The Best TV Robots
Seriously Random List /
Seth Freilich
Seriously Random Lists | August 31, 2009 | Comments (46)
10. Vicki (“Small Wonder”)
9. Mecha-Streissand (“South Park”)
8. Data (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”)
7. Twiki (“Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”)
6. Rosie (“The Jetsons”)
5. Tom Servo (“MST3K”)
4. Cylon Centurion (“Battlestar Galactica,” Second Series)
3. K9 (“Dr. Who”)
2. Megatron (“Transformers”)
1. Bender (“Futurama”)
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
Since Bender is alegedly numéro un, I'll pass on megatron.