Robby the Robot - TV Tropes
- ️Wed Jul 17 2013
Robby The Robot is an actor whose breakout role was the 1956 film Forbidden Planet, where he played himself. He has since appeared in many other films and television series such as The Invisible Boy, The Thin Man, The Addams Family, and The Twilight Zone (1959).
He has not appeared since the 2000s due to his alcoholism and cycles of rehab, and seems to have mostly gone into commercial work. He's in the Robot Hall of Fame
alongside his contemporaries Astro Boy and Gort, as well as others. His design gets a pretty big Shout-Out on the Protectrons of the Fallout game series.
Do not confuse with R.O.B or R.O.B. the Robot.
Tropes that Robby encompasses:
- The Cameo: He made one in Gremlins.
- Head Swap: Some of his roles swap out his head, such as this one◊ from The Twilight Zone (1959).
- Robot Buddy: In Forbidden Planet and The Invisible Boy
- Tin-Can Robot
- Uncredited Role: Most of his roles.
Filmography:
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
- Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
- Gremlins (1984)
- The Love Boat (1982, episode "Programmed for Love")
- Heavy Metal (1981, sells Harry a hotdog from a cart in the "Harry Canyon" segment)
- Mork & Mindy (1979, episode "Dr. Morkenstein")
- Wonder Woman (1975) (1979, episode "Spaced Out")
- Columbo (1974, episode "Mind Over Mayhem")
- Lost in Space (1966-67, episodes "War of the Robots" and "Condemned of Space")
- The Addams Family (1966, episode "Lurch's Little Helper")
- The Twilight Zone (1959) (1963-64, episodes "Uncle Simon" and "The Brain Center at Whipple's")
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1963, episode "Beethoven, Presley and Me")
- The Invisible Boy (1957)
- Forbidden Planet (1956)