Puzzle Description:

Robotina, from the Jetsons

#1: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Jul 4, 2012

Awesome! Fun solve. Never knew the name and still want one!

Wonderful Image. *****

Her name is actually "Rosey":

"Rosey the Robot Maid is a humanoid robot fictional character in The Jetsons animated television series of the 1960s.[7] She is the title family's maid and housekeeper. Jean Vander Pyl provided the voice for Rosey . Rosey is depicted as wearing a frilly apron, and was often seen using a separate vacuum cleaner. Her torso is mounted atop a single leg and she rolls about on a set of caster wheels. She frequently calls George Jetson "Mr. J".
Rosey was an old demonstrator model hired by the Jetson family from U-RENT A MAID. In the episode "Rosey the Robot", her model number is revealed as XB-500.
In episode 12, Rosey compares her window spray to radioactive mist. It is the first time she makes reference to the future.
Rosey is modeled after Hazel from the TV show Hazel, a sitcom featuring Shirley Booth as a similar maid character. Just as Hazel called her boss, Mr. Baxter, "Mr. B", Rosey calls George Jetson "Mr. J".
In the episode "Rosey's Boyfriend," we learn that Rosey has a boyfriend, a helper for Henry Orbit, named Mac. When Rosey finds out Henry deactivated Mac, she goes crazy.
In 2006, Rosey appeared in an AT&T TV commercial, as part of a brief history of robots that dated back in 1939.
As of 2009, Rosey has been used in an Australian TV commercial; the commercial is for capes and other superhero clothing. Rosey appears as a super-robot wearing a bright red cape. She also appeared on a Kanye West music video.
She was spoofed in the Futurama movie Bender's Game, with a robot that looked like her saying "Everything must be clean. Very clean. That's why the dog had to die. He was a dirty dog. Also that boy Elroy. Dirty. Dirty."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Jetsons_characters

Excellent image Kurt,great job.:)

you best work thus far

It turned out great...it's like you knew her or something :)

Very nice Rosey. In Jota's neck of the woods, the cartoon was probably dubbed in Spanish, hence the name Robotina. :)

Jota is NOT spanish

You don't have to *be* Spanish to speak Spanish :)

thanks for the compliments, everyone! :)

and thanks for all the great info, Adam! I knew her as "Rosey" too, but not quite sure who or what Jota meant on a comment to an earlier puzzle. Jota said to google "robotina" images, and tons of images of Rosey came up. I have no idea why that would be, and am interested(if you could find out).

Lots of characters get name changes when they're translated into other languages. For example: the Smurfs were created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo, who named them Les Schtroumpfs. Hagar the Horrible has been translated as Olaf the Viking, Olafo el Amargado (Olaf the Bitter), Hagbard, Hrolfr, Hogar, and many other names.

Thanks Kurt! Indeed this is "who" I meant. Robotina (meaning "small female robot") was the name of the Jetson's maid. The Jetson's were called The Supersonicos (supersonic). I believe both names have more meaning in spanish than in english. I thought of her in one of your previous puzzles and I'm glad I mentioned it, because you gave us this great one.

Gracias.

de nada

Rosie! She popped near the very end. A difficult puzzle with lots of edge logic, and the image was worth it. :) And I love hearing what characters are named in other countries.

What a fun story and good puzzle.

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