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* Robo ends up captured during an infiltration mission that turns out to be an ambush. [[http://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/v2ch5-page-10 He ends up rescued by a commando who is spouting various nigh-incomprehensible Scottishisms the entire time]].

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* Robo ends up captured during an infiltration mission that turns out to be an ambush. [[http://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/v2ch5-page-10 He ends up rescued by a commando who is spouting various nigh-incomprehensible Scottishisms the entire time]].time]].
** Robo later beats a German soldier with another German soldier.
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-->[[spoiler:'''Dr.Dinosaur''': It is I! The '''Expert'''! [[LampshadeHanging How very unexpected!]] ]]

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-->[[spoiler:'''Dr.Dinosaur''': It is I! The '''Expert'''! [[LampshadeHanging How very unexpected!]] ]]]]
* Robo ends up captured during an infiltration mission that turns out to be an ambush. [[http://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/v2ch5-page-10 He ends up rescued by a commando who is spouting various nigh-incomprehensible Scottishisms the entire time]].
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-->'''Action Scientist''': They didn't even ''have'' nukes when you started this company.

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-->'''Action Scientist''': -->'''Jenkins''': They didn't even ''have'' nukes when you started this company.
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** In the RPG, a lot of parts are written as though Tesladyne has an employee game session...and Dr. Dinosaur has just turned up out of nowhere and refuses to go away.
-->'''Robo''': For an Action Scientist, violence is a last resort.\\
'''Dr. Dinosaur''': [[StuffBlowingUp This shoebox full of C4 says different.]]
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** Prior to that, Creator/HPLovecraft's extensive rant about Robo being clearly a pygmy from DarkestAfrica wearing a mask to mimic primordial faceless gods, before demanding to see "Magic Thunder Man" Tesla. Robo immediately concludes that Lovecraft is plastered, and waits for the end of the speech with the closest his face can get to sarcastic disdain.
--->'''Robo''': Go home and sleep it off, fellas.
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-->'''Robo''': You're exhausted, I can read your brainwaves with my special robot eyes.

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-->'''Robo''': You're exhausted, I can read your brainwaves with my special fancy robot eyes.



-->'''Robo''': ''Of course not.'' the fact that you even ''believed'' that proves how tired you are!

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-->'''Robo''': ''Of course not.'' the The mere fact that you even ''believed'' you'd ''believe'' that proves how tired you are! tells me you're in no shape for field work right now.
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** Also in the companion story ''Why Atomic Robo Hates Dr.Dinosaur'', Dr. Dinosaur surrendered to Atomic Robo and gave him his crystals he was going to use for time travel...[[spoiler: which was actually a cooler full of grenades that Dr. Dinosaur took the pins from]]. The silent look of pure hate on Robo'S face and the look of smug superiority on Dr. Dinosaur is ''hilarious''.

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** Also in the companion story ''Why Atomic Robo Hates Dr.Dinosaur'', Dr. Dinosaur surrendered to Atomic Robo and gave him his crystals he was going to use for time travel...[[spoiler: which was actually a cooler full of grenades that Dr. Dinosaur took the pins from]]. The silent look of pure hate on Robo'S Robo's face and the look of smug superiority on Dr. Dinosaur is ''hilarious''.
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*** After Robo questions how Dr. Dinosaur got guns it flashes back to...

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*** ** After Robo questions how Dr. Dinosaur got guns it flashes back to...
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-->'''Robo''': [[BigWhat What?]]

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-->'''Robo''': [[BigWhat [[FlatWhat What?]]
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'''2009!Robo:''' Yeah, that's the third time I've heard you say that, not counting the time I was you when I said it, and every time I say this: shut up and listen, the adults are talking.

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'''2009!Robo:''' Yeah, that's the third time I've heard you say that, not counting the time I was you when I said it, and every time I say this: shut ''shut up and listen, the adults are talking.''
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--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathofKhan From Hell's heart I spam at thee!]]

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--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathofKhan [[Literature/MobyDick From Hell's heart I spam at thee!]]

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-->'''Robo''': [[FlatWhat what?]]

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-->'''Robo''': [[FlatWhat what?]][[BigWhat What?]]
* A problem with the Large Hadron Collider forces Tesladyne to consult the world's leading expert on it:
-->[[spoiler:'''Dr.Dinosaur''': It is I! The '''Expert'''! [[LampshadeHanging How very unexpected!]] ]]
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* During Robo's first fight against the EldritchAbomination, he gets a call from Tesla and has to pretend that the fighting noises are just from a radio show he's listening to. HilarityEnsues.

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* During Robo's first fight against the EldritchAbomination, he gets a call from Tesla and has to pretend that the fighting noises are just from a radio show he's listening to. HilarityEnsues.HilarityEnsues.
* Robo starts to fight against "Futuresaurus Rex", which instantly deploys rocket launchers, cannons, machine guns and the like only to then SPIT OUT two Mauser Pistols and take them in its tiny hands. Robo says it best:
-->'''Robo''': [[FlatWhat what?]]
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** From one of the recent "Real Science Adventures" stories:
--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathofKhan From Hell's heart I spam at thee!]]
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** Also in the companion story ''Why Atomic Robo Hates Dr.Dinosaur'', Dr. Dinosaur surrendered to Atomic Robo and gave him his crystals he was going to use for time travel...[[spoiler: which was actually a cooler full of grenades that Dr. Dinosaur took the pins from]]. The silent look of pure hate on Robot and the look of smug superiority on Dr. Dinosaur is ''hilarious''.

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** Also in the companion story ''Why Atomic Robo Hates Dr.Dinosaur'', Dr. Dinosaur surrendered to Atomic Robo and gave him his crystals he was going to use for time travel...[[spoiler: which was actually a cooler full of grenades that Dr. Dinosaur took the pins from]]. The silent look of pure hate on Robot Robo'S face and the look of smug superiority on Dr. Dinosaur is ''hilarious''.
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-->'''Robo''': ''Of course not.'' the fact that you even ''fell'' for that proves how tired you are!

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-->'''Robo''': ''Of course not.'' the fact that you even ''fell'' for ''believed'' that proves how tired you are!
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** At the end of it:
-->'''Robo''': You're exhausted, I can read your brainwaves with my special robot eyes.
-->'''Action Scientist:''' Really?
-->'''Robo''': ''Of course not.'' the fact that you even ''fell'' for that proves how tired you are!
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** From the same story we get this:
-->'''Robo''': I didn't start this company all those years ago to ''not'' nuke things!
-->'''Action Scientist''': They didn't even ''have'' nukes when you started this company.
-->'''Robo''': Yes, but ''shut up.''
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'''2009!Robo:''' Yeah, that's the third time I've heard you say that, not counting the time I was you when I said it, and every time I say this: shut up and listen, the adults are talking.

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'''2009!Robo:''' Yeah, that's the third time I've heard you say that, not counting the time I was you when I said it, and every time I say this: shut up and listen, the adults are talking.talking.
*In the first volume, we get this gem:
--->'''Tesladyne Scientist:''' Robo, there's a pyramid in Egypt!
--->'''Beat.'''
--->'''Robo:''' Yes, thank you, that's super.
*During Robo's first fight against the EldritchAbomination, he gets a call from Tesla and has to pretend that the fighting noises are just from a radio show he's listening to. HilarityEnsues.
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** Best of all. Dr dinosaur is one of the few "Villains" that keep outsmarting Robo and his team (several times including [[{{Badass}} Jenkins]]) in every encounter, leaving the Team either stranded or beated. It infuriate and shame Robo to no end.

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** Best of all. Dr dinosaur is one of the few "Villains" that keep outsmarting Robo and his team (several times including [[{{Badass}} Jenkins]]) in every encounter, leaving the Team either stranded or beated. beaten. It infuriate infuriates and shame shames Robo to no end.
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--> '''Carl Sagan''': Robo, I think I'm insane now.

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--> '''Carl Sagan''': Robo, I think I'm insane now.now.
** Much to the exasperation of his future selves, 1926!Robo has a bit of trouble getting to grips with the idea that the same event is happening only once, but from different perspectives:
--->'''1926!Robo:''' What if we do something we didn't do before?\\
'''1957!Robo:''' It's not like that. This is only happening once, we're just witnessing it from different points in our life.\\
'''1926!Robo:''' Banana oil.\\
'''2009!Robo:''' Yeah, that's the third time I've heard you say that, not counting the time I was you when I said it, and every time I say this: shut up and listen, the adults are talking.
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* Stephen Hawking traps Robo on a year long flight to Mars, with nothing to do or read, and Robo doesn't have a sleep mode. [[spoiler:He retaliates by arranging countless martian rocks to proclaim 'Hawking is a bastard' in letters big enough to be seen from Earth.]]

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* Stephen Hawking traps Robo on a year long flight to Mars, with nothing to do or read, and Robo doesn't have a sleep mode. [[spoiler:He retaliates by arranging countless martian rocks to proclaim 'Hawking is a bastard' in letters big enough to be seen from Earth.space.]]
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** Also in the companion story ''Why Atomic Robo Hate Dr.Dinosaur'' Dr. Dinosaur surrender to Atomic robo and give him his crystals to Time Travel [[spoiler: which is a cooler full of granades that Dr. Dinosaur took the pin]]. The silent looks of pure hate and smug superiority of Robo and Dr. Dinosaur is hilarious.

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** Also in the companion story ''Why Atomic Robo Hate Hates Dr.Dinosaur'' Dinosaur'', Dr. Dinosaur surrender surrendered to Atomic robo Robo and give gave him his crystals he was going to Time Travel use for time travel...[[spoiler: which is was actually a cooler full of granades grenades that Dr. Dinosaur took the pin]]. pins from]]. The silent looks look of pure hate on Robot and the look of smug superiority of Robo and on Dr. Dinosaur is hilarious.''hilarious''.



* In volume #3 of The Shadow from Beyond, after Atomic Robo managed to cage the beast and is waiting until morning, Robo take a book of Temporal mechanics... until four panels later where he is reading a Conan The barbarian comic. Make even funny because he is complaining about a wizard, a species that he professed to detest.
** Also, Carl sagan OhCrap response to the EldritchAbomination.
--> '''Carl Sagan''': Robo, I think Im insane know.

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* In volume #3 of The Shadow from Beyond, after Atomic Robo managed to cage the beast and is waiting until morning, Robo take goes to read a book of Temporal mechanics... Mechanics... until four panels later where he is reading switches to a Conan The barbarian comic. Make even funny Made funnier because he is complaining about a wizard, a species that he professed to detest.
** Also, Carl sagan Sagan's OhCrap response to the EldritchAbomination.
--> '''Carl Sagan''': Robo, I think Im I'm insane know.now.
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--> '''Alonso:''' Awright, let's ring y'up.

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--> '''Alonso:''' [[SuperStoicShopkeeper Awright, let's ring y'up.y'up]].

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--> ''beat panel''

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--> ''beat panel''''{{Beat}}''


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** Best of all. Dr dinosaur is one of the few "Villains" that keep outsmarting Robo and his team (several times including [[{{Badass}} Jenkins]]) in every encounter, leaving the Team either stranded or beated. It infuriate and shame Robo to no end.
-->'''Dr.Dinosaur''': ''[[ChewingTheScenery BEHOLD!]] [[BlatantLies AN ORDINARY MOTORIST!]]''.
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--> '''Emma:''' That's the [[DoctorWho TARDIS!]]

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--> '''Emma:''' That's the [[DoctorWho [[Series/DoctorWho TARDIS!]]

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** And again

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** Another couple brilliant ones from the 2011 Free Comic Book Day story:
--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' ''Shut up!'' I hacked your mainframe and downloaded your itinerary. Yes! All of your computerized scheduling secrets are now mine!
--> '''Atomic Robo:''' You joined our newsletter!
--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' ''You can't prove that!''
*** After Robo questions how Dr. Dinosaur got guns it flashes back to...
--> One Week Ago...
--> '''Alonso''' (of "Alonso's Gun Hut")''':''' 'Fraid I'm going to have to see some I.D.
--> ''beat panel''
--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' ''holds up a book labeled "Big Book of Dinosaurs", flips it open to a page showing his species''
--> '''Alonso:''' Awright, let's ring y'up.
--> ''end flashback''
--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' In a perfectly legal manner is how!
--> '''Atomic Robo:''' Moreover, how'd you ''get'' to America?
--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' ''Bah!'' I can travel in ''both'' time and relative dimensions in space!
--> '''Emma:''' That's the [[DoctorWho TARDIS!]]
--> '''Atomic Robo:''' Who're you?
--> '''Emma:''' Emma. He ''stole'' my science fair project and ''now'' he's doing ''Doctor Who'' references at you!
--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' [[BlatantLies It is only a coincidence! I do not even know who Tom Baker is!]]
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** Let's just say: everything involving Dr. Dinosaur.
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** And again
--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' I ''knew'' you would be here, Atomic '''Hobo'''! Witness how I have deconstructed your name into an insult.
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--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' The simple mammalian subject ''and'' predicate were both represented! I challenge your claim.

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--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' The simple mammalian subject ''and'' predicate were both represented! I challenge your claim.claim.
** Also in the companion story ''Why Atomic Robo Hate Dr.Dinosaur'' Dr. Dinosaur surrender to Atomic robo and give him his crystals to Time Travel [[spoiler: which is a cooler full of granades that Dr. Dinosaur took the pin]]. The silent looks of pure hate and smug superiority of Robo and Dr. Dinosaur is hilarious.
* In volume #3 of The Shadow from Beyond, after Atomic Robo managed to cage the beast and is waiting until morning, Robo take a book of Temporal mechanics... until four panels later where he is reading a Conan The barbarian comic. Make even funny because he is complaining about a wizard, a species that he professed to detest.
** Also, Carl sagan OhCrap response to the EldritchAbomination.
--> '''Carl Sagan''': Robo, I think Im insane know.

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