Dingbots
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| Dingbots | |
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| Creator | Agatha Heterodyne (inventor); each other (later models) |
| Purpose | repair tools, recording devices, mobile bombs, etc. |
| First Appearance | The first appearance of Dingbot Prime. ✣ |
The Dingbots are small clanks, invented by Agatha Heterodyne. They are based on a design Agatha was trying before she lost her locket[1].They are more or less self-replicating, though each "generation" is less well-constructed than the last, preventing them from replicating endlessly.[2] Only Dingbot Prime appears sturdy enough to last all through the story. They are autonomous and often do helpful things without direction from Agatha, sometimes without her even knowing it.[3][4][5] They seem best suited to assisting their mistress with mechanical tasks, though they can serve a variety of purposes; some can record and replay music[6], deliver messages[7], and presumably other things as well. Some, such as those built into the Battle Circus, could even self-detonate.[8] According to the text accompanying the sketch A Big Clank Meets a Little Clank, the last function was the first one conceived.
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The Dingbots bear a certain abstract resemblance to the creatures known as "brownies" (more properly, "Watchmakers") in the 1974 novel The Mote in God's Eye, but without the (more) catastrophe-prone... aspect(s) (intentionally left vague to avert any additional Mote spoilers).
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- ↑ Vol. I, p. 12? ✣ "Dingbot subprime."
- ↑ Vol. III, p. 44 ✣ "It doesn't seem to be as well-made, though."
- ↑ Vol. III, p. 50 ✣ Click! Click! Click!
- ↑ Vol. IV, p. 92 ✣ "Well, I don't know! It wasn't me!"
- ↑ Vol. V, p. 29 ✣ "Look, I know you all want to help..."
- ↑ Vol. VI, p. 22 ✣ "Your little clanks -- brilliant!"
- ↑ Vol. VI, p. 34 ✣ "But this message has to get through."
- ↑ Vol. VI, p. 125 ✣ "Watch out! They explode!"
