History YMMV / ArmitageIII

* ValuesDissonance: Depending on the interpretation one takes, the background plot can cause this. Japan (at least at the time of the series' production) had a falling birthrate and was very uncomfortable with that fact, and had a well-entrenched conservative movement who blamed the falling birthrate ''on'' the promotion of "women can be things other than homemakers" by feminism. Thus, the plot of the series: The {{Greater Scope Villain}}s, the StrawFeminist Earth government, threaten TheWarOfEarthlyAggression -- and send assassins/saboteurs to Mars -- because they fear the loss of political power that will follow if Mars' Thirds successfully manage to combine the roles of SexBot and UterineReplicator, thus meaning men will abandon human women for quiet robot housewives instead. Whether or not the fears of the government are accurate or just an attempt to maintain power are left to the viewer.
* ValuesResonance: On the other hand their views on androids "not being real women" is similar to many real first and second wave feminists views on the trans community. The rise of TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminism) movements sadly make such concepts still valid ''well'' into the 21st century.

*ValuesResonance: On the other hand their views on androids "not being real women" is similar to many real first and second wave feminists views on the trans community.

* ValuesDissonance: Depending on the interpretation one takes, the background plot can cause this. Japan (at least at the time of the series' production) had a falling birthrate and was very uncomfortable with that fact, and had a well-entrenched conservative movement who blamed the falling birthrate ''on'' the promotion of "women can be things other than homemakers" by feminism. Thus, the plot of the series: The {{Greater Scope Villain}}s, the StrawFeminist Earth government, threaten TheWarOfEarthlyAggression -- and send assassin/saboteurs to Mars -- because they fear the loss of political power that will follow if Mars' Thirds successfully manage to combine the roles of SexBot and UterineReplicator, thus meaning men will abandon human women for quiet robot housewives instead. Whether or not the fears of the government are accurate or just an attempt to maintain power are left to the viewer.

* {{Squick}}: [[spoiler: Ross knockin' boots with Armitage wouldn't be a problem, [[HugeGuyTinyGirl if he wasn't nearly twice her height]], combined with the fact that she looks all of [[JailBait 13-14 years old.]] Or the fact she winds up pregnant with his child, by the time the series ends.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad René D'anclaude]] is an [[FantasticRacism anti-robot bigot]] who helped to develop the Third series of robots. Secretly working for a GovernmentConspiracy and despising the Thirds, D'anclaude designs a host of assassin robots in his image to murder them. Starting a [[SerialKiller serial killing]] spree of Third women, D'anclaude intends to inspire a wave of anti-Third violence, even resorting to [[SuicideAttack suicide bombers]] to enhance the anti-robot sentiment.

* {{Squick}}: [[spoiler: Ross knockin' boots with Armitage wouldn't be a problem, [[HugeGuyTinyGirl if he wasn't nearly twice her height]], combined with the fact that she looks all of [[JailBait 13-14 years old.]] Or the fact she winds up pregnant with his child, by the time the series ends]]!

* ValuesDissonance: The {{Greater Scope Villain}}s being a StrawFeminist government can cause this.

* ValuesDissonance: The {{Greater Scope Villain}}s being a StrawFeminist government can cause this.

* ShoujoDemographic: The setting is a {{Cyberpunk}} PoliceProcedural about criminal robots on Mars, but at its core it's a story about [[spoiler:a girl realizing she's capable of being a mother, and dealing with the expectations her society places upon women]].

* ValuesDissonance: Misogyny aside, this is probably a big part of the infamous major backstory element: The titular Third-type androids are meant to [[spoiler:bolster low Martian birth rates as {{Uterine Replicator}}s, in other words, a ''literal'' BabyFactory; more than that, mass-produced [[HouseWife housewives]] capable of actually raising the resulting children. The bad guys are ''[[StrawFeminist feminists]]'' who have ''taken over Earth'' and would rather not be [[TallPoppySyndrome replaced]]. To the tune of starting TheWarOfEarthlyAggression. And after hearing Armitage scream that she [[DoNotGoGentle will fight to stay alive,]] and a reprogrammed D'anclaude assassin android state that he respects this as a "refined" individual, you really should catch yourself before agreeing wholeheartedly and consider the origin of the piece -- [[StayInTheKitchen mega-chauvinist]] Japan, which has something of a complex about their declining birth rate, and a common conservative complaint is that women working jobs instead of acting as homemakers is to blame for it]].

* InformedAbility: When Ross is first introduced to Armitage, the chief goes on about how she's such a good detective. Yet, her idea of "detective work" clearly amounts to getting in witnesses and suspects faces and threatening them with bodily harm if they don't cooperate with her. If anything, [[ByTheBookCop Ross is the one who conducts the actual investigation.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: This anime was as many other cyberpunk anime from that decade hugely influenced by Film/BladeRunner. And now, the Blade Runner sequel Film/BladeRunner2049 features a plot about androids secretly being able to bear children, similar to Armitage.

* HilariousInHindsight: This anime was as many other cyberpunk anime from that decade hugely influenced by Blade Runner. And now, the movie Blade Runner Sequel Blade Runner 2049 features a plot about androids secretly being able to bear children, similar to Armitage.

* ValuesDissonance: Misogyny aside, this is probably a big part of the infamous major backstory element: The titular Third-type androids are meant to [[spoiler:bolster low Martian birth rates as {{Uterine Replicator}}s, in other words, a ''literal'' BabyFactory; more than that, mass-produced [[HouseWife housewives]] capable of actually raising the resulting children. The bad guys are ''[[StrawFeminist feminists]]'' who have ''taken over Earth'' and would rather not be replaced. To the tune of starting TheWarOfEarthlyAggression. And after hearing Armitage scream that she [[DoNotGoGentle will fight to stay alive,]] and a reprogrammed D'anclaude assassin android state that he respects this as a "refined" individual, you really should catch yourself before agreeing wholeheartedly and consider the origin of the piece -- [[StayInTheKitchen mega-chauvinist]] Japan, which has something of a complex about their declining birth rate, and a common conservative complaint is that women working jobs instead of acting as homemakers is to blame for it]].

* ValuesDissonance: Misogyny aside, this is probably a big part of the infamous major backstory element: The titular Third-type androids are meant to [[spoiler:bolster low Martian birth rates as {{Uterine Replicator}}s, in other words, ''literal'' baby machines; more than that, mass-produced [[HouseWife housewives]] capable of actually raising the resulting children. The bad guys are ''[[StrawFeminist feminists]]'' who have ''taken over Earth'' and would rather not be replaced. To the tune of starting TheWarOfEarthlyAggression. And after hearing Armitage scream that she [[DoNotGoGentle will fight to stay alive,]] and a reprogrammed D'anclaude assassin android state that he respects this as a "refined" individual, you really should catch yourself before agreeing wholeheartedly and consider the origin of the piece -- [[StayInTheKitchen mega-chauvinist]] Japan, which has something of a complex about their declining birth rate, and a common conservative complaint is that women working jobs instead of acting as homemakers is to blame for it]].

* ValuesDissonance: Misogyny aside, this is probably a big part of the infamous major backstory element: The titular Third-type androids are meant to [[spoiler:bolster low Martian birth rates as {{Uterine Replicator}}s, in other words, ''literal'' baby machines; more than that, mass-produced [[HouseWife housewives]] capable of actually raising the resulting children. The bad guys are ''[[StrawFeminist feminists]]'' who have ''taken over Earth'' and would rather not be replaced. To the tune of starting TheWarOfEarthlyAggression. And after hearing Armitage scream that she [[DoNotGoGentle will fight to stay alive,]] and a reprogrammed D'anclaude assassin android state that he respects this as a "refined" individual, you really should catch yourself before agreeing wholeheartedly and consider the origin of the piece -- [[StayInTheKitchen mega-chauvinist]] Japan, which has something of a complex about their declining birth rate, and a common conservative complaint is that women working jobs instead of acting as homemakers is to blame for it]].
** On the flip side, this also depends on what you take away as the defining feature of the story: If you see it as a question of "[[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Are the Third-type androids people?]]" and notice just how many jobs the Third-type androids are doing, it comes off as actually at least partial deconstruction of certain [[spoiler:{{Double Standard}}s involved in some of the more radical versions of feminism in western countries. After all, the reason the Third-type robots are being destroyed is a significant percentage of men have become so disgusted with feminists that they've not only turned ''{{Robosexual}}'', but '''[[SpaceCossacks emigrated to another planet]]''' - Earth wants the Thirds dead out of '''''[[TallPoppySyndrome jealousy]] and [[PredatoryBusiness fear of being replaced]]!''''']]

** On the flip side, this also depends on what you take away as the defining feature of the story: If you see it as a question of "[[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Are the Third-type androids people?]]" and notice just how many jobs the Third-type androids are doing, it comes off as actually at least partial deconstruction of certain [[spoiler:{{Double Standard}}s involved in some of the more radical versions of feminism in western countries. After all, the reason the Third-type robots are being destroyed is a significant percentage of men have become so disgusted with feminists that they've not only turned ''{{Robosexual}}'', but '''[[SpaceCossacks emigrated to another planet]]''' - Earth wants the Thirds dead out of '''''[[TallPoppySyndrome jealousy]] and [[PredatoryBusiness fear of being replaced]]!''''']]it.

** On the flip side, this also depends on what you take away as the defining feature of the story: If you see it as a question of "[[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Are the Third-type androids people?]]" and notice just how many jobs the Third-type androids are doing, it comes off as actually at least partial deconstruction of certain [[spoiler:{{Double Standard}}s involved in some of the more radical versions of feminism in western countries. After all, the reason the Third-type robots are being destroyed is a significant percentage of men have become so disgusted with feminists that they've not only turned ''{{Robosexual}}'', but '''[[SpaceCossacks emigrated to another planet]]''' - Earth wants the Thirds dead out of '''''[[TallPoppySyndrome jealousy]] and [[PredatoryBusiness fear of being replaced]]!''''']]it]].]]