#97 - Thundercleese

Thundercleese, of Adult Swim's The Brak Show, exemplifies what being a military robot is all about: killing, blowing shit up, and enslaving the lower class. His arm-mounted lasers are functionally unblockable and his power supply is seemingly endless. It's actually quite difficult to pinpoint his source of power (it's definitely not magic or destiny), leaving us to assume that Thundercleese is highly advanced. One would think that such a creation would propel this robot to the top of the list. Unfortunately, Thundercleese has some major flaws that we simply cannot ignore.

The main problem lies in the fact that Thundercleese is a bigger sellout than Judas Iscariot and fell off harder than Dennis Rodman and Eddie Murphy combined. Other than the attestation of his supposed creator, Frylock, we don't really have any real source material to pinpoint the pre-Brak Show endeavours of Thundercleese, but it's safe to say he was involved in some sort of machine vs organic oppression. It is totally unexplainable with what happened next.

Skip ahead an undisclosed amount of years into the future and we see Thundercleese trying to settle in to a suburban neighborhood and attempt socialization with the locals (let's not forget that this neighborhood is somehow inhabited by rejected and revoiced Space Ghost villains who's novelty wore off before The Brak Show even debuted). He's seen gardening and tending to his pet goldfish. The attempt to assimilate oneself into organic society is not typical for killer robot, especially when that society is a ghetto for incoherent, brain damaged Hanna-Barbera villians.

Barring the fact that he existed in a low budget, single joke, regurgitation of Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Thundercleese has at least a few strong qualities that earn him a place on this list: badassness and the ability to adapt to any environment, no matter how absurd it may be. His excellent execution of these abilities will always make Thundercleese an unforgettable robot from one of the most forgettable prime time cartoons in history.