@mcc
random?

it wasn't random.

Teddy Ruxpin dolls were souless, and as a result, they would suddenly switch to heavy metal. This was in the middle of the "satanic panic", and parents were terrified.

Tiger Electronics and Texas Instruments thought a repeat scandal could be avoided by imbuing each speach synth chip with a soul. A good, christian soul.

It didn't work, but they tried. Nobody knows where they found so many good christian souls, though.