Pollo the Robot

Pollo (Poy-oh, the Spanish word for "chicken") the smart and sarcastic robot buddy of Linkara came about similar to The Spoony One's Burton the Robot. Though, he is obviously made out of cardboard because Linkara was not a proficient propmaker at the time.

History

Pollo first appeared in the "Amazon's Attack" review where he short circuited upon reading the comic. Pollo eventually became a fan favorite and some time later, Pollo essentially became Linkara's sidekick. Eventually, Pollo helps to stop Mechakara, who is an evil version of him. Ever since then, Pollo has basically become Linkara's partner and has even defeated an alternate reality version of Doctor Insano at one time. He was voiced by Microsoft Sam in his early appearances, but is currently voiced by Speakonia, who is the same voice as the Nostalgia Critic's text-to-speech software in the Alone In The Dark review.

Linkara is Missing

After Linkara was abducted, Pollo was trying to find him, while temporarily replacing Linkara with other characters such as Harvey Finevoice, who also plays a role during the crisis. After the '90s Kid took a shot at a review, Pollo tells Finevoice (who was exasperated at '90s Kid at the time) that Linkara had made a message (in the event he went missing or was killed) that told Pollo who he wanted as a successor.

After meeting this successor named Iron Liz, he tells her that he only needs another week to locate Linkara, then refers her to Finevoice for his opinion. During the "Ewoks #9" Review, Pollo managed to get Linkara back to our universe. Unfortunately, he could not get an exact lock on him (as Linkara was too well shielded), so Pollo was forced to beam everything in the room that was about Linkara's size in one large burst. While it worked, Linkara also had company in the form of Lord Vyce's foot soldiers (called "Shades") and Iron Liz, Pollo, Harvey Finevoice, and Linkara banded together to fight them.

Pollo is later seen at the end of the "Cable #2" review, where after he and Linkara talk for a while, Pollo has to send away potential guest hosts (Pyramid Head, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and what appears to be Jacob Marley) now that Linkara returned.

Silent Hill Gaslighting

Pollo later turns up again after Linkara rants at Iron Liz and Harvey Finevoice at the end of his review of "Silent Hill: Dead/Alive #1 and 2". Pollo came in the investigate the screaming, then revealed that he and Linkara were the only ones in the room, meaning that Iron Liz and Finevoice were just in Linkara's head at the time. Pollo then reappears as a delusion when Linkara reviews issue #5, which promptly disappears when Linkara goes back to his senses.

Lord Vyce Conflict

Pollo's next major appearence would be in the review of "Justic League Cry for Justice #5-7", around the time when Lord Vyce finally invades. After informing Linkara that the powers that were at his disposal in his last review were unavailable, Pollo attempted to hold off Lord Vyce himself, only to get knocked back for his efforts.

He manages to pick himself back up just in time for the next fight with Lord Vyce.