



He's a lot more simple-minded and cuter than either, and in the manga he also, under the right conditions, turns into the girls' penultimate weapon. Masha/Mini Mew of Tokyo Mew Mew is the Robot Buddy crossed with the traditional Magical Girl's Talking Animal.2 foot tall beetle armed with 48-caliber revolver AND micro-missile? They're your friends.Medabots, where everyone and their grandmother has one.In Time of Eve, part of the narrative is to ask if all robots should be forced to abide by this trope, for our own safety or otherwise, with some playing it straight while others subvert it.Here, the main charater Eiichi is a kid genius that successfully constructs a small (but completely useless) robot named Korosuke. Kiteretsu Daihyakka, another Fujiko production like Doraemon.Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island have Flock's sentient robot Pirate Parrot sidekick, Quiz.Doraemon: Nobita and The Space Heroes have a burger-shaped robot sidekick called the "Burger Director".Who appears mechanical enough that his rodent features are obscured, since he didn't freak Doraemon out when around the gang. Chapek's sidekick, a mechanical kangaroo-rodent called Kirinpa. Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom introduces Dr.

Log and Doraemon even become close friends since they're both robots on their respective teams. Doraemon: Nobita's Drifts in the Universe have Doraemon and gang befriending a bunch of Space Cadets, whose member includes Log the roly-poly robot resembling a mechanical soccer ball with googly eyes.He's a bumbling Funny Robot who provides most of the film's comic relief. Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights have a wisecracking robotic genie named Mikujin as one of their new allies, hired by Doraemon as a tour guide for them to enter the world of Arabian Nights.The more recent adaptation of Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops has has Chippo, brain unit of Zanda Claus who assumes a part-mechanical, part avian form looking like a cute baby chick, and a Ridiculously Cute Critter once he gets to bond with Nobita and gang.He is a cat-like robot created in the future and is sent back in time by Sewashi to help the main character Nobita. The titular character is the Trope Codifier in Japan.It performed all kind of tasks in the Daimobic -including household chores- and it gave advice and council (often of the "Nobody asked you!" kind).
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Fixit can put him back together in the maintenance shop and upgrade him as a reward to be even better than before. The trend in recent years is to make the Robot Buddy an obnoxious, cynical Deadpan Snarker, commenting on human foibles (or just those of the protagonist).Ī bonus is that they can do a Heroic Sacrifice and still come back believably because Mr. Typically, robot buddies are very loyal to their owners, requesting only proper maintenance like recharges and repairs. Can sometimes be the scifi equivalent of a Familiar. This kind of character is often small (anywhere between one and three feet tall), cute looking and has a million and one functions if you need him to do a job, he has the right tool installed for it. The character is an artificially intelligent robot.
