Berby[1] is a time machine-like robot who lives at the Secret Museum. She helps Xavier, Dr. Zoom, Yadina, and Brad travel back in time. She also functions as the Secret Museum's curator, ensuring that all the artifacts are in their proper places. She is unable to speak, but she makes robotic beeping sounds and is good friends with the trio and Dr. Zoom.
Origins[]
At the start of I Am Madam President, in the painting of Great-Great Grandma Riddle (and her black cat) which replaced that of Great-Great Grandpa Riddle (and his white dog), there is a collection of parts on the desk next to her strongly resembling Berby.
This implies that, if she did not outright create Berby, she at least knew Berby and was involved in making repairs to her.
Language[]
Berby speaks in what sounds like gibberish, but Xavier seems to understand her. In I Am Rosa Parks, when the captions read "blarp bloop" for Berby's sounds, Xavier then says, “Berby says we're in Alabama.”
Competition[]
A Scoreboard shows she is beating Xavier Riddle 100-0 at the start of I Am Alexander Graham Bell.
This has increased to 911-0 after Berby out-races Nellie Bly's train after I Am Jackie Robinson and preceding I Am Anna Pavlova.
Interstitials[]
Berby is shown sleeping at the start of a Bradman interstitial involving warping to Golda Meir's mom's grocery store, the made-up city created by Jane Jacobs, the secret garden of George Washington Carver, the front yard of where the Bronte Sisters lived, and a tennis court between the segments I Am Billie Jean King and I Am Arthur Ashe. Although Berby normally travels with all four of her companions simultaneously, a series of interstitial shorts pairs her with each member of the team:
- Adventures of Bradman and Berby with Brad
- Race Around the World with Xavier
- Hide and Seek with Yadina
- It's You with Zoom
Relics[]
Berby is seen putting away a series of relics at the start of I Am Cleopatra, including:
- anchor
- lantern
- bone
She is also carrying around other relics on her sled which weren't yet put away, including:
- green kite
- orange pumpkin
- helmet
- suitcase
- ankh
This is a recurring skit; it was also played between I Am Lou Gehrig and I Am Marie Owens.
Trivia[]
- Her name is sometimes misspelled as Burby.
- She somehow dies in I Am Madam President after running out of power. However, she comes back to life.