Bobert is a supporting character in The Amazing World of Gumball. He is a high-tech robot that attends Elmore Junior High, and is by far the smartest student in the school.
He is voiced Kerry Shale.
History
Bobert is usually a supporting character in most episodes. However he is the main villain in the episode "The Robot". He is the main hero in the episode "The Agent" where he saves Gumball and Darwin from William.
Personality
Bobert, being a robot, has trouble processing human emotions and necessities. He is very analytical and mathematical, calculating all that he observes into a mathematical formula of some sort. This leads Bobert to not have many friends as He was a member of the Reject Club along with Colin, Felix, and Ocho. Bobert is known to occasionally be jealous of his organic classmates for this reason, and on at least one occasion has attempted to become a real boy, resulting on one occasion stealing Gumball's identity, stealing his family and best friend, receiving a kiss on the lips, and being offered a date with Penny. . He doesn't wish to have an upgrade and instead prefers to be accepted for the robotic companion he is, as seen in "The Upgrade" and is is overjoyed to be accepted as this when Gumball claims they'll 'Grow obsolete together" at the episode's end. In "The Agent" he is more expressive and human-like. He asks for his arms to be returned and he is direct towards Gumball. He is quite innocent, not knowing what love or certain other emotions are. Notably he takes words literally. Though his programming can lead to him occasionally harming people overall he is a caring and quite heroic robot in most episodes, like in "The Photo" he tries to help Gumball get an tan with his laser eye however when this causes his friend to catch fire he rushes of to get a fire extinguisher to help him. Sometimes he is brave, protective and helpful. He hugged Gumball and Darwin and is one of their only friends to be invited into the Watterson home. He has saved Gumball's life at least three times
Appearance
Bobert is a small white robot with clamps for hands and a speaker for a mouth, which flashes green when he talks. In the middle of his head is a large, pale gray eye which can record audio and video. There is a thick black rim around his eye. His arms are black.
Trivia
- He shares some similarities with Robot Jones. Both characters have a mother called Mom Unit.
- Bobert's voice changed in Season 2.
- Bobert's season one design is noticeably different from his in season 1
