History Webcomic / WarbotInAccounting

''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/warbot/ Warbot In Accounting]]'' was a short-lived webcomic written by Creator/BrianClevinger and drawn by Zack Finfrock. It takes place in a world where warbots, large unmanned war machines with human-like artificial intelligence, were created by the US military. However, in their first ever use, they were so effective that they were immediately declared weapons of mass destruction and protesters world-wide demanded they be disarmed. The US military complies, but is then protested by AI rights groups who want the warbots to be rehabilitated and released into the civilian workforce.

!! ''Warbot In Accounting'' contains examples of:

* DivingSave: The closest thing X-17 has to a [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome CMOA]] is the time he saved a cat by standing between him and the bus about to run him down. And then it was horribly subverted.

* AndIMustScream: X-17 is fully conscious and feeling, but is severely limited in his actions and unable to speak. This causes him endless torment.

* AnachronicOrder: Three comics take place during [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/15/warbot_003-online-dating-service/ this one.]]
* BlackComedy: Just read the other examples, it'll become obvious.

* DrivenToSuicide: Warbot, by jumping off a building. It doesn't work, though. And then his coworkers bitch at him for ducking out of work that day.
** According to a blog post, the mother of one of the creators had called him saying that the strip wasn't "sad enough" and that Warbot should have been fined for the damage to the street. In order to not give out the wrong idea, this was preceded by him explaining how happy his childhood was and how his parents were loving and supportive.

* InvisibleAnatomy: Very noticeable in some comics--he can't dial a phone, so he tapes a hands-free phone to the side of his(?) self, on a dating site he can type his name and age but not description, etc.
* MundaneUtility
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Warbot [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/06/07/warbot_14-the-all-nighter/ tries to help]].
* NoSympathy

* PaterFamilicide: The result of NiceJobBreakingItHero.

* SliceOfLife
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, [[CrapsackWorld for all the good it does him]].

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: During the ChristmasEpisode, Warbot's co-workers decide that since he's just a giant metal box of bolts, he has no emotions and therefore has no right to be at the Christmas party, telling him to get back to work. [[TheWoobie Back home, he has a single stocking and a tree.]]
** [[BreakTheCutie The stocking promptly gets torn down after he's shunned]].

* ScheduleSlip: Though no official schedule was given, the comic initially came out once a week with few exceptions. Then the updates slowed down to once every few months. Now that Finfrock has been given other business opportunities there's no telling when or if the next one may arrive.
** Which, [[KafkaKomedy given the strip's tone]], would actually be a fitting way for it to end.

The creators have basically admitted that they're ''trying'' to [[SerialEscalation make each update more depressing than the last]]. They've also said that they'll "continue making [it] until the Internet cries out for us to stop". Due to scheduling issues, there are only 15 comics.

** There are several references to AtomicRobo, including a wall calender on the protagonist's cubicle wall, a statuette on his desk, and one of his three dates was to [[TheFilmOfTheBook an Atomic Robo movie]].

The creators have basically admitted that they're ''trying'' to [[SerialEscalation make each update more depressing than the last]]. They've also said that they'll "continue making [it] until the Internet cries out for us to stop". But do to scheduling issues, there is only 15 comics.

The creators have basically admitted that they're ''trying'' to [[SerialEscalation make each update more depressing than the last]]. They've also said that they'll "continue making [it] until the Internet cries out for us to stop".

** One episode has a poster of [[InvaderZim GIR]] in his cubicle, and another has what appears to be a [=GIR=] plushy in his apartment.

''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/warbot/ Warbot In Accounting]]'' was a short-lived webcomic written by Creator/BrianClevinger and drawn by Zack Finfrock. It takes place in a world where warbots, large unmanned war machines with human-like artificial intelligence, were created by the US military. However, in their first ever use, they were so effective that they were immediately declared weapons of mass destruction and protesters world-wide demanded they be disarmed. The U.S. military complies, but is then protested by AI rights groups who want the warbots to be rehabilitated and released into the civilian workforce.

* InvisibleAnatomy: Very noticeable in some comics - he can't dial a phone, so he tapes a hands-free phone to the side of his(?) self, on a dating site he can type his name and age but not description, etc.

''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/warbot/ Warbot In Accounting]]'' was a short-lived webcomic written by Creator/BrianClevinger and drawn by Zack Finfrock. It takes place in a world where warbots, large unmanned war machines with human-like artificial intelligence, were created by the U.S. military. However, in their first ever use, they were so effective that they were immediately declared weapons of mass destruction and protesters world-wide demanded they be disarmed. The U.S. military complies, but is then protested by A.I. rights groups who want the warbots to be rehabilitated and released into the civilian workforce.

The creators have basically admitted that they're ''trying'' to [[SerialEscalation make each update more depressing than the last]]. They've also said that they'll "continue making [it] until the Internet cries out for us to stop"

!!This series provides examples of:

* DivingSave: The closest thing X-17 has to a CMOA is the time he saved a cat by standing between him and the bus about to run him down. And then it was horribly subverted.

* SorryBillyButYouJustDontHaveLegs: The entire point of several strips, and a RunningGag that nobody around him notices or seems to care.

''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/warbot/ Warbot In Accounting]]'' is a webcomic written by Creator/BrianClevinger and drawn by Zack Finfrock. It takes place in a world where warbots, large unmanned war machines with human-like artificial intelligence, were created by the U.S. military. However, in their first ever use, they were so effective that they were immediately declared weapons of mass destruction and protesters world-wide demanded they be disarmed. The U.S. military complies, but is then protested by A.I. rights groups who want the warbots to be rehabilitated and released into the civilian workforce.

''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/warbot/ Warbot In Accounting]]'' is a webcomic written by BrianClevinger and drawn by Zack Finfrock. It takes place in a world where warbots, large unmanned war machines with human-like artificial intelligence, were created by the U.S. military. However, in their first ever use, they were so effective that they were immediately declared weapons of mass destruction and protesters world-wide demanded they be disarmed. The U.S. military complies, but is then protested by A.I. rights groups who want the warbots to be rehabilitated and released into the civilian workforce.

* InvisibleAnatomy: Very noticeable in some comics - he can't dial a phone, so he tapes a hands-free phone to the side of his? self, on a dating site he can type his name and age but not description, etc.

* TooDumbToLive: The friendly skating instructor who decides that warbot's immense, heavy frame is ill-suited to skating... and thus invites him to go sky-diving. The two-ton robot means the plane barely gets off the ground before it crashes, killing everyone on board. Except Warbot.

** The company is called Weyland Accounting. One of the strips is titled and references "The Yutani Account". [[{{Alien}} Put them together]]...

The creators have basically admitted that they're ''trying'' to [[BeyondTheImpossible make each update more depressing than the last]]. They've also said that they'll "continue making [it] until the Internet cries out for us to stop"