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Alternate title(s): A.I.
Original release / air date: 10 October 1986
Runtime: 91 minutes
Country / region: United States
Original language: English
Production company / studio: Warner Bros.; Pan Arts; Layton
Distributor / platform: Warner Bros.
Artificial character(s): Samantha Pringle
Performer(s): Kristy Swanson
ASFR type: Transformation
Character type: Cyborg

Overview

Teenage robotics prodigy Paul Conway attempts to revive his brain-dead friend Samantha by implanting the artificial-intelligence microchip from his destroyed robot BB into her brain. Samantha awakens, but initially behaves like a machine and becomes violently protective of Paul.

ASFR Content

Samantha is transformed from a human body into a human/robot hybrid controlled in part by BB's artificial-intelligence chip. Her revival features stiff mechanical motion and BB-like hand gestures, Paul is able to deactivate her remotely, and the final morgue sequence presents an overt mechanical reveal beneath her human face.

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ASFR Scenes

Scene 1
Key ASFR scene

Paul implants BB's microchip into Samantha

After removing Samantha from the hospital, Paul implants the artificial-intelligence microchip recovered from BB into her brain and attempts to activate her.

Character(s): Samantha Pringle
Scene 2
Key ASFR scene

Samantha awakens with mechanical behaviour

Samantha opens her eyes and begins moving mechanically after activation, initially holding her hands in a position resembling BB's pincers while Paul teaches her basic movements.

Character(s): Samantha Pringle
Scene 3
Major

Paul deactivates Samantha

After finding the revived Samantha behaving independently, Paul uses his control system to deactivate her, demonstrating that her artificial component can override her body.

Character(s): Samantha Pringle
Scene 4
Key ASFR scene

Samantha's face reveals BB beneath

In the final morgue sequence Samantha suddenly grabs Paul as her face tears apart, revealing a grotesque mechanical BB-like structure underneath while she speaks with a robotic voice.

Character(s): Samantha Pringle

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