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[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|A psychopath who is also a robot]]. Compare [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot]] where the robot isn't intended to be evil. Expect a lot of [[Crush! Kill! Destroy!]]. If they happen to be a good guy (or at least working for the good guy) they'll probably be a [[Sociopathic Hero]].

See [[Second Law, My Ass]] for a milder form of this behavior.

{{examples|Examples}}

* Red Destiny in ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]].''

* The Androids from ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]'' and ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' were intended by their creator(s) to be these, but [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot|almost all of them ended up turning]] ''[[Heel Face Turn|good]]'', the main exceptions being the ones in Future Trunks's timeline / dimension.

* [[DeathsDeath's Head (Comic Book)|Deaths Head]]

* The [[Terminator|Terminators]]s. Or at least all the ones that haven't been reprogrammed.

* [[Robo CopRoboCop|ED-209]]. Being the brain child of a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]], it's unclear how much of it is a design flaw versus intentional programming.

* ''Tik-Tok'' (not [[Return to Oz|that one]]) by John Sladek. One day, he discovers that he isn't [["Three Laws "-Compliant]] after all, decides the whole concept is a collective delusion, and proceeds to indulge in various horrible crimes.

* In the ''Caliban'' trilogy by Roger MacBride Allen, half the planet assumes that the titular robot will turn out like this because he is not only not [["Three Laws "-Compliant]], he has no laws whatsoever. While he does commit a number of crimes, both willingly and unintentionally (leaving a crime scene without making a statement to the police, destruction of private property, arson, attempted blackmail, escaping police custody, theft), he is willing to accept responsibility for said actions at the appropriate time. In fact, {{spoiler|he only injures or kills another person deliberately once, and the person he kills is another robot. His predecessor, Ariel, is not so restrained, having deliberately assaulted her creator}}. Caliban's logic for not killing is simple: The police know that he is a No-Law robot, so he will be considered a suspect if someone dies while he's around. If he kills, they have a good chance of figuring it out, at which point he will be hunted down and shot.

* Brainiac in ''[[Smallville]]'' combines this trope with (alphabetically) [[Complete Monster]], [[Evil Genius]], [[Grand Theft Me]], [[Misanthrope Supreme]], and [[Omnicidal Maniac]]. He was wired this way from the start by General Zod, who sought to use him as his [[The Dragon|Dragon]]; after Zod's defeat, Brainiac goes rogue and creates his own agenda for [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]]. Metallo, in Season 9, is another example. Assembled by Major Zod (a younger clone of the General), the machines he's slaved to continually inject him with adrenaline, sending his aggression into overdrive; he's effectively [[Knight Templar Big Brother]] meets this trope, with a nice dose of [[Body Horror]] and [[Hollywood Cyborg]] on the side.. Although {{spoiler|they both [[Heel Face Turn]]}} it is due to being reprogrammed, not altruism on their own part.

* Lore, Data's [[Evil Twin]] from [[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]].

{{quote| '''R-110''': What's the difference between a human, and a lump of rotting meat? About one week!}}

* The toaster from ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]' Old World Blues'' expansion. Rendered somewhat ineffectual by being, well, ''a toaster''.

{{quote| '''Toaster:''' Buddy, if my heating element were just a little bigger, you'd be on fire right now. '''On fire!'''}}

* Warmech in ''[[Eight 8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]''.

* Zeke in ''[[Ctrl +Alt +Del]]'' started life in this trope and has mellowed to a degree. Embla, as a newly constructed robot, hasn't had enough experience of humans (specifically, human video games) to do so.

* [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Mechakara]]

* Roberto from ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''.

** As are their [[Beast Wars (Animation)|successors]] the Predacons.

* [[Young Justice (Animationanimation)|When T. O. Morrow created Red Volcano]], he wanted [[The Dragon|a Dragon]] what wasn't concerned with being or becoming human. [[Gone Horribly Right|He got precisely what he wanted.]]

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