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Imagine an object, say, an inanimate object. Any inanimate object. Got that? Good.

Now, imagine the characters in a show [[Companion Cube|interacting with the object as if it were another character]]. That shouldn't be too hard to picture, should it? Good.

Now, imagine that object answers back. [[Deadpan Snarker|And it is snarky as all hell]].

Related tropes include [[Animate Inanimate Object]], [[Companion Cube]], and [[The Man in Thethe Mirror Talks Back]]. See also [[Talking Appliance Sidekick]].

* In the ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'' anime, the PokeDex is canonically just a database. However, Dexter (Ash's PokeDex) had shades of this in the first episode of the series, notably calling Ash "stupid."

* In some variations of "[[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Literaturenovel)|Snow White]]", the Magic Mirror is a smart aleck backtalker.

{{quote| Radio: Will you shut the hell up and let me sing my song? }}

* Bob in the book of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' was never a real person. He's an air spirit of intellect which occupies the skull unless Harry explicitly gives him permission to come out and possess his cat or otherwise travel freely.

* [[The Muppets]] would often have ordinary-seeming objects such as vegetables suddenly sprout faces and start singing.

* Oliver Wendell Jones' Banana 2000 computer from ''[[Bloom County]]''. Not intended to be an animate object, it frequently was sentient.

** Also in ''[[Bloom County]]'' and ''[[Doonesbury]]'', frequent examples of subtrope [[The Man in Thethe Mirror Talks Back]].

{{quote| Calvin: What does this mean, "religion is the opiate of the masses"?<br />

* ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' solo adventure ''Knight of the Living Dead''. After becoming an undead creature, the protagonist has a weasel skull that acts as his companion, including snarky dialogue. It's implied that the conversations are his mind talking to itself.

* There are a whole lot of inanimate-object-based characters in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', but even the immobile ones who can only blink may still snark at you.

* Lilacor from ''[[BaldursBaldur's Gate]] 2'' is not this - intelligent weapons are far from unprecedented in ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' - but the Morrowind mod of the same name veers closer to this by it being unique for the ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]''.

* The [http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2011/01/10 On Cue Ball] from ''[[Precocious (Webcomic)|Precocious]]'' certainly counts.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306144852/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/top-5-with-lisa-foiles/3001-Top-5-Robots Lisa Foiles' Blender].

* Andy the Bomb from the [[Machinima]] series ''[[Red vs. Blue]]''; not only is he/it snarky, he's also rude and crude, and he curses a lot.

* ''[[Family Guy]]'': In a [[Manatee Gag]], Peter [[Person Asas Verb|pulls a]] ''[[Cast Away]]''.

{{quote| '''Peter:''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}YZ6D919dm7A Wilson!] What are we gonna do now?! Wilson! ''WILLLSOOON!'' <br />

* The computer from ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]''. You twit.

{{quote| '''SpongeBob:''' We blew it, pants.<br />

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