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|photo= BSGToaster.jpg | |photo= BSGToaster.jpg | ||
|age=About 2-8 weeks once purchased | |age=About 2-8 weeks once purchased | ||
|colony=[[ | |colony=[[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] | ||
|birthname="My New Toaster!" | |birthname="My New Toaster!" | ||
|callsign=[ | |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. | |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]] | |parents=[http://www.dualit.com/content.asp?page=/catalogue/productRange.asp?categoryCode=15 Dualit], Perhaps other [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] | ||
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'''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. | '''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 | 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 [[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 | 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 | 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 '' | 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 [ | 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 | [[w:Talkie Toaster#Talkie Toaster|Other]] [http://www.geocities.com/realm_of_toast/ models], usually produced by the Taiwanese company Crapola Inc, are well known for their [http://www.geocities.com/realm_of_toast/sounds/talkie_toaster.wav 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. | ||
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