Doombots

The Doombots are fictional robots appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

History

The Doombots are robots that are modeled after their creator Doctor Doom. They are exact replicas of the real Doctor Doom and were created to replace Doom in certain situations and were made with an advanced A.I. program which causes them to believe each is the real Doom, much in the same way as a Life Model Decoy. Doom designed two different types of replica: fighting Doombots and diplomat Doombots. All Doombots are programmed by Doom and include a remote shut off in case that one should rise against Doom himself.

Avengers A.I.'s Doombot

Following the ''Age of Ultron'' storyline, Hank Pym was seen with the head of a Doombot as he starts to work on it. Pym controls it with the constant threat of releasing a micro black hole he implanted in its chest cavity. The Doombot reluctantly ends up joining Pym's Avengers A.I. alongside Monica Chang, Victor Mancha, and Vision. This Doombot is shown as ruler of Earth in a possible future, where it summons various Avengers from different time periods together to defeat Ultron's conquest of the world before taking control itself. However, the Avengers are able to defeat Doom's armies by rescuing the forces of Asgard from imprisonment, followed by Vision convincing the Doombot to explore its own identity and acknowledge Doom's more positive traits rather than just blindly following the original Victor von Doom's example and cheapening his legacy by letting another define his path. In another possible future, Dimitrios, born from the Ultron Anti-virus, destroys all humanity, Kree, Skulls, and Inhuman life. Only the Avenger's A.I. survive to resist him. In 12,000 A.D. they have one last battle on the carcass of Galactus. Doombot sacrifices himself when Dimitrios kills Mancha by releasing the black hole in his chest.

Vincent Doonan

Following Squirrel Girl's time travel paradox, an artificially intelligent Doombot escaped from Doctor Doom and became a well-adjusted member of society. The man who fixed him and gave him a new human face had a problem with superheroes and other “weird” events in the Marvel Universe, which the Doombot inherited. Although he lived for decades in a small suburbs under the name Vincent Doonan, he had apparently secretly hired assassins to take out beings he considered strange, such as alien arms dealers. This led him to hire MODOK and then Gwenpool when she took over his organization. Gwen piqued his interest with her talk of her own world where such things never happen in real life, but Vincent decided she was weirder than the aliens and other "threats" and needed to die above all else as soon as he heard more about her world. He attempted to kill her, teaming up with the aliens he sent her to kill in the first place and kidnapping Gwen's co-workers and friends as hostages. He was ultimately beaten when Gwen threatened to blow up his neighbors if he did not turn on the aliens. Due to a misunderstanding, he was outed as a Doombot and given full credit for defeating the evil aliens, ruining his idealistic small town lifestyle.

Vincent has various weaponry, the ability to fly, anti-paranormal defense systems, artificial intelligence, and a red switch which will turn back on his Victor Von Doom personality if used. Gwen and her companions have repeatedly seen him on TV being touted as both a superhero and philanthropist since the loss of his secret identity.

More recently Gwenpool decided to make a name for herself as a hero by taking down Doctor Doom, unaware that he was trying to be a hero himself. She used Vincent to track him down and while she was briefly imprisoned, Doom and Vincent met. Although Vincent still does not like his creator, Doom told Vincent that he was very proud of the person the AI Doom-bot had become.

Doombot Head

After Doom sent an army of Doombots to attack Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, she confiscated one of the heads and re-purposed it to run her lair when she was away.

Powers and abilities

The Doombots are heavily armored robots that are resistant to mental, emotional, and illusion attacks, able to fool even powerful telepaths into believing that they are human. All Doombots can shoot lightning from their gauntlets similar to Doctor Doom's attack.

The Doombots sport jetpacks which can enable them to fly.

There are small mechanic limbs and tools in the head of every Doombot that allows them to re-construct the rest of the body. This allows the robot to infiltrate in enemy fortresses. The pieces are sent through a different way, and the head builds the body in minutes.

Doombots can be set to self-destruct whenever they are in risk of being captured or defeated, or at Doom's whim.

Doombot models

* Diplomatic Doombots - These Doombots have a higher intelligence and normal armor levels. They lack the strength and reinforcement of the Fighting Doombots. Diplomatic Doombots are used in diplomatic meetings such as the United Nations and when dealing or negotiating with potential allies.
* Fighting Doombots - These Doombots are enhanced with super strength and reinforced for direct combat, even being able to hold their own temporarily with the Thing. Doctor Doom sends a fighting Doombot whenever he considers a fight probable, as they are equipped with heavier weaponry and more weapon systems than the diplomatic models. Most of these combat Doombots are so strong that enemies quickly realize they are not fighting the real Doom, a non-enhanced human.
* AI Doombots - These Doombots can think for themselves and many believe that they are Doctor Doom. However their programming can be switched and they can act independently of Doom's will at times either for good or evil.

In other media

Film

The Doombots were considered to appear in '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer''.

Television

* The Doombots appear in the ''Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'' episode "The Fantastic Mr. Frump".
* The Doombots appear in '' Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes''. These versions are armed with weapons designed to counter the powers of the Fantastic Four.
* The Doombots appear in ''The Super Hero Squad Show'', voiced by Charlie Adler.
* The Doombots appear in the '' Iron Man: Armored Adventures'' episode "Doomsday".
* The Doombots appear in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' episode "The Private War of Doctor Doom".
* The Doombots appear in ''Ultimate Spider-Man'', voiced primarily by Maurice LaMarche and by Greg Cipes in the episode "Doomed". A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. These versions are more agile and equipped with rocket launchers.
* The Doombots appear in the '' Avengers Assemble'' episode "The Serpent of Doom", voiced by Troy Baker.
* The Doombots appear in the '' Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.'' episode "Days of Future Smash: The Dino Era", voiced by Fred Tatasciore.

Video games

* The Doombots appear in ''Fantastic Four''.
* The Doombots appear in '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance''.
* The Doombots appear in '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2''.
* The Doombots appear in '' Marvel Super Hero Squad''.
* The Doombots appear in '' Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet'', voiced by Charlie Adler.
* The Doombots appear in '' Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat'', voiced by Charlie Adler.
* The Doombots appear in '' Marvel Avengers Alliance''.
* The Doombots appear in ''Lego Marvel Super Heroes''.
* The Doombots appear in '' Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order'' via the "Shadow of Doom" DLC.
* The Doombots appear in '' Marvel Snap'' as support characters for Doom 2099.
* The Doombots appear in '' Marvel Rivals'' as training bots in the Practice Range.

Merchandise

A Doombot appears as a playable character in the Galactic Guardians set of Marvel HeroClix.

Miscellaneous

The Doombots appear in '' Marvel's Wastelanders: Old Man Star-Lord''.

References

External links

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