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Even worse is when they ''talk to themselves'', declaring each thing they do as they do it. Often, this gives the heroes clues or information that the robots would rather keep secret -- so, why are they blaring it to the world?
Writers may do this out of fear that the audience would be [[Viewers
Your [[Robot Buddy]] will almost without exception use [[Robo Speak]].
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Compare [[Spock Speak]]. See also [[Pick Your Human Half]].
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== Anime ==
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** This is also how the MISAKA Sisters talk, in addition to the whole [[Third Person Person]] thing. Last Order {{spoiler|1=aka MISAKA 20001}} is an exception.
*** Except when she's [[Motor Mouth|Motor Mouthing]] machine code due to a viral infection. And when she's saying debug information after Accelerator messes up the virus' code enough for her to think it's corrupted and reset herself.
* [[Mahoromatic|Mahoro and Minawa]] don't do it, but whether they're straight [[
* [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Chachamaru]], the [[Robot Girl]] of ''Negima'', is voiced in anime by [[Caitlin Glass]], and sounds like [[Star Trek the Next Generation|Data's]] British sister, as described at the end of this page's notes above.
** Her pactio scene hasn't been dubbed yet, but chances are that she'll sound as emotional as she looks in that part of the manga.
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** Omega Supreme talked in robo-speak, but this was [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that his mind was damaged in a failed attempt by Megatron to reprogram him as a Decepticon. This left him emotionally stunted, and this was reflected in his speech patterns. He ''could'' speak normally, with effort, but rarely chose to.
** In ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', Perceptor, the Autobots' ultimate scientist, speaks with a voice synthesizer as an homage to [[Stephen Hawking]]. According to the creators, he deleted his personality to make room for more facts.
* In the ''[[Spongebob SquarePants]]'' episode "Imitation Krabs", Plankton creates and pilots a robot version of Mr. Krabs to infiltrate the Krusty Krab. Everything he says, even laughter, comes out as robo-speak, adding to the [[Paper
* Red Tornado in ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]''. His [[Mirror Universe]] counterpart even prefaces a [[The Reveal|reveal]] with "Revelation:"
* ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' special "The Hoboken Surprise":
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