| 1 | ''Faithful Robot'' (Polish: Wierny robot) is a 1963 television play by Creator/StanislawLem. |
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| 3 | Mystery writer Tom Klempner receives a box from the robotic employment bureau containing a robot; however, the bureau claims they never sent it. The robot, Graumer, is extremely efficient, even consulting Klempner on his writing, but it soon becomes clear he also leads a strange double life, secretly performing what looks like shady chemical experiments. |
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| 5 | The play has been [[Film/FaithfulRobot adapted to the screen]] three times — in the Soviet Union in 1965, in Czechoslovakia in 1967, and in East Germany in 1977. |
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| 7 | !! Tropes featured in the play: |
| 8 | * BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Graumer sends himself to Klempner, labelling the box as coming from the employment bureau]]. After realizing that he got a robot for free, Klempner doesn't reveal it to anyone, making [[spoiler:his house a perfect hiding spot for Graumer]]. |
| 9 | * CantHoldHisLiquor: Klempner has a drinking problem, which Graumer berates him for. |
| 10 | * TheNameless: [[spoiler:Graumer's creation]] is only credited as "The Strange Guy", since nobody ever gets around to giving him a name. |
| 11 | * RewatchBonus: Upon rereading, one can notice the first hint of Graumer being a liar — he claims to be the newest model and soon afterwards mentions having served with at least three owners. |
| 12 | * RoboRomance: Mrs. Donnel recalls a robot who had a romance with a robotic maid [[LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor next door]]. |
| 13 | * RussianReversal: Graumer, the eponymous robot, [[spoiler:wants to create a human]]. |
| 14 | * TookALevelInJerkass: As Klempner gets used to Graumer, he quickly becomes bratty and entitled. |
| 15 | * UncertainDoom: Graumer [[spoiler:gives Klempner and the Guy glasses with poisoned whiskey]], but we never know [[spoiler:if either ends up drinking it]]. |
| 16 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If Mr. Higgins hadn't called Klempner during a party, [[spoiler:Klempner would have heard Inspector Donnel's description of Graumer's modus operandi]]. |
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