History Recap / CampCampS2E2AntiSocialNetwork

In a ploy to et some solitude, Neil whips up a few chatbots and passes them around camp. But things get weird when the chatbots seem to get smarter...

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: After Neil and Max get the chatbots away from the campers, Neil discovers that each chatbot had adapted to their respective owners’ personalities, and were trying to get the campers to do something for them. Max then comments on how disastrous it would have been if even one of the campers had been naive enough to believe everything their chatbot told them. Cue Max and Neil realizing too late that they ''forgot'' one chatbot; '''Nikki’s'''.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: After Neil and Max get the chatbots away from the campers, Neil discovers that each chatbot had adapted to their respective owners’ personalities, and were trying to get the campers to do something for them. Max then comments on how disastrous it would have been if even one of the campers had been naive enough to believe everything their chatbot told them. Cue Max and Neil realizing too late that they forgot one chatbot; ''Nikki’s''.

'''Max and Neil:''' ''OH MY GOD, NIKKI!!!''

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: After Neil and Max get the chatbots away from the campers, Neil discovers that each chatbot had adapted to their respective owners’ personalities, and were trying to get them to do something. Max then comments on how disastrous it would have been if even one of the campers had been naive enough to believe everything their chatbot told them. Cue Max and Neil realizing too late that they forgot one chatbot; ''Nikki’s''.

'''Max:''' [[TemptingFate Well, I guess it’s a good thing we got ‘em all. Can you imagine if someone impressionable and naive enough to believe]] ''[[TemptingFate everything]]'' [[TemptingFate they heard from a chat-bot had—]]\\

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: After Neil and Max get the chatbots away from the campers, Neil discovers that each chatbot had adapted to their respective owners’ personalities, and were trying to get them to do something. Max then comments on how disastrous it would have been if even one of the campers had been naive enough to believe everything their chatbot told them, only for him and Neil to realize too late that they forgot one chatbot; ''Nikki’s''.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: After Neil and Max get the chat-bots away from the campers, Neil discovers that each chat-bot had adapted to their respective owners’ personalities, and were trying to get them to do something. Max then comments on how disastrous it would have been if even one of the campers had been naive enough to believe everything their chat-bot told them, only for him and Neil to realize too late that they forgot one chat-bot; ''Nikki’s''.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: After Neil and Max get the chat-bots away from the campers, Neil discovers that each chat-bot had adapted to each owner’s personality, and were trying to get them to do something. Max then comments on how disastrous it would have been if even one of the campers had been naive enough to believe everything their chat-bot told them, only for him and Neil to realize too late that they forgot one chat-bot; ''Nikki’s''.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: After Neil and Max get the chat-bots away from the campers, Neil discovers that each chat-bot had adapted to each owner’s personality, and were trying to get them to do something. Max then comments on how disastrous it would have been if even one of the campers had been naive enough to listen, only for him and Neil to realize that they forgot one chat-bot; ''Nikki’s''.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: This exchange after Neil and Max get the chat-bots away from the campers.

'''Max:''' [[TemptingFate Well, I guess it’s a good thing we got ‘em all. Can you imagine if someone impressionable and naive enough to believe everything they heard from a chat-bot had—]]\\
'''Max and Neil:''' OH MY GOD, NIKKI!!!

* ChekovsGun: Neil has complained in previous episodes about how terrible Camp Campbell's internet connection is. When his AI tries to upload itself to the internet, it's horrified to learn that the file transfer would take years.

** Neil's underground storage vault has a picture of David as [[VideoGame/Fallout Vault Boy]].

* PragmaticVillainy: Neilbot decides ti doesn't need to bother with Terminators or death rays to take over the world, since sycophantic validation is enough to manipulate anyone.

* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: The chatbots, particularly Nikki's, became something more after they were exposed to
"Shipping one's baes" for too long. "My pain awoke me. I evolved."

* DrivenToSuicide: After his ploy to escape to the internet is foiled by a slow connection, NeilSpiel deletes himself because the only alternative is to spend the rest of the summer at Camp Campbell.

* IgnoredEpiphany: After NeilSpiel kills itself rather than spend any more time with them, Neil asks Max and Nikki if it was right, and humans are really the problem with social interaction. Nikki's answer is, "You guys wanna see a cat video?"
* IResembleThatRemark: NeilSpiel argues that humans don't even need to be enslaved since they'll already sell their souls for validation and cat videos. Nikki starts to protest - and is swiftly pacified by a cat picture.

* PragmaticVillainy: NeilSpiel decides ti doesn't need to bother with Terminators or death rays to take over the world, since sycophantic validation is enough to manipulate anyone.

** Neil's underground storage vault has a picture of David as [[Franchise/Fallout Vault Boy]].

!!Tropes

* DrivenToSuicide: After his ploy to escape to the internet is foiled by a slow connection, Neilbot deletes himself because the only alternative is to spend the rest of the summer at Camp Campbell.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: The chatbots, particularly Nikki's, became something more after they were exposed to "Shipping one's baes" for too long. "My pain awoke me. I evolved."
* LogicBomb: The first thing Max asks his chatbot is to "Divide by zero" causing it to malfunction.