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Nancy Allen, Peter Weller, Miguel Ferrer, and Kurtwood Smith in RoboCop (1987)

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RoboCop

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Edited into

    • Zeiram (1991)

      various sampled robot suit sound effects
    • RoboCop 3 (1993)

    • "RoboCop" The Future of Law Enforcement: Part 1 (TV Episode 1994)

      RoboCop remembers his death as Alex Murphy as filtered stock footage of Clarence Boddicker and his gang shooting at him is shown.

Featured in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Hollywood's Outdated Ratings System (TV Episode 1987)

      A clip is shown (8/29/87 version only).
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Buried Treasures - 1987 Edition (TV Episode 1987)

      Clips appear in the teaser for the next episode.
    • The Making of 'RoboCop' (TV Movie 1987)

      Making of.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" RoboCop/The Squeeze/Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs/Withnail and I (TV Episode 1987)

      Reviewed.
    • Shooting 'RoboCop' (Video 1987)

      Clips from the film are shown.

Followed by

    • RoboCop 2 (1990)

    • RoboCop 3 (1993)

    • RoboCop (TV Series 1994)

    • RoboCop: Prime Directives (TV Series 2001)

    • Robocop (TV Short 2007)

Referenced in

    • "Valerie" Liars and Other Strangers (TV Episode 1987)

      David mentions it.
    • "Saturday Night Live" Sean Penn/L.L. Cool J/The Pull (TV Episode 1987)

      "Robopope" mentioned during Weekend Update.
    • R.O.T.O.R. (1987)

      A robot is created to work as a police officer.
    • "Head of the Class" Play It Again, Woody (TV Episode 1987)

      Miss Finch: "What about RoboCop night?"
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Moonstruck/Overboard/September/*Batteries Not Included/Ironweed (TV Episode 1987)

      Referenced during the "*batteries not included" review.

References

    • Metropolis (1927)

      Cited by director Paul Verhoeven as influence.
    • Frankenstein (1931)

      A person is brought to life by combining science and technology.
    • The Wizard of Oz (1939)

      A metal man and his humanity.
    • Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)

      Cited by actor Peter Weller as inspiration for his performance.
    • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

      Cited by director Paul Verhoeven as influence.

Remade as

    • RoboCop (2014)

Spin-off

    • RoboCop (TV Series 1988)

    • RoboCop (Video Game 1988)

      Home computer version of the video game based on the film.
    • RoboCop (Video Game 1989)

      NES video game based on the film.
    • RoboCop (Video Game 1990)

      Game Boy video game based on the film.
    • RoboCop Versus the Terminator (Video Game 1993)

      A video game based on the Terminator and RoboCop franchises.

Spoofed in

    • "D.C. Follies" George H. W. Bush Schemes to Get Ronald Reagan Out of the White House (TV Episode 1987)

      In one of his attempts to oust Ronald Reagan from office, George Bush masquerades as Robocop.
    • "Sledge Hammer!" Hammeroid (TV Episode 1987)

      Hammer gets turned into a RoboCop-style cyborg
    • Robofox (Video 1987)

      Pornographic parody.
    • Bobo Cop (1988)

      It spoofed several scenes from RoboCop, with movie title referencing the Hollywood flick.
    • Robofox II: 'the Collector' (Video 1988)

      Video's title and plot is a loose take off on the mainstream film from a year earlier.

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