Why is it that cyborgs, when they lose their fleshy exteriors (even just partly) begin to move like robots? You've seen it before, in the Terminator movies, of course. Arnold moves like a human, right up until there's no Arnold left, and he's just the cold exoskeleton with those beady red eyes. But honestly, that's a bad example, because the cyborg can't move like a human due to limitations in technology (at least with the original).
I was watching a thrilling episode of Batman: The Animated series the other day where Batman's "soul" was essentially placed into a cyborg body that looked and acted the exact same as Batman himself. You couldn't tell the difference between the two, and indeed, when they fought each other there was little to give one away as the imposter. But all this stopped when the cyborg Batman had the honour of half his faced melting off due to some kind of acid being thrown on him. Half his face was of Batman, the other half: steel. And of course that little red eye.
As soon as this happened, his movements became much more robot like: stiff, methodical, "in-organic," if you will. And to add insult to injury, I believe you could even hear his gears going, as if all the sound-dampening was coming from his face. Perhaps there was no need to hide his true robotic nature: the gig was up.
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