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* ''VideoGame/CustomRobo Battle Revolution'' features a literal example in the [[https://customrobo.fandom.com/wiki/Oil_Can Oil Can Robo]], which looks like it's made out of rusty drumbarrels and old pipes. It's a JokeCharacter, being sluggish, weak, and prone to falling over from the slightest damage.
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* The [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Satan%27s_Robot?file=Satan%27s_Robot.jpg "Republic Robot"]] from several old Republic Pictures films of the 1930's-1950's, is the TropeCodifier, appearing in ''Film/UnderseaKingdom'' (1936), ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterious_Doctor_Satan Mysterious Doctor Satan]]'' (1940), ''Film/ZombiesOfTheStratosphere'' (1952) and ''Film/CommandoCodySkyMarshalOfTheUniverse'' (1953).
** Spoofed with [=R2ScrewU=] in ''Film/JMenForever'', a GagDub of the above movies.
** Spoofed with [=R2ScrewU=] in ''Film/JMenForever'', a GagDub of the above movies.
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* The [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Satan%27s_Robot?file=Satan%27s_Robot.jpg "Republic Robot"]] Robot"]], from several old Republic Pictures films the Creator/RepublicPictures film serials of the 1930's-1950's, is the TropeCodifier, appearing in ''Film/UnderseaKingdom'' (1936), ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterious_Doctor_Satan Mysterious Doctor Satan]]'' ''Film/MysteriousDoctorSatan'' (1940), ''Film/ZombiesOfTheStratosphere'' (1952) and ''Film/CommandoCodySkyMarshalOfTheUniverse'' (1953).
**(1953). Spoofed with [=R2ScrewU=] in ''Film/JMenForever'', a GagDub of the above movies.
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* The [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Satan%27s_Robot?file=Satan%27s_Robot.jpg "Republic Robot"]] from several old Republic Pictures films of the 1930's-1950's, is the TropeCodifier.
** ''Film/UnderseaKingdom'' (1936)
** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterious_Doctor_Satan Mysterious Doctor Satan]]'' (1940)
** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombies_of_the_Stratosphere Zombies of the Stratosphere]]'' (1952)
** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Cody:_Sky_Marshal_of_the_Universe Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe]]'' (1953)
** ''Film/UnderseaKingdom'' (1936)
** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterious_Doctor_Satan Mysterious Doctor Satan]]'' (1940)
** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombies_of_the_Stratosphere Zombies of the Stratosphere]]'' (1952)
** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Cody:_Sky_Marshal_of_the_Universe Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe]]'' (1953)
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* The [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Satan%27s_Robot?file=Satan%27s_Robot.jpg "Republic Robot"]] from several old Republic Pictures films of the 1930's-1950's, is the TropeCodifier.
**TropeCodifier, appearing in ''Film/UnderseaKingdom'' (1936)
**(1936), ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterious_Doctor_Satan Mysterious Doctor Satan]]'' (1940)
** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombies_of_the_Stratosphere Zombies of the Stratosphere]]'' (1952)
** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Cody:_Sky_Marshal_of_the_Universe Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe]]'' (1953)(1940), ''Film/ZombiesOfTheStratosphere'' (1952) and ''Film/CommandoCodySkyMarshalOfTheUniverse'' (1953).
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** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombies_of_the_Stratosphere Zombies of the Stratosphere]]'' (1952)
** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Cody:_Sky_Marshal_of_the_Universe Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe]]'' (1953)
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** Most of the Hyperion bots from ''Borderlands 2''. Claptraps would be an example if not for all the personality, though it's basically a chippy and personable UI wrapper built around a sociopathic core.
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** Most of the Hyperion bots from ''Borderlands 2''. Claptraps would be an example if not for all 2'', including the personality, though it's basically a chippy and personable UI wrapper built around a sociopathic core.[[SeriesMascot Claptraps]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'': While all the BOYZZ [[HomemadeInventions look like they've been assembled from scrap]], most of the more combat-oriented BOYZZ are at least pretty humanoid proportion-wise. Some of the non-combatant BOYZZ better fit the bill, while still looking roughly humanoid. The biggest standouts from that group are Genesix, with binocular eyes and a mouth that's a simple clamp, and Cook, who has a drum-shaped head with [[EyeOnAStalk stalk eyes]] and a long, skinny neck that connects it to his round body.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'': While all the BOYZZ [[HomemadeInventions look like they've been assembled from scrap]], most of the more combat-oriented BOYZZ are at least pretty humanoid proportion-wise. Some of the [[NonActionGuy non-combatant BOYZZ BOYZZ]] better fit the bill, while still looking being roughly humanoid. The biggest standouts from that group are Genesix, with binocular eyes and a mouth that's a simple clamp, and Cook, who has a drum-shaped head with [[EyeOnAStalk stalk eyes]] and a long, skinny neck that connects it to his round body.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'': While all the BOYZZ look like they've been assembled from scrap, most of the more combat-oriented BOYZZ are at least pretty humanoid proportion-wise. Some of the non-combatant BOYZZ better fit the bill, while still looking roughly humanoid, such as Genesix (who bears a passing resemblance to [[Film/ShortCircuit Johnny 5]], and Cook, who has a drum-shaped head with [[EyeOnAStalk stalk eyes]] and a long, skinny neck that connects it to his round body.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'': While all the BOYZZ [[HomemadeInventions look like they've been assembled from scrap, scrap]], most of the more combat-oriented BOYZZ are at least pretty humanoid proportion-wise. Some of the non-combatant BOYZZ better fit the bill, while still looking roughly humanoid, such as Genesix (who bears humanoid. The biggest standouts from that group are Genesix, with binocular eyes and a passing resemblance to [[Film/ShortCircuit Johnny 5]], mouth that's a simple clamp, and Cook, who has a drum-shaped head with [[EyeOnAStalk stalk eyes]] and a long, skinny neck that connects it to his round body.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'': While all the BOYZZ look like they've been assembled from scrap, most of the more combat-oriented BOYZZ are at least pretty humanoid proportion-wise. Some of the non-combatant BOYZZ better fit this bill, while still looking roughly humanoid, such as Genesix (who bears a passing resemblance to [[Film/ShortCircuit Johnny 5]], and Cook, who has a drum-shaped head with [[EyeOnAStalk stalk]] and a long, skinny neck that connects it to his round body.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'': While all the BOYZZ look like they've been assembled from scrap, most of the more combat-oriented BOYZZ are at least pretty humanoid proportion-wise. Some of the non-combatant BOYZZ better fit this the bill, while still looking roughly humanoid, such as Genesix (who bears a passing resemblance to [[Film/ShortCircuit Johnny 5]], and Cook, who has a drum-shaped head with [[EyeOnAStalk stalk]] stalk eyes]] and a long, skinny neck that connects it to his round body.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'': While all the BOYZZ look like they've been assembled from scrap, most of the more combat-oriented BOYZZ are at least pretty humanoid proportion-wise. Some of the non-combatant BOYZZ better fit this bill, while still looking roughly humanoid, such as Genesix (who bears a passing resemblance to [[Film/ShortCircuit Johnny 5]], and Cook, who has a drum-shaped head with [[EyeOnAStalk stalk]] and a long, skinny neck that connects it to his round body.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'': While all the BOYZZ look like they've been assembled from scrap, most of the more combat-oriented BOYZZ are at least pretty humanoid proportion-wise. Some of the non-combatant BOYZZ better fit this bill, while still looking roughly humanoid, such as Genesix (who bears a passing resemblance to [[Film/ShortCircuit Johnny 5]], and Cook, who has a drum-shaped head with [[EyeOnAStalk stalk]] and a long, skinny neck that connects it to his round body.
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* The main character in ''VideoGame/{{Bzzzt}}'' is a very boxy metallic robot, complete with flexi-tube arms.
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* The Robobrains from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' fit the bill, unusually having [[WetwareCPU glass domes filled with a living brain]] for heads and very heavily resembling The Robot from ''Series/LostInSpace''. The Protectron models, meanwhile, look suspiciously like Robbie the Robot from ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''. The Synths in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' notably avert this by being distinctly humanoid, especially 3rd Generation Synths, which are nearly completely identical to humans in almost every way. Because AIIsACrapshoot, this is a point of major contention for Wastelanders, who are used to dealing with the obviously artificial tin-can robots of the previous games.
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* The Robobrains from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' fit the bill, unusually having [[WetwareCPU glass domes filled with a living brain]] for heads and very heavily resembling The Robot from ''Series/LostInSpace''. The Protectron models, meanwhile, look suspiciously like Robbie the Robot from ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''. The Synths in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' notably avert this by being distinctly humanoid, especially 3rd Generation Synths, which are nearly completely identical to humans in almost every way. Because AIIsACrapshoot, this is a point of major contention for Wastelanders, who are used to dealing with the obviously artificial tin-can robots of the previous games.
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* H.E.L.P.E.R. from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', the epitome of the robot buddy as seen by pop culture in the 1950s. True to the spirit of the show, he was apparently actually built in the 50's and was described as "geriatric" and "senile".
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* H.E.L.P.E.R. from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', the epitome of the robot buddy as seen by pop culture in the 1950s. True to the spirit of the show, he was apparently actually built in the 50's and was described as "geriatric" and "senile".
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** The little flying robots used by Spidey's enemy Armada.
** Also the cobbled-together robots built by Future Max.
** Finally there's the silver-age Spider-Man villain The Living Brain, featuring the greatest mechanical mind 1964 could offer.
** Also the cobbled-together robots built by Future Max.
** Finally there's the silver-age Spider-Man villain The Living Brain, featuring the greatest mechanical mind 1964 could offer.
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* [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards's]] little flying HERBIE robots.
* Elektro from ''Fin Fang Four.''
* Gyro Gearloose's helper Little Bulb from the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse.
* All versions of COMPUTO from ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes''.
* Doctor Doom's purple MechaMooks.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': The Sentinels.
* Elektro from ''Fin Fang Four.''
* Gyro Gearloose's helper Little Bulb from the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse.
* All versions of COMPUTO from ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes''.
* Doctor Doom's purple MechaMooks.
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* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' features Robo, a burly robot from 2300 A.D. who looks more or less like a futuristic barrel with rubber-hose arms and legs.
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* Portrayed quite literally in ''Series/TheSiflAndOllyShow'', where Sifl builds a robot literally made out of a tin can to use as a stand-in host for Olly, until Olly returns and destroys in the middle of it singing the 1980s song "I Know What Boys Like" by The Waitresses.
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* Portrayed quite literally in ''Series/TheSiflAndOllyShow'', where Sifl builds a robot literally actually made out of a tin can to use as a stand-in host for Olly, while he runs some errands, until Olly returns (who'd been getting increasingly annoyed with the arrangement) goes ballistic and destroys the robot in the middle of it singing the 1980s song "I Know What Boys Like" by The Waitresses.
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Compare UsedFuture, RealRobot. Compare and contrast with StarfishRobots. See also ForgotHeWasARobot for when this robot starts acting like a RidiculouslyHumanRobot. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No relation to]] TinmanTypist.
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Compare UsedFuture, RealRobot.RealRobotGenre. Compare and contrast with StarfishRobots. See also ForgotHeWasARobot for when this robot starts acting like a RidiculouslyHumanRobot.{{Ridiculously Human Robot|s}}. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No relation to]] TinmanTypist.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. The episode "Legends" opens with the League fighting an anime-style HumongousMecha, then when the mecha blows up it throws them into a RetroUniverse out of a 1940's comic--when a giant robot turns up there, it's the classic 1940's TinCanRobot.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': The episode "Legends" "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS1E18And19Legends Legends]]" opens with the League fighting an anime-style HumongousMecha, then when HumongousMecha. When the mecha blows up it throws them into a RetroUniverse out of a 1940's comic--when 1940s comic -- when a giant robot turns up there, it's the classic 1940's TinCanRobot.1940s Tin-Can Robot.
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* The [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Superman|TheatricalCartoons}}'' series featured "The Mechanical Monsters", used by the inventor for a series of robberies.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer builds one of these out of a mailbox for Bart to enter in a ''Series/RobotWars''-style TV show. Justified in that Homer was secretly working it from inside, having realized he had not the faintest idea how to actually build a robot. When it doesn't work, he instead wears it like armor and ''pretends'' to be a robot.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer builds one of these out of a mailbox for Bart to enter in a ''Series/RobotWars''-style TV show. Justified in that Homer was secretly working it from inside, having realized he had not the faintest idea how to actually build a robot. When it doesn't work, he instead wears it like armor and ''pretends'' to be a robot.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Inan the episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E9IAnnoyedGruntBot I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot]]", Homer builds one of these out of a mailbox for Bart to enter in a ''Series/RobotWars''-style TV show. Justified in that Homer was secretly working it from inside, having realized he had not the faintest idea how to actually build a robot. When it doesn't work, he instead wears it like armor and ''pretends'' to be a robot.
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* ''Literature/LandOfOz:'' Tik-Tok is one of the first robots to appear in modern literature, and he qualifies for this trope, being a riveted clockwork-powered sphere with a human-ish head and arms and legs bolted on. The Tin Woodsman also looks the part, but he is technically more a cyborg.
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* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' has many, such as E-123 Omega.
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* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' has many, most notably the E-100 series such as E-102 Gamma and E-123 Omega.Omega. Technically, these can be considered a sort of “self portrait” of [[FatBastard their creator]], but they’re still fairly tin-can shaped (with some embellishments), notably lacking a neck and having their heads stick straight out of their torso.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DoctorSnuggles'' the robot built by the doctor, named Matilda Junkbottom, is quite literally made of tin cans, a wash basin and an old telephone, her head braided with sewing thread spools.