replicant
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Origin of the term
- Fictional history
- ''Blade Runner''
- ''Blade Runner 2049''
- Ambiguity over Deckard's humanity
- Creator opinions
- In-universe evidence
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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A replicant is a fictional bioengineered humanoid featured in the 1982 film Blade Runner and the 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049. In the films, replicants are physically indistinguishable from adult human beings and often possesses superhuman strength and intelligence. A replicant can be detected by means of the fictional Voight-Kampff test in which emotional responses are provoked; a replicant's nonverbal responses differ from those of a human. Failing the test leads to execution, which is euphemistically referred to as "retiring".
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