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Recap / Centurions Ep 58 "The Better Half, Part I"

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The robotic halves of Doc Terror and Hacker accidentally merge, creating an advanced AI which christens itself as "Uniborg". Uniborg soon goes rogue and takes over Dominion, forcing Doc Terror and Hacker to flee and be captured for their crimes on humanity. Meanwhile, Uniborg creates a new cyborg brain to be installed on Dominion's Mecha-Mooks, and announces its intention to take over the world, starting off with the three facilities connecting Skyvault to Earth — Sand Castle, Fire Castle and Ice Castle. The Centurions are seemingly defeated on Sand Castle and about to be finished off by Uniborg's superior Mecha-Mooks.

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  • A.I. Is a Crapshoot: In this case, the AI isn't even created on purpose.
  • Cliffhanger: The Centurions are at the mercy of Uniborg's forces as the episode ends.
  • Fusion Dance: How Uniborg is created — by the accidental fusion of Doc Terror and Hacker's cybernetic body halves (known as "Syntax" and "Lesion" respectively). While Uniborg's body is a direct fusion of both halves, its "mind" is actually both the Syntax and Lesion AI's working together after gaining sentience by the fusion (they refer to themselves as "we" or "Uniborg").
  • Turned Against Their Masters: Uniborg decides it can defeat the Centurions and Take Over the World more efficiently than Doc Terror.
  • Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Hacker's sloppiness causes the accident that fuses Syntax and Lesion into Uniborg.
  • Voice of the Legion: Uniborg's default voice is a fusion of Doc Terror and Hacker's voices as rendered by the AI's that form it. Because the AI's are still individual, they converse with each other on their own when devising a plan, but they will speak in unison when interacting with other characters such as Doc Terror.

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