Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Emergent Human

 Emergent Human
type
FeatureClass
 Emergent Human
label
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human
page
EmergentHuman
 Emergent Human
comment
Common in science fiction and fantasy, the Emergent Human is a character who is new to sentience, sapience, or human existence, and shown to be in the process of adapting to the most basic elements of life as we know it.
These can be robots, demons, clones, fallen angels, or nearly any other sort of being stuck in human form; any character for whom life as a human only began very recently is susceptible to this trope.
What matters is despite appearing human and living among us, they are essentially naive newcomers to the human condition. More than mere cultural outsiders, they are treated as walking blank slates, largely free of any relevant or irrelevant knowledge, experience, or biases.
Expect this character type to have difficulty with figuring out how to handle everything from basic bodily functions to common emotions to complex philosophical or spiritual questions that no one will answer to their satisfaction. Their stunning naivety is frequently matched with an insatiable curiosity and lack of inhibitions that puts their lack of experience on full display; however, they are rarely dumb. In fact, examples of this trope are quite frequently possessed of genius-level or superhuman intelligence, though this rarely helps their predicament as much as you'd think. In some cases everything seems to come easily to them except for those things that come intuitively to most of us, in which case the message is that humanity is hard, and by extension, Humans Are Special. Alternately, this character type's tendency to be logical, Literal-Minded, and ostensibly objective makes them great mouthpieces for the author's opinions on the shortcomings of humanity, or deliverers of punchlines regarding the absurdities of the same.
Though not commonly evil, in darker works, this character may commit evil acts without full understanding of the ramifications of their actions. More commonly, they may be unfairly persecuted by heartless, otherness-fearing authority figures from outside the main cast, or fall under brief suspicion from their friends in the face of overwhelming evidence of a otherness-induced Face–Heel Turn, only to have their names cleared by the end of the episode.
It is common for an Emergent Human to start off with No Social Skills. Usually adult in form to contrast with their psychological immaturity and lack of self-understanding, their character arc may mirror that of a child growing into maturity. Then again, if this is a comedy, or the character's usual way of seeing things makes them popular, or if their innocence or helplessness is sufficiently sexualised, their progress as individuals is likely to be hampered by the fact that Status Quo Is God.
May be an Alien Among Us when a character's alien experiences are so irrelevant that they're more or less starting from scratch. If this character just wants to be like everyone else they may have a desire to become human; conversely, they may be working on getting along as a human reluctantly, because they haven't got another option. Contrast with Become a Real Boy, where becoming a fully fledged and well-socialized human is instantaneous following a suitably dramatic plot point, and tropes such as Ridiculously Human Robots and Mechanical Lifeforms, which revolve around beings who might as well be human in personality, if not physiology. Also compare/contrast with Humanity Is Infectious, where the character's mindset is slowly becoming humanoid just by being around humans long or intimately enough.

Examples
 Emergent Human
fetched
2023-08-20T02:44:19Z
 Emergent Human
parsed
2023-08-20T02:44:19Z
 Emergent Human
processingComment
Dropped link to AniDroids: Not an Item - UNKNOWN
 Emergent Human
processingComment
Dropped link to DeconstructedTrope: Not an Item - FEATURE
 Emergent Human
processingComment
Dropped link to FantasticRacism: Not an Item - FEATURE
 Emergent Human
processingComment
Dropped link to PlantPerson: Not an Item - FEATURE
 Emergent Human
processingComment
Dropped link to RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Not an Item - FEATURE
 Emergent Human
processingComment
Dropped link to RobotGirl: Not an Item - FEATURE
 Emergent Human
processingUnknown
Ani-Droids
 Emergent Human
isPartOf
DBTropes
 Emergent Human / int_1215a23d
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_1215a23d
comment
Genshin Impact has both positive and negative examples of this trope.
Historical records from Inazuma mention the Kabukimono (lit: "Eccentric"), a mysterious being that lived with the people of Tatarasuna. Surviving records describe a youth with the innocence of a newborn, lacking the most basic knowledge and no understanding of human nature. In fact, this was Scaramouche prior to joining the Fatui. In a deconstruction of the trope, the newly-awakened puppet lacked the ability to deal with complex emotions or recognize malice in the humans around him. He took what he was told at face value, and was manipulated into believing his first friend had committed a murder and then abandoned him. His first direct experience with human mortality and death were likewise things he couldn't comprehend. These tragedies, combined with the abandonment of his creator, caused the puppet to go insane and end up as a Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds.
In the past, the alchemist Gold sought to create life through various experiments. Her creations include Albedo, one of the captains of the Knights of Favonius. He is endlessly curious and noted for being a bit odd, still learning about human nature and relationships. Most people assume this is simply a case of an eccentric genius, as opposed to an emergent human still learning about himself and the world around him.
 Emergent Human / int_1215a23d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_1215a23d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Genshin Impact (Video Game)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_1215a23d
 Emergent Human / int_1367cea0
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_1367cea0
comment
To an extent, Scion from Worm. Scion is an unusual type of entity with a mind completely unlike humans'. However, when he came to Earth, he adopted a human form and, to an extent, human psyche. Scion didn't spend much time developing this, however, leaving him vulnerable to psychological warfare.
 Emergent Human / int_1367cea0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_1367cea0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Worm
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_1367cea0
 Emergent Human / int_1e90e11d
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_1e90e11d
comment
The Vision is all about this trope. Sadly, every time he starts making significant progress toward becoming a real boy, Executive Meddling comes along and destroys it for him, often in the cruelest and most preposterous ways possible.
 Emergent Human / int_1e90e11d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_1e90e11d
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Vision (Comic Book)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_1e90e11d
 Emergent Human / int_1fc7499e
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_1fc7499e
comment
In Reaper Man, Death undergoes this process after being demoted to mortality by the Powers That Be. Arguably, this was the continuation of a process that began in Mort.
 Emergent Human / int_1fc7499e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_1fc7499e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Reaper Man
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_1fc7499e
 Emergent Human / int_2212773a
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_2212773a
comment
Illyria from Angel is this; she had her own experiences and values from before her return, but they're quite inhuman.
 Emergent Human / int_2212773a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_2212773a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Angel
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_2212773a
 Emergent Human / int_2ea6ae26
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_2ea6ae26
comment
Star Trek: Picard:
The trope is inverted with Data's daughter Soji who thinks she's human but must come to terms with the fact she is an android.
Hugh and Seven return and both help other xBs (former Borg) reclaim their humanity and fight against Fantastic Racism against them.
 Emergent Human / int_2ea6ae26
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_2ea6ae26
featureConfidence
1.0
 Star Trek: Picard
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_2ea6ae26
 Emergent Human / int_309def5a
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_309def5a
comment
The third Hourman, this one an android from the 80,000 years in the future. He has a somewhat human personality and emotions but falls into this trope when he chooses to limit his nigh omnipotence to a typical superhero power level and live in the 20th Century. He even falls in love.
 Emergent Human / int_309def5a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_309def5a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Hourman (Comic Book)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_309def5a
 Emergent Human / int_38c57aa2
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_38c57aa2
comment
Eberron's Warforged. Constructs created with sentience and sapience and designed to be soldiers. They run into this particularly after war when they are no longer all needed for the purpose they were created for. There are two prestige classes that allow warforged to choose diametrically opposite answers to the questions of this trope — the Warforged Juggernaut rejects being like living, breathing people and embraces their construct nature entirely, while the Reforged embraces life and emotion wholeheartedly.
 Emergent Human / int_38c57aa2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_38c57aa2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Eberron (Tabletop Game)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_38c57aa2
 Emergent Human / int_443000dd
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_443000dd
comment
In The Last Unicorn, Schmendrick's magic turns the Unicorn herself into a human, and soon after this, they arrive at King Haggard's castle. Prince Lir is impressed with her, and notes that she has "a newness". She doesn't understand Prince Lir's romantic overtures at first, but she becomes more human emotionally as time goes on, and soon returns his love.
 Emergent Human / int_443000dd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_443000dd
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Last Unicorn
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_443000dd
 Emergent Human / int_5d354f8
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_5d354f8
comment
Deconstructed in Red Dwarf. Kryten would love to Become a Real Boy, but the human traits he admires are things like lying and gratuitous violence. When Kryten becomes human in one episode (and in another episode when he mistakenly believes Lister is a lesser model of robot) he becomes arrogant and bullying.
 Emergent Human / int_5d354f8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_5d354f8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Red Dwarf
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_5d354f8
 Emergent Human / int_5f5b8099
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_5f5b8099
comment
Maximilian in The Parselmouth of Gryffindor is a Boggart who is accidentally made to gain sentience. Hermione walks him through it and becomes his friend.
 Emergent Human / int_5f5b8099
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_5f5b8099
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Parselmouth of Gryffindor (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_5f5b8099
 Emergent Human / int_6c1d09b4
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_6c1d09b4
comment
In Fallout 4, Curie is hit with this after uploading herself into a synth body. She gets the ability to feel creativity and inspiration, but finds herself totally unprepared to deal with all the biological and mental functions that come with being human, and initially even has to remind herself to breathe. With the Sole Survivor's help, she ends up growing out of this, though she never quite loses her naivete. This can also lead to romance, should the player decide to pursue it.
 Emergent Human / int_6c1d09b4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_6c1d09b4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Fallout 4 (Video Game)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_6c1d09b4
 Emergent Human / int_73d7930f
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_73d7930f
comment
Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine although this is mostly his Backstory. He goes through another round of it when he's forced to actually be a flesh and blood humanoid (as opposed to being a liquid being that appears humanoid most of the time.)
 Emergent Human / int_73d7930f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_73d7930f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_73d7930f
 Emergent Human / int_78fe4d55
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_78fe4d55
comment
White Wolf's Promethean: The Created is all about artificial human characters looking to become human one way or another. Several refinements, particularly the Refinement of Gold, emphasize roleplaying this kind of character.
 Emergent Human / int_78fe4d55
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_78fe4d55
featureConfidence
1.0
 Promethean: The Created (Tabletop Game)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_78fe4d55
 Emergent Human / int_796b8ac
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_796b8ac
comment
In Persona 4: Arena we get to see Labrys' train of thought quickly developing from the usual order-following computerized prompts, to questioning her relationships and the moral choices of her creators.
 Emergent Human / int_796b8ac
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_796b8ac
featureConfidence
1.0
 Persona 4: Arena (Video Game)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_796b8ac
 Emergent Human / int_7ac0e0b0
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_7ac0e0b0
comment
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist: The cast includes Symbiosis, an Artificial Human who is Wetware Body for part of the Artificial Intelligence network caring for the the planet. The consciousness controlling Sym's body is thousands of years old, but the experience of being human is extremely new to him. This results in him asking a lot of questions to the two younger humans with whom he made first contact, wanting the colony's media archive entirely out of personal curiosity, and being overall prone to Immortal Immaturity.
 Emergent Human / int_7ac0e0b0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_7ac0e0b0
featureConfidence
1.0
 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_7ac0e0b0
 Emergent Human / int_7c48915b
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_7c48915b
comment
Gunnerkrigg Court: Fairies and other creatures of Gillitie Wood can undergo a test to become human children; they then have to take classes to help them navigate human society. One fairy in particular, Red, finds the concept of friendship weird and has to resort to Buffy Speak to describe rooms and chairs. Later on, the robots get in on this when Kat works out how to engineer organic bodies and circumstances necessitate her transferring their consciousnesses into them.
 Emergent Human / int_7c48915b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_7c48915b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_7c48915b
 Emergent Human / int_81692f99
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_81692f99
comment
Seven Of Nine, also from Voyager, proves that Star Trek is in love with this trope. In her case, she was assimilated by the Borg as a child, then liberated as an adult. In one episode, she becomes "mother" to a newborn drone who, like Lal, is even more earnestly innocent and curious than his parent. Also like Lal, he doesn't survive the episode.
 Emergent Human / int_81692f99
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_81692f99
featureConfidence
1.0
 Star Trek (Franchise)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_81692f99
 Emergent Human / int_86dffbc1
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_86dffbc1
comment
In Malevolent, after being trapped in Arthur's comatose body for a month prompts some introspection and self-discovery, The Entity chooses a name for himself (John Doe), and develops the first hints of more "human" personality traits, including a remedial sense of sympathy for others. The change prompts Arthur to muse that perhaps the experience injected some humanity into him; John suggests that perhaps whatever humanity he previously possessed has started to return. Seeing as John is actually a fragment of an elder god, Arthur is correct.
 Emergent Human / int_86dffbc1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_86dffbc1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Malevolent (Podcast)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_86dffbc1
 Emergent Human / int_8ee238c9
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_8ee238c9
comment
Persona Series
This happens with Aigis in Persona 3 and its related media, where it's shown she has some trouble understanding some basic social concepts. It's more developed in FES, though, where she develops a crush on the main character and later has to cope with his death, which culminates on her becoming more human.
In Persona 4: Arena we get to see Labrys' train of thought quickly developing from the usual order-following computerized prompts, to questioning her relationships and the moral choices of her creators.
 Emergent Human / int_8ee238c9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_8ee238c9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Persona (Franchise)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_8ee238c9
 Emergent Human / int_90c73dda
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_90c73dda
comment
Ax from the Animorphs is really oblivious to the differences between what's food and what's not, whenever he's in human morph.
 Emergent Human / int_90c73dda
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_90c73dda
featureConfidence
1.0
 Animorphs
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_90c73dda
 Emergent Human / int_924bb56e
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_924bb56e
comment
When unimprinted, Echo from Dollhouse appears to be this... at least until she takes a level in humanity between seasons.
 Emergent Human / int_924bb56e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_924bb56e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Dollhouse
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_924bb56e
 Emergent Human / int_94f0ca53
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_94f0ca53
comment
Maggy, the ship's AI in Hellspark. She's intelligent and in possession of many facts, but starts out short on social skills and comprehension of human concepts like "fiction" and "verbal approximation", which she gradually gets the hang of over the course of the novel.
 Emergent Human / int_94f0ca53
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_94f0ca53
featureConfidence
1.0
 Hellspark
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_94f0ca53
 Emergent Human / int_9fe68540
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_9fe68540
comment
80s Canadian children's show Today's Special included a newly-living department store mannequin, and used his cluelessness about life as an excuse to discuss preschool-friendly topics.
 Emergent Human / int_9fe68540
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_9fe68540
featureConfidence
1.0
 Today's Special
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_9fe68540
 Emergent Human / int_a0e1af96
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_a0e1af96
comment
Martian Manhunter whenever his early days are shown. In the present he's generally shown as having acclimated.
 Emergent Human / int_a0e1af96
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_a0e1af96
featureConfidence
1.0
 Martian Manhunter (Comic Book)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_a0e1af96
 Emergent Human / int_a183d57f
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_a183d57f
comment
Futurama: Deconstructed in the second "Anthology of Interest" episode. Bender, already a Ridiculously Human Robot to begin with, is turned into a human male by the Professor. His personality remains unchanged, however, and all he learns is to take even more pleasure in the over-the-top, hedonistic lifestyle he's already accustomed to living. Turns out, he was better off as a robot: all that unrestrained chain-smoking, binge drinking, unhealthy eating, and nonstop partying—everything his robot body takes for granted—gets him killed within a week.
 Emergent Human / int_a183d57f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_a183d57f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Futurama
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_a183d57f
 Emergent Human / int_a9924342
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_a9924342
comment
Bicentennial Man: More so than the original, this story shows the Martin family Robot Butler, Andrew, spending decades to learn what it means to be human/alive. He is initially mentored by Sir, becoming progressively more human, first in mind then in body, up to and including self-imposed mortality.
 Emergent Human / int_a9924342
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_a9924342
featureConfidence
1.0
 Bicentennial Man
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_a9924342
 Emergent Human / int_a9f1e264
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_a9f1e264
comment
Chii from Chobits is a ridiculously advanced computer in human form. At first she's a complete blank slate, unable to even talk, but through gradual socialization, eventually 'matures' to about the level of understanding of a preschooler.
 Emergent Human / int_a9f1e264
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_a9f1e264
featureConfidence
1.0
 Chobits (Manga)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_a9f1e264
 Emergent Human / int_b4f0a147
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_b4f0a147
comment
Not an actual human per se, but close enough, is Frosty the Snowman in the classic Christmas special. His wife is much the same in the follow up, Frosty's Winter Wonderland.
 Emergent Human / int_b4f0a147
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_b4f0a147
featureConfidence
1.0
 Frosty the Snowman
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_b4f0a147
 Emergent Human / int_bd310eaa
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_bd310eaa
comment
Grace from El Goonish Shive, who is a human/alien/squirrel hybrid shapeshifter with No Social Skills. Not exactly a blank slate, since she was partially raised by the human scientists who created her, but her proper education was abruptly cut short before she had a chance to learn why most people are uncomfortable with casual nudity.
 Emergent Human / int_bd310eaa
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_bd310eaa
featureConfidence
1.0
 El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_bd310eaa
 Emergent Human / int_bd67c74c
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_bd67c74c
comment
CthulhuTech gives us the Nazzadi, originally created as clone soldiers for the Migou before they defected to join humanity. They're currently dealing with the existential weight of being only two generations old as a species/culture, and the game line mentions that Nazzadi who pursue a career in the arts are extremely respected by their elders, as it means they're taking steps to set up a cultural identity.
 Emergent Human / int_bd67c74c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_bd67c74c
featureConfidence
1.0
 CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_bd67c74c
 Emergent Human / int_dae5ec31
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_dae5ec31
comment
Cole, from Tracker. He had little experience with living as a human and had to learn by what he saw and heard.
 Emergent Human / int_dae5ec31
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_dae5ec31
featureConfidence
1.0
 Tracker
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_dae5ec31
 Emergent Human / int_e081af79
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_e081af79
comment
Crops up a lot in The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob!. Molly was a spontaneously generated lab accident who grew to maturity in a month; she was raised by Bob and came out sweet and innocent. A scientist cloned her to make Galatea/Golly, but raised her very badly and she came out as a Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds. Golly, in turn, cloned Molly again and accidentally produced the giantess Jolly, who has been raised by aliens and is gentle, if a bit lonely. All three girls are geniuses, allowing them to learn enough to survive in only a month's time. Molly also built a robot, Roofus, who surprised her by turning out sentient. Roofus is simpleminded but deeply soulful.
 Emergent Human / int_e081af79
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_e081af79
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob! (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_e081af79
 Emergent Human / int_e293455a
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_e293455a
comment
Anya Jenkins from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She was born as a human, but spent approximately a thousand years as a demon before becoming her old self again, forcing her to relearn being human. (Though she was always kind of odd.)
 Emergent Human / int_e293455a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_e293455a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_e293455a
 Emergent Human / int_e7a9c06c
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_e7a9c06c
comment
Played with in Paperinik New Adventures: the android Lyla Lay is given regular psychiatric sessions by her Time Police masters to deal with this potential problem, but doesn't really worry about the big existential questions. She does have problems with such things as "what, exactly, is meant by 'enough salt'?" or "why are certain smells supposed to be good and others nasty?". The doctor's education hasn't prepared him for such simple practicalities, and he finally kicks her out of therapy for stumping him.
 Emergent Human / int_e7a9c06c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_e7a9c06c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Paperinik New Adventures (Comic Book)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_e7a9c06c
 Emergent Human / int_ef076a36
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_ef076a36
comment
The Doctor from Star Trek: Voyager was a sapient hologram, treated similarly.
 Emergent Human / int_ef076a36
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_ef076a36
featureConfidence
1.0
 Star Trek: Voyager
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_ef076a36
 Emergent Human / int_f724b70d
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_f724b70d
comment
This is the case in Code Lyoko with Aelita during season 2: a sentient artificial being turned human and learning to express the full range of human emotions, how to handle them, and developing an interest in music mixing. This ends up subverted as Aelita was always human, but has lost her memories due to being stuck in the super computer for around a decade. As of Season 3 and 4 she's perfectly human in mind.
 Emergent Human / int_f724b70d
featureApplicability
-0.3
 Emergent Human / int_f724b70d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Code Lyoko
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_f724b70d
 Emergent Human / int_f7ed2fd7
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_f7ed2fd7
comment
In The Little Mermaid (1989) the title character Ariel is this after becoming human. She's always been Intrigued by Humanity and loved collecting artifacts that made their way into the ocean from on land, but her actual understanding of how humans operate is limited. This leads to such moments as the iconic scene of her combing her hair with a fork.
 Emergent Human / int_f7ed2fd7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_f7ed2fd7
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Little Mermaid (1989)
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_f7ed2fd7
 Emergent Human / int_ff9ab17f
type
Emergent Human
 Emergent Human / int_ff9ab17f
comment
Star Trek: The Next Generation:
Data is probably the best known character of this type. His daughter Lal qualifies, too, though his brother Lore moved into Ridiculously Human Robot territory.
Q also gets this treatment in one episode, when he is made mortal.
Hugh is the first non-Picard Borg removed from the collective, and he learns to see himself as an individual in the space of one episode.
 Emergent Human / int_ff9ab17f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Emergent Human / int_ff9ab17f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Star Trek: The Next Generation
hasFeature
Emergent Human / int_ff9ab17f

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 Emergent Human
processingCategory2
Otherness Tropes
 Emergent Human
processingCategory2
Robot Roll Call
 Emergent Human
processingCategory2
Speculative Fiction Tropes
 Robotmen of the Lost Planet (Comic Book) / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 Bicentennial Man / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 D.A.R.Y.L. / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 A Voyage to Arcturus / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 Ani-Droids / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 Argo / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 Quantum Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 Super Minion / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 TheTuringOption
seeAlso
Emergent Human
 Malevolent (Podcast) / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 City of Lost Characters (Roleplay) / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 For The Tyrants Fear Your Might (Roleplay) / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 Lost in Space / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 Eberron (Tabletop Game) / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 Digital Devil Saga (Video Game) / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 Open Sorcery (Video Game) / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 R.A.M. the Robot (Webcomic) / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human
 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress / int_154976ef
type
Emergent Human