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[[File:korner_7469.jpg|frame|[[Schmuck Bait|This won't end well...]]]]
[[File:korner_7469.jpg|frame|[[Schmuck Bait|This won't end well...]]]]


{{quote| ''What did the robot... say to the centipede?''}}
{{quote|''What did the robot... say to the centipede?''}}


[http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/klayworld Klay World] is a series of stop-motion [[Claymation]] videos by Robert Benfer (AKA [[Knox Korner|Knox]]). They showcase a group of clay people (usually blue, but other colors aren't uncommon) and their antics atop the table that is their world. It's generally regarded as the [[Trope Codifier|codifier]] of internet claymation comedy, and most subsequent similar works tend to follow the same pattern.
[http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/klayworld Klay World] is a series of stop-motion [[Claymation]] videos by Robert Benfer (AKA [[Knox Korner|Knox]]). They showcase a group of clay people (usually blue, but other colors aren't uncommon) and their antics atop the table that is their world. It's generally regarded as the [[Trope Codifier|codifier]] of internet claymation comedy, and most subsequent similar works tend to follow the same pattern.
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* [[Big Bad]]: In KlayWorld: Off The Table, King Womp is this.
* [[Big Bad]]: In KlayWorld: Off The Table, King Womp is this.
** In the six-part series "Knox's Klay World", this role is played by a "monster" ( {{spoiler|portrayed by a Xenomorph action figure}}). In a fun bit of fourth-wall breakage, a Klayman explains exactly why the Monster is such a problem:
** In the six-part series "Knox's Klay World", this role is played by a "monster" ( {{spoiler|portrayed by a Xenomorph action figure}}). In a fun bit of fourth-wall breakage, a Klayman explains exactly why the Monster is such a problem:
{{quote| '''Klayman 1:''' Wait, why is this a problem? Klay people die all the time.<br />
{{quote|'''Klayman 1:''' Wait, why is this a problem? Klay people die all the time.
'''Klayman 2:''' Yeah, but... Y'know how, when the animation's over and the replay button pops up, the dying usually stops? Well, the thing about the Monster is, he keeps on killing ''after the animation's over.'' }}
'''Klayman 2:''' Yeah, but... Y'know how, when the animation's over and the replay button pops up, the dying usually stops? Well, the thing about the Monster is, he keeps on killing ''after the animation's over.'' }}
*** A helpful "KILLING DURING ANIMATION: GOOD/KILLING AFTER ANIMATION: BAD" diagram even pops onscreen.
*** A helpful "KILLING DURING ANIMATION: GOOD/KILLING AFTER ANIMATION: BAD" diagram even pops onscreen.
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* [[You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry]]: Hulky says this word-for-word before [[Invoked Trope|somebody takes him up on the challenge]]. Averted in that he actually gets smaller, weaker, and perhaps stupider when he gets mad. Oh, and green. {{spoiler|Played straight later on when he gets really mad, turns huge and smashes everything. Oh, and he turned yellow, too}}.
* [[You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry]]: Hulky says this word-for-word before [[Invoked Trope|somebody takes him up on the challenge]]. Averted in that he actually gets smaller, weaker, and perhaps stupider when he gets mad. Oh, and green. {{spoiler|Played straight later on when he gets really mad, turns huge and smashes everything. Oh, and he turned yellow, too}}.
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{{quote| ''It's funny, 'cause the robot ain't have no arms.''
{{quote|''It's funny, 'cause the robot ain't have no arms.''
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