Robots

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Robots are frequently mentioned and seen in Homestar Runner cartoons and appear in many different forms throughout the series. Their appearances throughout the years were mostly incidental but several robots become the focus of the eponymous email robots, where they're shown to meet as "The Council of Grayish ROBOTS" to discuss sauces and play deadly games of "Perfectly Recite your Favorite Sauce Commercial"

Appearances

Characters

• The Visor Robot is a futuristic robot known for his red visor which shoots powerful lasers with a loud "VOIP!" He first appeared in Homestarloween Party.
• The Robot was a character in the Original Book and was the previous winner of the Strongest Man in the World Contest.
• The Grape-Nuts Robot is a barely functional robot made by Bubs out of a Grape-Nuts cereal box and a Speak and Spell.
• The Intercom from Teen Girl Squad appears to be a robot.
• The game Stinkoman 20X6 features many robots which Stinkoman must fight and destroy, with the true end boss being a robotic version of Trogador: Mecha-Trogador.
• Humidibot is a robotic humidifier who drips water from his mouth when he speaks and likes to tell people that he is Humidibot.

Mentions

• Email some kinda robot — Strong Bad asks Abdi LaRue if he is "some kinda robot" and about any special powers that he might have.
• Email credit card — Two of the items available for purchase at "the_coolest_stuff_ever.com" are a killer robot and a robotic dog/shark.
• Email band names — A fan says that "Invisible Robot Fish" is a possible name for his band.
• Meet Marshie — In an Easter egg, Homestar Runner says, "I hate that freakin' robot", presumably referring to Marshie.
• Email japanese cartoon — Strong Bad calls Stinkoman's boots "robot boots".
• Email unused emails — An unused email reads, "HOW DUMB IS IT BEING A DUMB ROBOT. I AM GLAD YOU ARE A ROBOT NOT ME."
• 20X6 vs. 1936 — Stinkoman thinks The Homestar Runner's Worshboard is "some kinda robot", and The Homestar Runner asks what a "robit" is.
• The System is Down — The lyrics mention dancing robots.
• That Time of Year — Strong Bad edits the book to make robots burst out of people.
• Hallrunner — One of the objects you must face is Robot Darren, who shoots lasers with a "VOIP" much like the Visor Robot.
• Email other days — Strong Bad thinks about answering the email like a robot, but then decides it is a bad idea.
• Duck Guardian One — Obstacles to avoid include robot heads and robot dogs.
• Email technology — As part of his technology "intro-mercial", Strong Bad talks about robots and their purpose. Also, The Cheat appears, wearing a robot costume, and is called "The Cheatbot" by Strong Bad.
• Email senior prom — Strong Bad says he didn't have a date for the prom because his girlfriend "went to Mars to help that robot stuck in the sand".
• Email theme song — The Pop Ballad-Type Theme song mentions "sitting on top of an old robot".
• Email Accent — The intro goes, "Robot jokes, robot jokes, there are no robot jokes in this email."
• Email what i want — One of the items mentioned on Z' ShopChan is Dancin' Musical Nobots.
• Email strong badathlon — According to Strong Bad, his best event in the Strong Badathlon is the "Probably Something with Guitars, Lasers, Robots, and Hot Girls" event.
• Sketchbook — In the March 22, 2007 sketchbook, one of the designs for a possible drive-thru speaker is a robot.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 13 — Tompkins's mother, Momkins, is a robot prospector, making her a literal gold digger.
• Email bike thief — In an Easter egg, Strong Bad asks Homestar whether he's supposed to be a trash can or a robot.
• Email diorama — In the historical diorama, a robot is responsible for assassinating president Jimmy Carter.
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2 — Homestar is heard saying that someone is "half-robot".
• Email hiding — Strong Bad makes an Animatronic Strong Bad.
• Sickly Sam's Big Outing — A robot appears as part of "The Rest".
• Homestar Ruiner — A robotic penguin appears in a Teen Girl Squad comic. Also, Strong Bad decides that since there's no way Pom Pom can be such a good athlete with Coach Z teaching him, Pom Pom is a robot on steroids.
• Baddest of the Bands — Bubs makes a security robot to protect his gold record.
• Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — The Gremlin's 'auto-pilot' is the security robot from Baddest of the Bands. Also, in the film's climax, Uzi Bazooka is revealed to be a robot, and earlier in the film, the Bear holding a Shark plays a robotic dinosaur.
• 4 Gregs — Japanese Culture Greg compares the football game to "the robotic dragon's lair".
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 15 — Chizuko is the robot who is from a 2005 Consumer Robotics Show that is Japanese Culture Greg's date to the prom. Open Source Greg also sends to the prom his cyborg avatar "in his stead".
• Strong Bad Classics! — The Smithy and his anvil are turned into a Smithybot and his little beep-boop.
• @StrongBadActual — Strong Bad makes a show about a robot detective named Tech, and his six-year-old partner.
• Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack — Stingy Relenque threatens Dangeresque and Firebert with his robotic Santaman.
• Mr. Poofers Must Die Teaser — The silhouette replacing Strong Bad in this teaser is the BigDog robot.
• Dangeresque Roomisode X: Inspection Certificate on File in Building Office — Dangeresque Too finds a washer in a metal box that he was unsure of if it was a lunch or tool box. He concludes that it's most likely a toolbox upon finding the washer, before dramatically saying it could be lunch for a robot.
• Email robots — Strong Bad gets curious at what the various Robots of Free Country USA get up to and sends The Cheat undercover as The Cheatbot to investigate. The Cheat manages to win the position of supreme robot leader and uses he power to force the rest of the cast to pretend to be robots by cramming themselves in upside down bins.

See Also

• Aliens
• Ghosts