Emmy the Robot (webcomic): Difference between revisions

Emmy was created by [[Sterling Robotics]] and prepared to become human care-certified at their [[NotableList Locationsof notable locations#Sterling Robotics USA Headquarters|USA headquarters]] alongside other Nandroids. Boasting vast knowledge on a range of subjects such as advanced mathematics and multiple languages,<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/child-proof/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=16 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 4 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref> Emmy and her classmates went through a rigorous education process at [[Nandroid School]], where they were taught socialization and proper etiquette for how to care for their future human owners.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/education/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=17 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 5 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref> After completing her schooling, Emmy received her assignment to care for the [[Hawthorn Grove families#The Delaire family|Delaire family]].<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/family-assignments-/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=25 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 13 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref>

Emmy spent the next four years living with the Delaires in [[NotableList Locationsof notable locations#Hawthorn Grove|Hawthorn Grove]].<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/daily-routine-part-1/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=28 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 16 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref> During this time she formed a strong bond with Madeline, and enjoyed spending time with her friends [[Amy]], [[Franny]], [[Molly]], and [[Polly]] - four of her former Nandroid School classmates who were assigned to families living in the same neighborhood.<ref name="trolley_ride">[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/trolley-ride/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=30 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 18 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref>

One Saturday, Ted took Angela, Madeline and Emmy on a shopping trip to [[NotableList Locationsof notable locations#Beacon City|Beacon City]].<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/city-trip/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=42 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 30 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref> While in the city, Emmy prevented Madeline from receiving a piece of candy from a [[MinorList of minor Characterscharacters#Busker Bot|friendly-looking outmode]], exhibiting her bias towards outmoded robots.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/busker-bot/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=43 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 31 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref> When Madeline later confronted Emmy about it, Emmy assured her charge that they would always be together, because Nandroids have superior engineering and are unable to become outmoded.<ref name="not_like_other_robots">[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/not-like-other-robots/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=44 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 32 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref>

Following the incident, Emmy's human care certification was revoked and she was sent back to [[NotableList Locationsof notable locations#Sterling Robotics USA Headquarters|Sterling's USA headquarters]] to undergo testing in order to find and fix the cause of her malfunction.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/bot-docs/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=68 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 55 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref> However, after the cause of the issue remained undiscovered for 11 days,<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/we-have-a-problem-part-1/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=73 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 60 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref> Emmy snuck out of her assigned room to eavesdrop on [[MinorList Charactersof minor characters#Ron Bennet|Dr. Bennet]] and [[Marcus Webb|Dr. Webb]] discussing her situation. After she overheard Dr. Bennet mention Emmy potentially getting sent away to be dismantled, and panicking due to her room door locking shut behind her,<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/we-have-a-problem-part-2/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=74 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 61 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref> Emmy hid in a trashcan to avoid being detected. However, before she could react, an oblivious [[MinorList Charactersof minor characters#Janitor robot|janitor robot]] emptied the trashcan into a trash chute, unknowingly sending Emmy down the chute as well. Trapped inside a discarded refrigerator, Emmy was then transported across the [[NotableList Locationsof notable locations#Beacon Bay|Beacon Bay]] to a landfill in [[NotableList of notable Locationslocations#Dupont|Dupont]],<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/a-hasty-exit/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=75 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 62 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref> approximately 30 miles from her home.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/junked-part-2/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=85 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 71 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref>

Laying unconscious in the landfill, Emmy was eventually awoken when her right arm was stolen by small scavenging robots known as [[MinorList Charactersof minor characters#Nabs|Nab]]s. She attempted to chase after them, but tripped and slid down into a pile of trash and was knocked into shutdown mode again.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/lost-and-found/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=80 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 66 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref>

Some time later Emmy was found by [[Darcy Boyle|Darcy]], who reactivated her and was able to find and attach a replacement arm to the Nandroid.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/junked-part-1/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=84 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 70 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref><ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/junked-part-4/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=87 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 73 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref> With no easy route to return home, Darcy took Emmy to a payphone. Emmy was reluctant to call either Sterling Robotics or her family, however, as she still had no human care certification and feared that returning to Sterling would result in her being dismantled. Darcy then suggested she come with her to her [[Ginny Hackle|Aunt Ginny]]'s [[NotableList Locationsof notable locations#Aunt Ginny's house|house]], and attached a bracelet device to Emmy.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/payphone-part-1/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=89 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 75 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref><ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/payphone-part-2/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=90 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 76 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref>

Upon arriving at Aunt Ginny's, Emmy was introduced to a group of [[:Category:Aunt Ginny's Outmodes|outmodes]] living there, and attempted to explain her predicament to them. They found her story to be nonsensical and even humorous, believing her to be in denial about being purposefully discarded by her owners, much to Emmy's disappointment and anger.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/no-nose-rust-bucket-part-1/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=92 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 78 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref><ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/a-house-of-outmodes-part-1/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=94 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 80 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref><ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/a-house-of-outmodes-part-2/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=95 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 81 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref><ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/garrison/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=96 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 82 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref> Emmy then met Aunt Ginny herself, and witnessed her talk to the painting of [[MinorList Charactersof minor characters#Aunt Ginny's Father|her father]] on the wall while repeatedly misnaming Emmy.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/goodies-part-2/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=98 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 84 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref><ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/goodies-part-3/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=99 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 85 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref><ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/father-knows-best/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=100 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 86 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref> After another bout of being laughed at by the outmodes for her insistence that her family is missing her, Emmy ran away into the night, much to Darcy's dismay.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/we-got-a-runner/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=101 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 87 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/09/30.]</ref>

After Emmy ran away from Aunt Ginny's she spent some time traveling around Dupont, looking for a way to return home. Her first stop was the Department of Automation, but after a lengthy stay in the waiting room she was unable to receive assistance, as her serial number still referenced her being kept at [[NotableList Locationsof notable locations#Sterling Robotics USA Headquarters|Sterling's USA Headquarters]].<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/the-department-of-automation/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=106 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 91 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/12/06.]</ref> She continued wandering through Dupont, stopping at both a convenience store<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/mean-streets-part-1/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=107 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot chapter 92 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/12/06.]</ref> as well as a bus stop,<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/mean-streets-part-2/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=108 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 93 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/12/06.]</ref> but both times ran into unsavory characters and wasn't able to receive help.

Her final confrontation was with a group of scrappers, known as the [[MinorList Charactersof minor characters#Iron Spikes|Iron Spikes]],<ref name="spikes">[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/rescue-part-1/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=110 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 95 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/12/06.]</ref> whom she mistook for a band. As the group was preparing to abduct Emmy, Darcy rode in on her moped and was able to save Emmy using a gas canister.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/musicians/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=109 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 94 on Webtoon. Retrieve 2022/12/06.]</ref> After escaping, Darcy took Emmy to an alley where she explained to her the danger she was just in and revealed how she was able to find Emmy - the bracelet she had given her earlier was a tracking device.<ref name="spikes"></ref> Unhappy at this new revelation, Emmy suffered another minor malfunction, with Darcy guessing it may be due to a software update.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/rescue-part-2/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=111 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 96 on Webtoon. Retrieve 2022/12/06.]</ref> Darcy then explained to Emmy that she may be able to help repair her without the need for Sterling Robotics, an idea which Emmy initially dismissed as a joke.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/rescue-part-3/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=112 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 97 on Webtoon. Retrieved 2022/12/06.]</ref> After an angry outburst from Darcy, Emmy apologized and accepted Darcy's help, with Darcy wondering what the Delaire's might be willing to pay to receive a fully functioning Emmy back. The duo then ride off on Darcy's moped, returning to Aunt Ginnys'.<ref>[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/emmy-the-robot/do-we-have-a-deal/viewer?title_no=402201&episode_no=113 Dominic Cellini - ''Emmy the Robot'' chapter 98 on Webtoon. Retrieve 2022/12/06.]</ref>

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