Does not compute: The 10 most annoying kid + robot team-ups

Boxey and Muffett the daggett (Battlestar Galactica)
The original Battlestar Galactica was often denigrated as a Star Wars clone, its rebel good guys, armoured bad guys and feathered haircuts appearing hard on the heels of George Lucas' meisterwork. But really, it's just another take on Star Trek's original concept: Wagon Train to the stars. The transposition of the Western frontier myth into space sees colonists wandering the cosmos, searching for a home. And pioneers mean families, and families means one thing: annoying kids learning life lessons.

Boxey, played by Noah Hathaway, learned the lesson that life is tough when his 'daggett' -- that's Galactica-speak for dog -- Muffett was killed by the dastardly Cylons. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to have father-figure Commander Apollo around, who talked Doctor Wilker into building a robot dog: Muffett II. Of all the fictional tech we want, a robot dog is way down the list.

Boxey and Muffett proceed to run the full gamut of annoyance: the kid has a bowl haircut, the dog runs off at inappropriate moments, the kid runs after the dog, they need rescuing... and that's just the first episode, 'Saga of a Star World'.