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   {{Character Data| 
    |photo= BSGToaster.jpg
    |age=About 2-8 weeks once purchased
    |colony=[[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]
    |birthname="My New Toaster!"
    |callsign=[http://www.proctorsilex.com/products/toasters_2slice/22450.html Cool-Touch]
    |death=When pushed aside by child, the ne'er-do-well bagel-size slotted toaster, trashed.
    |parents=[http://www.dualit.com/content.asp?page=/catalogue/productRange.asp?categoryCode=15 Dualit], Perhaps other [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
    |siblings=Gas Oven, Blender, Microwave Oven (adopted), Toaster Oven (despised)
    |children=Bagel-Sized Slotted Toasters (estranged)
    |marital status=Single (but usually double-slotted)
    |role=Maker of the quintessential breakfast food, or Destroyer of the Human Race
    |rank=
    |actor=ToastMaster
    |cylon=y
    |name= 
    }}
'''The Toaster''' is a device on Earth renowned for its ability to make the popular breakfast food served with butter, jelly, eggs, or other confection. Toasters come in two, four, or even six-slot models.

[[Image:Centurion_armor_old.jpg|thumb|left|A Cylon Centurion, which technically cannot make toast, but is known for toasting Colonies.]]
The laudable term is also used as the nickname that the Colonials have for the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], due to the fact that the original models resembled "walking chrome toasters" because of their highly reflective metal bodies and toaster slot-shaped visual sensor ([[Miniseries]]). [[Cylon-Related_Hallucinations#Baltar.27s_Internal_Six|Number Six]] and [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] have both expressed that they consider "Toaster" to be an offensive racial epithet ("[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]", "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]").

The reference implies that toasting bread and other foods is just as enjoyable on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] as on Earth.

Ironically enough, it is the use of a toaster to make breakfast that draws the Cylon "toasters" attention to Helo's fallout shelter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).

It can also be said that the Colonials enjoy the act of shopping for toasters. [[Lee Adama]] enthusiastically makes a point about shopping for toasters on ''[[Galactica]]'', after the electricity (an important element for any toaster) goes haywire ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

It should also be noted that a few [http://www.hammacher.com/publish/72500.asp# elite model] toasters have been known to communicate by sending or receiving "waves." 

[[w:Talkie Toaster#Talkie Toaster|Other models]], usually produced by the Taiwanese company Crapola Inc, are well known for their [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOrLUHbZiWk infamous greetings], and unhealthy toast obsessions, that are all but guaranteed to drive their owners 'spare'. This condition often leads to an act of 'first degree toastercide', usually involving a 14lb lump hammer.

Toasters were originally developed by the finest [[http://www.tf2.com/ Engineers]] of the twelve colonies due to their collective [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avU5onrWfYo love of toast]].  Many fine men and women died aboard [[Galactica_(TRS)|this ship]] because somebody wanted a better toaster to make life easier.  






==See Also==
*[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]

== External Links ==

*[http://www.fandomfilms.com/player/player.php?id=110 The anthem of toast lovers everywhere,] by Earth resident Heywood Banks.
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