History Main / SnarkyInanimateObject

* Bob in the book of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' 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.

'''Ash:''' Yeah, but this isn't a forest, it's an open field.\\

* The computer from ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'', who speaks with a dry English accent and is always making wisecracks at Courage's expense. [[CatchPhrase "You twit."]] It does become animate in "Mega-Muriel the Magnificent" as the result of a [[LightningCanDoAnything lightning strike]], but [[StatusQuoIsGod goes back to its former existence]] after an ill-thought attempt to show "true courage" by possessing Muriel and performing various dangerous stunts.

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

* In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', the Pokédex is canonically just a database. However, Dexter (Ash's Pokédex) had shades of this in the first episode of the series, notably calling Ash "stupid." The idea of the Pokédex as a character was phased out soon afterwards, only to be revisited in the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'' series with the [=RotomDex=], which was a Rotom inserted into the Alolan Pokédex to give it a personality.

->'''Pokédex:''' A forest Pokémon, Rattata. It likes cheese, nuts, fruits and berries.\\

'''Pokédex:''' It also comes out into open fields to steal food from ''stupid travelers.''

* Andy the Bomb from the {{Machinima}} series ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''; not only is he/it snarky, he's also rude and crude, and he curses a lot.

Related tropes include AnimateInanimateObject, CompanionCube, and TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack. See also TalkingApplianceSidekick.

* The Gauntlet of Villains on the game show ''Series/{{Whew}}'' are ten cut-out cartoon ne'er-do-wells with TV monitor in their abdomens that, win or lose, snarks at the contestants.

%%** The ifruit computer.

* Shows up in the first ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' movie. Andy's mother allows him to bring one toy with him to Pizza Planet. Woody picks up a Magic 8-Ball and asks it if Andy will pick him. Its response: "Don't count on it".

* The computer from ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'', who speaks with a dry English accent and is always making wisecracks at Courage's expense. [[CatchPhrase "You twit."]] It does become animate in one episode as the result of a [[LightningCanDoAnything lightning strike]], but eventually becomes bored and [[StatusQuoIsGod goes back to its former existence]].

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-->-- ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''

* In the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime, the Pokédex is canonically just a database. However, Dexter (Ash's Pokédex) had shades of this in the first episode of the series, notably calling Ash "stupid." The idea of the Pokédex as a character was phased out soon afterwards, only to be revisited in the ''Sun and Moon'' series with the [=RotomDex=], which was a Rotom inserted into the Alolan Pokédex to give it a personality.

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* In the Literature/{{Xanth}} series, Dor's magical talent is to make inanimate things talk, and sometimes they can be quite snarky.

-->''Radio:''' Will you shut the hell up and let me sing my song?