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Chapter 8, Page 17

Neilsama

on April 19, 2010

Sorry about last week. Bad times, man. Anyway, enough about that.

So, today we begin the final assault! Our heroes join hands and plow through a gang of Red Robots. I couldn't help but make a bowling joke out of it. And of course, Das has to reference Fred "Twinkle Toes" Flintstone.

And in yet another call-back, Mindmistress again tinkers around with the robots, except that this time, she nullifies Smiley's entire army by turning them against one another.

Red Robot's old catch phrase was always "Must destroy puny humans" or some variation thereof. So why not play that into the sequence?

I already covered the origin of Red Robot once before, but I might as well do it again. Red Robot originates from Exploding Dog, and the use of the character has the benefit of being entirely free, as independent use is enthusiastically encouraged.

You may be more familiar with the character as he appeared in Diesel Sweeties.