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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In ''[[Iron Man]]'', Tony Stark is kidnapped while visiting Vietnam ([[Live Action Adaptation|Afghanistan in the film version]]) and ordered to help develop weapons for his captors. But instead of rigging a McGuiver style escape plan, he uses the equipment he's given to build a suit of [[Power Armor]] and break out.
* [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Henry Pym]] and [[Fantastic Four|Reed Richards]], two [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]s who build robots in their spare time. Pym's are [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot|plot-relevant]], Richards' just hang around as background detail.
* The [[Silver Age]] [[Superman]] could pump out a quick robot, no problem.
 
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** Also [[Lampshade]]d: There were a few jokes about them being defensive about how nerdy they were perceived by Penny, all the while doing the most geeky thing Penny could possibly imagine.
* In the [[Nick Verse]] show ''[[Zoey 101]]'', Zoey and her friends construct a robot to battle against a group of [[Insufferable Genius|Insufferable Geniuses']] robots.
* On ''[[Myth BustersMythBusters]]'', Grant, who formerly built robots for ''[[Battlebots]]'', is [[Lampshaded]] as this type of [[The Smart Guy]] by the others as a [[Running Gag]].
* Screech in ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' had his own robot that just hung around his bedroom.
* ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place|Wizards Of Waverly Place's]]'' smart guy Justin Russo builds a working robot out of household items... so he could dance with it in a "big synchronized robot event".