History Characters / RoboCop2014

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Zigzagged. At first, Raymond seems like he may be a very ambitious, but soft spoken TechBro, and isn't overtly cutthroat like his counterpart Richard Jones in the original film, but this starts to go downhill from SlowlySlippingIntoEvil, and he remains mostly soft spoken, yet just as willing to contract a kill as Jones. He reaches Jones's mindset in the end, casually joking about being able to shoot [[spoiler: Alex's family]].

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Compared to [[Characters/RoboCop Richard Jones]] who is analogous to, Raymond Sellars doesn't have a VillainousBreakdown, is soft spoken and doesn't blatantly contract hits on people. Unlike Richard, he descends into villainy over the course of the film until a SoftSpokenSadist personality developa.

* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: One of the world's foremost intellects on artificial intelligence, cybernetics, psychology, and robotics. Especially in scenarios where the fields must interact. He can devise and execute creative (though morally questionable) solutions to complex problems in those areas of expertise within minutes.

* RenaissanceMan: One of the world's foremost intellects on artificial intelligence, cybernetics, psychology, and robotics. Especially in scenarios where the fields must interact. He can devise and execute creative (though morally questionable) solutions to complex problems in those areas of expertise within minutes.

* TheAce: One of the world's foremost intellects on artificial intelligence, cybernetics, psychology, and robotics. Especially in scenarios where the fields must interact. He can devise and execute creative (though morally questionable) solutions to complex problems in those areas of expertise within minutes.

* DecompositeCharacter: While the analogue for Clarence Boddicker, Mattox got Boddicker's sense of humor.

-> Played by Michael K. Williams

-> Dubbed by LaurenceBreheret (European French)

-> Dubbed by Creator/ThierryDesroses

* WhatTheHellHero: Even though Dennet accepts that he crossed ethical boundaries, Pat Novak still chews him out on TV and feels he got off too easy.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After the American Senate initially repealed the Dreyfus Act, he decides to authorize the elimination of Murphy since he found out that Murphy can override his directives at will.

-> Played by Creator/JoelKinnaman

Unlike the original series, Alex Murphy is a plainclothes officer with the Detroit Police Department. He was wounded in a car bomb attack perpetrated by rogue police officers under the order of crime boss Antoine Vallon after he and his partner Jack Lewis tried to arrest him for gunrunning. He was selected by Raymond Sellars to be [=RoboCop=] in order to persuade the public to allow [=OmniCorp=]-made droid to perform law enforcement duties throughout America.

* AdaptationalBadass: Keeping with [=OmniCorp=]'s improved competence when it comes to their robot prototypes, this [=RoboCop=] is a full-on LightningBruiser compared to the original's ungainly MightyGlacier.
* AdaptationalJobChange: In the original, pre-[=RoboCop=] Alex was a beat cop. This version is a plain clothes detective.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: He's only called [=RoboCop=] twice: once by Pat Novak and the second by Lewis as part of a wisecrack. Otherwise, unlike earlier incarnations, his identity as Alex Murphy is a matter of public record, so he's referred to by his real name.
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%%%%* CowboyCop: Alex is known to be like this by his peers and his bosses, even before being converted into [=RoboCop=].
* CopKillerManhunt: Much like in the original, Murphy goes on a OneManArmy version of this against Vallon after he breaks free of Omnicorp's attempts to suppress his humanity.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Averted for Murphy: trauma of being turned into a cyborg aside, he's still pretty much himself. Then it is played straight when they start messing with his brain chemistry to get him under control. He fights his way back.
* DarkerAndEdgier: CowboyCop compared to the NiceGuy BoyNextDoor of the original.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Murphy’s Robocop armor is jet black, but he is a cyborg who fights criminals while the original Robocop from the original films fell under LightIsGood due to having grey and silver armor.
* {{Determinator}}: Nothing will prevent him from catching the bad guys and saving his family.
* GunsAkimbo: His preferred way of handling guns is in both hands.
* FullConversionCyborg: Like the original, he retains only a few organic parts in the Robocop cell: his head, his lungs, and (for some reason) his right hand.
* HeroicWillpower:
** After getting his emotions dialed down to almost nothing, Murphy is brought back by his wife pleading with him to visit his family. [[spoiler:Later, with his family's lives on the line, Murphy manages to overcome the RestrainingBolt prohibiting him from attacking Red Assets.]]
** Murphy is able to power through being shot up by multiple ED-209s as he tries to break into [=OmniCorp=] HQ. We are told early on that .50 Beowulf and larger will breach Murphy's cyborg body and can kill him. He's hit multiple times and he continues to power through it.
* JobStealingRobot: This is the purpose of [=RoboCop=] in the 2014 reboot; OCP has a line of military robots that have done extremely well overseas, but the American public isn't so keen on having deathbots patrolling their streets. [=RoboCop=] is halfway measure designed to warm them to the idea.
* LightningBruiser: This version of [=RoboCop=] is ''significantly'' faster and more agile than the original 1987 version, being able to run at high speeds (doing about 30 mph), leap tall walls in a single bound, and even dodge gunfire and rockets. He's also still a super-strong, heavily-armored robot, although perhaps ''slightly'' less nigh-invulnerable than the original version owing to his slimmer physique and more biological components.
* InSeriesNickname: Mattox dubs Murphy "[[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Tinman]]" in a deliberate taunt.
* PaintItBlack: [=RoboCop=] starts off with the classic chrome armor and a black visor, but [=OmniCorp=] opts to give him a matte black makeover with a glowing red visor, making him appear more menacing. [[spoiler:After the death of Sellars, he is refitted back to the classic suit.]]
* PapaWolf: If you even so much as threaten his family, then RestrainingBolt or not, he ''will'' kill you.
* ThePowerOfLove: Alex's love for his family allows him to reverse [=OmniCorp=]'s tampering of his brain chemistry [[spoiler:and overcome the RestrainingBolt preventing him from attacking Red Assets]].
* TheProtagonist: He's the main character, after all.
* SuperCop: He's [=RoboCop=], after all. Not only does he have robotic enhancements to catch bad guys, he has digitals copies of evidence and surveillance footage in his head.
* SuperToughness: As in the original film, Murphy's a walking tank capable of shrugging off sustained assault rifle fire without major damage. It's stated that it takes .50 Beowulf (a round designed for use against lightly armored ''vehicles'') or above to damage his armor, and in both of the film's major shootouts he manages to power his way through opponents using such weaponry.
* SuperiorSuccessor: Murphy's combat software and robot hardware are significantly more powerful than the older, mass-produced EM-208 robots. It's justified in that Murphy is designed as a unique propaganda piece; they're only making one of him, so they put in a lot more resources, and they want to make absolutely sure he doesn't embarrass them by getting killed by some gangbanger getting lucky.
** He also counts out-of-universe as this to the 1987 version, which was much slower.
* TheStoic: Invoked. [[spoiler:When the police database of unsolved crimes gets downloaded into Murphy's brain, he freaks the hell out when he comes across the car bombing that mutilated him. In order to make him get over it, his brain chemistry is tinkered with, which has the side effect of suppressing the rest of his emotions.]]
* TranquilFury: [[spoiler: While interrogating, and in one case, shooting, the [[CorruptCop corrupt cops]] responsible for his death, he remains calm and composed yet evidently furious as he exposes their conspiracy to car-bomb him as well as their affiliation with Vallon to the entire precinct.]]
* WeCanRebuildHim: The only things left of his human body are [[spoiler: his head, lungs, and his right hand.]]

* WeCanReBuildHim: The only things left of his human body are [[spoiler: his head, lungs, and his right hand.]]

-> Played by Patrick Garrow

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Reed was an honest cop; Dean, however, is [[CorruptCop not]].]]

* AdaptationalRank: In the original, pre-[=RoboCop=] Alex was a beat cop. This version is a plain clothes detective.

* AdaptationalRank: In the original, Lewis was a beat cop like Murphy. This version is a plain clothes detective and additionally is ranked Sergeant.

* AdaptationalRank: In the original trilogy, Reed was a Sergeant. Dean is the chief of police.