Comments on: Oh the robot in red, the fellas are crazy for the robot in red...

Oh the robot in red, the fellas are crazy for the robot in red...

grumblebee — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:34:45 -0800

A few years ago, Sam Brown of explodingdog.com started drawing red robots (including my personal favorite). Other people started drawing similar red robots, and Sam collected links to them. Back in 2001, I posted to MeFi about the phenomenon. Then I forgot about it. But the meme continued to expand. Now, if you do an images.google.com search for "red robot," you get dozens and dozens of Sam Brown bots. The bot also shows up on Flickr. He also comes in blue, green and pink. And perhaps some other flavors.

By: grumblebee

grumblebee — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:38:16 -0800

my attempts.

By: ernie

ernie — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:42:33 -0800

does it warn you about the Terrible Secret of Space?

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:49:10 -0800

ernie: Who cares? If you're protected, it doesn't matter.

By: TwelveTwo

TwelveTwo — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:51:46 -0800

Ah, explodingdog. But it always raises in me two questions, neither of which robot related: Why are the cities always in ruins? What/who does the purple dog symbolize?

By: Gator

Gator — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:55:02 -0800

So that's what your red robot thingies have been about, grumblebee. I wondered if there was something I was missing out on.

By: davros42

davros42 — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:03:57 -0800

Paging User #14158 to thread #49494....

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:09:51 -0800

It's not really relevant but this is great exploding dog moment.

By: Pontius Pilate

Pontius Pilate — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:15:46 -0800

I really liked Where am I? for some reason.

By: onlyconnect

onlyconnect — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:31:30 -0800

I like the salad of the future. (Have loved exploding dog for ages. Fun post!)

By: Pseudoephedrine

Pseudoephedrine — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:53:39 -0800

No link to Diesel Sweeties, inventor of Red Robot? For shame.

By: TwelveTwo

TwelveTwo — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:55:53 -0800

Wait, who came first?

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:15:20 -0800

Exploding Dog: March 2000 Diesel Sweeties: August 2000 Sam Brown for the win!

By: jann

jann — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:32:02 -0800

some day.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:34:24 -0800

The 50 Best Robots Ever.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:03:34 -0800

Where's the love for Robot Ron?

By: gren

gren — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:23:42 -0800

This hole I've dug is mine forever will always be my favorite (I even made a shirt with it @ cafepress).

By: anarcation

anarcation — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:40:44 -0800

Don't forget Kompressor's Red Robot Theme Song!