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10[[index]]
11* [[Characters/RoboCopTheCharacter RoboCop]]
12* [[Characters/RobocopDetroitPoliceDepartment Detroit Police Department]]
13* [[Characters/RobocopOCP Omni Consumer Products]]
14* [[Characters/RobocopCriminals Criminals]]
15* [[Characters/RobocopDetroit Detroit Citizens]]
16* ''[[Characters/RoboCop2014 Robocop (2014)]]''
17* ''[[Characters/RoboCopTheSeries Robocop: The Series]]''
18* ''[[Characters/RobocopRogueCity Robocop: Rogue City]]''
19[[/index]]
20
21!!Kanemitsu Corporation
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23[[folder:Otomo]]
24[-Played by Bruce Locke-]
25
26An android assigned to destroy [=RoboCop=].
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29* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Otomo's katana is sharp enough to slice through titanium.
30* AxCrazy: He shows some deranged facials and seems to toy with his opponents, implying he is either programmed that way for some twisted reason or actually sentient and sadistic.
31* CorporateSamurai: A literal example, as he works for Kanemitsu Corporation and even uses a katana as he hunts down [=RoboCop=] while still maintaining some honor.
32* DeceptivelyHumanRobots: If it wasn't by his introduction scene explaining that Otomo is an inanimate android, it would have been impossible to tell until the moment he gets his face shell damaged in a scuffle.
33* GlassCannon: Otomo's not nearly as tough as [=RoboCop=] or ED-209; one grenade launcher headshot is enough to take him out, something both of the mentioned characters would have survived to. However, he's ''much'' faster than Robocop, with speed and agility as good as if not better than a very fit human athlete, able to perform flips, spins, and jumpkicks, while still being superhumanly strong, enough to knock Robocop's several hundred pound chassis around.
34* HonorBeforeReason: Has a chance to kill [=RoboCop=] from behind but waits for him to turn around. Later waits for him to get up after being knocked down.
35* KatanasAreJustBetter: Otomo's sole weapon is a katana sword, which happens to be [[AbsurdlySharpBlade sharp enough to chop off Robocop's titanium hand]].
36* NightmareFace: Some bullets to the face crack his shell. Although this seems to cause no loss of function on him, it does leave him with a grotesque visage.
37* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: He's an android samurai assassin.
38* OffscreenTeleportation: In Robocop's first encounter with one, Otomo appears behind [=RoboCop=] [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers style]] in the 2 seconds it takes [=RoboCop=] to bend down and pick up a piece of paper that was on the ground.
39* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: An android who is essentially indistinguishable from a normal human (in terms of appearance at least, as he never talks so it's unclear whether he has any social programming). He even smokes, presumably having been designed that way to better blend in.
40* SelfDestructMechanism: The two Otomos in the final fight seem to be equipped with one that triggers if they're destroyed. [=McDagget=] mentions they have a blast radius of 20 yards and ends up dying in the resulting explosion after the two are destroyed.
41* SmokingIsCool: Can be seen calmly smoking while in the OCP headquarters.
42* SuperiorSuccessor: Nicely contrasts the Japanese automotive industry of the 1980's with that of the USA. While American robots like Robocop, ED-209, and [=RoboCop=] 2 are powerful but cumbersome [[MightyGlacier Mighty Glaciers]] that stick out like a sore thumb, the Japanese-developed Otomo is a sleeker, more advanced [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Human Robot]] fast enough and strong enough to juggle [=RoboCop=] in a fight.
43* TheVoiceless: Being designed to pass perfectly as a human, he should be capable of talking, but never does, at least onscreen.
44[[/folder]]
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46[[folder:Kanemitsu]]
47[-Played by Creator/{{Mako}}-]
48
49Chairmen of the Kanemitsu Corporation.
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52* GracefulLoser: Despite the damage [=RoboCop=] did to his company, he treats him respectfully in their meeting.
53* GreaterScopeVillain: He's the CEO of the corporation that ''purchased OCP''. But he doesn't directly act as an antagonist in any way, and his only interaction with [=RoboCop=] is meeting him after the climax.
54* JapanTakesOverTheWorld: His corporation owns OCP, which means he technically owns Detroit.
55* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: It's implied the CEO and [=McDagget=] are working behind his back, and he doesn't know how bad the situation in Detroit really is. He does fire the CEO at the end of the movie.
56* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For the Old Man.
57* VillainRespect: Meets [=RoboCop=] in person, and he bows in the traditional Japanese style.
58[[/folder]]
59
60!! Media
61
62[[folder: Casey Wong]]
63[-Played by Mario Machado-]
64
65The main anchor for Mediabreak.
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67* KentBrockmanNews: Both he and Jess are just shills for OCP.
68* MoodDissonance: A big part of what makes the news segments so memorable is that they report on ''everything'' with the same upbeat tone, no matter how horrible the actual news are.
69[[/folder]]
70
71[[folder: Jess Perkins]]
72[-Played by Leeza Gibbons-]
73
74An anchor for Mediabreak
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76* KentBrockmanNews: Both she and Casey are just shills for OCP.
77* MoodDissonance: A big part of what makes the news segments so memorable is that they report on ''everything'' with the same upbeat tone, no matter how horrible the actual news are.
78* PutOnABus: She does not appear in ''[=RoboCop=] 3''
79[[/folder]]
80
81[[folder: Justin Ballard-Watkins]]
82[-Played by Creator/BillFarmer-]
83
84An on-site reporter for Mediabreak.
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87* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: Only appears in the first film.
88[[/folder]]
89
90[[folder: Debbie Dix]]
91[-Played by Creator/EvaLaRue-]
92
93Casey Wong's co-anchor in [=RoboCop=] 3
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96* EveryoneHasStandards: Refuses to report the "bullshit" story of [=RoboCop=] massacring several nuns and clergy and walks off the set.
97* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: As mentioned above, she storms out after one too many false reports by OCP of Murphy attacking people.
98[[/folder]]
99
100[[folder: Bixby Snyder]]
101[-Played by S.D. Nemeth-]
102
103The star of the popular show ''[[ShowWithinAShow It's Not My Problem]]''
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105* AllThereInTheManual: The name of the show is mentioned in the script but never on screen.
106* CharacterCatchPhrase: "I'd buy that for a dollar!"
107* {{Expy}}: Snyder's actor, S.D. Nemeth played the role very similarly to his character the Young Marquis from the KROQ radio show The Young Marquis and Stanley Show, which ran from 1977 to 1983.
108* PaedoHunt: In a deleted scene from the first film's script, Jess Perkins reveals on Mediabreak that Snyder had been arraigned on charges of exchanging job security on his show for sexual favors from underage co-stars. It is unknown if this scene was ever filmed, though ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' references it in Robo's news report outro.
109[[/folder]]
110
111[[folder: T.J. Lazer]]
112
113The titular character of his own [[ShowWithinAShow futuristic cop show]].
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116* {{Expy}}: T.J. Lazer is a parody of the real life television cop show Series/TJHooker.
117* GunTwirling: He twirls his gun whenever he holstered it. Alex Murphy copied the trick, partly to impress his son Jimmy who is a fan of the show, but also because he got "a kick out of it."
118* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Rogue City reveals the in-universe actor who potrays the character is named Tom Jefferson.
119[[/folder]]

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