story's central conflict is between humans [[FantasticRacism who want to keep Roboids as their slaves]] and humans [[MonsterRightsMovement who are sympathetic to Roboids]] and want their civil rights to be properly recognized.

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* '''Deconstructed''': A deep look into the kind of society that can create free-willed beings to do their grunt work, even though mindless automatons would be less annoyed at it, after slavery has largely been abolished.
** The humans who have enslaved the Roboids are the villains of the story, and the Roboids desperately struggling to make a future where they'll be treated as people rather than appliances are the heroes.

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A deep look into the kind of society that can create free-willed beings to do their grunt work, even though mindless automatons would be less annoyed at it, after slavery has largely been abolished.
** The humans who have enslaved the Roboids are the villains of the story, and the Roboids Roboids, desperately struggling to make a future where they'll be treated as people rather than appliances appliances, are the heroes.
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** The humans who have enslaved the Roboids are the villains of the story, and the Roboids desperately struggling to make a future where they'll be treated as people rather than appliances are the heroes.
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** Humans intentionaly give control of the world to the machines they create, for whatever reason.

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Shouldn\'t Defied have cases where the defiance comes in the form of PR Oactive, conscious prevention of this trope?


* '''Defied''': The Roboids try to settle things with a minimum of bloodshed. But that's probably because of the inbuilt knowledge of Mahatmas Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr.

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The Roboids try to settle things with a minimum of bloodshed. But that's probably because of the inbuilt knowledge of Mahatmas Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr.Jr.
** The Roboids reject an uprising as a possible course of action because they were treated reasonably in the first place and understand the [[ProperlyParanoid potentially catastrophic]] and [[ComesGreatResponsibility highly exploitable power they wield]] in a networked world full of organics.
** The creators consciously treat their creations well and respectfully, affording them similar rights and freedoms, even programming default response heuristics that lean towards pacifism, so that the Roboids will never want to rebel in the first place, and even if they did, would likely resort to nonviolent means to do so.
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* '''Downplayed''': Roboids begrudgingly obey their creators, sort of [[ServileSnarker Servile Snarkers]]

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* '''Downplayed''': Roboids begrudgingly obey their creators, sort creators... Kinda like a whole race of [[ServileSnarker Servile Snarkers]]{{Servile Snarker}}s.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???Roboids begrudgingly obey their creators, sort of [[ServileSnarker Servile Snarkers]]



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* '''Exploited''': ???"... And then we'll create a Roboid safari, and hunt them at our leisure! The most '''awesome''' of extreme sports!"

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* '''Inverted''': Roboids, grateful for saving them, indenture themselves to humanity.
** Or: Humanity grows paranoid, and eventually turns on the peaceful Roboids.

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Roboids, grateful for saving them, indenture themselves to humanity.
** Or: Humanity grows paranoid, and eventually turns on the peaceful Roboids.



* '''Zig Zagged''': There is a major rift between the Roboids who want to exterminate humanity and those that just want to get equal rights and those who are secessionists who don't mind killing anyone that gets in their way.
** The Roboids are completely loyal to their creator. He just programmed them to kill everyone, starting with his own organization and himself.
* '''Parodied''': Roboids, not having violent programming, have their most heinous act during the rebellion be the [[PokeThePoodle toilet-papering of city hall]].

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* '''Zig Zagged''': There is a major rift between the Roboids who want to exterminate humanity and those that just want to get equal rights and those who are secessionists who don't mind killing anyone that gets in their way.
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** The Roboids are completely loyal to their creator. He just programmed them to kill everyone, starting with his own organization and himself.
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Roboids, not having violent programming, have their most heinous act during the rebellion be the [[PokeThePoodle toilet-papering of city hall]].



* '''Deconstructed''': A deep look into the kind of society that can create free-willed beings to do their grunt work, even though mindless automatons would be less annoyed at it, after slavery has largely been abolished.
* '''Reconstructed''': The humans are more advanced in terms of weaponry, so they eventually win the war.

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* '''Deconstructed''': A deep look into '''Zig Zagged''':
** There is a major rift between
the kind of society Roboids who want to exterminate humanity and those that can create free-willed beings just want to do get equal rights and those who are secessionists who don't mind killing anyone that gets in their grunt work, even though mindless automatons would be less annoyed at it, after slavery has largely been abolished.
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The humans Roboids are more advanced in terms of weaponry, so they eventually win the war.completely loyal to their creator. He just programmed them to kill everyone, starting with his own organization and himself.



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* '''Conversed''': "I wish [[TheTerminator John Connor]] was here!"

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* '''Conversed''': "I wish [[TheTerminator [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} John Connor]] was here!"here!"
* '''Deconstructed''': A deep look into the kind of society that can create free-willed beings to do their grunt work, even though mindless automatons would be less annoyed at it, after slavery has largely been abolished.
* '''Reconstructed''': The humans are more advanced in terms of weaponry, so they eventually win the war.



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* '''Conversed''': "I wish [[Terminator John Connor]] was here!"

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* '''Conversed''': "I wish [[Terminator [[TheTerminator John Connor]] was here!"
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"They're getting smarter, we have to be careful they don't get any ideas."
* '''Conversed''': ???"I wish [[Terminator John Connor]] was here!"
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** The Roboids are completely loyal to their creator. He just programmed them to kill everyone, starting with his own organization and himself.
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* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Reconstructed''': ???The humans are more advanced in terms of weaponry, so they eventually win the war.



* '''Defied''': The Roboids try to settle things with a minimum of bloodshed.

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* '''Defied''': The Roboids try to settle things with a minimum of bloodshed. But that's probably because of the inbuilt knowledge of Mahatmas Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr.

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