History Main / Robotmaster

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':
** In theory, this is 0's ''job'' in Big MT in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Old World Blues''. In practice, while he's not too bad at the mechanical side of things (his modification of [=RobCo=]'s Securitrons ''are'' more powerful, despite having been in the open seemingly without maintenance for centuries), his software skills are... not quite up to the task (his robots either a) have gone berserk or b) hates their job). Mr. House of New Vegas has elements of this himself -- while his skills extended quite a bit beyond robots, it ''was'' a major focus of him and the company he created, [=RobCo=], and in the modern day his influence on the outside world mainly occurs through controlled and sometimes modified Securitrons. He's also implied to have had a hand in the creation of [[HumongousMecha Liberty Prime]].

* Ziv Zulander from the appropriately titled ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'', a TeenGenius responsible for introducing semi-advanced robots, called [=3As=][[note]][[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Auto-Activated Androbots[[/note]] to his world. He also built a bunch of even more advanced robots, who are sentient with human-like personalities, called BOYZZ[[note]]Brain-Operated Young Zygotopic Zoids[[/note]].

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Dr. Noonian Soong, creator of Data, Lore, and B4. In ''Series/StarTrekPicard,'' we learn he had a son, Altan, who went to live with a hidden civilization of robots and became an expert on all things robotic.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Dr. Noonian Soong, creator of Data, Lore, and B4. In ''Series/StarTrekPicard,'' we learn he had a son who went to live with a hidden civilization of robots and became an expert on all things robotic.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Dr. Noonian Soong, creator of Data, Lore, and B4.

* The Mad Thinker from ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' is this combined with TheChessmaster. His most well-known creation is a [[OrganicTechnology biological robot]] called the Awesome Android.

* The Mad Thinker from ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' is this combined with TheChessmaster.

* The Mad Thinker from ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''.

* The Katayanagi twins from ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', though the building itself happens off-screen. In the comics, anyway; [[Film/ScottPilgrim the film]] changes them to techno-themed {{Musical Assassin}}s.

* The Assemblyman from ''ComicBook/AstroCity''.

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* The Quintessons from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers''.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'''s diabolical Doctor Eggman, whose portfolio includes trying to turn everyone in the world into a robot.

* In ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', BigBad William Afton was a roboticist and SerialKiller who used his talents to create his own line of SuckECheeses to [[ChildHater prey on children in]].

* Comicbook/WonderWoman's nemesis, [[http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess/v2wonderwoman01.htm the Robot Master!]] She defeats him with Twinkies.

** Dr. T.O. Morrow, creator of ComicBook/RedTornado, Tomorrow Woman, and assorted other bots. They [[AIIsACrapshoot tend to rebel on him,]] but since he's evil, that's usually a good thing. Ironically, Morrow has at times expressed pride that he's capable of creating androids so intelligent they're ''capable'' of going against their programming and rebelling against him.

* [[Comicbook/WonderWoman Wonder Woman's]] nemesis, [[http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess/v2wonderwoman01.htm the Robot Master!]] She defeats him with [[Advertising/HostessFruitPies Twinkies.]]

* Dr. Gero from ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' made many robots to fight Goku, though some of them are cyborgs (17, 18, and himself) or artificial lifeforms (Cell).

* Jail Scaglietti from ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha.'' He also builds cyborgs.
* Winry of ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'' is constantly repairing robotic limbs and such.
* All Incarnations of Dr. Hell from [[Anime/MazingerZ the]] [[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Mazinger]] [[Anime/ShinMazinger series]] are this to varying degrees.

* Engineer Sakaki from ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}.''
* Doctor Tenma and Doctor Ochanomizu from ''Manga/AstroBoy.''

* Biko Daitokuji (B-Ko) from ''Anime/ProjectAKo'' is this as Tony Stark levels, a high school student capable of building a new SuperRobot mecha to battle A-Ko every night.

* Dr. Will Magnus, creator of the ''ComicBook/MetalMen.''

* Toyman from ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}'' can build lifelike androids, but prefers to make his killer robots look like toys.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague'''s Dr. T.O. Morrow, creator of Red Tornado, Tomorrow Woman, and assorted other bots. They [[AIIsACrapshoot tend to rebel on him,]] but since he's evil, that's usually a good thing. Ironically, Morrow has at times expressed pride that he's capable of creating androids so intelligent they're ''capable'' of going against their programming and rebelling against him.
* Another ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague'' antagonist, Professor Ivo, built Amazo, a robot capable of [[PowerCopying mimicking his enemies powers.]]
* Spencer Smythe, creator of the [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Spider-Slayers.]] After his death, his son, Alistaire Smythe, continued his legacy by building more Spider-Slayers, eventually turning himself into a cyborg.

* Dr. Abel Stack, who built [[ComicBook/MachineMan Aaron Stack the Machine Man.]] He also helped build all the previous robots in Aaron's series, who all [[MurderousMalfunctioningMachine went mad.]] The reason Aaron turned out all right is that Abel actually [[RoboFamily raised him as a son.]] Of course, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn years later,]] [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens the Celestials]] kidnapped Aaron, causing him to suffer a nervous breakdown and turn into the [[DeadpanSnarker snarking,]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold endearingly neurotic]] JerkAss we know from ''{{ComicBook/Nextwave}}'', but that's another story.

* The (possible) TropeNamer from Marvel's ''ComicBook/{{The Transformers|Marvel}}'' comic is actually an [[InvokedTrope invocation of this trope]]: failing comic-book writer Donny Finkelberg is enlisted by the government to pose as his character "Robot Master" and claim credit for the Transformers' battles, as this was judged [[TheWorldIsNotReady less publicly frightening than an alien civil war]]. HilarityEnsues when the 'cons found out that some dumb squishy was pretending to be their master. In fact, when Megatron awakens, he decides to keep Finkleberg around to continue the charade, since he could make it look like ''all'' robots are under his control, [[HeroWithBadPublicity making it harder for the Autobots to enlist human allies]]. It doesn't ''quite'' work in the long run, since it's kind of hard to explain why one guy would have two sets of robots fighting each other, but it becomes moot when Finkleberg manages to escape.
* Despite being a robot himself, ComicBook/{{Ultron}} would certainly count. He built ComicBook/TheVision, Jocasta, [[Comicbook/{{Runaways}} Victorius,]]and Alkhema, as well as countless duplicates of himself--usually just replacement bodies for when he inevitably gets destroyed at the end of each appearance, but he has built armies of these duplicates on a couple of occasions (with the predictable ConservationOfNinjitsu in full effect). His unique creations have a tendency to rebel against him and become superheroes.
* The Followers of the Light from [[Franchise/MarvelComics Marvel's]] ''Comicbook/ShogunWarriors'' comic are aliens who built the titular [[HumongousMecha humongous mecha]] to fight [[{{Kaiju}} giant monsters.]]
* Tyranik from Creator/ArchieComics's ''ComicBook/ManTech'' series was [[MadScientist driven mad]] by the same [[NeglectfulPrecursors ancient]] "knowledge ray" that taught him about robotics, so he wants to wipe out mankind and replace it with robots.
* The Katayanagi twins from the ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' series, though the building itself happens off-screen. In the comics, anyway; the film changed them to techno-themed {{Musical Assassin}}s

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Byrna Brilyant, the "Snowman", is a brilliant roboticist who used her chemist father's notes to create a weather machine, and her own know how to make a battalion of identical rocket propelled robots and matching PoweredArmor equipped with a FreezeRay.
** ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' villain Doctor Cyber traditionally has a legion of robotic assassins at her beck and call.
* Nathan from ''Film/ExMachina.''

* Sebastian in ''Film/BladeRunner.'' "They're just toys, really..."
* Nathan from ''Film/ExMachina.''
* The original [[Franchise/{{Frankenstein}} Dr. Frankenstein]] (named [[DependingOnTheWriter Victor or Henry)]] comes from [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} the novel,]] but the ExpandedUniverse of the movies gives him various relatives and assistants to carry on his legacy.

** ''Film/SonOfFrankenstein'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin with the doctor's son, Wolf Frankenstein, and also introduces the doctor's old assistant, [[TheIgor Ygor.]][[note]] In the [[Film/Frankenstein1931 original film]], the doc's hunchbacked assistant is named Fritz, but Creator/BelaLugosi's character [[TheIgor Ygor]] is the assistant everyone remembers.[[/note]]

** ''Film/HouseOfFrankenstein'' has Dr. Neimann, implied to be Ygor's brother. And he has his ''own'' [[TheIgor hunchbacked assistant!]]

** ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'' has the doc's descendent, Dr. Frederick [[InsistentTerminology "Frahnkensteen,"]] and ''his'' [[TheIgor hunchbacked assistant,]] Igor (pronounced EYE-gor).
** And in the AlternateContinuity of the Film/HammerHorror films, Creator/PeterCushing's [[Film/TheCurseOfFrankenstein Dr. Frankenstein]] picks up his own assortment of assistants and sidekicks, including a hunchback played by [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes Roddy McDowell.]]

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: The film version of [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]] is portrayed as one. While he prefers to build high-tech armor for himself, he has also programmed complex AIs such as JARVIS and keeps a couple of robotic arms that he built as a kid as his pets. This escalates in ''Film/IronMan3'' when he has JARVIS take control of his extra suits; and then in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' he has a set of autonomous "Iron Legion" bots and is a major factor in creating both Ultron and Vision.
* Rotwang from ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' built an android he intended to turn into the likeness of his lost love, but he gets persuaded to turn her into an evil doppelganger of the saintly Maria instead. It's certainly implied he would have liked to go back and finally make that android replacement for his lost love, but [[spoiler: he gets killed.]]

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's Dr. Susan Calvin (from ''I, Robot)'' is a robo-''psychologist.''
* Victor Literature/{{Frankenstein}}, although he only ever got around to building one and a half androids (two, in [[Film/BrideOfFrankenstein the film sequel).]]

* Literature/AdamLink's [[MotherlyScientist "father,"]] Dr. Link.

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* Dr. Franklin from ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' and ''Series/TheBionicWoman,'' who created an army of [[FemBot fembots.]]
* Dr. Roger Korby from the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" although he had to master some alien technology to do it. In the end, we learn [[spoiler: the real Korby was dead before the start of the episode, and we've been watching his [[RobotMe robot duplicate]] all along.]]
* Dr. Noonian Soong, creator of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Data, Lore, and B4.]]
* Grant Imahara on ''Series/{{Mythbusters}},'' who created various bots for that show, worked on R2-D2 for the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels, and created [[SkeleBot the robot skeleton Geoff Peterson]] for [[Series/TheLateLateShowWithCraigFerguson Craig Ferguson.]]

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Warren built the April-bot, the Buffy-bot, and finally a robot of himself. Willow shows herself to be quite good at fixing/reprogramming the Buffy-bot when needed.
** In [[ComicBookAdaptation season 9,]] Andrew uses Warren's lab to create another Buffy-bot and switches its consciousness with the real Buffy.
* ''Series/{{Wonder Woman|1975}}'': "The Deadly Toys" features Frank Gorshin of ComicBook/TheRiddler fame from [[Creator/AdamWest Adam West's]] ''Series/Batman1966'' as an [[BigBad evil toymaker]]. His [[EvilPlan plan]] includes making a robot Wonder Woman to challenge the real Amazon Princess.

* The human cast of ''Animation/CubixRobotsForEveryone.''

* The owner and employees of Rossum's Universal Robots in Karel Capek's play "[[Theatre/{{RUR}} R.U.R.,]]" which famously coined the word "robot."
* Though only the first film would retain the name Fritz (later films renamed him Ygor or Igor), Dr. Frankenstein's hunchbacked assistant Fritz actually dates back to early 19th century stage adaptations of Mary Shelley's novel.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' the {{Troll}} Equius Zahhak is quite skilled at building robots and cybernetic limbs. He does this so that he can blow off steam by fighting killer robots.
* Rika, a British example from ''Webcomic/RPGWorld''
* In ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja,'' Sean "Dark Smoke Puncher" [=McNinja=] likes to build robot animals with laser vision and stuff. Their main job is to guard the family home, but that's just an excuse--he just likes making the suckers.
* Molly from ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' builds lots of robots, [[SmartPeopleBuildRobots mostly for fun.]] Only one of them has turned out [[InstantAIJustAddWater sentient]] - the one made out of a milking machine. Two of the others were made of ''[[{{Snowlems}} snow;]]'' and of those, [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/608 one]] could [[TransformingMecha transform]] into a giant ice [[SiegeEngines ballista.]] Yes.

* Jack Spicer from ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' uses a wide array of robots in addition to the series's magical [[MacGuffin MacGuffins.]]
* The Quintessons from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers.''
** The supercomputer TORQ-III from the episode "Day Of the Machines" is described as a "machine that can build other machines." When [[JerkAss Megatron]] reprograms TORQ to be hostile, TORQ commands all of the robots he's built to go on a rampage.
** Any of the "medic" characters, like Ratchet or First Aid, would qualify for "maintaining" robots. As MechanicalLifeForms, they just think of it in different terms. Wreck-Gar and Alpha Trion would probably count, too.

* Ming's flunky Dr. Tav from the 1970s ''WesternAnimation/{{Flash Gordon|1979}}'' cartoon. Dr. Tav invented Ming's army of MechaMooks.

* Dr. Nightmare, a WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost villain who built [[MechanicalMonster Mechanical Monsters.]]

* [[Comicbook/XMen Sunfire's]] [[MadScientist crazy]] uncle in the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' episode "Sunfire" first built a bunch of samurai-themed MechaMooks, then created a giant artificial fire monster (you know, the one from the show's opening credits).

* WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes: Lord Boxman creates all of his robotic minions, making a whole business out it. His corporation supposedly sells them to other villains, but his own obsession with destroying the plaza tends to stymie much of his sales.

** In theory, this is 0's ''job'' in Big MT in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Old World Blues''. In practice, while he's not too bad at the mechanical side of things (his modification of [=RobCo=]'s Securitrons ''are'' more powerful, despite having been in the open seemingly without maintenance for centuries), his software skills are... not quite up to the task (his robots either a) have gone berserk or b) hates their job). Mr. House of New Vegas has elements of this himself -- while his skills extended quite a bit beyond robots, it ''was'' a major focus of him and the company he created, [=RobCo=], and in the modern day his influence on the outside world mainly occurs through controlled and sometimes modified Securitrons.

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* Ziv Zoolander from the appropriately titled ''WesternAnimation/TheBOTSMaster.''

* Nora Wakeman, Jenny's "Mom" from from ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot.''

* Dr. Proton, in ''VideoGame/DukeNukemI'', took over an entire city with the [=TechBots=] he'd built, not to mention the moon base (in Episode 2) and a city in the far-flung future (in Episode 3). This aspect was very much downplayed by the time of [[VideoGame/DukeNukemForever the 2011 game]], though [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the 2001 version]] might've seen him play a larger role, Robot Master status included.

* Dr. Proton, in the original ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'', took over an entire city with the [=TechBots=] he'd built, not to mention the moon base (in Episode 2) and a city in the far-flung future (in Episode 3). This aspect was very much downplayed by the time of [[VideoGame/DukeNukemForever the 2011 game]], though [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the 2001 version]] might've seen him play a larger role, Robot Master status included.

* Dr. Proton, in the original ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'', took over an entire city with the [=TechBots=] he'd built.