The character of Roberto, the homicidal robot, first appeared on the “Futurama” episode “Mother’s Day”, although he would become more of a star in the following season’s “Insane in the Mainframe”.
Roberto, played by the amazing Dave Herman, was a vicious criminal often frustrated that he was programmed to be as violent as he was.
He had a penchant for stabbing, and rarely spent much time outside of robot prisons and/or mental asylums.
Roberto once forced Bender (John Dimaggio) and Fry (Billy West) to help him with a bank robbery, broke into Planet Express to take the main characters hostage, and escaped from an asylum by wearing the robotic skin of his doctor.
“Don’t call me crazy!” he would yell, “I’m just not user-friendly!” His parole officer once ordered Roberto to get an upgrade, otherwise, he wouldn’t get back his stabbin’ knife.Roberto eventually even had a catchphrase of sorts.
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