If 'Westworld' used famous robots from pop culture

Robots in disguise.
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Dennie Bright
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Westworld's first season told a compelling story about artificial intelligence, consciousness and personal freedom.

Most of the show's hosts were more human than the robots we're used to (and a little more human than the humans themselves, honestly). That being said, we can't help but wonder how a park like Westworld would've differed if they'd used some goofy pop culture robots instead of those moody, intelligent, fully-sentient robots they decided on.

Take a look at which famous robots we'd cast as the star hosts of Westworld below.

Teddy Flood & Dolores Abernathay: WALL-E and EVE

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Maeve Millay: GLaDOS

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Lawrence/El Lazo: Bender

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Armistice & Hector Escaton: Rosie the Maid and Johnny 5

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Sheriff Pickett: The T-1000

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Bernard Lowe: RoboCop

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Dennie Bright

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