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* JustForFun/XMeetsY: A cyborg police officer hunts down a young [[ActionSurvivor action survivor]] woman? That can only mean ''Film/RoboCop1987'' meets ''Film/TheTerminator''!
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Huge car phones, mullets, and a hysterical pessimism about street crime? It must be TheEighties.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Huge car phones, mullets, and a hysterical pessimism about street crime? It must be TheEighties.TheEighties.
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: A cyborg police officer hunts down a young [[ActionSurvivor action survivor]] woman? That can only mean ''Film/RoboCop1987'' meets ''Film/TheTerminator''!
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: A cyborg police officer hunts down a young [[ActionSurvivor action survivor]] woman? That can only mean ''Film/RoboCop1987'' meets ''Film/TheTerminator''!
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* FightSceneFailure: Just about every fight scene in the film is incredibly amateurish, but R.O.T.O.R.'s fight with Steele in the climax stands out as the worst, particularly in a shot where they fight in the background as Coldyron helps Sonya to his car, in which the two's punches and kicks very obviously miss each other more often than not.
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* {{Narm}}: R.O.T.O.R. walks through a bunch of cheap metal fold-up chairs to show he's unstoppable - but the actor is clearly having difficulty doing it.
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* {{Narm}}: R.O.T.O.R. walks through a bunch of cheap metal fold-up chairs to show he's unstoppable - unstoppable, but not only is this not even a particularly impressive idea to begin with, the actor is clearly having difficulty doing it.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The "dancing" R.O.T.O.R. skeleton used in the demonstration is a poorly animated stop motion model.
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** The "dancing" R.O.T.O.R. skeleton used in the demonstration is a poorly animated stop motionmodel.model.
** When R.O.T.O.R. throws Steele into the lake during the climactic fight sequence, the water causes some of the hair dye used to create her SkunkStripe to wash out.
** The "dancing" R.O.T.O.R. skeleton used in the demonstration is a poorly animated stop motion
** When R.O.T.O.R. throws Steele into the lake during the climactic fight sequence, the water causes some of the hair dye used to create her SkunkStripe to wash out.
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** Apparently, the fact that the lab already has a ''fully self-aware'' robot just hanging around the office doesn't warrant any kind of interest.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Willard is ''completely'' out of place in this film and probably the most entertaining thing about it.
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* FanNickname: The crew at WebVideo/RedLetterMedia christen Coldyron "Back Problems" in reference to his irritability, clenched jaw, and wincing expression, Steele as "Skunk Lady" thanks to her SkunkStripe hair, and Willard as "Robot Cop" because it's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a ... robot cop.]]
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Bill Blair, who plays Statum. You may not recognize him, because he holds the [[Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords Guinness World Record]] for the most RubberForeheadAliens (202). His first science fiction makeup role was in ''Series/AlienNation'' and he never stopped.
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--> '''Roboticist:''' Well, who are we who create such a thing? [[Music/BeachBoys Heroes]] ''[[Music/BeachBoys and]]'' [[Music/BeachBoys villains]]?
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--> '''Roboticist:''' Well, who are we who create such a thing? [[Music/BeachBoys [[Music/TheBeachBoys Heroes]] ''[[Music/BeachBoys ''[[Music/TheBeachBoys and]]'' [[Music/BeachBoys [[Music/TheBeachBoys villains]]?
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* TheyJustDidntCare: The acronym R.O.T.O.R. is sometimes explained as "Robotic Officer Tactical '''Operational Research'''", but other times it is "Robotic Officer Tactical '''Operations Reserve'''".
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* NarmCharm: Everything about Willard, who seems like he belongs in another movie.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The dancing R.O.T.O.R. skeleton used in the demonstration is a poorly animated stop motion model.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The dancing "dancing" R.O.T.O.R. skeleton used in the demonstration is a poorly animated stop motion model.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The dancing R.O.T.O.R. skeleton used in the demonstration is a poorly animated stop motion model.
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* OldShame: Budd Lewis [[http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php?topic=119713.0;wap2 hated]] the film.
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* TheyJustDidntCare: The acronym R.O.T.O.R. is sometimes explained as "Robotic Officer Tactical '''Operational Research'''", but other times it is "Robotic Officer Tactical '''Operations Reserve'''".
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* FanNickname: The crew at RedLetterMedia christen Coldyron "Back Problems" in reference to his irritability, clenched jaw, and wincing expression, Steele as "Skunk Lady" thanks to her SkunkStripe hair, and Willard as "Robot Cop" because it's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a ... robot cop.]]
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* FanNickname: The crew at RedLetterMedia WebVideo/RedLetterMedia christen Coldyron "Back Problems" in reference to his irritability, clenched jaw, and wincing expression, Steele as "Skunk Lady" thanks to her SkunkStripe hair, and Willard as "Robot Cop" because it's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a ... robot cop.]]
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->'''[[WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst Rich]]''': Establishing Shot: The Movie!
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->'''[[WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst Rich]]''': Establishing Shot: The Movie!
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* SoBadItsGood: For all the ways the movie fails, it has the decency to fail ''spectacularly!''
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* FridgeLogic: Why would everyone be attacking ''R.O.T.O.R.''? From ''their'' perspective, they see a cop tracking down a perp, not a killer robot. Heck, the rednecks in the restaurant call R.O.T.O.R. a "faggot city cop" - do they have a grudge against law enforcement in Dallas?
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** It doesn't have to. Maybe they just [[MisaimedMarketing cocked it up.]]
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** Possibly justified, as screenwriter Budd Lewis notes that his original idea was a police comedy called "Blue Steel."
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** The bodybuilder redneck who takes off his shirt and suspenders to fight R.O.T.O.R. What?
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** The bodybuilder redneck who takes off his shirt and suspenders to fight R.O.T.O.R., announcing he's a ''real man''. What?
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* OldShame: Budd Lewis [[http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php?topic=119713.0;wap2 hated]] the film.
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* {{Padding}}: And padding, and padding, and padding, and padding...
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* {{Narm}}: R.O.T.O.R. walks through a bunch of cheap metal fold-up chairs to show he's unstoppable - but the actor is clearly having difficulty doing it.
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* EarWorm: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmRNRjUcqjI Hideaway]]" by Randy Moore and Cindy Smith.
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** The bodybuilder redneck who takes off his shirt and suspenders to fight R.O.T.O.R. What?
** The bodybuilder redneck who takes off his shirt and suspenders to fight R.O.T.O.R. What?
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Willard and R.O.T.O.R. never face off against each other.
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--> '''Coldyron:''' 'Were we playing God, breathing life into our artificial Adam?'
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--> '''Coldyron:''' 'Were Were we playing God, breathing life into our artificial Adam?'Adam?
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--> '''Roboticist:''' 'Well, who are we who create such a thing? Heroes ''and'' villains?'
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--> '''Roboticist:''' 'Well, Well, who are we who create such a thing? Heroes ''and'' villains?' [[Music/BeachBoys Heroes]] ''[[Music/BeachBoys and]]'' [[Music/BeachBoys villains]]?
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--> '''Coldyron:''' 'Were we playing God, breathing life into our artificial Adam?'Adam?'
* FanNickname: The crew at RedLetterMedia christen Coldyron "Back Problems" in reference to his irritability, clenched jaw, and wincing expression, Steele as "Skunk Lady" thanks to her SkunkStripe hair, and Willard as "Robot Cop" because it's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a ... robot cop.]]
* ParodyRetcon: Some fans insist this film was supposed to be a comedy, which doesn't explain the marketing and poster.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Huge car phones, mullets, and a hysterical pessimism about street crime? It must be TheEighties.
* FanNickname: The crew at RedLetterMedia christen Coldyron "Back Problems" in reference to his irritability, clenched jaw, and wincing expression, Steele as "Skunk Lady" thanks to her SkunkStripe hair, and Willard as "Robot Cop" because it's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a ... robot cop.]]
* ParodyRetcon: Some fans insist this film was supposed to be a comedy, which doesn't explain the marketing and poster.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Huge car phones, mullets, and a hysterical pessimism about street crime? It must be TheEighties.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: The dialogue never lets the audience forget that ''R.O.T.O.R.'' is a film with deep moral themes.
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--> '''Coldyron:''' 'Were we playing God, breathing life into our artificial Adam?'
--> '''Roboticist:''' 'Well, who are we who create such a thing? Heroes ''and'' villains?'
--> '''Coldyron:''' 'Were we playing God, breathing life into our artificial Adam?'
