The Domestobot.
The Domestobot is a robotic servant mass-produced in the 1980's, and still widely referenced in the 1990s in the GTA III Era. In the GTA IV Era they make a comeback in the late 2000's.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
The Domestobot is prominent in the mission Domo Arigato Domestoboto (set in 1984), Lance Vance plans to destroy Armando Mendez' vault containing his bonds & hires some high-tech equipment that can control Armando's Domestobot, which he bought under the encouragement of Diego. Vic Vance recieved word of the delivery before Lance & decided to take out the bonds using the Domestobot himself. The Domestobot can be driven and obtainable by using cheat devices and third party programs.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Set in 1986, the radio spot for Domestobot aired on Emotion 98.3 and KCHAT. The advertisement informs the listener that:
- It's three feet high.
- It only says ten phrases.
- It's a robotic servant.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Set in 1992, Adam First calls into Area 53 on WCTR to report seeing a group of Domestobots in the middle of the desert while hang gliding. Later on, Area 53 receives a caller going by the name of 632369439, a Domestobot programmed for evil.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Set in 1998, before The Electron Zone on LCFR, a woman is heard on the air saying that she is "the first woman married to a Domestobot."
Grand Theft Auto IV
Set in 2008 the company that produced Domestobot, Electro Toys, released a new creation called El Chamuco Roboto, a Mexican gardener bot that has an official website accessible in internet cafes.
There is also a in-game website devoted to the robot called: Domestobotlovers.com.