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The line comes from The Humans Are Dead, a comedy song by New Zealand duo Flight of the Conchords, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, in which robots celebrate taking over from humans. Performed in their stage act and later featured in their HBO television series, the song built a cult following for its deadpan sci-fi humour. Short clips like this one circulate on soundboards and in short-form edits because the robot perspective is instantly recognisable, even out of context, and the phrase works as a quick, absurd insult for anything electronic.
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The 'lick my battery' line from Flight of the Conchords' The Humans Are Dead, in a deadpan robot voice. Creators use it for robot and tech jokes.
This is the brief, deadpan vocal line 'lick my battery' lifted from Flight of the Conchords' robot anthem The Humans Are Dead. Sung in a flat, mechanical tone with just a hint of the duo's dry New Zealand humour, it lands as a blunt robot insult rather than a shouted put-down. At under two seconds it is short enough to drop into a cut without breaking the pace, yet the odd, futuristic wording makes it instantly memorable. Played over a tech fail, a dead phone or a character acting like a machine, it turns a small moment into a knowing joke for fans of the show and the song.
