Line #29 PlayingWith/RoboticReveal


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character thought to be a human or another organic being is revealed to be a robot.
2	* '''Straight''': While trying to attack Baroness Evilara, Alfred accidentally knocks the arm off Claire, revealing her to be a robot.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** While trying to attack Baroness Evilara, Alfred accidentally kicks Claire's entire power core out of her.
5	** Everyone turns out to be robots.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** Claire is revealed to be a {{Cyborg}}.
8	** ProstheticLimbReveal
9	* '''Justified''': Claire was a robot built by Evilara to replace the real deal.
10	* '''Inverted''': Both Alfred and Evilara are robots; in fact most beings in this world are. Claire gets injured and...[[UnroboticReveal starts bleeding! She's NOT A ROBOT!!!]]
11	* '''Subverted''':
12	** Claire tells Alfred that she's a robot as soon as the episode began.
13	** Alternatively: After it's revealed that Claire is a robot, the ''real'' Claire shows up. The robot was a fake.
14	** It turns out she's not a robot, she just has a [[ProstheticLimbReveal cybernetic arm]].
15	* '''Double Subverted''':
16	** Claire told Alfred that she's a robot as soon as the episode began, but Claire is lying to lure Baroness Evilara out for a easy capture.
17	** Alternatively: Yes, there was a fake robotic Claire. But the only reason it was so convincing is because the ''real'' Claire is also a robot, and the fake was built from the same plans as Claire herself.
18	* '''Parodied''': When Claire loses an arm, she begins sparking and leaking liquid hydrogen, but none of the characters deduce that she's a robot.
19	* '''Zig Zagged''': But she replaced the robotics with a biological body later.
20	* '''Averted''':
21	** They are no robots in the series.
22	** Alternatively, Claire is a {{Fembot}}.
23	* '''Enforced''': "The fans are being way too critical of Claire's powers. We got something do before we get a BrokenBase! How about revealing that Claire is a robot?"
24	* '''Lampshaded''':
25	** "Alfred, Claire stands for [[FunWithAcronyms Cybernetic Life Analysing Intelligent Running Entity]]. Or in human terms, a robot."
26	** "Oh, ''this'' again. Big, tough meat-man goes into shock at the sight of sparks. Snap out of it and help me get to a mechanic!"
27	** "I can't believe that Claire turned out a robot, it sounds like something out of a cartoon series."
28	* '''Invoked''':
29	** "I am a robot programmed to act human-ish."
30	** Claire is tired of keeping it a secret from Alfred, so she "accidentally" shows him some circuitry.
31	* '''Exploited''': While sparks fly from the stump of her robotic arm, Claire uses the shock and drama of the situation to sneak in a shot at Baroness Evilara.
32	* '''Defied''': Claire hears that Alfred has an EMP weapon to disable Baroness Evilara's MechaMooks, realizes that it could blow her cover, and talks him into using "more practical" conventional weaponry.
33	* '''Discussed''':
34	** "Why do the robots always try to disguise themselves as humans, anyway? You know it's just going to come out at the worst possible moment."
35	** "Well, would you want everybody you meet asking if you dream about [[Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep electric sheep]]? It's their business anyway."
36	* '''Conversed''': "In this episode of this cartoon, Claire turns to a robot programmed by Baroness Evilara to steal information from the good guys."
37	* '''Deconstructed''':
38	** The shock of the revelation, combined with the fact that she lied to him, would be enough to turn Alfred away from Claire even if she ''was'' human. With her inhumanity added to the equation, it's even worse. Alfred regards her as an utterly inhuman monster, rather than a woman who used to be his friend.
39	* '''Reconstructed''':
40	** And then the rest of her was replaced with robotic parts.
41	** Upon finding out that Claire is a robot, Alfred stands there, staring, silent, and Claire fears the worst... Until she notices that he's ''smiling''. "You're a robot? ''Sweet!''" "Uh, Alfred? You can let go of me now..."
42	* '''Played For Laughs''':
43	** Claire is a blatantly mechanical [[TinMan Tin Woman]] on the far side of the UncannyValley whose efforts at imitating humans comprise a large chunk of the comedy. ''And nobody (least of all Alfred) notices.''
44	** Nobody even notices Claire... Until she injures herself, revealing circuitry under her skin... At which point '''everyone''' crowds around excitedly, trying to get a look.
45	* '''Played For Drama''': Alfred's horror at the revelation and his subsequent [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman repudation of their friendship]] would be bad enough if Claire was not already [[HeroicBSOD in shock]] [[TomatoInTheMirror over finding out herself]].
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49	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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51	%%* '''Implied''': ???

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