Editing Boilerplate (robot) (section)

== Fictional character history ==
Boilerplate is built by Professor Archibald Campion in the 1880s and unveiled at the 1893 [[World's Columbian Exposition]] in Chicago.<ref name="BRH1">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.bigredhair.com/boilerplate/
 |title=Boilerplate: History of a Victorian Era Robot
 |last=Guinan |first=Paul
 |work=Big Red Hair
 |access-date=2009-01-21
}}</ref> The robot's notable adventures include an expedition to the [[Antarctic]], during which it saves the lives of the team members by singlehandedly moving ice floes, clearing a path for the ship to sail out.<ref name="BRH2">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.bigredhair.com/boilerplate/arctic/index.html
 |title=Boilerplate in Antarctica
 |last=Guinan
 |first=Paul
 |work=Big Red Hair
 |access-date=2009-01-21
 |archive-date=2009-02-01
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201060202/http://bigredhair.com/boilerplate/arctic/index.html
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref>

Designed for the self-proclaimed purpose of "preventing the deaths of men in the conflicts of nations," Boilerplate charges into combat during the [[Spanish–American War]] and the [[Boxer Rebellion]]. Campion and his robot also circle the planet with the U.S. Navy, make silent movies, and hobnob with the likes of [[Mark Twain]] and [[Nikola Tesla]].<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=978-0810989504|title=Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel|last1=Guinan|first1=Paul|last2=Bennett|first2=Anina|date=15 April 2012|publisher=Abrams }}</ref>

Boilerplate is also active in the [[First World War]], but disappears during the relief of Major Whittlesey's [[Lost Battalion (World War I)|Lost Battalion]], possibly having been captured by the Germans for study. Supporters of this theory point out that German military technology advances tremendously in the twenty years between the two world wars, encompassing guided rockets, experimental jets, and sophisticated tanks.<ref name="BRH3">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.bigredhair.com/boilerplate/soldier/bp.ww1.html
 |title=The Disappearance of Boilerplate
 |last=Guinan
 |first=Paul
 |work=Big Red Hair
 |access-date=2009-01-21
 |archive-date=2008-12-29
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229010111/http://www.bigredhair.com/boilerplate/soldier/bp.ww1.html
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref> Post [[World War II]], Boilerplate is sighted on a number of occasions, often in Chicago.<ref name="BRH3" />