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But this trope is about how in fiction, it's used as a suffix just for [[Rule of Cool]]. Sometimes it's a name, sometimes it's a device that doesn't really fit the suffix, but it's called that anyway.
Compare [[Thing-O-Matic]], [[The Something Force]], [[Law of Alien Names]] and [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]. Not to be confused with [[NameDar]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* When ''[[
* ''[[Noein]]'' features enemy mechas called "Destructrons", which is somewhat of a [[Narm]] for some, as it doesn't really fit the series' [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness|serious tone]].
* ''[[Flint the Time Detective]]'' had [[Mon
* [[Nurse Witch Komugi|Magical Maid Koyori]] once turned [[Monumental Battle|Tokyo Big Sight]] into a giant [[Transforming Mecha]], calling it "Big Sightron". It got its own [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD3dtfJ4Vtw Animated OP] in the DVD special features. (''Misspelled in this video as "Big Cytron"''.)
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Ultron, recurring foe of [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]. Could be a portmanteau of the prefix '''ultra-''' and '''tron'''.
* In addition to the roster of infamous [[Transformers]] characters, the rare ''Transformers In 3-D'' comic had a group of [[Canon
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* The big screen that's part of [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'s set is traditionally referred to as the Titantron, after the former name of the parent company, Titan Sports.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' has the Annoy-o-Tron 5000, which emits low-frequency waves that enrage monsters all over the Kingdom.
* Tron Bonne from ''[[Mega Man Legends]]'', though she's actually a human girl.
* Gadgetron in the ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' series.
** Also, the Groovatron.
* Maimtron 9000, a clockwork [[Humongous Mecha]] in ''[[Sam and Max|Sam & Max Season 2]]''.
* Militron from ''[[The
* ''[[
* Carltron, Professor Ruffleberg's butler {{spoiler|(and also the [[Final Boss]])}} from ''[[Secret of Evermore]]''.
* The Gravitron in ''[[VVVVVV]]''.
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* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' did an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the [[Five-Man Band]] [[Humongous Mecha]] anime called ''Gofotron''.
* Ron Paul evolves into... [[Xkcd|TRON PAUL]]!
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Let us not forget [[JonTron]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Dexter's Laboratory
** Interestingly it never comes up in the ''[[Tron]]'' episode.
* One episode of ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' has positrons and negatrons, described as "the basic building blocks of good and evil".
* The ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "SB-129" had Squidward traveling to the future and meeting a cyborg version of Spongebob named Spongetron.
* ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
* ''[[Transformers
** The G1 Autobots' main computer system on Earth was Teletron 1, or Teletron 2 for the one on their home planet (Cybertron, another
== [[Real Life]] ==
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* The device inside your microwave oven that produces the microwaves is technically known as a Magnetron. Which is a name just begging to be used by a supervillain.
** If Danny Ocean qualifies, an actual magnetron ''was'' used by a supervillain in ''Ocean's Thirteen''.
** There's a [[Pokémon]] called [[Name's the Same|Magneton]]
* Let's not forget the [[wikipedia:Mellotron|Mellotron]], a tape-based, pre-sampler keyboard instrument that was capable of reproducing realistic recorded sounds, especially strings, flutes and choirs. Popularized by the likes of [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Moody Blues]], [[King Crimson]], [[David Bowie]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[Electric Light Orchestra]], [[The Bee Gees]], [[Yes]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], [[Led Zeppelin]], etc., etc. in [[The Sixties]] and [[The Seventies]].
* There's an amusement park ride called the Gravitron (which, depsite the name, actually uses centrifugal force).
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