Robot

A robot was a machine designed with enough intelligence to replicate human behavior.^[1][2][3]

History[]

From as early as the mid 20th century, Ted Buchanan created a robotic duplicate of himself that was able to maintain itself for over forty years. It followed a murderous cycle without suspicion until he was destroyed in 1998 by Buffy Summers.^[1]

In 1997, Moloch the Corruptor had his consciousness placed into a large, robotic body. This allowed Buffy to physically fight and defeat the demon.^[4]

In the early 21st century, the tech student Warren Mears built April as a robotic girlfriend for himself,^[2] the Buffybot as a copy of Buffy for Spike,^[3] and a robot duplicate of himself as a decoy against Willow Rosenberg.^[5] They weren't self-sufficient in their maintenance, but April and the Buffybot were programmed with superior fighting skills and strength.^[2][3] All three robots were eventually destroyed.^[2][6][5]

In 2005, a group of vampires constructed the Mecha Dawn, a giant robot duplicate of Dawn Summers, to fight her in a battle in Tokyo between the Slayer Organization and Toru's sect.^[7]

During the end of magic, Andrew Wells constructed a second robot duplicate of Buffy. He transferred Buffy's mind into the robot in order to help her escape a rumored assassination attempt, while leaving her human body living a civilian life in another part of the country. The robotic constitution could not mimic human functions such as digesting food, menstruating, and maintaining a good balance of pH in its blood, causing Buffy to believe she was pregnant.^[8] Buffy was not aware of this until her arm broke off.^[9] Their minds were eventually exchanged back.^[10]

Examples[]

Moloch the Corruptor

Ted Buchanan

April

Buffybot

Warren Mears

Mecha Dawn

Buffybot (II)/Buffy Summers

Appearances[]

Canonical[]

Other[]

• The Willow Files, Volume 1
• I Robot, You Jane
• The Ultimate Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Gift

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic

• Lost and Found (Only in flashbacks)
• The Death of Buffy, Part One
• The Death of Buffy, Part Two
• The Death of Buffy, Part Three

References[]