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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Robot Devil<br />
|type=s<br />
|birth date=before [[2275]]<br />
|age=over {{age|2275}}<br />
|image=[[File:Robotdevil.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=The Robot Devil with his gold violin {{et|1ACV09}}.<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|gender=[[Manbot|Male]]<br />
|species=[[Robots|Robot]]<br />
|voice A=Regular<br />
|voice A by=Dan Castellaneta<br />
|voice B=In {{es|3ACV03}}<br />
|voice B by=Maurice LaMarche<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV09}}<br />
|job=Ruler of [[Robot Hell]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''[[Robot Devil]]''' is the dark lord of [[Robot Hell]], where [[robot]]s of [[Robotology]] are sent after having sinned. As the ruler of Robot Hell, he spends most of his time dishing out ironic punishments and gambling with souls.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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It is unknown when or why the Robot Devil was built. He was likely built before or around [[2275]], when the [[Fairness in Hell Act of 2275|Fairness in Hell Act]] was signed into law. He is a member of the Church of [[Robotology]], punishing those who sin against the teachings of the Church for eternity {{et|1ACV09}}. At some point in his life he came across [[Calculon]]. He made a deal giving Calculon acting ability, and collected on that deal in [[3004]] when he took his ears {{et|4ACV18}}. He has a holiday home in [[Hell's Kitchen]] in [[New New York]] that he bought from [[Kathie Lee Gifford's head]] some time ago. He was also once a member of [[Mrs. Mellonger]]'s [[holophonor]] class.<br />
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When [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] sinned against the Church, the Robot Devil collected him and prepared a series of agonizing, ironic punishments (1ACV09). [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] found Bender in [[Robot Hell]] and challenged the Robot Devil to a fiddle contest after he informed them of the Fairness in Hell Act. They beat him over the head with his [[gold violin]] and escaped, much to his chagrin. By [[Xmas]] Eve [[3002]], he had been arrested and spent time in a [[New New York]] prison {{et|3ACV03}}. He was released in time for the [[Big Robot Party]], where he was to be destroyed along with every other Robot on [[Earth]] {{et|4ACV08}}.<br />
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After he and the other Robots moved the Earth by collectively venting their exhaust, he returned to Robot Hell and continued to practice his music with his [[Robot Demons]] until Fry and Bender showed up again. Fry wanted new hands so he could play the holophonor without practicing, and the Robot Devil made a deal to give him the hands of any robot on the [[Wheel of Robots]] (4ACV18). However, the Wheel landed on him and he agreed to give Fry his hands. He came to regret that decision and set in motion a convoluted plan to regain his hands, culminating in an [[I Want My Hands Back|elaborate, impromptu song]] during [[Leela: Orphan of the Stars|Fry's opera]]. After threatening to marry Leela, Fry agreed to give his hands back and the Robot Devil returned to Hell to play a poker game with [[Richard Nixon's head|President Nixon]].<br />
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He loaned himself and his band out for the [[Turanga-Fillmore wedding]] in [[3007]] {{et|5ACV03}}. After [[Universe Γ|the universe]] started dating [[Yivo]], Bender approached the Robot Devil about gaining a [[Army of the Damned|damned army]] to take over the world. He agreed on the condition that Bender surrender his [[Bender's first born son|first born son]], but to his surprise Bender eagerly agreed. Later, the Robot Devil attended the [[violet dwarf star implosion]] but instead witnessed the birth of the [[Last Encyclopod]] along with everyone in attendance {{et|5ACV16}}. He later attended Bender's [[100th Delivery Party]] {{et|6ACV12}} and the wedding of [[Donbot's older daughter]] {{et|6ACV14}}.<br />
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After Bender was killed by [[Lynn]] and became a ghost, the Robot Devil made yet another deal with Bender saying that if Bender killed Fry then he would be restored to his old body (in retaliation for Fry taking his hands) {{et|6ACV19}}. But Bender eventually decided that he couldn't kill Fry and would rather spend eternity in Hell. Bender took over and managed to destroy the Robot Devil's body, and after their ghosts returned to Earth the Robot Devil took over one of his replacement bodies. But he did not get to keep Bender since Bender was saved by [[Robot God]].<br />
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== Abilities ==<br />
The Robot Devil possesses many unusual abilities. He can summon fire at will and can cause it to appear in his hand or on his finger {{net|1ACV09|6ACV19}}. He is also shown to be strong, as he ripped Bender's arm off with a tug of his wrist. He is also an accomplished singer and can play the violin {{et|1ACV09}}. He is also allowed to murder humans in his bargains, as when Leela agreed to let Fry be killed if she lost the fiddle contest (1ACV09).<br />
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He also has several abilities which seem almost mystical. He can cause a pen to appear in his hand out of thin air, and is the only thing other than [[Robot God]] that can see robot ghosts. He has also shown some control over [[Robot Hell]], causing flames to burst up from the ground {{et|6ACV19}}.<br />
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He can also swap hands with anyone by doing a quick move {{et|4ACV18}} and is one of only two robots who can free a robot ghost from Limbo (6ACV19).<br />
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== Production ==<br />
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The Robot Devil is played by [[Dan Castellaneta]], most known as the voice of {{s|Homer Simpson|Homer}} on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', in all his appearances except for "[[A Tale of Two Santas]]", in which Castellaneta wasn't available so that [[Maurice LaMarche]] instead did the voice.<br />
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Castellaneta modeled the Robot Devil's voice after {{w|Hans Conried}}, a character actor and voice actor whose credits include Captain Hook in Disney's ''{{w|Peter Pan}}'' and Snidley Whiplash in ''{{w|Dudley Do-Right}}''.<ref>[[Volume 1|DVD]] [[commentary:Hell Is Other Robots|commentary]] for "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".</ref><br />
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There is a collectible toy of the Robot Devil, featured in the [[Toynami Futurama Figures|Toynami Futurama]] series 1 to 3 as a build-a-bot.<br />
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== Image gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Robot Devil.jpg|The Robot Devil in his first appearance {{et|1ACV09}}.<br />
File:Hell is Other Robots.jpg|[[Robot Hell]], where the Robot Devil rule {{et|1ACV09}}.<br />
File:Rbot Devil Singing-6ACV19.png|The Robot Devil with his band of [[Robot Demons]] {{et|6ACV19}}.<br />
File:Devil deal.png|The Robot Devil offers [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] one of his infamous deals {{et|6ACV19}}.<br />
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</gallery><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
* The Robot Devil is an accomplished solid gold fiddle player.<br />
* He has a very high-pitched scream.<br />
* [[Robot Hell]] is actually in New Jersey.<br />
* He considers [[Bender]] to be more evil than he is.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]''': Aw, hell- I mean, heck.<br />
'''Robot Devil''': 'Salright, you can say that here.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Prisoner''': ''[To Bender disguised as Robot Santa.]'' Hey [[Robot Santa]], when you see the Robot Devil... tell 'im I'm'a comin'!<br />
'''Bender''': ''[Walks to next cell.]'' Hey that guy says...<br />
'''Robot Devil''': I ''heard'' him!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': Can I have my hands back?<br />
'''[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]''': No!<br />
'''Robot Devil''': You're not nice!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': You can't just have your characters announce how they feel... that makes me feel ''angry''!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': Wow, that was brutal even by ''my'' standards!<br />
'''Bender''': No backsies.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': You see, Bender, it's simple. You're a ghost!<br />
'''Bender's ghost''': A g-g-g-g-ghost?!<br />
'''Robot Devil''': No, just the regular kind.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': That's the laughy part!</poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV18}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV08}}<br />
*{{f|3}}<br />
*{{f|4}} ([[Audience scene|cameo]])<br />
*{{e|6ACV12}} ([[100th Delivery Party#Guests|cameo]])<br />
*{{e|6ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV19}}<br />
*{{clink|US#006|Xmas Time Is Fear}}<br />
*{{clink|US#013|The Bender You Say}}<br />
*{{clink|US#045|Anthology of Interest II|Anthology of Interest II (comic)}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Robot Demons]]<br />
* [[Robot God]]<br />
* [[Robotology]]<br />
* [http://forexrobot.intodit.com/ Robot Forex]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Antagonists]]<br />
[[Category:Characters]]<br />
[[Category:Devils]]<br />
[[Category:Robot Devil| ]]<br />
[[Category:Robots]]</div>Misioshttp://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Robots&diff=96062Robots2011-07-23T00:34:56Z<p>Misios: </p>
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<div>{{species infobox<br />
|name=Robots<br />
|image=[[File:The robot elders.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=[[Robot Elders|The Robot Elders]]<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV01}}<br />
|wikipedia=Robot<br />
}}<br />
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'''Robots''' were first built by [[Humans]] to improve their lives. It has gotten to the point now that Robots outnumber Humans (or at least, voting humans) on presidential elections, and planets such as [[Chapek 9]] are ruled by robots alone. While some robots are designated laborer works, others live regular human-like lives, and they are more and more integrated into society on [[Earth]]. In [[3010]], laws were even updated to allow [[robosexuality|robosexual]] marriage; marriage between a robot and a human. Some types of robots are also capable of evolving on their own {{et|6ACV09}}.<br />
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== Robots in society ==<br />
[[File:A robotic dinosaur eating Fry.jpg|left|thumb|A robotic dinosaur eating Fry.]]<br />
[[File:Nannybot.png|right|thumb|[[Nannybot 1.0]], a modern laborer robot designed to take care of children.]]<br />
[[File:Bender's son.jpg|right|thumb|[[Bender's First Born Son]], an example of a child civilian robot.]]<br />
Robots can acquire wealth, marry, obtain jobs, consume resources, own property and live in robot societies. Each different facet of society in the year 3000 has some form of robot related - to human benefit or not.<br />
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Robots in ''Futurama'' seem to exist in conflict with the idea of form and function - to which present day industrial design strives. In the year circa 3000 robots consume high volumes of resources (Calculon's luxury Bel-air home) and inhabit land (Robot Arms Apartments). In society they can be found in all levels of society - in the gutter "jacking on" (getting stoned on electricity) and at the top ([[Hedonism bot]] appears to be very wealthy, commissioning artistic endeavours on a whim). There is however little social mobility as a robot's function is predetermined by its type.<br />
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There appear to be two main types, or castes, of robot:<br />
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=== Laborer Robots ===<br />
Likely built by Humans, these robots are bound to their programming. They can be easily identified by the fact that their name often reflects their job. They are not all "laborers", per se, but they were built for a specific job, which they perform without question.<br />
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=== Civilian Robots ===<br />
Possibly built by robots (evidenced by [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]'s statement, "We can always build more [[killbots]]" ([[Love's Labours Lost in Space|1ACV04]])), these are free to do as they please, and in fact, many are homeless. They still seem to pay homage to [[Mom]] on [[Mother's Day (holiday)|Mother's Day]], though. Their names tend to have little to do with their occupations.<br />
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This said, it seems that 31st century robots aren't as bound to their programming as meant to. [[Bender]] is a prime example, made by humans and programmed to be a [[bending unit]], but having a free will and being able to do as he will. He is a laborer robot per se, and have a constant, unconsious desire of bending (especially clear in "[[Bendless Love]]"), but can also choose not to, at least to some degree.<br />
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== History of robotics ==<br />
The following is the history of robots originating from [[Earth]].<br />
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=== Early history (21st century) ===<br />
[[File:Project satan.jpg|thumb|225px|right|[[Project Satan]] was created around the year [[2000]].]]<br />
The oldest living robot is [[Calculon]], who refreshes his look every now and then to avoid suspicion, and claim to be much younger. Created around the year [[2000]], he was originally a simple motorized arm working who helped create [[Project Satan]]. Project Satan himself, an evil [[Were-Car]], was the first known robot to have a consciousness and mobility.<br />
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The actual progress of robots is apparently as unknown as the first man on [[the Moon]], but it is claimed that the original robots were similar to neanderthals, dressed in leopard hides and hitting scraps of metal with clubs.<br />
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The [[Robot Devil]] has existed since before [[2275]], but then again it is not certain that he was created on [[Earth]]. The same goes for [[Kwanzaa-bot]], who was assembled before [[2354]].<br />
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=== Sport-Utility Robots (2927 - 3003) ===<br />
[[File:Sport utility robot.png|thumb|left|The first [[Sport-Utility Robot]] with its inventor in 2927.]]<br />
A new break-through in robotics was made in 2927, as [[Hubert Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] invented the first [[Sport-Utility Robot]] (SUR). This robot was designed to be big and sporty (classified as a light truck), and is the ancestral prototype of most modern robots, including [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]. The SUR runs on [[alcohol]] and pollutes in a manner generally reminiscent of human burps, which caused [[Global warming]], leading to all SURs being doomed to extinction by [[Richard Nixon's head|the president]] in [[3003]] at the so-called [[Big Robot Party]]. Although they were saved and global warming was stopped for the time being, these robots are now considered obsolete due to their effect on environment. <br />
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Sometime in the 3rd millennium, [[John Quincy Adding Machine]] became the first robotic [[President of Earth]] after promising not to go on a killing spree. However, as with most politicians, he promised more than he could deliver.<br />
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By the late 30th century, robots existed in similar numbers to humans on Earth, and the high number of robot voters caused [[Richard Nixon's head]] to win the [[Earth presidential election, 3000|presidential elections of year 3000]] by exactly one vote.<br />
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[[File:1X.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Robot 1-X]] replaces the SUR in 3003.]]<br />
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=== Robot 1-X (3003 - 3010) ===<br />
At [[Roboticon 3003]], [[Robot 1-X]] was introduced by [[MomCorp]]. This new model is designed not to run on alcohol and exhaust pollution, but rather to run on pollution and exhaust fresh smelling oxygen. Extremely intelligent and obedient, as well as hovering instead of walking, it is mostly considered a [[Robot#Laborer Robots|laborer robot]].<br />
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=== Proposition ∞ (current time) === <br />
After becoming a more and more accepted part of society throughout the times, some facets of robo-humanoid connections are still taboo in [[3010]]. In July of this year, however, [[Amy Wong|Amy]] and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] among others fought to legalize [[robosexual]] marriages, through [[Proposition ∞]], and succeeded. <br />
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[[File:10000000.png|left|250px|thumb|Humanity is fighting a losing war against the robots in the year [[10000000|10 000 000]].{{ein|95}}]]<br />
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=== The future of robotics ===<br />
At some point between the year [[3050]] and the year [[10000]], Robots seem to have gotten terminated somehow during the many post-apocalyptic eras to come, and won't be created again till [[10000000|the year 10 million]]. Whereas the Robots from the [[31st century]] lived more or less in peace with Humans, the machines from the year 10 million are engaged in a violent, genocidal war against the remnants of mankind.<br />
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== List of robots ==<br />
=== Known Laborer Robots ===<br />
{|width=100%<br />
| <br />
*[[Πkea Robot]]<br />
*[[Robot 1-X]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Boxy Robot]]<br />
*[[Calculon]]<br />
*[[Robot Devil]]<br />
*[[Fender]]<br />
*[[Flexo]]<br />
*[[Gypsy]]<br />
*[[Hair Robot]]<br />
*[[Humorbot 5.0]]<br />
|<br />
*[[iHawk]]<br />
*[[iZac]]<br />
*[[Robot Santa]]<br />
*[[Malfunctioning Eddie]]<br />
*[[The Masked Unit]]<br />
*[[Monique|Monique's]] acting unit<br />
*[[Nannybot 1.0]]<br />
*[[Planet Express Ship]]<br />
*[[URL]]<br />
*[[Trash Can]]<br />
|}<br />
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=== Known Civilian Robots ===<br />
*[[Countess de la Roca]]<br />
*[[Robot Elders]]<br />
*[[Tinny Tim]]<br />
*[[Roberto]]<br />
*[[The Crushinator]]<br />
*[[Vladimir]]<br />
*[[Helper]]<br />
*[[Hedonism Bot]]<br />
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=== Robot Animals ===<br />
*[[Robo-Puppy]]<br />
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=== Unknown status ===<br />
*[[Destructor]]<br />
*[[Robot Mafia]]<br />
*[[Were-Car]]<br />
*[[Killbots]]<br />
*[[Sinclair 2K]]<br />
*[[Lisa]]<br />
*[[Cartridge Unit]]<br />
*[[Bender's First Born Son]]<br />
*[[Angleyne]]<br />
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== Additional info ==<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
:''Because many characters on the show are robots, only quotes that specifically reference robots should be included.''<br />
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{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Fry]]''': Who cares what you're programmed for. If someone programmed you to jump off a bridge would you do it?<br />
'''[[Bender]]''': I'll have to check my program ... yep.<br />
'''[[Leela]]''': [from outside] Open up!<br />
'''[[Fry]]''': C'mon, Bender! It's up to you to make your own decisions in life. That's what separates people and robots from animals ... and animal robots.</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Bender]]''': Admit it! You all think robots are machines built by humans to make their lives easier.<br />
'''[[Fry]]''': Well, aren't they?<br />
'''[[Bender]]''': I've never made anyone's life easier and you know it!</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Robot Villager]]''': With all your modern science are you any closer to understanding the mystery of how a robot walks or talks?<br />
'''[[Prof. Farnsworth]]''': Yes, you idiot. ''[He opens the robot's chest cabinet.]'' The circuit diagram is right here on the inside of your case.<br />
'''[[Robot Villager]]''': ''[He slams the cabinet door.]'' I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe.</poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
Robots appear in [[Episode Listing|all episodes]], but the following are episodes of special interest. ''This list is not complete. Help improve it.''<br />
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* {{e|1ACV01}} - Robots are first introduced.<br />
* {{e|1ACV03}} - We learn more of robot's social life, sleeping and more.<br />
* {{e|1ACV05}} - The episode is set on [[Chapek 9]], a planet inhabited by robots.<br />
* {{e|1ACV09}} - We are introduced to [[Robotology]] and the [[Robot Devil]].<br />
* {{e|2ACV03}} - The robot voters make [[Richard Nixon's head]] president.<br />
* {{e|2ACV04}} - We are introduced to [[Robot Santa Claus]].<br />
* {{e|2ACV06}} - We learn more about [[Bending Units]].<br />
* {{e|2ACV14}} - We learn more of [[Mom]], the robots' mother, and they rebel.<br />
* {{e|2ACV18}} - The [[Planet Express crew]] tracks down [[Project Satan]], the original were-car.<br />
* {{e|3ACV03}} - Another episode with [[Robot Santa Claus]].<br />
* {{e|6ACV04}} - [[robosexuality|Robosexual marriages]] become legal.<br />
* {{e|6ACV06}} - We learn of robots' immortality.<br />
* {{e|6ACV09}} - Robot evolution is observed first-hand on the [[Robo-Planetoid]].<br />
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