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This [[Fantastic Comedy]] aired in first-run [[Syndication]] in the 1980s. Ted Lawson, a robotic engineer, had a family like any other in California, except that his daughter, Vicki, was a robot he designed and built. Ted, his wife, Joan, and their son, Jamie, continually tried to keep Vicki's identity a secret. This was no easy task, since Ted lived next door to his gloryhound boss, whose daughter wanted to be Mrs. Jamie Lawson.
The series is often derided for its silly premise and uneven episode plots, some of which were downright uninspired. Due to popular demand, however, Shout! Factory released the first two seasons of ''Small Wonder'' on DVD in the first half of 2010. The series' star, Tiffany Brissette, has retired from acting to avoid typecasting. More information about the show is at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117205403/http://members.surfbest.net/smallwonder@surfbest.net/COC.html Semi-Official Small Wonder "Cabinet of Contents" Home Page].
Tends to be confused with ''[[Out of This World]]'', which is that show you vaguely remember about the alien girl who could freeze time.
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Harriet Brindle.▼
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▲* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Harriet Brindle
* [[Amusing Alien|Amusing Nonhuman]]
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Harriet, in spades. Jamie can be this way too, at times.
* [[Celebrity Star]]: Lyle Alzado, Art Linkletter and [[Jesse Ventura]], among others.
* [[Dark Horse Victory]]
* [[Do-Anything Robot]]
* [[Drop
* [[Effortless Amazonian Lift]]: Vicki can lift and carry Ted around easily.
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Normally during the first two seasons, but subverted in two cases. At the openings, Vicki grins and winks to us, and in an episode where a computer she was smitten with is deactivated a tear trickles down her cheek. Starting late in the series' second season and becoming more progressive through the rest of the series, Vicki begins talking in a normal voice and shows emotion more often, to the point where she becomes more "humanized
* [[Evil Twin]]: Vanessa, successor to VICI.
* [[Fantastic Comedy]]
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: VICI stands for Voice Input Child Identicant.
* [[Hand Wave]]: VICI is ''upgraded'' in Season 3 to look older (since Tiffany Brisette had grown into a young
* [[Human Hummingbird]]: Vicki acts like one in "Vicki and the Pusher".
* [[Hypno Fool]]: In the
* [[Literal
* [[Machine Monotone]]: This is Vicki's normal mode of speech. By the final two seasons, this was downplayed somewhat as she began speaking in a normal girl's voice (due to upgrades and to help her pass as human).
* [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]]
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* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: The kind of denials Vicki gives when asked what has she seen/done.
* [[Unwanted Glasses Plot]]: The basis of the episode "Vicki's Glasses".
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