Is R2-D2 male or female?
Michael Mierzwa
Grand Moff Gorp wrote:
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> I've been wondering- is Artoo male or female? There really haven't
> been any references to his gender in the movies, have there?
A different question. I can't remember any references in the movies,
but in the novelizations of the films, R2 and 3PO are on occassion
refered to as "he". Of course that doesn't always imply a gender in
English. :)
I think they are basically ... robots. They really don't have a need
for gender, as if R2 or 3PO thinks it is time for another droid, then
they just might find an arc-welder and go to work! :)
Although maybe they do have programs that are based on genders? They
even might have programs preventing them from creating more droids? :/
Michael Mierzwa
Grand Moff Gorp
I've been wondering- is Artoo male or female? There really haven't
been any references to his gender in the movies, have there?
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On Thu, 09 Apr 1998 05:16:50 GMT, mas...@mail.deltanet.com (Grand
Moff Gorp) was chased around by rabid Ewoks for posting this drivel!
>I've been wondering- is Artoo male or female? There really haven't
>been any references to his gender in the movies, have there?
>
>
>
He's a droid, people call him 'he' but as a robot, it doesn't have any
sort of characteristics that give it a gender.
Kind of like people calling a car 'girl'
Amy
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>anything happened to me, Bobby would take my place. If something happened
>to Bobby, Teddy would take his place." -President John F. Kennedy
>
>"Yada-Yada-Yada" -Seinfeld
>
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Grand Moff Gorp wrote:
I see someone posted Nathan's bail, finally. Was wondering if he'd rot
in jail forever after the Chucky trial disappeared.
> I've been wondering- is Artoo male or female? There really haven't
> been any references to his gender in the movies, have there?
"I'm sorry, sir. He seems to have picked up a slight flutter."
-Threepio, ANH
"You can repair him, can't you?" - Threepio, ANH
Of course, it's obvious that the references to the male gender were only
part of Threepio's programming, possibly to give a more human
characteristic to Artoo to allow for a more comfortable atmosphere for
humans (Hutts, Mon Calamari, Twi'lek, etc.) around what is, in fact,
just a droid.
Kim Le
-- Deity references also programmed after freak mindwipes, but they're
still just a droid. ;)
Jedi Al
Artoo is referred to as "he" throughout the trilogy.
Here are the droids I consider "female", for whatever reason, canon or not.
EV-9D9
The silver 3-PO droid on Cloud City. (What DOES "echuta" mean, anyhow?)
FX-7 (Nurse "Ratchet")
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Grand Moff Gorp wrote:
Sooooo, you thought you'd turn up huh? After polling us for our
information, promising to post the results and then running off to sell
it to spammers? Anyway...
> I've been wondering- is Artoo male or female? There really haven't
> been any references to his gender in the movies, have there?
Artoo is male, and there are references to his gender in the movies as
others have pointed out. The Essential Guide to Droids, I believe, says
that C-3P0 and R2-D2 have 'masculine programming'.
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Grand Moff Gorp wrote:
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> I've been wondering- is Artoo male or female? There really haven't
> been any references to his gender in the movies, have there?
>
Wellsir, given that it ends in a number, I really don't think "R2-D2"
can have gender. 'Sides, this is English we're talking about, right?
There is no gender in English.
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Artoo is male. How do I know? 'Cause he's painted blue! If Artoo were a girl,
he'd be painted pink. :)
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Michael Mierzwa
CandyFish wrote:
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> Artoo is male. How do I know? 'Cause he's painted blue! If Artoo were a girl,
> he'd be painted pink. :)
=)
Yes, I think that would hold up in any Gamorrean court of law! :)
What does that then make a Gold droid? Incredibly vain???
Michael Mierzwa
Michael Mierzwa
Mike wrote:
>
> Wellsir, given that it ends in a number, I really don't think "R2-D2"
> can have gender. 'Sides, this is English we're talking about, right?
> There is no gender in English.
Er, um if you want to think about Trek:
Seven-of-Nine.
That er thing ... has about the least genderless body I've seen in a
_very_ long time. :) No, 7-of-9 is very female looking. Although at
the risk of having a joke totally misunderstood, I will point out that
7-of-9 is very logically (a rarity for er ... um ..., so maybe she/he/it
*is* a droid <--- um the joke folks!). ;)
Michael Mierzwa
-oh but 7-of-9 is highly, um opinionated ... so maybe that make her a
her? ;)
Michael Mierzwa
Jedi Al wrote:
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> Artoo is referred to as "he" throughout the trilogy.
Actually as a kid I just assumed R2 was a "he". Afterall, the Ewoks
tried to eat him. The only person/thing they didn't try to eat was a
"she".
> Here are the droids I consider "female", for whatever reason, canon or not.
>
> EV-9D9
Maybe it is because she is so bossy and evil. ;)
> The silver 3-PO droid on Cloud City. (What DOES "echuta" mean, anyhow?)
Hmmmm, I also consider E-3PO (the same droid) to be like a rich stuck up
cousin of C-3PO. And please Al, this is a family newsgroup, don't say
nasty things like ... er ... E'@*^'$%. ;)
> FX-7 (Nurse "Ratchet")
Nice nickname, but FX-7 seems less droid and more, batca chamber
machine. I never figured out what makes a droid and what makes a
computer. I'd say FX-7 is more like the Falcon's on board computers.
Which means genderless somehow??? :/
Michael Mierzwa
Jedi Al
>What does that then make a Gold droid? Incredibly vain???
Hard to keep clean?
Shefali Asthana
Grand Moff Gorp wrote:
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> I've been wondering- is Artoo male or female? There really haven't
> been any references to his gender in the movies, have there?
What IS it with all these people returning?
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Read the novelizations. R2-D2 has male programming.
Grand Moff Gorp <mas...@mail.deltanet.com> wrote in article
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> I've been wondering- is Artoo male or female? There really haven't
> been any references to his gender in the movies, have there?
>
>
>
> "Joe was supposed to be the politician. When he died, I took his place.
If
> anything happened to me, Bobby would take my place. If something happened
> to Bobby, Teddy would take his place." -President John F. Kennedy
>
> "Yada-Yada-Yada" -Seinfeld
>
> "A big sausage is not something to waste." -Brandon Avila
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Michael Mierzwa wrote:
> Grand Moff Gorp wrote:
> >
> > I've been wondering- is Artoo male or female? There really haven't
> > been any references to his gender in the movies, have there?
>
> A different question. I can't remember any references in the movies,
> but in the novelizations of the films, R2 and 3PO are on occassion
> refered to as "he". Of course that doesn't always imply a gender in
> English. :)
>
> I think they are basically ... robots. They really don't have a need
> for gender, as if R2 or 3PO thinks it is time for another droid, then
> they just might find an arc-welder and go to work! :)
>
> Although maybe they do have programs that are based on genders? They
> even might have programs preventing them from creating more droids? :/
>
> Michael Mierzwa
I'm thinking ot the male/female language refering to computer
connectors. R2 definately inserts a connector into a female receptor of
different ships. I would say he is male and the ships are female.
Francesca Carey
Michael Mierzwa wrote:
> Francesca Carey wrote:
>
> > I'm thinking ot the male/female language refering to computer
> > connectors. R2 definately inserts a connector into a female receptor of
> > different ships. I would say he is male and the ships are female.
>
> Oh, but hold onto your socks ...
>
> In SW, a computer plug (male end) is stuck inside of R2-D2 (female port)
> in order to collect and transmit the Death Star Plans to the Rebel
> Engineers on Yavin!
>
> Michael Mierzwa
Are you saying R2 goes both ways? I guess that makes him a she-male! ;-0
Michael Mierzwa
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Francesca Carey wrote:
A.k.a. a hermaphrodite. Look it up if you still don't know what it is.
;)
I learned it in my Ancient Civilizations class, an Egyptian Pharoah
named Akhenaton was a hermaphrodite. Needless to say, he didn't get too
much respect from his people.
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Shefali Asthana wrote:
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> Grand Moff Gorp wrote:
> >
> > I've been wondering- is Artoo male or female? There really haven't
> > been any references to his gender in the movies, have there?
>
of a sudden. Did everyone hibernate in other newsgroups during the
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Michael Mierzwa
Francesca Carey wrote:
>
> Michael Mierzwa wrote:
> > In SW, a computer plug (male end) is stuck inside of R2-D2 (female port)
> > in order to collect and transmit the Death Star Plans to the Rebel
> > Engineers on Yavin!
> Are you saying R2 goes both ways? I guess that makes him a she-male! ;-0
Er, I'm saying that by that logic ... evidence would point out that
R2-D2 is like a snail!!!
Michael Mierzwa
CandyFish
>What does that then make a Gold droid? Incredibly vain???<
Incredibly valuable.
Candyfish ><<<<">
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Michael Mierzwa wrote:
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> Jedi Al wrote:
> >
> > Artoo is referred to as "he" throughout the trilogy.
>
> Actually as a kid I just assumed R2 was a "he". Afterall, the Ewoks
> tried to eat him. The only person/thing they didn't try to eat was a
> "she".
Well they can't do the latter, this is a family movie.
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Come to think of it, they shouldn't do the former either...
dave chin
aeons ago, on the memorable date of Thu, 09 Apr 1998 05:16:50 GMT, Grand
Moff Gorp wrote to all:
>I've been wondering- is Artoo male or female? There really haven't
>been any references to his gender in the movies, have there?
>
>
>
>"Joe was supposed to be the politician. When he died, I took his place. If
>anything happened to me, Bobby would take my place. If something happened
>to Bobby, Teddy would take his place." -President John F. Kennedy
>
>"Yada-Yada-Yada" -Seinfeld
>
>"A big sausage is not something to waste." -Brandon Avila
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hey long time no see...
r2 is a can with a middle leg that can extend...sometimes involuntarily
i wonder how soon will we see a cHuCkY post?
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dave chin
aeons ago, on the memorable date of 9 Apr 1998 07:38:31 GMT, Jedi Al
wrote to all:
>Artoo is referred to as "he" throughout the trilogy.
>
>Here are the droids I consider "female", for whatever reason, canon or not.
>
>EV-9D9
>The silver 3-PO droid on Cloud City. (What DOES "echuta" mean, anyhow?)
i also thought both of them seemed very female-ish
as well as the black r2 on the deathstar and the mouse droid.
go figure??
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Jedi Al
>n SW, a computer plug (male end) is stuck inside of R2-D2 (female port) in
order to collect and transmit the Death Star Plans to the Rebel Engineers on
Yavin!
> Are you saying R2 goes both ways?
You took the words right out of my mouth.
Stanman
Well, until they give him a pair of CGI balls (or should his ball-bearings
count?:)) near that middle leg, I'm going to assume that droids are
genderless and the terms "he/his/her" are just convenient references.
L8R,
-Stanman-
Phillip Kallas
Shefali Asthana wrote in message <352CD1...@mit.edu>...
>Grand Moff Gorp wrote:
>>
>> I've been wondering- is Artoo male or female? There really haven't
>> been any references to his gender in the movies, have there?
>
>What IS it with all these people returning?
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Francesca Carey
Jedi Jason, Master of the Force wrote:
> Francesca Carey wrote:
> >
> > Michael Mierzwa wrote:
> >
> > > Francesca Carey wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm thinking ot the male/female language refering to computer
> > > > connectors. R2 definately inserts a connector into a female receptor of
> > > > different ships. I would say he is male and the ships are female.
> > >
> > > Oh, but hold onto your socks ...
> > >
> > > In SW, a computer plug (male end) is stuck inside of R2-D2 (female port)
> > > in order to collect and transmit the Death Star Plans to the Rebel
> > > Engineers on Yavin!
> > >
> > > Michael Mierzwa
> >
> > Are you saying R2 goes both ways? I guess that makes him a she-male! ;-0
>
> A.k.a. a hermaphrodite. Look it up if you still don't know what it is.
> ;)
> I learned it in my Ancient Civilizations class, an Egyptian Pharoah
> named Akhenaton was a hermaphrodite. Needless to say, he didn't get too
> much respect from his people.
> -- JJ
So, neither does R2.
Mike
Phillip Kallas wrote:
>
> Shefali Asthana wrote in message <352CD1...@mit.edu>...
> >Grand Moff Gorp wrote:
> >>
> >> I've been wondering- is Artoo male or female? There really haven't
> >> been any references to his gender in the movies, have there?
> >
> >What IS it with all these people returning?
>
> Must be the time of year. After all, spring time is the time for love,
> rebirth, and return to your roots. It;s also time for....PARTIES!!! Woo hoo!
> Break out the RASSM Ale!!! drinks are on me!!! Coo-coo ca choo, buckaroo!
>
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