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The Best TV Robots

By Seth Freilich | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (46)

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10. Vicki (“Small Wonder”)

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9. Mecha-Streissand (“South Park”)

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8. Data (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”)

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7. Twiki (“Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”)

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6. Rosie (“The Jetsons”)

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5. Tom Servo (“MST3K”)

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4. Cylon Centurion (“Battlestar Galactica,” Second Series)

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3. K9 (“Dr. Who”)

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2. Megatron (“Transformers”)

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1. Bender (“Futurama”)

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Comments

Since Bender is alegedly numéro un, I'll pass on megatron.

Posted by: rg at August 31, 2009 3:46 PM

I AM BENDER. PLEASE INSERT LIQUOR!

Posted by: AM at August 31, 2009 3:46 PM

Data is not a robot, he is an android. He would tell you as much.

Posted by: Mario Speedwagon at August 31, 2009 3:49 PM

Ah Bender. Compare your lives to mine and then kill yourselves!

Posted by: Julie at August 31, 2009 3:51 PM

i would totally bite that shiny metal ass.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2009 4:01 PM

I had no idea her name was Rosie. She'll always be "Robotina" to me.

And I hate you a little for not including Voltron. VOLTRON, DUDE!

Posted by: figgy at August 31, 2009 4:06 PM

Where's CROW?

K-9's made the list, so I'll give it a rest.

Posted by: BWeaves at August 31, 2009 4:11 PM

I am not sure Voltron would really qualify. He's not so much a robot as he is a vehicle. This list seems to be robots (and Androids) that have some sort of A.I. capacity. Voltron is just five mechancial lions driven/flown/controlled by a person that form one large mechanical person. It'd be like calling a tank or F-14 a robot.

Posted by: Forbiddendonut at August 31, 2009 4:12 PM

I was going to be upset if Twiki wasn't on there.

I like Muffit II from old school Battlestar as well.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at August 31, 2009 4:12 PM

What, no "The Robot" from Lost In Space? My childhood just stomped on your big toe.

Posted by: sansho1 at August 31, 2009 4:13 PM

Tom Servo was basically my role model growing up. I'm so full of love right now. And that never happens.

Posted by: TSF at August 31, 2009 4:13 PM

WARNING WILL ROBINSON!

Where's Robbie?

Posted by: BWeaves at August 31, 2009 4:13 PM

am i the only person who hates robots? seriously, they scare me as much as clowns!

dirty robot lovers....sickies!

Posted by: glittergirl at August 31, 2009 4:15 PM

My sister got my nephew a Bender toy for Christmas. She couldn't figure out why he didn't actually bend. Or why he came with a tiny martini glass and shaker.

Posted by: Anne (in Reno) at August 31, 2009 4:15 PM

You and your logic.

Posted by: figgy at August 31, 2009 4:17 PM

I was going to come on here and rant and rave about the exclusion of Voltron, but not only was I harshly denied my right to comment at first, I now find out that Voltron was not a robot? What? A vehicle?

I really hate Mondays.

Posted by: Kolby at August 31, 2009 4:18 PM

Aw, robot disappointment turns Kolby into Garfield.

Posted by: Julie at August 31, 2009 4:20 PM

And here Bender has his "O fate most cruel to be thusly boned! Ask not for whom the bone bones. It bones for thee." speech all ready.

Posted by: branded at August 31, 2009 4:26 PM

Really, this list is not complete without The Robot from Lost In Space. I do NOT know what the hell they were thinking in the movie.
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Posted by: Meander at August 31, 2009 4:52 PM

Are the humanoid cylons of BG2 not qualified? At least Six and Tigh should be musts on the list.

And I simply can't understand the exclusion of the Lost in Space robot.

Posted by: Cindy at August 31, 2009 5:04 PM

Voltron was not a robot? What? A vehicle?

Posted by: Kolby at August 31, 2009 4:18 PM

He was a robotic vehicle.

Posted by: Forbiddendonut at August 31, 2009 5:06 PM

now make a 10 worst!
we demand balance!
and more stuff to bitch about.

Posted by: gp at August 31, 2009 5:26 PM

Data should be #2, but as long as Bender is number #1, I'll be fine.

Posted by: George at August 31, 2009 5:49 PM

Data should be #2, but as long as Bender is #1, I'll be fine.

Posted by: George at August 31, 2009 5:50 PM

If we're doing robotic vehicles, then Kit from Nightrider has to be on the list, and that's a list I really DO NOT WANT TO SEE. Kill Kill Stabby Kill!

Posted by: BWeaves at August 31, 2009 5:55 PM

Oh, come on! Beast Wars Megatron is far, far superior to G1 Megatron!

...not that I'm, y'know, INTO that kinda stuff. Um, cars. Sports. GIRLS. Yeah.

Posted by: Black Mage at August 31, 2009 6:11 PM

I'm sorry, where the fuck is Crow T Robot?

Otherwise - good list.

Posted by: dsbs at August 31, 2009 6:25 PM

My fave Tom Servo quote, from The Wild World of Batwoman: "END!! END!!!"

Crow might be the snarkier one, but Tom does have the better singing voice...

Posted by: Kurdt at August 31, 2009 6:30 PM

Dude. The coolest part of this post is that I've been trying to figure out the name of "Small Wonder" for months! All I could remember was that they plugged electronic devices into her armpit.

Posted by: Annie UhOh at August 31, 2009 6:31 PM

Servo only made it to #5! Shut up! You're retarded and you don't even know!

Posted by: Melodie at August 31, 2009 7:49 PM

Tom Servo over Crow?! Blasphemy, Seth!

Posted by: Cruise at August 31, 2009 9:06 PM

Tom Servo is automatically better than Crow because he, if only for a few moments and a whole lot of flesh-colored body paint, learned what it's like to be a real boy, then opted to stay robot. Servo has experienced both sides.

Though Crow actually tried to tunnel through space.

I can't decide!

Posted by: vikky at August 31, 2009 9:31 PM

Ok...That was not only random, but bullshit.

#1 Robot from Lost In Space

#2 Grrr from Invader Zim

Must I do everything around here?

Posted by: wsapnin at August 31, 2009 9:33 PM

I would have swapped Mecha Streisand for Awesome-O but since that was Cartman in a cardboard box, I'll forgive that.....but how about the robot in Robin Sparkles "Let's Go To The Mall" video on HIMYM? So cooooooolll!

Posted by: swingdude at August 31, 2009 9:40 PM

Where's Crow? And Gir???

I'm going to sing the Doom Song now. Doom doom doom doom DOOM...

But I love your pick for #10.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at August 31, 2009 10:21 PM

WHERE THE FUCK IS GRIMLOCK?

Posted by: mightygodking at August 31, 2009 11:15 PM

Robot, "Lost in Space," you bubble-headed booby.

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at August 31, 2009 11:58 PM

Trent (Robert Culp), "Demon With a Glass Hand," The Outer Limits.

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at September 1, 2009 12:03 AM

me love grimlock! me cry when grimlock say him sorry.

Posted by: gp at September 1, 2009 12:46 AM

Oh, my sweet Bender. I'll take his shiny metal ass (or his glorious golden ass) anytime.

But Vicki? Fuck, no! That robot scared the hell out of me. I always suspected she was evil, or damned somehow.

Posted by: Brie at September 1, 2009 1:27 AM

WHERE THE GODDAM FUCKING SHITCOCK IN HELL IS OPTIMUS PRIME?

Posted by: James at September 1, 2009 5:36 AM

Robot, "Lost in Space," you bubble-headed booby.

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at August 31, 2009 11:58 PM

First they leave Robbie the Robot (Forbidden Planet) off the movie robot list and now this. Nothing short of a travesty.

Posted by: ed newman at September 1, 2009 9:38 AM

Good job on picking Megatron over Optimus Prime. Decepticons forever.

Posted by: Lucas at September 2, 2009 11:33 AM

Oh, also-
Soundwave: superior, Constructicons: inferior.

Posted by: Lucas at September 2, 2009 11:39 AM

No honorable mention for the Buffy Bot?

Posted by: JuniorMintz at September 7, 2009 5:00 AM

VOLTRON is a fucking robot!!!

Posted by: robot_lover at September 12, 2009 5:25 PM


















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