Crow T. Robot

Crow T. Robot
Mystery Science Theater 3000 character
Crow T. Robot
First appearance	K00 - The Green Slime
Created by	Joel Hodgson
Portrayed by	Trace Beaulieu (KTMA season – season 7, The Giant Gila Monster DVD extra, Turkey Day 2014 marathon segments) Josh Weinstein (K01 - Invaders from the Deep and a KTMA flashback clip seen in K05 - Gamera, K06 - Gamera vs Gaos and K07 - Gamera vs Zigra) Bill Corbett (season 8 - 10) Paul Chaplin (webisodes) Hampton Yount (season 11 – present)
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Species	Robot
Gender	Male

Crow T. Robot is a fictional character from the American science fiction comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). Crow is a robot, who, along with others, ridicules poor-quality B movies.

According to the MST3K storyline, Crow — like his fellow robots Tom Servo, Gypsy, and Cambot — was built by Joel Robinson, who created them to help him withstand the torment of watching bad movies on the Satellite of Love. On the Satellite, Crow was forced with the rest of the crew to watch horrible B-movies sent by mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester and his assistants. In episode 814, "Riding with Death", Crow describes himself as being made from molybdenum.

Crow's middle initial stands for "The". In episode #K19: Hangar 18, Joel stated that "Crow" was an acronym for "Cybernetic Remotely Operated Woman", giving Crow a brief identity crisis until Joel revealed he built Crow specifically to play this joke on him. Crow is also sometimes called "Art", primarily by late-series antagonist Pearl Forrester. This arose from a gag in episode 203 Jungle Goddess following a skit centered on the sitcom The Honeymooners, where Joel referred to Crow as "Art Crow" (in reference to Honeymooners co-star Art Carney). After Best Brains received a letter from a child who had evidently missed the cultural reference and labeled a drawing of Crow as "Art" (episode 402, The Giant Gila Monster), the show's writers turned the name into a recurring joke.

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