History Main / SiliconSnarker

* ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'': HUE, your RobotBuddy who helps you manage Darcy's store, often snarks about nosy customers and not being eligible for recycling program rewards for being an employee. He also gets jealous whenever you or [[CuteKitten Guylian]] gets more attention than him.

** In "No Weenies Allowed", the robot server calls the patrons "weenies" after they have been detected as such.

* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', Yui the ArtificialIntelligence girl can be devastatingly snarky, like when she explains to Yulier that her boyfriend falling victim to an obvious trap [[DudeNotIronic isn't ironic]], but the fact that he's called "Thinker" when he "appears to be something of a dullard" ''is'' ironic. It's this trait that makes [[BirdsOfAFeather her adoptive parents]] start to view her as more as a pawn in their game of matrimonial chicken.

* ''Anime/TheBigO'': R. Dorothy Wayneright is noted for her snark to Roger Smith, from criticizing his fashion sense to her chastising him for using her to draw fire, since, as a robot, she can withstand it, leading to the dawn of her {{Catchphrase}}:

* ''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'': Lucifer's banter with Baltar demonstrates that Cylons are not devoid of snark.

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'': Al, the AI that runs Sousuke's AceCustom, Arbalest, has been removed from the mangled mecha, and during an escape, demands a new body. When told that it's not in the budget, Al demands that they put him in a [[Series/KnightRider Trans-Am]].

* ''VideoGame/{{XCOM2}}'' The "Shen's Last Gift" DLC adds Julian, an evil AI that can later be slapped with a RestrainingBolt and installed in a S.P.A.R.K robot (which makes it even more sarcastic).

* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'': One of the characters in the show, Yui is an artificial intelligence responsible for providing psychiatric treatment for any player of Sword Art Online who may need it. She can also sometimes be rather sarcastic on occasion. One example of this trait is when Yulier calls Thinker one of the most brilliant men she's ever known, Yui responds that it says more about Yulier than it does Thinker.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Bender is as sarcastic as they come. And he would object to the trope being a case of ServileSnarker, as, when Fry suggested Robots were built to make humans' lives easier, Bender protested that he'd ''never'' made anyone's life easier, and they knew it.

{{Robot}}s, interactive computers, holographic lifeforms and Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated by a computer are staples of science fiction. The idea of a RidiculouslyHumanRobot is almost as old as the idea of the Robot itself, which was developed as a fictional concept in 1921.[[note]]It was coined by Josef Čapek, a Czech writer, playwright and painter. He coined the term in 1921 for his brother Karel's play R.U.R.[[/note]]

{{Robot}}s, interactive computers, holographic lifeforms and Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated by a computer are staples of science fiction. The idea of a RidiculouslyHumanRobot is almost as old as the idea of the Robot itself.

{{Robot}}s, computers, holographic lifeforms generated by a computer, these are staples of science fiction.

And the idea of a RidiculouslyHumanRobot is almost as old as the idea of the Robot itself.

And since humans are known to have a bit of a sarcastic, snarky side, it's not uncommon for robot or sentient computer characters to display similar traits. After all, everyone knows that AIIsACrapshoot, and look at who some of them have as role models.

Often overlaps with ServileSnarker, as most computers and robots were built to serve human beings or other life forms in the first place. It can be a SnarkyInanimateObject if it's a simple computer. They can also overlap with SnarkyNonHumanSidekick, though antagonistic AI fit just as easily in this trope. Frequently a FunnyRobot character. A subtrope of DeadpanSnarker. See also SecondLawMyAss for robots and [=AIs=] that go even further in displaying their contempt for organic life.

** Karen, Plankton's computer wife, messes with Plankton's nerves most of the time in an AwfulWeddedLife manner, such as nagging him when his plans to steal the Krabby Patty formula fails or getting jealous towards him when he goes to other women like Mr. Krabs' mother or another computer.