8 Characters You Didn't Realise Secretly Died In Their Own Video Games

8. Robo - Chrono Trigger

Who doesn’t love a scrappy robot sidekick? Particularly in RPGs, they tend to offer a different skill set to the rest of our characters and make for some of the most loveable characters, often venturing on a journey of self-exploration, realisation or something equally sentimental.

Robo is the most versatile character to evolve in Chrono Trigger, and makes for an incredibly valuable battle ally, so it’s only natural we use him a lot, developing a close bond with the character.

This makes it so much harder to accept Robo (or “Prometheus,” as he’s really named) dies after the game’s conclusion.

Robo volunteers to help Belthasar save time in 2300 A.D., and we next see him as the Prometheus Circuit in Chrono Trigger, by which point the Robo we knew and loved and shared smores with is long gone.

Square writer Masato Kato penned the script for Chrono Trigger and touched on Prometheus (Robo) as “the death of such a much-loved friend,” effectively confirming our chromed-out companion is no more.