History RidiculouslyHumanRobots / Film

* ''Film/InspectorGadget2'': G2. Unlike Gadget, she's a fully robotic android. However, she can clearly feel and express emotions, she is capable of feeling love, and at one point, she even appears to cry.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'', an entire movie built around the concept.
* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' never explains how robots, such as WALL•E and EVE, gained personalities, or why some do and some don't. It's probably better that way. WALL•E funnily enough is actually insane, in that he developed a personality like a curious human boy as opposed to the mindless scrap drone that he was built as. 700 years with no-one to interact with but a cockroach will do that. Essentially, all the character robots in the movie develop personality and emotion when they step outside of their primary directives. For some like M-O, this is a fairly short and abrupt step when he chooses to ignore the path he should be following in order to do something he wants to do (i.e. he gets annoyed enough to break a rule). For others like EVE, this is a more subtle development. Even the misfit robots in the robot infirmary aren't all depicted as insane -- some just don't behave within their intended function. Of course, that raises the question of why they were programmed to be able to make decisions like that.

* Chitti in the Indian film ''[[Film/{{Robot}} Endhiran]]''.

''Film/InspectorGadget2'': G2. Unlike Gadget, she's a fully robotic android. However, she can clearly feel and express emotions, she is capable of feeling love, and at one point, she even appears to cry.

* It is the main plot of ''Film/BicentennialMan'' which is a [[PlayedForDrama drama]] about the life of an android, Andrew, who develops emotions and constantly upgrades over the course of a century to look and act more human. The main conflict of the film is trying to get the government to recognize him as human because WhatMeasureIsANonHuman, so that he can marry and be legally recognized as autonomous.

* Partly justified with Baymax in ''Disney/BigHero6'', as he was built and programmed specifically for human interaction. He is more robot-like than some of the other examples, such as when Hiro falls and has his action figures fall on him one by one, with Baymax going into his standard "on the scale of 1 to 10, how much does it hurt?" routine ''every single time'' Hiro says "Ow" instead of keeping the rest from falling. While he has a head, two arms, and two legs, he is also clearly inflated, which is supposed to present a comforting appearance for patients (he is a nursing bot). He clearly has the capacity to learn beyond Hiro adding karate knowledge on a chip, such as learning to fist-bump. When he recognizes that his medical knowledge is insufficient to help Hiro's emotional pain, he downloads a psychiatric database. After Hiro removes his MoralityChip in anger to kill the BigBad, Baymax locks the access port to prevent Hiro from doing it again, as such behavior is contrary to his purpose. At the end, [[spoiler:Baymax performs a HeroicSacrifice to save Hiro and Abigail in an ICannotSelfTerminate moment, although he leaves his personality chip with Hiro, so he could be rebuilt]]. Strangely, when low on power, he behaves like a drunk person, possibly because he lacks power for processing (leading to slurred speech and random behavior) and proper motor control (leading to stumbling and falling over).

* ''Film/BladeRunnner'' has Replicants, which are robots stronger, smarter, and more agile than the average human. They are used for slave labor on Off-world colonies as they are deemed too dangerous for human life. However, they only have a lifespan of four years as their advanced intelligence may lead them to develop emotions.

* Partly justified with Baymax in ''Disney/BigHero6'', as he was built and programed specifically for human interaction. He is more robot-like than some of the other examples, such as when Hiro falls and has his action figures fall on him one by one, with Baymax going into his standard "on the scale of 1 to 10, how much does it hurt?" routine ''every single time'' Hiro says "Ow" instead of keeping the rest from falling. While he has a head, two arms, and two legs, he is also clearly inflated, which is supposed to present a comforting appearance for patients (he is a nursing bot). He clearly has the capacity to learn beyond Hiro adding karate knowledge on a chip, such as learning to fist-bump. When he recognizes that his medical knowledge is insufficient to help Hiro's emotional pain, he downloads a psychiatric database. After Hiro removes his MoralityChip in anger to kill the BigBad, Baymax locks the access port to prevent Hiro from doing it again, as such behavior is contrary to his purpose. At the end, [[spoiler:Baymax performs a HeroicSacrifice to save Hiro and Abigail in an ICannotSelfTerminate moment, although he leaves his personality chip with Hiro, so he could be rebuilt]]. Strangely, when low on power, he behaves like a drunk person, possibly because he lacks power for processing (leading to slurred speech and random behavior) and proper motor control (leading to stumbling and falling over).

* It is, however, a plot point in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', in which HAL becomes paranoid and psychotic after being given conflicting commands of equal importance. (At least, that is explanation offered outside of the film for his actions.)

* The photonic library computer from the 2002 film adaptation of ''[[Film/TheTimeMachine2002 The Time Machine]]''. The computer even gets visibly irritated at what he regards as stupid questions from the Time Traveler, when a real computer would simply and happily attempt to answer any of his inquiries regardless of what was asked. This means that for whatever reason creators gave him the same flaws as a human librarian would have, even though there was no reason for it and would actually hinder his performance as a library computer.

* Ultron in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. He was originally designed without a body, being intended formed from a complex intelligence structure found in the Mind Gem within Loki's Sceptre, in order to act as the intelligence guiding the Iron Legion and enough {{Mecha Mook}}s to protect the world, but the first thing he does is build a body for himself. It's a very human body, and both Bruce and Tony point out that this doesn't really make sense, as the human form isn't very efficient in most cases. Personality wise he is also excessively human, being a snarky joker who is nonetheless brilliant. In fact, he's basically an exact copy of Tony, just with less experience and morals. Later on, Tony creates a the Vision from the same Mind Gem by combining it with JARVIS, creating an even more extremely life-like robot who has intense empathy and love for humans and other living beings, to the point that he can ''[[OnlyTheChosenMayWield lift Mjolnir]]''.

* In ''Film/{{Pixels}}'', Michael looks like a regular human, apart from circutry sticking out of the back of his head, while all in all, he's a glorified lab assistant and secretary.

* In the Israeli film ''Film/ICantBelieveItImARobot'', the protagonist Danny is one, down to the reproductive system. The fact he managed to succesfully impregnate someone with a robot fetus is a plot point.
* Silvio from ''Film/BlackCougar'' is a RidiculouslyHumanRobot designed to look like a teenage boy. You wouldn't know that just at a glance.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' movies, the [[ArtificialHuman androids]] [[spoiler:[[Film/{{Alien}} Science Officer Ash]]]], [[Film/{{Aliens}} Bishop]], and [[spoiler:[[Film/AlienResurrection Analee Call]]]] all pass for human until they're "bleeding" a milk-colored SymbolicBlood. The last of those three in particular conveys so much emotion that nobody ever would've suspected she was an android. This is because she is supposedly a next-generation android that is illegally built by other androids and has to live in secrecy for fear of being discovered. Ripley even berates herself for not having realized that [[spoiler:Annalee Call]] was a synthetic, claiming that this very trope should've clued her in in regards to the fact.

* In the cheesy sci-fi movie ''Film/{{ROTOR}},'' the titular [[CrushKillDestroy killer police robot]] sports a potbelly and a mustache. Meanwhile, the robot comic relief Willard sighs, moans, and even asks for his co-worker's french fries.

* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' never explains how robots, such as WALL•E and EVE, gained personalities, or why some do and some don't. It's probably better that way. WALL•E is actually insane in a good way. 700 years with no-one to interact with but a cockroach will do that. Essentially, all the character robots in the movie develop personality and emotion when they step outside of their primary directives. For some like M-O, this is a fairly short and abrupt step when he chooses to ignore the path he should be following in order to do something he wants to do (i.e. he gets annoyed enough to break a rule). For others like EVE, this is a more subtle development. Even the misfit robots in the robot infirmary aren't all depicted as insane -- some just don't behave within their intended function. Of course, that raises the question of why they were programmed to be able to make decisions like that.

* Partly justified with Baymax in ''Disney/BigHero6'', as he was built specifically for human interaction. He is more robot-like than some of the other examples, such as when Hiro falls and has his action figures fall on him one by one, with Baymax going into his standard "on the scale of 1 to 10, how much does it hurt?" routine ''every single time'' Hiro says "Ow" instead of keeping the rest from falling. While he has a head, two arms, and two legs, he is also clearly inflated, which is supposed to put patients at ease (he is a nursing bot). He clearly has the capacity to learn beyond Hiro adding karate knowledge on a chip, such as learning to fist-bump. When he recognizes that his medical knowledge is insufficient to help Hiro's emotional pain, he downloads a psychiatric database. After Hiro removes his MoralityChip in anger to kill the BigBad, Baymax locks the access port to prevent Hiro from doing it again, as such behavior is contrary to his purpose. At the end, [[spoiler:Baymax performs a HeroicSacrifice to save Hiro and Abigail in an ICannotSelfTerminate moment, although he leaves his personality chip with Hiro, so he could be rebuilt]]. Strangely, when low on power, he behaves like a drunk person, possibly because he lacks power for processing (leading to slurred speech and random behavior) and proper motor control (leading to stumbling and falling over).

** The Vision later proves just how human-like he is in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar when he goes AWOL and Tony can't find him.
Turns out that the reason is that he's hiding out and shacking up with his girlfriend Scarlet Witch.

* In the Israeli film ''Film/ICantBelieveItImARobot'', the protagonist Danny is one, down to the reproductive system.

* In the Israeli film ''Film/ICantBelieveItImARobot'', the protagonist Danny is one. In fact, he's so ridiculously human, he can impregnate women.

* The Terminators from the [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} titular movies]] are made of human skin stretched over a robotic skeleton. As robots that are meant to infiltrate human camps and slaughter them from inside, the only thing that seems to tell them from a normal human is their NighInvulnerability; putting that aside, they look, smell, sweat, bleed and walk like an actual human. [[EvilDetectingDog Dogs, however, aren't fooled.]]

* Ultron in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. He was originally designed without a body, being intended to act as the intelligence guiding the Iron Legion and enough {{Mecha Mook}}s to protect the world, but the first thing he does is build a body for himself. It's a very human body, and both Bruce and Tony point out that this doesn't really make sense, as the human form isn't very efficient in most cases. Personality wise he is also excessively human, being a snarky joker who is nonetheless brilliant. In fact, he's basically an exact copy of Tony, just with less experience and morals.

* It is the main plot of ''Film/Bicentennial Man'' which is a [[PlayedForDrama drama]] about the life of an android, Andrew, who develops emotions and constantly upgrades over the course of a century to look and act more human. The main conflict of the film is trying to get the government to recognize him as human because WhatMeasureIsANonHuman, so that he can marry and be legally recognized as autonomous.

* It is the main plot of ''Film/Bicentennial Man'' which is a [[PlayedForDrama drama]] about the life of an android, Andrew, who develops emotions and constantly upgrades over the course of a century to look and act more human. The main conflict of the film is trying to get the government to recognize him as human because WhatIsTheMeasureOfANonHuman, so that he can marry and be legally recognized as autonomous.

* Werther in ''GuestFromTheFuture''. He is a janitor at the Time Institute, but is a romantic at heart, and would rather be writing poetry. He also cares enough for people to make a YouShallNotPass HeroicSacrifice against the SpacePirates.

* The ''Film/{{Terminator}}s'' from the titular movies are made of human skin stretched over a robotic skeleton. As robots that are meant to infiltrate human camps and slaughter them from inside, the only thing that seems to tell them from a normal human is their NighInvulnerability; putting that aside, they look, smell, sweat, bleed and walk like an actual human. [[EvilDetectingDog Dogs, however, aren't fooled.]]

* In the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' movies, the [[ArtificialHuman androids]] [[spoiler:[[Film/{{Alien}} Science Officer Ash]]]], [[Film/{{Aliens}} Bishop]], and [[spoiler:[[Film/AlienResurrection Analee Call]]]] all pass for human until they're "bleeding" a milk-colored SymbolicBlood. The last of those three in particular conveys so much emotion that nobody ever would've suspected she was an android. This is because she is supposedly a next-generation android that is illegally build by other androids and has to live in secrecy for fear of being discovered. Ripley even berates herself for not having realized that [[spoiler:Annalee Call]] was a synthetic, claiming that this very trope should've clued her in in regards to the fact.

* ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'': David's xploration of how human he really IS forms the heart of his character: though he's not supposed to be capable of actually feeling emotion, he certainly seems driven by something more than mere programming, namely a desire for acceptance and a sense of plain curiosity.

* Although she was technically a computerized hologram instead of a robot, Loretta from the Creator/DisneyChannel movie ''PixelPerfect'' fits this trope, as she quickly developed very human-like emotions.

*** The X-wing series also introduces perhaps the most independent of droids a 3PO unit called Squeaky. Squeaky managed to subvert its programming and steal a ship to lead an escape from the prison/spice mine planet Kessel. For his actions he was freed from any present and future ownership. By the time of the X-Wing series he has a highly developed personality that goes in contrast to the standard demeanor of most 3PO units who are programmed to be courteous and polite to everyone. Squeaky routinely insults those around him and despite being originally a translator, has worked as a bartender and later as a quartermaster for the New Republic.
*** ''StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' goes all over the map with this. From the annoying sycophant ship droids, to the Jedi Knight's 300+ year old astromech who has BeenThereShapedHistory to Dr. Cedrax's "lovely assistant" (and girlfriend) Holiday, to an eccentric Jedi Knight who believes droids are just as connected to the Force as organic beings, to the entire Directive 7 Flashpoint, involving an artificial intelligence that has decided droid liberation should mean killing all humans (and a healer droid who may not like organics, but doesn't want them wiped out, either as MissionControl). But since these are the [[Creator/BioWare same writers]] who gave us [[Franchise/MassEffect Reapers and Geth]], it's not surprising.