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Line 1: {{work\|wppage=Pluto (manga)}} [[File:Pluto_title_3790.jpg\|thumb\|350px]] {{quote\|''Listen, Professor Ochanomizu... you don't understand anything about artificial intelligence. Frustration and failure... seething hatred... Emotions so powerful they lead one to want to kill...'' That's ''what fosters true artificial intelligence...''}} ~~{{quote\|~~''Perfection is in the mind that makes mistakes... And that, Professor, is what will give birth to'' [[Arc Words\|the greatest robot on Earth]]...~~\|'''Professor Tenma'''}}~~▼ \|'''Professor Tenma'''}} A manga by [[Naoki Urasawa]], the man behind ''[[Monster (manga)\|Monster]]'' and ''[[~~Twentieth~~20th Century Boys]]''. The story is an [[Ultimate Universe]] re-imagining of an old ''[[Astro Boy]]'' story arc.▼ ▲{{quote\|''Perfection is in the mind that makes mistakes... And that, Professor, is what will give birth to'' [[Arc Words\|the greatest robot on Earth]]...\|'''Professor Tenma'''}} ▲A manga by [[Naoki Urasawa]], the man behind ''[[Monster (manga)\|Monster]]'' and ''[[Twentieth Century Boys]]''. The story is an [[Ultimate Universe]] re-imagining of an old ''[[Astro Boy]]'' story arc. In a world where humans and sentient robots co-exist, someone or some''thing'' is targeting the seven most advanced robots, killing them off one by one. Even more disturbingly, the same killer seems to be murdering humans as well. Only a supremely powerful robot could be killing the other robots--but [["Three Laws"-Compliant\|all robots are hardwired to be unable to kill humans]], with one very important exception. Line 12: German robot detective Gesicht, who is so advanced as to be nearly indistinguishable from a normal human, investigates the killings in an effort to learn the secret link between the advanced robots and humans being murdered. This is an especially urgent matter for Gesicht, since he's one of the scheduled murder victims... No relation to the former planet, [[Classic Disney Shorts\|nor the]] [[Pluto the Pup\|cartoon bloodhound]], nor the [[Sailor Moon\|Sailor Senshi]], nor the [[Classical Mythology\|Roman god of the Underworld]]. {{spoiler\|Okay, maybe that last one.}} Universal ~~just~~ picked up the rights to make a CGI/Live Action movie in 2010, but no news surfaced since. Also, this manga [[Pluto Is Expendable\|is not expendable]]. {{tropelist}} * [[Abusive Parents]]: Tenma ''sold'' Atom. Is that abusive enough for you? * [[Adaptation Distillation]]: While it mostly focuses on expanding a single story arc, it also incorporates elements from the greater Astro Boy mythos at large. For instance, Atom's death and return were taken from the tail-end of the ''Blue Knight'' saga and the idea of Darius trying to legitimize his dictatorship by claiming descent from an ancient ruler from antiquity comes from the ''Cleopatra's Heart'' storyline. * [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Averted for the most part. Even human-killer Brau 1589 has no malfunctions in his programming (that is, there's nothing ''inherently'' wrong with him - he's pretty obviously insane, but that's not due to the way he was built). Several characters openly wonder if that willingness and ability to kill is, rather, the self-''perfection'' of A.I. {{spoiler\|Dr. Tenma even proclaims that an A.I. willing to lie to ''itself'' is the pinnacle of A.I., the true emulation of human nature}}. * [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: {{spoiler\|Gesicht}}. * [[Anyone Can Die]]: Bordering on [[Kill'Em All]]. Line 48: * [[Consulting a Convicted Killer]]: Gesicht is tracking a serial killer who might be a robot, and consults Brau 1589, previously believed to be the only robot who ever killed a human. * [[Continuity Nod]]: All over the place; "Pluto" is basically Urasawa's tribute to [[Osamu Tezuka]]. * [[Cool Old Guy]]: Prof. Ochanomizu. As the Science Minister, he tells ministers more powerful than him (in theory) to shove it. As a man of science, he works throughout the night to try and save a dying robot dog. And as a lover of peace, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170618041218/http://view.thespectrum.net/series/pluto-volume-1.html?ch=Volume+04&page=24 he would rather die than allow Atom to fight an unnecessary battle.] * [[Creepy Child]]: Atom falls into this occasionally - he seems to like being a normal kid, but doesn't hesitate to shed that persona when things get serious. Wassily too, although he's suffering from some form of PTSD. * [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Atom vs. Pluto: If you can even call it that... Line 61: * [[Eagle Land]]: The United States of Thracia. * [[The Empath]]: Uran. * [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]] * [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: The anti-robot Ku Klux Klan stand-ins were horrified when one of their members killed a robot child. Also, {{spoiler\|~~Also,~~ Brau 1589 does not take kindly to an [[Omnicidal Maniac]].}} ** The first one might be a subversion. While the robot KKK were horrified, they had no problem using the consequences ( {{spoiler\|the enraged robot father breaking the laws of robotics to kill the man in vengeance}}) to their advantage. * [[Expy]]: Several characters look ''a lot'' like characters from some other Urasawa series. ** Granted, several of those Urasawa characters were Expies of Tezuka's Star System, so they're really just coming full circle. Line 125: * [[Senseless Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler\|Brando tried a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] by fighting against Pluto, so Gesicht can use live footage from Brando's eye camera to find Pluto's weakness. But then Brando's life flashes before his eyes, [[Tear Jerker\|ruining the Pluto footage and rendering it useless.]]}} * [[Shell Shocked Senior]]: Several of the robots that participated in the 39th Central Asian Conflict, but ''especially'' North #2. * [[Shout-Out]]: Arguably, the first appearance of Pluto in Chapter 1 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20170618040805/http://view.thespectrum.net/series/pluto-volume-1.html?ch=Volume+01&page=11 see here]) is a reference to [http://atticannie.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/the-scream-edvard-munch.jpg Munch's painting,] [[The Scream]]. Accepting that, one gets a second [[Shout-Out]]. Tezuka enjoyed referencing famous works of art in his work, and doing so could be considered a Tezuka reference in itself. While Prof. Ochanomizu looks about what you'd expect him to in Urasawa's style, he's apparently based on ''Tezuka''. Line 141: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]] [[Category:Manga]] [[Category:~~Pluto~~Manga of the 2000s]] [[Category:Mystery and Detective Anime and Manga]] [[Category:Astro Boy]]