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{{quote|'''Dr. Light:''' Behold! my greatest invention! [[Mega Man (
'''[[Idiot Hero|Mega Man]]:''' What? A robotic dog? What's so great about that? Does it [[Transforming Mecha|transform]] or something?
'''Dr. Light:''' [[
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Robots are cool. Dogs are cool. Put them them together and you get a '''Robot Dog'''!
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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!
== [[Anime]] ==▼
* In the late 1970s anime ''[[Yatterman (Anime)|Yatterman]]'', the two heroes ride on a giant dog-shaped mecha.▼
* Friender from any incarnation of ''[[Neo Human Casshern (Anime)|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 Demashita![[Powerpuff Girls Z]].▼
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.
== [[Fanfic]] ==▼
* In ''[[Nobody Dies (Fanfic)|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 (Film)|Up]]''.▼
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.
== [[Card Games]] ==▼
* ''Star [[Munchkin (Tabletop Game)|Munchkin]]'' has a card "Dogbot" which is probably an [[Expy]] of [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'s K9.▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
▲* In the late 1970s anime ''[[
▲* Friender from any incarnation of ''[[Neo
▲* Balican from ''[[Chargeman Ken]]'' was Ken's sidekick robot dog.
== [[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 ''[[
* 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'':
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* A rather unpleasant pair of them show up in ''[[Kingsman: The Golden Circle]]''.
== [[Literature]] ==
* The [[Isaac Asimov]] story "Robutt" is about a boy and his robot dog.
* The "rat things" of [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[Snow Crash]]'' combine actual dogs with robotic parts to create extremely deadly guards.
* In Yevgeni Veltistov's ''Ressi - An Elusive Friend'', the titular character is a robotic dog built by a child android named Elektronik as a companion. The dog is highly intelligent and, while incapable of human speech, could remotely transmit data directly to Elektronik. Ressi (which is an acronym) can run and swim extremely fast. In fact, it becomes a plot point after Ressi is captured and reprogrammed by a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]], as there is almost nothing manmade at sea capable of swimming at Ressi's top nautical speed, which equals to that of a swordfish (about 50
* 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 ''[[
* ''[[
** 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
* A few Zords have been giant robot ''wolves'', including the Blue Ninjazord from ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', the [[Power Rangers Wild Force|Wolf Wildzord]], the [[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy|Wolf Galactabeast]] who turned from a giant wolf into a giant robot wolf, the [[Power Rangers Jungle Fury|Wolf Animal Spirit]] (a giant robotic-looking wolf... ''made out of pure ki.'') Yeah, Power Rangers a big on giant robot wolves.
* ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'': when the gang move into the local big box store because they think [
* The eponymous hero of ''[[Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack]]'' is one.
* ''[[Denshi Sentai Denziman]]'' has IC as the [[Team Pet]] and [[The Mentor]] at once.
== [[Music]] ==
* The [[They Might Be Giants]] song "The Ballad of Davy Crockett ([[Recycled in Space|In Outer Space]])" mentions a robot drone that Crockett reprograms into a robot dog.
* mc chris's ''[[Exactly What It Says
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* There was a ''[[Frank and Ernest]]'' comic in which a robotic dog was referred to as a "dogmatic".
== [[Tabletop
▲=== [[Card Games]] ===
▲* ''Star [[Munchkin (
=== [[Tabletop RPG]] ===
* 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 ''[[
* 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 ''[[
* The FENRIS Mechs from ''[[
* In ''[[Professor Layton and
* In ''[[Secret of Evermore]]'', your dog would change according to the region he was in. Naturally, the "future" world made him a robot (and a toaster).
* A robotic bulldog is a type of enemy in ''[[Secret Agent (
* 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
* 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
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[The Jetsons]]'', as Lectronimo was nowhere near as good as Astro.
** Also there's Cogswell's robot dog, Centro.
* [[Dynomutt Dog Wonder]], with the Blue Falcon. He later appeared on ''[[
** 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
* Robo-Puppy from ''[[
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* 1-Rover-1 from ''[[Battle of the Planets]]''.
* Rover in ''Planet 51''.
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* In the [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[The Partridge Family]]'', Danny had a robot dog named Orbit.
* Again, MEL from ''[[Blasters Universe]]''.
▲* [[Non Human Sidekick|Snuffy the Pooch]] from ''[[A Beginners 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 (Web Video)|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!"}}
▲* [[Five Second Films]]' "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhRk45Sdg2o Robodog]".
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Sony's [
* Hasbro's Furreal Friends included Biscuit, a robot dog for kids.
* Poo-Chi, a robot dog for kids (followed by Meow-Chi, Chirpie-Chi [bird] and Dino-Chi), which came in various colors. Among the variants were a poodle, a bulldog and three dalmatians (actually Domino, Little Dipper and Oddball, to promote ''[[
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