Pico / Characters - TV Tropes

What Mickey Mouse is to Disney and Mario is to Nintendo, Pico is to Newgrounds (before Tankmen came along, at least).

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Main trio:

In General

Adaptational Villainy: While they are usually portrayed as an anti-heroes they are, few instances of this trope were inevitably going to show up in fan work.
- In Fancy Pants' route in Newgrounds Rumble Pico and Nene decided to lure Fancy Pants to Newgrounds with the promise of ice cream to kill him since they hate wholesome, non-violent games.
- Inverted with Darnell, who is usually less sadistic than he is in Darnell Plays With Fire. There are still few flashes, that are truer to his debut personality, like Darnell burn 'em up! and Darnell: Wrath of God.
Art Evolution: While fan flashes will Art Shift them all over the place, their Calvin and Hobbes-inspired redesign by Jose "MindChamber" Ortiz (created back when Pico 2 was still in development) remains their main look.
Badass Crew: There are plenty of flashes where they work as a team, such as Pico V.s. Darkness.
Badass in Distress: Has happened to both Pico and Nene in various flashes. Darnell is less often a victim of this.
The Beautiful Elite: Pico and Nene are said to be popular, while Darnell's stat sheet states he's got a high IQ. All are variously portrayed as having the looks and romantic competition to match, Nene more so than the others.
Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Inverted; Pico and Darnell gravitate towards guns and molotovs, respectively, and Nene is a Psycho Knife Nut.
Interpretative Character: Almost every single trope mentioned here can be played straight, downplayed or completely ignored and averted, all Depending on the Writer.
Multi-Ranged Master (and Multi-Melee Master): While they have their preferences, the trio are good with any weapon they can get their hands on, up to and including Good Old Fisticuffs.
On a Scale from One to Ten: All three were used on Newgrounds' zero-to-five rating bar (before eventually getting replaced by a Tankman), complete with a side-comment depending on the icon. Pico was used on flash portal for games and movies, Darnell on audio section, and Nene on art submissions. See all of them here.
Refuge in Audacity: Despite anything law-breaking they can pull off, the closest they tend to get as a punishment is being sent to detention. Played for Laughs in Pico Mart, where Luis, one of the market's employees, is the only person arrested by the end of the movie.
They Killed Kenny Again: Since the three are the series' main focus, any of them can die, only to be alive and well in the next flash.
Token Trio: Pico as a white male, Darnell as a black male, and Nene as a Twofer Token Minority (being an Asian female).
Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: All of them are Ax-Crazy at best and outright psychotic at worst. Darnell is probably the most serious offender, as he enjoys watching people burn alive.
Vague Age: They can be anywhere between elementary and high-school aged, Depending on the Writer and context of the situation. However, Tom Fulp confirmed that all the major characters in Pico's School are high school seniors (around 16-18 years old) in the comment section of his blog post, Pico Jams stating that it's based off of his senior year of high school. However he later changed his mind and stated they don't have any specific age◊.
- MindChamber on the other hand, stated they're 13.

Pico

"You have failed the test of life, and I will take you all on if I must!"

^{Click here to see Pico's original design}

Debut: Pico's School (1999)

Main protagonist of the series and one of the official mascots for Newgrounds. A Professional Killer armed with guns, always ready to take an action, if the situation calls for it.

For tropes pertaining to Pico's appearance in Friday Night Funkin', see the game's Characters page.

'90s Anti-Hero: He may not look like one at first glance, but given his affinity for More Dakka, and that many of his Flashes embody the gratuitous edginess and Vulgar Humour commonplace in Web 2.0 Internet media, he qualifies.
Abandoned Mascot: Parodied; a few fan flashes will pick up on Pico's lowered spotlight within Newgrounds and Tom Fulp shifting focus towards Alien Hominid to (jokingly) depict him as an embittered has-been.
Accidental Time Travel: Ends up on a "trans-temporal-dimensional adventure" in Pico's Time Tank.
Adaptational Weapon Swap: Pico's gun was an M-16 in the original game. Good luck finding a fan flash where he doesn't instead dual wielding MAC-10s, as popularized by Pico's Unloaded.
Ambiguously Bi: Love Conquers All shows him in a relationship with Boyfriend for a quick gag, building off statements by the developers of Friday Night Funkin' that the two dated prior to the events of the game. As Love Conquers All takes place in an Alternate Universe, how "canon" this is to the actual Pico is unclear, and his sexuality varies wildly across fan works. This is lampshaded by Tankman in Week 7 of Friday Night Funkin', where he describes Pico as Boyfriend's "sexually ambiguous angry little friend". invoked
Badass in Distress: In Operation: Graveyard, Nene has to rescue his soul from an Überkid death cult.
Big Brother Mentor: To Otis, in some flashes. It's never concrete how much older Pico is to him, but he offers support and advice when he can. He even helps Otis prepare for future supernatural problems at the end of Pico's Cousin 2.
Big Man on Campus: A number of flashes establish him as a popular, well-liked kid, which is part of the reason why Cassandra spares him. Despite coming down on some subculture-based antagonists like geeks or goths/punks, he's shown at times to not have a problem with their interests and will be able to bond with them about them, provided they're open to him first.
Bottomless Magazines: In most games and flash animations Pico can simply unload on enemies. Zig-zagged in Pico's Unloaded, where he initially mows down the Überkids without worrying about reloading, but finally runs out of ammo after taking all but one of them down.
Broken Ace: Pico's active in his class and is quite popular, can dance even while shooting a horde of enemies, and is very physically capable of fighting an army on his own. But he also went through a bloody past that culminates in him being often depicted to have retained trauma from the shootings that continues to haunt him, like in Pico Paranoid and Pico Epilogue.
Combat Breakdown: In Pico's Unloaded, after he gets rid of almost every single Überkid attacking him, he is faced with a single survivor... and is completely out of bullets in his MAC-10s, so they resort to hand-to-hand, where this Überkid is equally matched to Pico.
Dance Battler: He's a pretty good breakdancer, and he sometimes combines this with his gunplay, as seen in Pico's Unloaded. He also dances in one of the animations for the fourth Annual Tank Awards.
Declaration of Protection: Defied when Nene refuses his offer in Resident Pico.
Dual Wielding: He is most often portrayed in fan flashes holding and firing two MAC-10s.
Everyone Has Standards: In Love Conquers All, he's surprisingly understanding of Cassandra's alien origins, and listens to the rest of the Goth Punks' grievances without belittling them. The only thing that shocks and horrifies both him and his Boyfriend is Cassandra's desire to see furry art.
Fiery Redhead: He's a hotheaded, gun-slinging Professional Killer who you definitely don't want to piss off.
First-Name Basis: As a testament to his popular status in school, he somehow memorized everybody's name — even the ones of students who were convinced that he'd never give them the time of day. Love Conquers All shows that he always uses Cyclops' and Hanzo's true names instead of the ones they're introduced with.
Guns Akimbo: The original games have him use an AK-47/M-16 Assault Rifle against his opponents. Pico's Unloaded depicts him with dual MAC-10s, which Pico became better associated with.
The Gunslinger: Of The Vaporizer type. He is often portrayed emptying many rounds of ammunition in most fan flashes, whether it be with an AK-47/M-16 assault rifle or the dual MAC-10s he is more associated with.
Heroic Comedic Sociopath: Can switch between this and Sociopathic Hero, Depending on the Writer. To put an example, in Operation: Warehouse, Pico doesn't seem to care that Nene is kidnapped until he's provoked with a written insult into rescuing her anyway, but makes a genuine Declaration of Protection to her in Resident Pico. Friday Night Funkin' places him fully at the latter, as he saves Boyfriend and Girlfriend from Tankman's assault in Week 7. Can also be averted depending on how the player plays as him, as he can also spare some of the remaining students in Pico's School.
Image Song: Gained one in Friday Night Funkin': "Pico". It makes use of the drum and bass that's heard in many of his flashes, and even includes a Leitmotif of "Endless Handbag", which was the background music of the Newgrounds front page in the late 90's and early 2000's.
Improbable Age: In the timeline of UFA, he's noted to be "a small boy" when he thwarts an alien invasion (implied to be Cassandra's rampage from Pico's School) and takes over Earth with the Ghettobots.
Informed Flaw: Darnell calls Pico "shy and hating confrontation" in the tutorial section of the demo for Pico 2, while Pico had been implied to have been a popular Big Man on Campus in the original game, not to mention that he singlehandedly took down a group of school shooters.
The Insomniac: One of his old profile descriptions mentioned that he has a lot of trouble sleeping at night, among other mental health issues. Some fangames will play with the source of his insomnia, whether it be PTSD from previous outings or he just simply can't sleep.
Law of Disproportionate Response: In Operation: Warehouse, Pico gets a letter from the Überkids claiming to hold Nene hostage and challenging him to rescue her. Pico's only response is "...so?". Then he reads a postscript, where they call him a wuss.
Malicious Misnaming: Throughout all of Pico's School and the finale of Pico's Cousin 2, various members of the Goth Punks, most notably Cyclops and Cassandra, call him "Pric(k)o" when they want to be nasty to him.
One-Man Army: A bunch of goth neo-nazi punks gone postal? There's a Depraved Kids' Show Host you want to get rid of? Leave it to Pico, and he'll do the job in no time.
Professional Killer: Serves as the reason why he was hired to take down Big Brown Bary in Pico vs. Bear and Hansel in Pico Blast. It's also why he was hired by the Girlfriend's parents to kill the Boyfriend during Week 3 in Friday Night Funkin'.
Quest for Sex: The whole plot of Pico Sim Date boils down to this. By the request of his son from the future claiming to accidentally mess up the timeline, he has to get along with his future wife, Nene, otherwise his son will cease to exist. How? By studying better, so he could get more intelligence and a job, where he would earn money to buy gifts, and improving his strength (because "if you're trying to go for someone like Nene, there's bound to be competition"). Then he must have two successful dates with Nene and ask her to dance with him at the end of the school year. And he has 75 days to do all of that.
Redhead In Green: He is always wearing his green sweater along with his khakis in every one of his appearances.
Rugged Scar: He garnered a handful of them in Pico Epilogue to emphasize him being a fighter and survivor.
Series Mascot: Tom Fulp has stated that the Tankmen represent the site itself, whereas Pico represents the userbase.
Shout-Out: He is named after Pico from Cosmic Fantasy 2.
Sleeves Are for Wimps: His completely grown-up version in Pico Epilogue wears a sleeveless military jacket with a tank top, showing his defined arms.
Take Over the World: Pico in the UFA timeline somehow rounded up the Ghettobots and took over Earth, keeping the Penilians at bay for at least 100 years until he died. There's no elaboration on any of this.
Tranquil Fury: In Pico's Surprise Party, he has a very outwardly calm response to his house being turned into a killing ground, letting his MAC-10s do most of the talking.

Darnell

"Pyrotechnics like that bring a tear to my eye."

^{Click here to see Darnell's original design}

Debut: Darnell Plays With Fire (1999)

One of Pico's best friends, a black boy with a love for everything that explodes or burns.

A Day in the Limelight: Aside from his debut flash, Darnells burn 'em up! and Darnell's Recount star Darnell as he takes fiery revenge on the world.
Black and Nerdy: Darnel lists ammonium nitrate fertilizer and blasting caps as his ingredients, telling the audience that he makes his own explosives in his first game. He also has an IQ of 241, which may or may not be a lie.
Characterization Marches On: Darnell Plays With Fire showcases his pyromania and sociopathy at its deadliest, excitedly talking in detail about the destruction his fire causes to an entire city. Stories starting from Pico's School give him the additional ambition to be the school's president, an interest in music, and other hobbies beyond setting things on fire, turning it into one prominent trait among many.
Demoted to Extra: Downplayed. Despite kicking off the series, Pico's skyrocketing popularity brought Darnell down to secondary status with Nene.
Disproportionate Retribution: In several fan flashes, where he fails to become a school president, Darnell ends up going on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge against... everything, really.
Exposition Fairy: Serves this role in the Pico 2 demo, telling Pico who Ghettobots actually are and explaining the controls. He also serves this role in Pico Sim Date, providing Pico with the game's mechanics.
Evil Genius: Anti-Hero Genius more like it, but he claims to have an IQ of 241 and really, really likes stuff burning or exploding.
Flanderization: While his bid for president in Pico's School is over the top, it's not much different from other media portrayals of student elections. Fan flashes tend to dial his desire to win up to obsessive levels, to the point of demanding recounts or laying waste to the school itself should he lose.
The Ghost: His only appearance in Pico's School is on the poster promoting him as a school president and being referenced by Pico in the optional dialogue.
Pico: The exit is locked up during school hours! It keeps kids from getting out. They're lucky Darnell never started a fire in here.
Improbably High I.Q.: Has the IQ of 241, according to the official Pico's World website.
Informed Attribute: He's noted to be a super genius, but there's not many things indicating he's smarter than Pico or Nene.
Kill It with Fire: In most fan flashes, he has a habit of doing this to people who stand in his way. In Darnells burn 'em up!, he takes revenge against the school by burning the building with everyone in it... including himself.
Littlest Cancer Patient: He claims to have only five years to live, though many fan flashes indicate that it's nothing but a lie to boost his chances in becoming a school president. In Pico's School: Love Conquers All, his campaign advertises his integrity, honesty and ingenuity instead, implying either that the claim really was a lie or he just decided to use a better slogan.
Mad Bomber: Really likes anything explosive. It's to the point that he is sadistic about it even during his debut.
Power Palms: In few movies, such as FlashBack 00 and Pico V.s. Darkness, he is able to create fire from his palms.
Purple Is Powerful: Wears a primarily purple shirt, and is a very competent and intelligent fighter.
Pyromaniac: As he makes clear in his introductory animation, he loves setting things on fire. Even more than that is watching people burn because of things he set on fire.
Sadist: He got a lot of enjoyment hearing the screams of burning people when he witnesses the explosion of a commercial airplane.
Social Circle Filler: The Pico 2 demo gives him his own circle of friends that he hangs out with, but beyond their appearance there, Pico and Nene are treated as his primary (if not only) friends.
Sword and Gun: While he loves setting things (and people) on fire, he also carries the modern variant of this trope with a pistol and a knife in place of a sword.

Nene

"Protect me? Protect yourself!"

^{Click here to see Nene's original design}

Debut: Nene's Interactive Suicide (1999)

One of Pico's best friends, a suicidal Asian girl with an addiction to sharp melee weapons and boys.

Abhorrent Admirer: Not normally, but The Herpes Escape sees Pico trying to weasel his way out of a herpes-laden kiss from her.
Action Girl: Whenever she's not Driven to Suicide or plays Damsel in Distress (and sometimes even when she is), she's just as proficient in kicking ass as her male friends. Operation: Graveyard is probably the best example for this trope, where she saves Pico from an Überkid death cult using only a katana. Pico vs Convict has her easily winning against Convict until Pico mistakenly shoots her.
Adaptational Jerkass: In Darnell Has a Crush she refuses to date Darnell because he's black. Darnell responds by filling her locker with explosives. And if the ending is anything to go by, it's implied that she ends up killing Darnell after giving him a smooch while smiling.
A Day in the Limelight: Aside from her debut flash, Escape from Camp Hostility and the aforementioned Operation: Graveyard have Nene in a starring role.
All Women Are Lustful: She's the Token Female of the group and is by far the most likely to be depicted as promiscuous and sexually deviant.
And Then John Was a Zombie: In Pico — RPS Roulette she inexplicably comes back to life to save Pico and Darnell from Mr. Flacit, who was about to kill them for violating the rock paper scissors roulette rules. Pico then kills her, saying she was obviously a zombie.
Asian Airhead: In some fan flashes, Nene comes off as more ditzy compared to Pico or Darnell.
Asian Buck Teeth: Sometimes depicted with two of them, most notably in Pico Roulette◊.
Asian Store-Owner: Newgrounds Rumble has her in charge of the convenience store. Said place serves as her Home Stage.
Badass Adorable: Wears a cute pink outfit and is likely to be portrayed as just as badass as Pico is. She is notably this in Pico vs Convict, where not only does she flip off Convict (all while wearing a smile on her face), but she almost kills the titular shapeshifter near the end of the flash, before Pico shoots her.
Be a Whore to Get Your Man: In Pico's Cat Fight she strips to try to appeal to Pico after she accidentally rips off Cassandra's shirt fighting her. It doesn't work, as Pico goes off to make out with Darnell instead.
Blade Enthusiast: The Perfect Murder had her use a pair of kitchen knives, which would become her main weapon in many fan flashes.
Broken Ace: Nene Interactive Suicide says of her "even popular girls have problems" right off the bat, then spends the rest of the movie showing her suicidal tendencies. Subverted in most appearances, as her popularity is primarily downplayed in favor of whatever problem she's currently dealing with.
Combat Sadomasochist: She's noted to be both a sadist and a masochist in her flash profile.
Damsel in Distress: Occasionally gets captured, with Pico usually being the one to rescue her.
Death Seeker: Whether it be out of genuine suicidal despair or merely out of a whim, she's often looking for death. Resident Pico even has her wave off Pico's Declaration of Protection because she's eager to get Eaten Alive by zombies.
Demoted to Extra: Downplayed; like Darnell, she was given a focus flash before Pico's popularity made her his co-star. She fares a little better than Darnell, as advertisements and banners often position her as Pico's Distaff Counterpart.
Dirty Kid: She's very promiscuous towards boys. And, depending on the creator, even partakes in more than just making out despite her young age.
Driven to Suicide: With the reason being a sudden outbreak of herpes, at least in Nene's Interactive Suicide. Other works, like Pico's School or Nene's Sorrow, may either keep it or give another reason for her suicidal actions altogether. Averted in most of the fan flashes, where she rarely, if ever, shows the signs of this trait in favour of being a Action Girl.
Dude Magnet: Since she's often depicted as a popular kid, fan works include Darnell, Pico, and Cyclops among her admirers.
Genuine Human Hide: A Halloween illustration has her go trick-or-treating with Pico dressed up as Darnell...using Darnell's just-skinned face as the mask.
Girly Bruiser: She is very feminine and also a competent fighter with a preference for knives.
Girlish Pigtails: Nene's appearance in Resident Pico sees her hair divided into twintails.
Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Her room was littered with stuffed animals and other typically girly items in Nene's Interactive Suicide. Other fan flashes will retain this trait.
I Love the Dead: Some flashes give her a necrophiliac trait. She's also very welcome to the zombies having their way with her in Resident Pico.
In Love with Your Carnage: After initially rejecting Darnell for being black in Darnell Has a Crush, she changes her mind after he fills her locker with explosives and nearly kills her. She stabs him right after.
Interchangeable Asian Cultures: Nene clearly has East Asian heritage, but what ethnicity she is gets left to the fans. Originally she was named after a (Russian) anime character and makes multiple references to Seppuku, hinting that she's Japanese, but other popular flashes such as Sim Date have instead labelled her as Chinese. Going towards the 2010s and into the K-Pop craze, Nene started getting labelled as South Korean too.
Interplay of Sex and Violence: Nene is often depicted as being aroused by violence, interweaving sexual actions with violent acts.
Katanas Are Just Better: Fan flashes such as Operation: Graveyard and House of 1,000 Cats will have her upgrade from her usual pairing knives to this classic.
Love Be a Lady: She's the most tied to love, lust, and romance out of the three — heck, even her first appearance was the result of a tryst the day before. She wears hearts on her clothes, she's the most prone to being portrayed as a love interest or an object of desire, and if love is a theme in a flash, it will usually involve Nene in some fashion.
A Love to Dismember: Invoked in an official Valentine's Day render, where she happily gives her confused crush a box with her lopped-off ear in it.
Ms. Fanservice: Her original sprite already depicts her with prominent breasts compared to other student girls, but plenty of fan flashes will age Nene up and give her a more voluptuous figure.
Named by the Adaptation: Being a Dating Sim, Pico Sim Date has quite a lot of new information given about her, which most other fan flashes don't tend to explore, such as her full name being Nene Chow. That is, if you take non-Fulp works as canon.
Nonstandard Character Design: When a flash in question uses Monochromatic Eyes for characters, Nene's eyes have a huge chance to be drawn as two rectangles, representing her Asian nationality. Designs that opt out of using rectangles instead make her eye shape more oval or realistic than the others.
Nothing Nice About Sugar and Spice: Nene is a pink-loving Girly Girl and often portrayed as a bloodthirsty psychopath.
Pink Means Feminine: She's the only girl in the trio, and her outfit consists of a dark pink headband, dress/overalls, and shoes, and light pink tights/pants, a light pink shirt, and light pink hearts on her shoes. Mixes with Pink Is Erotic, as she's often depicted in fan flashes as attractive and being the most focused with having concupiscent ties.
Plot Allergy: She's deathly lactose intolerant in Nene's Interactive Suicide. Should you give her the milk carton near the head of her bed, she will down the whole thing, causing her head to explode.
Psycho Pink: In works that play up her Action Girl status, her bright pink clothes help her stand out amongst the carnage.
Really Gets Around: She's just as promiscuous towards boys as she is suicidal. It's also the reason why she has herpes in Nene's Interactive Suicide.
Ship Tease: If she's not a friend or ally, most fan flashes will depict her as the closest thing Pico has to a love interest. She flirts with him on a number of occasions, shares a kiss with him in Pico's Time Tank, and their biggest romantic outing (Pico Sim Date) is all about Pico trying to woo her to preserve their Kid from the Future. Sometimes, she gets depicted to be with Darnell instead, like in Darnell Has A Crush and Pico Heartbroken (where she cheated on Pico by hooking up with Darnell, which lead to Pico's Heroic BSoD).
Shout-Out: She is named after Nene Romanova from Bubblegum Crisis.
Signature Headgear: She's never seen without her pink headband.
Slasher Smile: Gives a rather terrifying one as she's about to kill Convict during the climax of Pico vs Convict... that is, until Pico mistakingly shoots her in the head.
Suicide as Comedy: Her near-constant search for that sweet release is always played for Black Comedy, with one of her official renders even showing her flashing a peace sign at the viewer as she tries to hang herself. Notable exceptions include the original Pico's School (where she's genuinely traumatized by the school shooting) and Newgrounds Rumble (where she feels lost and confused after becoming the ruler of the Portal, especially since she just had Pico turn against her, leaving her no other option but to kill him).
Twofer Token Minority: She is Asian, and the only girl in the trio.
Unwanted Rescue: Refuses Pico's insistence on protecting her because she wants her brains eaten out in Resident Pico. Averted in many non-Fulp works, such as Operation: Warehouse, where she's more thankful for being rescued.
What the Hell, Hero?: Pico gives her a very disappointed look when he finds out she refuses to date Darnell because he's black in Darnell Has a Crush.
Your Head Asplode: This happens when the milk is selected in Nene Interactive Suicide. Upon drinking the beverage, she, being lactose intolerant, vomits blood before her head blows up a few seconds later. ^note

Antagonists:

The Goth Punks:

In General

Aerith and Bob: The four main members have names that split the difference between normal (Cassandra and Hanzo) and outlandish (Alucard and Cyclops). The true names of Cyclops and Hanzo, however, put the normality of names at 3:1.
Axes at School: They launch an all-out attack on their own classmates with an assortment of assault rifles (and one sword) they snuck in to school.
Dysfunction Junction: According to Love Conquers All, everyone on the team has some kind of problem to make them rebel. Cyclops was bullied for his eyepatch, Alucard was experimented on as a baby, Hanzo was the kid everybody ignored, and Cassandra was sent to raze Earth to make way for her home planet's people.
The Ghost: Flashes that directly refer to the events of Pico's School usually mention their actions. Pico's Cousin 2 in particular had their deaths be the impetus for the antagonists' plot... save Cassandra, who is remembered as a bitch and a turncoat.
Informed Attribute: There are some members of the group that aren't goth or punk at all. The original Pico's School included what looks like a beatnik as a Red Shirt, while mainstay Hanzo dresses like a Ninja rather than either of the main subcultures. The goth kids that would have been their protoges in Pico 2 carry on the tradition through their inclusion of Durst, a Nu-Metal fan who couldn't fit anywhere else.
Leitmotif: In Pico's School, their scenes are accompanied by an instrumental punk track. The original version of the game even combined this with Motif Merger for their boss fights, where another punk instrumental was overlaid with Pico's DnB drums.
Only Known by Their Nickname: According to Love Conquers All, Cyclops (more obviously) and Hanzo (less obviously). Pico is the only character who says their real names when talking to them. Tom Fulp has also confirmed Alucard as using a nickname.
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: In at least one continuity, the main four are the kids that would otherwise be picked on, abused, or ignored, with other fan games implying their followers are just as lonely and attention-seeking. Fittingly, their enemy is the resident Big Man on Campus.
Similar Squad: In Pico's Cousin 2, all of them (aside from the returning Hanzo) also has a cousin with a similar skillset. Casandra's is named Damien, Alucard's is named Ozmoze, and Cyclops' has No Name Given.
Spear Carrier: There are two extra members of the group encountered at the end of Pico's School, seen hiding in the boiler room. They barely move from their spot and get one line each, characterizing them as kids who just wanted space for themselves, before being unceremoniously gunned down by Cassandra.
Spree Killer: These four are responsible for the massacre of an entire high school, done in a few short hours.
Subculture of the Week: A more tongue-in-cheek example than most.
Super Gullible: Goths and Punks are in general portrayed as easily manipulated nonconformists, mostly stemming from their status as outcasts who want to feel noticed or important. Pico's Cousin 2 exaggerates this to the point where the Penilians deliberately target them as lackeys for their insecurities.
Talking the Monster to Death: At their most well-behaved, Pico can get them to stand down by talking to them like misguided friends. At their worst, however, he gives them a Breaking Speech before curbstomping them.
Teens Are Monsters: All of them are vaguely-teenaged antisocial murderers.
They Killed Kenny Again: Like with the main trio, which of them are alive and which are dead depends on the flash. Often they'll get killed only to come back later.
Token Non-Human: As far as Tom's flashes are concerned, Cassandra is the alien leader of a group of human outcasts.
Unwitting Pawn: Cassandra's human lackeys were all merely pawns in her bid to conquer the earth. Love Conquers All has her genuinely befriend them instead.
Vague Age: While they look and act no older than the other kids in most interpretations, Pico consistently refers to their anger as "teen angst" in both versions of Pico's School.

Cassandra

Cassandra/Casandra

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"To be honest, I don't give a shit about this society crap. I've got other plans for this world."

Debut: Pico's School (1999)

The main antagonist of the original Pico's School. She is the leader of the Goth Punks, who got fed up with the American education system and decide to turn their school into a battlefield.

Adaptational Nice Guy: In Love Conquers All. While Pico brings out the best in her by talking her down from her shooting and bonding with her, she's shown to have already bonded with her fellow Goth Punks and cared for them, whereas in the original game she saw them as nothing more than pawns and even shot some of them herself.
Alien Among Us: Has already infiltrated human society by the time her debut game starts, though how much anybody knows about her alien origins depends on the flash. She becomes a more benign example after being talked down in Love Conquers All.
Alien Invasion: In Love Conquers All she says that her purpose for being on Earth is to conquer it for her kind.
Aliens Are Bastards: She is a member of the Penilians, detailed further below.
All Love Is Unrequited: Her ambiguous crush on Pico goes nowhere in Love Conquers All, as he's already got a boyfriend by the time he befriends her. She appears to be fine with the revelation, being more upset that the two judge her interest in furry art more than anything.
Ambiguously Bi: In Love Conquers All, she states all Penilians are gay, because all Penilians are the same sex; however, in the original Pico's School (and in Love Conquers All), Cyclops says the only reason Pico wasn't shot with the rest of his class was because Cassandra has a crush on him, which she neither confirms nor denies. Some fan works also give her an interest in Nene, such as Cassandra's Revenge.
Attack Its Weak Point: The only way to do damage to her alien form in the final battle is by targeting the dangling genitalia between her legs. Pico Roulette implies this to be the case for her human form as well, as if she loses Rock–Paper–Scissors and has to try her luck with the gun, she aims for the crotch.
Becoming the Mask: While by the end of Pico's School she claims her siding with the goths was a front, Love Conquers All has her embarrassed by Pico confessing the plan to Alucard and legitimately upset at her interactions with him being read as uncaring manipulation, to the point of calling herself a "grade-A dingus" for walking over his feelings.
Bizarre Alien Biology: She is a Penilian, which according to Love Conquers All are a one-sex hermaphroditic race with large sexual characteristics. And that's not even going into her true form's other oddities, such as their overlong arms and mandibles.
Body Horror: Her transformation into her Penilian body involves her face splitting in half and her head twisting upside down.
Creepy Crosses: She has golden inverted crosses on her shoes, which are seen by many as a blasphemous symbol.^note
A Day in the Limelight: Cassandra's Revenge, a Russian Reversal fan game where she attempts to get back at Pico by gunning him down.
Depraved Bisexual: Cassandra has apparently had a crush on Pico, claims all Penilians are gay, and in Love Conquers All is shown to be into furry art when she asks to go to a museum depicting it. While it's downplayed in Pico's School, where far more focus is given on her massacre than her preferences, it's subverted in Love Conquers All, where she only reveals this information after she makes her Heel–Face Turn.
Evil Redhead: A murderous red-haired goth girl leading the Goth Punks and the main antagonist of the first game.
Exorcist Head: When she transfroms into her Penilian self, her head rotates vertically 180 degrees.
Eye Beams: In her boss form, her main method of attack is shooting energy blasts from her eyes.
Fat Bastard: Mindchamber's version of her retains the bulkiness of her original sprites, unlike her teammates' skinnier redesigns. As the cruelest member of the group and the leader, it also makes her Large and in Charge.
Fiery Redhead: She's a redhead with a... rather poor temper.
For Want Of A Nail: Tragically, Love Conquers All shows that Cassandra could have easily been befriended and turned to the side of good.
Goth Girls Know Magic: Downplayed. Cassandra carries a spellbook with a pentagram on it and has shapeshifting powers, but it's unclear whether she's using magic or if shapeshifting is an inherent ability to Penilians.
Hair-Trigger Temper: What initially starts her rampage is her teacher giving a particularly juvenile lesson to her class, causing Cassandra to snap and declare the American education system as "bullshit".
The Heart: While she is the leader of the Punk Rock/Goth Gestapo, she is also their emotional center; the others only got involved in the shooting to please her since she was the only one to befriend them and listen to their problems.
Humanity on Trial: While she's simply fed up with American education in Pico's School, the Love Conquers All spinoff has her admit that she's holding Earth accountable for all of the ills of the modern world. Pico takes her around school to show her life, and people, aren't nearly as bad as she thinks.
Humanoid Abomination: Considering the Penilians arguably border on Eldritch Abomination territory, Cassandra's Human Disguise could be considered this. Even in Love Conquers All, she showcases her Penilian form's eyes while still using said disguise, implying that she can show others some of her true form's attributes if she chooses to.
Immune to Bullets: Apart from her groin, she cannot be injured by bullets...normally. If you manage to blow up the furnace, her back will be vulnerable to bullets from the policemen behind the school and she will take damage that way.
Inconsistent Spelling: Her name is either spelled with one "s" or two. This is a common in-joke among fans who would spell her name either way, sometimes interchangeably, even after Tom Fulp confirmed◊ that the correct spelling is "Cassandra".
Legendary in the Sequel: In the timeline of UFA, her defeat at the hands of Pico goes down in history as the event that would lead to his reign. The remaining Penilians are depicted as wearing similar clothes to her 100 years on.
Magnetic Hero: Inverted. The Punk Rock/Goth Gestapo only forms because all the main members are, in some way, grateful to Cassandra for being there for them. However, she doesn't care about them or their problems at all... at least in the original game. She sort of feels bad about preying on their vulnerabilities in Love Conquers All.
Makeup Is Evil: One of the few characters in the Picoverse depicted with makeup, in her case thick eyeliner, nail polish, and crimson lipstick. She's also a destructive Penilian who sparks a school shooting. Some interpretations of her ignore the lipstick, however.
Morphic Resonance: Her Devilish Hair Horns is evocative of her mandibles in Penilian form.
Multiple-Choice Past: While the majority of flashes depict her as a natural-born Penilian in a Human Disguise, sent by the Penilians to conquer the Earth, A Pico Thing claims that she was a mere human infused with Penilian DNA by her younger brother.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: She is only defeated because she spared Pico during her initial classroom shooting.
Nigh-Invulnerability: The only way she can be damaged is either by shooting her in the crotch or In the Back, and even then the latter method needs an impressive amount of firepower to scratch her. She ignores bullets otherwise, and even shooting her eyes just distracts her from firing her eye beams at Pico.
Obviously Evil: Blood red Devilish Hair Horns? Primarily black outfit that's also decorated with inverted crosses? What part of her design doesn't scream evil?
Odd Friendship: In Love Conquers All she is talked down by Pico simply mentioning he's also a fan of goth and industrial music, which makes her pause long enough in her rampage to be reasoned with and be befriended by him despite her having been sent by the Penilians to conquer the Earth. Her flustered reactions when confessing her plans to her teammates, especially towards Alucard, also implies she thought of them as friends to some extent.
One-Winged Angel: She turns into a Penilian once finally confronted by Pico at the end.
Red and Black and Evil All Over: She couldn't get any more obvious if she tried. In true goth/punk fashion, she wears all dark and red clothing.
Red/Green Contrast: Her outfit features a lot of blood-red accents, in contrast to her opponent Pico's green sweater and yellow-green khakis.
Red Is Violent: The first thing she does upon her introduction is shoot down an entire classroom, and her later appearances aren't much better. Her temper gets the best of her in her final confrontation, needlessly shooting her fellow Gestapo members simply because she doesn't "need these fucks to deal with [Pico]".
Take Over the World: She claims her shooting is the first step in a multi-part plan with this trope as the eventual goal.
The Smurfette Principle: She is the only explicitly female member of the original group, but on the flip side she's also their leader.
Stock Sound Effect: In her Penilian form, she has Godzilla's iconic roar.
Straw Hypocrite: Hints at being this, declaring that she doesn't care about the "society crap," and is using the goths as part of a separate plan (presumably to conquer the world for her race). Subverted in Love Conquers All, where not only is she genuinely into the goth/punk scene (to the point of declaring the music the "best in all of time and space"), but her true plan has every bit to do with society.
Talking the Monster to Death: In Love Conquers All Pico talks her down from her planned shooting and the two become friends.
Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: The only things denoting her as female in her pre-Mindchamber design are her red fingernails and red lipstick.
Token Heroic Orc: Her Love Conquers All self is the only Penilian in any canon or fan game that has some sort of standards and can be befriended, and even then the latter point takes some major convincing.
Villainous Crush: Cyclops claims Pico wasn't shot alongside his classmates because Cassandra has a crush on him. How right Cyclops is depends on the flash, having it go from mere speculation to (at least in Pico's Cat Fight) actually fighting other prospective love interests over dating him.
Villainous Legacy: She may be gone after her defeat in the Fulp games, but her actions are what turned Pico into the action star he is today, and the massacre she spearheaded directly led to the introduction of the Ghettobots and Überkids to the school. In the cancelled Pico 2 plot, her influence extended to inspiring another group of goth punks that would have gone on to be threats of their own.
Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: Her eyes in Penilian form are yellow and she is evil.
You Will Be Spared: Played with. Despite her massive hatred of Pico, he's the only classmate that survives Cassandra's initial attack. Cyclops speculates that it's because of a crush, but it's left ambiguous as to whether this is true or she simply forgot him in the chaos.

Cyclops

Cyclops/Cyril

"There's only so much a guy can take."

Debut: Pico's School (1999)

A one-eyed member of Goth Punks, whom Pico encounters in the hallway in Pico's School.

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The moment Pico disarms him he starts whimpering and begging for his life.
Appropriated Appellation: While he's referred to as Cyclops throughout the game, Pico at his best will refer to him by his real name instead. Cyclops also mentions that he's often teased for his missing eye, so it's suggested his alias was him acknowledging his classmates' malicious teasing.
Big Bad: In Pico Sim Date, where he wants Nene to himself and orders his own mooks to bring her to him. After they fail to do so, he becomes the Final Boss, trying to deal with Pico personally. He returns in the sequel to take revenge.
Bring My Brown Pants: He wets himself if Pico announces his intentions to kill him.
Came Back Wrong: Unused animations for Pico 2 had him revived as a zombie.
Dirty Coward: The moment Pico disarms him he starts crying and begging for his life pathetically. He'll even wet himself if Pico tells him he's not getting spared.
Eyepatch of Power: Inverted. While Alucard, Hanzo and Casandra have their own boss battles, Cyclops is a very minor obstacle, which barely serves any real threat to Pico. Even worse, Love Conquers All reveals that the reason why he sides with Cassandra in first place is that the other kids were making fun of him because he wears an eyepatch. Played straight in Pico Sim Date, however, where he Took a Level in Badass.
I Lied: Even if Pico asks Cyclops to spare him and he agrees to do so, he will shoot Pico across the hallway. The only way to get past him is with violence.
Interrupted Suicide: At the beginning of Pico Sim Date 2, he prepares to cut his wrist due to his defeat from Pico in the previous game, until a mysterious voice interupts him to give a special charm that would help him get the revenge.
Pretty Fly for a White Guy: If you select "Go eat dick" in the confrontation with him, Pico will call him out on being a trend-chasing poser, as he remembers Cyclops being a Pearl Jam fan, and going through a "G-squad" phase before becoming a goth.
Refuge in Audacity: His original appearance had him sporting swastikas on his shoes, which given his fad-chasing track record and lack of nazisms was probably done to make himself look more like a punk. His least hostile appearance depicts him without them.
Shut Up, Kirk!: Short of a gun to the face, Cyclops will reject Pico in both options you're given. If you tell him to spare Pico, he'll agree to it, but shoot him anyway to get him out of his face. If he mocks Cyclops' fad chasing tendencies instead, he'll shut Pico up because he listens to techno music and then shoots him.
Smug Snake: He has derisive words for both Pico and Cassandra and has the most trash talk of any of the Goth Punks minus their leader. He's also a joke as soon as Pico has a weapon, being very easily dispatched and begging for his life and wetting himself the second he's at a disadvantage.
Superpowered Evil Side: In Pico Sim Date 2 he gets his hands on a charm, created by Dipuc the Hate Demon, which he uses to get the revenge on Pico and have Nene, alongside 4 other girls, to hate him. What Cyclops isn't aware of, is that said charm is an Artifact of Doom, that slowly consumes his soul. As a side-effect, he changes his appearance and becomes even stronger than he was in the first game. Once he is fully consumed by it, Dipuc will be set free and destroy all of the "NGverse", so Pico sets on another Timed Mission to befriend aformentioned girls, who can give him some information on Cyclops and Nene's whereabouts.
The Team Normal: Cyclops lacks Cassandra's alien nature, Alucard's telekinetic powers, and Hanzo's ninja skills, with his only claim to fame being the gun he wields while standing guard that can be easily shot out of his hands.
Technicolor Eyes: His working eye is as pink as his mohawk in Pico's School. Most other non-Fulp works give him blank white eyes like most other characters, however.

Alucard

"I was too quick to jump at the chance to destroy the world."

Debut: Pico's School (1999)

The first boss of Pico's School, Alucard is a purple-skinned kid with Psychic Powers.

Abusive Parents: His father went to jail for experimenting on him as a baby. When Alucard visits him, he only ever wants to discuss Alucard's powers and nothing else about his life.
Amazing Technicolor Population: His skin is pale purple, likely an effect of his psychic powers.
Attack Reflector: Shooting him directly results in him throwing a force field up, sending whatever bullets back and taking off a chunk of your health. He only drops this if you shoot all of the corpses he throws at you without missing once, leaving him confused long enough to get a hit in.
Dirty Coward: After using the corpses of his former classmates to fight Pico, Alucard becomes a scaredy cat when faced with the possibility of death, hiding himself behind a pile of chairs and threatening Pico with a lawsuit for harassment.
Disappeared Dad: In Love Conquers All, he claims that his father was doing experiments on him when he was young, for which he was sent to jail.
Freudian Excuse: In Love Conquers All, Alucard is the most gung-ho to start the massacre due to all the psychic training he had to endure. Pico theorizes he's been using Cassandra as a substitute for his equally demanding dad, and when he's calmed down, Alucard decides to talk it out with him.
Grievous Harm with a Body: He attacks Pico by throwing the corpses of his dead classmates at him.
Invisibility: Discussed as a potential ability of his in Love Conquers All, though he isn't quite there in actually achieving it.
Mind over Matter: His main method of attacking Pico is by throwing other kids' corpses and chairs at him.
Only Known By His Nickname: In this Q&A◊ with Tom Fulp, "Alucard" was revealed to be just a nickname. His real name is unknown.invoked
Psychic Powers: He is able to levitate objects around him and move them around.

Hanzo

Hanzo/Harold

"You will not be able to kill what you cannot see."

Debut: Pico's School (1999)

Second boss of the game, a Ninja found in the girls' bathroom.

Adaptational Dumbass: Hanzo in their original appearance is surprisingly sharp and dangerous; they hold hostage and kill two girls in the girls' bathroom, know they can't hope to fight Pico in the light, and wear dark clothing in order to blend in with the darkened room. However, in Pico's Cousin 2, despite being stronger they lack all of the advantages they had against Pico, with their only remaining tactic being wildly slashing and speeding past Otis.
Ambiguous Gender: At least, according to Tom Fulp in this Q&A◊. However, Pico's School: Love Conquers All disputes that claim, as their real name is revealed to be "Harold".^noteinvoked
Bring My Red Jacket: Their appearance in Pico's Cousin 2 has them ditch the blue outfit for an all red ensemble. As they're an opponent in this game, Otis makes sure to drench their new duds in blood.
Highly-Visible Ninja: Subverted. They wear a bright, all-blue ninja costume, which would normally fit under this trope. In the dark, however, the blue helps them blend in to the point that what kills them is instead the light streak from their night vision. Played completely straight in Pico's Cousin 2, where their red clothes offer zero strategic advantages both in the dark and light.
I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me: Platonic variant. Hanzo is shocked that someone as beloved and popular as Pico would ever give them the time of day. Pico then inverts it and asks Hanzo if they'd ever talk to him provided they have the opportunity.
McNinja: The kid's a full-fledged ninja at a relatively average high school, and in at least one continuity, only became one because of their greater Japan obsession. If their boss fight is any indication, they're a natural at it.
Night-Vision Goggles: Sports a pair of night vision goggles over their ninja garb, which they use to their advantage in their boss fight.
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: In Pico's Cousin 2, they are rebuilt by the Penilians into an undead Cyborg Ninja.
Not in This for Your Revolution: At least in Love Conquers All, they admit they don't really want to shoot up the school. They only agreed to do it because they'd be helping out Cassandra, who was the only person who would talk to them.
Occidental Otaku: Love Conquers All reveals that they're not even Japanese—just a kid pretending to be. They're especially fond of gritty anime, and Pico bonds with them by telling them about Nene's name inspiration.
Off with His Head!: Their outcome after being defeated by Pico is getting decapitated.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Comes with their Penilian upgrades in Pico's Cousin 2. Their eyes dramatically glow red just before they're about to face Otis.
The Runt at the End: Out of all the main Punk Rock/Goth Gestapo members, their outfit and theme has the least to do with anything goth, rock, or punk.
Scarf of Asskicking: They wear a long red scarf along with their ninja costume, and they're the only member of the group to injure Pico without getting countered.
Shout-Out: They are named after and dress like Hanzo Hattori from Samurai Shodown.
Step into the Blinding Fight: They shut off the lights in the bathroom before their fight, with only the light of their night vision allowing Pico to tell where they are.
Time-Limit Boss: Unlike the other bosses in Pico's School, their attacks can't be avoided. You'll have to gun them down before they kill you.
Took a Level in Badass: Hanzo claims to have defeated Pico in Pico's Cousin 2 before fighting Otis, and sure enough Pico is found trapped in a cage. However, Otis disputes this claim, and it's unknown exactly how Damien managed to imprison Pico.
Violence is the Only Option: They are the only miniboss that is inevitably killed. Cyclops can be spared by choosing the "Run home to mommy" dialogue, while Alucard can be ignored after taking his key.
We Can Rebuild Him: In Pico's Cousin 2, they reveal themselves to be rebuilt with Penilian tech. This justifies how Hanzo is still alive in the game, even though they were decapitated by Pico back in Pico's School.

Other:

The Big House that Blew

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"I think I smell...destruction!"

Debut: Pico vs. Bear (1999)

A twisted parody of Bear in the Big Blue House for the Assassin series. Their members include:

Big Brown Bary: A morbidly obese parody of Bear himself with a helmet, he is a Depraved Kids' Show Host who Pico was tasked to take down.
Piss & Poop: Pip & Pop envisioned as co-dependent homos. They attempt to flank Pico at the start of the game.
Titty: A pestilence-spreading mockery of Tutter who throws firebombs at Pico.
Hoe-Joe & Hoe-Bear: Ojo if she were Bear's possible daughter/molestation victim. She serves as a Mini-Boss after the initial round against Bary, protected by a similar parody of Snowbear.
Creepo: A mentally-lacking mockery of Treelo who's way too out of it to be of any use.

Adaptational Badass: In Pico vs. Bear DX, instead of dying when you electrocute him, Bary enters a One-Winged Angel form called Mechabear.
Adapted Out: Luna and Ray have no counterparts here, but are alluded to in the mission briefing (as delusions of Bary's fractured mind).
Alliterative Name: Big Brown Bary.
Angry Eyebrows: Their main distinguishing features from their basis.
Bears Are Bad News: Bary has no mercy towards any kids coming to his house. The moment Pico comes in, Bary claims to smell HATE and DESTRUCTION, and prepares a gun to kill Pico. Hoe-Joe and Hoe-Bear aren't Beary Friendly, either.
Boss Arena Urgency: Bary will gradually destroy the bushes you need to use for cover in the first round. Once they're gone, there's nothing stopping him from ventilating you.
Captain Ersatz: When Pico vs. Bear (Originally titled Bloodshed in the Big House that Blew) first came out, Bary looked almost exactly like Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House, which the owners of the show were not pleased with. The original version was taken down, and Bary was resigned with darker fur and a military helmet.
Depraved Kids' Show Host: Not only is Bary willing to murder the kids, he likes to expose his genitalia to the press. He's also suspected as a child molester, including his own daughter(?), Hoe-Joe. When Pico enters his kitchen, player gets a view of various famous bear characters (specifically Winnie the Pooh, Yogi Bear, and Brother and Sister of The Berenstain Bears) either dead or captured, all of them implied to be Bary's victims.
Handicapped Badass: He's mentioned as having an immobile right arm, much like that of Bob Dole ("and other parts of Bob Dole I do not wish to discuss"), which doesn't stop him from posing a threat or using a shotgun with both hands.
The Load: Creepo does absolutely nothing except chug several cans of beer.
The Nose Knows: In reference to Bear's strong sense of smell in Bear in the Big Blue House, Bary is said to have issues sniffing people.
Oh, Crap!: After having his arms shot off, Bary says, "Uh-oh," and flees inside.
Optional Boss: The game's version of Shadow does not appear in the briefing at the start of the game but can be encountered in the den, which is not required to clear the game. She attacks by eating the shadows of the player's health bar, depleting it in the process.
Puzzle Boss:
- His final stage has him covering himself with bombs - shooting him directly will blow up the house, so you need to shoot the sink and the microwave, which will electrocute and finish him off.
- Shadow, being a Living Shadow, is immune to bullets. To defeat her, you need to shoot out the light.
Shotguns Are Just Better: Bary's weapon is a shotgun.
Taking You with Me: After Pico shoots his arms off, Bary hides in the kitchen, covers himself with explosives (somehow) and attempts to take down the entire house, along with Pico.
Time-Limit Boss: In the kitchen, he dresses himself with bombs. Pico has 30 seconds to shoot the items in the room necessary to defeat him without the bomb setting his house on fire.
Throw Down the Bomblet: Ho-Joe and Titty both attack by chucking firebombs, which can fortunately be shot and destroyed.
Turns Red: When reduced to low health, Bary injects himself with adrenaline and starts shooting much faster.

Überkids

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Pico and friends proved that breakthroughs in genomics may be able to prevent disease and retardation, but they can't find a cure for shit-ass luck.

Debut: Pico vs. Überkids (2000)

The creations of the Human Genome Project, designed to be superior than average humans in every way, who Pico, Nene and Darnell challenge to a game of Rock–Paper–Scissors Roulette. In other works, they are commonly depicted as a resident Cannon Fodder for Pico & friends to tear apart.

Adaptational Jerkass/Adaptational Villainy: In their original game they make no efforts to harm Pico, Darnell, or Nene, only being rude if they win. Subsequent flashes show the Überkids acting quite threateningly to the trio, ranging from kidnapping them to outright attmepting to murder them.
Artificial Humans: Born from the Human Genome Project, these kids were crafted specifically to be the perfect specimens.
The Dividual: They're all completely interchangeable, have very little characterization, and don't have any unique dialog in their original appearance.
Excrement Statement: They turn over, drop trou, and unload right then and there should they win the game.
Informed Ability: Their physical and mental superiority doesn't get a chance to shine in Pico vs. Überkids. This is deliberate in their debut flash as mentioned below, but their later appearances aren't all that impressive, either.
King Kong Copy: A giant Überkid with a gorilla body rampages through the Portal in Pico's Brother.
Logical Weakness: Pico first defeats them by choosing the one game that can put them on a surefire playing field — a game of mere luck.
Mooks: Since Pico's Unloaded, it became more common to portray them as mooks for the main trio to mow down.
Mook Maker: At least one fan flash reveals that their ranks include "Übermoms" that can spawn more Überkids at will.
Politically Incorrect Villain: In Run, Darnell, Run, they're members of the Ku Klux Klan!
Terminator Impersonator: The Überkid in Überkid's Revenge is the classic "Skelebot 9000 beneath synthetic skin" parody.
Theme Twin Naming: All of the Überkids have "Über" as the prefix to their name. Their introductory game, for example, has Übersam, Überjon, and Überfred.
Villainy-Free Villain: Only in their first appearance. The worst they do is mock the main trio if they blow their brains out, but otherwise the Überkids don't do much.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: After losing 2/3 or 3/3 to Pico, Nene, and Darnell, the whole Genome Project gets canned and all remaining Überkids get thrown into a landfill.
Younger Than They Look: To wit, they are all stated as having been born "today" in their stats sheets, but are fully developed children by the time they're introduced to Pico's class.

The Penilians

Debut: Pico's School (1999)

A race of malevolent shapeshifting aliens and recurring antagonists of Pico, all manipulative, vindictive, and eager to conquer.

A Day in the Limelight: They star in Tom Fulp's UFA: Unstoppable Flying A-Holes, which takes place 100 years after the events Pico's School.
Aliens Are Bastards: Their motivations commonly boil down to sadistic assholery. In UFA, they've traded trying to Take Over the World in favor of humilating destruction.
Always Chaotic Evil: They're always portrayed as sadistic assholes. The only positive depiction of one is in Love Conquers All, where Cassandra is able to be befriended by Pico and talked down from her rampage.
Attack Its Weak Point: The standard method of defeating them makes for a great case on the importance of Monster Modesty; Casandra goes down from a sustained Groin Attack via AK-47, while Damien conversely succumbs to a Breast Attack.
Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism: If Pico's Cousin 2 is to be believed, Penilians have inverted genitalia; Damien sports a set of boobs in Penilian form in contrast to Cassandra's infamous Gag Penis.
Black Comedy Rape: Their method of "Anal Probing".
Ditto Aliens: There's no major physical difference between Penillians, as they all share the same character model. UFA was even set in a time when they took on Cassandra's fashion sense.
Eldritch Abomination: While they aren't too eldritch, they definitely have rather monstrous attributes (see Obviously Evil below) that make them stand out among the other characters. The fact that they can also use Human Disguise to their advantage shows that they're prepared to hide their true forms if they so choose to.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: They have some measure of fondness for the Magyar in UFA and Alien Hominids in Pico's Cousin 2 and apparently keep them as pets.
Exposed Extraterrestrials: Their most prominent feature. Monster Modesty and Non-Humans Lack Attributes are soundly averted.
Eye Beams: They can fire whirling Razor Wind bullets from their eyes. Pico has to Go for the Eye in order to interrupt them.
Fed to the Beast: The 3rd level of UFA revolves around feeding Magyar, a giant monster that lives in the Grand Canyon. It's rather tricky, since getting the Tractor Beam in its eyes will piss him off, as will accidentally incinerating the humans that serve as its prey.
Greater-Scope Villain: They are the greater-scope villains of the general Pico universe, sending Cassandra to prepare the world for invasion and when that failed, sending the Ghettobots after Pico to get revenge.
Human Disguise: Casandra displays this ability, and it's assumed that other Penilians can do so as well.
Manipulative Bastard: They show no qualms against manipulation to achieve their ends.
Obviously Evil: They're about 14 feet tall, with Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness, fanged jaws beneath enormous Monstrous Mandibles, and Creepy Long Arms. Love Conquers All is quite likely the only instance where they're depicted positively, due to being a Lighter and Softer Alternate Universe.
One-Gender Race: According to Love Conquers All, since they're all hermaphrodites and therefore one sex, they're considered homosexual by default. This is why they have Humanity on Trial for their rampant homophobia.
To Serve Man: The Penilians feed humans to a beast called the Magyar in UFA and Damien intends to feed Otis to his pet Alien Hominids in Pico's Cousin 2.
We Wait: Their response to seeing a rocketship leave the Earth in Samurai Asshole. In UFA: Unstoppable Flying A-Holes, they waited until Pico was dead to invade the Earth again.

Minor characters:

Pico's first teacher

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"Today, I am going to teach you about apples, and bananas!"

Debut: Pico's School (1999)

A cheerful schoolteacher and the first casuality of the Goth-Punks' rampage.

Killed Off for Real: Aside from Love Conquers All, she never appeared again in the series after being killed in Pico's School.
Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher: While it's vague on exactly how old her class is, her lesson on apples and bananas seems more suited for preschool.
Off with Her Head!: When the carnage ends, her severed head is last seen in her hand.
Sacrificial Lamb: The first of many, many, many deaths in the Pico series.
Spared by the Adaptation: She survives in Love Conquers All due to Cassandra being talked down before she could shoot her.
We Hardly Knew Ye: She doesn't get much screentime before being killed.

Mr. Flacit

"Hope you're ready for this round...!"

Debut: Pico's School (1999)

The teacher of Pico's class after the Goth-Punks' rampage.

Adaptational Jerkass: In Pico vs. Überkids, he merely agrees to Pico's suggestion of Rock Paper Scissors Roulette and leaves the kids to the rest without thinking much about it. Pico — RPS Roulette instead has him kill Nene outright to make the game even.
Adapted Out: As Pico's original teacher survives the events of the game, Mr. Flacit makes no appearence in Love Conquers All.
A Day in the Limelight: Yep, even he gets one in the form of Mr. Flacit's Word Search.
Innocently Insensitive: Depends. His appearance in Pico vs. Überkids has him simply choose Pico, Nene, and Darnell to test against the titular antagonists because the school didn't have any exceptional students for them to learn from after the shooting incident, implicitly calling them mediocre.
Punny Name: Go on, guess.
Would Hurt a Child: In the short Pico — RPS Roulette, he presides over the eponymous game and promises to cap anyone who chickens out of their round with the gun. When he accidentally demonstrates on one of the Überkids before the game starts, he then does the same to Nene to keep it even, and nearly kills Pico and Darnell when Pico breaks the game's rules.

The Ghettobots

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Left to right: Roc, Le(y)roy and Jose

Debut: Pico's School (1999)

A trio of new students from the ghetto who presumably serve as Pico's next foes. Unfortunately, their characterization remains minimal (likely due to Pico 2 falling into Development Hell), but they were playable characters in Pico Roulette. Jose carries twin glocks, Roc brandishes brass knuckles, and Leroy sports an afro.

Adapted Out: They make no appearance in Love Conquers All, as all of the original students survive the events of that game.
Jack of All Trades: Leroy was intended to be one. In Newgrounds Supporters demo of Pico 2, when the ghettobots are introduced to the class, player gets to see each ghetto's strength, endurance, agility and inteligence, much like with Überkids in Pico vs. Überkids. While Roc and Jose go beyond the limit in one of the aformentioned stats (with the rest ranging from maxed out to subpar), Leroy does that with all four of them.
Here We Go Again!: Their role in the original Pico's School and Pico's Unloaded.
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: They're alien ghetto robots that somehow look like older humans that came from the ghetto and got into the same school as Pico, Nene and Darnell.
Profiling: The second Pico hears they're from the ghetto, he's alarmed. The second he sees them, he's got his gun ready. This makes it massively funny in hindsight, as their only other appearance in Fulp's original flashes has them doing nothing at all in class while Pico challenges the new antagonists to a violent duel. Even funnier is immediately after that. In the old Pico 2 demo, Darnell explains to Pico that he and his other friends found them in a spaceship and their first instinct is to shoot it down from the sky, revealing the aliens to be human-looking and one of them immediately punches Darnell.
Spell My Name With An S: Leroy's name is either spelled with an "y" in the middle (Pico Roulette) or without it (Demo for Pico 2 and and one of the old Pico webpages.)

Characters from non-Tom Fulp works:

Otis

"I don't have time for your anti-mainstream bullcrap. Step aside."

Debut: Pico's Cousin (2003), by Magna

Pico's younger cousin from one of the earliest fan-made Pico flashes, who gets involved into his own shenanigans, (somewhat) directly related to Pico's misadventure in Pico's School.

Ascended Fanon: At least technically. Being a fan-made character, he was never officially acknowledged by Tom Fulp himself. However, he made a cameo appearance in Pico vs. Convict, a flash made by one of the Newgrounds Staff Members, as one of Convict's transformations.invoked
Blue Is Heroic: Distinguishable from Pico by a blue sweater and cyan jeans.
Book Ends: Otis went through the events of Pico's Cousin to try to pick up a copy of Alien Hominid (unsuccessfully). Pico's Cousin 2 has his grandma gift him a copy of the game after he saves his family from the Goth Punks.
Deadpan Snarker: In Pico's Cousin 2, Otis is generally a wisecracker, annoyedly remarking on the idiocy of the various Goth-Punks helping Damien.
Dual Wielding: Unlike Pico's first outing, Otis gets to dual wield from the start, getting two handguns he fished from the trash. Gibbons also gives Otis a set of AK-47s in exchange for candy.
Expressive Health Bar: In Pico's Cousin 2, Otis' face will show more damage the lower his health is, progressing from no damage, to his face being cut, to having a black eye, nosebleed, and cut face.
Generation Xerox: Pico's Cousin 2 is almost a perfect recreation of the events of Pico's School except they take place in a retirement home rather than a school. Otis fights Cyclops' and Alucard's cousins in a similar fashion to Pico, fights the same Hanzo (rebuilt with alien technology) and Damien, a fellow Penilian, mows down his Goth Punk allies in the exact same way Cassandra did before fighting Otis in the same fashion. He can even find a "medicinal herb" to restore health just like Pico once did. The only difference is Otis receives a marginally better ending, managing to save his family from Damien.
Government Conspiracy: He accidentally uncovers one in the alternate ending of Pico's Cousin when two of the terrorists he gunned down turned out to be the very people flying him off in a FBI helicopter and were in league with the FBI agent questioning him- The FBI staged the entire event to awaken Otis' warrior genes and intended to recruit him into the military. Otis is understandably pissed by this.
I Have Your Wife: The only reason Otis winds up going on his second adventure is because the Penilians kidnapped his father, grandmother, and eventually Pico himself.
Implausible Boarding Skills: The credits of Pico's Cousin depict him doing various dangerous skateboarding tricks, up to and including jumping off of a several stories tall building and landing perfectly, or nailing a trick from a steep ramp.
Instant Expert: Much like his cousin, Otis possesses instant proficiency with firearms. Lampshaded at the end of the first game.
Gangrene: When I heard of the Pico's School incident I wanted to see... If Pico's cousin... you... was as strong as he was...
Otis: "Strong?" I've never shot a gun in my life!
Gangrene: Neither... did your cousin... You... Your genes, you have a warrior's genes. You can fight with precision and instinct by just picking up a gun. I see that I was no match for... a boy with no experience on the battlefield... Against me...
It Runs in the Family: Just like his red haired cousin, Otis is an excellent marksman and will instantly spring into action when in a life or death situation. Both of his games mention that his family has "Warriors' Genes", meaning all of them have the potential to become humongous badasses in battle if the need arises.
The Knights Who Say "Squee!": He's a huge fan of Alien Hominid, and when he finally gets to meet a Hominid in Pico's Cousin 2, he's over the moon before it tries to kill him.
Palette Swap: Of (who else?) Pico. Lampshaded in the sequel, which has an option to recolor his hair and outfit to closer match his cousin's.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Some fan interpretations depict him as calmer than his red-headed cousin, though not by much.
Revenge by Proxy: Both of Otis' cardinal games have opponents crawling out of the woodwork to terrorize him and his family, all for the crime of being tangentially related to Pico. Pico's Cousin 2 has his boss ensemble want revenge for what Pico did to their cousins, the original Goth-Punks, with the exception of Hanzo, who was part of the old Punks.
Secret Test of Character: The alternative ending for the first Pico's Cousin reveals that the mall escapade was partially brought about to make sure Otis is ready for other, more dangerous threats in the future. Otis, understandably mad at being suddenly thrown into danger, tells them to screw off and blows up their helicopter, escaping in the process.
Short-Lived Aerial Escape: Played with in Pico's Cousin. After learning that the mall shooting was staged by the government to recruit child soldiers for military operations, Otis guns down the very helicopter that showed up to "rescue" him and escapes.
Shut Up, Hannibal!: In Pico's Cousin 2, Otis has no interest in the multiple villains' motive rants and frequently tells them to shut up. The only exception is when he fights Hanzo, when he asks what he's planning but Hanzo doesn't care to explain.
Skewed Priorities: In Pico's Cousin, Otis can stop what he's doing during an active mall shooting and try on a bunch of clothes at Abercrombie or try to steal candy from a shopkeeper.
Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: In the first Pico's Cousin, Otis, a young boy, is able to wield guns with as much proficiency as his older cousin.
Uncanny Family Resemblance: Heavily resembles his cousin Pico, right down to having the same hairstyle.
Vague Age: Much like the original trio, Otis' age is undefined, only being described as "younger than Pico". His hidden character bio in Pico's Cousin claims he is eleven years old.
What the Hell, Hero?: He calls out the government agent that "rescued" him upon learning that the government staged the mall shooting in Pico's Cousin.
Your Head Asplode: If Otis is killed by the Alien Hominid boss in Pico's Cousin 2, there is a special death image with his head having been charred to a crisp by laser gun.

Damien

Debut: Pico's Cousin 2 (2006), by Magna

The Penilian leader of the new Goth Punks in Pico's Cousin 2. Unlike Cassandra, who takes over her school, Damien leads his group in an invasion of a retirement home.

Alien Invasion: Just like Cassandra, his goal is to Take Over the World.
Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism: Damien, a male Penilian, has large breasts, whereas Cassandra, a female Penilian, has a Gag Penis.
Boob-Based Gag: He has large, blatant breasts, the joke being that he's a male Penilian.
Breast Attack: He's defeated by firing at his breasts.
Jerkass: Even worse than his predecessor Cassandra; he has no motive at all besides wanting to Take Over the World.
I Have Your Wife: He kidnapped Otis' father, grandma, and cousin (Pico) to lure Otis onto the retirement home roof.
Non-Standard Character Design: He looks unlike any other Penilian, with large breasts and bat wings.
To Serve Man: His plan once he takes over the Earth is to feed the humans to his pet Alien Hominids.
Uncanny Family Resemblance: While averted in Pico's Cousin 2 (we never see his Human Disguise), other works tend to give him a human form that looks exactly like Cassandra but blue.
You Killed My Father: Subverted. While the rest of the Goth Punks are looking for revenge against Pico's family for their family members having been killed, Damien claims he hated Cassandra and she was a traitor.

Newgrounds Bots

Clockwise from bottom-center: P-Bot, I-Bot, G-Bot, A-Bot, M-Bot, F-Bot.

A team of six robots designed by MindChamber based on the bot programmes built to help automate the website's system. Due to their prominence within Newgrounds' culture, several fan flashes depict them (P-Bot in particular) as close allies of Pico and friends.

Anthropomorphic Personification: Of the aforementioned bot programmes.
Bell-Bottom-Limbed Bots: Their shared aesthetic.
Color-Coded Characters:
- P-Bot: red
- A-Bot: green
- G-Bot: gold
- M-Bot: blue
- I-Bot: silver
- F-Bot: pink
Meaningful Name: Each bot's starting initial stands for their function. The only one this doesn't apply to is F-Bot, who never reveals what her intitial stands for (but does note that it's not "Female", "Fem" or the like).
- P-Bot's stands for Portal, as he's in charge of the general and Flash Portals.
- A-Bot's stands for Audio, as he's in charge of the Audio Portal.
- G-Bot's stands for Grounds/Gold, as he was created to monitor the Grounds Gold program.
- M-Bot's stands for Moderator, as he serves as the Newgrounds mods' assistant.
- I-Bot's stands for Image, as he's in charge of the Art Portal.

P-Bot

The de facto frontman of the Bots and manager of the Flash Portal

, his job is to feature submissions that pass judgement on the front page and "Blam" those that come up short.

Arm Cannon: His signature BLAM Cannon.
The Big Guy: He often takes this role when joining forces with Pico.
Heroic Sacrifice: In House of 1,000 Cats, he pushes Pico out of the way of BFK's Wave-Motion Gun and ends up Taking the Bullet.
Jet Pack: Certain flashes depict him with delpoyable jet-wings.
Mister Seahorse: In It's a Tank, P-Bot "gives birth" to the 2nd Annual Tank Awards.
A Kind of One: Initially, he was just called Portal Bot, as he was the only one of his kind at the time. As the site grew and more bots were added, they were all given the name "Portal Bots" as a collective title.
Murderous Malfunctioning Machine: In Portal Panic, P-Bot goes haywire when Blockhead accidentially shorts him out and attempts to repair him, imprisioning Pico, Dad 'n Me, Bitey, and Salad Fingers, leaving it up to Sgt. John Captain to rescue them.
Primary-Color Champion: His red paint job sports a few yellow and blue highlights.
Red Is Heroic: The most well-known of the bots, naturally colored bright red.
Series Mascot: Even though P-Bot technically has no series of his own^note, he's well-recognized as one of Newgrounds most prominent mascot characters alongside Pico himself.
Swiss-Army Appendage: In Newgrounds Rumble, he can deploy wrecking balls, buzzsaws, maces, axes, and his BLAM Cannon from his arms.
Transforming Mecha: In Portal Defenders, he's turned into a street sweeper for the first Bonus Round.
We Can Rebuild Him: According to Pico's Brother, he is Pico's younger brother Peter, having been rebuilt into a Cyborg after a gruesome accident.

A-Bot

The manager of the Audio Portal

by sorting, ranking, and highlighting its many submissions. He constantly speaks in a Hip-Hop style, but nonetheless enjoys all musical genres.

Jive Turkey: Or Soul Brotha, depending on one's opinion on all that hippety-hizzop slang all deez hep cats were using back in the day.
Shout-Out: He resembles Soundwave.

G-Bot

The eldest of the Bots and manager of user accounts and their Experience Level

. By far the most sophisticated of his brethen... and quite possibly all other users, for the matter.

All of the Other Reindeer: He mentions being ignored and made fun of for his sophisicated yet meek demeanor.
Apologises a Lot: On his userpage, he issues a polite and well-thought-out address about all the insults he received over the years... and immediately feels that he went too far and apologizes.
Gentleman and a Scholar: He enjoys the likes of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sherlock Holmes, David Hyde Pierce, and Suzanne Gordon.
Gold-Colored Superiority: His golden color scheme ties into "Grounds Gold", the original version of the Experience Level system.

M-Bot

The assistant to the site's Moderators

and relayer of important intel to users. A very stern and secretive upholder of the law.

A Day in the Limelight: Stars in M-Bot: the Game, in which he battles a wave of spammers and a monsterous Final Boss named Col-Lab.
Arm Cannon: He can deploy a machine gun from his arm. Scoring high enough combos can upgrade it to a double-barrel and triple-barrel modes.
By-the-Book Cop: A no-nonsense and ever-watching policebot.
Shout-Out: Takes heavy inspiration from RoboCop.
Super Mode: Enough combos will unlock his transformation into K-9 Mode, allowing him to shred anything in his way.

I-Bot

One of the younger Bots and manager of the Art Portal

. A very bashful and taciturn sort.

all lowercase letters: What little he does say is in this format.
Shrinking Violet: Known to be very shy.

F-Bot

One of the younger Bots who's function is currently unknown, apart from a brief tenure overseeing the Chat room. Known to be rather vain and flirtatious.

Girlish Pigtails: Her "hawt new powercell-piggietails".
Fem Bot: She's got Robot Hair pigtails and a chest shaped to look like "bewbers", but she's otherwise just as robotic as the rest of the bots.
Pink Means Feminine: Natch.
Sex Bot: Defied. Among the possible readings of her name and function, sex is implied to not be one of them; the only people she's getting with are those that she likes.
"For the rec, the 'F' doesn't stand for what you're probably thinking right now (unless you're a totally hot dudebot with a fat power cord and huge bolts OMG J/K)!"
The Smurfette Principle: The only one of the Bots to be explicitly feminine.
Valley Girl: She like, totally talks like this, with lots of emoticons and texting abbreviations.
What, Exactly, Is His Job?: Unlike the other bots, her job isn't stated. While she did have a brief stint as the bot in charge of the chat function, she hasn't had another role since.

Piconjo

Oliver/Elder Longwood "Piconjo" the 69th

Piconjo pwns J00

Piconjo is an infamous Newgrounds user

, known for submitting ton of animations of varying quality and being quite critical of Newgrounds. His avatar character, sharing the same name, is an extremely pale and tall Evil Counterpart of Pico.

Amazing Technicolor Population: Has ash-gray skin. There are few flashes that depict him with a pale human skin, though that portrayal is uncommon.
Animesque: A few of his flashes style his appearance after late-2000s shonen series, such as Bleach or Death Note.
Anti-Hero: According to Piconjo (the user), his character is supposed to be on a good side, as he is the self-proclaimed defender of the portal. However, some of the opponents he fought, his questionable opinion on Newgrounds and its users, and some the actions being very reminiscent of a troll (such as flooding the portal with submissions of varying quality) made him look more villainous in many people's eyes. It was to the point that Newgrounds Rumble portrayed him as a full-on villain, whose reign as King of the Portal destroyed Newgrounds instead.
Arch-Enemy: In his own shorts, he often antagonised the artist LegendaryFrog.
Art Evolution: While every character can have a minor design changes thanks to flashes being handled by different people, Piconjo had the most drastic case of this. In original shorts, he is drawn as a simple stick figure with Pico's hair. In the Wadolf Saga, he is a Walking Shirtless Scene with a Heroic Build. In Newgrounds Rumble, he got a new design by MindChamber, which is how most people know him. Ironically, the user Piconjo has disowned MindChamber's design in favor of his classic depictions, though he also adds art of said depiction to his favorites list.^note
Back from the Dead: Many a flash will depict Piconjo as dead, only to have him rise from the grave near the start of the animation.
The Bad Guy Wins: After playing his route in Newgrounds Rumble, Piconjo becomes "teh k1ng of teh pr0tal" and Newgrounds descends into anarchy as a result.
BFS: His weapon appears to be a knockoff of, Depending on the Artist, either Cloud Strife's Buster Sword or Guts's Dragon Slayer.
The Bus Came Back: After 15 years of absence, Piconjo (the user) returned to Newgrounds in mid-2021 to celebrate the site's renaissance, as well as establish a new site holiday: Piconjo Day, on 6/9. This in turn caused a surge in flashes and artwork featuring Piconjo.
Catchphrase: "Piconjo pwns j00!", often said after defeating his opponent. Also has "OMG Ninjers!", when he encounters ninjas, which happens a lot in his flashes. Piconjo the creator signs off with "Piconjo luvs j00" since his return to the site.
Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: Many of his depictions, especially those based off of MindChamber's design above, give him reddish shadowed undereyes.
Even Evil Has Standards: In Newgrounds Rumble, he's disgusted by Pico and Nene having lured Fancy Pants Man to Newgrounds just to kill him and joins up with him to take them both down so Fancy Pants can leave.
Even the Guys Want Him: A common trait of Piconjo's rivals/enemies is that they are all jealous of and attracted to him.
Evil Counterpart: He's frequently described as "the Wario to Pico's Mario".
Gag Penis: To an extreme degree. Whenever that big-ass sword of his isn't enough, Piconjo's bigger, meatier sword will burst forth and finish the job.
Go-Karting with Bowser: In Pico vs. Piconjo, just as he and Pico prepare to fight each other, the movie suddenly cuts to the two making a truce over a pizza.
Hated by All: In Piconjo's own flashes, almost everyone acts extremely hostile towards him. This includes Ninjers [sic], Toadies and many animators who were popular on Newgrounds back in 2004, all of them usually end up being killed and humiliated by Piconjo. The trope applies to most of his appearances in non-Piconjo-made flashes as well, though with a much less impressive win streak.
Intentional Engrish for Funny: Speaks broken English in many of the original flashes. Unsurprising, given that his creator writes all of his posts on Newgrounds this way.
Kick the Dog: He quite literally kills a dog in Piconjo Jam 21, only for him to then Pet the Dog by reciting a respectful poem to it, as it fought him valiantly. Then it turns out the dog is Not Quite Dead, and is saved with medical intervention in the form of a lime and coconut.
Lean and Mean: Is taller and meaner than Pico.
Leet Speak: His name is meant to be a contraction of "Pico pwns J00". As a result, he's often associated with, if not outright speaking, the lingo. His creator, also named Piconjo, types his posts entirely in leet as well.
Leitmotif: "Piconjo's Manor".
LOL, 69: Piconjo Day takes place on June 9th, which can be read as 6/9. In addition, his full name is Oliver Longwood the 69th.
Multiple-Choice Past: Namely, regarding his exact relation to Pico. Some works depict him as a douchebag who happens to look similar to Pico. Others portray him as a manifestation of Newgrounds', and in turn Pico's, dark side. And still others will claim he's biologically related to Pico, be it his long lost brother or even the alter-ego of Otis, his cousin.
Only Friend: In Newgrounds Rumble, he and Fancy Pants are each other's only friends. Also serves as an Odd Friendship, given Piconjo is aiming to cause anarchy in Newgrounds, while Fancy Pants just wants to make it out with his life.
Ornamental Weapon: His artwork for Newgrounds Rumble gives him a shotgun on his back along with a belt of ammunition, but it's never seen in-game. Fan flashes that use Mindchamber's design almost never have him use his gun either.
Phallic Weapon: Parodied. Piconjo primarily fights with a large BFS that could be considered compensation for something... If it weren't actually less large and deadly than his Gag Penis, which has dispatched many an opponent and has at one point turned into a dragon.
Purple Is Powerful: MindChamber's design gives him a primarily purple outfit, and he's strong enough to fight off hordes of Toadies and "ninjers".
Pyrrhic Victory: In art created by Piconjo, even if Piconjo (the character) is beaten, his enemies are likely to be forced to suck his Gag Penis anyways.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: If Piconjo isn't depicted with white eyes that have reddish shadows underneath, then he'll have red eyes instead.
Refuge in Audacity: The character runs on this trope, from depicting his opponents as extreme losers or even Hitler figures, to Piconjo having a self-aware Gag Penis that kills people on its own, has transformed into a dragon, and in one flash even dwarfed the planet in size.
Stripperiffic: Piconjo's original non-stick design drew him in a loincloth and little other clothing (though he would sometimes wear armor that was subject to Clothing Damage). Averted with his MindChamber design, which dresses him far more modestly.
Sword and Fist: His fighting style in Newgrounds Rumble sees him uses hand-to-hand moves for his light attacks and sword swings for is heavy attacks, likely due to the sheer weight of it.
Vagina Dentata: A rare Gender-Inverted example with his aforementioned Gag Penis, which once turned into a dragon, complete with head and mouth.

Wadolf

Piconjo's Arch-Enemy, a parody of Tom Fulp's brother Wade mixed with Adolf Hitler. Hey, we're not the ones who came up with this!

Amphibian Assault: His most common mooks are anthropomorphic toads called the Toadies.
Big Bad: Of the so-named "Wadolf Saga".
Final Boss: In Portal Defenders, a game in which Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin must protect the Portal from dangerous users. Doubles as a Cain and Abel situation.
Flunky Boss: In Portal Defenders, Wadolf can summon zombies from Madness Combat for his special move.
Godwin's Law: It doesn't get much more blatant than this, folks.
Gratuitous Nazis: He rules over New— ... Nazigrounds with an iron fist.
Gratuitous Ninja: OMG Ninjers! They must be Wadolf's elite mooks.
Portmanteau: Of Wade Fulp and Adolf Hitler's names, appropriately.
Take That!: Wade Fulp was rather infamous for his "Judge, Jury, and Executioner" approach to adminship, and as such it was a fairly common trend among disgruntled users to depict him as Newgrounds' resident Big Bad at worst, and Anti-Hero at best. Given that the original Piconjo shorts were out to troll and demonize Newgrounds as a whole, Wade was clearly a perfect fit. This tendency was parodied in Luis Castañon's Portal Defenders by making Wadolf the Final Boss.

Convict

A new nemesis has risen to fill the deceased fear-monger's shoes in the wake of Cassandra's slaughter. All better, Pico's trigger finger was getting a little cramped anyway.

Debut: Pico Vs. Convict (2006), by Luis

A skeleton-esque Serial Killer with the ability to transform into whoever he wants.

Ambiguously Human: According to Convict's creator, Luis, Convict is a criminal who gained the ability to shapeshift after getting struck by lightning. However, given his red eyes, the skull on his head, and his shapeshifting abilities, it isn't clear if he's human or something else altogether (at least, after gaining said shapeshifting abilities).
The Bad Guy Wins:
- In Pico vs. Convict, he successfully tricks Pico into shooting Nene, and is last seen threateningly transforming back into himself.
- In Nene's route in Newgrounds Rumble, he takes on her form and impersonates her after she commits suicide out of despair after becoming the King of the Portal. His own ending in this game also counts, with him using his shapeshifting abilities to influence Newgrounds from the shadows.
Design Preservation Villain: His monsterous appearance and propensity for Human Disguises puts him in line with Cassandra, especially in works that portray him as Pico's main foe after the fall of the Goth Punks. His Newgrounds Rumble redesign adds more parallels, as both have a prominent red and black color scheme.
Early Installment Character-Design Difference: His (presumed) Shapeshifter Default Form was that of an Ambiguously Brown Tattooed Crook. Newgrounds Rumble reimagines his default appearance as a Badass in a Nice Suit.
Immune to Bullets: Downplayed in Convict Vs Pico (not to be confused with Pico vs. Convict), where his head is completely bulletproof. Pico then resorts to the Groin Attack, which ultimately gets him a kill.
Involuntary Shapeshifting: In Newgrounds Rumble, he will swap at random to one of the other fighters, requiring a player maining him to be both familiar with his own moveset and the movesets of all the other characters in the game.
Multi-Melee Master: In Pico vs. Convict, he uses a mace, bear claws, and knives all as effectively as one another. In Newgrounds Rumble he is also capable of using any character's weapons with just as much efficiency as they can.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Sports deep red eyes in his default form.
Shapeshifter: In his debut flash, he transforms into Otis, Big Brown Bary and Nene. In Newgrounds Rumble, his gimmick is being able to transform himself into any other playable character, although here it's the case of Involuntary Shapeshifting.
Serial Killer: Slaughters everyone in the school before the short even begins, with Pico and Nene being the sole survivors.
Shout-Out: His debut short uses music from Beetle Juice.
Skull for a Head: His default face is a dark-gray skull with no apparent jawbone.
Spot the Imposter: Pico vs. Convict culminates with Pico being forced to shoot one of two Nenes, one of which is Convict in disguise. He chooses incorrectly.
Technically Naked Shapeshifter: At least in the original short, where he is either shirtless or completely naked. Averted in Newgrounds Rumble, where he wears a black suit and a red tie.

Giko

"Happy birthday, Pico. Enjoying the party?"

Debut: Pico's Surprise Party (2007), by dietzribi

Pico's classmate and the antagonist of Pico's Surprise Party. Jealous of his popularity, Giko ruins his bithday party and takes over his house.

Birthday Buddies: Shares the same birth date as Pico. Unfortunately, no one else in his class was aware of this, which lead to him being very unfriendly towards Pico and his classmates.
Damage-Sponge Boss: He takes a lot of bullets before going down.
Disproportionate Retribution:
- Because his classmates threw a birthday party for Pico and completely forgot about him, he decides to kill everyone in his class (sans Pico, who was abscent during his attack, and possibly Nene, who is implied to escape from the house before he was able to shoot her) and turns Pico's house into a hangout for other nerds and geeks like him.
- He claims to want to take over the world simply to become well-known.
Driven by Envy: Pico's status as a Big Man on Campus, who gets a Surprise Party, while he doesn't, serves as a reason for Giko's jealousy and rather questionable actions that followed.
Evil Counterpart: His name is very similar to Pico's, he claims to have everything Pico has and even shares a birthday date. Unlike Pico however, he's a completely antisocial nerd, and his goals and actions are very reminiscent of Cassandra instead.
Evil Nerd: If his Punny Name wasn't an obvious giveaway, Pico describes him as "The king of all geeks". Although his personality and looks make him closer to a nerd.
Eye Scream: After defeating his One-Winged Angel form, Pico performs a Finishing Move with his MAC-10s, knocking his glasses off his face and striking a bullet in both of his eyeballs.
Ground Punch: His main way of attacking Pico during his boss battle is striking both of his fists into the ground.
Hypocrite: Wants to be popular like Pico, but spends all day doing nothing but chemistry and doesn't seem to interact with his classmates a lot. Pico makes sure to call him out on this behaviour.
Informed Loner: No one is actually shown to be mean to him or excluding on purpose. Nene gladly invites him to Pico's party when asked and Pico calls him out on choosing to be a loner and not making friends. This just makes his revenge even less justifiable.
Nerd Glasses: In true nerd fashion, he spots a pair.
One-Winged Angel: He transforms into a hulking monstrosity to fight Pico at the end of the game.
Psycho Serum: Upon drinking his chemical potion, he transforms into a hulked out version of himself which Pico must defeat.
Punny Name: A wordplay on "geek" and Pico's name.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Spots them under the effect of Psycho Serum. This also allows him to use Eye Beams.
Shock and Awe: Can produce electricity during his boss battle from his palms. Shooting his hand will interrupt this attack.
Take Over the World: Reveals this to be his ultimate goal, all for the sake of being well-known.
Giko: Now I will be the most popular person in the world. Everyone will want to meet me. No one will ever forget my birthday. BECAUSE I WILL RULE THE WORLD!!!

The Kitty Krew

Similarly to Piconjo, they're a trolling crew notorious for spamming the Flash Portal with crappy submissions and upvoting them past judgement. A number of flashes dramatize their effective role as Newgrounds' antagonists, such as House of 1,000 Cats, where Pico and allies fight to put an end to their nefarious Portal spamming.

Adipose Rex: Their leader, Big Fuzzy Kitten, is depicted as a figurative and literal Fat Cat. ^note
Cats Are Mean: They're an army of cats (or people in cat costumes) out to cause trouble for Newgrounds.
Establishing Character Moment: The short opens with Big Fuzzy Kitten, surrounded by his 14 Turd of the Week Awards... getting off to 2girls1cup.
Freudian Excuse: Right at the battle's climax, Big Fuzzy Kitten has a flashback to the day he wandered onto someone's computer and first discovered Adobe Flash, only to get violently thrown out by the owner and told that "Flash isn't for cats".
Hoist by His Own Petard: He's defeated when Pegasus the Penicorn directs his homing projectiles right back into his mech.
Humongous Mecha: Once Pico and friends decimate the Kitty Krew mooks, Big Fuzzy Kitten deploys a serpentine cat mecha from their headquarters to finish them personally.
Shout-Out: The battle is scored to a remix of "Castle of Tears".
Starter Villain: The Kitty Krew are also your first opponents in Portal Defenders.

Hansel

GAME OVER - RETURN OF HANSEL

^{Hansel's true form}

Debut: Pico Blast (2008), by Luis

The villain of Pico Blast, a Giant Space Flea from Nowhere attacking the local trainyard.

Flunky Boss: Deploys mooks in his first and second phases.
Free-Fall Fight: After completely destroying his machine, Hansel uses a Big Red Button to bomb the train, forcing Pico to retrieve his gun to continue the battle in freefall.
Generic Doomsday Villain: Doesn't have many characteristics outside of "evil giant monster that Pico must kill".
Octopoid Aliens: His true form, revealed in his third phase, is that of a giant Cyborg cephalopod that maintains a Badass Armfold with two of his tentacles.
Sequential Boss:
- His first phase is in a Humongous Mecha with two gigantic ball-peen hammers for fists that can fire various lasers.
- His second phase is in a Flying Saucer that attacks with twin laser beams and auto-targeting laser orbs.
- His third phase consists of him using a Pstandard Psychic Pstance to conjure a giant Darth Maul's lightsaber, homing missiles, and a wave of laser orbs.
- His final phase sees him reduced to a disembodied brain that can only spam laser orbs.
Time-Limit Boss: Once Hansel's final phase starts, Pico has only a moment to defeat him and grab the rescue helicopter before he plummets in the earth's mantle.
Tombstone Teeth: One defining feature across all but his last forms is a set of enourmous, jawless teeth.
Traintop Battle: The first half of the game is spent fighting Hansel on a moving train.

Roasties

Debut: A Bad Taste of Pico (2009), by Joelasticot

The villains of A Bad Taste of Pico, a fast food joint operated by freakish chickens selling dubious meat products.

Feathered Fiend: They certainly aren't chicken in their endeavors To Serve Man.
The Goomba: The smallest mooks are basically a set of Tombstone Teeth with four tiny legs and a chicken comb.
Ludicrous Gibs: All but the largest mooks burst into bloody chunks of meat when killed.
Minecart Madness: The later levels of Roasties are navigated this way.
Roar Before Beating: The shotgun-wielding mooks let out a loud crow before firing.
Smash Mook: The largest mooks, which wield an enourmous meat hammer.
Zero-Effort Boss: Once confronted, their boss goes down in a single bullet.

Other characters by Tom Fulp connected to the Pico series:

The Commissioner

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"Whatever the hell it is, you killing! Aight?"

Debut: Assassin (1995)

An unnamed police chief from the Assassin series (that is, when it was an interactive website instead of a collection of Flash games), who appears in Pico vs. Bear and Pico Blast, briefing Pico on his latest mission and congratulating him at the end.

Da Chief: He's the highest authority Pico has ever answered to.
Expy: He's based on Chief Todo from Bubblegum Crisis. The original Assassin website actually used low-quality screenshots of Todo to portray its Commissioner character. His appearance in Pico vs. Bear was traced from those screenshots, with his glasses removed and his police badge changed.
Police Are Useless: All he does is brief Pico, a child, on the dangerous criminals he must face.

Samurai Asshole

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The three religious leaders will have to die!!! Go get 'em!

Debut: Samurai Asshole (1999)

A samurai determined to avenge his master by slaying the three religious leaders that held the event where he died... despite said master dying by accidentally choking on chicken and the leaders apologizing nonetheless.

Adaptational Dye-Job: In his home game, his hair is black. But his redesign in Newgrounds Rumble has his hair as blue instead.
Big Ol' Eyebrows: His Angry Eyebrows are nocticably big and blue.
Gainax Ending: His game ends when he's swept up in a strawberry rocketship, witnessed by two Penilians (who promptly decide that We Wait when discussing invasion plans), before landing in the domain of The Smurfs.
Honor Before Reason: His motivation for attacking the temple is either this or Revenge Before Reason.
Hot Blooded Sideburns: They help denote that he's not quite as noble as you'd expect.
Katanas Are Just Better: The typical weapon for a samurai such as him.
Mighty Glacier: His game is notorious for being slow and laggy, even given the time of its debut. His appearance in Newgrounds Rumble replicates this, making him slow-moving but hard-hitting.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: All of his major appearances amount to this. In Samurai Asshole, the titular character storms into the temple in an attempt to avenge his master, killing several temple guards and even a god in the process. In Newgrounds Rumble, his story mode revolves around him looking to avenge his destroyed village, and he also attacks various other characters during their story modes.
Samurai Ponytail: Sports a long, shaggy ponytail.

Characters / Pico

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Main trio:

Pico

Darnell

Nene

Antagonists:

The Goth Punks:

Cassandra/Casandra

Cyclops/Cyril

Alucard

Hanzo/Harold

Other:

The Big House that Blew

Überkids

The Penilians

Minor characters:

Pico's first teacher

Mr. Flacit

The Ghettobots

Characters from non-Tom Fulp works:

Otis

Newgrounds Bots

P-Bot

A-Bot

G-Bot

M-Bot

I-Bot

F-Bot

Oliver/Elder Longwood "Piconjo" the 69th

Wadolf

Convict

Giko

The Kitty Krew

Hansel

Roasties

Other characters by Tom Fulp connected to the Pico series:

The Commissioner

Samurai Asshole

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