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{{trope}}
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{{quote|'''Dr. Light:''' Behold! my greatest invention! [[Mega Man (video game)|Rush, the robotic dog!]]
'''[[Idiot Hero|Mega Man]]:''' What? A robotic dog? What's so great about that? Does it [[Transforming Mecha|transform]] or something?
'''Dr. Light:''' [[
|''[[Bob and George]]''}}
Unsurprisingly, the best traits a dog could have make for excellent traits in robot companions: loyalty, friendliness, a fierce protective streak... so why not jump to the logical conclusion and combine the two? A Robot Dog has all the good perks of a lovable pooch without (theoretically) any of the bad! Tearing furniture up, hiding your slippers, leaving hidden piles of poop for you to step on in the yard? All a thing of the past should you own one of these metallic mutts!
However, these traits also make them a force to be reckoned with. If you thought a fiercely loyal and aggressive attack dog was scary enough, those traits are so much worse in a more durable, powerful robot than can be armed with all kinds of weapons.
As a rule, Robot Dogs tend to be owned by scientists of both the benevolent and mad varieties, tech geeks, kids with family ties to influential toy and robot companies, as well as evil overlords, CEO's, and any other unscrupulous types with money to burn.
▲Robots are cool. Dogs are cool. Put them them together and you get a Robot Dog!
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== [[Anime]] ==
* In the late 1970s anime ''[[Yatterman]]'', the two heroes ride on a giant dog-shaped mecha.
* Friender from any incarnation of ''[[Neo-Human Casshern]]'' (save the live action movie), who was a [[We Can Rebuild Him]] case. Friender is also the inspiration for [[Mega Man (video game)|Rush]].
* Balican from ''[[Chargeman Ken]]'' was Ken's sidekick robot dog.
* Peach from
== [[Fanfic]] ==▼
* In ''[[Nobody Dies]]'', Zwei, or [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Unit-02 as you may know him,]] is a 200-foot-tall killing machine that thinks that it's Asuka's doggie; it's a deliberate [[Expy]] of Dug from ''[[Up (animation)|Up]]''.▼
== [[Card Games]] ==▼
* ''Star [[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' has a card "Dogbot" which is probably an [[Expy]] of [[Doctor Who]]'s K9.▼
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* Valeria Richards built a robot dog in ''[[The Mighty Avengers]]''.
* Half-Face, from the [[Marvel Universe]], invented several devices including a robot dog.
▲* In ''[[Nobody Dies]]'', Zwei, or [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Unit-02 as you may know him,]] is a 200-foot-tall killing machine that thinks that it's Asuka's doggie; it's a deliberate [[Expy]] of Dug from ''[[Up (animation)|Up]]''.
* In ''[[Final Stand of Death]]'', more like a [[Petting Zoo People]] mixture with [[Mechanical Lifeform]], Fusion Gundam in counts since they do take on wolf-forms.
* In the [[Mega Crossover]] ''[[No Tendo]]'', the giant AI tank on the planet Refuge creates dozens of AI dog-bots to be its liaisons with various human groups (and to be the occasional infiltrator as well).
== [[Film]] ==
* Rags the Robot Dog in [[Woody Allen]]'s ''Sleeper'':
{{quote|'''Rags:''' Woof, woof, woof. Hello, I'm Rags.}}
* A rather unpleasant pair of them show up in ''[[Kingsman: The Golden Circle]]''.
== [[Literature]] ==
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* The Hound in [[Fahrenheit 451]]. Interestingly, it may not have actually looked much like a dog since it was built as an octopod, but Bradbury was a little vague on the details.
== [[Live
* Robbie built one of these in an an episode of ''[[LazyTown]]''. The dog attacks when the word 'trouble' is uttered. There's even a song about him.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and later ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' have K-9.
** Averted in a Series 6 episode when [[The Nth Doctor|The Eleventh Doctor]] advises Craig to avoid stepping on Yappy, the Robot Dog, then remarks that it wasn't as much fun as he remembers.
* Muffy II the robot [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp|Daggit]] in the 1970s ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* Murphy in ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]]''.
* R.I.C. 2.0 (Robotic Interactive Canine) from ''[[Power Rangers SPD]]'', he can transform into a [[BFG]] for the rangers, or a [[Powered Armor]] for the Red Ranger. Or a scooter to ride on when the bumbling assistant scientist pretended to be a Ranger. He really becomes a [[Do-Anything Robot]], with a lot of random things added to him just because they could when said assistant and the tech-savvy Ranger, Bridge, upgraded him in their spare time.
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* ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'': when the gang move into the local big box store because they think [[wikipedia:Year 2000 problem|Y2K]] destroyed all civilization, [[The Ditz|Randy]] took up residence in the toy department and made friends with a toy robot dog.
* The eponymous hero of ''[[Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack]]'' is one.
* ''[[Denshi Sentai Denziman]]'' has IC as the [[Team Pet]] and [[The Mentor]] at once.
== [[Music]] ==
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* There was a ''[[Frank and Ernest]]'' comic in which a robotic dog was referred to as a "dogmatic".
== [[Tabletop
▲=== [[Card Games]] ===
▲* ''Star [[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' has a card "Dogbot" which is probably an [[Expy]] of [[Doctor Who]]'s K9.
* A petbot in the shape of a dog in the ''[[Paranoia]]'' adventure ''Send in the Clones''.
** A few missions also include doberbots. Naturally, a doberbot's primary combat tactic is [[Attack! Attack! Attack!|"attack someone until they die, attack someone else until they die, attack someone ''else'' until they die..."]]
* In ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' 'verse Imperium has Cyber-Mastiffs (umbrella term for variety of types, rather than specific), mainly used by Adeptus Arbites and local enforcers. They don't appear in the tactical tabletop, but in spin-offs where law enforcement is present - ''[[Inquisitor]]'', ''[[Necromunda]]'', ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' and ''[[Black Crusade]]''.
** ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' even have [[Robot Master|Cyber-Mastiff Handler]] character option for Tech-Priest in ''Book of Judgement'' - much like with other servitors, while an enforcer can command one of those with basic training, optimal use and care require qualification.
== Toys ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Dog from ''[[Half-Life]] 2''. Not too dog-shaped, but it has a dog-like behavior and name. Then again, Alyx said he used to be "yay-high", implying that Dog was more dog-like until Alyx began "adding on to him".
* The Mecha-Chomps from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''
* K9 in ''[[Fallout 2]]
* Rush
** Sigma has one of his own in the form of Velguarder in the first ''[[Mega Man X]]'' game. If his dialogue is any indication, he regularly lets him deal with soldiers of his that turn traitor.
▲* Rush, [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'s robot dog. There's also the [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|giant, fire-breathing robot dogs]] in Wood Man's stage.
* The K9000 enemy from ''[[Mother 3]]''.
* The FENRIS Mechs from ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''. The collector's edition of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' will include a non-hostile one that follows Shepard around on the Normandy.
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* In ''[[Secret Agent Barbie]]'', one of [[Barbie]]’s gadgets is a tiny and rather cute robot dog.
* MEL from the late 1990s ''[[Blaster Series]]'' games.
* ''[[Wolfenstein: The New Order]]'' has Panzerhunds, which are colossal mechanical nightmares created by Deathshead to serve as some of the deadliest killing machines the Nazis have in their arsenal.
* [[Non-Human Sidekick|Snuffy the Pooch]] from ''[[A Beginner's Guide to the End of the Universe]]'' gradually turns into one of these, as the protagonist uses his [[Reality Warper]] powers to upgrade her into a [[Cyborg]].
* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' the [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-10-21 fabber tutorial] for sophonts from Earth involves making toy robot dogs.
* ''Unintentionally Pretentious'' has [http://www.unintentionallypretentious.com/index.asp?c=34 Aibo] — [[Do-Anything Robot]]/generic [[Non-Human Sidekick]]. A mobile music player/[http://www.unintentionallypretentious.com/index.asp?c=59 roomba]/[http://www.unintentionallypretentious.com/index.asp?c=101 guide dog] (it got built-in GPS navigator)/[http://www.unintentionallypretentious.com/index.asp?c=121 bodyguard].
== [[Web Original]] ==
* [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] expresses his distaste for these things as video game enemies in his [https://web.archive.org/web/20130908035238/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/6919-at4wwadm Adamantium Rage review]:▼
{{quote|"Ugh, a robot dog. Why do video game designers always include dogs? They're one of the most annoying enemies ever!"}}▼
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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** Dynomutt also appeared in ''[[Harvey Birdman]]''. RIP.
* Goddard from ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]''.
* A robotic dog was featured as a rival for [[Scooby Doo]] in ''[[A Pup Named Scooby
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' had a robotic dog show up in the theme song. [[Opening Shout-Out|They actually build it]] in "Canderemy".
* Robo-Puppy from ''[[Futurama]]'', which is a direct parody of Sony's AIBO mentioned below. Bender actually [[Kick the Dog|kicks the Robo-dog]]!
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* In the [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[The Partridge Family]]'', Danny had a robot dog named Orbit.
* Again, MEL from ''[[Blasters Universe]]''.
▲== [[Web Comics]] ==
▲* [[Non-Human Sidekick|Snuffy the Pooch]] from ''[[A Beginner's Guide to the End of the Universe]]'' gradually turns into one of these, as the protagonist uses his [[Reality Warper]] powers to upgrade her into a [[Cyborg]].
▲== [[Web Original]] ==
▲* [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] expresses his distaste for these things as video game enemies in his [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/6919-at4wwadm Adamantium Rage review]:
▲{{quote|"Ugh, a robot dog. Why do video game designers always include dogs? They're one of the most annoying enemies ever!"}}
▲* [[5 Second Films]]' "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhRk45Sdg2o Robodog]".
== [[Real Life]] ==
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