Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Forum administrators, Interface administrators, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
116,923
edits
Noisy Robots: Difference between revisions
standardize section headers, replace redirects, copyedits
m (categories and general cleanup) |
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (standardize section headers, replace redirects, copyedits) |
||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
This is a [[Sound FX]] trope relating to any robot, [[Cyborg]] or [[Mechanical Lifeform]] that makes mechanical creaking sounds when they move around. Most [[Real Life]] robots tend to make loud snaps and hissing noises due to the hydraulics or compressed air they use for movement and creaking noises mean that somebody has to pick up the oilcan ''stat'' unless they fancy replacing components.
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Chachamaru in the ''[[Negima]]!?'' second series had robotic noises added to accompany her movements.
* While the Combat [[Cyborg
*
==
* ''[[Friendship Is Witchcraft]]'' features in episode 4 a discussion about robots. Episode 5 focuses on one, and her servos could use some maintenance. Not that anyone cares.
* Referencing the ''Big O'' example above, Dorothy's counterpart in ''[[Undocumented Features]]'' can ''choose'' to move and sound mechanical, although by default she is indistinguishable from a human. She usually reserves doing so for those times when [[Deadpan Snarker|she's dealing with someone with an irrational prejudice against robots]].
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' is guilty of this, with most civilian droids making odd pneumatic whining sounds whenever they move and military droids that have an inexplicable clanking sound accompany their every step, even while walking on grass.
* Although not technically a robot, [[Powered Armor|the powerloader]] used by Ripley in ''[[Aliens]]'' makes satisfying hydraulic whirrs and clomps as it moves around.
* [[Short Circuit
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the first ''
== [[Live
* The Cybermen in ''[[
* In ''[[Star Trek]]'', we have Borg drones that make mechanical and electrical noise when moving, or [[You Will Be Assimilated|assimilating]].
* [[
== [[Toys]] ==
* Most of the ''[[Bionicle]]'' web animations have this for ''all'' the characters. (Including [[Fridge Logic|a few who are actually organic beings wearing armour]]). Averted in the [[Direct to DVD]] movies, however (save for a handful of instances).
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Most robotic constructs in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' are rather clanky. Justified because most of them are hostile or potentially attackable NPCs, and all NPCs have a combat noise. Robots are just noisier than most.
* There are creaking/squeaking robot enemies in the video games ''[[Banjo
* [[Cyborg|The Arachnotrons, Spider Mastermind and the Cyberdemon]] from ''[[Doom]]'' make a hell of a noise when they walk around on their metal legs.
* ''[[Tekken]]''{{'}}s Jack-type cyborgs make a satisfying crashing noise when knocked over, although they're quiet when moving.
* The Dwemer Centurions in ''[[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind]]'' produce a distinct metal-on-stone clacking sounds whenever they are near.
* Omega makes these only in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Transformers]]'', you sometimes (different series are different on this, and many things) hear sounds as the robots move. ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' in particular has fun with it, with high-pitched whirring noises that say 'high tech' for most of them, but the old geezer of a medic, Ratchet, makes much creakier noises.
* [[Subverted]] in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Lisa's Wedding": we [[Flash Forward]] to the far future [[I Want My Jetpack|(2010)]] and see what we think are a group of robots clanking by, but it's really just several college kids going to ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
{{reflist}}
Line 43 ⟶ 44:
[[Category:Robot]]
[[Category:Sound FX Tropes]]
[[Category:
| |||