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* HilariousInHindsight: Domhnall Gleeson, who plays the robot whose humanity (or lack of such) distresses Martha throughout the episode, later played a programmer trying to see if a RidiculouslyHumanRobot passes a TuringTest in ''Film/ExMachina''.
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process
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* UncannyValley: Robot Ash suffers from this-no matter how hard he tries, he can't pass as a normal human.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is it possible that the Robot Ash might actually have some sort of emotion? He seems ''awfully'' intelligent to be completely inanimate.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is it possible that the Robot Ash might actually have some sort of emotion? He seems ''awfully'' intelligent for something that's supposed to be completely inanimate.non-sapient.
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* UncannyValley: Robot Ash suffers from this-no matter how hard he tries, he can't pass as a normal human.
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** A cynical interpretation of the program could see the whole thing as unethical, perhaps even sinister, the Ash AI using manipulative language to compel its emotionally vulnerable bereaved into "upgrading" to the next level. The new Ash was such a stunning reflection of Martha's beloved that the idea of her dismissing his supposedly innocent suggestion to better connect with her – for a hefty price, of course – is almost unthinkable.
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Uncanny Valley is used in-universe so moving to the main page.
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* FridgeLogic: Rather than trying to [[spoiler: fling him off a cliff]] couldn't Martha have just called the company she got fake Ash from and had him taken away?
** Probably, but she's clearly not thinking very rationally by that point.
** Probably, but she's clearly not thinking very rationally by that point.
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* FridgeLogic: Rather than trying to [[spoiler: fling him off a cliff]] couldn't Martha have just called the company she got fake Ash from and had him taken away?
** Probably,away? (Probably, but she's clearly not thinking very rationally by that point.)
* HilariousInHindsight: Domhnall Gleeson, who plays the robot whose humanity (or lack of such) distresses Martha throughout the episode, later played a programmer trying to see if a RidiculouslyHumanRobot passes a TuringTest in ''Film/ExMachina''.
** Probably,
* HilariousInHindsight: Domhnall Gleeson, who plays the robot whose humanity (or lack of such) distresses Martha throughout the episode, later played a programmer trying to see if a RidiculouslyHumanRobot passes a TuringTest in ''Film/ExMachina''.
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* UncannyValley: A plot point, and it's used to absolutely ''brilliant'' effect. The fact that Martha reanimated Ash makes her happy at first, but as time passes by, she realizes that he's not all of Ash; he talks very awkwardly, he doesn't need to sleep or even breathe, and he stands outside all night long at one point. He (or, in this case, it) is ''not human'', even though it looks human, disturbing Martha, and, by extension, us.
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* UncannyValley: ''A plot point'', and it's used to absolutely ''brilliant'' effect. The fact that Martha reanimated Ash makes her happy at first, but as time passes by, she realizes that he's not all of Ash; he talks very awkwardly, he doesn't need to sleep or even ''breathe'', and he stands outside all night long at one point. He (or, in this case, ''it'') is ''not human'', even though it ''looks'' human, disturbing Martha, and, by extension, ''us''.
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* UncannyValley: ''A A plot point'', point, and it's used to absolutely ''brilliant'' effect. The fact that Martha reanimated Ash makes her happy at first, but as time passes by, she realizes that he's not all of Ash; he talks very awkwardly, he doesn't need to sleep or even ''breathe'', breathe, and he stands outside all night long at one point. He (or, in this case, ''it'') it) is ''not human'', even though it ''looks'' looks human, disturbing Martha, and, by extension, ''us''.us.
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[[center:[-'''Be Right Back'''-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorWhiteBear White Bear]]-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorTheWaldoMoment The Waldo Moment]]-]]]
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[[center:[-'''Be Right Back'''-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorWhiteBear White Bear]]-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorTheWaldoMoment The Waldo Moment]]-]]]
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* AscendedFridgeHorror: You know that your social media footprint will outlive you, right? Well...
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is it possible that the Robot Ash might actually have some sort of emotion? He seems ''awfully'' intelligent to be completely inanimate.
** His/Its moment [[spoiler:on the cliff with Martha as she tries to get rid of him layered under all the supposed data gaps could also be interpreted as its own way of saying he doesn't understand why Martha took him there and is trying to get rid of him, based on his/its fear of death conflicting with his/its desire to do as she says, leading some credence to it being sentient]].
** Then again, the whole point of this episode is Martha debating this with herself.
* FridgeLogic: Rather than trying to [[spoiler: fling him off a cliff]] couldn't Martha have just called the company she got fake Ash from and had him taken away?
** Probably, but she's clearly not thinking very rationally by that point.
* TearJerker: Martha ''can't'' cope.
* UncannyValley: ''A plot point'', and it's used to absolutely ''brilliant'' effect. The fact that Martha reanimated Ash makes her happy at first, but as time passes by, she realizes that he's not all of Ash; he talks very awkwardly, he doesn't need to sleep or even ''breathe'', and he stands outside all night long at one point. He (or, in this case, ''it'') is ''not human'', even though it ''looks'' human, disturbing Martha, and, by extension, ''us''.
* TheWoobie: Both Martha and Robot Ash share this role.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is it possible that the Robot Ash might actually have some sort of emotion? He seems ''awfully'' intelligent to be completely inanimate.
** His/Its moment [[spoiler:on the cliff with Martha as she tries to get rid of him layered under all the supposed data gaps could also be interpreted as its own way of saying he doesn't understand why Martha took him there and is trying to get rid of him, based on his/its fear of death conflicting with his/its desire to do as she says, leading some credence to it being sentient]].
** Then again, the whole point of this episode is Martha debating this with herself.
* FridgeLogic: Rather than trying to [[spoiler: fling him off a cliff]] couldn't Martha have just called the company she got fake Ash from and had him taken away?
** Probably, but she's clearly not thinking very rationally by that point.
* TearJerker: Martha ''can't'' cope.
* UncannyValley: ''A plot point'', and it's used to absolutely ''brilliant'' effect. The fact that Martha reanimated Ash makes her happy at first, but as time passes by, she realizes that he's not all of Ash; he talks very awkwardly, he doesn't need to sleep or even ''breathe'', and he stands outside all night long at one point. He (or, in this case, ''it'') is ''not human'', even though it ''looks'' human, disturbing Martha, and, by extension, ''us''.
* TheWoobie: Both Martha and Robot Ash share this role.
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