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* DrivesLikeCray: Val.

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* DrivesLikeCray: DrivesLikeCrazy: Val.
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Directed by [[Film/RockAndRollHighSchool Allan Arkush]] and written by John Hill, ''Heartbeeps'' (1981), starring Creator/AndyKaufman, Creator/BernadettePeters and Creator/RandyQuaid with [[Music/TheGratefulDead Jerry Garcia]] as the voice of Phil, and Jack Carter as the voice of Catskil, is about Val and Aqua, two household serving robots who start feeling emotions for one another. After falling in love, they decide to escape from their servitude and attempt to start a family of their own.

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Directed by [[Film/RockAndRollHighSchool Allan Arkush]] and written by John Hill, ''Heartbeeps'' (1981), starring Creator/AndyKaufman, Creator/BernadettePeters and Creator/RandyQuaid with [[Music/TheGratefulDead Jerry Garcia]] as the voice of Phil, and Jack Carter Creator/JackCarter as the voice of Catskil, is about Val and Aqua, two household serving robots who start feeling emotions for one another. After falling in love, they decide to escape from their servitude and attempt to start a family of their own.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Catskill gives Phil his battery, which contains far more power, even though he then runs out of power himself.]]

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* HeroicSacrifice: In the third act, [[spoiler:Catskill gives Phil his battery, which contains far more power, even though he then runs out of power himself.]]



* LoungeLizard: Catskil is a "club comedian robot".

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* LoungeLizard: Catskil is a "club comedian robot". (His one-liners were supplied by Henny Youngman, who famously specialized in such jokes.)
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Directed by [[Film/RockAndRollHighSchool Allan Arkush]] and written by John Hill, ''Heartbeeps'' (1981), starring Creator/AndyKaufman, Creator/BernadettePeters and Creator/RandyQuaid with [[Music/TheGratefulDead Jerry Garcia]] as the voice of Phil, and Jack Carter as the voice of Catskill, is about Val and Aqua, two household serving robots who start feeling emotions for one another. After falling in love, they decide to escape from their servitude and attempt to start a family of their own.

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Directed by [[Film/RockAndRollHighSchool Allan Arkush]] and written by John Hill, ''Heartbeeps'' (1981), starring Creator/AndyKaufman, Creator/BernadettePeters and Creator/RandyQuaid with [[Music/TheGratefulDead Jerry Garcia]] as the voice of Phil, and Jack Carter as the voice of Catskill, Catskil, is about Val and Aqua, two household serving robots who start feeling emotions for one another. After falling in love, they decide to escape from their servitude and attempt to start a family of their own.



* BorschtBelt: Catskill is a parody of Borscht Belt-style comedians, who originated in the Jewish-friendly resorts of the Catskill Mountains.
* ChekhovsGun: Believe it or not, Catskill's terrible jokes. Near the end of the film, [[spoiler:he tears out Phil's battery, only to tear out his own and put it into Phil before running out of power and dying. It turns out his battery has 49% power left because "He was set for low-power jokes".]]
* CoolOldGuy: Catskill is the robot equivalent.

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* BorschtBelt: Catskill is Catskil's name and persona are a parody of Borscht Belt-style comedians, who originated in the Jewish-friendly resorts of the Catskill Mountains.
''Catskill'' Mountains.
* ChekhovsGun: Believe it or not, Catskill's Catskil's terrible jokes. Near the end of the film, [[spoiler:he tears out Phil's battery, only to tear out his own and put it into Phil before running out of power and dying. It turns out his battery has 49% power left because "He was set for low-power jokes".]]
* CoolOldGuy: Catskill Catskil is the robot equivalent. equivalent of this.



* LoungeLizard: Catskill is a "club comedian robot".

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* LoungeLizard: Catskill Catskil is a "club comedian robot".



* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: Just before Max and Charlie take the elevator down, they decide to hear Catskill's joke about the guy killed by the weasel:

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* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: Just before Max and Charlie take the elevator down, they decide to hear Catskill's Catskil's joke about the guy killed by the weasel:



'''Catskill''': He was sitting on a railroad track and the train came along and he didn't hear the ''[[{{Pun}} weasel]]''. [''{{Rimshot}}'']\\

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'''Catskill''': '''Catskil''': He was sitting on a railroad track and the train came along and he didn't hear the ''[[{{Pun}} weasel]]''. [''{{Rimshot}}'']\\
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* ThreeLawsCompliant: The Crimebuster ignores all but the third one. Not only does he blow stuff up for no reason, including a rabbit unfortunate enough to be in his way. But is also more than willing to harm humans at a fancy gathering in his attempts to catch Val and Aqua.

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* ThreeLawsCompliant: The Crimebuster ignores all but the third one. Not only does he blow stuff up for no reason, including a rabbit unfortunate enough to be in his way. But is also more than willing to harm humans at a fancy gathering in his attempts to catch Val and Aqua.Aqua, and it's implied he, at minimum, incapacitated the people working on reprogramming him at the end.
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'''Catskill''': He was sitting on a railroad track and the train came along and he didn't hear the ''[[LamePun weasel]]''. [''{{Rimshot}}'']\\

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'''Catskill''': He was sitting on a railroad track and the train came along and he didn't hear the ''[[LamePun ''[[{{Pun}} weasel]]''. [''{{Rimshot}}'']\\
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Directed by [[Film/RockAndRollHighSchool Allan Arkush]] and written by John Hill, ''Heartbeeps'' (1981), starring Creator/AndyKaufman, Creator/BernadettePeters and Randy Quaid with [[Music/TheGratefulDead Jerry Garcia]] as the voice of Phil, and Jack Carter as the voice of Catskill, is about Val and Aqua, two household serving robots who start feeling emotions for one another. After falling in love, they decide to escape from their servitude and attempt to start a family of their own.

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Directed by [[Film/RockAndRollHighSchool Allan Arkush]] and written by John Hill, ''Heartbeeps'' (1981), starring Creator/AndyKaufman, Creator/BernadettePeters and Randy Quaid Creator/RandyQuaid with [[Music/TheGratefulDead Jerry Garcia]] as the voice of Phil, and Jack Carter as the voice of Catskill, is about Val and Aqua, two household serving robots who start feeling emotions for one another. After falling in love, they decide to escape from their servitude and attempt to start a family of their own.
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* LargeHam: The Crimebuster between his insistence on blowing things up and boastful personality, full stop. He even admits during his introduction that he has "a couple of loose wires."

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* LargeHam: The Crimebuster between his insistence on him constantly blowing things up and boastful personality, full stop. He even admits during his introduction that he has "a couple of loose wires."

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