# Memorable Robot "Sidekicks"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417 "2009-08-23T20:31:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/41 "2009-08-24T13:56:13Z")
[Clank](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clank#Major_protagonists) from Ratchet &Clank videogame series ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/42 "2009-08-24T14:51:17Z")
Where’s the love for Twiggy from Buck Rogers? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/43 "2009-08-24T14:54:50Z")
What was the deal with the little lightbulb guy that hung around with Gyro Gearloose? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/44 "2009-08-24T15:17:06Z")
> [@justrob](#): > > Where’s the love for Twiggy from Buck Rogers? Twiki, and he’s mentioned in post #2. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/45 "2009-08-24T16:11:47Z")
Old B.O.B. and V.I.N.CENT from _The Black Hole_. Maximillian also qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/46 "2009-08-24T16:41:15Z")
Has nobody mentioned [Bender](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bender_Bending_Rodr%C3%ADguez) yet? [H.E.R.B.I.E.](http://marvel.com/universe/H.E.R.B.I.E.) - the Fantastic Four’s li’l flying robot, who was created for one of many FF Saturday morning animated series, he replaced the Human Torch. Actually, he probably belongs on a list of “least loved sidekicks” somewhere between Jar-Jar and Scrappy Doo. The Doctor (“Who” that is) had another robot companion [Kamelion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamelion), who was only seen on the show twice because of mechanical difficulties. Besides Twiki, there was another robot in the later episodes of “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” called Chryton, who was apparently modelled after C3PO (in personality if not looks.) ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/47 "2009-08-24T16:49:11Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > Has nobody mentioned [Bender](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bender_Bending_Rodr%C3%ADguez) yet? Post #1. > [@](#): > > Besides Twiki, there was another robot in the later episodes of “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” called Chryton, who was apparently modelled after C3PO (in personality if not looks.) That would be [Crichton](http://www.tvacres.com/robots_crichton.htm), possibly named for [The Admirable Crichton](http://www.stagebeauty.net/th-frames.html?http&&&www.stagebeauty.net/produce/crich/th-crich.html), not to be confused with [Kryten](http://www.jeffbots.com/kryten.html). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/48 "2009-08-24T16:56:34Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > [Don Adams - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Adams) Don Adams was only half Jewish and eventually went Catholic. Who knew? He was infiltrating the Church to find a group of renegade priests who were going to kidnap the Pope. …Would you believe he did it on a dare? How about ‘he really liked the sacramental wine?’ > [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > Has nobody mentioned [Bender](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bender_Bending_Rodr%C3%ADguez) yet? Only the OP and one other poster. Bender would probably feel that was not nearly enough. ---
**Author:** ![poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poker_in_the_rear)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/49 "2009-08-24T17:11:57Z")
[H.E.L.P.eR](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_from_The_Venture_Bros.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/50 "2009-08-24T17:20:34Z")
I just wish everybody\* would stop calling Marvin “Marvin the Paranoid Android.” That was a _joke_ made by Zaphod Beeblebrox. And a dismissive joke at that. Just a one-off dismissive gag, everybody. Nothing to see here. \*Including the people who wrote the jacket copy for the books. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/51 "2009-08-24T17:34:01Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I just wish everybody\* would stop calling Marvin “Marvin the Paranoid Android.” That was a _joke_ made by Zaphod Beeblebrox. And a dismissive joke at that. Just a one-off dismissive gag, everybody. Nothing to see here. > > \*Including the people who wrote the jacket copy for the books. Is it okay if I refer to him as “Your Plastic Pal Who’s Fun to Be With”? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/52 "2009-08-24T17:40:48Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Is it okay if I refer to him as “Your Plastic Pal Who’s Fun to Be With”? Oh, go stick your head in pig. While inaccurate and kind of annoying, I thought “Paranoid Android” was used repeatedly in the book. ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/53 "2009-08-25T15:35:35Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Riptide, and the robot was “Robozz”. Thanks! For many years I haven’t been able to explain that show or come up with the name. And I now I realize I don’t even recognize the name. But that’s the cast all right. I recognize their names, but would never have come up with Perry King, Joe Penny and Thom Bray, although they’ve each been in many other shows. ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/54 "2009-08-25T15:43:29Z")
Note, since this thread is about robots, the Riptide one was apparently named The Roboz. ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/55 "2009-08-25T16:04:56Z")
Bet nobody remembers this one! While looking up The Roboz, I ran into a youtube of \*Holmes & Yo-Yo" Yo-yo is a robot detective, played by John Schuck who was the MASH movie’s dentist Capt. Walter ‘Painless’ Waldowski [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/m8UweuBB8wM/maxresdefault.jpg "Holmes & Yo-Yo "The Dental Dynamiter" Part I") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8UweuBB8wM) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/56 "2009-08-25T16:19:42Z")
> [@Never\_Say\_Dice](#): > > Bet nobody remembers this one! > While looking up The Roboz, I ran into a youtube of \*Holmes & Yo-Yo" > Yo-yo is a robot detective, played by John Schuck who was the MASH movie’s dentist Capt. Walter ‘Painless’ Waldowski > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8UweuBB8wM&feature=channel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8UweuBB8wM&feature=channel) You didn’t actually read the thread, did you? ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/57 "2009-08-26T11:40:40Z")
Mr. Butlertron, Principal Scudworth’s assistant from Clone High, is pretty memorable. Wesley. Also, his nemesis Scangrade, but he doesn’t really count as a sidekick what with being a nemesis and all. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/58 "2009-08-26T17:41:14Z")
I just figured out why I got _Holmes and Yoyo_ backwards. I was actually thinking of _Future Cop_, in which Ernest Borgnine plays a cop with a robot partner. The robot was named “Officer Haven”, according to imdb. And then there was Rem, the robot sidekick in the _Logan’s Run_ TV series. Gads, I watched a lot of bad TV shows when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417/59 "2009-08-26T17:48:03Z")
I can’t believe that [R. Dorothy Wayneright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Dorothy_Wayneright#R._Dorothy_Wayneright) didn’t make it onto the first page. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-robot-sidekicks/507417.md?page=2)