Cyborg is a shortened variation of the term cybernetic organism. A cyborg is an amalgamation of living, biological matter infused with technological enhancements. Most often, the technological enhancements substitute for an organ or body part that had been either lost or removed. The enhancements may be something small and unoticeable such as an implant or nanotechnology, but may also include replacements for larger affected areas including limbs, torso, spine, etc. Cyborgs are extremely popular in science fiction stories and have been featured in hundreds of films, novels, comic books and television programs. One of the more popularly known examples of a cyborg is the T-800 cyborg from the Terminator franchise.
In television, cyborgs played a major role in programs such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Battlestar Galactica. In Star Trek, a race known as the Borg was introduced and proved to be a threat to the Enterprise crew on several occasions. The Borg were also the central antagonists in the film Star Trek: First Contact. In the 2003 revamped Battlestar Galactica series, the protagonists find themselves waging a constant struggle against the forces of the Cylons. Although the Cylons are always presented as robots, their physical composition mimics human physiology so closely that they can easily pass for human even under intense scrutiny.
On Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Professor Maggie Walsh of Demon Research Initiative used science and the supernatural to turn a deceased agent into a cybernetic power-house. Dubbed "Adam", he was considered a bio-mechanical demonid. [1]
Over in the Friday the 13th film series, mute undead mass murderer Jason Voorhees probably never envisioned a scenario wherein he would undergo cybernetic conversion - and yet, it happened. By 2010, Doctor Aloysius Wimmer of the Crystal Lake Research Facility had captured Jason Voorhees. Jason escaped however, and killed a bunch of soldiers, as well as Wimmer. A staff member named Rowan managed to trap Jason inside of a cryo-chamber where he remained in a state of suspended animation for several hundred years. He was revived in the year 2455 aboard the medical research vessel, The Grendel. Through a confluence of events, Jason was infused nannites, which turned him into a cybernetic super killing machine that the world has affectionately come to refer to as "Uber Jason". [2]
In the Ghost Rider family of comic book titles, a Japanese woman named Ruriko Tsumura was injured in a boating accident. She was saved by the Freakmaster who turned her into a cybernetic servant dubbed "Steel Wind". When Ruriko was rendered insensate after exposure to Hellfire from the Ghost Rider [3], her sister Sadae Tsumura offered herself up as a replacement. She underwent extensive cybernetic conversion and became the half-woman/half-motorcycle known as Steel Vengeance. [4]
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- Sometimes, characters who are actually robots may appear as if they were cyborgs. The "human" elements however, are actually artificially created and are not actually organic, thus they are not considered cybernetic organisms. Such characters include Ash from the 1979 film Alien or David from Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
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- Cavewoman: The Movie 1 - Cyborg dinosaur movie script concept
- Classic X-Men 2 - Misty Knight
- Cyberforce 1 - Cyber Force & S.H.O.C.s
- Cyblade/Shi: The Battle for Independents 1 - Cyblade
- DC Comics Presents 52 - Robotman
- Doom Patrol 86 - Robotman & The Brain
- Doom Patrol 87 - Robotman & The Brain
- Doom Patrol 88 - Robotman
- Doom Patrol 99 - Robotman
- Doom Patrol Vol 2 74 - Cliff Steele
- Friday the 13th: Jason vs. Jason X 1 - Uber Jason
- Friday the 13th: Jason vs. Jason X 2 - Uber Jason
- Invaders 2 - Brain Drain
- Iron Man Vol 6 3
- My Greatest Adventure 80 - Robotman
- Star Wars: Bounty Hunters 6 - Beilert Valance
- Star Wars: Bounty Hunters 7 - Beilert Valance
- X-Factor 206 - Bastion; Human/Sentinel hybrid
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- Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi - Darth Vader & Arden Lyn.
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- Jason X - Uber Jason
- Jason X: The Experiment - Uber Jason
- Jason X: Planet of the Beast - Uber Jason
- Jason X: Death Moon - Uber Jason
- Jason X: To the Third Power - Uber Jason