History Franchise / Robocop

* Artistic License - Law Enforcement: In RealLife, police officers (at least in modern democracies without high levels of police corruption) have to adhere to "use of force continuum" guidelines on the amount of force they are allowed to use when confronting suspects - they can’t just shoot someone who decides to be uncooperative during an arrest for example. Naturally if a suspect is shooting at an officer they are allowed to shoot back until the suspect surrenders or is killed/incapacitated. However this falls down where Robocop is concerned as he’s essentially immune to anything less than military grade weaponry - police can’t use lethal force against attacks that don’t have any danger of serious bodily injury or death. Robocop shooting armed attackers (with normal small arms) is the equivalent of normal police shooting someone throwing snowballs at them - Robocop should be simply walking up to the suspect and disarming and arresting them.

* ContinuitySnarl: In the [[Film/RoboCop1987 first movie]], Sgt. Reed's first name was given by Johnson as "John", but in [[Film/RoboCop2 the second movie]], during his reprogramming by Faxx, Murphy calls him "Warren".

!!"Place the tropes in the list, or there will be... Trouble".

!!Place the tropes in the list, or there will be... Trouble.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The show had a few BodyHorror moments, such as the scene in "Doppleganger" where the clones melt. Also, in "H-2-Uh-Oh", two of the characters had a literal moment of scenery nudity (namely because of a chemical that turned them into living puddles, and obviously their clothes can't be worn by living puddles). And this was all in what was supposed to be [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids a kids program]]!

* ''[=RoboCop=]: Alpha Commando'': Animated, 1998. Which was less than well received. Filled the world with smartass [=AIs=].

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What was originally thought to be a B-Movie flick became a smash hit as a gritty, ultra-violent, [[BlackComedy darkly humorous]] film which featured a great deal of social commentary and political satire on such subjects as capitalism, privatization, the environment and public apathy. It also has a rich undertone similar to the Golem of Jewish folklore, an ensouled artificial creation who is a mere shadow of a man. The film worked as pure summer entertainment as well, with taut action sequences, impressive production design, and memorable characters. Its smash success spawned a series of sequels and spin-offs while providing a huge shot in the arm for the SuperHero film genre that the box-office failure of ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' almost sunk in the same year.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Rip Torn's character in the third movie is only referred to as "the CEO" and David Gardner's character in ''The Series'' is referred to only as "The OCP Chairman".

''[=RoboCop=]'' is a CyberPunk franchise set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in the CrapsackWorld version of UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}, where the [[LawEnforcementInc police force has been privatized]] and handed over to [[MegaCorp Omni Consumer Products]] (OCP).

It all got its start with the film ''Film/RoboCop1987'', directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven. With the Detroit police force becoming more and more overwhelmed handling a near warzone of crime and corruption, OCP puts into plans to create a cyborg super-cop from the body of Officer Alex Murphy, who was violently gunned down in the line of duty. Now [[NighInvulnerable heavily armored]], [[ImprobableAimingSkills an impossibly steady hand]] and a computerized brain, [=RoboCop=] is a nearly unstoppable police officer. But he is ultimately a corporate public-relations creation and the soul of Murphy remains restless.

** The world in ''[[Series/RoboCopTheSeries The Series]]'' is leagues above the world seen in the original film trilogy, but it isn't a picnic, either, with a war in the Amazon going on, sections of Beverly Hills and Brooklyn have been walled off, and it's perfectly legal to market plushies that double as hand grenades and steroids (with the FamilyUnfriendlyAesop of weaker kids deserving to get bullied, no less) to children, speaking English in France can land you in jail, the Italian government has fallen, and the mayor and DA are corrupt and in league with other criminals (with the latter having a fake law degree and helped to frame someone for said phony degree).

->[[AC:Serve the public trust]]\\
[[AC:Protect the innocent]]\\
[[AC:Uphold the law]]

* AlternateContinuity: The show takes place in an alternate reality where takes more advanced technology than what's shown in the movie and Clearance Boddicker is depicted as alive and well.

[=RoboCop=] also appeared in ''MOBA Legends'' as a gust character in 2016, 2019 as part of UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken's "Colonel Sanders" ads and in 2020 as a GuestFighter in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' with Peter Weller reprising the role inthe latter two for the first time since ''[=RoboCop=] 2''.

* OffMOdel: Thanks to the show being animated by {{Creator/AKOM}}, the non-[=RoboCop=] mechanical objects often look lumpy and malformed.

[=RoboCop=] also appeared in 2019 as part of UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken's "Colonel Sanders" ads and in 2020 as a GuestFighter in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' with Peter Weller reprising the role in both for the first time since ''[=RoboCop=] 2''.

* GreatOffscreenWar: Both the second and third movies, as well as ''The Series'' and Frank Miller's original script for the second movie have mentions of a war in the Amazon:

* ''[=RoboCop=]'' (2001)

[=RoboCop=] also appears in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' with Peter Weller reprising the role for the first time in 30 years.

* ''[=RoboCop=]: The Animated Series'': AnimatedAdaptation, 1988. Produced by Creator/MarvelComics' Marvel Productions division for the syndicated ''Marvel Action Universe'' block (notable for the fact that the funding for the 13th episode was used instead to make the 1989 ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' pilot). Very much like the above. Also introduced a [[MerchandiseDriven toyetic]] group of [[SideKick sidekicks]] called the Ultra Police. At least some of the stories were good.

** ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}/[=RoboCop=]: Kill Human'' (2011)