Robot Buddy: Difference between revisions

* SLIC, the robot mechanic and best friend of Chassis McBain in ''[[Chassis]]''.

* [[Depending on the Writer| His exact origin varies]] depending on which continuity it is, but the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles| Ninja Turtles]] have one in the form of their ally Professor Zayton Honeycutt, aka the Fugitoid. A brilliant scientist whose physical body was destroyed only for his mind to be transferred to the body of ''his'' Robot Buddy, Honeycutt adapted remarkably well to his condition and became a potent ally of the Turtles, his robot body [[Do-Anything Robot|having a wide variety of useful functions]] which again, depend on the continuity.

 

=== [[Film]] ===

* In the ''[[Fallout]]'' series, the Mr. Handy is a customizable line of robot buddies.

** ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' gives us ED-E the recruitable Robot Buddy, Rex might count too, though he's only [[Cyborg|half a robot]].

* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' has Legion, who manages to be one of the game's two or three [[Only Sane Man|sane individuals]] ([[Mind Hive|for a sufficiently loose definition of individual]]). [[Pronoun Trouble|It]] is something of a [[Warrior Poet]] who makes an effort to explain the culture and ethics of the geth, who were previously assumed to be [[Exclusively Evil]], with [[Blue and Orange Morality|partial success]].

** It also features EDI, who, although not a robot, is an AI that {{spoiler|eventually ''becomes'' the Normandy, giving EDI a true physical presence, allowing "her" to qualify for this trope.}} In [[Mass Effect 3]], in fact {{spoiler|she upgrades to [[FemBot]].}} Seeing as she also is constantly in contact with the player, she feels just like this trope. Arguably one of the best subversions of [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]].

* PAL-18 from ''[[Anachronox]]''

* Marcie from ''[[Final Fantasy Adventure]]''. He could be used to restore MP when you use the Ask feature. {{spoiler|His only weakness is that he cannot jump, which serves as his own [[Tear Jerker|demise]]. His [[Heroic Sacrifice]] is throwing you away from the crumbling Dime Tower to [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]].}}

 

=== [[Web Comics]] ===

* Brainiac 5 in the animated series ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' (but not the original comics, where he's an organic alien).

* Inversion: The Robot Buddy from ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'' is not a sidekick, but the [[Action Girl]] main character. She has a few human buddies.

* Carl in ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]''.

* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' is ''his own'' robot buddy. He's got everything he might ever need at his fingertips, and all he needs is someone who's paying attention to hang around and tell him.

* A rare case of a Robot Buddy for a villain was Mule, an assistant to the [[Egomaniac Hunter]] Safari Joe in the original ''[[ThunderCats (1985 series)|Thundercats]]''. Mule was the typical, cute robot, resembling a miniature train, and was able to analyze whatever quarry Joe wanted to go after, and was loyal, despite Joe treating him like garbage. However, when Lion-O defeated the villain, the heroes let him go on the condition he promise never to hunt again, and Panthro reprogrammed Mule so he'd make sure Joe kept his promise - Mule seemed ''quite'' happy with his new programming.

** Also, Captain Cracker was a robot [[Space Pirate]] who had a robotic parrot, making him a robot with ''his own'' Robot Buddy. Not that the parrot was very loyal; after Cracker and his crew were arrested, it suggested Mandora have Cracker boiled in oil.

 

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