- "Mr. Lightyear wants more tape!"
- —Robot talking to Snake
Robot is a red and blue educational robot toy that appeared in the Toy Story series. He is shown to be good friends with Snake, as they're always seen together. Robot is also known to be good with building blocks. He and Snake appear to be acquainted if not friends with Mr. Potato Head, Hamm, Rex, and Slinky, as they are usually seen sitting with them during meetings and sharing space to sleep on the bookshelf.
In addition to having capability to speak, Robot also makes continuous electronic sounds and beeps when idle. He has an alarm-like sound whenever he maneuvers, that is also heard when he is panicked. He may also have a sound for the emotion of shock.
Appearance[]
Robot is a robotic toy with a mostly-blue body, although the bottom of his torso is red. He has orange wheels with threads, one that has letters, the other numbers. In the middle of his torso there is a yellow rhombus with green up and down arrows. Robot has a yellow handle on his head. He has two red eyes in a dome, which is where a colorful light display is stored. He has grey arms with orange claws. There is a switch on the back of his torso.
Toy Story[]
In Toy Story, Robot and Snake are called by Woody for podium duty for a staff meeting. Robot in particular is seen picking up a block and moving it over to the podium (which is a Playskool Tinkertoy canister). Once Buzz Lightyear arrives in Andy's room, Robot, like most of Andy's toys, takes a liking to him. During the "Strange Things" sequence, when all the toys are working out, Robot stands on his head to let Buzz run on his treads like a treadmill. Robot also helps Buzz repair his ship. Robot got upset at Woody when Mr. Potato Head accused him for "killing" Buzz and was attacking Woody by pulling on his right arm. Later on he became friends again with Woody after rescuing Buzz.
Toy Story 2[]
Robot later appeared in Toy Story 2 when Buster comes into Andy's room, during the yard sale roll call, and watching the re-enactment of Woody's kidnapping after Woody was taken. Before Buzz and his team leave to save Woody, Robot and Rocky Gibraltar assist Wheezy, who pleas to Buzz to save Woody. Upon their return, he watches Wheezy sing You've Got a Friend in Me with the other toys.
Toy Story 3[]
Robot only appears in the home videos that Mrs. Davis took of Andy when he was a kid. During the main events of the film, he is no longer with Andy's toys, as he and many others were either donated or sold in yard sales as explained by Woody.
Toy Story: The Video Game[]
Robot makes a few appearances in the Toy Story video game, reflecting his appearance in the film.
In the first level, "That Old Army Game," Robot is seen with Rocky next to the baby monitor, awaiting the reports from the Green Army Men on the contents of Andy's birthday presents.
In the next level, "Red Alert!," the toys must quickly return to their spots after Sergeant reports that Andy and his birthday guests are returning to the bedroom. With Woody's assistance, Robot must escape from a nightstand and return to his place in the toy chest before Andy's return.
Once Woody accidentally knocks Buzz out the window, the toys believe this to be out of jealousy. In the level "Revenge of the Toys," Robot is one of the many toys out to hurt Woody on his escape from Andy's room.
In the Game Boy version, Robot has an additional appearance in the next level, "Run Rex, Run!" While Woody tries to escape the hostile toys with Rex, Robot and other toys try to stand in their way.
Trivia[]
- Robot appears to be loosely based on the Playskool RC Robot released in 1993, and has some notable similarities to WALL•E, particularly his robotic arms and treads. His voice lines, "Hi! Yo dude what's up?" come from the MyPal2 toy robot from 1991.
- Speaking of his voice, his "Mr. Lightyear wants more tape!" line is more lower-pitched in comparison to his "Yo dude, what's up?" line.
- In the Christmas ending from the Toy Story Animated Storybook game, clicking on Robot will make him do an imitation of the robot from Lost in Space.
- Robot has only three spoken lines in Toy Story.
- Robot's mouth lights up when he talks similarly to Emperor Zurg.
- Both Robot and Snake have been known to be the most popular background characters.
- His early concept art indicates that he was originally going to be a more "regular" robotic figure.
- In his brief cameo in Toy Story 3, Robot is missing his colorful light dome.
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