We can do better: Robot Buddy

I love R2-D2 but while I think he's a great overall example of a Robot Buddy, the standalone image (similar to Companion Cube's) doesn't show a lot of the "Buddy" aspect of the trope. For this trope to be effective, I think we should show at least one non-mechanical compatriot (human or otherwise) to balance things out:

Proposals:

• Fry and Bender◊
• Ikki and Metabee◊
• Sarah Jane Smith and K9◊, which borders on Robot Dog
• Ratchet And Clank [1]◊

edited 28th Sep '11 11:38:22 AM by Mattonymy

Your Ratchet & Clank link isn't working. I like the K9 pic.

Fixed.

I like Sarah Jane + K9, if we can't use them for Robot Dog

Hmmmm...I like that page's pic, but the K9 might actually be a better fit there.

There's always Twiki◊ from the 80's Buck Rogers TV series.

edited 29th Sep '11 3:20:55 AM by Geoduck

Ooh, good choice...if we went with him, that would free up the K9 pic for Robot Dog.

That is a really good one.

Here it is loaded into The System:

That's pretty good, but due to the height differences and human likeness it seems more Robot Kid like.

But that's only nitpicking.

edited 4th Oct '11 11:53:50 AM by Mattonymy

Eh, I think Twiki's mechanical- and neutral-looking enough that the distinction between this trope and Robot Kid can easily be made. Having Buck in the pic helps a lot, too.

edited 4th Oct '11 6:11:08 PM by Willbyr

Bump: shall I post it, or does anyone have something better?

It's lagged for this long, I'd say go ahead and post it.

I posted it, maybe someone can come up with a better caption.

I played with it some...I think there's another pothole that can go there, but I'm not coming up with one.

Hearing no suggestions, let's lock this up.