History Funny / AtomicRobo

'''Foley:''' ''Anyway'' you'll be back by sunset.

'''Sir Richard Branson''': [[ThirdPersonPerson Sir Richard Branson]] thinks you should ask before you borrow something.

* Upon breaking into Helsingard's lair for the first time, Robo reads out his arrest warrant. He promptly wonders how on earth Helsingard has even gotten sleep with all of his crimes, and isn't even sure what one of his crimes even ''is''.

* This little exchange after Robo had to [[ItMakesSenseInContext smuggle himself across the Pacific through the mail]] and we get some magnificent [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny reverse-Engrish]]:

** 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 beaten. It infuriates and shames Robo to no end.

'''Sir Richard Branson''': Sir Richard Branson thinks you should ask before you borrow something.

* The ending of "The Savage Sword of Doctor Dinosaur" which ends with [[spoiler: Robo trapped back in 1870, is hilarious because it inadvertently proves that Doctor Dinosaur's origin of using crystals to travel back in time may be somewhat accurate as well as Robo's belief that time travel is impossible incorrect. In short, the crazy, scientifically-impossible, talking dinosaur was right and the super smart super robot was wrong.]]

'''Robo:''' Apologizing. I am foreign robot man.

'''Robo:''' Apologizing. I am foreign robot man.\

* Upon breaking into Helsingard's lair for the first time, he reads out his arrest warrant. He promptly wonders how on earth Helsingard has even gotten sleep with all of his crimes, and isn't even sure what one of his crimes even ''is''.

* 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 'Steven Hawking is a bastard' in letters big enough to be seen from space.]]

'''Robo:''' Apologizing. I am foreign robot man.\
* Upon breaking into Helsingard's lair for the first time, he reads out his arrest warrant. He promptly wonders how on earth Helsingard has even gotten sleep with all of his crimes, and isn't even sure what one of his crimes even is.

'''Robo:''' Apologizing. I am foreign robot man.\

* 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]]. [[http://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/v2fcbd-page-8 The silent look of pure hate on Robo's face and the look of smug superiority on Dr. Dinosaur is ''hilarious.]]''

* 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]]. [[http://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/v2fcbd-page-8 The silent look of pure hate on Robo's face and the look of smug superiority on Dr. Dinosaur is ''hilarious''.]]

* Robo's First words [[spoiler:after having his head revived after spending decades in storage due to time-travel related shenanigans? "My Everything Hurts".]]

* Robo's First words [[spoiler: after having his head revived after spending decades in storage due to time-travel related shenanigans? "My Everything Hurts" }}

* In the Centralia FCBD, after [[ActionGirl Lang]] has been complaining about how boring the deserted town is, the action scientists hear a scream from off-panel. Lang immediately adopts a massive ":D" expression.

---> ''[One Week Ago...]''\\

'''Dr. Dinosaur:''' In a perfectly legal manner is how!\\

* 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:

* 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''.

--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' "That is for me to know and ''for you to die!''"
--> '''Robo:''' "That's not even a sentence."
--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' "The simple mammalian subject ''and'' predicate were both represented! I challenge your claim."
** 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''.
** And again:
--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' I ''knew'' you would be here, Atomic '''Hobo'''! Witness how I have deconstructed your name into an insult.

--> '''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!''

--> One Week Ago...
--> '''Alonso''' (of "Alonso's Gun Hut")''':''' 'Fraid I'm going to have to see some I.D.
--> ''{{Beat}}''
--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' ''holds up a book labeled "Big Book of Dinosaurs", flips it open to a page showing his species''
--> '''Alonso:''' [[SuperStoicShopkeeper 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 [[Series/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!]]

-->'''Dr.Dinosaur''': ''[[ChewingTheScenery BEHOLD!]] [[BlatantLies AN ORDINARY MOTORIST!]]''.
** From one of the recent "Real Science Adventures" stories:

** 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.

** The 2015 FCBD strip has Dr Dinosaur taking Robo to ''court''. His opening gambit is to wave papers all over the place and tell everyone they are dazzled by his array of legal documents, before stating that he's calling a SurpriseWitness who is [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial most definitely not a genetically engineered killing machine]]. [[spoiler:It's a genetically engineered killing machine.]]

** Also, Carl Sagan's OhCrap response to the EldritchAbomination.

** 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?\\

--->'''Tesladyne Scientist:''' Robo, there's a pyramid in Egypt!
--->'''Beat.'''
--->'''Robo:''' Yes, thank you, that's super.
** From the same story we get this:
-->'''Robo''': I didn't found this crazy organization to ''not'' nuke things!
-->'''Jenkins''': They didn't ''have'' nukes when you started this company.
-->'''Robo''': Yes, but ''shut up.''
** At the beginning of the issue the above quote is from:
-->'''Robo''': You're exhausted, I can read your brainwaves with my fancy robot eyes.
-->'''Action Scientist:''' Really?
-->'''Robo''': ''Of course not.'' The mere fact that you'd ''believe'' that tells me you're in no shape for field work right now.

** 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."

* 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]].
** Robo later beats a German soldier with another German soldier.

* 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 space.]]

--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' That is for me to know and ''for you to die!''
--> '''Robo:''' That's not even a sentence.
--> '''Dr. Dinosaur:''' The simple mammalian subject ''and'' predicate were both represented! I challenge your claim.

** Let's just say: everything involving Dr. Dinosaur.

** 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 beaten. It infuriates and shames Robo to no end.

* In volume #3 of The Shadow from Beyond, after Atomic Robo managed to cage the beast and is waiting until morning, Robo goes to read a book of Temporal Mechanics... until four panels later where he switches to a Conan The barbarian comic. Made funnier because he is complaining about a wizard, a species that he professed to detest.

** At the end of it:

--->'''Robo''': Go home and sleep it off, fellas.

** Robo later beats a German soldier with another German soldier.

-->'''Robo''': I didn't start this company all those years ago to ''not'' nuke things!
-->'''Jenkins''': They didn't even ''have'' nukes when you started this company.