Line #15 Webcomic/LittleRobotBigScaryWorld


1	''Little Robot, Big Scary World'' is a WebOriginal InteractiveComic series found on Website/SomethingAwful. Art mediums changed from mspaint to actual paint, pencil, ink, digital coloring and even Lego. BIP's decisions were decided on democratically, and they altered the course of the plot, as well as the overall outcome of the story.
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3	The series revolves around an adorable robot named BIP, a worker robot on the spaceship ''Plethora''. His sole designation is to push a red button as soon as it lights up. However, BIP realizes there may be more to his life than pushing a button.
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5	In the midst of some soul-searching, however, the ship is forced to evacuate as it has been set to crash. BIP receives a strange device from a Marine, is told to keep it safe at all costs, and is ejected onto an alien planet. All alone, BIP must now...well, he's not exactly sure. But his adventure is just beginning...
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7	The first, most famous story can be found [[http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3145321 here]]. A [[http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3283603 sequel]] was also produced, entitled ''BIP: Ice Station Zero''.
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10	!!This series contains examples of:
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12	* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: After BIP gets drunk on oil, he finds matches and promptly runs around setting things on fire.
13	* ArtificialIntelligence: BIP was built to be the first robot that could discover, feel emotions and learn about life. [[spoiler:The climax of the story revolves around BIP learning he can ''give'' this gift as well]].
14	* ArtShift: Some updates were done in different art styles and mediums, including claymation and stop-motion.
15	* BabiesEverAfter: An alternate ending had [[spoiler: BIP and a female companion]] make adorable baby robots together.
16	* BadassAdorable: BIP is adorable, but also completely awesome, as he helps save the humans from the darkness and enemy troopers through sheer determination, the power of friendship, and making use of his environment.
17	* BigRedButton: BIP is assigned to push one of these, and soon questions the monotony of this kind of life.
18	* CuteMachines: BIP is an adorable, square-headed robot with big eyes and little spheres for hands and feet.
19	* EarnYourHappyEnding: BIP and the humans go through a lot, starting with a crashing ship and ending with the mysterious darkness attacking them, but in the end [[spoiler:all ends well for BIP and the humans, as BIP teaches the darkness to learn and stops it from attacking the others]].
20	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Once BIP teaches the darkness about positive feelings, it releases the humans and wants to help them]].
21	* HollywoodAcid: This type of acid is used to melt enemy troopers; BIP himself is [[spoiler: almost]] immune to it.
22	* HorseOfADifferentColor: BIP uses a beetle, named Go-Ship, as a steed.
23	* HowDoIShotWeb: BIP has to learn his functions through experience, as his creator died before he could tell him how to use them.
24	* InteractiveComic: The comic's events were decided by the readership.
25	* MechanicalLifeforms:
26	** [[spoiler: The darkness was created as a living, mechanical weapon that could survive and grow in the depths of space]].
27	** Go-Ship is a mechanical beetle that BIP uses as a steed.
28	* MundaneMadeAwesome: One of the most important items BIP collects? A Nice Rock, which is used for ''many'' purposes later on in the story.
29	* NeverSayDie: Invoked; BIP is in denial about death and refers to it as being asleep.
30	* OurMonstersAreWeird: The dark creature is a living, mechanical mass of darkness that spreads inexorably.
31	* RuleOfCute: BIP and many of his decisions ran off this, with the readership often selecting the 'hug' option as one example.
32	* SurrealHorror: Some of the dream sequences were done in jarring art styles, often with flashing lights and scary noises to add to the experience.
33	* TeamPet:
34	** The beetle, named Go-Ship, acts as BIP's pet.
35	** BIP himself counts for the human crew, who regard him as their adorable, clumsy mascot.
36	* VideoGameCaringPotential: Members of the forums got ''very'' attached to BIP as the comic continued and worked to help him find a happy ending.

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