We Are Robots: Brian Frisk's Witty Flash Cartoon

We are Robots is an online flash cartoon created by Brian Frisk. The cartoon is hosted on Frisk's website thefrown.com and We Are Robots has attained something of a cult status among flash cartoons. The scheme is constructed as a series of vignettes, done in a biographical sketch/reality television show format. Several robots, each with a name that describes a particularly strong character trait perform and sometimes interact with one another in their own cartoons, usually lasting between three and five minutes. Meet the cast of We Are Robots.

Angrybot

Angrybot is the robot on We Are Robots with the most glaring anger-management problem. He is a red, perpetually frowning robot who teaches a high school music class. Constantly crass and never hesitant to throw insults at women, store clerks, telemarketers, or anyone else who even remotely pisses him off.

Golden Quote: "You don't like it? Well, suck my steel expansion rod. You're fired, fired from school. Now go home and eat some powdered bleach or whatever. In fact, listen up everybody, you're all fired from school! Now go home and your homework is to eat bleach and DIE. I bet they won't do it. Worth a try."

Sad Robot

Sad Robot is the perpetually morose denizen of We Are Robots. A gloomy, hunched over blue robot who works in a real estate office, he never met a situation that he couldn't find the worst in. If you've ever known a constantly pessimistic person, you might want to send them this cartoon.

Golden Quote: "The worst part is the pain and the sorrow, that knot my heart like millions of tiny, very evil gnomes. Or doves. Evil doves."

Robokopf

Robokopf is the self-proclaimed artistic genius of We Are Robots. Speaking like a flamboyantly gay Frenchman with a superiority complex, his ego eclipses the most deluded megalomaniac. Despite his ego-centricity, he still works at an electronics store. All of his works showcases himself as the centerpiece, and he has an unclear relationship with his assistant Frankel.

Golden Quote: "Whip me Frankel! Punish me, damn you! Flay me like a bad pony! I'm a terrible, mean pony!"

Tendertron

Tendertron is clearly an embodiment of New Age, dirty hippy, faith healing, vegan extremism. She works as a counselor at a local high school and frequents open mic nights on We Are Robots. Not the funniest cartoon on the site, but certainly a funny commentary on certain people in the world.

Golden Quote: "Don't direct that anger inward, direct it outward toward your peers! In sports, I mean."

Kegomatic

Kegomatic is the party animal of We Are Robots. He never met a beer he didn't like or a sexual innuendo he felt uncomfortable saying. He womanizes, he drinks, he perpetually fails in college, and denies that he is anything remotely homophobic toward his meathead compatriot.

Golden Quote: "I'm hardcore heavy my dude. I kick ass so hard I'm having foot pain. From kicking asses...with my foot. Forget it."

Bizbot

Bizbot is the embodiment of dimwitted corporate America on We Are Robots. He is perpetually enthusiastic, much like a motivational speaker, despite distaste toward his lame money-making ventures. His cartoon is a pretty hilarious satire of the stupidity of trying to make employees find excitement in mundane office tasks.

Golden Quote: "You speak with such refinement. Such business actionable-driven BOO-YA!"

Geekbot

Geekbot is the stereotypical Star-Trek, 1980s computer geek. He and his two dumpy friends wade through debates on which science fiction girls are hotter whilst braving a world of ostracizing. He somewhat resembles a rotund C-3PO with giant glasses, buck teeth, and severe asthma.

Golden Quote: "I'm definitely not a geek, or a nerd. I could be out there getting my freak up or raging against things. I just PREFER intellectual discussion."

Gothbot

Gothbot could probably hook up with Sad Robot and they could forge a union of pessimism on We Are Robots. Dressed in black, flinging the word "slut" around like there's no tomorrow, she drifts through life rejecting all that is positive. It's amusing how her mother breaks her séance with an offering of brownies rather than blood.

Golden Quote: "Die, children! Your blood tastes like candy!"