# The Deadly Sarah Connor Assassination Squad **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623 "2005-12-14T19:46:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/41 "2005-12-15T09:40:17Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Will someone please explain “bidi bidi bidi” to me? > > Is that one of those coding-geek in jokes or something?Wiki says it’s a mango flavored cigarette for Indian children. This does not add to my understanding. In the TV series of Buck Rogers with Gil Gerald (or whatever his name was), there was a robot, which in addition to being voiced by Mel Blanc (who said, “Bidi Bidi Bidi” as a preface to everything) also inspired generations of rappers by wearing this giant clock like looking thing on it’s chest that was some kind of computer or something. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/42 "2005-12-15T10:19:00Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > In the TV series of Buck Rogers with Gil Gerald (or whatever his name was), there was a robot, which in addition to being voiced by Mel Blanc (who said, “Bidi Bidi Bidi” as a preface to everything) also inspired generations of rappers by wearing this giant clock like looking thing on it’s chest that was some kind of computer or something. The Flava Flav computer was called Doctor Theophilus, if I remember correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/43 "2005-12-15T10:30:27Z")
Dr. Theopolis, actually. He was carried around by the miniature robot [Twiki.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twiki) ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/44 "2005-12-15T10:36:28Z")
I stand corrected, although Theophilus would make more sense, assuming he were a religious computer: calling him “City of God” makes none whatsoever. I guess it sounded “wise”. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/45 "2005-12-15T13:30:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The emotion chip in the neural network of my positronic brain allows me to feel sympathy, so I have opted not to kill you. However, in order to deceive Skynet we must construct an elaborate ruse involving time travel and miniature transporters and blah blah blah… Couldn’t he just reverse the polarity on the deflector shield to emit a high-powered handwavon pulse that will convince the Skynet sensors that Sarah was dead? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/46 "2005-12-15T13:50:19Z")
_BLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAM!!!_ “Thank…you…for your cooperation.” -Robocop ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/47 "2005-12-15T13:51:12Z")
Another one without dialog, (a fair minority of robots seem to be silent,) but I have to say that the mental picture of one, or a group of, red dwarf _skutters_ trying to chase Sara Connor and kill her had me laughing out loud. Hope someone else here also finds it funny. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/48 "2005-12-15T13:57:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Another one without dialog, (a fair minority of robots seem to be silent,) but I have to say that the mental picture of one, or a group of, red dwarf skutters trying to chase Sara Connor and kill her had me laughing out loud. Hope someone else here also finds it funny. How about the _drones_ from **Silent Running**? Or those little figures from that dialogue-less episode of the original **Twilight Zone** starring Agnes Moorehead? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/49 "2005-12-15T14:48:52Z")
Some of these answers are bringing back some good memories of the book/movie/whatever. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/50 "2005-12-15T14:56:14Z")
Hello, Sarah. This is your Hal-9000 computer. I think you should take a stress pill. I think you should take a **lot** of stress pills. ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/51 "2005-12-15T15:22:48Z")
**A.W.S.O.M.E.O. 5000:** _So Adam Sandler is…like trapped on a Island…and he loses his memory…or something…_ **Sarah Connor:** What are you talking about, little boy? **A.W.S.O.M.E.O. 5000:** _Does not compute. The A.W.S.O.M.E.O. 5000 is not a little boy._ **Sarah Connor:** You look like a fat kid in a cardboard box. **A.W.S.O.M.E.O. 5000:** \* A.W.S.O.M.E.O. is big boned.\* **Sarah Connor:** Really, I can show you how to do chin-ups in a mental hospital in order to lose some weight and get buff. You really should drop a few pounds. **A.W.S.O.M.E.O. 5000:** I’ll kill you, you scrawny bitch!! I mean…_A.W.S.O.M.E.O. has been sent here to kill Sarah Connor._ Sarah kicks him in the nuts. A.W.S.O.M.E.O. Falls over, writhing in pain. **A.W.S.O.M.E.O. 5000:** \* Lame.\* ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/52 "2005-12-15T15:41:11Z")
Mek-quake: Kill sarah Connor? BigJobs! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/53 "2005-12-15T15:55:06Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Couldn’t he just reverse the polarity on the deflector shield to emit a high-powered handwavon pulse that will convince the Skynet sensors that Sarah was dead? If it took one minute to explain, half an hour to do, and could be explained with a simple analogy, then yes. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/54 "2005-12-15T15:55:11Z")
Silver Metal Lover : “I’ve brought poison for you, and corrosive for me. I think it would be most romantic if we drank them together.” Robot Devil “_Ohh_, this is so _deliciously_ evil. I LOVE IT !!” ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/55 "2005-12-15T16:15:44Z")
“Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. Your future son killed Skynet: prepare to die.” “INCONCEIVABLE!” * * * > [@RealityChuck](#): > > Talky Toaster: "Oh, hi, Sarah. Gee isn’t it a wonderful day? And you’re looking really peachy this morning. Would you like some toast? Some nice hot crisp brown buttered toast? What about a muffin? When was the last time you had toast? I mean, this is my job! This is cruel! Just cruel! I mean, the whole purpose of my existence is to serve you with hot, buttered, scrummy toast. If you don’t want any, then my existence is meaningless. . . . " > Eventually Sarah commits suicide to escape. Brilliant reference. I’d forgotten about that bloody toaster. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/56 "2005-12-15T16:22:50Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Elizabeth Hurley Fembot who kills people after making love to them - I can’t actually think of a funny line, but it would be a GREAT movie Elizabeth Hurley getting it on with Linda Hamilton . . . yessssss . . . ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/57 "2005-12-15T16:26:32Z")
PINOCCHIO: Sorry, Miss Connor, but Skynet says if I do a brave deed and kill you I’ll become a real live boy! SARAH: [stares at him silently for a moment, picks him up, stuffs him into a wood-chipper] ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/58 "2005-12-15T16:28:21Z")
Ro-man: “You are hu-man…Sarah Connor. You must not interfere!” \ Sarah: “Gaak” \ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/59 "2005-12-15T16:29:13Z")
DAVID FROM _AI:_ I am **so** a real boy! Could a robot do **this?** [breaks Sarah’s neck with his bare hands] Hmmm . . . I guess a real boy couldn’t do that either . . . this is a puzzle . . . ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623/60 "2005-12-15T18:15:05Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > I stand corrected, although Theophilus would make more sense, assuming he were a religious computer: calling him “City of God” makes none whatsoever. I guess it sounded “wise”. [embarassed to remember this] One premise of the TV series was that the Old City (remnants of Chicago) were blasted out ruins, uninhabitable except for ripoff-Morlockian mutants who shambled around and attacked people for no good reason. There was no auto traffic, so you could tell it apart from modern-day Chicago (I kid, I kid!). The new city was a gleaming white soundstage of high-tech styrofoam and plasticine, in the configuration of one or two interchangeable rooms. “City of God” does make sense in that context. I guess. [/etrt] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-deadly-sarah-connor-assassination-squad/335623.md?page=4)