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Pico is the main protagonist of the titular series of Flash games created by Tom Fulp and a mascot of the popular multimedia site Newgrounds. Created in 1999, he makes his first appearance in Pico's School.
Pico has ginger hair, a green shirt with darker green sleeves, beige or green pants, and a pair of red sneakers with orange ankle patches and light brown soles. He has distinctive white eyes with no pupils as a stylistic choice. He is sometimes depicted with a tooth gap, most notably in some of MindChamber's art.
Personality[]
Pico is described as "popular" by his peers, being the first one to raise his hand in class, often using his words and speaking up whenever possible, showing his confident side. He also acts quite reckless and takes action immediately during the destruction of his school. In Pico vs. Überkids, he doesn't show any fear when faced with the gun, and even shoots the gun into his mouth twice instead of just once as a strategic move.
He has an aggressive side to him, being an extremely skilled gunman who valiantly fights any foes in his way. Pico is caring of his friends' safety, and immediately faces threats against Darnell and Nene without hesitation in Pico 2 and Resident Pico respectively. Along with this, he proves himself to be loyal, as in Friday Night Funkin' he refuses to work against Boyfriend twice and even saves his life.
In Pico's School: Love Conquers All, he behaves in a hospitable manner towards the Goth Punks and is determined to encourage them to be more optimistic. He is outspoken and readily expresses disapproval of behavior that he thinks is wrong, even if whom he is talking about is present.
Abilities[]
Pico's most notable skill is his proficiency with guns, which are his weapons of choice. With them, he has remarkable accuracy and is capable of using two at once. He is most commonly seen with a M10-like pistol, but has used other types of guns such as the AK-47 and M16. He is also strong enough to be able to knock someone out with his bare fists, as seen in Pico 2. Pico is shown to have a talent for dancing, rapping, and using DJ turntables as well. According to Pico vs. Bear, he is experienced at handling hostage situations.
Relationships[]
Darnell[]
Pico and Darnell are close friends. In Pico 2, Pico rushes to stop the Ghettobots once he learns they are threatening Darnell's life, and Darnell invites him over to his house to practice on a DJ turntable his mom bought as entertainment.
However, a sneak peek of an upcoming update for Friday Night Funkin' shows Pico and Darnell fighting each other. The reasoning behind this is currently unclear.
Nene[]
Pico and Nene have been confirmed to be friends. Despite this, their interactions are often unpleasant - in Pico's School, Nene begs Pico to kill her, and in Resident Pico, Nene coldly rejects his offer to protect her from the zombies because she prefers to "have [her] brains eaten". Though in the latter game, she does advise him to run, meaning that at the very least she doesn't want him to die.
However, a sneak peek of an upcoming update for Friday Night Funkin' shows Nene throwing knives at Pico as he runs away from her. The reasoning behind this is currently unclear.
Pico and Boyfriend are ex-boyfriends. There has been very little information revealed about their past relationship aside from the reason for their breakup being "complicated" and it being hinted that they used to sing together, as the reason Pico rap battles against him is out of nostalgia and old habits, implying that Pico misses him in some way.
In the present day, Pico proves himself to be more loyal to Boyfriend than his employer Daddy Dearest, as he goes against his orders twice - first to kill Boyfriend in his own Week, and then to check if he's dead in Tankman's Week by instead saving his life. It is unclear what Boyfriend feels towards Pico, but he appears to be completely fine being around him and even singing with him.
Father[]
Pico's relationship with his father is mostly unknown, but he seems to be neglectful with his son. Interacting with a car in the Tom Fulp demo of Pico 2 prompts Pico to say "My dad loves that car more than he loves me! I hope he crashes the damn thing into a brick wall!"
Timmy[]
According to Darnell in Pico 2, Pico barely makes eye contact with Timmy and generally ignores him because Pico is "shy and non-confrontational", but since he's been shown to be more the opposite, it was either a joke or incorrect assumption made by Darnell. The true reasoning behind Pico's disregard of Timmy is unknown.
Trivia[]
In Pico's World, an old Flash hub by Tom Fulp, many facts about Pico are listed:
Pico is a wannabe DJ.
Cyclops briefly mentions in Pico's School that Pico listens to techno music.
In Pico 2, Pico's interest in DJing is a plot point, and he regularly practices on the turntables with his best friend Darnell.
He has obsessive behavior.
Pico is an insomniac.
Pico's insomnia may contribute to his aggressive behavior at times, as irritability is a symptom of insomnia.
Pico is homicidal.
Pico has an IQ of 127. An IQ of 127 is classed as above average, meaning Pico is intelligent.
Pico is schizophrenic.
Pico may have developed schizophrenia from the events of Pico's School, as trauma is the biggest cause of schizophrenia.
Pico is American and lives in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Pico enjoys smoking marijuana, as first seen in Pico's School.
Pico has non-canonically died a total of 3 times in the official Pico series:
Pico vs. Überkids - can shoot himself.
Pico Roulette - can shoot himself.
UFA - dies of old age.
Pico's design was directly inspired by an illustration for Children's Tylenol Cold in the 1990s.
Pico from Cosmic Fantasy 2 (1992), the character that inspired Pico's name.
Pico was originally named Pogo, but Tom Fulp quickly changed it to Pico upon discovering the URL Pogo.com was in use.
Pico was named after the Cosmic Fantasy 2 character Pico, an anthropomorphic talking black cat from another planet.
Pico was created to be the mascot of Newgrounds in 1999, but was phased out by Tankman in 2006.
It's been debated among fans whether the gun that Pico's been regularly depicted with since Pico's Unloaded is an Uzi or a MAC-10. MindChamber settled this debate by confirming that the gun is based on a MAC-10.
Tom Fulp has confirmed that some of Pico's favorite music artists are Joy Division, Gary Numan, Natural Born Chillers, and The Cure.
In Pico's School: Love Conquers All, Pico mentions that he listens to Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, KMFDM, and Green Day.
When asked about what subjects the Pico characters would major in if they entered college, Fulp replied that Pico would major in computer science.
It was speculated on Newgrounds for years that Pico and his friends were around 10-14 years old, but Tom Fulp confirmed that all the major characters in Pico's School are high school seniors (around 16-18 years old).
However, Tom Fulp later went back on this statement, confirming that Pico and his friends do not have defined ages.
