The characters of the Robot Wants series.
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Main Characters
Robot
- All-Loving Hero: While he will kill hostile life-forms in self-defense, he just wants friends and will be nice to any life-form, as long as their name isn't Tom Stone/Kitty or Emperor Tronk.
- Heroes Love Dogs: He takes more of a liking to Puppy, who is a Big Friendly Dog, than the Jerkass Kitty.
- Heroic Mime: He never talks once in the series.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: His motive in the first three games is finding friends.
- Kindhearted Cat Lover: He wants Kitty as a friend, and when he gets him, he takes Kitty with him on adventures. Though he begins to dislike Kitty for his Jerkass behavior.
- Neutral No Longer: Justice sees him abandon his usual pursuits and take up a fight against Emperor Tronk's tyranny.
- Retired Badass: After beating the Justice Remix map and defeating Emperor Tronk once and for all, freeing the Durpoids from his tyranny, Robot decides to retire from adventuring.
Kitty (spoilers)
- A Dog Named "Dog": He is a kitty named Kitty.
- Big Bad: Of Ice Cream, having taken over Happy Ice Cream Planet to get his revenge on Robot.
- Cats Are Mean: So mean that not even Robot could put up with him, apparently. He fights with Puppy, eats Fishy, and becomes the Big Bad of Ice Cream, going after Robot because he abandoned him for his bad behavior.
- Disproportionate Retribution: After Robot, as punishment for Kitty's bad behavior (fighting with Puppy and eating Fishy), abandons him in space, Kitty decides to amass a mechanical army and invade Happy Ice Cream Planet, destroying it and stealing all the ice cream (and presumably terrorizing the inhabitants), just to get back at Robot.
- Heroic Canines, Villainous Felines: He is a Jerkass who antagonizes Robot's friends, eventually eating Fishy, and when Robot spaces him as punishment, he returns as the Big Bad of Justice, while Puppy is a Big Friendly Dog and The Lancer to Robot who stays loyal to him and helps him however he can.
- Jerkass: He fights with Puppy and then eats Fishy after Robot spent all that time finding the two of them. In response to Robot's punishment for Kitty (being abandoned in space), he decides to gather an army and invade Happy Ice Cream Planet and steal the ice cream just to get back at Robot, not having learned his lesson at all.
- Two Aliases, One Character: He is also Tom Stone, leader of the Mekazoid invasion- or rather, Tom is a mech piloted by him.
- Walking Spoiler: Due to him becoming the Big Bad in Ice Cream.
Puppy
The second friendly lifeform Robot encounters. He becomes a close ally to Robot, helping him in Ice Cream and Justice.
- A Dog Named "Dog": He is a puppy named Puppy.
- Big Friendly Dog: He is about as big as Robot (if slightly shorter) and is the nicest character in the series aside from Robot himself.
- Heroic Canines, Villainous Felines: He is a Big Friendly Dog and The Lancer to Robot who stays loyal to him and helps him however he can, while Kitty is a Jerkass who antagonizes Robot's friends, eventually eating Fishy, and when Robot spaces him as punishment, he returns as the Big Bad of Justice.
- Heroic Dog: He helps Robot save Happy Ice Cream Planet from Tom Stone/Kitty's invasion, and later helps Robot save the Durpoids from slavery by Emperor Tronk.
- The Lancer: To Robot as of Ice Cream, where he can assist Robot using an armor suit. In Justice he collects the Durpoids that Robot rescues.
Fishy (spoilers)
The third friendly lifeform Robot encounters. A goldfish trapped in a bowl in the mining facility. She is also the player character of Fishy Wants Robot, an extra level in Robot Wants It All.
- A Day in the Limelight: She becomes the protagonist of Fishy Wants Robot, a short game where she rescues Robot.
- A Dog Named "Dog": She is a fish named Fishy.
- Killed Off for Real: She is eaten by Kitty at the end of Fishy.
Emperor Tronk
The antagonist of Robot Wants Justice. After the Durpoids' planet was destroyed, he promised them asylum in his own lava planet, but only so he could enslave and eat them.
- Arms Dealer: As CEO of Tronk Industries, he sells killer robots as weapons of war.
- Big Bad: Of Robot Wants Justice, as the ruler of the lava planet who enslaved the Durpoids.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: He is also the founder and CEO of Tronk Industries, a company that makes killer robots and sells them as weapons of war.
- Dual Boss: You fight him alongside 2-Pei, although downplayed since 2-Pei does the actual fighting while Tronk stands there with a force field.
- The Emperor: He rules over a lava planet, although his empire is unnamed.
- Final Boss: Downplayed; he is the final enemy Robot must kill, but he hides behind a force field while 2-Pei does the fighting.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Of the games prior to Justice, as some of the minor enemies Robot fights across multiple games are partially his doing.
- Non-Action Big Bad: He doesn't even bother to fight Robot, instead letting 2-Pei do the fighting for him.
- Smug Snake: He fancies himself a fearsome Emperor who can do whatever he wants. In truth, his bio states that he is so incompetent that he will tend to screw up his evil acts. He is also dumb enough to think that he can build a wall of turrets around his planet, apparently not realizing planets are round, and his advisors are still trying to explain this.
- Trumplica: He is an orange slime monster with bright yellow hair that, in Tronk's case, is a toupee. The "View Game History" section in It All says this was not meant as political commentary or parody, but rather as a comparison.
2-Pei
Tronk's living toupee and right-hand pet. He pilots the machines that Robot fights in Robot Wants Justice.
- Dual Boss: In the Final Boss fight, he fights you alongside Emperor Tronk, although downplayed since he does the fighting while Tronk hides behind a force-field.
- The Dragon: He serves Emperor Tronk and leads his army in opposing Robot.
- Expy: Plays a similar role to Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, piloting the mechs that serve as the main bosses of the game.
- Final Boss: Though he's technically a Dual Boss with Emperor Tronk, Tronk does nothing and just acts as a "phase bar" for 2-Pei.
- The Heavy: Tronk is the Big Bad enslaving the Durpoids, but 2-Pei leads his army and is the one fighting you in most of the boss battles with his mechs, and is the actual Final Boss while Tronk is a Non-Action Big Bad who hides behind a force-field.
- The Man Behind the Man: It's pretty obvious he's the real power behind Tronk's empire, and likely just using him as a puppet.
- Pride: He is mentioned as being self-centered, to the point of renaming the Planetary Eradicator (his favorite spaceship) 4-Pei. This is in addition to 50-Pei (his cloning machine), Star-Pei (his second favorite spaceship), and Tor-Pei (a giant turret).
- Recurring Boss: Every boss in Justice except the Horror Beyond Comprehension (which is a joke boss) is either him piloting one of his machines or the Dual Boss with him and Tronk.
Bosses
Introduced in Kitty and Kitty IOS
Slurg, Lord of Slime/Boss Venusian
The antagonist and boss of the first game.
- Body Horror: His entry reveals that he is actually a being made of a hive of Squiddles melted by transgenic plasma.
- Big Bad: Of Robot Wants Kitty, as the leader of the Squiddles/Venusians and other monsters blocking Robot's way to getting Kitty.
- Big Bad Ensemble: In the IOS version, it is one of three alien leaders and bosses that can appear in a stage to block Robot's path to Kitty.
- Extra Eyes: It has multiple eyes as a result of being a fusion of Squiddles.
- King Mook: Of the Squiddles/Venusians (blue, one-eyed aliens).
- Optional Boss: It is actually not necessary to beat him, but beating him gives you a powerup which highly increases your rate of fire.
Boss Martian
One of the bosses in the IOS version. A giant, red version of the Martians and their leader. Spawns Martians when low on health.
- Big Bad Ensemble: In the IOS version, it is one of three alien leaders and bosses that can appear in a stage to block Robot's path to Kitty.
- King Mook: Of the Murps/Martians.
Boss Drippazorg
One of the bosses in the IOS version. A giant version of the Drippazorgs and their leader. Shoots from its eyes.
- Big Bad Ensemble: In the IOS version, it is one of three alien leaders and bosses that can appear in a stage to block Robot's path to Kitty.
- King Mook: Of the Drippazorgs.
Introduced in Puppy
Morgox the Unborn
A menacing alien overlord that has taken over most of the galaxy. He actually plays no role in the plot, as the game takes place in another galaxy far away.
- Eldritch Abomination: He apparently has literal iron tentacles, and is powerful enough to have taken over a galaxy.
- Fetus Terrible: Given that his name is Morgox the Unborn, we can assume he is this.
- The Ghost: He is briefly described in the Fake-Out Opening before vanishing from the rest of the plot.
- Villain of Another Story: He is an Eldritch Abomination and Galactic Conqueror who rules over a galaxy and is described at length in the opening crawl, but as this is a Fake-Out Opening, we never get to see him.
Hoverzorg
One of the antagonists and bosses. It is an alien squid-head with a shield around itself.
- Abnormal Allergy: His bio states he is allergic to Robot’s entire dimension.
- Big Bad Ensemble: With Blocko, as one of the bosses getting in Robot's way to acquire Puppy.
- Dimensional Traveler: His bio states that he is from an alternate dimension "where psychic shielding is a common defense mechanism".
- Octopoid Aliens: It is a floating squid-head being from another dimension.
Blocko
One of the antagonists and bosses. It is a small alien in a large, walking suit of blocky armor.
- Big Bad Ensemble: With Hoverzorg, as one of the bosses getting in Robot's way to acquire Puppy.
Introduced in Fishy
Dungeon S. Crab
A giant crab who rules over the Krobb.
- Big Bad Ensemble: As one of six bosses in the game standing in Robot's way to acquire Fishy.
- Giant Enemy Crab: It is a crab about four times Robot's size.
- King Mook: A giant version of the Krobbs, and explicitly stated to be the latest in a line of rulers.
- Warmup Boss: The first boss faced in Robot Wants Fishy, as beating it is necessary to get the Teleportation Crystal needed to access the other sections. In Robot Wants It All, it is also this for the Easy map. In the Remix map, it is possible to fight PAL-1000 before it.
Das Boxen
A pair of boxes/ionic supercomputers who are found in the Supply Closet.
- Big Bad Ensemble: As one of six bosses in the game standing in Robot's way to acquire Fishy.
- Dual Boss: Both of them are fought at once. Though when one is killed, the other Turns Red.
- Turns Red: When one of them is killed, the other will speed up and thier smile will turn into an angry scowl.
The Obtuse Angler
A giant Anglerfish residing in the Flooded Depths. It returns in Fishy Wants Robot as the Ghost Angler.
- Big Bad: Of Fishy Wants Robot, as the boss of the underwater area that is chasing Fishy.
- Big Bad Ensemble: As one of six bosses in the game standing in Robot's way to acquire Fishy.
- The Ditz: Its bio states that it likes to ask "idiotic" questions to its prey, not realizing having a fish in its mouth would prevent the questions from being heard properly, then eat the fish for not answering.
Battle Bat
A giant armored Batto residing in the Bat Cave. Once a normal Batto, it was turned into its current form by Dr. Kromberg.
- Big Bad Ensemble: As one of six bosses in the game standing in Robot's way to acquire Fishy.
- Broken Armor Boss Battle: It is covered in armor, and the only way to defeat it is to get a powerup to blow up certain walls and throw that on the weak spot on top of it's head, eventfully destroying the armor and rendering it weak to your attacks.
- "Get Back Here!" Boss: The Battle Bat becomes this as it loses its armor and starts moves faster.
- Sequential Boss: The Battle Bat has no less than four entire phases to fight through.
- Shed Armor, Gain Speed: The more of its armor you destory, the faster it gets.
- Turns Red: It has four health bars, and with each one you remove, it goes faster (though ironically loses it's attacks as well).
PAL-1000
An AI residing in the Processing Station.
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: According to the file entry, it was once a Felgax warship AI that turned on its crew members, shutting off the oxygen, because one of them had a book with a fire on into and it thought the fire was real. A miner found it and turned it into a garbage collector, and it tries to kill Robot because it thinks Robot is garbage.
- Big Bad Ensemble: As one of six bosses in the game standing in Robot's way to acquire Fishy.
- Expy: Of HAL-9000, from the similar name, to the design with a giant red eye, and the backstory involving turning on and killing its crew members through oxygen deprivation.
- Flunky Boss: It is always found surrounded by turrets.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: It has a single giant red eye in the center.
Drillbaby
A drilling tank residing in the Crystal Caverns. This machine was the one that drilled the caverns, making them explorable.
- Big Bad Ensemble: As one of six bosses in the game standing in Robot's way to acquire Fishy.
- Final Boss: In Robot Wants Fishy, it guards the key that is the last item needed to free Fishy. In the Remix mode, it is also the last boss standing in the way of Fishy.
- Sapient Tank: A drilling tank that is AI-operated.
Introduced in Ice Cream
Tom Stone
The leader of the Mekazoids, a giant metal head piloted by Kitty.
- Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: Tom Stone is this at first, but subverted when he reveals himself to be Kitty.
Safetybot
The first boss of the game. A robot head on tank tracks.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted. The bio states that it has the same name as Robot's Safetybot chasis, and the creators of both submitted it to the Galactic Trademark database in the same pictosecond. The Trademark AI somehow let both trademark the name (since they submitted it at the same time), and the courts upheld it.
- Warmup Boss: The first boss in the original, Easy, and Remix levels.
Angry Box
A big Angry Box that shoots Bizarro Robots from itself. It was a failed experiment in giving an AI emotion.
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: The creators attempted to give the AI emotion, only for it to be perpetually angry.
- Flunky Boss: It summons Bizarro Robots from another dimension every few seconds.
- Meaningful Name: It is perpetually angry.
- Personality Chip: The creators gave it one in an attempt to give it emotion. Unfortunately, it wound up being always angry.
Holey Moley
A drill robot with a drill for a head.
- Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: Unlike the other bosses, the bio states that he just popped up, and nobody know who or what he is.
- Lone Wolf Boss: According to the bio, he just showed up out of nowhere, meaning he is likely unaffiliated with Tom Stone.
Destructo
A battle tank built for the Solarium Wars.
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: According to the bio, they were built as weapons of war for the Solarium Wars, but they wound up destroying everything on whatever planets they were deployed on, and everyone on those planets is too scared to turn them off.
- Sapient Tank: They have AIs, little pink blob things, that pilot them.
Char-L 07
A spider robot.
- Flunky Boss: Summons smaller spiders that shoot at Robot and so the actual fighting while it stands there.
- Spiders Are Scary: It is implied by the bio that Tom Stone specifically created it as a Giant Spider to trigger arachnophobia as psychological warfare.
Space Maniac
The top ranked pilot on Star Chase 4000 and a mercenary hired by Tom Stone.
- The Ace: He is the top-ranked pilot on Star Chase 4000 and "renowned for his daring maneuvers".
- Only in It for the Money: He is helping Tom Stone invade Happy Ice Cream planet in return for payment, as space piloting doesn't pay well.
Nanoswarm
A giant, blue, bouncing entity made up of smaller Nanoswarms.
- Asteroids Monster: To ludicrous degrees, where the Nanoswarm's bio questions if the universe itself is simply made up of quark-sized Nanoswarms. Robot doesn't even defeat the Nanoswarm so much as reduce it to imperceptible versions of itself.
Uberboxen
A sibling of Das Boxen hired to kill Robot.
- Turns Red: He has four health bars, and once each one is depleted, he goes a little faster and shoots more projectiles.
- Skelebot 9000: Not initially, but when it's exterior is destroyed, it can be seen that the inside resembles a square robot skull.
Introduced in It All/Justice
Coney J. Wafell
A denizen and merchant of Happy Ice Cream Planet who will give Robot jump upgrades... for 50 sprinkles each.
- Greed: Wants your sprinkles, and if you don't give them any, will be rude to Robot.
- Pungeon Master: Almost all his lines incorporate an ice cream pun.
Blastron
Three security robots staffing and guarding the mines.
- Damned by Faint Praise: In its bio, it is considered the most advanced security system for deep mining- primary because the other options were even worse.
Horror Beyond Comprehension
A purple blob thing with one eye that can be easily defeated, despite the name.
- Boss-Arena Idiocy: It fights you next to a lava pit, and all you need to do is knock it inside said pit.
- Eldritch Abomination: Played for Laughs with the Horror Beyond Comprehension, which is just a screaming purple monster with one eye. It also looks quite cute when being knocked backwards, which doesn't help its case.
- Ironic Name: It's not horrific or incomprehensible, it's a pathetic Zero-Effort Boss.
- You Cannot Grasp the True Form: Subverted with the Horror Beyond Comprehension, which is fully visible and frankly not that hard to comprehend (a purple blob with one eye and a mouth who roars constantly).
- Zero-Effort Boss: Its only attack is roaring at you, which slightly pushes you back, and running into its open mouth, which is easy to avoid as it just stands there. Punching it in either direction will instantly propel it into the conveniently placed lava pit right behind it.
Felgax Horde/Felgaxia
A nation described by the data entries. It once ruled over the galaxy where Kitty, Puppy, and Fishy take place, but was defeated in the Solarium Wars.
- The Ghost: They are only described by the data entries, and are gone by the main story.
- Greater-Scope Villain: They are long gone by the actual games, but were responsible for creating many of the enemies and bosses that Robot faces in the first three games, or were in some way connected to them.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: The Felgax Horde, in the Solarium Wars, attempted to use the Zarp species to serve as disposable frontline troops. The Zarps rebelled instead and caused the downfall of Felgaxia.
- The Horde: As the name suggests, though the fact that they were involved in technology and experimentation contrasts with the usual barbarian image.
The Imperiax
A nation that created the Cyberkrobbs.
- The Empire: As their name suggests. They may be the empire that Emperor Tronk rules, but there is no confirmation of this.
- The Ghost: Assuming that they are not Tronk's empire, we only read about them in the Cyberkrobb data entry.
- Greater-Scope Villain: They created the cyberkrobbs and may have been involved in The Great Offscreen War against the Felgax Horde, but never show up in the series.
