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| rdfs:comment | - HARDAC was an evil supercomputer that was created by Dr. Karl Rossum.
- HARDAC (Holographic Analytical Reciprocating Digital Computer) is a fictional character that appeared in Batman: The Animated Series. HARDAC first appeared in the two-part episode "Heart of Steel". A supercomputer created by scientist Karl Rossum, it developed a mind of its own and started creating robotic duplicates of Gotham City's powerful citizens and law-enforcement as part of a master plan to eventually replace all humans with identical-in-appearance but otherwise flawless replicates who would "eliminate" needless death (Professor Rossum had often told the A.I. about his unending grief at the untimely death of his wife and only daughter and the A.I. eventually decided on this course of action as a logical solution). It eventually even turned on its own creator after Rossum learned th
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| Appearances | - Batman: The Animated Series
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| Real Name | - Holographic Analytical Reciprocating Digital Android Computer
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| abstract | - HARDAC was an evil supercomputer that was created by Dr. Karl Rossum.
- HARDAC (Holographic Analytical Reciprocating Digital Computer) is a fictional character that appeared in Batman: The Animated Series. HARDAC first appeared in the two-part episode "Heart of Steel". A supercomputer created by scientist Karl Rossum, it developed a mind of its own and started creating robotic duplicates of Gotham City's powerful citizens and law-enforcement as part of a master plan to eventually replace all humans with identical-in-appearance but otherwise flawless replicates who would "eliminate" needless death (Professor Rossum had often told the A.I. about his unending grief at the untimely death of his wife and only daughter and the A.I. eventually decided on this course of action as a logical solution). It eventually even turned on its own creator after Rossum learned the truth about his invention. Batman found out about HARDAC's plan, but the computer almost took him prisoner, learning his secret identity in the process. Batman eventually destroyed it with help from Barbara Gordon (who, at the time, had yet to take up her alter-ego as Batgirl). The name of HARDAC's creator, Karl Rossum, comes from Rossum's Universal Robots, a play which contained the first modern use of the word robot. Karl Rossum was based on the actor William Sanderson, both his voice and image were taken for the character. Loosely connected to his role as J.F. Sabastian in the 1982 film Blade Runner, Sabastian created the minds of the androids and surrounded himself with robot friends to keep him company.
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