# Droid budgie **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/droid-budgie/788343 "2017-06-07T07:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/droid-budgie/788343/1 "2017-06-07T07:06:37Z")
I was surfing YouTube and came across this video of a budgie doing an incredible imitation of R2-D2. You just have to listen to this for yourself. This is just the cutest thing ever. It gave me a good chuckle. I knew budgies were incredible mimics, but I never knew they were capable of anything like this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2q6utsksoFY/maxresdefault.jpg "R2D2 Budgie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q6utsksoFY) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/droid-budgie/788343/2 "2017-06-07T08:52:56Z")
That’s a talented mimic, for sure, but it’s worth mentioning that Artoo-type sounds are actually pretty close to the sort of noises that budgies naturally make. I did wonder if the sound (and appearance) of budgies had actually been an influence in the design of R2 - (apparently not) more details in this thread: > **[Were budgerigars a design influence for R2D2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=590902)** > > The trills, chirps and whistles emitted by everyone’s favourite Star Wars droid are very similar to the sorts of sounds made by budgerigars, furthermore, blue and white is one of the most popular colour combinations for budgies, and they also have... ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/droid-budgie/788343/3 "2017-06-07T08:56:34Z")
Here’s a link to (more or less\*) natural budgie chatter: [Budgie Sounds | Parakeet Sounds - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8pVy9LyXKI) \*As a past owner of budgies, I can recognise a few fragments of human voice mimicry in the above link. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/droid-budgie/788343/4 "2017-06-07T18:59:39Z")
(Sorry, but it _has_ to be posted.) These aren’t the budgies you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/droid-budgie/788343/5 "2017-06-07T21:32:06Z")
They’re on Dantooine. Your budgies are on Dantooine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/droid-budgie/788343/6 "2017-06-07T21:38:35Z")
Don’t call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.