History Trivia / RUR

* MagnumOpusDissonance: The play is Čapek's best known work by far, mainly because it originated the word "robot". The word was not Čapek's idea, and as described above, he didn't care for the play.

* TropeNamer: For Robots (even though ''R.U.R'''s "robots" are ironically ''not'' Robots by the modern definition, but ArtificialHumans).

** [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting Unintentionally,]] ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'': One of the characters is an android named Ruru who rebels against the evil organization that created her as her character arc revolves around Ruru trying to discover what it means to truly be alive. The producers never actually made the connection until an interviewer pointed it out, due to the similarities between Ruru's name and the title of the play, even more so when she is referred by her designated number RUR-9500.

* ReferencedBy Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheRestOfTheRobots'': The introduction describes how ''R.U.R.'' was following in the footsteps of ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' and ''{{Myth/Faust}}'', with artificial life that [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow causes trouble due to its existence]].

* TropeNamer: For {{Robot}} (even though ''R.U.R'''s "robots" are ironically ''not'' Robots by the modern definition, but ArtificialHumans).

* TropeNamer: For {{Robot}} (even though ''R.U.R'''s "robots" are ironically ''not'' Robots, but ArtificialHumans).

* SincerestFormOfFlattery: The fact that the word "robot" originated in this play shows up via references to Čapek's name and the play itself showing up as {{Homage}} in a ''lot'' of other works of fiction, including ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (in the episode "Requiem for Methuselah," the android's name is Rayna Kapec, an anagram, though not a homophone, of Capek), ''Series/{{The Outer Limits|1995}}'' (in the remake of the "I, Robot" episode from the original 1964 series, the business where the robot Adam Link is built is named "Rossum Hall Robotics"), ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (the scientist that created the HARDAC machine is named Karl Rossum, and a robot is seen driving a card with a vanity license plate that reads RUR), and ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' (in "Fear of a Bot Planet", the planet of robots is named "Chapek 9"). The Norwegian Science fiction series ''Series/SpaceshipMarcoPolo'' from 1978 had a research team returning from the planet ''Rossum'', which, it turned out, was run by robots... and the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Invisible Enemy'' which introduces K9 the robot dog, K9's creator is named Marius.

* SincerestFormOfFlattery: The fact that the word "robot" originated in this play shows up via references to Čapek's name and the play itself showing up as {{Homage}} in a ''lot'' of other works of fiction, including ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (in the episode "Requiem for Methuselah," the android's name is Rayna Kapec, an anagram, though not a homophone, of Capek), ''Series/{{The Outer Limits|1995}}'' (in the remake of the "I, Robot" episode from the original 1964 series, the business where the robot Adam Link is built is named "Rossum Hall Robotics"), ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (the scientist that created the HARDAC machine is named Karl Rossum, and a robot is seen driving a card with a vanity license plate that reads RUR), and ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' (in "Fear of a Bot Planet", the planet of robots is named "Chapek 9"). The Norwegian Science fiction series ''Series/SpaceshipMarcoPolo'' from 1978 had a research team returning from the planet ''Rossum'', which, it turned out, was run by robots...

* ReferencedBy: Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheRestOfTheRobots'': The introduction describes how ''R.U.R.'' was following in the footsteps of ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' and ''{{Myth/Faust}}'', with artificial life that [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow causes trouble due to its existence]].

* UrExample: Aside from the robotic tropes that it created with the term, this was also the first Science Fiction program ever to be broadcast on television, on Creator/TheBBC on February 11, 1938.

* SincerestFormOfFlattery: The fact that the word "robot" originated in this play shows up via references to Čapek's name and the play itself showing up as {{Homage}} in a ''lot'' of other works of fiction, including ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (in the episode "Requiem for Methuselah," the android's name is Rayna Kapec, an anagram, though not a homophone, of Capek), ''Series/{{The Outer Limits|1995}}'' (in the remake of the "I, Robot" episode from the original 1964 series, the business where the robot Adam Link is built is named "Rossum Hall Robotics"), ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (the scientist that created the HARDAC machine is named Karl Rossum, and a robot is seen driving a card with a vanity license plate that reads RUR), and ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' (in "Fear of a Bot Planet", the planet of robots is named "Chapek 9"). The Norwegian Science fiction series ''Series/SpaceshipMarcoPolo'' from 1978 had a research team returninng from the planet ''Rossum'', which, it turned out, was run by robots...

* UrExample: Aside from the robotic tropes that it created with the term, this was also the first Science Fiction program ever to be broadcast on television, on February 11, 1938.

* SincerestFormOfFlattery: The fact that the word "robot" originated in this play shows up via references to Čapek's name and the play itself showing up as {{Homage}} in a ''lot'' of other works of fiction, including ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (in the episode "Requiem for Methuselah," the android's name is Rayna Kapec, an anagram, though not a homophone, of Capek), ''Series/TheOuterLimits'' (in the remake of the "I, Robot" episode from the original 1964 series, the business where the robot Adam Link is built is named "Rossum Hall Robotics"), ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (the scientist that created the HARDAC machine is named Karl Rossum, and a robot is seen driving a card with a vanity license plate that reads RUR), and ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' (in "Fear of a Bot Planet", the planet of robots is named "Chapek 9"). The Norwegian Science fiction series ''Series/SpaceshipMarcoPolo'' from 1978 had a research team returninng from the planet ''Rossum'', which, it turned out, was run by robots...

* SincerestFormOfFlattery: The fact that the word "robot" originated in this play shows up via references to Čapek's name and the play itself showing up as {{Homage}} in a ''lot'' of other works of fiction, including ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (in the episode "Requiem for Methuselah," the android's name is Rayna Kapec, an anagram, though not a homophone, of Capek), ''Series/TheOuterLimits'' (in the remake of the "I, Robot" episode from the original 1964 series, the business where the robot Adam Link is built is named "Rossum Hall Robotics"), ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (the scientist that created the HARDAC machine is named Karl Rossum, and a robot is seen driving a card with a vanity license plate that reads RUR), and ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' (in "Fear of a Bot Planet", the planet of robots is named "Chapek 9").

* SincerestFormOfFlattery: The fact that the word "robot" originated in this play shows up via Čapek's name showing up as {{Homage}} in a ''lot'' of other works of fiction, including ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (in the episode "Requiem for Methuselah," the android's name is Rayna Kapec (an anagram, though not a homophone, of Capek), ''Series/TheOuterLimits'' ( ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (the scientist that created the HARDAC machine is named Karl Rossum, and a robot is seen driving a card with a vanity license plate that reads RUR), and ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' (in "Fear of a Bot Planet", the planet of robots is named "Chapek 9").

* UrExample: Aside from the robotic tropes that it created with the term, this was also the first Science Fiction program ever to be broadcast on television, on February 11, 1938.
* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: The fact that the word "robot" originated in this play shows up via Čapek's name showing up as {{Homage}} in a ''lot'' of other works of fiction, including ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (in the episode "Requiem for Methuselah," the android's name is Rayna Kapec (an anagram, though not a homophone, of Capek), ''Series/TheOuterLimits'' ( ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (the scientist that created the HARDAC machine is named Karl Rossum, and a robot is seen driving a card with a vanity license plate that reads RUR), and ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' (in "Fear of a Bot Planet", the planet of robots is named "Chapek 9").

* UrExample: Aside from the robotic tropes that it created with the term, this was also the first Science Fiction program ever to be broadcast on television, on February 11, 1938.

* UrExample: This was the first Science Fiction program ever to be broadcast on television, on February 11, 1938.

* TropeNamer: For {{Robot}} (even though ''R.U.R'''s "robots" are ironically ''not'' Robots, but ArtificialHumans).

* TropeNamer: For {{Robot}} (even though ''R.U.R'''s "robots" are ironically ''not'' Robots).

TropeNamer: For {{Robot}} (even though ''R.U.R'''s "robots" are ironically ''not'' Robots).