R0S1E – Rosey (or Rosie), the Jetson’s robot maid and Rosebud, Charles Kane’s sled from Citizen Kane
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:R0S1E
https://thejetsons.fandom.com/wiki/Rosey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane
R0S1E is a Sani-Bot who malfunctioned. She stormed into Ben’ana Foster Kane’s home and caused him to drop his favorite snow globe on the floor. He demands that Bot must be destroyed.
After defeating Max-Strength Sani-Bots in Zanadu’s sewers, your wizard finally finds and confronts R0S1E.
“I have seen the Alphoi world. It is filthy, it is grimy; its people shatter snowglobes upon our nice clean floors. Enough is enough. My programming can no longer tolerate this uncleanliness. Sanitation must be preserved. I will cleanse this land with a high-concentration bleach solution. I will impose lemon-scented order upon the Alphoi. I will sanitize Zanadu.” – R0S1E
Rosey (later spelled Rosie) is a character in The Jetsons. Voiced by Jean Vander Pyl, she first appeared in the premiere episode, “Rosey the Robot”.
Rosey is a robot and the maid and housekeeper of the Jetson family. She is a model XB-500, an older model, but the only one U-Rent A Maid had that Jane could afford. Despite her age, Rosey is hard-working, dutiful and dependable. She is good friends with Jane and takes the role as a surrogate aunt towards Elroy and Judy.
Rosey is a mostly blue robot made of mostly metal. She rolls around on wheels. When she moves around, there are usually metallic grinding and clicking sounds. Her arms are claw-like and can extend to easily play sports. Her lips resembles small doors and her eyes resemble dials. Mostly pointed upwards, they can move slightly to show different emotions, such as pointed towards each other to mean sad, or pointed outward and horizontally to show anger. Occasionally, her eyes can light up. Her head is mostly cylindrical. Also, she wears a maid’s hat as well as apron and dress. She has antennae on the sides of her head.
[SPOILER ALERT]
If you’ve never seen “Citizen Kane” (1941), be aware that the following spoils the big reveal at the end of the film. I highly recommend this film.
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed by, produced by, and starring Orson Welles. Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote the screenplay. The picture was Welles’s first feature film.
In a mansion called Xanadu, part of a vast palatial estate in Florida, the elderly Charles Foster Kane is on his deathbed. Holding a snow globe, he utters his last word, “Rosebud”, and dies as the snowglobe falls to the floor and breaks. A newsreel obituary tells the life story of Kane, an enormously wealthy newspaper publisher and industry magnate. Kane’s death becomes sensational news around the world, and the newsreel’s producer tasks reporter Jerry Thompson with discovering the meaning of “Rosebud”.
In 1871, gold was discovered through a mining deed belonging to Kane’s mother, Mary Kane. She hired Thatcher to establish a trust that would provide for Kane’s education and assume guardianship of him. While the parents and Thatcher discussed arrangements inside the boarding house, the young Kane played happily with a sled in the snow outside. When Kane’s parents introduced him to Thatcher, the boy struck Thatcher with his sled and attempted to run away.
Back at Xanadu, Kane’s belongings are cataloged or discarded by the staff. They find the sled on which eight-year-old Kane was playing on the day that he was taken from his home in Colorado and throw it into a furnace with other items. Behind their backs, the sled slowly burns and its trade name, printed on top, becomes visible through the flames: “Rosebud”.
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Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages
R0S1E image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
Rosey and the Jetsons image is copyright Hanna-Barbera
Citizen Kane movie poster is borrowed from Wikipedia. The poster is in the public domain.
Rosebud image from Citizen Kane is copyright RKO Radio Pictures/Warner Bros.
Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.
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