ROTTEN TOMATOES: Total Recall: Best Movie Robots

Total Recall: Best Movie Robots

by Matt Atchity

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20. C-3PO

Appears in: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, The Clone Wars

He's fluent in over 6 million forms of communication, but honestly, he's really irritating. Although 3PO serves as a bit of comic relief in the Star Wars saga, and is actually useful at times, in reality, his incessant whining would get old pretty quickly. Bonus points for being an icon, but major penalties for being so annoying.

19. The Iron Giant

Appears in: The Iron Giant

What do you do when a 50 foot robot crashes near your house? Make friends with it of course! The Iron Giant has a cool retro-future look, and a deep, gravelly voice (thanks to Vin Diesel), and he's probably the single most powerful robot on this list.

18. Marvin, the Paranoid Android

Appears in: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Marvin is likely the most intelligent robot on this list, and he won't hesitate to tell you that. He'd probably then tell you why everything about this list is pointless, and then he'd wonder why he's even bothering to tell you in the first place.

17. The Gunslinger

Appears in: Westworld

Before Arnold Schwarzenegger played an unstoppable robot out for blood, there was Yul Brenner in Westworld. Brenner's gunslinger is supposed to be a fun part of a futuristic robot theme park, but something goes wrong (as it always does), and this gunslinger decides he's tired of letting the guests win the duels, and he's packing live ammo to boot.

16. Bishop

Appears in: Aliens, Aliens

Ellen Ripley hates androids, and rightly so: an android betrayed her and her crew, making Ripley the only survivor of an alien attack. Bishop, on the other hand, is loyal, trustworthy, and capable, and can save lives even after being ripped in half.

15. Bubo

Appears in: Clash of the Titans

In Clash of the Titans, Athena doesn't want to give her pet owl to the hero Perseus, and so she asks Hephaestus to create this mechanical replacement. In reality, Bubo was created by legendary stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen, making for an extremely impressive pedigree both on- and off-screen.

14. Mechagodzilla

Appears in: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

How do you fight Godzilla? With a giant robot version! Being a robot version of the King of Monsters earns very high marks, and guarantees a pretty high spot on this list.

13. Maria

Appears in: Metropolis

First! Maria is the first robot in the movies. She's also a major influence on the look of C-3PO. Granted, she gets burned at the stake, but nobody's perfect, right?

12. Major Kusanagi

Appears in: Ghost in the Shell

In our opinion, Trinity from The Matrix owes more than a little bit to Major Kusanagi. They both wear tight clothes and they both are willing to jump through the windows of office towers.

11. Tom Servo & Crow T. Robot

Appears in: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

Another couple of robots that are mostly known for their TV work, Tom and Crow did make one jump to the big screen. In terms of utility, they may not be that great, but these guys are two of the wittiest robots ever to appear in movies.

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D Effin W writes:
on Jun 23 2009 08:49 AM

Lol I love this list.

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JohnnyJonJon writes:
on Jun 23 2009 08:55 AM

R2 is number 1! It doesn't get any better than that.

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CFM writes:
on Jun 23 2009 09:12 AM

A very fun list, although my personal order would be different. I'd put David MUCH higher up on the list. I loved A.I.

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sportzboy698 writes:
on Jun 23 2009 09:12 AM

his list is so true...but I feel like they stuck random robots on to make it 50. One's that aren't deserving...(Red Planet....). They should have made it Top 25

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crystalwhiteeyes writes:
on Jun 23 2009 09:13 AM

This is a great list! Kudos for mentioning SID 6.7. In my opinion, I think Sid and Johnny 5 should have been higher, and of course T-1000 in the top 3. Overall though, a good list!

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Draic K. writes:
on Jun 23 2009 10:00 AM

How is HAL-9000 not #1 on this list?

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Racer Z writes:
on Jun 23 2009 10:09 AM

Darn right R2 is #1! Great list. I'd have like to have seen B.E.N. from Treasure Planet make the list though.

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ColinTheCimmerian writes:
on Jun 23 2009 10:23 AM

Haha very cool. Wasn't sure if you'd put RoboCop on there or not, but I'm glad you did. Would have been nice to see the ABC robot from Judge Dredd on there though, he was bad-***.

I think a sitcom starring Data and Bishop as roommates would be hilarious.

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JUDGE DREDD writes:
on Jun 23 2009 10:23 AM

Good list R2-D2 number 1, accept NO substitutes! Its a bucket full of screwdrivers and a midget that cant speak, yet its just so damn authentic! LOVE R2!

Others on the list are in wrong order though.

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Bob S. writes:
on Jun 23 2009 10:36 AM

The T-X ranks higher than Data?? The former was one of the lamest additions to the Terminator franchise, whose signature robots are 2 of the top 8 on your list, while Data was the savior of humanity in FIRST CONTACT. Hate to ***** about a list like this, but T-X should have been closer to 50 than she was.

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spooksmagee writes:
on Jun 23 2009 10:49 AM

This is the best RT list I've seen in a long time, good job guys!

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g.mauler writes:
on Jun 23 2009 11:02 AM

Great list, very entertaining, but it's all but COMPLETELY invalidated by Gort's embarrassingly low placement! Some other gripes but nothing I'd get up in a knot over, but Gort #29??? Come on people!!

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Jun 23 2009 11:07 AM

I like R2 at #1 as well.

This list was great! Brought back lots of good memories. I forgot about that mechanical OWL from Clash of the Titans until now.

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DarthRage writes:
on Jun 23 2009 11:12 AM

I thought GORT from the remake was the best part of that movie. He was an absolute badass, and no robot on this list could even put a scratch on him.

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chewie louie writes:
on Jun 23 2009 11:25 AM

Yep, R2 deserves #1, but the rest of the list is indeed badly out of order.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Jun 23 2009 11:31 AM

I remember now which one I thought was missing.

Mark 13 from HARDWARE. That was one bad mo-fo robot!

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Zettsyuk writes:
on Jun 23 2009 11:37 AM

Where's the robot from Rocky IV? Just kidding, it was good list.

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Jun 23 2009 11:42 AM

Mark13 from Hardware gave me nightmares!

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JohnnyJonJon writes:
on Jun 23 2009 12:00 PM

In reply to this comment (#2515878)
Happy Birthday Paulie.

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Matt R. writes:
on Jun 23 2009 12:11 PM

As much as I love Bender, the Terminator and Star Wars; I have to say that HAL got cheated.

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