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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#1: Apr 12th 2010 at 7:57:33 PM

I thought Headshots Kill Robots meant, well, shooting robots in the head. Or at least shooting them where it wouldn't logically kill them and it does.

What about Head Swap Robot or Does This Head Look Good On Me?

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#2: Apr 12th 2010 at 8:22:06 PM

Those are equally misleading, since it's not just about head-swapping, either. It's about putting the robot's brain/control unit in its "head" even when there's no reason for it to be there. Basically the head is the robot.

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#3: Apr 12th 2010 at 8:44:24 PM

Yeah, realized that. Trying to figure out a clear one, or hoping someone else does.

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BlackHumor Since: Jan, 2001
#5: Apr 12th 2010 at 9:00:18 PM

I think this is really a subtrope of Androids Have Human Biology. (For the subtrope, Headshots Kill Robots is not bad enough to change.)

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#6: Apr 12th 2010 at 9:08:53 PM

It is bad enough when there is no shooting or killing. It makes it seem like another trope entirely.

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Shale Since: Jan, 2001
#7: Apr 13th 2010 at 10:30:55 AM

I fail to see how "robots have vital systems in their heads that they can't function without" is a separate trope from "destroying a robot's head kills it."

Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#8: Apr 13th 2010 at 10:57:31 AM

It's more inclusive than Headshots kill robots. Look at the definition: Robiots vital systems are usually intheir heads. We have examples of robot's heads being disconnected and still functioning, robots having their heads switched and still functioning, robots being killed by destroying their heads. Now, which of those does the name imply? Only the last one. The name is misleading because it is too narrow. It's like naming a trope "Rottweilers" when it's about "any guard dog".

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#9: Apr 13th 2010 at 10:59:38 AM

And the way it's phrased makes it seem as though that's their only weakness when that isn't the case.

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DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#14: Apr 13th 2010 at 7:03:18 PM

All In Your Robot Head?

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#16: Apr 13th 2010 at 10:01:30 PM

The name was mostly put in because it rhymed. During YKTTW, I asked if anyone had something better or objected to the title. No one seemed particularly concerned about it. I'm still open to the idea of other names, as I was then, I just couldn't anything that was descriptive and not clunky.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#19: Apr 14th 2010 at 7:46:09 PM

Headshots kill Robots.

A better rhyme might be, however, Shots To The Head Kill Robots Dead.

edited 14th Apr '10 7:49:37 PM by alliterator

Yamikuronue So Yeah Since: Aug, 2009
#20: Apr 14th 2010 at 7:52:57 PM

Huh. So it does. The way I pronounce it, it's not noticable.

edited 14th Apr '10 7:53:30 PM by Yamikuronue

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toonamifan Since: Dec, 1969
#21: Apr 14th 2010 at 9:14:25 PM

Shots To The Head Kill Robots Dead is a good rhyme but the original title is more concise while still rhyming.

I personally don't care much for the rhyming but the title makes sense to me as a subtrope.

DragonQuestZ The Other Troper from Somewhere in California Since: Jan, 2001
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#22: Apr 14th 2010 at 9:15:43 PM

We aren't doing that title, unless we actually do split it off as a sub trope.

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toonamifan Since: Dec, 1969
#23: Apr 14th 2010 at 9:24:40 PM

If there is a title that works better, I am all for it. However, the shorter or simpler, the better. And the name does convey the trope properly.

edited 14th Apr '10 9:24:59 PM by toonamifan

Treblain Not An Avatar Since: Nov, 2012
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#24: Apr 15th 2010 at 2:10:13 AM

Keep. I completely fail to understand the confusion here.

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#25: Apr 15th 2010 at 2:20:50 AM

If its head is removed and placed on another body, its mind will remain intact. The head may even be able to function completely independent of the body.
This part. What does this have to do with Boom, Headshot!?

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