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| 9 | ->''"In the '80s, everything was '-tron'! [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron]], Anime/{{Voltron}}, Film/{{Tron}}... the movie. You get the idea."'' |
| 10 | -->-- '''The Angry Video Game Nerd''', ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' |
| 11 | |
| 12 | "Tron" is [[GratuitousGreek Greek]] for a form of instrument (such as the "{{Metatron}}" from mythology was an instrument of {{God}}). These days, it's used as a suffix for advanced electronic technology in general, because of that Latin word "Electron" as well as the trope TronLines. |
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| 14 | But this trope is about how in fiction, it's used as a suffix just for RuleOfCool. Sometimes it's a name, sometimes it's a device that doesn't really fit the suffix, but it's called that anyway. This trope was especially common in TheEighties as the explosion in personal computer and video game console sales during that decade made elec'''tron'''ic devices and the resulting discourse around them much more mainstream. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Compare ThingOMatic, TheSomethingForce, LawOfAlienNames and XtremeKoolLetterz. See also AdvancedTech2000, where an object's name is suffixed with a large number to make it sound impressive (and is sometimes used with this trope to make the name even more outlandish). |
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| 19 | !!Example-tron: |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:Animetron & Mangatron]] |
| 24 | * When ''Anime/GoLion'' and ''Anime/DairuggerXV'' were [[{{Frankenslation}} combined into a new series]] for the US, it was dubbed ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'', and all follow ups kept that name. |
| 25 | * ''Anime/{{Noein}}'' features enemy mechas called "Destructrons", which is somewhat of a {{narm}} for some, as it doesn't really fit the series' [[SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness serious tone]]. |
| 26 | * ''Anime/FlintTheTimeDetective'' had {{Mon}}s that did a FaceHeelTurn when stamped on the forehead by AppliedPhlebotinum, and "Tron" slapped at the end of their names. |
| 27 | * ''Anime/NurseWitchKomugi'': Magical Maid Koyori once turned [[MonumentalBattle Tokyo Big Sight]] into a giant TransformingMecha, calling it "Big Sightron". It got its own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD3dtfJ4Vtw Animated OP]] in the DVD special features. (''Misspelled in this video as "Big Cytron"''.) |
| 28 | * The early Japanese Franchise/{{Transformers}} [[DubNameChange renamed the Autobots and Decepticons]] to 'Cybertrons' and 'Destrons' respectively (this has been {{retcon}}ned to the US names as of the Film/TransformersFilmSeries). |
| 29 | [[/folder]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | [[folder:Card-tron Games]] |
| 32 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has three lands that are collectively nicknamed the "Urzatron". Assemblying [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=83316 Urza's Tower]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=83314 Urza's Mine]], and [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=83315 Urza's Power Plant]] will greatly increase each land's mana production. |
| 33 | * In fitting with the superhero theme, the card game TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse has Omnitron, a rogue artificial intelligence intended to mass produce weapons to end wars. |
| 34 | [[/folder]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Comic-tron Books]] |
| 37 | * Ultron, recurring foe of ComicBook/TheAvengers. Could be a portmanteau of the prefix '''ultra-''' and '''tron'''. |
| 38 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Professor Pyg refers to his surgically modified minions as "Dollotrons". While the "doll" part of their name makes sense (given their appearance and [[LivingDollCollector Pyg's own obsessions]]), the "-tron" suffix is less explicable, as the Dollotrons are by all accounts entirely human, with no electronic components. Of course, Professor Pyg [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} isn't the most rational person to begin with]]; the name likely makes sense to him and him alone. |
| 39 | * In addition to the roster of infamous Franchise/{{Transformers}} characters, the rare ''Transformers In 3-D'' comic had a group of CanonDisContinuity villains called the Destructrons. |
| 40 | [[/folder]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[folder:Comic-tron Strips]] |
| 43 | * ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': One arc has Calvin invent a device called a Cerebral Enhance-O-Tron to enhance his brain when he needs to write an essay for school. |
| 44 | * ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': The BigBad of Jason's ''Slug-Man'' comics is the vile Paige-o-Tron, a repulsive cyborg with the appearance and personality of Jason's big sister, Paige. |
| 45 | [[/folder]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | [[folder:Fan-tron Works]] |
| 48 | * The world of Gametron, which is based on the Grid from the movie ''Film/{{TRON}}'' in the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "Inside The Game". |
| 49 | * ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject'': Hardcore fans of District Six's Hunger Games tributes are dubbed Sixatrons. They become increasingly unruly as more time passes without anyone from the District wining, to the point of violently rioting after a quarter century with no wins and the Gamemakers eventually deciding to appease them by rigging the Twenty-Eighth Hunger Games so the tributes from Six are more likely to succeed. |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Films-tron -- Live-Action]] |
| 53 | * ''Film/KamenRiderBeyondGenerations'' has Kamen Rider Century's transformation belt, the Cyclotron Driver, which got its name by applying this trope to the name of [[Series/KamenRider Ichigo]]'s motorcycle, the Cyclone. Fittingly, the Driver itself is created in 2071 and resembles a futuristic version of Ichigo's Typhoon belt. |
| 54 | * ''Film/{{Tron}}'' is so awesome that it doesn't need a prefix. The creator [[WordOfGod stated]] that the inspiration was a shortening of elec''tron''ic. By complete coincidence there is a "tron" command[[note]]"trace on", to track the order of code execution[[/note]] from several varieties of the BASIC programming language. |
| 55 | * One of the ''Puppet Master'' films (no relation to the Heinlein book) had a doll called the "Decapatron". |
| 56 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasmatron Orgasmatron]] from the Creator/WoodyAllen movie ''Sleeper''. |
| 57 | * Speaking of Metatron, Creator/AlanRickman plays one in ''Film/{{Dogma}}''. |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[folder:Litera-tron]] |
| 61 | * ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'': Meg's nickname is Megatron, many years before ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' made it cool. |
| 62 | * ''Literature/BreakfastOfChampions'' and later novels by Creator/KurtVonnegut have Barrytron, Limited, a weapons manufacturing company and the largest employer in Midland City. It was named after its founder, Fred T. Barry. |
| 63 | * ''Literature/CakesInSpace'' has Nom-O-Tron, the food replicator on board the ship. |
| 64 | * In David Macaulay's book ''Mill'', the epilogue has the last cotton mill in Wicksbridge acquired by the Fabritron Corporation, who eventually shut it down as obsolete. |
| 65 | * ''The Literature/SnarkoutBoys and the Avocado of Death'' has the Alligatron, an [[OrganicTechnology avocado-based computer]]. |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Live-Action TV-tron]] |
| 69 | * ''Series/{{Community}}'' has Boob-a-tron, a cardboard robot made by Abed in the hopes that someone will spill bong-water on it, causing it to become sentient. |
| 70 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]], CollectorOfTheStrange Henry van Statten calls the only living thing in his collection, the titular Dalek, "Metaltron" before he knows what it is. |
| 71 | * A number of monsters in ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', although 'crons might be more common. It was even taken to the extreme in ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'' with the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]], Robotrons, with each one has a "-tron" suffix at the end of their names. It was even {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by the show's stunt team at [[FanConvention Power Morphicon]] when they had a fan play a monster named "Hairgelatron". |
| 72 | * ''[[Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook Mitchell and Web]]'' parody it in the 'Vectron' sketch. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icTrzUuWlHI See it here]].[[note]]Railfans will find this sketch extra silly as these people are technically worshiping a ''locomotive''.[[/note]] |
| 73 | * Metatron is the name of an important angel in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. |
| 74 | * Zeltron from the 70s-80s French show ''Les Aventures électriques de Zeltron''. He is a brightly colored puppet who retrospectively looks like a CGI cartoon character. |
| 75 | * The Angelatron, one of Angela’s computer inventions for reconstructing faces and recreating crimes on ''{{Series/Bones}}'' |
| 76 | * ''Franchise/UltraSeries'': |
| 77 | ** ''Series/UltramanTiga'' has Ligatron, a cyborg monster created when a space organism fused with an Earth shuttle. |
| 78 | ** ''Series/UltramanOrb'' has a new MechanicalMonster kaiju called Galactron. It was originally supposed to be named either "Galaxy Dragon" or "Salvatron", but later the names got combined. |
| 79 | [[/folder]] |
| 80 | |
| 81 | [[folder:Musictron]] |
| 82 | * One of Music/{{Motorhead}}'s best-known songs is "Orgasmatron". |
| 83 | * The UK band Music/{{Ladytron}}, named after a song by Music/RoxyMusic. |
| 84 | * Music/{{Megadeth}}'s song "Psychotron". |
| 85 | * Freezepop's song "Robotron 2000". |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Pinballtron]] |
| 89 | * ''Pinball/FooFighters2023'': The part of the heads-up display that keeps track of combos is dubbed the "Combo-Tron" in-universe. |
| 90 | [[/folder]] |
| 91 | |
| 92 | [[folder:Pro Wrestlingtron]] |
| 93 | * The big screen that's part of Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s set is traditionally referred to as the Titantron, after the former name of the parent company, Titan Sports. |
| 94 | * Hector Guerrero briefly worked as a masked wrestler named "Lasertron", winning the Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA World Junior Heavyweight Title while in Jim Crocket Promotions. |
| 95 | * Wrestling/ChrisJericho's Highlight Reel segments featured the "obscenely expensive" Jeritron 3000 |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[folder:Tabletoptron Games]] |
| 99 | * One of the factions in ''TabletopGame/{{Monsterpocalypse}}'' is Ubercorp International. They produce [[{{Robeast}} mechanical versions of enemy]] {{Kaiju}}. So what do they call the rip-off of the PlanetEater Gorghadra? Why, Gorghadtron of course! |
| 100 | [[/folder]] |
| 101 | |
| 102 | [[folder:Themetron Parks]] |
| 103 | * The Accelatron device in ''Ride/StormForceAccelatron'' at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's Islands of Adventure]]. |
| 104 | [[/folder]] |
| 105 | |
| 106 | [[folder:Toys-tron]] |
| 107 | * Absolutely everywhere in Franchise/{{LEGO}}'s many [[Toys/LEGOSpace space factions]] in the 1980s into the '90s: Futuron, Blacktron, M-Tron, Unitron... |
| 108 | * Several ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' have had this over the years, most notably Megatron and Galvatron, and the Transformers' home planet of Cybertron. Other notables from the toylines include Banzai-Tron, Magmatron, and Computron. In Japan, quite a few evil factions have been known as the Destrons, while their good counterparts were known as Cybertrons (the planet was called [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Seibertron]] instead). |
| 109 | * The [[WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGoBots Gobots]] have the homeworld Gobotron. |
| 110 | [[/folder]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | [[folder:Videotron Games]] |
| 113 | * ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'' has Springtron, a [[EvilKnockoff robotic doppelgänger]] of Spring Man. |
| 114 | * Protectrons in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' Similarly, Securitrons in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''. |
| 115 | * Positron from ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', who's named after the real-life antimatter counterpart to the electron. |
| 116 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' games have a mind control device called the Persuadertron. |
| 117 | * The [[GiantSpider Arachnotron]] from the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' series. |
| 118 | * In ''VideoGame/MySims'', one of the tasks you may get from Dr. F is to build a Zap-o-Tron. Apparently, its function is to sit around, and when a Sim touches it, it zaps them. |
| 119 | * The Enertron in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' gives you a full night's sleep in a few seconds. HP and MP restored! ...but you're still hungry. |
| 120 | * ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has the Annoy-o-Tron [[AdvancedTech2000 5000]], which emits low-frequency waves that enrage monsters all over the Kingdom, making them slightly tougher (and worth more experience). |
| 121 | * Tron Bonne from ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'', though she's actually a human girl. [[spoiler:[[ArtificialHuman Sort of]].]] |
| 122 | * Gadgetron in the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series. Also, the Groovatron. |
| 123 | * Maimtron 9000, a clockwork HumongousMecha in ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max Season 2]]''. |
| 124 | * Militron from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames Faces of Evil]]'' GO AND '''KILL!''' |
| 125 | * ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 2'' has the Negativitron and, at one point, "Positivitron beams". |
| 126 | ** The third game has a menu called the Organisertron. |
| 127 | * Carltron, Professor Ruffleberg's butler [[spoiler:(and also the FinalBoss)]] from ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore''. |
| 128 | * The Gravitron in ''VideoGame/{{VVVVVV}}''. |
| 129 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': |
| 130 | ** ''The Burning Crusade'' features a [[MagiTek Fel]] [[HumongousMecha Reaver]] named Negatron, obviously as a reference to [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron]]. |
| 131 | ** In ''Wrath of the Lich King'', the name of Ulduar boss Mimiron's CombiningMecha sounds close enough, [=V-07-TR-0N=]. |
| 132 | ** ''Cataclysm'' has the Omnitron Defense System, consisting of four Dark Iron Dwarf golems- [[ShockAndAwe Electron]], [[MagiTek Arcanotron]], [[KillItWithFire Magmatron]], and [[PoisonousPerson Toxitron]]. |
| 133 | * ''VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}}'' has Annoy-o-tron and [[Anime/{{Voltron}} V-07-TR-0N]] as part of the ''Goblins vs Gnomes'' expansion. It also has the aforementioned Omnitron Defense System as bosses in ''Blackrock Mountain''. |
| 134 | * Skeletron of ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' though it's not actually mechanical. Skeletron Prime, on the other hand, is a definite example. |
| 135 | * ''Vectron'' for the Platform/{{Intellivision}} was inspired in gameplay and name by ''VideoGame/{{Tempest}}'', which had [[VectorGame vector graphics]]. (The "tron" suffix came to be because the game's WorkingTitle, ''Vectrix'', was too similar to the recently announced Platform/{{Vectrex}}.) |
| 136 | * ''The Psychotron'', an "Interactive Mystery Movie" from the mid-1990s. |
| 137 | * ''Quazatron'', the Platform/ZXSpectrum adaptation of ''VideoGame/{{Paradroid}}'', and its sequel ''Magnetron''. |
| 138 | * ''Newtron'', a Chunsoft/Enix game for the Platform/PC88, was named in reference to UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton. |
| 139 | * ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' has Tiptron, a robotic ReplacementGoldfish for Tippi. |
| 140 | * ''Sinistron'', a horizontally scrolling shooter for the Platform/TurboGrafx16. |
| 141 | * ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' has ''[=JudgeTron=]'', a non-functioning robot in the [=GYAXA=] Robotics Lab, visible during chapter 5-5. |
| 142 | * ''Burger Shop'' has the food-making machine [=BurgerTron=] [[AdvancedTech2000 2000]]. |
| 143 | * Played with in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series. The angel Metatron is almost always depicted as a shiny silver and gold android with wings. |
| 144 | * Zombot Tomorrow-Tron from ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime''. |
| 145 | ** Also Disco-Tron [[AdvancedTech2000 3000]]. |
| 146 | * In the expansion pack for ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2'', one of Yuri's vehicles is called the Magnetron. |
| 147 | * One of the first UsefulNotes/{{Arcade Game}}s released by Creator/{{Sega}} in Japan was a ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' clone titled ''Pong-Tron''. |
| 148 | * ''Cytron'', a Creator/{{Psygnosis}} game starring a robot which can be split into its two component parts, Cyt and Ron. (This makes almost as little logical sense as Jack Handey's etymology of "mankind" as the compound of the mystery words "mank" and "ind.") |
| 149 | * ''VideoGame/{{Axelay}}'' has a GiantSpider boss called the Arachnatron. |
| 150 | * There is a ''lot'' of automation machines across ''Videogame/ThimbleweedPark'' that serve different purposes, and all of them end in "Tron": [=BloodTron, FingerTron, FaceTron, PrintTron...=] To top it off, they have the [[AdvancedTech2000 3000 suffix after "Tron"]]. GadgeteerGenius Chuck made all of them. |
| 151 | * One of the early weapons in ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' was a Corpus SniperRifle called Snipetron, but it was replaced with visually identical Lanka due to conflicting with Corpus' status as a producer of {{energy weapon}}s[[note]]You can still get a blueprint for it from the occasional Plague Star event, and Corpus occasionally offers parts to its improved [[AceCustom Vandal variant]] as invasion payment.[[/note]]. There's also Detron, a sidearm plasma shotgun. |
| 152 | [[/folder]] |
| 153 | |
| 154 | [[folder:Web Animatron]] |
| 155 | * Spoofed in an episode of ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad'', in which So-and-So preps for final exams by turning into a Anime/{{Voltron}}-esque robot named "Scantron" (actually the name of the machines used to scan and grade standardized tests). |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:Web Comictron]] |
| 159 | * ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' did an AffectionateParody of the FiveManBand HumongousMecha anime called ''Gofotron''. |
| 160 | * In ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/497/ #497]], Ron Paul evolves into... TRON PAUL! |
| 161 | [[/folder]] |
| 162 | |
| 163 | [[folder:Web Originatron]] |
| 164 | * Moetron is a mish-mash of several {{Moe}} archetypes. |
| 165 | * [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1370 SCP-1370]] of the Website/SCPFoundation once declared itself to be "[=ShivaTron=], Despoiler of Mirth"... [[EpicFail shortly before being knocked over by a potted plant.]] |
| 166 | [[/folder]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | [[folder:Web Videotron]] |
| 169 | * Creator/KenBlock's various {{Cool Car}}s for his Gymkhana videos had a variety of names, like the Hoonicorn, the Hoonipigasus, and the Hoonitruck[[note]], all derived from the name of his Hoonigan Racing Division[[/note]], but his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO2Li9BMQp8 Hoonitron]] was so named for being his very first to be an electric car. |
| 170 | * VideoGame critic, Jon Jafari a.k.a. WebVideo/JonTron! (AudibleGleam) |
| 171 | * The TimeMachine in ''WebVideo/LeVisiteurDuFutur'' is called the Tempusfugitron, as revealed on its user manual. |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Western Animatron]] |
| 175 | * In the PilotMovie of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', Evil Emperor Zurg dubbed his {{Mind Control|Device}} [[HypnoRay Ray]] powered by the [=LGM=]'s [[HiveMind Uni-Mind]] the Zurgatronic Mega Ray. When one of his minions misnamed the "Zurgarrific Ray", he corrected them, but said it wasn't a bad name and decided to file it away for a future project. |
| 176 | * ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' has Mr. Butlertron, a robot version of Series/MrBelvedere (and originally named Mr. Belvetron). |
| 177 | * One episode of ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' has positrons and negatrons, described as "the basic building blocks of good and evil". |
| 178 | * ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' |
| 179 | ** Dexter made a device in his laboratory he called the "Beard-A-Tron" to grow one for him. |
| 180 | ** Interestingly it never comes up in the ''Film/{{Tron}}'' episode. |
| 181 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' has Cripple-Tron, a result of Joe and other handicapped people combining to combat Peter. |
| 182 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The Episode ''Wonderbolts Academy'' brings the Dizzitron, which makes you dizzy. |
| 183 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': |
| 184 | ** Parodied with Pat-Tron's home planet being called ''[[RepetitiveName Tron-tron]]''. This applies not only to Pat-Tron himself, but his grandfather Grand-Tron and cousin Inga-Tron. |
| 185 | ** In "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS2E1ThePatrickShowCashesInStarGames The Star Games]]", Patrick gets around the house for {{Game Show}}s on a motorized vehicle [[AllThereInTheScript called Host-Tron in the credits]]. |
| 186 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', Angelica once imagined herself as Angelitron. Her doll Cynthia became Cynthiatron [[RunningGag but remained just as defunct]]. |
| 187 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' short "Space Patrol", Bart is Bartron, the evil robot from Mars gone berserk. |
| 188 | * ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'': In "[[Recap/SonicBoomS1E1TheSidekick The Sidekick]]," One of the alternate names Sonic suggests for Burnbot[[note]][[NonIndicativeName who fights using]] PowerPincers, [[NonIndicativeName not flamethrowers]][[/note]] is "Pinchitron [[AdvancedTech2000 9000]]." |
| 189 | * The ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "SB-129" had Squidward traveling to the future and meeting a cyborg version of Spongebob named Spongetron. |
| 190 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': In "The Autobot Run", the Decepticons build a device called the Transfixatron to trap the Autobots in their vehicle modes. Megatron, his name being a nod to this trope, also refers to the test subject of said device as a "guinea pigatron". |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Real-tron]] |
| 194 | * Generically, any large-size video screen in a stadium is referred to as a [[BrandNameTakeover Jumbotron]]. |
| 195 | ** Sony used -tron before the (original, non generic) [=JumboTron=], with their Trinitron aperture grille [=CRTs=]. |
| 196 | ** The University of Texas has one that is over 7,000 square feet. It's nicknamed the Godzillatron. |
| 197 | * [=ThinkGeek=] sells a toy called the [[http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8c52/ Annoy-O-Tron]]. It's a roughly inch-square device you can magnetically affix to anything metallic or just hide in any given cranny, which randomly beeps every so often. |
| 198 | ** [[http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/b278/ The latest version]] can also imitate a cricket, emit an "incoming IM sound," or operate on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_tone a frequency that only younger people can hear]]. |
| 199 | ** And then, there's the ''[[http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/c427/ EvilTron]]'', which is like the Annoy-O-Tron, except ''spooky''! |
| 200 | * The Maltron ergonomic keyboard, named after one of its inventors, Lilian Malt. No, the other inventor's name isn't Ron. |
| 201 | ** Similarly the Emitron line of early (1930s/50s) television cameras were named after the manufacturer EMI. |
| 202 | * Not related to high-tech, but the Modern Hebrew word for circus is "ziratron," from "zira," ring (i.e. the shape), and "teatron," theater (from the Ancient Greek "theatron"). Also don't forget {{Metatron}}, an angel in Judaism. This stems from the original Greek root. |
| 203 | * The "{{Orgasmatron}}" is... a head massaging device. |
| 204 | * Mid 20th century inventors of particle accelerators loved this trope, giving us cyclotron, synchrotron, Synchrocyclotron and betatron. (Also gyrotron, but this isn't a particle accelerator.) |
| 205 | * The device inside your microwave oven that produces the microwaves is technically known as a Magnetron. Which is a name just begging to be used by a supervillain. If Danny Ocean qualifies, an actual magnetron ''was'' used by a supervillain in ''Ocean's Thirteen''. |
| 206 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellotron Mellotron]], a tape-based, pre-sampler keyboard instrument that was capable of reproducing realistic recorded sounds, especially strings, flutes and choirs. Popularized by the likes of Music/TheBeatles, Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, Music/TheMoodyBlues, Music/KingCrimson, Music/DavidBowie, Music/PinkFloyd, Music/ElectricLightOrchestra, Music/TheBeeGees, Music/{{Yes}}, Music/{{Genesis|Band}}, Music/LedZeppelin, etc., etc. in TheSixties and TheSeventies. |
| 207 | ** Likewise, its short-lived, effectively {{Vaporware}} successor, the Birotron. |
| 208 | * There's an amusement park ride called the Gravitron (which, despite the name, actually uses centrifugal force). |
| 209 | * Since TheEighties, schools have used Scantron papers to streamline the grading process for multiple-choice exams. |
| 210 | * Vestron, a 1980s VHS distribution company, took the first half of its name from the Roman goddess Vesta. |
| 211 | * The Vectron is a family of modern electric locomotives made by Siemens[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectron_%28locomotive%29]]. |
| 212 | * Logotron, a British publisher of educational software and, for a few years in the 1980s, computer games, was apparently named after its first product, an implementation of the programming language [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language) Logo]] for the Platform/BBCMicro. |
| 213 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VEB_Robotron Robotron]], the largest electronics manufacturer in East Germany. |
| 214 | [[/folder]] |
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