History Fridge / ReBoot

* When Matrix is infected by Daemon, Little Enzo has Frisket bite his hand to hold him in place. When Matrix begins to threaten Frisket, Little Enzo asks him if he will shoot the dog, something which happened in the first episode of season three when the user shot Frisket in an "Evil Dead" type of game, an event that made Enzo (who would later become Matrix) so upset, he had to be carried away from the injured Frisket by Dot. Surely the thought of shooting one's beloved dog would be hard for anyone to bear, but to consider the thought of shooting one's dog after thedog had already been shot once before, and to have been deeply upset by that past event, would certainly have a greater impact.

* After all these years it's only just occurred to me that Bob isn't Megabyte's foil, Dot is. Bob is Hexadecimals foil! Megabyte and Dot are both geniuses who plan and counter plan for control over Mainframe. Hex and Bob both fly by the seat of their pants and make things up as they go along. Both pairs also make excellent teams and are much less effective on their own! This is also why Mainframe wasn't completely screwed when they lost Bob, Megabyte had restrained Hexadecimal so the only threat they had to worry about was the one Dot was most suited to counter and she managed it perfectly until Hexadecimal broke free and interfered and caught them all off guard.

* After all these years it's only just occured to me that Bob isn't Megabyte's foil, Dot is. Bob is Hexadecimals foil! Megabyte and Dot are both geniuses who plan and counter plan for control over Mainframe. Hex and Bob both fly by the seat of their pants and make things up as they go along. Both pairs also make excellent teams and are much less effective on their own! This is also why Mainframe wasn't completely screwed when they lost Bob, Megabyte had restrained Hexadecimal so the only threat they had to worry about was the one Dot was most suited to counter and she managed it perfectly until Hexadecimal broke free and interfered and caught them all off guard.

* Al is said to run at "10 decahertz" by his waiter. A 100 hertz internal clock fits at roughly the internal speed of a 486 system, still around but largely outdated by faster Pentium systems at the time the first season originally aired.
** Sorry but this is not correct the average clock speed of a 486 system at their release was 33 Megahertz or roughly 330000 hertz.. However there is still a bit of fridge brilliance here when you figure once in a while someone would say 8-bit to something slow or dumb.. now think that 10Dhz would be roughly 1Mhz the speed most early 8-bit computer systems and game consoles ran at.
** Actually, Al only runs at THREE decahertz.

*** They never acted outside their Code. Their specific methods vary but they're always following the same goals that they always have. Granted, it's a bit unclear how much wiggle room they have due to free will and few characters really have their functions laid out for us but those that have are always consistent.

** Sorry but this is not correct the average clock speed of a 486 system at their release was 33 Megahertz or ruffly 330000 hertz.. However there is still a bit of fridge brilliance here when you figure once in a while someone would say 8-bit to something slow or dumb.. now think that 10Dhz would be roughly 1Mhz the speed most early 8-bit computer systems and game consoles ran at.

** Sorry but this is not correct the average clock speed of a 486 system at there release was 33 Megahertz or ruffly 330000 hertz.. However there is still a bit of fridge brilliance here when you figure once an a while someone would say 8-bit to something slow or dumb.. now think that 10Dhz would be ruffly 1Mhz the speed most early 8-bit computer systems and game consoles ran at

*** They never acted outside their Code. Their specific methods vary but they're always folling the same goals that they always have. Granted, it's a bit unclear how much wiggle room they have due to free will and few characters really have their functions laid out for us but those that have are always consistent.

*** The issue of whether you can act outside your Code is a big debate in universe. Generally it seems to be assumed that you can't, but because Matrix, Bob, and Hexidecimal clearly did it's become less iron clad.

**** Turbo was telling Matrix about the infection while [=AndrAIa=] took out the last of the Guardians hunting them. And while [=AndrAIa=] is an AI Game Sprite who will learn and adapt she still can't go against her code, nobody in the series can.

** AndrAIa is a Game Sprite. Killing things that attack her is her function, it's part of her code, she can't go against it.

**** Turbo was telling Matrix about the infection while Andraia took out the last of the Guardians hunting them. And while Andraia is an AI Game Sprite who will learn and adapt she still can't go against her code, nobody in the series can.

* ''ReBoot''. When the User wins a game, a sector of the system is destroyed and anyone unfortunate enough to be there gets turned into little [[AndIMustScream sluglike nulls]]. Now imagine Mainframe is that computer that you play your video games on all the time and always win. Congratulations, you're a CompleteMonster.

*** Bob mentioned in his lecture on game sprites that there are Artificially Intelligent Game Sprites that can learn and adapt. Pretty sure [=AndrAIa=] can learn these sorts of things. Something I forget, though, is whether or not she knew about the infection at the time? Didn't Turbo only reveal it in secret?

** AndrAIa is a Game Sprite. Killing things that attack her is her function, it's part of her code, she can't go against it.

** The alternative was to leave the infected Guardians to slaughter and mangle other innocent people, ones who weren't a threat. [[ShootTheDog There's a trope for that.]]

** Sorry but this is not correct the average clock speed of a 486 system at there release was 33 Megahertz or ruffly 330000 hertz.. Even the original NES ran on a 1Mhz CPU or 10000 hertz, Al just must be form a mid to late 70's "Micro Computer" to run that slow

* What [=AndrAIa=] and Frisket did to the infected Guardians becomes FridgeHorror when you realize the Guardians weren't in control of their bodies, so they basically slaughtered and viciously mangled innocent people. Our heroes, ladies and gentlemen.

* What [=AndrAIa=] and Frisket did to the infected Guardians becomes Fridge Horror when you realize the Guardians weren't in control of their bodies, so they basically slaughtered and viciously mangled innocent people. Our heroes, ladies and gentlemen.

* What AndrAIa and Frisket did to the infected Guardians becomes Fridge Horror when you realize the Guardians weren't in control of their bodies, so they basically slaughtered and viciously mangled innocent people. Our heroes, ladies and gentlemen.

*** Or she got fragged by a user, considering a gamer's mindset when they shoot at things, she's probably like a goomba from Mario to most users. if the game doesn't simply restart like some real games. in which case, she's probably trapped in endless war with a user, without friends. forever.

*** Or she got fragged by a user, considering a gamer's mindset when they shoot at things, she's probably like a goomba from Mario to most users. if the game doesn't [[redirect:groundhogdayloop simply restart]] like some real games. in which case, she's probably trapped in endless war with a user, without friends. forever.

*** Or she got fragged by a user, considering a gamer's mindset when they shoot at things, she's probably like a goomba from Mario to most users. if the game doesn't [[groundhogdayloop simply restart]] like some real games. in which case, she's probably trapped in endless war with a user, without friends. forever.