History Main / FullConversionCyborg

-->'''Smasher''': You're packing some pretty heavy artillery, boy. [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul I'm surprised you could string two words together.]]

* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'': Full-conversion cyborgs have their entire bodies except for their brain and spinal column replaced with machinery. Many lean into the unsettling aspect of their appearance, opting to have their facial plates sculpted into demonic, skeletal, or otherwise monstrous shapes. Others prefer a facsimile of their original face.

* ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGoBots'': The titular characters are organic brains installed in TransformingMecha bodies.

** ''Film/RoboCop1987'' doesn't go into extreme detail over what remains of Alex Murphy, but largely implies all that remains is his head and some minimal organs in the chest. And though he has a full face under the visor, the rest of his head's exterior is metallic. In the second movie he gets dismembered but survives with only his head and half his torso intact.

** The Toclafane from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums The Sound of Drums]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords Last of the Time Lords]]" are humans who had their heads removed from their bodies and placed into spherical robotic shells to survive after the last stars in the universe went out. Unfortunately, the conversion [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul completely destroyed their sanity]], and now they willingly serve the Master and kill on his orders because they think it's fun.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'': Robobrains are robots controlled by a human brain implanted into a transparent tank on their heads. Most are little more than psychotic automata due to the extensive conditioning and mental scrubbing, but one group of eccentric magnates deliberately turned themselves into robobrains, minus the conditioning, to make themselves immortal.

** Adam Smasher debuted in ''Cyberpunk 2020'', but he was one of many "full conversion" or "full 'borgs". There was the Gemini that was made to look like a human, several that looked robotic, an aircraft, and the fearsome Dragoon. The Dragoon was a 7-8 foot tall killing machine barely controlled by cyberware and drugs, the only organic part was human brain that controlled it. Many "full 'borgs" opted for a BrainInAJar system where they could swap bodies.

* ''Literature/TheShipWho'': Shellpeople are cybernetics carried to an extreme, somewhere between this, WetwareCPU, and ManInTheMachine. In this setting babies and young children who would survive only with great difficulty otherwise are wired up and placed into life support capsules called "shells". They don't grow and can't move or use the senses they were born with, instead relying entirely on sensors and connections built into the shells. Adult shellpeople are implanted into and in complete control of entire [[SapientShip space ships]] and [[GeniusLoci space stations]], which they percieve as their true bodies. As there are some things shellpeople just can't do, they take [[BrainsAndBrawns partners called "brawns"]] to [[HandyHelper help them out]].

* ''Literature/TheShipWho'': The Brainships are cybernetics carried to an extreme, with human brains implanted into and in complete control of entire space ships and space stations. The human body is still there, but only as a life-support system for the brain.

* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': Adam Smasher used to be a human but cared so little for his organic side that in the current day, he's almost entirely robotic (96%, to be specific), his flesh now consisting of nothing more than small amount of skin stretched over a robotic face. And even the face may not be real, given that realistic skin coatings for cyberware have been a thing in the setting for in-universe decades.

* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': Adam Smasher used to be a human but cared so little for his organic side that in the current day, he's almost entirely robotic (96%, to be specific), his flesh now consisting of nothing more than small amount of skin stretched over a robotic face.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'': [[spoiler:After sustaining serious injuries, Ein Dalton agrees to have what's left of his body be used to construct the Graze Ein, a mobile suit that uses the Alaya Vinyana system ([[BrainComputerInterface cybernetic implants]] used by many of the main characters) to its ultimate level -- his mangled body is [[WasOnceAMan completely integrated into the structure]]. After the Graze Ein is destroyed by Mikazuki, Gaelio uses what remains of Ein to create a wholly unique Alaya Vinyana system that allows the LimitBreak without the drawbacks by filtering it through a BrainInAJar.]]

* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': [[spoiler:The Major]] is a full-conversion cyborg, [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots but looks human on the outside]]. He's only revealed to be a cyborg in his final appearance [[spoiler:after Seras shoots him.]].

** Darth Vader is a {{downplayed}} example. Due to becoming a quadruple amputee in lightsaber duels (right arm to Count Dooku in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', remaining limbs to Obi-Wan Kenobi in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'') and being badly burned by lava on Mustafar, his distinctive suit is [[DarkLordOnLifeSupport as much life-support system as armor]]. His skin was replaced with an artificial substitute, and his VaderBreath comes from a respirator that supplements his borderline-nonfunctional lungs. He's also had some of his vertebrae replaced with artificial substitutes, seen in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' as a result of XRaySparks from Palpatine's Force lightning.

** In [[Film/RoboCop2014 the reboot]], Murphy is "lucky" enough to keep his whole head, lungs, and (for some reason) his right hand. When he sees the extent of the damage, his first response is to [[ICannotSelfTerminate beg for death]].

** ''Film/RoboCop1987'' doesn't go into extreme detail over what remains of Alex Murphy, but largely implies all that remains is his head and some minimal organs in the chest. Even the rest of his skull is obviously metallic, face aside. In the second movie he gets dismembered but survives with only his head and half his torso intact.

** ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'': Frax, Ransik's [[CoDragons Co-Dragon]], was originally the goodhearted Doctor Ferricks who treated Ransik after Venomark attacked. Ransik repaid him by [[TheFarmerAndTheViper destroying his lab, stealing his medicine, and leaving him for dead.]] He rebuilt himself into a robot to survive, and earned Ransik's trust as he plotted his revenge.

* ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'': After the time-skip, David had the overwhelming majority of his body chromed in emulation of Maine, giving him a bulky physique covered in black articulation joints and segments. Doc comments that it's hard to spot what few organic parts David has left, and worries that even with his high tolerance he's overdoing it. There's also Adam Smasher, who as noted below in Tabletop Games, is a fullborg that's about 96% cyberware at the time of the series.

* ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'': After the time-skip, David had the overwhelming majority of his body chromed in emulation of Maine, giving him a bulky physique covered in black articulation joints and segments. Doc comments that it's hard to spot what few organic parts David has left, and worries that even with his high tolerance he's overdoing it.

* Creator/DCComics:

** ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': The villain Metallo, aka John Corben, is a man whose brain was placed in a robot body powered by green Kryptonite after a freak accident. Some incarnations feature him trying to return to a normal life, only to fail and be pulled back into villainy.
** Hank Henshaw, aka the "Cyborg Superman" was a human that was transformed by cosmic radiation into a digitized being capable of inhabiting and controlling any type of machinery, whether said machinery has computerized components or not. Normally, he takes the form of a "cyborg" version of Superman made of Kryptonian technology and cloned flesh. He does this primarily as a TakeThat against his hated archnemesis and to [[ComboPlatterPowers gain all of his powers and abilities]] in addition to those granted by his cybernetic half. But even if his entire body is destroyed, as long as there's even a ''tiny'' [[FromASingleCell piece of machinery that he can "jump" to]], he can survive and build himself a new mechanical body.
* ''ComicBook/GlobalFrequency'': A Global Frequency team is sent into a military base to [[spoiler:confront a soldier who went insane after seeing what the experiment he volunteered for turned him into: an overpowered, hideous cyborg who only has his eyes, brain, and a few scraps of skin left. He specifically mentions that his penis was replaced with a wire in his cortex that gives him pleasure when he kills.]]

* ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'': Many cyborgs are little more than a head on a cyborg body, including the titular character. [[spoiler: Citizens of Zalem are often the inverse, their brains replaced with a chip in an otherwise organic body.]] Alita herself is a particularly extreme example, where as a child the only part of her that was organic was her head. As a young adult, only her brain was organic - and in ''Last Order'', Nova points out that her glial cells have been replaced with a polymer resin that can harden instantly to protect the brain from sudden shock or heat. Only her neurons are organic - less than 3% of her brain. [[spoiler:Eventually, even that 3% is replaced with cybernetics, though she remains human in her consciousness at least.]]

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'': [[spoiler:After sustaining serious injuries, Ein Dalton agrees to have what's left of his body be used to construct the Graze Ein, a mobile suit that uses the [[UnusualUserInterface Alaya Vinyana]] system (cybernetic implants used by many of the main characters) to its ultimate level, his mangled body is [[WasOnceAMan completely integrated into the structure]]. After the Graze Ein is destroyed by Mikazuki, Gaelio uses what remains of Ein to create the wholly unique Alaya Vinyana system that allows the LimitBreak without the drawbacks by filtering it through a BrainInAJar]].

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': In an SBS Oda shows that in a universe where Franky gave up on his dreams, by his 50s he's transformed himself completely into a robot instead of just a regular cyborg.

* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': Common [[PrivateMilitaryContractors for hunters]] in this CyberPunk setting, but most of these came to be via WeCanRebuildHim. Many hunters carry a BrainUploading 'black box' device on their body to be recovered post-mortem, with a saved version of their consciousness inside, such things often being part of an insurance plan, which is why corpses are taken in Search and Rescue operations. This kind of backup results in some enemies coming for ResurrectionRevenge on Akira as this. The various SenseLossSadness this leads to is explored in depth. Nelia, being a brain-only cyborg, has the benefit of her connection to her prosthetic bodies allowing her a BrainComputerInterface to plug into her vehicles and control them as if they were her body, allowing her to be an AcePilot of MiniMecha, and BadassDriver.
* ''Anime/UltramanTheAdventureBegins'': Garuballade's default form is an insectoid monster hibernating in an asteroid filled with metal, but upon crashing on Earth it proceeds to absorb the metal to form its exterior body. When Ultraman Scott arrives to prevent it from destroying Louisiana, Garuballade has completely become a robotic creature, and whatever organic features it ''used'' to have is hidden entirely in its mechanical shell.
* ''Anime/UsagichanDeCue'' has Dekao first appear to fight against Inaba on the school's rooftop when he's 100% human. His rematch happens on a public beach after Dekao has had an ElectronicEye, rocket fists and shoulder-mounted missiles installed. His third attempt to slay Inaba has Dekao reduced to a head and torso attached to a mechanical horse's body, looking like an armored centaur. His final match at the shopping mall has Dekao reduced to just his head directing a huge war machine on tank treads. He still loses, going 0 for 4.

* ''Literature/AgentG'' by Creator/CTPhipps: These are called "Shells" (as in Ghost in the). Notably, Shells look identical to human beings on the outside and are seemingly able to live normal lives in-between missions. They are also ImplacableMan killing machines in the service of the government or PrivateMilitaryContractors.
* ''Literature/TheCyberDragonsTrilogy'' also has FullConversionCyborg bodies but they have become more common place with cheap knock offs and plastic versions replacing the extremely expensive ones from ''Literature/AgentG.'' They are still extremely expensive but no more so than extensive plastic surgery.

** ''Film/RoboCop1987'' doesn't go into extreme detail over what remains of Alex Murphy, but largely implied all that remains is his head and some minimal organs in the chest. Even the rest of his skull is obviously metallic, face aside. In the second movie he gets dismembered but survives with only his head and half his torso intact.

** ''Literature/TheCyberDragonsTrilogy'' also has FullConversionCyborg bodies but they have become more common place with cheap knock offs and plastic versions replacing the extremely expensive ones from ''Literature/AgentG.'' They are still extremely expensive but no more so than extensive plastic surgery.