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=== [[Video Games]] ===

* In ''[[Disgaea Hour of Darkness]]'', the cliche superhero '''[[Large Ham|Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth]]''' comes complete with the [[Robot Buddy]] Thursday, who fits the description right down to having a self-sacrifice attack named ''Arigato Roboto'' ("Thank you, Robot").

* In ''[[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'', the cliche superhero '''[[Large Ham|Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth]]''' comes complete with the [[Robot Buddy]] Thursday, who fits the description right down to having a self-sacrifice attack named ''Arigato Roboto'' ("Thank you, Robot").

** Incidentally, his character type is not [[Robot Buddy]]. It's Invincible Robot/Super Robot.

* Clank from the ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' series, although he's usually more well-grounded than Ratchet.

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* In the ''[[Fallout]]'' series, the Mr. Handy is a customizable line of robot buddies.

** ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' gives us ED-E the recruitable [[Robot Buddy]], Rex might count too, though he's only [[Cyborg|half a robot]].

* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' has Legion, who manages to be one of the game's two or three [[Only Sane Man|sane individuals]] ([[Mind Hive|for a sufficiently loose definition of individual]]). [[Pronoun Trouble|It]] is something of a [[Warrior Poet]] who makes an effort to explain the culture and ethics of the geth, who were previously assumed to be [[~~Always Chaotic~~ Evil]], with [[Blue and Orange Morality|partial success]].

* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' has Legion, who manages to be one of the game's two or three [[Only Sane Man|sane individuals]] ([[Mind Hive|for a sufficiently loose definition of individual]]). [[Pronoun Trouble|It]] is something of a [[Warrior Poet]] who makes an effort to explain the culture and ethics of the geth, who were previously assumed to be [[Exclusively Evil]], with [[Blue and Orange Morality|partial success]].

** It also features EDI, who, although not a robot, is an AI that {{spoiler|eventually ''becomes'' the Normandy, giving EDI a true physical presence, allowing "her" to qualify for this trope.}} In [[Mass Effect 3]], in fact {{spoiler|she upgrades to [[FemBot]].}} Seeing as she also is constantly in contact with the player, she feels just like this trope. Arguably one of the best subversions of [[AI Is a Crapshoot]].

* PAL-18 from ''[[Anachronox]]''

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* Larry 3000 from ''[[Time Squad]]'' is a slightly antagonistic (and very [[Ambiguously Gay]]) Robot Buddy, intended as a parody of the [[Star Wars|C-3PO]].

* On ''[[Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?]]'', Robot Jones befriends a vacuum cleaner called Dust Buddy.

* 4-DAC in ''[[Jonny Quest ~~Versus~~ the Cyber Insects]]'' and to a lesser extent 3-DAC in ''[[Jonny's Golden Quest]]''.

* 4-DAC in ''[[Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects]]'' and to a lesser extent 3-DAC in ''[[Jonny's Golden Quest]]''.

== Subversions ==