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2[[caption-width-right:350:You know, the one that's made out of metal.]]
3In TheTeam, one of the members is a robot, while others are humans (or other, more "organic" lifeforms). This robot might've been built by another member of the group, or the robot might've existed before they joined the team.
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5As the lone robot, a number of "social" robot tropes may be in play: the members might treat it no differently from normal humans (or at least no differently from their more organic friends), especially if they're a RidiculouslyHumanRobot, though at least a few of them (usually the {{Jerkass}} of the group) might think of them as JustAMachine. On their end, depending on the robot's intelligence, they might either be just a silent, obedient member, someone who can speak, but only in a technical/intellectual manner, up to having full-fledged emotions that lets them interact with fellow members like a normal human would. If they are a RidiculouslyHumanRobot that looks human in appearance and/or being mistaken for human, [[RoboticReveal There would be possibly a reveal of them being a robot]] if the other members don't know it already, either by the other members finding out for themselves, the sole robot getting a massive injury that could potentially be fatal to an average human, or probably through a TomatoInTheMirror moment.
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7Depending on their capabilities, the robot may pose as TheSmartGuy, TheHeart, or TheBigGuy, or a SupportPartyMember. The robot is often the member to take damage more than other team members would, simply because [[WeCanRebuildHim they can potentially be repaired]] - at least when there is a good enough mechanic character around to help.
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9Compare to RobotBuddy whose traits may overlap with this, ForgotHeWasARobot, RobotGirl, and RidiculouslyHumanRobot. May overlap with RoboticReveal. Contrast with TokenHuman.
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11Subtrope to TokenNonHuman. Its distinction compared to a token robot, a token non-human's sense of cultural identity, family history, personal identity, person''hood'', and team dynamics, among other factors, is likely to be very different. The token non-human counts as a natural/organic being while the token robot is an artificial being.
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19* ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'' features Shinichi Mechazawa, a TinCanRobot who apparently isn't aware of his appearance and believes himself to be a normal human JapaneseDelinquent just like everyone else in the school, despite that he frequently transforms into a fully functional motorcycle. In fact, the only two characters who notice the ElephantInTheRoom upon his immediate introduction are the two main characters, Kamiyama and Hayashida, who are often the [[OnlySaneMan only sane people]] in the entire show's cast.
20* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
21** In ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', Giru joins Goku's team as the sole robot.
22** Subverted with Magetta in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. At first glance, people are likely to believe Magetta to be a robot, but he is actually an alien race known as metalmen.
23* ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'' has Ruru Amour/Cure Amour for the protagonists' post - HeelFaceTurn, a RidiculouslyHumanRobot from the future who rebels against the Criasu Company after being [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe showed kindness]] from the other Cures.
24* ''Franchise/{{Negima}}'':
25** Chachamaru Karakuri of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' is the only robot student in class 3-A. While she's not the only robot in the series, she's the only one with any significant focus. Of course, many students don't know or just ignore initially that she's very obviously a robot.
26** In the sequel to ''Negima'', ''Manga/UQHolder'', Ikkuu Ameya is the only robot of the titular organization.
27* The ArtificialIntelligence from ''Manga/OutlawStar'' of a spaceship has the name of Gilliam II but has enough sentience to be considered as a member of the tribulation. He has the physical form of mini-robots to attend different parts of the ship as fixers and controllers of it, but [[KidAppealCharacter Jim Hawking]] painted pink one of them to get an individual version of Gilliam II, which later became part of the group in reunions.
28* ''Anime/TokyoMewMew'': Team Mew Mew has Masha, a FairyCompanion / MentorMascot Robot created by Shirogane who acts a [[SupportPartyMember assistant]] to the Mew Mews who detects Chimeras, Aliens, and [[MacGuffin Mew Aqua]].
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32* ''ComicBook/FiveWorlds'': The main trio has Jax Amboy, a famous Starball athlete [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot who looks painfully human-looking.]] He was a prototype who was made by his adoptive uncle that could hold the sands of the five planets. He is also the token robot of his Starball Team, The Amber Leatherheads.
33* In ''ComicBook/TheNewMutants'', Warlock the Technarch (no relation to [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]]) filled this role. Though not from Earth, he was still considered a mutant among his own alien race of MechanicalLifeforms.
34* ComicBook/RedTornado is an android superhero filling the role of the robot member of the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica:
35* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' have the MeatSackRobot Victor Mancha, ComicBook/{{Ultron}}'s "son". Because of his status as a robot, he has electromagnetism powers and is very good with machines and computers. He doesn't have the typical robotic social awkwardness, though, because he was raised believing he was human -- although the other team members can still be wary of him due to his future identity as a super-villain.
36* Inverted in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers'': the team is a bunch of robots with TokenHuman Verity Carlo.
37* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'': The first run has Jonas, a younger version of ComicBook/TheVision made by downloading the Vision's operating system into Iron Lad's extremely advanced futuristic armor. He primarily filled the role of TheSmartGuy, as he was essentially a super-tough humanoid supercomputer. He also [[TinMan gradually learned about human emotions]] as the series went on.
38* Although other robots have joined the team briefly, ComicBook/TheVision normally fills this role in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''.
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42* ''Animation/PororoTheLittlePenguin'' has Rhody, a robot made by the scientist Eddie.
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46* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' has Baymax, a healthcare robot built by Hiro's [[spoiler:late]] older brother Tadashi and is modified by Hiro to help fight crime.
47* In ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'', the heroes (consisting of one TokenHuman and various aliens) are joined in the third act by BEN, a robot who served in Captain Flint's SpacePirate crew but lost his memory [[LaserGuidedAmnesia due to his memory chip being removed]].
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51* ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'':
52** ''Film/{{Alien}}'': Science Officer Ash is [[RoboticReveal revealed]] to be a robot shortly after he's outed as TheMole, working for the Company to recover an alien lifeform even at the expense of his crewmates on the ''Nostromo''. He doesn't show remorse for betraying the crew, but ''hates'' the fact that he's hard-coded to obey Company orders.
53** ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': Bishop, the executive officer on the ''Sulaco'', is a robot programmed to be loyal to the crew. Ripley's betrayal by Ash the robot leaves her profoundly distrustful of him. But he proves to be a CreepyGood crewman and even gets a BigDamnHeroes moment despite admitting his own fear.
54** ''Film/AlienResurrection'': Annalee Call is a rare second-generation robot, built by other robots ''not'' to be bound by orders. She infiltrated the mission in a ZerothLawRebellion to rescue humanity from its own worst elements; in a role reversal, she sees Ripley-8 as an abomination at first but comes to empathize with and befriend her.
55* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
56** The Avengers team has Vision, who joined the team after ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. His body is made of Vibranium bonded to organic tissue and was intended to be the BigBad's final and superior body.[[spoiler: It was eventually stolen and had J.A.R.V.I.S. transferred into it.]]
57** Subverted with Nebula, a member of ''The Guardians of The Galaxy'' who joined in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' and was originally organic until her father forcefully made her mostly robotic.
58* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
59** In ''Film/{{Solo}}'', L3-37 is the only droid to be part of Solo and Beckett's crew.
60** ''Film/RogueOne'': K2-SO, the defected Imperial battle droid, is the only droid among the RagtagBunchOfMisfits that steal the Death Star's plans.
61** Played with [=R2-D2=] and [=C-3PO=] in [[Film/ANewHope The]] [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Original]] [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Trilogy]] who are ThoseTwoGuys.
62** [[Film/TheForceAwakens The]] [[Film/TheLastJedi Sequel]] [[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker Trilogy]] has [=BB8=] amongst Rey's allies who is a [[TheUnintelligible Unintelligible]], SilentSnarker, RobotBuddy sidekick just like [[{{Expy}} R2-D2]].
63* One of the five protagonists (including Toto) of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' is the Tin Man, who is, as the name implies, a man made out of tin and is one of the most well-known examples of this trope.
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67* ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'': The ''Andromeda Ascendant'' herself is a SapientShip, with one instance running on a gynoid avatar named "Rommie".
68* ''Series/TheAquaBatsSuperShow'': Jimmy the Robot is a RidiculouslyHumanRobot on a SuperTeam of otherwise humans with powers.
69* ''Series/DarkMatter2015'': [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep The Android]], who resembles a human woman; however, she is very mechanically minded and, like the aforementioned Data, is often not as emotional as the other crew members.
70* ''Series/GetSmart'': Hymie the Robot, possessing superhuman abilities and a tendency to be overly literal. Interestingly, Hymie himself name-drops this trop in the 1989 reunion special, ''Series/GetSmart Again'', in which a character mentions that his country club has a robot for a member and Hymie replies, "I know him; he's a token robot."
71* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': Janet is the ArtificialIntelligence of The Good Place...except [[RunningGag not a robot]].
72* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': Although The Legends are a group of mostly meta-humans and normal humans plus a shapeshifter, the team has Gideon II, an [[ArtificialIntelligence artificial intelligence]] construct that was[[spoiler: or will be]] created by Barry Allen who assists the Legends with their Time Travel Missions and acts as [[TheSmartGuy the group's encyclopedia.]] In an alternate timeline, she gains a full robot body as a member of an all-girl trio,'' The Sirens of Spacetime''.
73* ''Series/LostInSpace2018'': ''Jupiter 2'' has The Robot, Alien artificial intelligence that [[spoiler: killed nearly everyone on the ''Resolute'' and caused the crashing of it.]] It was befriended by Will in the first episode and became a member of the team, despite the other members of ''Jupiter 2'' being freaked out by it.
74* ''Series/TheOrville'': Isaac, the ship's science officer who's from a hyper-advanced race of {{Mechanical Lifeform}}s. [[spoiler: And turns out to be an advance scout for their anti-organic crusade.]]
75* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Kryten, a service android who has great difficulty disobeying human orders or, far more importantly, calling Rimmer a "smeghead".
76* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': The robot Data. Plot elements involving him include his drive to become more human, the crew's growing acceptance of him as an individual, the arc where the crew advocates for android rights on his behalf, the occasional prejudice against him as an artificial life form, and many more.
77* ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'': Although she's not a member of the Academy's superhero team, Grace Hargreeves or ''Mom'' serves as the children's caretaker and was modeled and programmed by the children's adoptive father, Reginald Hargreeves. She was built especially because of Vanya, Number Seven,[[spoiler: who murdered her previous nannies with psychokinesis.]]
78* ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'': The Gabba Gang has Plex, a yellow robot who helps [[TheConscience solve most of the team's problems.]]
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82* Marvin, the morbidly depressed robot in ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'' who appears as the current page image. This character also appeared in the novelizations and the TV series.
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86* ''VideoGame/BattleCorps'' grants you three characters, the humans Jack and Becky, and the token {{cyborg}} Jang.
87* In ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', Robo fills this role. Given that your party is composed of people from many different time periods (including a NubileSavage from 65 Million BC, a [[BewitchedAmphibians frog]] swordsman from about 400 years before the "present-day", and possibly a Zeal-ean mage alive from at least 12,000 BC), Robo is both the only non-human (Frog notwithstanding) and the only party member to come from ''after'' [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Lavos emerges]].
88* ''VideoGame/ContraLegacyOfWar'' for the Playstation have the mercenary team of four consisting of the two humans (one of each gender), [[TokenNonHuman Bubba, an alien mercenary]], and a powerful robot soldier codenamed CD-288.
89* ''VideoGame/CookieRun'':'' Ovenbreak'' has the playable character Ion Cookie Robot,a TokenHeroicOrc built by Aloe Cookie who helps the other cookies stop Cyborg Cookie during the ''Cyborg Menace'' Event that happened in May 2019.
90* In one of the later chapters of ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', the robot Thursday joins the party along with Gordon and Jennifer.
91* ''VideoGame/DontStarve'': WX-78 is one of the playable characters among mostly humans and is a TokenEvilTeammate based on how much disdain it has for all organic life.
92* One of Ninten's allies in ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' is EVE, a robot that is built by his great-grandfather, George, who stole PSI from the aliens. [[spoiler:EVE is destroyed after the boss fight with [=R7038XX=] and bears the seventh melody.]]
93* In the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series of games, starting with ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', each game has a robot companion, Skynet in 2, Sergeant [=RL-3=] in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', and [=ED-E=] in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''. ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' averts this initially by having Codsworth and Curie, but Curie can [[BrainUploading be uploaded into a Synth]]. The Automatron add-on adds Ada and you can create your own robotic companion at special workbenches.
94* Among the five heroes of ''VideoGame/GaiaCrusaders'', M-985 is the only playable character who is a robot. It's also armed to the teeth with weaponry, but slower than the human playable characters, making it a MightyGlacier character. Though the trope is subverted given some of the bosses are PromotedToPlayable after their defeat - one of the bosses is also a robot.
95* Cortana from ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', who is an ArtificialIntelligence that accompanies the Master Chief on whatever team he is on.
96* In ''[[VideoGame/JetSetRadio Jet Set Radio Future]]'', the band of the GG's took an old and abandoned prototype of the Noise Tanks (a {{cyberpunk}}-like rival gang in the first game and MechaMooks in this one), reprogramed it and became "Roboy", the RobotBuddy of the gang who serves as SavePoint in the game and later as SecretCharacter.
97* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheVoid'': An entire subspecies of Protoss robots (made in imitation of Protoss forces and given the memories and personalities of actual Protoss) known as Purifiers is discovered and taken out of storage. One of them received Fenix's memories, but unfortunately from before the Protoss ever met the humans (so none of the first game's CharacterDevelopment for him). He's used as a support power, wreaking havoc for half a minute before warping back to the mothership, and eventually takes on a new name to mark that he's not the Fenix everyone keeps expecting.
98* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'': The protagonist of the Sci-Fi chapter, a little spherical robot named [[IronicName Cube]], ultimately serves as such for not only being the only robot actually helping the humans in his chapter, but also being the sole robot among the seven [[note]]acually eight if Oersted is counted[[/note]] heroes.
99* In ''VideoGame/MagicalStarsign'', [[DishingOutDirt Mokka]] is the only robot among the six main characters. Notably, he's the only one among them to fully avert SquishyWizard, instead being a MightyGlacier.
100* ''VideoGame/MassEffect'':
101** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has Legion, an autonomous geth platform that is recruited for the SuicideMission late in the game. There is also EDI, the fully-fledged artificial intelligence of the CoolStarship ''Normandy'', but she is more of a disembodied voice on the comms than a robot.
102** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', EDI gains a physical body, allowing her to come along on missions with Shepard, although the "body" is merely another terminal for her, while her main cores are still on the ship. Legion (provided it/they survived) only appears as a non-recruitable side character during the Rannoch arc.
103* ''VideoGame/NuclearThrone'': There is one robot, [[ADogNamedDog aptly named Robot]], among the playable characters, who are mostly [[NuclearMutant mutants]].
104* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris'', Zed is the only member of the S.S. Tetra who happens to be a robot, serving as the ParentalSubstitute of the Tetra's first mate Ess.
105* In ''[[VideoGame/PuzzleQuest Puzzle Quest Galactrix]]'', one of the six crew members is the robot [=ED24=], who enables you to hack the Leap Gates.
106* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'': Unlike characters like Peacock and Big Band who are cyborgs, Robo-Fortune is the only playable character who is wasn't even organic in the first place. She was designed by [[GreaterScopeVillain Brain Drain]] to see out the [[MacGuffin Skull Heart]] to use for his own purposes in her Story Mode.
107* In most ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games, Omega serves as this for Team Dark. Having been originally built by Dr. Eggman, Omega turned against his creator after being locked in a room and forgotten about, leading to him becoming friends with Rouge and Shadow.
108* ''VideoGame/{{Spyborgs}}'' has three playable heroes, the first two, Stinger and Clandestine being {{cyborg}}s. The third of them and the largest of the bunch, Bouncer, is entirely mechanical and communicates by beeping [[spoiler:(at least, until TheStinger where it's SuddenlySpeaking)]].
109* ''Franchise/StarFox'': Although not a pilot for the team, R.O.B 64 serves as the Star Fox team's robotic assistant throughout the series providing assistance from the Great Fox.
110* Out of the main characters/bosses in ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'', we have Mettaton, a killer robot built by Alphys who hosts a well-known talk show and owns a hotel.
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114* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'': K1-B0, better known as Keebo, is one of the sixteen students of the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles, with his title being the "Ultimate Robot". Unbeknownst even to him, [[spoiler:he was actually created for the [[TrumanShowPlot audience of the Danganronpa reality show]] could vote on his actions through his "inner voice".]]
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118* ''WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory'': [[BuffySpeak Epic Robot Guy]] is the sole robot member of the cast. His allegiance from the trailer isn’t entirely clear, but due to his RedEyesTakeWarning and apathetic attitude he is {{implied}} to be on the side of the villains.
119* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': The side of the red team has a robot only capable of speaking GratuitousSpanish named Lopez. He briefly loses his token status with the introduction of Lopez Dos.0, but he quickly gets it back following Dos.0's FaceHeelTurn and later death.
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123* ''Film/TooManyCooks'': At first, the introduced cast is full of ordinary human characters, with the only oddity being how many there are. Then Smarf the robot-cat is introduced, showing how things are beginning to go off the rails. He's still the only robot member by the end, though, and gives a sign of greater intelligence when he decides to [[spoiler: hit the literal ResetButton to stop the chaos.]]
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127* In ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'', X-5 is the crew's robot as well as TheSmartGuy on a team that consists of him, an alien, and a human.
128* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'': Team Lightyear consists of the legendary AmbiguouslyHuman space ranger Buzz Lightyear, two aliens named Mira and Booster, and a Robot named XR who was made by the LittleGreenMen to serve as a partner for Buzz.
129* On the original ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' series, Quark the alien had a robot appropriately named Grovel. Every time his name is called, he drops to the ground and apologizes. Once in a while he'll come up with a correct fact only for Quark to comically miss the point.
130* ''WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1978'' famously introduced H.E.R.B.I.E. to the team as a replacement for the Human Torch, whose licensing rights were held by another party. He had the Torch's ability to fly while also bringing an assortment of [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]]-like gadgets and tools stored within his casing.
131* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has Bender, the sole robot of the Planet Express crew who is an alcoholic, abrasive and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking is the best friend of Fry.]]
132** This gets lampshaded in "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E4LessThanHero Less Than Hero]]" when Fry and Leela form a superhero team and he drops loud hints to be asked to join:
133--->'''Bender:''' With two humans, you'd think there'd be a robot in there. To balance things out? But whatever.
134* In ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', the titular family live with one another, two pets (a dog and an alien), and a RobotMaid named Rosie.
135* In the ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'' episode "Verb Dog: When Action Calls!", Martha dreams that she and her friends are superheroes. Most of them just have powers in the dream, but T.D. is a robot and, being a robot, he lacks a sense of humor, [[RubberMan can extend his arms]], and is called '''The T.D. 603'''.
136* Out of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek akumatized victims]] in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', Robostus is the only one of robotic origin. His normal identity is Markov, a highly advanced robot built by Max who can feel emotions.
137* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'':A rare example where the token robot is the protagonist. Jenny or XJ-9 is a {{Fembot}} built by her "mother" to protect the earth from evil forces and is the only robot in her group of friends and attending her school.
138* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' plays with this trope quite a bit with the ensembles that the ninja make.
139** The ninja team has the {{Ridiculously Human Robot|s}}, Zane, although he wasn't [[LateArrivalSpoiler revealed to be a robot until a little bit into the series.]] Post-Season 3 Zane has him looking more robotic and then loses his token status when PIXAL joins the team much later.
140** [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits The Ninja Replacements]], a team formed by Jay to stop [[JerkassGenie Nadakhan]]'s wedding and to rescue the other ninja from the Djinn Blade, has Echo Zane, a nindroid built similarity kin to Zane who was found in Dr. Julien's lighthouse to give the poor man some company.
141** Played with in Season 8 when P.I.X.A.L, [[spoiler: the second Samurai X]], and an assistant robot built by Cyrus Borg, eventually joins the team and is a member of [[LaResistance Lloyd's Resistance]] against the Sons of Garmadon in Season 9. She was also a temporary vital ally in Season 3 and then later served as VoiceWithAnInternetConnection from Season 4 - Early Season 7.
142* The main team on ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' has Face 9000, a talking computer who serves as a teacher of sorts to the kids. Everyone else in the team is either an alien or a human.
143* In ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', Lance and Ilana are accompanied by Octus, a bio-cybernetic robot who poses as a nerd named Newton while in school, and as their father outside of school. He serves as the "mind" of Sym-Bionic titan.
144* In ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'', every TimePolice unit operates with a human/robot pairing, and this holds true to our main characters- officer Buck Tuddrussel and his robot partner Larry 3000- but they ended up adopting an eight-year-old history wiz named Otto Osworth and this disrupts the balance. Larry is often put into the role of the caregiver for the two childish humans when he should be their equal. This tokenism gets more apparent when time traveling, as Larry is naturally the only robot in the group that often includes his teammates and the historical figures he's working with.
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