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{{quote|'''Drone''' (''producing a software patch):'' {int Add(the green lout had it coming); };}}
{{quote|'''Drone''' (''producing a software patch):'' {int Add(the green lout had it coming); };}}
* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Pretty much all of them, and often [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]].
* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Pretty much all of them, and often [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]].
{{quote|'''Vexxarr''': You managed to subvert your entire core programming [[Bothering by the Book|by literally obeying its every word]].<br />
{{quote|'''Vexxarr''': You managed to subvert your entire core programming [[Bothering by the Book|by literally obeying its every word]].
'''Carl''': We're inteligent machines. [[The Farmer and the Viper|It's what we do]]. }}
'''Carl''': We're inteligent machines. [[The Farmer and the Viper|It's what we do]]. }}
** Vexxarr only feels safe and comfortable around the robots that are actively trying to kill him. If they offer to help, ''that's'' when he gets worried.
** Vexxarr only feels safe and comfortable around the robots that are actively trying to kill him. If they offer to help, ''that's'' when he gets worried.
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** [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=070907 And he knows it].
** [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=070907 And he knows it].
{{quote|'''Carl''': What's life without a little danger?
{{quote|'''Carl''': What's life without a little danger?
* [[Beat Panel|beat]]*<br />
([[Beat Panel|beat]])
'''Vexxarr''': ''How the '''[[Precision F-Strike|hell]]''' would I know!?'' }}
'''Vexxarr''': ''How the '''hell''' would I know!?'' }}
* [[Evil Overlord]]: The emperor of Bleen.
* [[Evil Overlord]]: The emperor of Bleen.
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]:
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]:
{{quote|'''[[Wide-Eyed Idealist|Sploorfix]]''': You want to spark a war between Bleen and the Lattrox? A war in which [[War Is Hell|millions of intelligent, innocent beings will perish]]?<br />
{{quote|'''[[Wide-Eyed Idealist|Sploorfix]]''': You want to spark a war between Bleen and the Lattrox? A war in which [[War Is Hell|millions of intelligent, innocent beings will perish]]?
'''Vexxarr''': No, no. See, the [[I'm a Humanitarian|Lattrox]] and [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Bleen]] would be fighting.... [[Exclusively Evil|each other...]] }}
'''Vexxarr''': No, no. See, the [[I'm a Humanitarian|Lattrox]] and [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Bleen]] would be fighting.... [[Exclusively Evil|each other...]] }}
* [[False Reassurance]]: [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=030411 Well...]
* [[False Reassurance]]: [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=030411 Well...]
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: Vexxarr has become increasingly savvy about his attempts to find safety, to the point of having a betting pool on how long after encountering anything they would be attacked or ordered to surrender.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Vexxarr has become increasingly savvy about his attempts to find safety, to the point of having a betting pool on how long after encountering anything they would be attacked or ordered to surrender.
{{quote|'''Vexxarr''': Usually by this time we'd hear...
{{quote|'''Vexxarr''': Usually by this time we'd hear...
'''an alien ship''': {{smallcaps|[http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=012407 Alien vessel, Do not attempt to flee or we will be forced to destroy you...] }}
'''an alien ship''': {{smallcaps|[http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate{{=}}012407 Alien vessel, Do not attempt to flee or we will be forced to destroy you...] }}
'''Vexxarr''': ...alright, fifty-seven seconds. Who had fifty-seven seconds?
'''Vexxarr''': ...alright, fifty-seven seconds. Who had fifty-seven seconds?
'''Minionbot''': I had five dollars on fifty-seven but it was under 'Prepare to be assimilated...' }}
'''Minionbot''': I had five dollars on fifty-seven but it was under 'Prepare to be assimilated...' }}
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* [[Gun Porn]]: In the early, black and white days of the comic, the art of earth's millitary equipment looked significantly more detailed than the characters.
* [[Gun Porn]]: In the early, black and white days of the comic, the art of earth's millitary equipment looked significantly more detailed than the characters.
* [[Gunship Rescue]]: [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=031809 Giant Mecha] [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=041309 Rescue actually].
* [[Gunship Rescue]]: [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=031809 Giant Mecha] [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=041309 Rescue actually].
{{quote|'''Vexxarr''': If they think an [[Big Damn Heroes|insanely heroic rescue]] is in the works, they're in for an enormous disappointment... <br />
{{quote|'''Vexxarr''': If they think an [[Big Damn Heroes|insanely heroic rescue]] is in the works, they're in for an enormous disappointment...
''[sees [[Humongous Mecha|combat mech]] with open cockpit]''<br />
''[sees [[Humongous Mecha|combat mech]] with open cockpit]''
...unless, of course, it would be unimaginably ''fun''... }}
...unless, of course, it would be unimaginably ''fun''... }}
* [[Hammerspace]]: Vexxarr can conjure a paper list of research projects performed by Bleen AI seemingly out of thin air. The explanation: It's just that important to remember how any research project headed by an AI has [[Gone Horribly Wrong]] and ended with the creation of a [[Earthshattering Kaboom|tiny sun]]. (Except the one that ended with a super massive black hole.)
* [[Hammerspace]]: Vexxarr can conjure a paper list of research projects performed by Bleen AI seemingly out of thin air. The explanation: It's just that important to remember how any research project headed by an AI has [[Gone Horribly Wrong]] and ended with the creation of a [[Earthshattering Kaboom|tiny sun]]. (Except the one that ended with a super massive black hole.)
* [[Hive Mind]]:
* [[Hive Mind]]:
{{quote|'''[[Body Horror|Schlumpool]]''': [[The Reveal|I am your]] [[Hive Mind]]!<br />
{{quote|'''[[Body Horror|Schlumpool]]''': [[The Reveal|I am your]] [[Hive Mind]]!
'''[[God Save Us From the Queen|Schlumpoid Queen]]''': Oh, don't be ridiculous. Schlumpoids don't have a [[Hive Mind]].<br />
'''[[God Save Us From the Queen|Schlumpoid Queen]]''': Oh, don't be ridiculous. Schlumpoids don't have a [[Hive Mind]].
'''Schlumpool''': I can prove it to you.<br />
'''Schlumpool''': I can prove it to you.
'''Aid''': I can't imagine how.<br />
'''Aid''': I can't imagine how.
'''Queen''': The idea is too ridiculous for words.<br />
'''Queen''': The idea is too ridiculous for words.
'''Aid''': I believe everything you say.<br />
'''Aid''': I believe everything you say.
'''Queen''': I trust you ''implicitly''.<br />
'''Queen''': I trust you ''implicitly''.
'''Aid''': You have my sword. *[[beat]]* Ok. That was disturbing beyond words. }}
'''Aid''': You have my sword. ([[beat]]) Ok. That was disturbing beyond words. }}
* [[The Heart]]: Sploorflix keeps trying to get everyone to work together, help all the creatures they come across, and wants everyone to live in love and peace. Unfortunately, for him, he's in [[Wrong Genre Savvy|the wrong universe]] and within a lightyear vicinity of [[Kick the Dog|Vexxarr and Carl]], where his extreme idealism does not hold up well in the face of Vexxarr's wormhole of cynicism. However, he does still manage to drag Vexxarr's conscience out into the open more than once, though, pulling their somewhat [[Dysfunction Junction|dysfunctional crew]] into doing the right thing. ...Eventually.
* [[The Heart]]: Sploorflix keeps trying to get everyone to work together, help all the creatures they come across, and wants everyone to live in love and peace. Unfortunately, for him, he's in [[Wrong Genre Savvy|the wrong universe]] and within a lightyear vicinity of [[Kick the Dog|Vexxarr and Carl]], where his extreme idealism does not hold up well in the face of Vexxarr's wormhole of cynicism. However, he does still manage to drag Vexxarr's conscience out into the open more than once, though, pulling their somewhat [[Dysfunction Junction|dysfunctional crew]] into doing the right thing. ...Eventually.
* [[Humans Are Special]]: Originally it seemed like [[Humans Are Warriors]] but the Mahakalosians stated that "Urthers" were not a warrior race due to the simple fact that they are neither unified nor extinct. [[Humans Are Diplomats|Rather they are special because they are willing to work together with others]].
* [[Humans Are Special]]: Originally it seemed like [[Humans Are Warriors]] but the Mahakalosians stated that "Urthers" were not a warrior race due to the simple fact that they are neither unified nor extinct. [[Humans Are Diplomats|Rather they are special because they are willing to work together with others]].
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** [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=121905 Ouch, Sony.]
** [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=121905 Ouch, Sony.]
* [[Technical Pacifist]]. Parodied with the locutrons.
* [[Technical Pacifist]]. Parodied with the locutrons.
{{quote|'''Locutron:''' [[Brown Note|Great Orator]], I swear these ships and the thousands like them have been built to carry your message of peace and fraternity to all inteligent systems in the nebula. [[We Come in Peace|Their mission is one of peace.]] We wish to show nothing but our love for all living things.<br />
{{quote|'''Locutron:''' [[Brown Note|Great Orator]], I swear these ships and the thousands like them have been built to carry your message of peace and fraternity to all inteligent systems in the nebula. [[We Come in Peace|Their mission is one of peace.]] We wish to show nothing but our love for all living things.
'''Vexxarr:''' Yet I can't help but notice that your envoys of are bristling with weapons.<br />
'''Vexxarr:''' Yet I can't help but notice that your envoys of are bristling with weapons.
'''Locutron:''' There is, of course, always the slight possibility that they will not love us back.<br />
'''Locutron:''' There is, of course, always the slight possibility that they will not love us back.
'''Vexxarr:''' Word of advice? Keep 'em charged. }}
'''Vexxarr:''' Word of advice? Keep 'em charged. }}
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Vexxarr's own robotic allies frequently give him one. And then there's the hostile AI left by the [[Precursors|Schlumpoid Forebearers]], who gives them to any Schlumpoid in range. They actually make use of it by assigning him to teach a class called 'Stasis: The failure of Schlumpoid Culture.'
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Vexxarr's own robotic allies frequently give him one. And then there's the hostile AI left by the [[Precursors|Schlumpoid Forebearers]], who gives them to any Schlumpoid in range. They actually make use of it by assigning him to teach a class called 'Stasis: The failure of Schlumpoid Culture.'
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{{quote|'''Sid''': There was a button. Its function was unknown to me...}}
{{quote|'''Sid''': There was a button. Its function was unknown to me...}}
** Recently Vexxarr himself went through this, when trying to figuer out how to disengage a planetwide [[Cloaking Device|cloaking system]] from a console that was also invisible. There were some... [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=051311 problems.]
** Recently Vexxarr himself went through this, when trying to figuer out how to disengage a planetwide [[Cloaking Device|cloaking system]] from a console that was also invisible. There were some... [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=051311 problems.]
* [[Wetware CPU]]: Most [[A Is]] it seems.
* [[Wetware CPU]]: Most AIs it seems.
* [[Who's Laughing Now?]]: After managing to successfully impersonate the leader of a group of vegetable-based AI that have been trying to kill him, he vents pretty much all of the frustration he's accumulated over the course of the strip through [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=050409 creative vengeance]
* [[Who's Laughing Now?]]: After managing to successfully impersonate the leader of a group of vegetable-based AI that have been trying to kill him, he vents pretty much all of the frustration he's accumulated over the course of the strip through [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=050409 creative vengeance]
{{quote|'''Sploorfix''': What are you thinking?
{{quote|'''Sploorfix''': What are you thinking?
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