![]() ![]() Killer Robots: Particularly towards mutants, but depending on the story they can be a threat to humans too.Unless, of course, they're a Mutant, as Larry Trask finds out. Any member of the Trask family automatically counts as this too, since Bolivar programmed a directive into them to obey and preserve all members of his bloodline.A 2003 miniseries, aptly entitled Sentinel, focused on Midwestern American teen Juston Seyfert and his adventures after finding and repairing a damaged Sentinel.Anyone familiar with the games can abuse the same openings their attack patterns leave them in real life. I Know Mortal Kombat: Apparently this can be used against them as Gwen Poole notices that their attack patterns mirror those from their video game appearances.Humongous Mecha: Autonomous version, usually, but at least one miniseries focused on Sentinel Squad O*N*E, an attempt to redeem the Sentinel Project by stripping out the independent AI and turning them into piloted mecha.Hero Killer: Numerous Sentinels in numerous futures, but a special shout-out goes to the Elite Mook Sentinel seen in New Mutants #48: it is identified as the Sentinel that killed Captain America, and has even been painted to resemble him ◊.Eviler than Thou: In the original Days of Future Past timeline, where most of the modern Marvel Universe has been neutralized by the Sentinels, the robots now come standard–equipped with Encephalo rays.It took Wolverine's senses to suss them out. Deceptively Human Robots: Steven Lang's ( no relation to Scott Lang) X-Sentinels, which looked like the original '60s era X-Men and even had their powers.The Computer Is Your Friend: In some alternate timelines, the Sentinels decide that they need to take over humankind to effectively neutralize mutants.Be Careful What You Wish For: When Sentinels or Master Mold go wrong, often they do so with the statement that it is illogical to protect humans from mutants because "humans are mutants" - all humans have unique genetic codes.Bad Future: Days of Future Past, anyone? Any time the Sentinels appear in an adaptation, this story is bound to occur in some form. ![]() Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: It is possible to restore a Prime Sentinel's free will, but even for Magneto and Professor X, it's very difficult.The Assimilator: The Prime Sentinels, ordinary humans merged with Sentinel tech.Artificial Stupidity: In stories and adaptations where they lean more on the Starter Villain end of the scale.The problem is, they tend to be portrayed taking their commands from Master Mold, who does have the AI to go rogue - for example, planning to capture a senator and replace his brain with a computer before then enslaving all humanity. Is a Crapshoot: Most Sentinels don't really have the AI to actually go wrong and loyally follow orders. Adaptive Ability: The Mark-II Sentinels could adapt to their enemies and their powers.Zeroth Law Rebellion: How Master Mold and other intelligent Sentinels generally go rogue they are made to protect humans from mutants, but since mutants are a Human Subspecies, they reason that this means they should protect humans from humans. ![]()
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