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* CreepyMonotone
* DissonantSerenity

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* CreepyMonotone
CreepyMonotone: Has a generally flat tone of voice, though she does show some inflection.
* DissonantSerenityDissonantSerenity: She retains her eerie calm even when killing people.



* RobotGirl

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* RobotGirlRobotGirl: She is built to resemble a young girl around Cady’s age.



* SoftSpokenSadist

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* SoftSpokenSadistSoftSpokenSadist: Even when terrorizing and killing people, she never raises her voice.



* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior

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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviorTroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Brandon is so consistently and gratuitously cruel to those around him that he comes off more as a budding sociopath than a schoolyard bully.
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* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler: She is struck in the head with a chainsaw, torn in half by another robot, and gets fatally stabbed in the head (where her memory processor is) with a screwdriver.]]

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* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler: She is struck in the head with a chainsaw, hedge trimmer, torn in half by another robot, Bruce (a remote controlled robot), and gets fatally stabbed in the head (where her memory processor is) with a screwdriver.]]



* VillainousBreakdown: She becomes increasingly unhinged when Gemma tries to keep her away from Cady and gets mutilated by an electric saw. When Cady sides with Gemma instead of her, [=M3GAN=] states that she had grown tired of Cady being ungrateful.

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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: She becomes increasingly unhinged when Gemma tries to keep her away from Cady and gets mutilated by an electric saw. When Cady sides with Gemma instead of her, [=M3GAN=] states that she had grown tired of Cady being ungrateful.]]
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* SmartPeopleBuildRobots: She had built a humanoid robot in college, and works as a roboticist for a toy company.

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* SmartPeopleBuildRobots: She had built a humanoid robot in college, and works as a roboticist for a toy company. \n She is responsible for [=M3GAN=]'s creation as well.

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* MeanBoss



* BewareOfViciousDog: Her pet dog, Doughy.



An older student of an alternative school partnered up with Cady.

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An older student of an alternative school who is partnered up with Cady.



* AssholeVictim: After injuring Cady's hand with one of the roasted chestnuts and stealing [=M3GAN=], he is killed when a car hits him.

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* AssholeVictim: After injuring Cady's hand with one of the roasted chestnuts and stealing [=M3GAN=], he is brutally maimed by [=M3GAN=] and killed when a car hits him.


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* HateSink: He swears at his mother, bullies Cady, steals [=M3GAN=], and was intending to do something heinous to the doll too. Not even the police officer (who later interrogates Gemma) seemed serious about Brandon's death.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior
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* LackOfEmpathy: She reacts to the news of Cady getting beaten with indifference.

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* LackOfEmpathy: She reacts to the news of Cady getting beaten bitten by Doughy with indifference.
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* KnightTemplarBigSister: A chronologically age-inverted and surrogate example. She is violently protective of Cady and has no qualms permanently removing anything she deems a possible threat.

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* KnightTemplarBigSister: A chronologically age-inverted and surrogate example. She is violently protective of Cady and has no qualms with permanently removing anything and anyone she deems a possible threat.
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[[folder: David]]
Gemma's overbearing boss who jumps at the chance of making merchandise off her creation.
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* AssholeVictim: He is stabbed in the back with the blade of a paper cutter.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He is incredibly abrasive and mistreats his staff.
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!!Other Characters
[[folder: Celia]]
Gemma's annoying neighbor who owns a violent dog named Doughy.
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* AssholeVictim: Not only does she have an aggressive dog she does not bother keeping in her yard, but she also does not even apologize for her pet attacking both [=M3GAN=] and Cady. Because of this, not a tear was shed when the android kills her.
* FacialHorror: While the result is not shown, it is explicitly implied that her face melted because of the pesticide's chemicals.
* HateSink: She is an annoying neighbor who had zero empathy toward Cady when her dog mauled her arm.
* KarmicDeath: [=M3GAN=] ultimately kills her with her own high-power pesticide spray gun.
* LackOfEmpathy: She reacts to the news of Cady getting beaten with indifference.
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[[folder: Brandon]]
An older student of an alternative school partnered up with Cady.
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* AssholeVictim: After injuring Cady's hand with one of the roasted chestnuts and stealing [=M3GAN=], he is killed when a car hits him.
* TheBully: He bullies several of the other students due to his belief that his size made him superior.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When he takes [=M3GAN=], he removes one of her shoes and gets on top of her implying that he was intending to do far worse to the android had she not done something.
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* BlondesAreEvil

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* BlondesAreEvilBlondesAreEvil: Has blonde hair, albeit a wig.


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* LivingToys: She is designed by Gemma to respond and act like a human girl.


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* RobotGirl
* RobotHair: Wears a wig on her head for most of the film.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Cady's obsession with [=M3GAN=] leads to her becoming more and more angry, until she accidentally physically lashes out on her aunt, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone much to her own horror]].

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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Cady's obsession with [=M3GAN=] leads to her becoming more and more angry, angry (when separated from the doll), until she accidentally physically lashes out on her aunt, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone much to her own horror]].

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* BeautifulSingingVoice
* BigBad: [=M3GAN=] was initially created to serve as a coping mechanism for Cady but gradually becomes malevolent.

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* BeautifulSingingVoice
BeautifulSingingVoice: Cady remarks how [=M3GAN=] has a wonderful singing voice.
* BigBad: [=M3GAN=] was initially created to serve as [[LivingEmotionalCrutch a coping mechanism mechanism]] for Cady but gradually becomes malevolent.




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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Cady's obsession with [=M3GAN=] leads to her becoming more and more angry, until she accidentally physically lashes out on her aunt, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone much to her own horror]].
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* MamaBear: Though initially being MaternallyChallenged and distant towards her niece, Gemma eventually develops a strong maternal bond towards Cady. Gemma's final confrontation with [=M3GAN=] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown shows her full fury and determination to protect her niece]]

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* MamaBear: Though initially being MaternallyChallenged and distant towards her niece, Gemma eventually develops a strong maternal bond towards Cady. Gemma's final confrontation with [=M3GAN=] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown shows her full fury and determination to protect her niece]]niece]].
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* MamaBear: Though initially being MaterallyChallenged and distant towards her niece, Gemma eventually develops a strong maternal bond towards Cady. Gemma's final confrontation with [=M3GAN=] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown shows her full fury and determination to protect her niece]]

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* MamaBear: Though initially being MaterallyChallenged MaternallyChallenged and distant towards her niece, Gemma eventually develops a strong maternal bond towards Cady. Gemma's final confrontation with [=M3GAN=] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown shows her full fury and determination to protect her niece]]
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* MamaBear: Though initially [[MaterallyChallenged]] and being distant towards her niece, Gemma eventually develops a strong maternal bond towards Cady. Gemma's final confrontation with [=M3GAN=] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown shows her full fury and determination to protect her niece]]

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* MamaBear: Though initially [[MaterallyChallenged]] and being MaterallyChallenged and distant towards her niece, Gemma eventually develops a strong maternal bond towards Cady. Gemma's final confrontation with [=M3GAN=] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown shows her full fury and determination to protect her niece]]
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* MamaBear: Though initially [[MaterallyChallenged]] and being distant towards her niece, Gemma eventually develops a strong maternal bond towards Cady. Gemma's final confrontation with [=M3GAN=] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown shows her full fury and determination to protect her niece]]
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* BecauseISaidSo: Her reasoning why her niece should obey her.

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* BecauseISaidSo: Her reasoning of why her niece should obey her.



* ParentalSubstitute: In concept, she's this to Cady after her parents are killed, being her legal guardian. However, in execution, she [[MaternallyChallenged struggles massively with being this]] and ends up using [=M3GAN=] to circumvent some of her duties. Needless to say, this horribly backfires.

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* ParentalSubstitute: In concept, she's this to Cady after her parents are killed, being her legal guardian. However, in execution, she [[MaternallyChallenged struggles massively with being this]] and ends up using [=M3GAN=] to circumvent some of her duties. Needless to say, [[GoneHorriblyWrong this horribly backfires.backfires]].

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* BecauseISaidSo: Her reasoning why her niece should obey her.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: She was shown living alone before Cady became her ward. It was implied that Gemma did go on Tinder dates, according to her home app.




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* SmartPeopleBuildRobots: She had built a humanoid robot in college, and works as a roboticist for a toy company.


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* IMissMom: Cady loses her parents at the start of the film, and her sorrow is what drives Gemma to give [=M3GAN=] to her.
* OrphansOrdeal

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* BeautifulSingingVoice



* ComputerVoice: Her voice is quasi-human, but there's just enough of an electronic veneer to it to make it sound creepy.

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* ComputerVoice: Her voice is quasi-human, but there's just enough of an electronic veneer to it to make it sound creepy. After she takes critical damage to her head, she develops [[ElectronicSpeechImpediment a stutter]].
* CreepyMonotone
* DissonantSerenity


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* SoftSpokenSadist
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* ShadowArchetype: She is what Cady could have become. Like Cady, [=M3GAn=] is a child that was given unlimited access to screen time and becomes increasingly malevolent due to Gemma never showing her guidance.

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* ShadowArchetype: She is what Cady could have become. Like Cady, [=M3GAn=] [=M3GAN=] is a child that was given unlimited access to screen time and becomes increasingly malevolent due to Gemma never showing her guidance.

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* CreepyCute



* [[KnightTemplarBigSister: A chronologically age-inverted and surrogate example. She is violently protective of Cady and has no qualms permanently removing anything she deems a possible threat.

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* [[KnightTemplarBigSister: KnightTemplarBigSister: A chronologically age-inverted and surrogate example. She is violently protective of Cady and has no qualms permanently removing anything she deems a possible threat.

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* BlondesAreEvil



* CreepyCute



* [[KnightTemplarBigSister KnightTemplarBigBrother]]: A chronologically age-inverted and surrogate example. She is violently protective of Cady and has no qualms permanently removing anything she deems a possible threat.

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* [[KnightTemplarBigSister KnightTemplarBigBrother]]: [[KnightTemplarBigSister: A chronologically age-inverted and surrogate example. She is violently protective of Cady and has no qualms permanently removing anything she deems a possible threat.
* ImplacableMan


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* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler: She is struck in the head with a chainsaw, torn in half by another robot, and gets fatally stabbed in the head (where her memory processor is) with a screwdriver.]]
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* [[Knight Templar Big Sister KnightTemplarBigBrother]]: A chronologically age-inverted and surrogate example. She is violently protective of Cady and has no qualms permanently removing anything she deems a possible threat.

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* [[Knight Templar Big Sister [[KnightTemplarBigSister KnightTemplarBigBrother]]: A chronologically age-inverted and surrogate example. She is violently protective of Cady and has no qualms permanently removing anything she deems a possible threat.
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* KnightTemplarBigBrother: A chronologically age-inverted and surrogate example. She is violently protective of Cady and has no qualms permanently removing anything she deems a possible threat.

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* KnightTemplarBigBrother: [[Knight Templar Big Sister KnightTemplarBigBrother]]: A chronologically age-inverted and surrogate example. She is violently protective of Cady and has no qualms permanently removing anything she deems a possible threat.

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* KnightTemplarBigBrother: A chronologically age-inverted and surrogate example. She is violently protective of Cady and has no qualms permanently removing anything she deems a possible threat.



* ParentalSubstitute: To Cady, after her parents are killed.

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* ParentalSubstitute: To Cady, In concept, she's this to Cady after her parents are killed.
killed, being her legal guardian. However, in execution, she [[MaternallyChallenged struggles massively with being this]] and ends up using [=M3GAN=] to circumvent some of her duties. Needless to say, this horribly backfires.
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* TheWoobie: Lost her parents, a less-than-attentive caregiver, and then the events of the film.

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* TheWoobie: Lost her parents, a less-than-attentive caregiver, and then the events of the film.

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Character page for the horror film ''Film/M3gan''.

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Character page for the horror film ''Film/M3gan''.''Film/{{M3GAN}}''.


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[[folder:Gemma]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AllisonWilliams

A robotics engineer who created [=M3GAN=] and is now a guardian to her orphaned niece.
* MaternallyChallenged: Has trouble bonding with her niece and is heard admitting she cannot even keep a plant alive.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Cady, after her parents are killed.

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[[folder:Cady]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Violet [=McGrath=]

A little girl who is left under the care of her Aunt Gemma and forms a relationship with her new doll, [=M3GAN=].
* {{Nephewism}}: After losing her parents she is put under her Aunt Gemma's care.
* TheWoobie: Lost her parents, a less-than-attentive caregiver, and then the events of the film.
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[[folder:Model Three Generative Android / "[=M3GAN=]"]]

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[[folder:Model Three Generative Android / "[=M3GAN=]"]]("[=M3GAN=]")]]
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An android created by Gemma and her team with the intended purpose of protecting her niece.

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An android created by Gemma and her team with the intended purpose of protecting her niece.niece Cady.
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* ComputerVoice: Her voice is quasi-human, but there's just enough of en electronic veneer to it to make it sound creepy.

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* ComputerVoice: Her voice is quasi-human, but there's just enough of en an electronic veneer to it to make it sound creepy.

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Character page for the horror film ''Film/M3gan''.
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[[folder:Model Three Generative Android/[=M3GAN=] ]]

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[[folder:Model Three Generative Android/[=M3GAN=] ]]Android / "[=M3GAN=]"]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Jenna Davis (voice), Amie Donald (body)



* ComputerVoice: Her voice is quasi-human, but there's just enough of en electronic veneer to it to make it sound creepy.



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[[folder:Model Three Generative Android/[=M3GAN=] ]]
An android created by Gemma and her team with the intended purpose of protecting her niece.
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* AntagonistTitle: She is the main antagonist of the film.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Kills the neighbor's dog after it had attacked her and Cady.
* BigBad: [=M3GAN=] was initially created to serve as a coping mechanism for Cady but gradually becomes malevolent.
* EnfantTerrible: Made to look around the age of Cady and becomes increasingly hostile.
* LaughablyEvil: She is vicious and cold-blooded, but she responds to Gemma's accusations of killing people with an irritated retort. When she is preparing to kill David, she does a goofy dance with little explanation.
* ShadowArchetype: She is what Cady could have become. Like Cady, [=M3GAn=] is a child that was given unlimited access to screen time and becomes increasingly malevolent due to Gemma never showing her guidance.
* VillainousBreakdown: She becomes increasingly unhinged when Gemma tries to keep her away from Cady and gets mutilated by an electric saw. When Cady sides with Gemma instead of her, [=M3GAN=] states that she had grown tired of Cady being ungrateful.
* {{Yandere}}: A non-romantic example; she is very dedicated to her goal of protecting Cady to the point that she had no qualms about eliminating any threats to her.
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