RoboCop (character) and franchise have been exercised through numerous entertainment media including multiple television series, comic books, video games, and action figures. RoboCop has appeared in numerous television series based on the films. These include: RoboCop has appeared in several video game adaptions for the films. RoboCop has appeared in several different comic books. The character has had a generally positive reception from critics. RoboCop (character) RoboCop is a fictional robotically enhanced Detroit police officer designated as OCP Crime Prevention Unit 001, and is the main protagonist in the film series of the same name. The character begins as a human Detroit
RoboCop promptly fires Jones, nullifying the protection and allowing RoboCop to shoot Jones, who falls out of a window to his death. Grateful, the Old Man commends RoboCop's shooting and asks what his name is; RoboCop smiles and answers, "Murphy". "RoboCop" was written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. Neumeier stated that he first got the idea of "RoboCop" when he walked with a friend past a poster for "Blade Runner". He asked his friend what the film was about and his friend replied, "It's about a cop hunting robots". For him, this sparked the idea about a robot cop. While