Malfunction

A female robot malfunctions after being shocked with electricity

A malfunction is a common trope in ASFR fiction. A malfunction is an event where a fembot suddenly fails to function properly, because of conception flaws, environmentally-caused damages or deliberate sabotage. This event can range from small software glitches to catastrophic failures resulting in the permanent disactivation of said fembot.

A malfunction is commonly visually represented by sparks flying out of the unit's body, error messages (verbal or textual in robo-vision/panels), loss of motor control leading to jerky and spasmic movement, and even explosions. It can also lead a fembot, in the case of a software malfunction, to accidentaly or purposely hurt itself or other peoples.

In fiction

• In the movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, the titular character Austin Powers overloads sexbots with his "mojo", making them jerk at first, and thein making their heads explode. Not to be confused with Vanessa Kensington's scene in the sequel Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, where she is purposely designed to explode.

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• In the series [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Buffybot gets damaged by a vampire and loses her sense of direction, causing her to bang into objects.

• In the movie Cherry 2000, the titular robot Cherry gets accidentaly wet, and suddenly starts sparking. She then loses all motor control, and a hear a loud beeping is heard before she eventually shuts down.

• This trope is at the basis of most of Fection's art and writings.

• In the movie Westworld, the main protagonist attempts at making a chained woman drink. It is revealed she is just another robot when she starts sparking and smoking.

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