PAT (Smart House)
Here’s another throwback: the Personal Applied Technology (or PAT) system from the 1999 Disney Channel flick Smart House. And just as the name implies, PAT is indeed a very smart house; aside from typical smart home fare like controlling the temperature and turning lights on and off, PAT is able to pick the optimal outfits for the family living inside (based on “biorhythm analysis,” no less), throw around a tennis ball to keep the family dog occupied, and… absorb anything that spills on the floor.
The main difference between something like an Alexa and PAT, is that the Amazon-branded hardware doesn’t necessarily resent the person giving it orders. PAT, on the other hand, does—and starts to feel jealous of the other women living in her house.
