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* FunWithAcronyms: H.A.R.D.A.C. stands for '''H'''olographic '''A'''nalytical '''R'''eciprocating '''D'''igit'''A'''l '''C'''omputer.
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* UncannyValley: The Gordon robot easily passes for human, but those who interact with it at length (and know Gordon well) realize that something is ''off''. [[invoked]]
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*ComicBookFantasyCasting: Randa Duane's design is based on Creator/MarilynMonroe.
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/WilliamSanderson's character is a guy who [[Film/BladeRunner is heavily involved in robotics, having built some of the most advanced models and also created a bunch of small toy-like robots to keep him company at home]]. He's also an InkSuitActor.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: H.A.R.D.A.C. pursues its goal with a computer's single-mindedness, not letting such considerations as whether it's a good idea or not stop it.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: H.A.R.D.A.C. pursues its goal with a computer's single-mindedness, not letting such considerations as whether it's said goal is a good idea or not stop it.
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* UncannyValley: The Gordon robot easily passes for human, but those who interact with it at length (and know Gordon well) realize that something is ''off''. [[invoked]]
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* CyberCyclops: H.A.R.D.A.C. has a single red glowing eye high up on its giant mainframe, reminiscent of [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]].
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* CyberCyclops: H.A.R.D.A.C. has a single red glowing red eye high up on its giant mainframe, reminiscent of [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]].
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this trope isn't made clear until the following episode
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* KillAndReplace: The evil computer H.A.R.D.A.C. has decided that humans are too dangerous due to their imperfections and begins replacing them. While it is planning on killing its victims once it has extracted all the information it can, they are ultimately rescued before it can do so.
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Some time ago, robotics pioneer Karl Rossum's daughter was killed in a car accident. In his grief, Rossum created humanoid robots that would not have flaws such as death or poor driving skills. His supercomputer, H.A.R.D.A.C. plans on replacing , has taken the idea and run with it, planning to replace the flawed human race with robots.
perfect robot duplicates. Batman gets involved when one of H.A.R.D.A.C.'s small spy robots steals some valuable Wayne technology to further its scheme.
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C. has a single red glowing eye high up on its giant mainframe, reminiscent of [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]].
*DeceptivelyHumanRobotsDeceptivelyHumanRobots: The duplicants perfectly copy their originals' face and voice, but some display more personality than others. The Gordon robot has no warmth to it at all, while Randa Duane puts on a much better façade.
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* MetaCasting: William Sanderson playing a near-{{Expy}} of [[Film/BladeRunner J.F. Sebastian]].
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Barbara begins to notice something's off by her dad when the robot duplicate throw her teddy off the couch. Since Gordon likes to keep it nearby.
* MetaCasting: William Sanderson playing a near-{{Expy}} of [[Film/BladeRunner J.F. Sebastian]].
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Barbara begins to notice something's off by her dad when the robot duplicate throw her teddy off the couch. Since Gordon likes to keep it nearby.
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* KillAndReplace: The evil computer H.A.R.D.A.C. has decided that humans were are too dangerous due to their imperfections and began begins replacing them. While it was is planning on killing its victims once it had has extracted all the information it could, can, they are ultimately rescued before it can do so.
* MetaCasting:William Sanderson Creator/WilliamSanderson playing a near-{{Expy}} of [[Film/BladeRunner J.F. Sebastian]].
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Barbara begins to notice something's offby about her dad when the robot duplicate throw throws her teddy off the couch. Since couch, since Gordon likes to keep it nearby.
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'''"Gordon":''' ''(reading ''[reading the newspaper)'' newspaper]'' I said, I'm fine.
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* SequelHook: Randa finds the Batcave and figures out that Bruce Wayne is Batman. This becomes an important plot point for the later episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE62HisSiliconSoul His Silicon Soul]]".
* ShoutOut: A boatload -- ''[[Theatre/{{RUR}} R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)]]'' (Karl Rossum, the license plate "RUR"), ''Film/BladeRunner'' ("Duplicants"), ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' (Randa Duane's jumpsuit), ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' (the scene at Commissioner Gordon's house), ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' (Cybertron Industries)...
* SequelHook: Randa finds the Batcave and figures out that Bruce Wayne is Batman. This becomes an important plot point for the later episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE62HisSiliconSoul His Silicon Soul]]".
* ShoutOut: A boatload -- ''[[Theatre/{{RUR}} R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)]]'' (Karl Rossum, the license plate "RUR"), ''Film/BladeRunner'' ("Duplicants"), ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' (Randa Duane's jumpsuit), ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' (the scene at Commissioner Gordon's house), ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' (Cybertron Industries)...
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* SeeThruSpecs: The Randa Duane duplicant uses these to locate Wayne's backup files. But also...
files--and then she spots the hidden staircase to the Batcave behind the bookshelf.
* SequelHook: Randa finds the Batcave and figures out that Bruce Wayne is Batman. This becomes an important plot point for the later episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE62HisSiliconSoul His SiliconSoul]]".
Soul]]."
* ShoutOut: Aboatload -- ''[[Theatre/{{RUR}} boatload--''[[Theatre/{{RUR}} R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)]]'' (Karl Rossum, the license plate "RUR"), ''Film/BladeRunner'' ("Duplicants"), ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' (Randa Duane's jumpsuit), ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' (the scene at Commissioner Gordon's house), ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' (Cybertron Industries)...Industries), ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' (H.A.R.D.A.C.'s HAL 9000–esque red eye)...
* SequelHook: Randa finds the Batcave and figures out that Bruce Wayne is Batman. This becomes an important plot point for the later episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE62HisSiliconSoul His Silicon
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* DissonantSerenity: Randa Duane, in a disturbing manner. She is quite charming, and even displays humor, when interacting with Bruce Wayne, but becomes completely cold and indifferent when left alone, not moving a single facial muscle even when making the sensational discovery that Bruce is Batman.
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* UncannyValley: The Gordon robot easily passes for human, but those who interact with it at length (and know Gordon well) realize that something is ''off''.
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'''"Gordon":''' ''(reading the newspaper)'' I said, I'm fine.
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'''"Gordon":''' ''(reading the newspaper)'' I said, I'm fine.
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* VerbalTic: "I'm fine."
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** "Karl Rossum" goes back further than that, to the play ''[[Theatre/{{RUR}} R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)]]''
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* SequelHook: Randa finds the Batcave and figures out that Bruce Wayne is Batman. This becomes an important plot point for the later episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE62HisSiliconSoul His Silicon Soul]]".
* ShoutOut: A boatload --''Film/BladeRunner'' (Karl Rossum, "Duplicants"), ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' (Randa Duane's jumpsuit), ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' (the scene at Commissioner Gordon's house), ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' (Cybertron Industries)...
** "Karl Rossum" goes back further than that, to the play''[[Theatre/{{RUR}} R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)]]''
Robots)]]'' (Karl Rossum, the license plate "RUR"), ''Film/BladeRunner'' ("Duplicants"), ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' (Randa Duane's jumpsuit), ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' (the scene at Commissioner Gordon's house), ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' (Cybertron Industries)...
* ShoutOut: A boatload --
** "Karl Rossum" goes back further than that, to the play
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/WilliamSanderson's character is a guy who [[Film/BladeRunner is heavily involved in robotics, having built some of the most advanced models and also created a bunch of small toy-like robots to keep him company at home]]. He's also an InkSuitActor.
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* ActorAllusion: William Sanderson's Creator/WilliamSanderson's character is a guy who [[Film/BladeRunner is heavily involved in robotics, having built some of the most advanced models and also created a bunch of small toy-like robots to keep him company at home]]. He's also an InkSuitActor.
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* SeeThruSpecs: The Randa Duane duplicant uses these to locate Wayne's backup files.
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** "Karl Rossum" goes back further than that, to the play ''[[Theatre/{{RUR}} R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)]]''
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* ActorAllusion: William Sanderson's character is a guy who [[Film/BladeRunner is heavily involved in robotics, having built some of the most advanced models and also created a bunch of small toy-like robots to keep him company at home]]. He's also an InkSuitActor.
* AIIsACrapshoot
* ArtificialIntelligence
* CensorSteam: Some ''very'' well placed steam hides the Gordon robot's nether regions as it comes out of H.A.R.D.A.C.'s press.
* CyberCyclops: H.A.R.D.A.C.
* DeceptivelyHumanRobots
* KillAndReplace: The evil computer H.A.R.D.A.C. decided that humans were too dangerous due to their imperfections and began replacing them. While it was planning on killing its victims once it had extracted all the information it could, they are ultimately rescued before it can do so.
* MetaCasting: William Sanderson playing a near-{{Expy}} of [[Film/BladeRunner J.F. Sebastian]].
* RobotMe
* ShoutOut: A boatload -- ''Film/BladeRunner'' (Karl Rossum, "Duplicants"), ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' (Randa Duane's jumpsuit), ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' (the scene at Commissioner Gordon's house), ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' (Cybertron Industries)...
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* ActorAllusion: William Sanderson's character is a guy who [[Film/BladeRunner is heavily involved in robotics, having built some of the most advanced models and also created a bunch of small toy-like robots to keep him company at home]]. He's also an InkSuitActor.
* AIIsACrapshoot
* ArtificialIntelligence
* CensorSteam: Some ''very'' well placed steam hides the Gordon robot's nether regions as it comes out of H.A.R.D.A.C.'s press.
* CyberCyclops: H.A.R.D.A.C.
* DeceptivelyHumanRobots
* KillAndReplace: The evil computer H.A.R.D.A.C. decided that humans were too dangerous due to their imperfections and began replacing them. While it was planning on killing its victims once it had extracted all the information it could, they are ultimately rescued before it can do so.
* MetaCasting: William Sanderson playing a near-{{Expy}} of [[Film/BladeRunner J.F. Sebastian]].
* RobotMe
* ShoutOut: A boatload -- ''Film/BladeRunner'' (Karl Rossum, "Duplicants"), ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' (Randa Duane's jumpsuit), ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' (the scene at Commissioner Gordon's house), ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' (Cybertron Industries)...
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