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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#1: Dec 15th 2010 at 1:55:05 PM

I feel this trope needs an image

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#2: Dec 15th 2010 at 2:00:23 PM

But don't you see? Fear has brought us together. That's the magic of Xmas.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
helterskelter Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#3: Dec 15th 2010 at 2:03:44 PM

This is from The Incredibles comic: [1] (fixed broken link)

EDIT: Robot Santa! Of course! Let me dig one up... [2]

edited 15th Dec '10 2:10:51 PM by helterskelter

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#5: Dec 15th 2010 at 2:08:41 PM

[up][up] Ooooh that image has two killer robots.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
GiantSpaceChinchilla Since: Oct, 2009
#6: Dec 15th 2010 at 2:20:37 PM

Do those images still read well at image width?

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#8: Dec 15th 2010 at 3:04:29 PM

I like The Incredibles one better. The robot is actually attacking in it. The trope isn't evil villain robots. It's about robots attacking people.

edited 15th Dec '10 3:04:56 PM by shimaspawn

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#9: Dec 15th 2010 at 3:15:21 PM

(Note that Robot Santa is attacking / firing a laser gun shaped like a tommygun in one suggested image.)

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#10: Dec 15th 2010 at 4:28:42 PM

But we can't see it's target which makes it a mildly worse image. It's not a bad one, it's just not as good.

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Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
Mr. Dr.
#11: Dec 16th 2010 at 7:10:15 PM

Both the Robot Santa and Robot Devil as well as the The Incredibles images are awesome. But... I just got to agree with shimaspawn, the The Incredibles image just looks more like an actual robot as opposed to Ridiculously Human Robot.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#12: Dec 16th 2010 at 7:34:43 PM

If we were voting, I would vote yes for both. If the votes were more detailed than yes/no, I would vote "harder" for The Incredibles comic. It is better.

edited 16th Dec '10 7:35:12 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
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#14: Jan 25th 2011 at 10:24:34 PM

This is what comes up first in a GIS for "killer robot." grin

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Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
Mr. Dr.
#16: Jan 25th 2011 at 11:46:49 PM

Hilarious. We can stick it in the Image Links for this trope.

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DoktorvonEurotrash Lex et Veritas from Not a place of honour (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#17: Jan 26th 2011 at 1:48:55 AM

[up][up][up]Stick it in image links, lest I'd be tempted to put it on the page.

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
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#18: Jan 26th 2011 at 2:48:53 AM

There are some good examples from Magnus Robot Fighter (trying to limit it to particularly violent-looking robots - a lot of covers look like Magnus is just persecuting poor innocent kill-bots):

The '90s Magnus doesn't seem to have any images as much fun as the above.

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DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#20: Jan 26th 2011 at 8:26:58 AM

Would a Dalek count as one?

Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
Mr. Dr.
#21: Jan 26th 2011 at 8:39:14 AM

Ooooh, a lot of really great ones! Let's see, suedenim, I really love retrospective look of Magnus but the best one of that set is probably Micro Giants image just because it shows them having the upper hand. My only nitpick with the others is that the term "Robot Fighter" is placing the focus on Magnus rather than the robots themselves. Do you have any comics in the vein of something like "Attack Of Killer Robots From Space"?

I actually own that book, as well as building a robot army and his jetpack novel, and the Art Deco is always really nice. The coloration of the lasers/rays/sic fi beams really stand out for killing humans.

I would not count the Daleks since they aren't robots, theyre more like mechanical vehicles.

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suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
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#22: Jan 26th 2011 at 8:47:34 AM

[up]I'll see if I can hunt up any other good ones, but Magnus is probably the top go-to comic for evil robot action.

Ah, how could I forget the Metal Men?

Other stuff:

edited 26th Jan '11 8:58:41 AM by suedenim

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#23: Jan 26th 2011 at 12:20:15 PM

We'll definitely need an Image Links page for this one.

Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
Mr. Dr.
#25: Jan 29th 2011 at 7:17:08 PM

That just looks like...exactly the way you described it.

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20th Apr '10 12:00:00 AM

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