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Anne Lewis was a Detroit Police Department officer at the Metro West precinct to was partnered with Alex Murphy at the time of his death. She was partnered with him again after his reconstruction as RoboCop and continued to patrol with him through multiple police strikes, often facing some of Detroit's most fearsome criminals with little or no backup.

Biography

Murder of Alex Murphy

Anne was partnered with Alex Murphy shortly after transferring from Metro South to Metro West. On his first day on the job at his new precinct, he was murdered by a vicious gang of thugs led by Clarence Boddicker. Lewis was incapacitated by gang member Joe P. Cox and was separated from Murphy at the time of the murder and could not cover him and after the carnage ceased, the only thing Lewis could do was summon help to get Murphy medical attention, although he was declared legally dead shortly afterwards.

Assisting RoboCop

Some time later, remains from Murphy were used in the creation of the cyborg RoboCop. This information was not public knowledge, but Lewis recognized RoboCop, who had mannerisms from his former life and she helped him rediscover his past.

Later, Anne was alerted to the orders for Lt. Hedgecock and his SWAT force to destroy RoboCop. She arrived at the third level of the OCP parking complex, seeing RoboCop damaged by the SWAT force and helped him to get into her car. As one of the SWAT team members discovered them, Lewis quickly got in the car and drove away, escaping the gunfire.

The two escaped to the old steel mill, where she brought supplies to RoboCop and told him what happened to Murphy's family. She later helped him calibrate his aiming systems before Boddicker and his gang arrived.

A firefight ensued as Lewis gave pursuit to the gang in her cruiser. She encountered Boddicker, who had crashed his car but managed to shoot Lewis, who collapsed into a shallow pool of rusty water. As Boddicker prepared to kill her, RoboCop arrived and was soon buried under metal from a crane operated by Leon Nash. Lewis destroyed the crane control room along with Nash with Clarence's Cobra Assault Cannon, enraging Clarence. The crime lord attempted to kill RoboCop once and for all but was fatally stabbed in the neck by the cyborg.

RoboCop desperately called to Lewis, who responded that she was "a mess." RoboCop assured her that OCP would fix her, as they fix everything. Indeed, she was soon taken to a hospital, where she recuperated.

In a deleted scene, Lewis was subsequently hospitalized and visited by Mayor Gibson. She was then interviewed by Mediabreak's Justin Ballard-Watkins, who asked if she had ever considered another line of work. Anne responded, "No, I like being a cop. And you know what they say, 'If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.'"

Police strike

When the police went on strike again the following year, Anne was one of the few police officers that did not. She was once again partnered with Murphy as RoboCop. Although RoboCop could strike as he was a subsidiary of OCP, the increased demand on his duties had been putting a strain on him, as well as his support staff. This was to the advantage of Cain, a drug lord developing a new narcotic known as Nuke. Cain's gang at one point managed to mangle and dismantle RoboCop, depositing his remnants near the police precinct. Lewis used RoboCop's ruined state to show the strikers how Cain's gang was having a field day. The strike was called off, and the police officers returned to duty in a united effort to bring down Cain.

After a confrontation with RoboCop, Cain was killed and OCP had his brain placed into RoboCop 2. This new cyborg went berserk and ended up battling the original RoboCop, who he almost dominated until Lewis distracted him with a can of Nuke, allowing RoboCop to extract and destroy his brain.

Opposing the Rehabs

OCP was eventually bought out by the Kanemitsu Corporation and was still bent on creating their project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately to them, the inhabitants of the area had no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company. To this end, OCP decided to force them to leave by employing a ruthless mercenary army, the Urban Rehabilitators or "Rehabs" to attack and harass them. By this time, Lewis, RoboCop, and Reed were transferred back to the Metro West precinct.

Lewis went with RoboCop to a church, where they discovered several refugees in hiding. The Rehabs soon arrived with their commander, Paul McDaggett, to arrest the refugees. Lewis refused to give them up, telling McDaggett that he would have to shoot through she and RoboCop first. However, McDaggett responded, "I don't have a huge problem with that," and opened fire, mortally wounding Lewis.

A group of rebels came to RoboCop's aid as he carried Lewis into the church and laid her on the altar, where she said her dying words to her friend, "Get them for me. Promise me!" to which he said faithfully, "I promise." With her final words, "Murphy...", Anne died.

Behind the Scenes

Notes

Originally Stephanie Zimbalist, the star of NBC television series "Remington Steele", was cast as Lewis. Due to the network picking up an option in her contract to do more episodes of the television show, she had to withdraw from the role, leading to Nancy Allen taking it on.
There exists an urban legend that Nancy Allen was so displeased with RoboCop 2 that she agreed to do the third film under the condition that her character be killed off early in the film. However, this is false, according to several interviews by Allen.
The Character of Anne Lewis was not featured in the TV miniseries RoboCop: Prime Directives. In regards to the character, Co-writer Joseph O'Brien went on to say, "As far as we were concerned Anne Lewis is dead. Whether this happened in RoboCop 3 or not we leave to the discretion of the individual viewer." She is referenced when Ann R. Key reveals her name to RoboCop.
In the comics, Anne Lewis didn't get killed and instead it was Warren Reed that died, adapted from the original RoboCop 3 script.
In the Marvel comic books there is an inconclusive romance between RoboCop and Anne Lewis, she kisses him in the 19th issue of the series.

Appearances

RoboCop (1987)
RoboCop 2
RoboCop 3

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-:<sub>This article is about the live-action character. For the animated character, see [[Anne Lewis (animated)]]</sub>
 {{Infobox Movie Character
-|image = [[Image:Officer_Anne_Lewis.jpg|250px]]
+|image = 89.png
+|affiliations = [[Detroit Police Department]]
-|Character name = Officer Anne Lewis
+|relations = [[Alex Murphy]] (partner)<br>Brother (Pittsburgh, non-caller)
-|full name = Anne Lewis
+|status = Deceased
-|aliases = Officer Lewis
+|actor = [[Nancy Allen]]}}
-|affiliations = [[Detroit City Police Department (1987)|Detroit City Police Department]]
+'''Anne Lewis''' was a [[Detroit Police Department]] officer at the [[Metro West]] precinct to was partnered with [[Alex Murphy]] at the time of his death. She was partnered with him again after his reconstruction as [[RoboCop]] and continued to patrol with him through multiple police strikes, often facing some of [[Detroit]]'s most fearsome criminals with little or no backup.
-|relations = [[Alex Murphy (Peter Weller)|Alex Murphy]] (partner)<br>Brother (Pittsburgh, non-caller)
-|status = Dead <small>(film series)</small><br>Alive <small>(Comics, Animated Series)</small>
-|allies = Alex Murphy/Robocop, Warren Reed, Kaplan, Ramirez, Cecil, Chessman, Starkweather, Jerry, Manson, Lt. Hedgecock (formely), Whitakker, Estevez, Donelly, Jensen, Mayor Gibson, Marvin Kuzak, Dr. Marie Lazarus, Nikko, Moreno, Zack, Bertha
-|Enemies = Clarence Boddicker, Clarence's gang, Dick Jones, Lt. Hedgecock, Cain/Robocop 2, Hob, Angie, Duffy, Paul Mcdaggett, Rehabs, Zack (formely), Moreno (formely), Bertha (formely)
-|actor = [[Nancy Allen]]
-|appearances = ''[[RoboCop (1987 film)|RoboCop]]''<br>''[[RoboCop 2 (film)|RoboCop 2]]''<br>''[[RoboCop 3]]''}}
-{{Quote|Murphy! It's you!|Lewis|RoboCop (1987 film)}}
-'''Anne Lewis''' was the [[DPD]] police officer partnered with [[RoboCop (Peter Weller)|RoboCop]]. Lewis was an honest cop, with a fierce sense of duty. She continued to patrol with her partner through multiple police strikes, often facing some of [[Detroit]]'s most fearsome criminals with little or no backup.
 ==Biography==
 ===Murder of Alex Murphy===
-Anne was partnered with [[Alex Murphy (Peter Weller)|Alex Murphy]], when he had just transferred from Metro South. On his first day on the job at his new precinct, he is murdered by a vicious gang of thugs who work for ruthless corporate executive [[Dick Jones]], who intends to control [[Delta City]] which is still in the planning stages. Lewis was separated from Murphy at the time of the murder and could not cover him, although realistically she probably stood little chance at overpowering the Boddicker gang. After the carnage ceased, the only thing Lewis could do was summon help to get Murphy medical attention, although he was declared legally dead shortly afterwards.
+Anne was partnered with [[Alex Murphy]] shortly after transferring from [[Metro South]] to [[Metro West]]. On his first day on the job at his new precinct, he was murdered by a vicious [[Boddicker Gang|gang of thugs]] led by [[Clarence Boddicker]]. Lewis was incapacitated by gang member [[Joe P. Cox]] and was separated from Murphy at the time of the murder and could not cover him and after the carnage ceased, the only thing Lewis could do was summon help to get Murphy medical attention, although he was declared legally dead shortly afterwards.
+===Assisting RoboCop===
-Murphy's body (although severely damaged) is then re-constructed into the first ever robotic law enforcement cyborg, who gradually begins to regain some recollection of his former life through encounters with members of the gang who took him out.
+Some time later, remains from Murphy were used in the creation of the cyborg [[RoboCop]]. This information was not public knowledge, but Lewis recognized RoboCop, who had mannerisms from his former life and she helped him rediscover his past.
+Later, Anne was alerted to the orders for Lt. [[Hedgecock]] and his SWAT force to destroy RoboCop. She arrived at the third level of the OCP parking complex, seeing RoboCop damaged by the SWAT force and helped him to get into her car. As one of the SWAT team members discovered them, Lewis quickly got in the car and drove away, escaping the gunfire.
-===The Betrayal of Lt. Hedgecock and Deaths of Clarence Boddicker and Dick Jones===
-A series of events leads Anne to become his partner once again. She was alerted by Kaplan and the others to her former comrade's treachery Lt. Hedgecock who attempts to destroy her partner and arrives OCP Parking complex level 3 seeing her partner damaged by him and his swat force and realizes Kaplan and the others failed to stop Hedgecock. She helps him to get into her car. One of Hedgecock's swat men discover Lewis and Robocop in level 3. Lewis quickly gets in and drives away as Hegecock orders his men to open fire at the two. Lewis flees the scene with a damaged Robocop after realizing her former comrade Lt. Hedgecock is a traitor.
+The two escaped to the old steel mill, where she brought supplies to RoboCop and told him what happened to Murphy's family. She later helped him calibrate his aiming systems before Boddicker and his gang arrived.
-After she rescued RoboCop from the OCP parking Complex, an angry Lewis tracks down Hedgecock and kills him for trying to wrongfully execute her partner. Later, she aids RoboCop to take down the cop killing gang in the film's epic climax at an [[steel mill|abandoned steel foundry]]. She appears in a deleted scene of Robocop laying in hospital bed after dealing with Clarence's gang and Hedgecock. She is visited by Mayor Gibson who congratulate her for bringing her former comrade, the crime lord, and the corrupt OCP executive to justice.
+A firefight ensued as Lewis gave pursuit to the gang in her cruiser. She encountered Boddicker, who had crashed his car but managed to shoot Lewis, who collapsed into a shallow pool of rusty water. As Boddicker prepared to kill her, RoboCop arrived and was soon buried under metal from a crane operated by [[Leon Nash]]. Lewis destroyed the crane control room along with Nash with Clarence's [[Cobra Assault Cannon]], enraging Clarence. The crime lord attempted to kill RoboCop once and for all but was fatally stabbed in the neck by the cyborg.
+[[File:I'm a mess.jpg|thumb|right]]
+RoboCop desperately called to Lewis, who responded that she was "a mess." RoboCop assured her that OCP would fix her, as they fix everything. Indeed, she was soon taken to a hospital, where she recuperated.
+{{aside|In a deleted scene, Lewis was subsequently hospitalized and visited by Mayor [[Gibson]]. She was then interviewed by ''[[Mediabreak]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Justin Ballard-Watkins]], who asked if she had ever considered another line of work. Anne responded, ''"No, I like being a cop. And you know what they say, 'If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.'"''}}
 ===Police strike===
-When the police go on strike, Anne was one of the few police officers that did not. She is once again partnered with Murphy as Robocop. Although Robocop cannot strike as he is a subsidiary of OCP, the increased demand on his duties has been putting a strain on him, as well as his support staff. This is to the advantage of [[Cain]], a drug lord developing a new narcotic-drug known as [[Nuke]]. Cain's gang at one point manages to mangle and dismantle Robocop, depositing his remnants near the police precinct. Anne Lewis uses Robocop's ruined state to show the strikers how Cain's gang is having a field day. The strike is called off, and the police officers return to duty in a united effort to bring down Cain.
+When the police went on strike again the following year, Anne was one of the few police officers that did not. She was once again partnered with Murphy as RoboCop. Although RoboCop could strike as he was a subsidiary of OCP, the increased demand on his duties had been putting a strain on him, as well as his support staff. This was to the advantage of [[Cain]], a drug lord developing a new narcotic known as [[Nuke]]. [[Nuke Cult|Cain's gang]] at one point managed to mangle and dismantle RoboCop, depositing his remnants near the police precinct. Lewis used RoboCop's ruined state to show the strikers how Cain's gang was having a field day. The strike was called off, and the police officers returned to duty in a united effort to bring down Cain.
-During a confrontation with RoboCop, Cain is later killed and [[OCP]] (the company that owns and funds the police department) has him transformed into [[RoboCop 2 (cyborg)|RoboCop 2]], who goes berserk and ends up having to battle the original RoboCop, who he almost dominates until he is eventually destroyed by his arch nemesis, with some help from Anne. When Anne expresses regret that OCP got away scot-free, Robocop consoles her by saying "Patience, Lewis. We're only human".
+After a confrontation with RoboCop, Cain was killed and [[OCP]] had his brain placed into [[RoboCop 2 (cyborg)|RoboCop 2]]. This new cyborg went berserk and ended up battling the original RoboCop, who he almost dominated until Lewis distracted him with a can of Nuke, allowing RoboCop to extract and destroy his brain.
 ===Opposing the Rehabs===
-The mega corporation [[OCP]] is still bent on creating their project, [[Delta City]], to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company. To this end, [[OCP]] have decided to force them to leave by employing a ruthless mercenary army to attack and harass them. An underground resis.
+OCP was eventually bought out by the [[Kanemitsu Corporation]] and was still bent on creating their project, [[Delta City]], to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately to them, the inhabitants of the area had no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company. To this end, OCP decided to force them to leave by employing a ruthless mercenary army, the [[Urban Rehabilitators]] or "Rehabs" to attack and harass them. By this time, Lewis, RoboCop, and Reed were transferred back to the [[Metro West]] precinct.
-Anne Lewis, again aiding [[RoboCop (Robert John Burke)|RoboCop]] in battle against their enemies. She is killed when she is shot outside the church hideout, having told the Rehab Commander, [[Paul McDaggett]], that he'll have to shoot through them first. In the church, she said her dying words to her friend, ''"Get them for me. Promise me!"'' And he says faithfully, ''"I promise."'' With her final words, ''"Murphy..."'', Anne dies.
+Lewis went with RoboCop to a church, where they discovered several refugees in hiding. The Rehabs soon arrived with their commander, [[Paul McDaggett]], to arrest the refugees. Lewis refused to give them up, telling McDaggett that he would have to shoot through she and RoboCop first. However, McDaggett responded, ''"I don't have a huge problem with that,"'' and opened fire, mortally wounding Lewis.[[File:Lewis dies.jpg|thumb|right|Lewis dies]] A group of [[rebels]] came to RoboCop's aid as he carried Lewis into the church and laid her on the altar, where she said her dying words to her friend, ''"Get them for me. Promise me!"'' to which he said faithfully, ''"I promise."'' With her final words, ''"Murphy..."'', Anne died.
 ==Behind the Scenes==
 ===Notes===
+*Originally Stephanie Zimbalist, the star of NBC television series "Remington Steele", was cast as Lewis. Due to the network picking up an option in her contract to do more episodes of the television show, she had to withdraw from the role, leading to Nancy Allen taking it on.
 *There exists an urban legend that Nancy Allen was so displeased with ''RoboCop 2'' that she agreed to do the third film under the condition that her character be killed off early in the film. However, this is false, according to several interviews by Allen.
-*The Character of Anne Lewis was not featured in the TV miniseries ''[[RoboCop: Prime Directives]]''. In regards to the character, Co-writer Joseph O'Brien went on to say, "As far as we were concerned Anne Lewis is dead. Whether this happened in ''[[RoboCop 3]]'' or not we leave to the discretion of the individual viewer." She is referenced when [[Ann R. Key]] reveals her name to [[RoboCop (Page Fletcher)|RoboCop]].
+*The Character of Anne Lewis was not featured in the TV miniseries ''[[RoboCop: Prime Directives]]''. In regards to the character, Co-writer Joseph O'Brien went on to say, "As far as we were concerned Anne Lewis is dead. Whether this happened in ''[[RoboCop 3]]'' or not we leave to the discretion of the individual viewer." She is referenced when [[Ann R. Key]] reveals her name to [[RoboCop/Prime Directives|RoboCop]].
 *In the comics, Anne Lewis didn't get killed and instead it was Warren Reed that died, adapted from the original ''RoboCop 3'' script.
 *In the Marvel comic books there is an inconclusive romance between RoboCop and Anne Lewis, she kisses him in the 19th issue of the series.
+==Appearances==
-===The Animated Series===
+*''[[RoboCop (1987)|RoboCop]]'' (1987)
-In the 1980s animated series Anne is portrayed as a much closer friend to Murphy, even attempting to help him become reacquainted with social functions like dating. Murphy's feelings for Lewis are much deeper due to this kind of interaction, as in episode "The Hot Seat" where RoboCop wants to work alone so Lewis won't get hurt, Anne says, "Murphy, so you do have feelings for me." When the chief says that Lewis will still be his partner, Anne winks at him.
+*''[[RoboCop 2 (film)|RoboCop 2]]''
+*''[[RoboCop 3]]''
-In episode "The Scrambler" where Anne and Murphy go out on a date and in episode "The Man In The Iron Suit", Lt. Hedgecock, a prejudiced police officer jealous of Murphy, volunteers to test out a new prototype armor for [[OCP]], challenging Murphy to a heated conflict inside a junkyard, where he almost succeeds in killing him. Anne is injured by Hedgecock when she tries to stop him. Murphy briefly snaps into a blind rage, pummeling Hedgecock and ripping apart his armor to get at the occupant. Lewis recovers and persuades Murphy to let Hedgecock go, insisting they can use the recordings of the battle to press charges without taking the law into their own hands (although the tape is inevitably destroyed to appease The Old Man and protect the Robocop project), Murphy picks up Anne in a sweet way and departs the junkyard.
-==Allies and Enemies through the films==
-Allies
-*RoboCop/Officer Murphy
-*Sgt. Warren Reed
-*Kaplan
-*Ramirez
-*Jerry
-*Cecil
-*Starkweather
-*Jerry
-*Manson
-*Lt. Hedgecock (Until his betrayal and following Dick Jones' orders to destroy her former partner)
-*The Old Man
-*Bob Morton
-*Hob
-*Angie
-*Mayor Kuzak
-*Dr. Marie Lazarus
-*Nikko Halloran
-*Bertha Washington
-*Zack
-*Moreno
-*Casey Wong
-*Donald Johnson
-Enemies
-*Clarence Boddicker
-*Emil
-*Steve
-*Leon
-* Joe
-*Bobby
-*Dick Jones
-*Lt. Hedgecock
-*Cain/ Robocop 2
-*Hob (Formerly)
-*Angie (Formerly)
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-[[Category:RoboCop (1987) characters]]
-[[Category:RoboCop 2 characters]]
-[[Category:RoboCop 3 characters]]
+{{Lastfirst}}
-[[Category:Detroit City Police Department]]
-[[Category:Deceased characters]]
+[[Category:Individuals (film trilogy)]]
+[[Category:Detroit Police Department personnel (film trilogy)]]
+[[Category:Deceased (film trilogy)]]