Line #89 Webcomic/RamTheRobot


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2	[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html R.A.M. the Robot]] is a [[{{Webcomics}} Webcomic]] by [=RafVicAlf=] that began in 2021. The comics typically follow the titular R.A.M., a robotic raccoon, along with her buyer Jake and his friends Jeanette and Bud, and center around her experience as a robot and the crew's day-to-day lives.
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6	[[TheFuture After the Great Space War (2429-2434)]] new and better technologies were developed, managing to create faster and cheaper spaceships. Now travel between Earth and Mars only takes a week on average.
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8	Jake, after selling his first patent of one of his inventions, bought a ship. With his girlfriend Jeanette they would use it to create an interplanetary delivery service to finance more crazy inventions. But this job did not give him enough free time to make new devices so he hired someone to help him on the ship. That didn't reduce his tasks very much.
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10	After many trips between Earth and Mars, and sometimes to Jupiter and Saturn, Jake and Jeanette saved enough money to buy a robot. This robot was a very cheap multitask robot which they named "Random Access Memory" (R.A.M.). Thanks to her, Jake had enough free time to be able to make inventions again which would lead the entire crew to crazy experiences.
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12	[[https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/katty-and-zoey/list?title_no=918335 ''Katty and Zoey'']], a spin-off starring Jake and Jeannette's [[SpinOffspring adopted daughter]] Katty and her best friend Zoey started in 2024.
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14	!!R.A.M. the Robot executes the following tropes:
15	* AbnormalAllergy: In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=47#showComic Status Quo]]", it's revealed that R.A.M.'s organic form is allergic to Ali, despite the latter being an alien creature from another dimension.
16	* AIIsACrapshoot: "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=8#showComic Evil R.A.M.]]" showcases that R.A.M. has a literal good-evil slider in her back compartment. Jake curiously flips it, causing her eyes to [[RedEyesTakeWarning turn red]] and her to begin maniacally plotting to start a RobotWar.
17	* AlienAnimals: Ali is an alien cat from another dimension. Despite this, it looks almost identical to a normal cat. Humourously, the crew find it weird in appearance because it's the only feral creature in their WorldOfFunnyAnimals.
18	* AltText: Each strip has something humorous in its alt-text, usually a [[SelfDeprecation snarky comment on the events of the strip]], a humorous HandWave or a ShoutOut.
19	* AlternativeCalendar: Bud's birthdate is listed as "Mesha 20, 465" in the Confederated Mars Territories, suggesting that Mars uses a different calendar from Earth.
20	* AnArmAndALeg:
21	** "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=4#showComic Broken Arm]]" has Jeanette accidentally pull R.A.M.'s arm off, and become [[OhCrap understandably horrified at what she did]]. Though R.A.M. brushes it off as being loose already.
22	** In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=73#showComic The Perfect Girlfriend]]" Jake accidentally pulls Jeanette's arm off, or rather her robot clone's. R.A.M. helps her reattach it in the next page.
23	* ArtShift:
24	** In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=50#showComic RAM Across the Multiverse]]", R.A.M. and Jake enter a portal to another universe. While there, their proportions become cartoonier and they both gain CartoonyEyes.
25	** In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=51#showComic Toys]]", all four of the main cast are suddenly rendered in live action. Jake is a Franchise/{{Lego}} build, R.A.M. is a plushie, Jeanette is a paper cutout on a stick, and Bud is a wooden figurine. R.A.M. and Jeanette are even being held by hands, which both of their speech bubbles point to.
26	** In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=55#showComic R.A.M. Across the Multiverse Extra]]", R.A.M. appears on a classic ''UsefulNotes/{{Gameboy}}'', complete with greener lighting and scratches and smudges on the screen.
27	* AuthorAvatar: Rafva himself appears in "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=54#showComic The Drawer]]" as the titular god-like Drawer of the world. R.A.M. asks him if his creations and her world will be as popular as things he's drawn fan art of, prompting him to ashamedly tell her to go home.
28	* BarbieDollAnatomy: Multiple characters are seen fully naked but with no "naughty bits." It's implied that the organic characters have them, just covered by fur, while robots don't as a [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=45#showComic temporarily organic]] R.A.M. thinks her charging port moved under her pants.
29	* BreadEggsMilkSquick: In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/?pg=66#showComic Crime And More Crimes]]", Jackie lists her crimes as robbing several banks, scamming many companies, stealing and selling several information from the Martian confederation's government to the D-Tron, and murdering 27 people.
30	* CallARabbitASmeerp: In [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=50#showComic another universe]] R.A.M. and Jake encounter a feral bunny that R.A.M. mistakes for something called an [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "esquilax"]].
31	* CapsLock: All dialogue is rendered in complete capitalization, likely to make it easier to read.
32	* CasualInterplanetaryTravel: Travel between Earth and Mars takes about a week, but there's no FTL travel. A news broadcast in [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=77#showComic a couple pages]] mentions a SleeperStarship reaching Proxima Centauri after three centuries of travel.
33	* CatUpATree: Ali gets stuck up a tree in [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=61#showComic R-Bots]].
34	* CocaPepsiInc: In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=56#showComic Memory]]", Jake watches a Panasony brand television.
35	* ColorblindConfusion: In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=64#showComic Ship Maintenance]]", R.A.M. is sent out to repair a damaged fuse box on the outside of the ship, with Bud giving her strict orders to replace the blue one, while telling her that replacing the wrong fuse could lead the ship to fail and everyone to die. Cut to R.A.M.'s vision, where everything is bluish grey with slight scan lines, and so all of the fuses look identical.
36	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Jake turns R.A.M. into an organic creature with his reverse fossilisation machine in "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=42#showComic Organic RAM]]". Naturally, you'd expect him to turn her back into a robot with a regular fossilisation machine. Nope, he uses an "inverted reverse fossilisation machine" to do the deed.
37	* DidntThinkThisThrough: In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=90#showComic The Upgrader]]", R.A.M., a ''robot'', decides to stay home to assist the titular Upgrader, a robot that sells and replaces ''technology'' it finds. Come the next strip ("[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=91#showComic RAM 2.0]]"), she's been sold and replaced herself.
38	* DisappearedDad: In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=112#showComic No Data]]", R.A.M. realises she has no idea who and where her father is. The next two comics detail Jake and Jeanette cleaning out old boxes while R.A.M. talks to her mother, who also doesn't know her father. In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=115#showComic R.A.M.'s Dad]]", R.A.M. gives up moments before Jake pulls out paper indicating ''he'' was her creator.
39	* DoAndroidsDream: An idea frequently brought up. R.A.M. [[AndroidsArePeopleToo is treated like anyone else]] and isn't shunned for being robotic, yet she has other differences. In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=5#showComic Soul]]" and "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=24#showComic The Devil and RAM]]", she claims to have no soul, and "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=46#showComic RAM's Best Day]]" suggests robots don't dream, as R.A.M. is completely unfamiliar with the concept.
40	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The early comics didn't have R.A.M.'s name above them, and also primarily focused more on the negatives of being a robot, compared to the later comics which have all sorts of themes.
41	** The first six comics were originally just called "RAM the Robot" with a number attached[[note]]Except for the first one, which had no number.[[/note]]. When the comics were reuploaded to Rafva's personal website all of the six but the first comic were given proper names.
42	* EatingMachine: [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=9#showComic Averted]], R.A.M. tries to eat an ice cream cone only for it to make her glitch so she opens her chest compartment and takes it out, intact.
43	* EmergentHuman: In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=42#showComic Organic RAM]]", R.A.M. becomes an organic creature, before being turned back to normal in "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=47#showComic Status Quo]]". Almost every comic in between those two depict R.A.M. trying and failing miserably to live well as an organic creature. R.A.M. even begs in "Status Quo" to be turned back into a robot.
44	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Most of the comics are named based on what happens in them, such as "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=12#showComic Beach Episode]]" and "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=21#showComic R.A.M. at the Pawn Shop]]".
45	* ExpendableClone: In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=41#showComic Robot Clones]]", Jake creates robotic clones of all four of the cast to replace them so they could slip away without his mother noticing. Except that he programmed them all to have the exact minds of their real counterparts and not know they were clones. 15 minutes later, Jake's mother comes out of the house annoyed while clone Jake screams and has an identity crisis. [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=73#showComic Jeanette's clone]] comes back later when she doesn't want to take Jake to the dentist's herself.
46	* ExtendableArms:
47	** R.A.M. gives herself one in [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=6#showComic "Mods are Fun"]]. She figures she'll use it to clean the roof or something.
48	** Such extensions also seem to be common on the R-Bots.
49	* FailedASpotCheck: "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=3#showComic RAM is a Robot]]" shows that it took several weeks for Jeanette to realise R.A.M. was a robot, despite her robotic appearance and inhuman mannerisms.
50	* FirstInjuryReaction: After being temporarily transformed into an organic being, R.A.M. gets scratched up by Ali and feels pain for the first time. [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=44#showComic She finds it hilarious.]]
51	* FlashForward: A couple pages have punchlines set years after the main comic.
52	** In [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=48#showComic RAM's Joke]] Jake takes five years to react to R.A.M.'s JumpScare prank. Confusing Jeanette and their daughter, while R.A.M. just says "finally."
53	** In [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=88#showComic Scar]] Jake gets a tiny scar from a bad paper cut, then ten years later he makes up a less pathetic story behind the scar to entertain his kid, now named Katherine.
54	* FreudianExcuse: Jake's fear of dentists [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=74#showComic apparently]] stems from watching Jackie pretend to be a DepravedDentist with a teddy bear and a spork when he was a baby.
55	* TheGreatOffscreenWar: The Great Space War of 2429-2434 is mentioned in the comic's "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/about/ about]]" page and [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=35#showComic page 35]], being a conflict between the [[ExpandedStatesOfAmerica Interplanetary United States]] and Confederate Martian Territories. Mostly in the context of producing the advances in space travel that the main characters routinely use.
56	* GuineaPigFamily: [[spoiler:Jackie and Jake's father performed experimental genetic modifications [[https://www.deviantart.com/rafvicalv/art/Red-family-home-videos-1053221488 on his children]]. The last video also suggests that Jake is a clone of Jackie, without the neurological alterations that made her a psychopath.]]
57	* HarmlessElectrocution: Pretty much any error or physical blow will cause R.A.M. to spark or short out, but this never harms her.
58	* HomoeroticSubtext: Upon R.A.M. becoming organic in "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=42#showComic Organic RAM]]", she calls Jake attractive. Jeanette steps in and aggressively claims him for herself, with R.A.M. then calling her attractive as well, causing Jeanette to gain an embarrassed blush.
59	* HorribleCampingTrip: Jake takes the crew on a [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=103#showComic "no technology" camping trip]], even turning R.A.M. organic again and ditching their clothes when reminded that clothing is technology. [[spoiler:He finally gives it up after a bunny breaks his leg.]]
60	* HumanityEnsues: While there are no humans ever depicted, "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=42#showComic Organic RAM]]" has Jake use his reverse fossilization machine on R.A.M., turning her into a real FunnyAnimal raccoon. She takes a while to adjust, and ultimately decides to change back.
61	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Jackie acts like this in "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/?pg=66#showComic Crime and More Crimes]]". After R.A.M. reacts in horror to Jackie admitting to murdering 27 people, the latter reveals she was just joking and that she just destroyed some robots. R.A.M.'s mood is not lightened whatsoever.
62	* InterspeciesAdoption: A FlashForward on page 88 shows that Jake and Jeanette will adopt a kitten in the future, the anthropomorphic kind.
63	* InterspeciesRomance: Jake (fox) and Jeanette (red panda). Jeanette's cast profile also mentions that there's been a few of those in her family tree, explaining her European name and Asiatic species.
64	* ALizardNamedLiz: "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=15#showComic RAM and the Portal]]" introduces an '''ali'''en cat. R.A.M. decides to adopt it and name it "Ali".
65	* LogicBomb:
66	** She doesn't explode, but Bud has R.A.M. divide zero by zero in order to use her overheating CPU to [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=28#showComic bake a cake]].
67	** R.A.M. does explode after an anesthetized Jake asks her what's [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=78#showComic purple corn?]] (Unless that was another hallucination.)
68	* MediumBlending: "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=15#showComic RAM and the Portal]]" has the cast open a portal flashing between dimensions. Two of the images depicted are of a live action town and a live action ''Franchise/{{Lego}}'' figure.
69	* MoralityDial: R.A.M. turns out to have [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=8#showComic one]], marked by a green smiley face and red frowny face.
70	* NewYearHasCome: "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=11#showComic New Year in Space]]" has Jake, R.A.M. and Jeanette fly by Sol III, aka Earth, on New Years day of 2504.
71	* NewNeoCity: Jake is once seen wearing a "I [heart] NNNYC" t-shirt.
72	* OhCrap: "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=4#showComic Broken Arm]]" has Jeanette become understandably ''horrified'' at having accidentally pulled off R.A.M.'s arm, but the latter assures Jeanette it was already loose.
73	* {{Phonymon}}: In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=21#showComic R.A.M. at the Pawn Shop]]", R.A.M. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin goes to a pawn shop]] and tries to sell a "Wolfo" card. The next comic, "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=22#showComic RAM's Revenge]]" reveals that ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' doesn't exist in their universe, and R.A.M. has no idea what a Pokémon is.
74	* ThePigPen: In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=11#showComic New Year in Space]]", Jeanette claims she hasn't showered since last year, with Jake pointing out that the "last year" New Years joke doesn't work in space. Jeanette responds by asking him what joke, prompting disgust from both Jake and R.A.M.
75	* RoboFamily: R.A.M. refers to the factory arm that assembled her as her "mother," and says that [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/?pg=112#showComic her designer]] would be her "father," but doesn't know who he is since he never signed his work. [[spoiler:Turns out he's Jake.]]
76	* RobotKid: Zoey, from the spinoff Katty and Zoey, is a robot modeled after a fox kit. A detail she tries to keep secret from her robo-phobic best friend.
77	* RobotMe:
78	** Jake made robotic clones of the crew to escape his mother making them go through multiple hard drives of his childhood photos. His clone was about to attempt the same thing when she figured it out, giving the clones an identity crisis.
79	** Jackie [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=68#showComic sold the rights]] to her likeness for a new robot design, and used the money to buy a hacking computer. Ironically one of the robots based on her is a [[SpacePolice Space Ranger]].
80	* RobotWar: "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=8#showComic Evil R.A.M.]]" has R.A.M.'s evil plot be to head to the factory and flip the evil switch on ''every'' robot so they'll turn against their makers.
81	* SelfDeprecation: In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=54#showComic The Drawer]]", Rafva's AuthorAvatar appears. When R.A.M. asks him if his work will ever be popular, he hesitates for a moment before suggesting R.A.M. leave him alone.
82	* ShaggyDogStory: R.A.M.'s attempted card selling in "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=21#showComic R.A.M. at the Pawn Shop]]" turns into a small arc as she swears revenge on the cashier for ruining her card. She abruptly cancels her revenge in "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=22#showComic RAM's Revenge]]" when Jake gets her a replacement [[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} card]] from another universe.
83	* ShoutOut: Happens quite a few times.
84	** "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=5#showComic Soul]]" is an almost word-for-word WholePlotReference to a scene from the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E3TheBullyJustOneBite Just One Bite]]".
85	** "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=7#showComic RAM and the Shinnning]]" is a WholePlotReference to ''Film/TheShining'', with Jake and R.A.M. taking the respective roles of Jack and Danny.
86	** In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=12#showComic Beach Episode]]",
87	*** R.A.M. claims to hate sand, as "[[Film/AttackOfTheClones It's coarse, rough, irritating and it gets everywhere.]]"
88	*** Jake mockingly asks how [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Bikini Bottom]] is when R.A.M. sinks in the ocean.
89	** "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=15#showComic RAM and the Portal]]" has the cast open a portal that flashes between dimensions. One of the images depicted is of a live action ''Franchise/{{Lego}}'' figure in a fox costume.
90	** "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=16#showComic Robots Like Her]]" has the cast open ''another'' portal, this time leading to the ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'' universe. R.A.M. excitedly runs out to speak with another robot[[note]]V[[/note]], only for said robot to attack her offscreen. She then walks back to the portal while [[LosingYourHead holding her severed head]].
91	** In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=22#showComic RAM's Revenge]]", Jake steals her a ''TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}}'' card from another universe to make up for R.A.M.'s card being ruined.
92	** In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=36#showComic Halloween]]", R.A.M. dresses up as a [[WebAnimation/MurderDrones Disassembly Drone]] and Bud dresses up as [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Sandy]].
93	** The reverse fossilization process in [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=42#showComic "Organic RAM"]] comes from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'s'' [[Recap/FuturamaS3E18AnthologyOfInterestII Anthology of Interest II]]. Though R.A.M. shows a bit more moderation than Bender did, living long enough to have it reversed.
94	** The sheet music seen in "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=49#showComic RAM in Space]]" is taken from [[spoiler:Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky's score from ''Theatre/TheNutcracker'', specifically "Waltz of the Flowers"]].
95	** In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=52#showComic Alone!]]", R.A.M. and Ali end up in the nothing dimension from the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E14SB129KarateChoppers SB-129]]". The "alone" messages can even be seen in the background.
96	** In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=58#showComic Ali Episode]]", R.A.M. objects to Ali being given a scarf that allows it to talk, to which Ali replies that [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty "[she's] overthinking it, the point of a talking cat is to have fun."]].
97	** "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/?pg=84#showComic Mee-Troh]]" is almost a panel for panel recreation of [[https://ozyandmillie.org/2000/10-22/index.html this]] ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'' strip.
98	* SpacePolice: The Space Rangers, who fight the interplanetary criminal organization Darktron.
99	* SpaceTrucker: The crew, though they're usually depicted more as a quirky delivery service ala ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. The animation [[https://youtu.be/-7b_Mkkfw0k?si=5WgokGDz5rb0pVdl "Waltz in Space"]] shows their ship clamping onto a line of cargo containers and pushing it from one space station to another.
100	* SpeaksInBinary: R.A.M.'s mother talks like this in "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=114#showComic R.A.M.'s Mom]]". The subline for the comic states that non-robotic machines are incapable of talking without binary.
101	* StickyShoes: [[https://youtu.be/-7b_Mkkfw0k?si=5WgokGDz5rb0pVdl "Waltz in Space"]] shows Bud wearing magnetic boots while Jeanette has fun floating around in microgravity without them, until Jake and R.A.M. hit the accelerator.
102	* StomachOfHolding: "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=37#showComic Ali the Alien]]" reveals that Ali, R.A.M.'s pet alien cat, rides around in a compartment in R.A.M.'s lower torso, which she claims is warm and [[HammerspaceHideaway more spacious than it seems]].
103	* SuperCivilServices: The R-Bots, a group of discarded robots who've dedicated themselves to rescuing people, robots, and the occasional cat up a tree.
104	* TakeThat: "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=87#showComic Too Much Text: The TCG]]" serves as one to card games like TabletopGame/YuGiOh and TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}}, which are often criticised for having a bad habit of including overspecialised rules designed to close as many loopholes as possible and invoke as much DevelopersForesight as they can.
105	* TakeThatAudience: One of R.A.M.'s mother's [[SpeaksInBinary comments]] translates to “Can you believe someone is trying to translate what I'm saying?”, poking fun at any reader trying to peak more behind the scenes.
106	* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: After a party at Jake’s parents’ house, his mom insists that he and Jeannette share a bed (Bud passed out on the couch). But despite being a couple they’re so uncomfortable with the situation that they don’t get [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=39#showComic any sleep.]] Possibly explained by the [[https://www.deviantart.com/rafvicalv/art/Ram-s-Pride-965152957 Pride picture]] showing Jake in asexual colors.
107	* ThreeLawsCompliant: R.A.M. is confirmed to follow the second law in "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=2#showComic RAM Maid]]", with Jake and Bud exploiting it to force her to dress up in a maid's outfit.
108	* TranslatorCollar: Jake invents a bandanna allowing Ali to speak in "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/?pg=58#showComic Ali Episode]]", though R.A.M. thinks it takes away its charm.
109	* WeWillSpendCreditsInTheFuture: Credits are the only currency ever mentioned, usually in quantities suggesting an exchange rate comparable to yen.
110	* WhatAreRecords: In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=57#showComic Compact Disc]]", Jake is revealed to not know what a CD is. When he purchases one, he thinks it's just a weird-looking expensive frisbee.
111	* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Robots are implied to be incapable of romantic love in a few instances.
112	** The first thing R.A.M. does upon being turned organic in "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=42#showComic Organic RAM]]" is refer to Jake and Jeanette as attractive.
113	** In "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=57#showComic Compact Disc]]", R.A.M. uses herself as a CD player so her, Jake, and Jeanette can watch a romance film. While Jake and Jeanette enjoy it and lovingly hug each other, R.A.M. flatly comments on the actress inside.
114	** That said Jake once [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=19#showComic reprogrammed]] RAM and Stacy the ship, causing them to proclaim their love for one another.
115	* WholePlotReference:
116	** "[[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMTheRobot/index.html?pg=5#showComic Soul]]" is an almost word-for-word recreation of a scene from the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E3TheBullyJustOneBite Just One Bite]]".
117	** [=RafVicAlv=] made [[https://www.deviantart.com/rafvicalv/art/All-the-stolen-jokes-from-RAM-the-robot-978361410 a list]] of these that he inserted into the comic. Including [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=82#showComic this page]] based on an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' and [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=84#showComic this one]] recreating a page of ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie''.
118	* WizardsFromOuterSpace: None have actually appeared in comic yet but Rafva has stated that RAM takes place in the same universe as his other comic [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/bruja-the-witch/list?title_no=649938 "Bruja the Witch"]] and Jake references [[https://rafvicalv.com/RAMtheRobot/index.html?pg=15#showComic "old forbidden ways"]] to travel through dimensions using magic.

Context Webcomic / RamTheRobot