Robo (Chrono Trigger)
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Robo is a playable character in Squaresoft's Chrono Trigger.
Robo is a humanoid robot created before the apocalypse in 1999 A.D. when Lavos rose to the surface of the planet. His purpose was to serve humans, but he was disabled in the Proto Dome when Lavos returned. He remained inactive until 2300 A.D. when Lucca repaired him and immediately saw Crono and his comrades as true friends. Robo joins Crono and Lucca on their quest to return to 1000 A.D., but is assaulted by other robots inside the nearby factory. His new friends come to his rescue and Robo realized a new purpose in his creation.
However, this purpose is the source of Robo's inner conflict as he is repeatedly called useless and trash by fellow robots. While exploring a robot factory in 2300 A.D., Robo is confronted by the deranged Mother Brain and former robot friend, Atropos XR. They attempt to persuade to Robo that his original purpose was the destruction of humans. Robo realizes that genocide is not his true purpose and both fights Atropos XR and destroys Mother Brain.
Later in the game, when visiting 600 A.D., the party encounter a woman named Fiona, who is trying to replant a forest that has been destroyed by monsters and turned into a desert. Even after destroying the monsters, however, the forest is still missing in future time-periods. This changes when Robo volunteers to restore Fiona's forest and spends four hundred years constantly working on the land. During this time, Robo ponders the existence of an Entity, a mysterious force guiding Crono and his friends through time for some unknown purpose. He explains his theory to the party when they are reunited outside the Forest Shrine in 1000 A.D.
As a character, Robo is both a strong fighter and decent healer, and is required for some of the more destructive Double and Triple techs. Despite the fact that his left arm appears to be a gun of some sort, he never gains an attack that utilizes this - Punches of various sorts, a Tackle, and various attacks that require him to open his armor in some way, but never a gun attack.
In Chrono Cross, it is speculated (although not explicitly stated in the game) that Robo was the Prometheus Circuit inside Chronopolis. He sacrifices himself for Serge by denying FATE access to the Frozen Flame.
Robo's real name, Prometheus, comes from the name of a Titan in Greek mythology. Prometheus defied the gods by giving fire to humanity and was punished for it. It particularly fits with the Prometheus Circuit's role in Chrono Cross. Atropos is the Greek name of the Fate who cuts the thread of life and identified with Roman Morta.
Techniques
- Rocket Punch: "Punch Enemy" (1 MP) -
- Cure Beam: "Restore Ally’s HP (some)" (2 MP) -
- Laser Spin: "Laser Spin enemies" - (3 MP).
- Robo Tackle: "Tackle enemy" - (4 MP).
- Heal Beam: "Heal all Ally’s HP (some)" - (3 MP).
- Uzzi Punch: "Hit enemy with multi-punch" - (12 MP).
- Area Bomb: "Damage enemy w/ Melt Beam" - (14 MP).
- Shock: "Damage enemy w/ Max Shock" - (17 MP)
Dual Techs
Crono
- Max Cyclone: Laser Spin/Spincut
- Rocket Roll: Laser Spin/Cyclone
- Super Volt: Shock/Lightning 2
Marle
- Aura Beam: Cure Beam/Aura
- Ice Tackle:
- Cure Touch: Heal Beam/Cure 2
Lucca
- Fire Punch: Rocket Punch/Fire
- Fire Tackle: Robo Tackle/Fire 2
- DoublevBomb: Area Bomb/Mega Bomb
Frog
- Blade Toss: Laser Spin/Slurp Cut
- Bubble Snap: Robo Tackle/Water
- Cure Wave: Heal Beam/Cure 2
Ayla
- Beast Toss: Uzzi Punch/Rock Throw
- Boogie: Robo Tackle/Charm
- Spin Kick: Robo Tackle/Rollo Kick
Triple Techs
- Triple Raid: Frog/Crono/Robo - Slurp Cut/Cyclone/Robo Tackle. All three characters combine their physical brunt to attack one enemy.
- Fire Zone: Crono/Lucca/Robo - Spincut/Fire 2/Laser Spin. In a devastating, long-range version of Crono's Cyclone, Lucca lights Crono's blade on fire and Robo whirls him around the room, cutting down all monsters within a huge circular zone.
- Lifeline: Crono/Marle/Robo - Cyclone/Life 2/Heal Beam. Crono releases powerful healing magic supplied by Marle and Robo, restoring all characters to full HP and allowing them to automatically revive if KO'd in the current battle.
- Twister: Ayla/Crono/Robo - Tail Spin/Cyclone/Laser Spin
- Spin Strike (Silver Rock): Frog/Ayla/Robo - Leap Slash/Tail Spin/Robo Tackle
- Grand Dream (Gold Rock): Frog/Robo/Marle - Frog Squash/Cure Beam/Life 2
- Omega Flare (Blue Rock): Lucca/Magus/Robo - Flare/Dark Bomb/Laser Spin
| Crono | Marle | Lucca | Frog | Robo | Ayla | Magus | |
| NPCs | Belthasar | Cyrus | Dalton | Gaspar | Janus | Lavos | Masa and Mune | Melchior | Nu | Ozzie, Slash, and Flea | Queen Zeal | Schala |
| 65,000,000 B.C. | 12000 B.C. | 600 A.D. | 1000 A.D. | 1999 A.D. | 2300 A.D. | ∞ | |
| Misc. | Chrono Trigger plot | List of Chrono Trigger characters | Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version | Epoch | Kingdom of Zeal | Mammon Machine | Masamune | |
| Fan tributes | The Chrono Trigger Mixtape, Vol. #1 | Chrono Symphonic |
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