Funny Robot

Exactly What It Says on the Tin. In works of fiction, Robots often serve as comedy relief.

Often overlaps with Robot Buddy. When a work implements Kids and Cute Robots, this is the type of robot that is typically used.

Advertising

 * Watson the supercomputer has inadvertently become one in commercials like this one.

Film

 * B.E.N. from Treasure Planet.
 * Robbie from Forbidden Planet, possibly the Trope Codifier
 * R2-D2 and C-3PO from Star Wars.
 * WALL-E and MO from WALL-E.
 * BURN-E from the Pixar Short.
 * Fender from Robots.
 * Marvin from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
 * Johnny 5 from Short Circuit.
 * Bubo the clockwork owl from Clash of the Titans
 * Skids and Mudflap from Transformers.

Music

 * Steam Powered Giraffe.

Video Games

 * Clank, Lawrence, Dr. Nefarious and MR. ZURKON.
 * Orbot and Cubot from Sonic the Hedgehog.
 * Wheatley from Portal 2.
 * R-110 in Time Splitters becomes this after a terminal somehow gives him "brain damage".
 * In Mortal Kombat 11, Sonya's turret drone is usually a mini-kill-bot, but in one of her Friendships, she throws a stick for it to fetch, making it cute - and funny - as hell. Especially seeing as it brings back the stick and a dead Tarkatan!

Western Animation

 * Bender, Roberto, and the Robot Devil from Futurama.
 * Karen from SpongeBob SquarePants.
 * GIR from Invader Zim.
 * LXR from Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.