L. Frank Baum created one of the first robots in literature when he wrote Ozma of Oz in 1907 and introduced the popular clockwork man Tik-Tok. Tik-Tok proved very popular and made appearance in several of the "Famous 40" Oz books by Baum and later Ruth Plumly Thompson and John R. Neill. He was even the star of a play wrote in 1913 titled The Tik-Tok Man Of Oz, which Baum in turn remade as the novel Tik-Tok of Oz. Tik-Tok was one of the "new" friends made in 1985's Return To Oz (one of the most underated 1980s fantasy flicks).
We here at The Emerald City Zen Center have gone through tedious and thorough scientific research to bring you the top ten fictional robots of all time!!!!
10. Tom Servo - The MST3K wise cracking gumball machine
9. ED-209 - Robocop's chicken-walking, malfunctioning death-bot.
8. C-3P0 - Fluent in over 6 million forms of communication!
7. Crow T. Robot - The Satellite of Love's bad boy.
6. Maria - Metropolis' lady maschinenmensch.
5. Marvin The Paranoid Robot - Douglas Adams' zoloft required robot.
4. T-800 - "Are you Sarah Conner?"
3. K-9 - Doctor Who's awesome robot dog.
2. Tik-Tok - The clockwork soldier of Oz.
1. R2D2 - This is the droid you're looking for!
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