THE BOTS OF BARN
RUNNER
Call it "homage." Call it laziness. Either way, every robot that
appears in the Barn Runner games started life somewhere else before I
stole borrowed it for a guest appearance in my game. Just
which robot came from where has been the subject of much "spot the bot"
e-mailing over the last several years. So I finally decided to cut out the
middle man (and save myself a little time) by just listing them here.
Below are all the robots who have appeared in the various Barn Runner
games (in the order that the games were released). Robots are listed by
their proper names, source, and where they appear in the game.
BARN RUNNER 1: THE ARMAGEDDON ECLAIR
(Part One)
Dalek1 (Dr. Who) - Men's Room Attendant
Bot
C-3PO (Star Wars) - Rogue Cleaning Bot 1
R2-D2 (Star Wars) - Rogue Cleaning Bot 2
Cylon Centurion2 (Battlestar Galactica 1979) - Stuff on A Stick
(Part Two)
Red R2 Unit (Star Wars) - Hangar Bot 1
Duey (Silent Running) - Hangar Bot 2 (Painted dark green)
Magnamite3 (Pokemon) - Hangar Bots 3 & 4
ED-209 (Robocop) - Runaway Meter maid Bot
Robot B9 (Lost in Space 1965) - Runaway ChefBot
BARN RUNNER 2: THE EJECTION REJECTION
Yellow R2 Unit (Star Wars) - Hangar Bot 1
GUA Drone (Andromeda) - Hangar Bot 2
C-3PO (Star Wars) - Runaway Robot in Tunnel
BARN RUNNER 3 - DON'T JERK THE TRIGGER OF LOVE
C-3PO (Star Wars) - Cleaning Bot
BARN RUNNER 4 - THE PRICK WHO CAME IN FROM THE
COLD
BU-55C Boomer (Bubblegum Crisis) - Runaway Paint Bot
C-3PO (Star Wars) - Seen in dump in front of house
T-101 (Terminator) - Arm comprises part of bird's nest
BARN RUNNER XMAS 1 - CYCLONE ALLEY
C-3PO (Star Wars) - Hangar Bot 1
GUA Drone (Andromeda) - Hangar Bot 2
BARN RUNNER XMAS 2 - WRECK THE HALLS
GUA DRONE (Andromeda) - Runaway HangarBot
Robot B9 (Lost in Space 1965) - Runaway ChefBot
Advanced Prototype Exploration Unit (A.P.E.X.) - MurderBot
C-3PO (Star Wars) - Bits and pieces laying around
R2-D2 (Star Wars) - Bits and pieces laying around
Blue Robot Prostitute (Futurama) - HoBot 1
Purple Robot Prostitute (Futurama) - HoBot 2
Johnny 5 (Short Circuit) - Robot Council 1
Dot Matrix (Space Balls) - Robot Council 2
K-9 (Dr. Who comic book) - Robot Council 3 (I added teeth)
Duey (Silent Running) - Robot Council Leader (Revealed)
BARN RUNNER 5 - THE FOREVER FRIDAY
(Part One)
Rosie (The Jetsons) - Runaway MaidBot
Duey (Silent Running) - HangarBot
668-3 (Finally named!)
PIN-BOT (Pinball game) - Dome Security Checkpoint Bot
Jedikiah (Tomorrow People) - Door and Lobby Security Bot
Automated Nutcracker (SpongeBob Squarepants) - FixitBot
Red R2 Unit (Star Wars) - Maintenance Bot
Bride of PIN-BOT4 (Pinball game) - F13R0 the Elevator Bot
Gus (Tripping the Rift) - The Googie Family's Butler Bot
FX-7 (Star Wars) - Elevator Bot 2
ED-209 (Robocop) - Meter maid Bot
C-3PO (Star Wars) - Seen in the hallway of the police station
Mazinga5 (Shogun Warriors) - Dream Sequence Bot 1
Mechagodzilla (Godzilla series) - Dream Sequence Bot 2
The Iron Giant (The Iron Giant) - Dream Sequence Bot 3
Cylon (Battlestar Galactica 2003) - Dream Sequence Bot 4
Calculon (Futurama) - Dream Sequence Bot 5
Gypsy (MST3K - Dream Sequence Bot 6
XJ-9 (My Life as a Teenage Robot) - Dream Sequence Bot 7
A.P.E.X. (A.P.E.X.) - Dream Sequence Bot 8
R2-D2 (Star Wars) - Dream Sequence Bot 9
T.O.M. (Toonami) - Dream Sequence Bot 10
Scud (The Disposable Assassin) Dream Sequence Bot 11
Electrode Man (The Herculoids) Dream Sequence Bot 12
T-Bob (M.A.S.K.) - Dream Sequence Bot 13
DexMom (Dexter's Laboratory) Dream Sequence Bot 14
Lucifer (Battlestar Galactica 1979) - Dream Sequence Bot 15
Rodney Copperbottom (Robots) - Dream Sequence Bot 16
Genesix (Bots Master) - Dream Sequence Bot 17
H.E.L.P.eR. (The Venture Bros.) Dream Sequence Bot 18
Tom Servo (MST3K) - Dream Sequence Bot 19
(A guy in a cheap robot costume)6 - "As the World Burns"
Cambot (MST3K) - Food Court Ad 2
Mr. Crush (Little Annie Fanny) - Food Court Ad 3
Blue Bomber (Rock Em Sock Em Robots) Food Court Ad 9
Red Rocker (Rock Em Sock Em Robots) Food Court Ad 10
Old Glory Robot (Saturday Night Live) Food Court Ad 14
Capitan Rivet (Empowered) Food Court Ad 15
Guard Robot (Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters) - Food Court Ad
16
R5-D4 (Star Wars) - Rioting Robot 1
Mekkor (Herculoids Opening Credits) Rioting Robot 2
(Part TWO)
Pending...
(Part THREE)
Pending...
(Part FOUR)
Pending...
(Part FIVE)
Pending...
AND TO RESPOND TO POINTS SOME OF YOU
HAVE MADE...
1) Yes, I know a Dalek isn't technically a robot.
2) 1979 Cylons are robots, named for the lizard race that
created them.
3) It sure as hell looks like a robot to to me, pokemon or not.
4) There are several different designs for her. I used the cabinet art.
5) Technically Great Mazinger, but that was the name of the toy I had.
6) The robot and his pal are my "real life" renditions of Bender and Fry
(from Futurama) as they might appear on a low-budget daytime soap opera.
Thus, the bad cardboard robot costume.