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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Downplayed with BMO, who seems to be capable of anything computer-related needed for the plot, from playing video games to editing videos to recovering files from an ancient pre-Mushroom War thumb drive. This gets subverted in "The Creeps", when BMO offers to scan the other party guests to see if they're possessed by a ghost, then admits "I don't have ghost-detecting equipment, I just like taking nice pictures."
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"We're studying." Charlie said, untruthfully - cue the robot suddenly extending it's arm and slapping Charlie across the face, to his surprise. \\

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* S.A.M. the Robot from ''Series/SesameStreet'' was designed to be a machine that could do anything, having such attachments as a camera, a clock, a faucet, a gumball machine, and a telephone. However, a lot of S.A.M.'s humor came from him boasting that machines were superior to humans despite providing evidence to the contrary, as his gadgets wouldn't work the way they were meant to.
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** Late in the comic the soldier power-suits have AIs and fabricators installed on them. There was some debate as to how much versatility would the fabricators actually need, a debate which was solved by giving them just enough ability to ''upgrade themselves''.

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* ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'': The Scarab that empowers the Blue Beetles can do pretty much anything effortlessly... except maybe ''not'' kill people. It's a little fuzzy on that one, but Jaime's trying to fix that.
* [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] superhero Aaron Stack, the ComicBook/MachineMan, was always sort of like this, but it was taken to its extreme and played for laughs in ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}''. The page image is when, in the belly of the alien dragon Fin Fang Foom, Machine Man's chest opened up, causing improbably large Swiss army knife components to pop out, including a giant corkscrew.
** And a giant ''forceps''.
--> '''Aaron:''' "I could make you pregnant."
--> '''Elsa:''' "Not unless you could do it from over there, Clanky."
--> '''Aaron:''' "I am full of very useful devices."
* Many late-model Sentinels, {{Killer Robot}}s made for hunting {{Mutants}} in the ''ComicBook/XMen'' series, can alter themselves to produce any weapons needed to fight a particular power, especially those models from the BadFuture.
* Amazo from DC Comics is an android that can copy any superpower of any superpowered being it comes in contact with, and thus becomes incredibly versatile and capable of doing just about anything. Considering Superman himself can do an inordinate amount of things with his array of superpowers, Amazo is a nightmare.
** Same for Marvel's Amazing Android and Super-Adaptoid.
* Almost any highly-advanced comic book robot or character in PoweredArmor can do this, given enough time. A great example is the [[LegacyCharacter latest version of]] ComicBook/BlueBeetle. His alien armor can sprout energy weapons out of his forearms, or turn his entire arms from the elbows down into energy weapons if he needs something of a higher caliber. Also saw blades, gripping claws, [[ShoutOut a]] [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann giant drill]], and smaller extra arms when he needs to grasp more than two things at a time. He can fly by wings, by a rocket mounted on his back, or, in a heavy storm, by [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome a surfboard attached to his feet]].
* [[ComicBook/TheAuthority The Engineer]]. Her blood is replaced by nanomachines that can become anything or scavenge material from the surrounding environment to build larger constructions, all controlled by mental commands.
* Both versions of X-O from the Valiant/Akklaim comics were effectively this. The original X-O was a sentient alien power armor that responded to the desires and needs of its wearer and could adapt defenses and weapons in response to his needs. The second version was referred to as a multi-purpose omni-tool (and was bonded to a scientific and engineering genius,) capable of producing pretty much anything required by its partner. It was only used as a weapon/power armor because the aliens who originally possessed it used it as such and everyone else since then simply thought that was all it was for until the end of the series.

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* ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'': ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'': The Scarab that empowers the Blue Beetles can do pretty much anything effortlessly... except maybe ''not'' kill people. It's a little fuzzy on that one, but Jaime's trying to fix that.
* [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] superhero Aaron Stack, the ComicBook/MachineMan, was always sort of like this, but it was taken to its extreme and played for laughs in ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}''. The page image is when, in the belly of the alien dragon Fin Fang Foom, Machine Man's chest opened up, causing improbably large Swiss army knife components to pop out, including a giant corkscrew.
** And a giant ''forceps''.
--> '''Aaron:''' "I could make you pregnant."
--> '''Elsa:''' "Not unless you could do it from over there, Clanky."
--> '''Aaron:''' "I am full of very useful devices."
* Many late-model Sentinels, {{Killer Robot}}s made for hunting {{Mutants}} in the ''ComicBook/XMen'' series, can alter themselves to produce any weapons needed to fight a particular power, especially those models from the BadFuture.
* Amazo from DC Comics is an android that can copy any superpower of any superpowered being it comes in contact with, and thus becomes incredibly versatile and capable of doing just about anything. Considering Superman himself can do an inordinate amount of things with his array of superpowers, Amazo is a nightmare.
** Same for Marvel's Amazing Android and Super-Adaptoid.
* Almost any highly-advanced comic book robot or character in PoweredArmor can do this, given enough time. A great example is the [[LegacyCharacter latest version of]] ComicBook/BlueBeetle. His alien armor can sprout energy weapons out of his forearms, or turn his entire arms from the elbows down into energy weapons if he needs something of a higher caliber. Also saw blades, gripping claws, [[ShoutOut a]] [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann giant drill]], and smaller extra arms when he needs to grasp more than two things at a time. He can fly by wings, by a rocket mounted on his back, or, in a heavy storm, by [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome a surfboard attached to his feet]].
* [[ComicBook/TheAuthority The Engineer]]. Her
Engineer's blood is replaced by nanomachines that can become anything or scavenge material from the surrounding environment to build larger constructions, all controlled by mental commands.
* Both versions ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'': The Scarab that empowers the Blue Beetles can sprout energy weapons out of X-O the armor's forearms, or turn the entire arms from the Valiant/Akklaim comics were effectively this. The original X-O was a sentient alien power armor that responded to the desires and needs of its wearer and could adapt defenses and elbows down into energy weapons if Blue Beetle needs something of a higher caliber. Also saw blades, gripping claws, a giant drill, and smaller extra arms when he needs to grasp more than two things at a time. He can fly by wings, by a rocket mounted on his back, or, in response a heavy storm, by a surfboard attached to his needs. The second version was referred to as a multi-purpose omni-tool (and was bonded to a scientific and engineering genius,) capable of producing pretty much anything required by its partner. It was only used as a weapon/power armor because the aliens who originally possessed it used it as such and everyone else since then simply thought that was all it was for until the end of the series.feet.



* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' ([[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] & ''ComicBook/SensationComics''): In the Golden Age Paula's Space Transformer was at first presented as a HardLight {{Chronoscope}}, before being used as an outright time machine and interplanetary teleporter. It could also be used to appear invisible and [[MundaneUtility get new outfits]]. Unlike most examples this robot had no AI, but it had a wide array of uses which often had never been mentioned before they were used in the stories, though Paula was also always tinkering with it.

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* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' Amazo from ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' is an android that can copy any superpower of any superpowered being it comes in contact with, and thus becomes incredibly versatile and capable of doing just about anything. Considering Superman himself can do an inordinate amount of things with his array of superpowers, Amazo is a nightmare.
* Aaron Stack, the ComicBook/MachineMan, was always sort of like this, but it's taken to its extreme and played for laughs in ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}''. The page image is when, in the belly of the alien dragon Fin Fang Foom, Machine Man's chest opens up, causing improbably large Swiss army knife components to pop out, including a giant corkscrew and a giant ''forceps''.
-->'''Aaron:''' I could make you pregnant.\\
'''Elsa:''' Not unless you could do it from over there, Clanky.\\
'''Aaron:''' I am full of very useful devices.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman''
([[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] & ''ComicBook/SensationComics''): In the Golden Age UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, Paula's Space Transformer was at first presented as a HardLight {{Chronoscope}}, before being used as an outright time machine and interplanetary teleporter. It could also be used to appear invisible and [[MundaneUtility get new outfits]]. Unlike most examples this robot had no AI, but it had a wide array of uses which often had never been mentioned before they were used in the stories, though Paula was also always tinkering with it.it.
* Many late-model Sentinels, {{Killer Robot}}s made for hunting {{Mutants}} in the ''ComicBook/XMen'' series, can alter themselves to produce any weapons needed to fight a particular power, especially those models from the BadFuture.
* Both versions of ''ComicBook/XOManowar'' are effectively this. The original X-O is a sentient alien power armor that responds to the desires and needs of its wearer and can adapt defenses and weapons in response to his needs. The second version is referred to as a multi-purpose omni-tool (and is bonded to a scientific and engineering genius) capable of producing pretty much anything required by its partner. It is only used as a weapon/power armor because the aliens who originally possessed it used it as such and everyone else since then simply thought that was all it was for until the end of the series.



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* More like "Do Anything Cyborg", but Franchise/RoboCop got turned into one during the short-lived ''WesternAnimation/RoboCopAlphaCommando'' cartoon, having several more weapons that just [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms a laser version of his classic gun]] and including some that makes no sense for Murphy to have whatsoever (the hostage situation as the start of "Doppelganger" and "Francesca's Quest"'s climax were resolved with a ping-pong paddle and a self-heating ice cream scoop respectively)..
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': [[RobotMaster Olaf]]'s robot, Serguei, serves as a majordome, mode of transport, and performs several other functions and also has built in weapons like a gun.

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* More like "Do Anything Cyborg", but Franchise/RoboCop got turned into one during the short-lived ''WesternAnimation/RoboCopAlphaCommando'' cartoon, having several more weapons that than just [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms a laser version of his classic gun]] and including some that makes no sense for Murphy to have whatsoever (the hostage situation as the start of "Doppelganger" and "Francesca's Quest"'s climax were resolved with a ping-pong paddle and a self-heating ice cream scoop respectively)..
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': [[RobotMaster Olaf]]'s robot, Serguei, serves as a majordome, majordomo, mode of transport, and performs several other functions and also has built in weapons like a gun.
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* [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they make me pick up paper off the floor. Gives me a headache just thinking about it."]]

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* [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978 "Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they make me pick up paper off the floor. Gives me a headache just thinking about it."]]



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* XR in ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' has gadgets all over the place, most sprouting from his chest, but also coming from his hands and back. Examples of these gadgets include: satellite equipment, a blender, a cigarette lighter hidden in his thumb, a safe, an electric drill, basically anything you can think of. He also stores several non-electric things like pens, an aloha shirt, [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} the closest thing Disney has to porn magazines]], pancake batter... the less sense it makes, the better.

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* XR in ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' has gadgets all over the place, most sprouting from his chest, but also coming from his hands and back. Examples of these gadgets include: satellite equipment, a blender, a cigarette lighter hidden in his thumb, a safe, an electric drill, basically anything you can think of. He also stores several non-electric things like pens, an aloha shirt, [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumour the closest thing Disney has to porn magazines]], pancake batter... the less sense it makes, the better.
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** Some games also have Robo-Ky II, a PaletteSwap of the original that can be configured to [[DittoFighter mimic most of the other characters' attacks]] in his own toybox way.

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** Some games also have ''Guilty Gear Isuka'' has Robo-Ky II, a PaletteSwap of the original that can be configured to [[DittoFighter mimic most of the other characters' attacks]] in his own a seperate toybox way.mode.
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* ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'': The Scarab that empowers the Blue Beetles can do pretty much anything effortlessly... except maybe ''not'' kill people. It's a little fuzzy on that one, but Jaime's trying to fix that.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'s'' [[CoolPet robo-canine]] Rush has had quite a few different modes since his debut in ''VideoGame/MegaMan3''. He initially started off with the [[SkySurfing Rush Jet]], the Rush Marine, and the Rush Coil. When ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'' came around, he was able to [[PoweredArmor turn into two different armor suits]] [[FusionDance for Mega]]: a suit for powerful punches (Power), and the other (Jet), providing a jet-powered DoubleJump. ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'' fused the two armors of its predecessor into one. The driving game spinoff ''Battle & Chase'' has Rush turn into a car so Mega Man can go [[GoKartingWithBowser go-karting with Wily]] (or maybe it was just a car that looks Rush).

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* ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'s'' [[CoolPet robo-canine]] robo-canine Rush has had quite a few different modes since his debut in ''VideoGame/MegaMan3''. He initially started off with the [[SkySurfing Rush Jet]], the Rush Marine, and the Rush Coil. When ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'' came around, he was able to [[PoweredArmor turn into two different armor suits]] [[FusionDance for Mega]]: a suit for powerful punches (Power), and the other (Jet), providing a jet-powered DoubleJump. ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'' fused the two armors of its predecessor into one. The driving game spinoff ''Battle & Chase'' has Rush turn into a car so Mega Man can go [[GoKartingWithBowser go-karting with Wily]] (or maybe it was just a car that looks Rush).
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* ''Webcomic/{{Forward}}'''s Zoa was built with a specific purpose in mind ([[spoiler:baby care, though it got a mouth installed and now works as a sexbot]]) but is stated to fit the category of "general purpose automaton", described by the author as encompassing any robot which could reasonably perform any work a human could do, such as deliver pizza or lift crates.
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* EDI in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. Though, actually, she's a "Do-Anything AI". Try taking a drink every time Shepard says, "EDI, do something!" and she infallibly solves the current problem. ...Or better yet, don't. Wiki/TvTropes does not want to be responsible for homicides.

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* EDI in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. Though, actually, she's a "Do-Anything AI". Try taking a drink every time Shepard says, "EDI, do something!" and she infallibly solves the current problem. ...Or better yet, don't. Wiki/TvTropes Website/TvTropes does not want to be responsible for homicides.
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* [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] superhero Aaron Stack, the Machine Man, was always sort of like this, but it was taken to its extreme and played for laughs in ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}''. The page image is when, in the belly of the alien dragon Fin Fang Foom, Machine Man's chest opened up, causing improbably large Swiss army knife components to pop out, including a giant corkscrew.

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* [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] superhero Aaron Stack, the Machine Man, ComicBook/MachineMan, was always sort of like this, but it was taken to its extreme and played for laughs in ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}''. The page image is when, in the belly of the alien dragon Fin Fang Foom, Machine Man's chest opened up, causing improbably large Swiss army knife components to pop out, including a giant corkscrew.
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* [[ComicBook/TheAuthority The Engineer]] is this UpToEleven. Her blood is replaced by nanomachines that can become anything or scavenge material from the surrounding environment to build larger constructions, all controlled by mental commands.

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* [[ComicBook/TheAuthority The Engineer]] is this UpToEleven.Engineer]]. Her blood is replaced by nanomachines that can become anything or scavenge material from the surrounding environment to build larger constructions, all controlled by mental commands.

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