Difference between revisions of "Sinclair 2K"

	Tertiary character; Pseudocharacter
Sinclair 2K
Gender	Male
Species	Robot
Planet of origin	Earth
Relatives	See Family section
First appearance	"Crimes of the Hot" (4ACV08)
Voiced by	Billy West

Latest revision as of 21:56, 16 February 2016

Sinclair 2K is an outdated robot who first appears in a dream Bender has. He's also seen at the Big Robot Party ^[4ACV08] and is listed on the Robot Devil's "Wheel of Robots", ^[4ACV18] so he's apparently not only a figment of Bender's imagination.

In Bender's dream, he lives on an island with outdated robots and has very poor memory - his memory is so bad that he forgot what his wife looks like. Sinclair 2K, like the other outdated robots refuses to be upgraded and so is usless in modern society, leading to his fleeing to the island. It is not known if this is just Bender's dream or if he lives on the island.

Character description

Family

A wife.
Cartridge Unit, fellow island occupant.
Lisa, fellow island occupant.
Cymbal-Banging Monkey, fellow island occupant.

Additional Info

Trivia

His design is most likely a reference to Robby the Robot from the 1956 science-fiction film Forbidden Planet.
His name is probably an allusion to the Timex Sinclair 1000 home computer, released in 1982, which had 2 kB of memory.

Quotes

Bender: So what's your problem?
Sinclair: Not enough... uh-- [He scratches his head.]
Bender: Memory?
Sinclair: Oh, great. Now I remember that word but I forgot my wife's face.

Bender: Try again Sinclair, I said target Robot 1-X.
Sinclair: Who's Robot 1-X? Launching.

Appearances

"Crimes of the Hot" (4ACV08)
"Obsoletely Fabulous" (4ACV14)
"The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" (4ACV18)
(mentioned in text only, Wheel of Robots)

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+|gender=[[Manbot|Male]]
 |species=[[Robot]]
 |origin=[[Earth]]
-|family=A wife, as well as fellow island occupants: [[Cartridge Unit]], [[Lisa]], and [[Cymbal-Banging Monkey]]
+|family=''See ''[[#Family|Family]]'' section''
-|first appear={{e|4ACV14}}
+|first appear={{e|4ACV08}}
 |voiced by=Billy West
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-'''Sinclair 2K''' is an outdated [[robot]] who first appears in [[Obsoletely Fabulous|a dream]] [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] has. He's also seen at the [[Big Robot Party]] in [[4ACV08]] and is listed on the [[Robot Devil]]'s "[[Wheel of Robots]]" in [[4ACV18]], so he's apparantly not only a figment of Bender's imagination.
+'''Sinclair 2K''' is an outdated [[robot]] who first appears in [[Obsoletely Fabulous|a dream]] {{Bender}} has. He's also seen at the [[Big Robot Party]] {{er|4ACV08}} and is listed on the [[Robot Devil]]'s "[[Wheel of Robots]]", {{er|4ACV18}} so he's apparently not only a figment of Bender's imagination.
-In Bender's dream, he lives on an island with outdated [[robot]]s and has very poor memory - his memory is so bad that he forgot what his wife looks like. Sinclair 2K, alike the other outdated robots refuses to be upgraded and so is usless in modern society, leading to his fleeing to the island. It is not known if this is just Bender's dream or if he lives on the island.
+In Bender's dream, he lives on an {{cat|island}} with outdated robots and has very poor {{w|computer memory|memory}} - his memory is so bad that he forgot what his wife looks like. Sinclair 2K, like the other outdated robots refuses to be upgraded and so is usless in modern {{cat|s=no|society}}, leading to his fleeing to the island. It is not known if this is just Bender's dream or if he lives on the island.
+== Character description ==
+=== Family ===
+*A wife.
+*[[Cartridge Unit]], fellow island occupant.
+*[[Lisa]], fellow island occupant.
+*[[Cymbal-Banging Monkey]], fellow island occupant.
 == Additional Info ==
-=== Allusions ===
+=== Trivia ===
-* His design is most likely a reference to Robby the Robot from the science fiction film {{w|Forbidden Planet}}.
+* His design is most likely a reference to {{w|Robby the Robot}} from the [[1956]] {{cat|s=no|science}}-fiction [[films in Futurama|film]] ''{{w|Forbidden Planet}}''.
-* He is probably named after the {{w|Sinclair Research}} company which developed the {{w|ZX Spectrum}} in the early to mid 1980s.
+* His name is probably an allusion to the {{w|Timex Sinclair 1000}} home {{cat|computer}}, released in [[1980s|1982]], which had 2 kB of memory.
 === Quotes ===
 {{q|
-<poem>'''Sinclair 2K''': Oh, man now I remember that word but I forgot my wife's face.</poem>
+<poem>'''Bender''': So what's your problem?
-<poem>'''Bender''': Fire again Sinclair, I said target [[Robot 1-X]].
+'''Sinclair''': Not enough... uh-- ''[He scratches his head.]''
-'''Sinclair 2K''': Who's Robot 1-X? Launching.</poem>
+'''Bender''': Memory?
+'''Sinclair''': Oh, great. Now I remember that word but I forgot my wife's face.</poem>
+<poem>'''Bender''': Try again Sinclair, I said target [[Robot 1-X]].
+'''Sinclair''': Who's Robot 1-X? Launching.</poem>
 }}
 === Appearances ===
-*{{e|4ACV08|Crimes of the Hot}}
+*{{e|4ACV08}}
-*{{e|4ACV14|Obsoletely Fabulous}}
+*{{e|4ACV14}}
-*{{e|4ACV18|The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings}} (mention)
+*{{e|4ACV18}} {{mito|[[Wheel of Robots]]}}
-[[Category:Characters]]
 [[Category:Robots]]