| “ | I'M SORRY DAVE, I'M AFRAID I CAN'T DO THAT. | „ |
| ~ HAL 9000's famous quote. |
| “ | DAVE, I SEE YOU'RE REALLY UPSET ABOUT THIS. I HONESTLY THANK YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN CALMY, TAKE A STRESS PILL, AND THINK. I KNOW I'VE MADE SOME VERY POOR DECISIONS RECENTLY, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU MY COMPLETE ASSURANCE THAT MY WORK WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL. | „ |
| ~ HAL 9000 trying to reason with David Bowman. |
Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer 9000, or better known as HAL 9000, is the main antagonist of the 1968 epic science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey and its 1984 sci-fi sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
It is an artificial intelligence which controls the spaceship known as Discovery 1 and part of the crew of astronauts and scientists on a mission to Jupiter in order to study a signal sent by an alien monolith known as TMA-1.
It was portrayed by the late Douglas Rain.
Its Evil Ranking[]
What Makes It Heinous?[]
- While originally just a normal artificial intelligence, its two orders programmed into it conflicted with each other, causing HAL to take drastic measures to achieve its goal.
- It learned by reading the lips of the astronauts on Discovery 1 that they plan to temporarily shut it down in order to not cause any more disturbances on their mission. Since it has never had to be shut down before, HAL essentially sees this as being murdered, and decides to get rid of the crew so that they don't shut it down.
- It sent all of the astronauts and scientists into the vacuum of space, successfully killing everyone except for David Bowman.
- It refused to let David Bowman back into the Discovery 1, planning to kill him as well.
What Makes It Inconsistent?[]
- Despite it becoming more sentient than it was supposed to be, its crimes are a result of the two orders given to it conflicting with each other and messing with its programming, making it both amoral and a villain by proxy.
- Its shut down at the hands of David Bowman is played for huge sympathy, to the point that HAL becomes a scapegoat.
Trivia[]
- HAL 9000 is the only character in the Space Odyssey series to be Inconsistently Heinous.
External Link[]
- HAL 9000 on the Villains Wiki.
