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==Precursors of the name== The name "Robbie" (spelled with an "ie") had appeared in science fiction before ''Forbidden Planet''. In a [[pulp magazine]] adventure ''The Fantastic Island'' (1935), the name is used for a mechanical likeness of [[Doc Savage]] used to confuse foes. The name is also used in [[Isaac Asimov]]'s short story "[[Robbie (short story)|Robbie]]" (1940) about a first-generation robot designed to care for children. In ''Tom Swift on The Phantom Satellite'' (1956), it is also the name given to a small four-footed robot designed by Tom Swift Jr., the boy inventor in the ''[[Tom Swift Jr.]]'' science fiction novel series by [[Victor Appleton|Victor Appleton II]].<ref>[[Victor Appleton|Appleton II]] 1956, pp. 116β117.</ref>
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