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''Droid Life'' is a newspaper comic-style strip that appears periodically in ''[[Two Thousand2000 AD (Comic Book)|Two Thousand AD]]''. Essentially a parody of the initial premise that the comic itself is written, drawn and edited by droids, it focuses on P14, a struggling wannabe script droid who writes the number onto page 14 of every copy of ''2000AD'' (the joke being that this is erased by his colleague, Ray, when he's done) and his best friend Crumbs (whose job, incidentally, is to flick away the eraser crumbs left by Ray when he erases P14's work). P14's constant attempts to get one of his scripts published always end in [[Failure Is the Only Option|abject failure]].
 
The strip often parodies classic and current ''2000AD'' strips in the form of P14's stories, which usually see him [[Completely Missing the Point]] of the character he's supposed to be writing.
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* [[Ultimate Job Security]]: Parodied. P14, Ray and Crumbs get fired in one strip, only for the union droid to kick up a fuss (See [[Logic Bomb]] above). After this happens, P14 is told to sweep up the remains and get back to work. Later, not sure if he's even supposed to be still working there or not, he goes to an accounts droid......only for the droid to reveal he only pretends to be an accountant and will be fired if he's caught ''not'' playing video games.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Sergeant Bloodbath's description of every single biscuit and type of tea he serves up.
* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: Roughly half of P14's ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' story submissions involve an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] based upon the phrase "Gaze into the face of Fear" and end with Dredd's "[[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|GAZE INTO]] [[Talk to Thethe Fist|THE FIST]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|OF DREDD!]]" line. Of course, Crumbs tells him that it still doesn't work as a story.
** And, of course, Staplie's winning strategy for Rock, Paper, Scissors, which involves beating all three with a stapler.
 
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