"Amberiborg" would have been a more appropriate moniker but the distinction between robots and cyborgs presumably wasn't as defined in 1978. Nonindicative Name: He's not actually a giant Captain America robot as the name implies, but rather a man inhabiting a giant Captain America robot.Heel–Face Door-Slam: Just as he has recovered his body and intends to atone for his past actions, he's shot dead by Codename: Bravo for his past actions as a Nazi.Evil Is Bigger: Well yes, he's 20ft tall.Then he was Red Skull's Giant Mook until by sheer chance he was reverted to his original human body. Cap talked him down and convinced him to try starting anew, but then he was captured by the Red Skull and brainwashed so that Cap's message forcibly became an Ignored Epiphany. Being Evil Sucks: Dekker transferred his mind into the Ameridroid in a rash decision driven by several humiliating defeats, only to immediately regret his actions as he was now trapped in a 20-foot tall body and could never again live a normal life. Ameridroid has the abilities of Captain America amplified to be proportional to its size. The Ameridroid is a twenty foot tall android in the form of Captain America, inhabited by the mind of self-loathing former Nazi spy and scientist. "You remember me, don't you, Rogers?! My new friend told me it was you! You stole my dream!" Weaponized Headgear: Wears a customized cap which doubles as a throwing weapon.Vigilante Man: Believing himself to be the future of law enforcement, Americop traversed the nation, monitoring police scanners and meting out justice to those he deemed perpetrators, acting as judge, jury and, more often than not, executioner.His reappearance in a Thunderbolts one-shot in 2007 has him even more unhinged. Sanity Slippage: Gallows was not terribly sane to begin with.Lawman Baton: Carries a nightstick as one of his primary weapons.Knight Templar: Believing himself to be the future of law enforcement, Americop traversed the nation, monitoring police scanners and meting out justice to those he deemed perpetrators, acting as judge, jury and, more often than not, executioner.Judge, Jury, and Executioner: Believing himself to be the future of law enforcement, Americop traversed the nation, monitoring police scanners and meting out justice to those he deemed perpetrators, acting as judge, jury and, more often than not, executioner.In the Blood: The Punisher of 2099, Jake Gallows, is his descendant.Given everything he's done so far, you might expect Americop to attack the victims as well, but he leaves them entirely alone. Everyone Has Standards: He interrupts a bunch of teenagers attacking two gay kids.Cool Car: His pick-up truck has a roof-mounted lightbar, police siren, public address system, and bulletproof armor and windows.The Blank: Wears a featureless Kevlar face mask." You have the right to remain silent-forever."Äisillusioned at the law's inability to protect society from the lawless, Houston police officer Bart Gallows resigned from the force and became America's self-appointed top law-enforcement official: Americop. Robotic Psychopath: Chronologically predating Marvel's premier robo-nut Ultron by a good several decades.Meaningful Rename: The resurrected version Cap briefly tangled with in 2012 renamed himself Adam- III.High Collar of Doom: His outfit (see right) had a very high popped collar.Evil Is Petty: It takes a special kind of dickery to create a robot convinced they're a whole other person, just for the sole purpose of one day taking over their body and using it to murder people.Crazy-Prepared: In his return in 2012, it turned out he'd made several Ridiculously Human Robots, and had them infiltrate the US government to facilitate his eventual return, including one convinced he was the grandson of William Naslund.Costume Copycat: As Adam III, he started wearing a replica of Cap's costume.Arc Welding: Marvel Comics #1000 reveals his origin is tied to the Enclave, the people who created Adam Warlock, who may or may not have had a hand in the way he turned out.Amazing Technicolor Population: His skin is bright red.He was thwarted, and apparently destroyed, but not before one of his androids killed William Naslund. Another attempt by Professor Phineas Horton to make a synthetic man, Adam II turned out to be much less noble than Jim, coming up with an insane plan to take over the world by replacing politicians with robot duplicates. The original Human Torch's nasty little brother. "The time has come for humans to cede their place in the world to machines!"
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