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R.O.T.O.R.
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Robot cop goes berserk. Creator hunts it down. You know the drill.Barrett Coldyron is a cyberneticist with the Dallas Police Department. To save society from itself, he works to create a perfect robotic lawman, codenamed Robotic Tactical Operations Research. It will be four years before the kinks are worked out,note He estimates that in 25-40 years, society will have degraded enough to need the robot but Coldyron is a patient man. Unfortunately, a conniving politician demands that the prototype be released in its current form, and Coldyron resigns in protest. The project is taken over by a couple of bumbling subordinates, who accidentally launch R.O.T.O.R. on a killing spree. It's up to Coldyron to stop it.R.O.T.O.R. was written, produced, and directed by Cullen Blaine Houghtaling, who had previously worked mainly as a storyboard artist for Saturday morning cartoons. It was released in 1987, quick on the heels of RoboCop. It started getting a reputation as classic trash, making the rounds of bad movie sites such as Jabootu, Bleeding Skull and Monster Shack. In 2013, it was featured in an episode of Best of the Worst, where its cheesy charms were revealed to a new generation of B-movie enthusiasts. In 2014, the film became the subject of a comedic commentary by RiffTrax, with some of the best quotes documented here. After languishing in obscurity for a quarter of a century, R.O.T.O.R. continues to languish, but not in quite as much obscurity as before. | |
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Applied Phlebotinum | |
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Applied Phlebotinum: "The metal itself can learn, remember, and teach itself. It doesn't need motors, gears, and tubes."note Mike: Just ignore all those tubes there! | |
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Super-Reflexes | |
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Super-Reflexes: Averted with R.O.T.O.R., as his reflexes are super slow. In the climax of the movie, he threatens Coldyron with his gun, Coldyron ducks away, about two or three seconds later (which is much longer than it sounds) R.O.T.O.R. unfazedly and spectacularly fires a shot into emptiness, completely missing Coldyron. | |
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Crucified Hero Shot | |
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Crucified Hero Shot: Villainous version with R.O.T.O.R. Why? Who knows. | |
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Tempting Fate | |
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Tempting Fate: Invoked by Steele when she changes her hotel room number because it's identical to R.O.T.O.R.'s badge number. Tempting fate how is never revealed, and "tempting reality" is just a nonsense phrase. | |
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Scare Chord | |
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Scare Chord: A big sting is heard when Shoeboogie jostles some random piece of equipment in the robotics lab. It turns out that disturbing this item is what causes the killer robot to awaken. | |
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Calling Card | |
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Calling Card: Conveniently for the investigators, the Asshole Victim somehow managed to grab the “R.O.T.O.R.” nametag off the killer robot after being shot in the head. | |
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Snarky Non-Human Sidekick | |
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Snarky Non-Human Sidekick: Willard the non-killer robot. | |
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Diabolus ex Machina | |
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Diabolus ex Machina: Coldyron gets killed out of nowhere by Bugler mere moments on a sunset shot after he gets acquitted of R.O.T.O.R.'s rampages and with little foreshadowing and provocation against Bugler. | |
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Villains Act, Heroes React | |
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Villains Act, Heroes React: The plot is set in motion when a villainous unseen politician decides to sabotage the R.O.T.O.R. project as part of some elaborate scheme to get himself elected president. Coldyron spends the entire film reacting to the resulting disaster. | |
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All Crimes Are Equal | |
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And then there's doozie number two that is the R.O.T.O.R. Project core programming ("All Crimes Are Equal — Leave No Survivors"). Even with a very generous prediction window of twenty-five years minimum (from the late part of The '80s) before society goes to hell bad enough that such a set of directives will be needed, the thing is pretty much a walking civil liberties lawsuit (which makes the first point even more baffling). | |
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Crapsack World | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_21d70919 | comment |
Crapsack World: Everyone takes it for granted that the future will be a hellish dystopia where killer robots are the last hope of humanity. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_22cf536c | comment |
Chekhov's Gun: Early in the film, we see Coldyron blowing up tree stumps by lassoing them with primacord rope. This is what he ultimately uses to destroy the killer robot. Shoeboogie tells a story about how his ancestors would quarter a condemned man by tying his limbs to four horses and driving them in different directions. A similar technique is employed by Coldyron in restraining R.O.T.O.R. during the climactic scene. | |
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Immediate Self-Contradiction | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_23330a99 | comment |
Immediate Self-Contradiction: There are a few jarring discrepencies between dialogue and on-screen imagery. During the establishing shots of Dallas, a traffic reporter describes severe traffic congestion, while the viewer can see that the highway is clear. Coldyron claims that R.O.T.O.R. has no 'tubes', precisely as the camera is panning over the robot's... tubes. Coldyron claims to have "crippled" R.O.T.O.R.'s motorcycle. Meanwhile R.O.T.O.R. zips away at full speed, totally unscathed by Coldyron's bullets. | |
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Ironic Echo | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_237404cc | comment |
Ironic Echo: The line "Justice delivered. C.O.D." is said twice during the film: when Coldiron is talking to Bugler about how much of a mess they have on their hands with R.O.T.O.R. running around with incomplete, buggy programming that is meant to kill all criminals, and in the film's denouement by Bugler as a Bond One-Liner, after he shoots Coldiron dead to silence himnote Bill: (chuckling) I don't think cash changes hands!. | |
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Only Sane Man | |
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Only Sane Man: Willard, who twice mocks how idiotic the R.O.T.O.R. project is and bails the moment things turn sour. | |
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Hitler Cam | |
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Hitler Cam: Used on R.O.T.O.R. to make him seem huge and threatening. | |
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Funny Background Event | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_26eb6287 | comment |
Funny Background Event: The climactic battle between R.O.T.O.R. and Steele takes place in the background while Coldyron helps Sonya to safety in the foreground. | |
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog | |
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog: After his story is over, Coldyron is unceremoniously gunned down in a parking lot by Bugler. | |
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Porn Stache | |
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R.O.T.O.R. himself sports a potbelly and a Porn Stache. Ah, The '80s. | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Lampshade Hanging: "What do you think this is, some low-budget sci-fi flick?" | |
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The Unintelligible | |
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The Unintelligible: R.O.T.O.R., who mumbles its lines and has a robotic reverb added. | |
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Hollywood Law | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_3322dd48 | comment |
Hollywood Law: The cause of the movie's problems begin because Coldyron's benefactor, Senator Douglas, wants to unveil R.O.T.O.R. and ride the publicity to win a Presidential election in six months — or else Douglas will have everyone associated with the project jailed for graft and corruption. Never mind that such a move would likely get Douglas in trouble as wellnote or why he'd need to secretly fund such a project to begin with, how would the Senator become one of the major parties’ candidates for President just a few months before an election? And then there's doozie number two that is the R.O.T.O.R. Project core programming ("All Crimes Are Equal — Leave No Survivors"). Even with a very generous prediction window of twenty-five years minimum (from the late part of The '80s) before society goes to hell bad enough that such a set of directives will be needed, the thing is pretty much a walking civil liberties lawsuit (which makes the first point even more baffling). | |
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Interrogation Flashback | |
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Interrogation Flashback: The film is mostly framed by the interrogation of Barret Coldiron by the Houston Police after the apparent death of a police officer at his hand (who really was the titular Killer Robot). | |
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Conflict Ball | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_3c598f56 | comment |
Conflict Ball: The snarling Commander Bugler seems to exist entirely for this purpose. He orders Coldyron to finish R.O.T.O.R. within sixty days, although the project is not slated to be complete for four years — and has a personality to deal with an assumed societal breakdown in 25-40 years (!). Bugler's unreasonableness and unexplained hostility seem calculated to initiate drama and cast Coldyron in a sympathetic light. | |
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Sunglasses at Night | |
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Sunglasses at Night: Coldyron wears his sunglasses the whole time he's in a darkened room, making his presentation on R.O.T.O.R. | |
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Standard Police Motto | |
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Standard Police Motto: R.O.T.O.R.'s motto is "To Judge and Execute." Nope, nothing wrong with that at all... | |
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A.I. Is a Crapshoot | |
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A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Predictably enough, though it's unclear how much is not having had the years of bug-testing Coldyron projected he'd need, how much is the robot being activated suddenly thanks to the actions of an oblivious janitor, and how much is inherent in the very idea itself: | |
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Metaphorgotten | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_45007296 | comment |
Metaphorgotten: Many, but Coldyron's threat to "make more noise than two skeletons making love in a tin coffin" is a masterpiece of confusing analogy. "Look at you! You look like you've got both eyes coming out of the same hole!" comes a close second. | |
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Shirtless Scene | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_4583a262 | comment |
Shirtless Scene: The last of the rednecks to attack R.O.T.O.R. in the diner dramatically removes his suspenders and tears off his t-shirt to reveal a buff chest, pronouncing, "Let's see you deal with a real man now." The moment comes off as extremely homoerotic, but the whole thing is undercut by the fact R.O.T.O.R. takes him out easily. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_47fea76b | comment |
Butt-Monkey: Coldyron's destruction is prearranged by his corrupt superiors. His victory over R.O.T.O.R. only briefly postpones his fate. | |
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Stock Sound Effects | |
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Stock Sound Effects: Statum is playing Pitfall! on work time, but the sound effects coming from the monitor is from the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man. | |
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Pretty Little Headshots | |
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Pretty Little Headshots: R.O.T.O.R kills Sonya's fiance by shooting him in the head with a Desert Eagle, which should have blown all of his brains out but instead just leaves him with a little red mark on his forehead. | |
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Downer Ending | |
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Downer Ending: Bugler kills Coldyron with a shotgun at the end because He Knows Too Much. | |
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Disproportionate Retribution | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_50b05d30 | comment |
Disproportionate Retribution: For R.O.T.O.R., minor traffic violation + $20 bribe = death. justified, as his faulty and incomplete programming makes him think that All Crimes Are Equal. There is also Bugler killing Coldyron with a shotgun at the end. If not for a couple of very quick and very vague moments that imply that he's doing it because Coldyron knows too much about R.O.T.O.R. and thus needs be silenced, you wouldn't be wrong to assume that he's doing it because he hates Coldyron's guts that much. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_50b05d30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_50b05d30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_50b05d30 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_53407671 | type |
Action Survivor | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_53407671 | comment |
Action Survivor: Sonya, who spends most of the second half of the movie running away from the Killer Robot and the only true weapon she has is a car horn (amusingly, it's the only weapon she needs). | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_53407671 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_53407671 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_53407671 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_54c7c160 | type |
Delaying the Rescue | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_54c7c160 | comment |
Delaying the Rescue: Coldyron leaves Sonya to continue her flight from R.O.T.O.R., explaining that he needs to use her as bait. While she's doing that, mind, what he's doing is having a colleague fly down from another city, picking her up from the airport, taking her to check into a hotel, change clothes and have some pseudo-philosphical discussion, then finally going after R.O.T.O.R. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_54c7c160 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_54c7c160 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_54c7c160 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_55172a70 | type |
Zombie Gait | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_55172a70 | comment |
Zombie Gait: R.O.T.O.R. sometimes walks normally, but whenever he is pursuing someone on foot, he shifts to a slow, stiff-limbed shuffle, as if to remind the audience that he is a robot. However, at another point, R.O.T.O.R. runs, which makes one wonder why he didn't before. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_55172a70 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_55172a70 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_55172a70 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_566f1565 | type |
10-Minute Retirement | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_566f1565 | comment |
10-Minute Retirement: Coldyron retires from his job after an argument with Bugler. He rejoins the force shortly after R.O.T.O.R. goes berserk. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_566f1565 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_566f1565 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_59907e4f | type |
Police Are Useless | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_59907e4f | comment |
Police Are Useless: Sorry, ma'am. If the killer robot is out of our jurisdiction, we can't lift a finger to help you. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_59907e4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_59907e4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_59907e4f | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_5ad80bf8 | type |
It's All My Fault | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_5ad80bf8 | comment |
It's All My Fault: Coldyron blames himself completely, except he stated that R.O.T.O.R. was four years from completion, and Shoeboogie was the one who activated it. It's probably his fault for allowing a minor accident to allow the robot to get activated, but basically, it's all Bugler's fault. You really have to ask yourself, though, from this one line during his presentation. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_5ad80bf8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_5ad80bf8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_5ad80bf8 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_5fcedca | type |
Big Eater | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_5fcedca | comment |
Big Eater: In one scene, we see Coldyron and his ladyfriend having lunch in a restaurant. The next time we see them, it is early afternoon of the same day, and they are preparing to cook themselves two steaks the size of toilet seats. Welcome to Texas. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_5fcedca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_5fcedca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_5fcedca | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_61ef56f5 | type |
Inventional Wisdom | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_61ef56f5 | comment |
Inventional Wisdom: R.O.T.O.R has a weakness in the form of a keyhole on his back, allowing one to deactivate him by putting a key in and turning it. The stupid part is this would obviously require getting within striking distance of him, so you have to wonder why the designers didn't make some sort of remote control or whatever to shut him down from a distance. Granted, R.O.T.O.R himself doesn't seem any smarter in this regard, as he never tries just filling the keyhole with cement or the like to make it unusable. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_61ef56f5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_61ef56f5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_61ef56f5 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6293c185 | type |
Sequel Hook | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6293c185 | comment |
Sequel Hook: After Coldyron is shot, his papers are sent to his nephew, an aspiring roboticist who seems intrigued by his uncle's research and willing to continue his work. R.O.T.O.R. II resembles Steele. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6293c185 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6293c185 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_6293c185 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6331ba26 | type |
Plot Hole | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6331ba26 | comment |
Plot Hole: A small one in the beginning, but the police officers tell Coldyron sitting in the back seat to "buckle up". Firstly, there doesn't seem to be any seat belts in the rear seat, but more importantly, Coldyron is handcuffed. How was he going to buckle himself up? When trying to run a diagnostic on R.O.T.O.R., Houghtaling tells Willard to go punch in a few codes on a keypad. Jabootu phrases it best: "A more obvious concern, I’d think, would be how Willard intends to 'punch in' the codes, given that his arms are about as functional as fellow mechanoid Tom Servo’s." After the police find the body of Sonya's boyfriend, they call Coldyron to notify him, and obey him when he tells them to take no action. Despite him quitting his job and no longer being part of the police force. Coldyron says that he has never met Dr. Steele, and their dialogue makes it clear that they are meeting for the first time. But at a certain point, Coldyron says, "Remember what I said at R.O.T.O.R.'s christening?" Why would Steele remember, if she and Coldyron had never met before? How did the single length of primacord rope suddenly turn into five lasso ends? Even if Coldyron was able to spend the few seconds lassoing R.O.T.O.R. up in five places, how did the rope suddenly have five ends? | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6331ba26 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6331ba26 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_6331ba26 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6439de78 | type |
Heroic Sacrifice | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6439de78 | comment |
Heroic Sacrifice: Steele is killed by R.O.T.O.R. after she rips it open to expose its innards - rather than picking up the de-activation key Coldyron dropped right there. Rather than remote offing the machine, she gets a killer bear hug instead. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6439de78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6439de78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_6439de78 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_659ef759 | type |
Implacable Man | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_659ef759 | comment |
Implacable Man: R.O.T.O.R. won't stop until he executes his suspect. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_659ef759 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_659ef759 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_659ef759 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6977c45e | type |
Purple Prose | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6977c45e | comment |
Purple Prose: Coldyron's "cowboy poetry". Note that he's giving testimony to the police while saying this. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6977c45e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6977c45e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_6977c45e | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6b723294 | type |
Techno Babble | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6b723294 | comment |
Techno Babble: There's lots of it, and it's all worse than you can imagine. "Is there some good vibration to its molecular tonality that you can utilize?" and "I can’t run a sequential circuitry test without the impulse feed chain." are just two examples. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6b723294 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_6b723294 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6d7026fa | type |
Punny Name | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6d7026fa | comment |
Punny Name: The two main characters are Coldyron ("cold iron") and Steele. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6d7026fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_6d7026fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_6d7026fa | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7276d0de | type |
Mugging the Monster | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7276d0de | comment |
Mugging the Monster: This happens a lot with bystanders attacking R.O.T.O.R. The holdup man at the mart had no idea that his Badass Bystander hostage was a martial arts master. He's overwhelmed so quickly the viewer will probably feel sorry for him. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7276d0de | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7276d0de | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_7276d0de | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7286e96d | type |
Idiot Ball | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7286e96d | comment |
Idiot Ball: No one ever uses R.O.T.O.R.'s Weaksauce Weakness until the very end of the film. Besides that, we have the instances of people attacking R.O.T.O.R. with little or no provocation, despite that assaulting a cop is a terrible idea even when they aren't a Killer Robot. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7286e96d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7286e96d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_7286e96d | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7315fd38 | type |
Covers Always Lie | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7315fd38 | comment |
Covers Always Lie: Look at the trope image. R.O.T.O.R. doesn't have RoboCop's body armor, and the story doesn't take place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7315fd38 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_7315fd38 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_73ef9ef3 | type |
Almighty Janitor | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_73ef9ef3 | comment |
Almighty Janitor: Definitely averted with Shoeboogie. He fancies himself a ladies' man with a trove of "Indian lore", but in reality, he's an annoying loser whose clumsiness activates the killer robot. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_73ef9ef3 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_73ef9ef3 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_744e3311 | type |
Police Brutality | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_744e3311 | comment |
The line "Justice delivered, C.O.D." is mentioned twice in the film to highlight R.O.T.O.R.'s indiscriminate rampage of Police Brutality and by Bugler as a Bond One-Liner Ironic Echo after executing Coldyron. Nobody explains what the heck "C.O.D." is supposed to mean in this instance ("certification of death", maybe?), making it sound even more dumb than the writers probably were aiming for. Rifftrax had a field day with this line by applying the most regular use of the acronym, "cash on delivery". | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_744e3311 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7484b619 | type |
Herr Doktor | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7484b619 | comment |
Herr Doktor: Bugler calls Coldyron this literally, but Coldyron doesn't fit the trope. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7484b619 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7484b619 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_7484b619 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7d34f23a | type |
Reckless Gun Usage | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7d34f23a | comment |
Reckless Gun Usage: At the mart hold-up scene, Coldyron sticks a Desert Eagle gun in his pants. For those of you not familiar with the model, the thing weighs 4 pounds. It's a good thing the gun Coldyron has is a plastic movie prop. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_7d34f23a | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7e1184d8 | type |
Suspect Is Hatless | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7e1184d8 | comment |
Suspect Is Hatless: When Sonya calls the police for help, she doesn't give them much to work with. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7e1184d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_7e1184d8 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7eb73553 | type |
Bullying a Dragon | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7eb73553 | comment |
Bullying a Dragon: A trio of rednecks think that R.O.T.O.R. is merely a human police officer, so naturally they pick a fight with him. Because, you know, threatening just a human police officer is wise. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7eb73553 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_7eb73553 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7f080f98 | type |
Vague Age | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_7f080f98 | comment |
Vague Age: Steele's skunk stripe and initial outfit seem to imply that she's meant to be several years older than her actress, but her general appearance is just so bizarre that it's difficult to tell just what the filmmakers were going for. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_7f080f98 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_80251be3 | type |
How We Got Here | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_80251be3 | comment |
How We Got Here: Almost the entire film is Coldyron being debriefed by Dallas PD and telling them what happened. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_80251be3 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_83e1eac | type |
Androids and Detectives | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_83e1eac | comment |
Androids and Detectives: Willard and Houghteling have this kind of relationship. | |
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1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_83e1eac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_83e1eac | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: Despite being featured in several early scenes, Coldyron's girlfriend vanishes from the film at the halfway point and is never mentioned again. Likewise, Sonya isn't mentioned again after R.O.T.O.R. is defeated. | |
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1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_863fa679 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_863fa679 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_874176be | type |
Psychic Powers | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_874176be | comment |
Psychic Powers: R.O.T.O.R. has "sensor recall," meaning it can look at a scene and see events from the past. Keep in mind that he can't bend at the waist or tolerate the sound of car horns. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_874176be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_874176be | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_87e459b1 | type |
Shoehorned Acronym | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_87e459b1 | comment |
Shoehorned Acronym: R.O.T.O.R is the robot's "name", and stands for "Robotic Officer Tactical Operational Research", which sounds more like the name of the program to create such a robot than the robot itself (one scene claims the second R stands for "reserve" instead, which makes even less sense.) It's especially Egregious considering the word "rotor" doesn't even have anything to do with the robot, meaning they could have just picked a better name and built a less forced acronym around it. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_87e459b1 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_8b4f2a4f | type |
'80s Hair | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_8b4f2a4f | comment |
'80s Hair: Mullets... mullets everywhere. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_8b4f2a4f | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_8b6e8d7 | type |
Anachronic Order | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_8b6e8d7 | comment |
Anachronic Order: The film starts with Coldyron emerging from the woods after having destroyed R.O.T.O.R., and the main story is recounted in an extended flashback while Coldyron is being interrogated at police headquarters. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_8b6e8d7 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_8d0785d5 | type |
Didn't Think This Through | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_8d0785d5 | comment |
Didn't Think This Through: R.O.T.O.R has a weakness in the form of a keyhole on his back, allowing one to deactivate him by putting a key in and turning it. The stupid part is this would obviously require getting within striking distance of him, so you have to wonder why the designers didn't make some sort of remote control or whatever to shut him down from a distance. Granted, R.O.T.O.R himself doesn't seem any smarter in this regard, as he never tries just filling the keyhole with cement or the like to make it unusable. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_8d0785d5 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_8ed5c6e4 | type |
Asshole Victim | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_8ed5c6e4 | comment |
Asshole Victim: Sonya's fiance is given one scene to establish that he's a dickhead, then he's shot dead by R.O.T.O.R. | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_8ed5c6e4 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_90c018ac | type |
Justified Trope | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_90c018ac | comment |
For R.O.T.O.R., minor traffic violation + $20 bribe = death. justified, as his faulty and incomplete programming makes him think that All Crimes Are Equal. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_90c018ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_90c018ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_90c018ac | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_916c72b3 | type |
Rule of Symbolism | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_916c72b3 | comment |
Rule of Symbolism: Coldyron has a little robot and a small metal griffin on his desk. The camera loves small metal griffin, but why? | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_916c72b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_916c72b3 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_921b5b7b | type |
Terminator Impersonator | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_921b5b7b | comment |
Terminator Impersonator: R.O.T.O.R. is a Terminator wanna-be with his killing spree justified as a zero-tolerance crime prevention protocol going haywire. It also makes some of the design choices baffling (why the mustache?). His rampage is even directly (and snarkily) compared to The Terminator In-Universe by another character (a fellow robot, to boot). | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_921b5b7b | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_94b3e515 | type |
Cock-a-Doodle Dawn | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_94b3e515 | comment |
Cock-a-Doodle Dawn: Justified, in that Coldyron lives on a ranch. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_94b3e515 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_94b3e515 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_959a9947 | type |
Phone-In Detective | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_959a9947 | comment |
Phone-In Detective: About half of Coldyron's interactions with other characters take the form of telephone conversations. | |
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1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_959a9947 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_959a9947 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_9633f14b | type |
Badass Bystander | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_9633f14b | comment |
The holdup man at the mart had no idea that his Badass Bystander hostage was a martial arts master. He's overwhelmed so quickly the viewer will probably feel sorry for him. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_9633f14b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_9633f14b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_9633f14b | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_98aaf983 | type |
Comically Small Bribe | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_98aaf983 | comment |
Comically Small Bribe: Sonya's fiancee attempts to wave R.O.T.O.R. off with a $20 bribe. Not that R.O.T.O.R. would ever have accepted any bribe, but still, the attempt is rather pitiful. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_98aaf983 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_98aaf983 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_9cde2df1 | type |
Hand Cannon | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_9cde2df1 | comment |
Hand Cannon: Both R.O.T.O.R. and Dr. Barrett Coldyron carry early-production Desert Eagles. The Killer Robot is justified because he is meant to stop crime by any means necessary. Coldyron is probably justified because he's a Texan police scientist, rancher and the Kyle Reese stand-in of the film. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
R.O.T.O.R. / int_9cde2df1 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_9fc04a54 | type |
Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today? | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_9fc04a54 | comment |
Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?: | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_9fc04a54 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_9fc04a54 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a1a1491e | type |
Homage | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a1a1491e | comment |
Homage: Steele's skunk stripe is an homage to Bride of Frankenstein, which Foreshadows the ending when R.O.T.O.R. II resembles her. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_a1a1491e | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a1b141f4 | type |
My God, What Have I Done? | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a1b141f4 | comment |
My God, What Have I Done?: Steele, with a heavy dollop of Dull Surprise. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a1b141f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_a1b141f4 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a2f0fea0 | type |
Robo Cam | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a2f0fea0 | comment |
Robo Cam: R.O.T.O.R.'s POV is represented by a handheld camera shot with inverted colors and crosshairs in the middle of the frame. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_a2f0fea0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a3eea2ea | type |
Cop Killer | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a3eea2ea | comment |
Cop Killer: After destroying R.O.T.O.R., Coldyron is arrested on suspicion of having murdered a cop. | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a3eea2ea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_a3eea2ea | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a4c37cbe | type |
Mood Whiplash | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a4c37cbe | comment |
Mood Whiplash: The, ahem, "comedy" moments clash with the science fiction, er, "drama". For example, a short order chef for whatever reason has huge fake buck teeth. Why? Because huge fake buck teeth are funny, dammit! | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_a4c37cbe | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: Shoeboogie's janitorial negligence is responsible for activating the killer robot, but he seems to escape any consequences for this. So does Houghtaling, Willard the robot, Commander Bugler, and everybody else who directly contributed to the robot's going berserk (and in Bugler's case, blowing away Coldyron in a police station parking lot). The only people who suffer are innocent bystanders and the two most competent and noble scientists. | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_a70223 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_aac4eeae | type |
Same Language Dub | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_aac4eeae | comment |
Same Language Dub: The actors who play Coldyron and Steele are dubbed by other actors. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_aac4eeae | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_aaf6820 | type |
Cop and Scientist | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_aaf6820 | comment |
Cop and Scientist: Coldyron combines both characters in one. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_aaf6820 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_ac18bd45 | type |
Brawn Hilda | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_ac18bd45 | comment |
Brawnhilda: Steele, to the degree that she looks like she's in unconvincing drag when wearing a dress. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_ac18bd45 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_ac8cc568 | type |
Acronym Confusion | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_ac8cc568 | comment |
Acronym Confusion: Exactly what R.O.T.O.R. stands for actually changes during the film (the second R is alternately "Research" or "Reserve"). | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_ac8cc568 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_ad118ed1 | type |
Aesop Collateral Damage | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_ad118ed1 | comment |
Aesop Collateral Damage: Coldyron learns a valuable philosophical lesson, albeit at the cost of R.O.T.O.R. killing or maiming several people. | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_ad118ed1 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_ad982e04 | type |
Super-Persistent Predator | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_ad982e04 | comment |
Super-Persistent Predator: R.O.T.O.R. spends the entire film chasing down a woman who's at best guilty of resisting arrest. It's trying to kill her, without ever even calling for backup (which would be ludicrous), but why wouldn't it if it felt the crime was serious enough to warrant the death penalty. | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_ad982e04 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b151c937 | type |
The Mockbuster | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b151c937 | comment |
The Mockbuster: Of such films as The Terminator and especially RoboCop (1987), which premiered earlier the same year. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_b151c937 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b2af79fb | type |
Leave the Camera Running | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b2af79fb | comment |
Leave the Camera Running: The film is padded with long, dialogue-free scenes of Coldyron puttering around his house, having a leisurely dinner with his ladyfriend, and driving to work. | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_b2af79fb | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b537784e | type |
Fauxlosophic Narration | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b537784e | comment |
Fauxlosophic Narration: Coldyron and Steele engage in this in the most stilted, monotone way possible. A sampling: Then you have this gem from Coldyron: | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_b537784e | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b55e8979 | type |
Science Hero | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b55e8979 | comment |
Science Hero: Both Barrett Coldyron and Steele. Allegedly. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_b55e8979 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b58b4e3c | type |
Too Dumb to Live | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: Sonya. After R.O.T.O.R. kills her fiancé, she flees with her car and R.O.T.O.R. follows her with the intent to kill her. She shakes him off, then stops on the open road and is looking for her purse (!) when she sees a police officer in the rearview mirror although she knows R.O.T.O.R. (looking like a police officer) is still following her. She only survives because R.O.T.O.R. somehow forgets to use his gun and lets her escape quickly. Perhaps even worse, she learns right away that R.O.T.O.R is really vulnerable to loud noises, which she discovers by accident when she leans on her horn. Instead of just continuing to press on her horn until he breaks altogether, she just keeps trying to outrun him. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_b58b4e3c | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b72ae7 | type |
Omnidisciplinary Scientist | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b72ae7 | comment |
Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Coldyron's nephew is studying at the "science department" of Oxford University. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_b72ae7 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b9a22821 | type |
Jive Turkey | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_b9a22821 | comment |
Jive Turkey: Shoeboogie, a (self-described) Apache who talks like a character from a blaxploitation film. (Ironically, he resembles an East Indian more than a Native American.) RiffTrax compares him to Huggy Bear. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_b9a22821 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_bac96249 | type |
Cop Hater | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_bac96249 | comment |
Cop Hater: At the very least the trio of guys at the diner, who are willing to attack what, to their eyes, looks like a regular police officer on Sonya's behalf. Even the cook, who sees Sonya run in through the backdoor, slam it, lock it, and walk into the dining room, and gives it nothing more than a "huh, don't see that every day" kind of response. When ROTOR comes in through the backdoor, though, the cook tries to attack him with a knife! | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_bac96249 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_bb0197af | type |
Cool Bike | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_bb0197af | comment |
Cool Bike: R.O.T.O.R.'s motorcycle is a Yamaha Seca 650 Turbo. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_bb0197af | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_bbf11c0 | type |
Genius Bruiser | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_bbf11c0 | comment |
Genius Bruiser: Steele is introduced as a genius scientist, but all she does is physical fighting. From Bleeding Skull: | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_bbf11c0 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_be977433 | type |
Good-Times Montage | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_be977433 | comment |
Good-Times Montage: Coldyron and his ladyfriend enjoy a leisurely dialogue-free date, set to a smooth eighties ballad. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_be977433 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c09dbbbb | type |
Weaksauce Weakness | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c09dbbbb | comment |
Weaksauce Weakness: Although he was designed to patrol the highways, R.O.T.O.R. is incapacitated by the sound of car horns and loud noise in general (one scene has it stunned by a boom box playing country music). Even more bizarrely, although Sonya repeatedly exploits this weakness, she apparently does so unwittingly, and never realizes that she can disable R.O.T.O.R. indefinitely just by leaning on the horn. Instead, she honks the horn a few times and then stops, allowing the killer robot to recover and continue chasing her. | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_c09dbbbb | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c10da874 | type |
The '80s | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c10da874 | comment |
The '80s: Depressingly so. The reason the R.O.T.O.R. project was even able to get funding is because crime is so rampant that even with twenty-five years as a projected completion date, it just sounds like a direly-needed weapon for law-enforcement and thus a sure-fire political move. | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c1b2c63f | type |
Dull Surprise | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c1b2c63f | comment |
Dull Surprise: Every character in the film, but Steele tops them all. Her "My God" is so flat you'd think she was reacting to not getting ketchup for her fries and not the murder of an innocent civilian. | |
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1.0 | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c3448a6f | type |
Informed Attribute | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c3448a6f | comment |
Informed Attribute: R.O.T.O.R. is supposed to be the perfect robot cop that is able to clean up all of the scum in the city. It only kills one person on-screen and spends the rest of the movie failing to kill Sonya, who was just a passenger in a speeding car. Also early in the movie there's a radio traffic report saying the highways are packed with people fleeing town for the weekend, which left the Rifftrax boys in shocked disbelief at how empty they were in the footage actually shown. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_c3448a6f | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c5f0119c | type |
Insane Troll Logic | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c5f0119c | comment |
Insane Troll Logic: "The difference between a hero and a villain is the amount of compensation they take for their services. At our pay grade, I'd say we're heroes." | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_c5f0119c | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c605da88 | type |
Establishing Shot | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c605da88 | comment |
Establishing Shot: The Movie! Especially during the “Thursday morning” section, where the film dawdles over the picturesque minutiae of Coldyron's ranch house, his mildly zany morning routine, and his commute to work. | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. | hasFeature |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: For whatever reason, there are a ton of The Beach Boys references during Coldyron's briefing with scientists, including lines like "Good Vibrations", "God Only Knows", "I Get Around", "Heroes and Villains", "Rock and Roll", and so on. Then there's the Wilson Institute, Jardine University at Malibu, etc. At one point Willard decries how stupid the R.O.T.O.R. Project idea is by snarking "I think this is how Terminator got started". The irony being that Willard is a robot himself. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c77d436a | type |
Inflation Negation | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_c77d436a | comment |
Inflation Negation: The gas station advertises gas for 69 cents a gallon. | |
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1.0 | |
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Wacky Sound Effect | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_cbeb76de | comment |
Wacky Sound Effect: When R.O.T.O.R. swats away the cop who was trying to sign him up for the policemen's ball, a cartoony 'boink' is heard. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_cd8f9e6b | type |
SceneShiftCaption | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_cd8f9e6b | comment |
Scene Shift Caption: After every cut to a new time or location, the screen displays the day of the week and the time of day, for example FRIDAY 7:30 P.M. This information is by no means required to follow the rather simple and straightforward plot. Jabootu helpfully laid out each time stamp chronologically as it related to the film. | |
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Antagonist Title | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_cde51255 | comment |
Antagonist Title: R.O.T.O.R. is the name for the robot cop. | |
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Opening Scroll | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_d2a9f080 | comment |
Opening Scroll: And it imparts information that is later repeated in expository dialogue, so... real useful. | |
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Hypocrite | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_d52d28b6 | comment |
Hypocrite: Bugler sends a heartfelt letter to Coldyron's nephew telling him of his uncle's passing, despite being the one who cruelly gunned him down in cold blood, and establishing early that he hated Coldyron's guts. | |
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Meaningless Meaningful Words | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_d64491d8 | comment |
Meaningless Meaningful Words: A lot of what Dr. Barrett Coldyron supplies as "philosophy": The line "Justice delivered, C.O.D." is mentioned twice in the film to highlight R.O.T.O.R.'s indiscriminate rampage of Police Brutality and by Bugler as a Bond One-Liner Ironic Echo after executing Coldyron. Nobody explains what the heck "C.O.D." is supposed to mean in this instance ("certification of death", maybe?), making it sound even more dumb than the writers probably were aiming for. Rifftrax had a field day with this line by applying the most regular use of the acronym, "cash on delivery". | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_d64491d8 | |
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Indecisive Parody | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_d7a92919 | comment |
Indecisive Parody: Due to the inconsistent tone and the addition of obviously comedic elements, the movie is unable to decide whether it wants to be a parody of RoboCop (1987) or a straight rip-off. | |
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StockPhrase | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_d935d66a | comment |
Stock Phrase: One hick actually says, "Feet don't fail me now!" when fleeing. | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_d935d66a | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_d9563969 | type |
Failed Attempt at Drama | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_d9563969 | comment |
Failed Attempt at Drama: R.O.T.O.R.'s Establishing Character Moment includes a moment where it walks through several rows of empty folding chairs to try to present itself as an Implacable Man... unfortunately, it is pretty easy to see the actor had difficulty doing so. All it did convey was that the robot's pathfinding algorithm was unable to identify the unobstructed route one metre to the left. | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_d9cf40fa | type |
Screw This, I'm Outta Here | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_d9cf40fa | comment |
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When Coldyron informs Willard, aka Robot Cop, that R.O.T.O.R. has escaped, he immediately announces his resignation. Over the phone. Coldyron hangs up on him mid-resignation speech. | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_dbca2c99 | type |
Red Herring | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_dbca2c99 | comment |
Red Herring: Steele tells Coldyron that since apparently part of Coldyon's mind was used in R.O.T.O.R.'s brain he will have "to use his own failure" to defeat it. That never happens, and comes off as just a Rule of Cool statement. Instead, Steele just tries to pound R.O.T.O.R. into submission. | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_dbca2c99 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_dc579c91 | type |
Contrived Coincidence | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_dc579c91 | comment |
Contrived Coincidence: Sonya is shown stopping her car at a gas station to call the police, which suggests that she doesn't have any on-board means of communication. In a later scene, she steals a car which happens to have a C.B. radio in it. Nobody finds this strange. | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_dfb71617 | type |
Male Gaze | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_dfb71617 | comment |
Male Gaze: Due to the positioning of the camera, Sonya's rear takes up the whole screen for a moment. | |
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1.0 | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_e1cc36 | type |
The Bait | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_e1cc36 | comment |
The Bait: Sonya, because if she's in police custody, R.O.T.O.R. will start to focus its attentions elsewhere and kill more innocents. | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_e35b1a96 | type |
Everything Is Big in Texas | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_e35b1a96 | comment |
Everything Is Big in Texas: Especially steaks and shoulder pads. | |
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Jerkass | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Jerkass: Sonya's fiancee. Also, not many people notice because of his comedy relief, but Shoeboogie is a pretty good example too. He spends most of his screentime harassing a co-worker and accuses her of being racist for not putting out. | |
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1.0 | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_eb8ec7c8 | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_ee444814 | type |
Murderous Malfunctioning Machine | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_ee444814 | comment |
Murderous Malfunctioning Machine: The prototype for R.O.T.O.R. was unfinished and flawed when it was released on a rampage. | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_f0f410bf | type |
Filming for Easy Dub | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_f0f410bf | comment |
Filming for Easy Dub: A lot of dialogue is dubbed over exterior shots of cars driving. This is also probably the explanation for all the phone call scenes, where an off-camera character delivers a speech as another character sits on camera, listening. | |
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R.O.T.O.R. / int_f0f410bf | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_f3cbaf48 | type |
Misapplied Phlebotinum | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_f3cbaf48 | comment |
Misapplied Phlebotinum: R.O.T.O.R's most far fetched ability is something called "Sensor Recall" which allows him to see into the past to view events that happened in whatever area he's looking at, which he mainly uses when trying to hunt down someone in order the check if they had been through said area recently. Ignoring the fact that such a power is more like magic than anything vaguely scientific or technological, you would think whatever designer discovered such an ability would use it for more things than just a cop robot, as, to name just one thing, historians could use it to see into the past and find out if some famous historical even really happened the way everyone thinks. | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_f50c4557 | type |
Viewer-Friendly Interface | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_f50c4557 | comment |
Viewer-Friendly Interface: Largely averted. Coldyron's computer uses an ultra-minimalist command-line system. However, font size fluctuates wildly depending on the importance of the text. | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_f6db5b1e | type |
RidiculouslyHumanRobot | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_f6db5b1e | comment |
Ridiculously Human Robot: Willard, at least personality-wise. He sighs, moans, and even asks for his co-worker's fries. It's almost as if the role was written for a human character. R.O.T.O.R. himself sports a potbelly and a Porn Stache. Ah, The '80s. | |
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| R.O.T.O.R. / int_fc52510 | type |
Brain Uploading | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_fc52510 | comment |
Brain Uploading: Apparently part of Coldyron's mind is in R.O.T.O.R. Steele says that it would be a good idea to exploit this ("your [Coldyron] failure is his failure"), but nothing ever comes from it. | |
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Theme Naming | |
| R.O.T.O.R. / int_fd94c4ac | comment |
Theme Naming: Coldyron (Cold iron) and Steele. We get it. | |
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