# Most annoying robot sidekick **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962 "2011-06-01T14:34:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/41 "2011-06-01T20:26:19Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > How about Gort? smug bastard (Actually, he was pretty cool) Well, you could argue that he wasn’t the sidekick. (Especially in the original story.) ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/42 "2011-06-01T20:29:32Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > An homage to the mosters around them? How can you do an homage to something happening at the same time as you? “Homage” is perhaps not the right word, but in any case the gesture was the filmmakers’, not Bubo’s own. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/43 "2011-06-01T20:32:17Z")
Claptrap from _Borderlands_. Hands down. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/44 "2011-06-01T22:18:29Z")
The one that got on my nerves was B.O.B. from _The Black Hole_. V.I.N.C.E.N.T. was OK, but B.O.B. grated from the moment he started talking. The botdog from Battlestar Galactica was stupid but didn’t make the same impression on me for some reason; a good (bad?0 runner up though. K-9 from _Doctor Who_ was redeemed by the fact of being actually useful. One thing that always bugged me about the robot from _Lost In Space_ is that whenever those electrical claws of its would actually be useful, they or it would always be disabled; it seldom ever did anything but wheel around shouting “DANGER! DANGER!” K-9 actually zapped baddies. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/45 "2011-06-01T22:55:41Z")
I voted for Twiki. Good for Mel Blanc for snagging himself a paycheck and everything, but WHAT a pain-in-the-ass character to watch and listen to. What really bugs me, though, is that _ONE TIME_, Zaphod Beeblebrox calls Marvin “the Paranoid Android,” and all of a sudden everyone\* who references it has to treat the character as if that’s its name. I mean, it’s not as if paranoia is even the primary characteristic of its complex of mental disorders. For the love of GOD, PLEASE everybody, KNOCK IT OFF. \*everyone except characters in the books, that is. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/46 "2011-06-01T23:08:53Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I voted for Twiki. Good for Mel Blanc for snagging himself a paycheck and everything, but WHAT a pain-in-the-ass character to watch and listen to. > > What really bugs me, though, is that _ONE TIME_, Zaphod Beeblebrox calls Marvin “the Paranoid Android,” and all of a sudden everyone\* who references it has to treat the character as if that’s its name. I mean, it’s not as if paranoia is even the primary characteristic of its complex of mental disorders. For the love of GOD, PLEASE everybody, KNOCK IT OFF. > > \*everyone except characters in the books, that is. But “Marvin the Clinically Depressed Android” doesn’t scan. Voted for Twiki. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/47 "2011-06-01T23:29:38Z")
I had a tough time deciding here. I quickly jumped back and forth between Twikki and the Owl (Bubo or something?) and Twikki was actually, truly pointless and annoying, but at least we got Mel Blanc and a _couple_ amusing lines from him. The Owl always bugged me because it always seemed so out of place. Skalder the Brave had a point though that it actually has origins in the mythology so it’s got that going for it, which is nice. No way was R2d2 annoying, he was fiesty and and did lots of cool stuff. He drives the plot in new Hope and is integral to the orginal trilogy. Ignore the oil shooting and the hover jets from the prequels. Ultimately, I chose Criton. What a pointless, superfolous, useless character. All he did was stand around on the bridge and talk about how superior he was. I think the only thing he ever did was undent Twikki’s brain with the help of the space midgets – unless that was Twikki undenting Criton’s brain? In any case, Criton’s uselessocity was light years past any of the other robots listed. Now that I voted I see Twikki’s running away with it. I can’t say I’m disapointed to hear that though. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/48 "2011-06-01T23:42:28Z")
What about the robot from “Lost in Space”? “Danger Will Robinson, Danger Will Robinson.” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/49 "2011-06-01T23:46:24Z")
buck rogers’ twiki is annoying? i’ll take him over smart-ass criton anytime. and that robot in lost in space is another candidate. i hate smart-ass sidekicks. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/50 "2011-06-01T23:54:26Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > What about the robot from “Lost in Space”? “Danger Will Robinson, Danger Will Robinson.” :eek: Yeah, great one! Better yet, how about that owl from “Clash of the Titans”! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/51 "2011-06-01T23:57:47Z")
My first thought was the robot from _Lost in Space_. He was pretty annoying. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/52 "2011-06-02T00:07:42Z")
Wow. Walter the Wobot. How about Hoagy? In that list, I pick B.O.B ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/53 "2011-06-02T00:19:20Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Ultimately, I chose Criton. What a pointless, superfolous, useless character. All he did was stand around on the bridge and talk about how superior he was. I think the only thing he ever did was undent Twikki’s brain with the help of the space midgets – unless that was Twikki undenting Criton’s brain? In any case, Criton’s uselessocity was light years past any of the other robots listed. Yeah, I get all the hate for Twiki, but dammit Crichton (I thought named for the author, as were so many characters on that show.) was what the writers/producers of the show came up with when they realized that Twiki wasn’t generating _enough_ hate. Twiki was awful, Crichton was worse. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/54 "2011-06-02T03:57:49Z")
[Hack/Slash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReBoot). They _never_ stopped talking. Honorable mention: [T.E.L.M.A.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cases) While C-3PO would interrupt at the most awkward moment, T.E.L.M.A. would so so in a way that would make the succeeding moment also awkward. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/55 "2011-06-02T04:13:21Z")
On the scifi series Lexx you have 790 the head of a robot that is programed to be in love with Xev, and hates Stanley Tweedle. No robot ever created is more annoying than this one. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/56 "2011-06-02T09:53:17Z")
Twiki by far. K-9 (at least in the NuWho episode ‘School Reunion’) is a _good_ dog. And he’s got some of the best lines: “We are in a car.” I mean, c’mon, I wasn’t the only one who got misty-eyed when he sacrificed himself to blow up the Krillitanes, was I? I’ll concede I was annoyed that they brought him - or worse yet, a ‘replacement’ - back at the end of the episode; it kind of cheapened his heroism. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/57 "2011-06-02T13:57:30Z")
That robot from _Lost in Space_ was pretty annoying. Does anybody else remember it? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/58 "2011-06-02T16:21:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > That robot from _Lost in Space_ was pretty annoying. Does anybody else remember it? That does not compute. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/59 "2011-06-02T16:36:24Z")
Mel Blanc makes up for a lot. So I voted C3PO. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962/60 "2011-06-02T18:12:34Z")
The first thing that popped into my head when I saw the thread title was Twiki, so I went with it. The other robot may have been worse but he wasn’t in it enough to even register in my memory. Sure Mel Blanc was cool but that voice was disturbing coming from a walking, talking penis. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-robot-sidekick/583962.md?page=4)