History VideoGame / RobotWantsSeries

The ''Robot Wants Series'' of games are a series of {{Metroidvania}} games, developed by Creator/HamumuSoftware, that follow a robot as he searches for important items through dangerous and very hostile futuristic environments.

Due to the series' nature and scope, the games aren't nearly as long as other Hamumu games (or {{Metroidvania}} games in general). Nonetheless, the diehard fans like the series and is considered a worthy addition to the Hamumu game roster, especially as part of the Hamumu Clubhouse revamp.

The main flash series is complete, with four games - ''[[http://hamumu.com/robotkitty.php Robot Wants Kitty]]'', ''[[http://hamumu.com/robotpuppy.php Robot Wants Puppy]]'', ''[[http://hamumu.com/robotfishy.php Robot Wants Fishy]]'', and ''[[http://hamumu.com/roboticecream.php Robot Wants Ice Cream]]''. A [[http://jayisgames.com/archives/2010/11/robot_wants_jig_banner_game_by_hamumu.php JayIsGames banner game]] known as ''Robot Wants Y'' was made for Jay is Games, but has since gone defunct, and can only be played in ''Robot Wants It All''. Finally, there's a expanded version of ''[[http://www.raptisoft.com/index.php?game=robotwantskitty Robot Wants Kitty]]'' out for [[IOSGames iPhones]]!

''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/834760/Robot_Wants_It_All/ Robot Wants It All]]'', a CompilationRerelease, was released on April 4th, 2019. It includes a "remixed" and "easy" version for each game, as well as a brand-new game known as ''Robot Wants Justice''.

[[folder:''Robot Wants Fishy'']]
* BulletHell: The Obtuse Angler fires spirals of bullets now and then that need to be carefully avoided.
* DolledUpInstallment: ''Fishy'' was retooled into ''[[http://boyslife.org/games/online-games/14356/pedros-space-adventure-2/ Pedro's Space Adventure 2]]'', changing the main character into [[ComicStrip/TheWackyAdventuresOfPedro Pedro the Mailburro]] (the mascot of the Boy Scouts magazine ''Boys' Life'') and replacing the Robo-Bombs with letters.
* GetBackHereBoss: The Battle Bat becomes this as it loses its armor and starts moves faster.
* LeetSpeak: The name of the [=HaXXor=] skill.
* SuperDrowningSkills[=/=]SuperNotDrowningSkills: Before collecting the Rustproofing upgrade, you die on contact with any water whatsoever. After collecting it, you can stay in water as long as you want. Justified since Robot is mechanical.
* UnderwaterBossBattle: The Obtuse Angler. To properly fight it, you need to collect a powerup that allows you to swim and a powerup that lets you shoot underwater.
[[/folder]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In form of Emperor Tronk, resembling a certain other toupee-wearing politician with low approval. The [[spoiler:"View Game History"]] section in ''It All'' says this was not meant as political commentary or parody, but rather as a comparison, to [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped reinforce the immorality of the character]] despite him not doing much in-game.

* PerspectiveFlip: The [[spoiler:Fishy Wants Robot]] bonus map places you in control of [[spoiler:Fishy, who must rescue Robot in much the same way Robot rescued Fishy - except everything is underwater.]]

* YourSizeMayVary: Kitty becomes a lot smaller in ''Puppy'' and ''Ice Cream'' than they were in ''Kitty''. The same thing happens to Puppy in ''Ice Cream'' and ''Justice''. Fishy is also a lot larger in [[spoiler:Fishy Wants Robot]] in ''It All'' than in ''Fishy''.

* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: {{Subverted|Trope}} with the Horror Beyond Comprehension, which is fully visible at all times.

!!Includes tropes present in Easy/Remix maps, features in ''It All''[='=]s interface, and extra lore mentioned in the [[spoiler:Robot Wants Data feature]] that is not made apparent in the games themselves.

The main flash series is complete, with four games - ''[[http://hamumu.com/robotkitty.php Robot Wants Kitty]]'', ''[[http://hamumu.com/robotpuppy.php Robot Wants Puppy]]'', ''[[http://hamumu.com/robotfishy.php Robot Wants Fishy]]'', and ''[[http://hamumu.com/roboticecream.php Robot Wants Ice Cream]]''. There's also a [[http://jayisgames.com/archives/2010/11/robot_wants_jig_banner_game_by_hamumu.php JayIsGames banner game]] available. Finally, there's a expanded version of ''[[http://www.raptisoft.com/index.php?game=robotwantskitty Robot Wants Kitty]]'' out for [[IOSGames iPhones]]!

* AbnormalAmmo: In ''Ice Cream'', a certain upgrade allows you to shoot [[EdibleAmmunition bananas]].

* ArmorPiercingAttack: The stalactite aliens can do this to the second boss in the second game.
* AsteroidsMonster: The Nanoswarm from the fourth game.
* AttackAnimal: The kitty you got from the first game becomes this in the second game. The puppy in ''Ice Cream'' becomes this somewhat, though it mans a turret instead of directly attacking.

* {{Backtracking}}: Most games in the series require you to do this in order to find the rest of the upgrades/collectibles required for OneHundredPercentCompletion.

* BigBad: Tom Stone[[spoiler:/Kitty]] in the fourth game.
* BulletHell: The fourth game, ''Ice Cream'', can be like this, especially in Madcap mode.
** The Obtuse Angler.
* BonusBoss: The giant blue alien from ''Kitty''.
* CatsAreMean: Kitty [[spoiler:hates Puppy, eats Fishy, and attacks the Ice Cream planet just to get revenge on Robot]].

* CheckPoint: Justified due to its [[NintendoHard difficulty]].
* {{Chiptune}}: Chiptune music is used in all games.
* CosmeticAward: Started in ''Puppy''. Though the Kongregate version of ''Kitty'' had it beforehand.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:The robot[=/=]player spends the entire second game searching for a dog, and repeatedly throws the cat as a projectile at enemies. By the end of the final game, the cat has (somehow) acquired the means to run their own ship, send hordes of enemies at you and serve as the final boss of the series]].
* CruelTwistEnding / ShaggyDogStory: All of the sequels.

** Robot has ice cream! [[spoiler:But he has no mouth.]]
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Getting destroyed simply teleports the robot back to their last save point.
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:"This'll teach you to abandon me, Robot!"]]
* DolledUpInstallment: ''Fishy'' was retooled into ''[[http://boyslife.org/games/online-games/14356/pedros-space-adventure-2/ Pedro's Space Adventure 2]]'', changing the main character into [[ComicStrip/TheWackyAdventuresOfPedro Pedro the Mailburro]] (the mascot of the Boy Scouts magazine ''Boys' Life'') and replacing the Robo-Bombs with letters.

* ExcusePlot: Parodied in the second game, where the game opens describing an epic yet completely unrelated plot, ending with, "Meanwhile, in a completely different galaxy, thousands of light years away, [[TitleDrop Robot wants puppy]]." (After a wide gap between paragraphs, the story backpedals to clarify a detail in the initial plot description.)
* ExtyYearsFromNow
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:KITTY!?!]]
* {{Faceship}}[=/=]{{Foreshadowing}}: The Mekazoid spaceship in ''Ice Cream'' is shaped like [[spoiler:a cat head.]]
* FakeOutOpening: The second game.
* FinalBoss: In ''Ice Cream'', you fight Tom Stone[[spoiler:/Kitty]] at the end. In ''Justice'', you fight Tronk [[spoiler:(but mostly 2-Pei)]] at the end.
* FunWithAcronyms: Every item in the ''Robot Wants JIG'' banner game ('''C'''rawly Bombs, '''A'''ir Jump, '''S'''hield, '''U'''nderminer, '''A'''ctuator, '''L'''aser Blaster; '''G'''lidewings, '''A'''ir Bombs, '''M'''ag-Lock, '''E'''MP Bombs, '''P'''lasma Bombs, '''L'''ateral Magnets, '''A'''qualung, '''Y'''OU WIN![[note]]"Y? Because Robot wants it."[[/note]]).
* GetBackHereBoss: The Battle Bat from ''Fishy'' becomes this after he loses his armor and moves faster.
* GrandFinale: ''Justice''.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: Throwing Kitty in the second game is your attack.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Kitty, in the second game.
* JokeItem: The Sekrit Item of Wonder from ''Puppy'' is hard to find, hard to collect, and it does [[spoiler:ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Except unlock an award. So, yeah.]] In ''Fishy'', there is an item that can only be obtained after a big chain explosion, and it is literally nothing. A nothing that you can collect. "Sometimes an [[StuffBlowingUp explosion]] is its own reward."
* KingMook: The iPhone version of Robot Wants Kitty has boss monsters based on the three enemies of the game.
* LeetSpeak: The "[=HaXXor=]" skill in ''Fishy''.
* LethalJokeItem: From ''Ice Cream'', there is the [[spoiler:BANARANG!! It turns Robot and Puppy's plasma bolts into rebounding bananas]].

* NintendoHard: Definitely. Luckily, getting hit or dying doesn't equal game over. It just adds more to your game time.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Emperor Tronk in ''Justice'', resembling a certain other toupee-wearing politician with low approval. The [[spoiler:"View Game History"]] section in ''It All'' implies this was not meant as political commentary, but rather as a comparison, to reinforce the evilness of the character despite not doing much in-game.

** 50-Pei, 4-Pei, and [[spoiler:you guessed it, 2-Pei]].
* {{Retraux}}
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Robot, Kitty, Puppy, and Fishy.

* SpeedRun: Built around this. There are several achievements for beating the game under certain times.
* UnderwaterBossBattle: The Obtuse Angler in ''Fishy''.
* YearX: Each game begins with a narration dating it to sometime in "20XX" (give or take a week).
* YourSizeMayVary: Kitty becomes a lot smaller in the second game than they were in the first. The same thing happens to Puppy in the fourth game.

* {{ChipTune}}

* CatsAreMean: Kitty [[spoiler:hates puppy, eats fishy, and attacks the Ice Cream planet just to get revenge on Robot]].

* OneHitPointWonder: Zig-Zagged. Robot is this in the first two games, though ''Fishy'', ''Y'', and ''Justice'' give him a shield that absorbs one hit, and ''Ice Cream'' gives him a (very small) health meter. ''It All'' lets you play any of the games with the Tank-Bot chassis, which can always survive one more hit than Robot's default chassis.

* DownerEnding: Every game apart from the first one. Mind you, these endings are sad for the robot, but absolutely hilarious for anyone else.

* FinalBoss: Averted in every game except the last, which has you fight Tom Stone[[spoiler:/Kitty]] at the end.

* GrandFinale: ''Ice Cream''.

* LethalJokeItem: From ''Ice Cream'', there is the [[spoiler:BANARANG!! It turns Robot and Puppy's plasma bolts into rebounding bananas.]]

* OneHitPointWonder: The robot becomes this in the first two games, though the third gives it a shield that absorbs one hit. The fourth game gives it a (very small) health meter.

* PunnyName: Many of the bosses have wonderful/horrible pun names. Dungeon S. Crab, The Obtuse Angler, and Char-L07, just to name a few.

* SequentialBoss: Arguably parodied. Some bosses will grow new lifebars when you so much as put a ''dent'' in their armour, with their forms showing their armour gradually being destroyed. Notably, the FinalBoss of ''Ice Cream'' has ''five'' forms.

[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/834760/Robot_Wants_It_All/ Robot Wants It All]], a compilation of the games including the brand-new Robot Wants Justice, was released on April 4th, 2019.

A [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/834760/Robot_Wants_It_All/ compilation of the above games]] that includes the yet-to-be-seen Robot Wants Justice is currently in the later stages of development.

A [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/834760/Robot_Wants_It_All/ compilation of the above games]] including the yet-to-be-seen Robot Wants Justice is currently in the later stages of development.

* {{Faceship}}[[=/=]]{{Foreshadowing}}: The Mekazoid spaceship in ''Ice Cream'' is shaped like [[spoiler:a cat head.]]

* {{Faceship}}[[=/=]{{Foreshadowing}}: The Mekazoid spaceship in ''Ice Cream'' is shaped like [[spoiler:a cat head.]]

* {{Faceship}}: The Mekazoid spaceship in ''Ice Cream'' is shaped like [[spoiler:a cat head.]]
* FakeOutOpening
* FinalBoss: Averted in every game except the last.

* MarathonBoss: Most bosses in ''Fishy''.

* YourSizeMayVary: Kitty becomes a lot smaller in the second game than he was in the first. The same thing happens to Puppy in the fourth game.

* DolledUpInstallment: ''Fishy'' was retooled into ''[[http://boyslife.org/games/online-games/14356/pedros-space-adventure-2/ Pedro's Space Adventure 2]]'', changing the main character into Pedro the Mailburro (the mascot of the Boy Scouts magazine ''Boys' Life'') and replacing the Robo-Bombs with letters.

** The boss names, such as the robotic spider "[[Literature/CharlottesWeb Char-L07]]", or the "[[ASpaceOdyssey PAL-1000]]", a boss whose mainframes you need to hack with the [=HaXXoR=] skill to expose the central core, which looks like HAL's red sensor.

The ''Robot Wants Series'' of games are [[HamumuSoftware Hamumu Software]]'s attempt at Flash game development which centers around the exploits of a robot in need of something. Due to series' nature and scope, the games aren't nearly as epic length as other Hamumu games (or {{Metroidvania}} games in general). Nonetheless, the diehard fans like the series and is considered a worthy addition to the Hamumu game roster, especially as part of the Hamumu Clubhouse revamp.

* AsteroidsMonster: Nanoswarm from the fourth game.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist

* GratuitousGerman: Das Boxen from ''Fishy''. [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign It's not even correct German]], since "das" is a ''singular'' article, and the German for "box" is ''Kasten'' anyway.

* {{Metroidvania}}

* NonHumanSidekick: The puppy from the second game becomes this in the fourth installment of the series.

* SequentialBoss: Arguably parodied; some bosses will grow new lifebars when you so much as put a ''dent'' in their armour, with their forms showing their armour gradually being destroyed. Notably, the FinalBoss of ''Ice Cream'' has ''five'' forms.
* ShoutOut: There are several, especially in the boss names, such as the robotic spider "[[Literature/CharlottesWeb Char-L07]]", or the "[[ASpaceOdyssey PAL-1000]]", a boss whose mainframes you need to hack with the [=HaXXoR=] skill to expose the central core, which looks like HAL's red sensor.

* SpeedRun: Built around this.

* YourSizeMayVary: Kitty becomes a lot smaller in the second game than he was in the first. Same thing happens to Puppy in the fourth game.

* YourSizeMayVary: Kitty becomes a lot smaller in the second game than he was in the first. Same thing happens to Puppy in the fourth game.

** One item in ''Fishy'' is called "Dolemite Infusion" and makes your bombs more powerful. "Dolemite" was a tough metal featured in ''{{Futurama}}'' as one component of Bender's robot body.

The ''Robot Wants Series'' of games are [[HamumuSoftware Hamumu Software]]'s attempt at Flash game development which centers around the exploits of a robot in need of something. Due to series' nature and scope, the games aren't nearly as epic length as other Hamumu games (especially Metroidvania games in general). Nonetheless, the diehard fans like the series and is considered a worthy addition to the Hamumu game roster, especially as part of the Hamumu Clubhouse revamp.

* FunWithAcronyms: Every item in the ''Robot Wants JIG'' banner game ('''C'''rawly Bombs, '''A'''ir Jump, '''S'''hield, '''U'''nderminer, '''A'''ctuator, '''L'''aser Blaster; '''G'''lidewings, '''A'''ir Bombs, '''M'''ag-Lock, '''E'''MP Bombs, '''P'''lasma Bombs, '''L'''ateral Magnets, '''A'''qualung, '''Y'''OU WIN![[hottip:*:"Y? Because Robot wants it."]]).

** One area in ''Fishy'' is called [[{{Batman}} Bat Cave]]. It's a [[DontExplainTheJoke big cave]] [[CaptainObvious full of bats]].

* ShoutOut: There are several, especially in the boss names, such as the robotic spider "[[CharlottesWeb Char-L07]]", or the "[[ASpaceOdyssey PAL-1000]]", a boss whose mainframes you need to hack with the [=HaXXoR=] skill to expose the central core, which looks like HAL's red sensor.

* CruelTwistEnding /ShaggyDogStory: All of the sequels.
** Robt got Puppy! [[spoiler: Kitty hates Puppy!]]