# Robot partners and sidekicks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 18, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638 "2003-06-18T05:08:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/41 "2003-06-20T11:17:38Z")
Judge Dredd had a robot companion called Walter the Wobot. ( the fweind of Dwedd). * * * SF worldbuilding at [http://www.orionsarm.com/main.html](http://www.orionsarm.com/main.html) ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/42 "2003-06-20T11:33:02Z")
**Pneuman** from the comic book series _Tom Strong_. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/43 "2003-06-20T11:49:06Z")
What I was thinking of was, The Iron Giant. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/44 "2003-06-20T13:43:35Z")
When you think about it any of the **Love Bugs** could qualify. Afterall, the VW was a machine capable of independent thought and functioning which formed a bond with its owner and functioned within a loving framework from then on. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/45 "2003-06-20T14:13:03Z")
Robin William’s version of The Absent Minded Professor had Weebo and Weebette. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/46 "2003-06-20T14:34:12Z")
Booster Gold’s little flying robot Widget (Is that its name? I may be conflating it with Excalibur’s Widget) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/47 "2003-06-20T14:40:53Z")
Here’s an obscure one: _Treasure Chest_, a comic book that used to be distributed through Catholic schools in the 50s and 60s, had a couple of running serials. One of them was the _Jonny Quest_-inspired “Sock Jones.” Among the cast was his robot sidekick, Zork. I wonder if anybody else on the SDMB has any memory at all of this amazing comic? ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/48 "2003-06-20T16:53:11Z")
Praise from **Chronos!** I am not worthy. **Krokodil** , with ALL the comic book characters I mentioned, how in the WORLD did I forget Booster Gold’s robot **Skeets?** Supreme’s **Suprematons.** **Detective Joe Pi** , from TOP TEN [Warlock](http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/newmutants/warlock.html), from the New Mutants. **Fear Itself** , good, good call with **Small Wonder.** Waaaay back a friend and I drank shots as we topped each other naming bad TV shows. I should have won, but he claimed he never heard of “Bowling For Dollars.” Remember [Automan?](http://www.geocities.com/tellytyme/automan.html) Or [Clockwork Smurf?](http://www.smurf.com/infos/who/29robot.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/49 "2003-06-20T17:06:17Z")
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned **Floyd** , from _Planetfall_. _sniff_ So sad. “Sing me a song while I die.” _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/50 "2003-06-20T17:22:15Z")
Howabout the Terminator from T2? “COOL! My own Terminator!” Anime is also chock-full-o robot partners: Niomi Armitage, the robot from the Armitage movies Maj. Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell The robot girl from Metropolis that’s all that comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/51 "2003-06-20T17:55:29Z")
What, no one’s gonna mention **Copelia**? and my personal favorit… **PygMalion**! 😃 Read your classics! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/52 "2003-06-20T20:16:34Z")
Oh, and there was a robot in _Space Camp_, too. While I don’t remember his name, either, I do remember that he was the one who caused the “accident”. And I’m not sure if he counts as a robot (he’s a computer, but does have direct control over a wide variety of machinery), but how about Mycroft from _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/53 "2003-06-20T20:34:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > **If you mention “Holmes and Yoyo,” you need to mention its source: Brillo by Harlan Ellison and Ben Bova** While **Brillo** may well have been the source for **Holmes and Yo-Yo** , Ellison and Bova actually sued (and won) against a television program called **Future Cop**. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/54 "2003-06-20T22:01:41Z")
How about Robocop? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/55 "2003-06-20T22:02:58Z")
Oh yeah…and lets not forget Steve Guttneburgs robo-sidekick Johnny Five ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/56 "2003-06-20T22:19:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Askia \* > **Especially robots normally associated with being partners, teammates and sidekicks of humans.** Um … it might be faster (like, **way** faster) to come up with a list of robots who **weren’t** partners with humans. Considering that the whole **purpose** of the robots we real-life humans are designing now is that of mechanized servants. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/57 "2003-06-20T23:15:58Z")
I think once your into comics, you’re going to have a very long list. At one time robots were Big Stuff in the comics. In fact, IIRC there used to be a comic ABOUT Magnus, Robot Fighter. I’m betting he had good robots to help fight the evil ones. And if you’re going for books, Iain Banks’ AI robots, esp. the intelligent knife missiles, are about as scary as they come – and they are companions to the humans they are with. In fact, Banks wrote a very powerful short story about a man in an AI space suit who has to, with the help of his suit, walk for days to reach an outpost on a planet he’s marooned on. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/58 "2003-06-21T00:55:14Z")
There was a robot sidekick in one segment of the first **Heavy Metal** movie. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/59 "2003-06-21T00:56:24Z")
(Voiced by the immortal John Candy, I might add…) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-partners-and-sidekicks/182638/60 "2003-06-21T02:37:39Z")
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