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[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]. An automaton, robot or droid with a television set for a head.

[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. An automaton, robot or droid with a television set for a head.

Say the technology for synthetic skin has not yet been perfected and you want to avoid the [[Uncanny Valley]]. Maybe you don't have much but some spare parts, dwindling funds and a TV at your disposal. Maybe it just [[Rule of Cool|looks cool]]. For whatever reason, this is a robot or other sentient being with a monitor onto which they project images or outright words that are [[Deadpan Snarker|often]] [[Snarky Non Human Sidekick|snarky]] [[Visual Pun|responses]] to people interacting with them.

Say the technology for synthetic skin has not yet been perfected and you want to avoid the [[Uncanny Valley]]. Maybe you don't have much but some spare parts, dwindling funds and a TV at your disposal. Maybe it just [[Rule of Cool|looks cool]]. For whatever reason, this is a robot or other sentient being with a monitor onto which they project images or outright words that are [[Deadpan Snarker|often]] [[Snarky Non-Human Sidekick|snarky]] [[Visual Pun|responses]] to people interacting with them.

Not to be confused with a sentient AI or a talking computer. This strictly applies to walking automatons.

Often speaks through a variant of [[Talking ~~With~~ Signs]]. Compare/contrast [[Surveillance Drone]] and [[The Blank]].

Often speaks through a variant of [[Talking with Signs]]. Compare/contrast [[Surveillance Drone]] and [[The Blank]].

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* Lord Canti of ''[[FLCL]]''

* ''[[Dead Leaves]]'' has Retro, who may not be all robot.

* The Block bots from ''[[Pokémon ~~Destiny Deoxys (Anime)|Pokémon~~ Destiny Deoxys]]''.

* The Block bots from ''[[Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys]]''.

== [[Comic Books]] ==

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== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[~~Robo Cop~~]] 2'''s [[Big Bad]], Cain.

* ''[[RoboCop]] 2'''s [[Big Bad]], Cain.

* The Walking TV from ''[[Cloudy ~~With~~ a Chance of Meatballs]]'', [[Captain Obvious|of course]].

* The Walking TV from ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'', [[Captain Obvious|of course]].

* Ibor, Synonamess Botch's [[Giant Mook]], in ''[[Twice Upon a Time]]''.

* TV from ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'', who apparantly has a short, balding man for a face.

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== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum]]'': In one first-person area, at the end of a hallway is a Joker mannequin with a TV for a head. {{spoiler|Aversion, because it's actually him.}}

* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'': In one first-person area, at the end of a hallway is a Joker mannequin with a TV for a head. {{spoiler|Aversion, because it's actually him.}}

* In ''Dishwasher: Dead Samurai'', the pentultimate boss has a TV set for a head, and the achievement for beating him is "Smash Your TV".

* ''[[Fallout New Vegas]]'' Securitrons

* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' Securitrons

* Everyone (except maybe player character) in ''[[Mondo Medicals]]'' and ''[[Mondo Agency]]'' fits this trope.

* The Bruiser from ''[[Doom]]: Resurrection of Evil'' has a TV ''mouth''.

* The Squarians in ''[[Level Up (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Level Up]]''.

* The Squarians in ''[[Level Up (video game)|Level Up]]''.

* The Drakel Freak enemy from ''[[~~Adventure Quest (Video Game)|~~Adventure Quest]]'' is a cyborg with a TV for its head, with an organic muzzle protruding from it.

* The Drakel Freak enemy from ''[[Adventure Quest]]'' is a cyborg with a TV for its head, with an organic muzzle protruding from it.

* One of Metalhead's costumes in ''[[Guitar Hero]] III'' is one.

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' has Tutor Bot, a direct [[Shout Out]] to [[FLCL|Lord Canti]]. Wreck-Gar's head was specifically designed to resemble a TV, due to the fact that G1 Junkions were obsessed with Earth TV programming.

* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' has Tutor Bot, a direct [[Shout-Out]] to [[FLCL|Lord Canti]]. Wreck-Gar's head was specifically designed to resemble a TV, due to the fact that G1 Junkions were obsessed with Earth TV programming.

* ''[[Re Boot]]'' brings us Mike the TV. He's also a [[Cephalothorax]] — his head is also his torso.

* In [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s ''[[The Little Rascals]]'' episode "Science Fair and Foul", Buckwheat's home-built robot has a TV set for its head.

* Karen from ''[[~~Spongebob~~ SquarePants]]''.

* Karen from ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''.

== Other ==