Whatever Happened to Clippy?

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  • Опубликовано: 13 дек 2024

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  • @Guppyg53
    @Guppyg53 6 лет назад +1562

    Clippy was something to stare at for 20 minutes because you lost your train of thought and it was 3am

    • @DanHaiduc
      @DanHaiduc 5 лет назад +32

      Back in the good old days, when we didn't have RUclips...

    • @jessicahall5869
      @jessicahall5869 5 лет назад +12

      Dan Haiduc says the person using RUclips

    • @echoalexander72
      @echoalexander72 5 лет назад +19

      @@jessicahall5869 'when' as in back when they didn't have it. they have it now. when means the past. they didnt have it in the past (the time dan is referring to)

    • @foxypaws9731
      @foxypaws9731 5 лет назад +8

      You are a true 98er, bro, you are a true

    • @myristicina.
      @myristicina. 5 лет назад +4

      I was scared of clippy as a kid lol in my primary school around they had him

  • @metalandmagic1424
    @metalandmagic1424 6 лет назад +2429

    Gonna be honest, Cortana is more annoying than Clippy EVER was, and at least Clippy was cute. Cortana is a circle...

    • @bigdoggo5827
      @bigdoggo5827 6 лет назад +123

      Cortana is one of the protagonists of the halo series and she is kinda funnny but her w10 and wphone versions are meh

    • @bigdoggo5827
      @bigdoggo5827 6 лет назад +9

      @Gord Man yeh

    • @Omnipulsar
      @Omnipulsar 6 лет назад +60

      Fr whenever cortana appears on my computer I'm like shut the fuck up

    • @HannahFortalezza
      @HannahFortalezza 5 лет назад +22

      Luis Arturo Velásquez Menéndez and then she takes over the galaxy, forcefully. Bad omen much?

    • @bigdoggo5827
      @bigdoggo5827 5 лет назад +5

      @@HannahFortalezza We, humans will destroy our planet sooner or later, so what you say is not bad omen, whatever that means

  • @BEEEELEEEE
    @BEEEELEEEE 6 лет назад +432

    I only encountered Clippy through elementary school computer classes, but I always thought he was kind of cute. It makes me sad to see people hate on him so much. He was just trying to help.

    • @davidford3115
      @davidford3115 6 лет назад +30

      Me too. I think most of the hate comes from the fact that Microsoft forced him into our faces. If they were smart enough to give the option of silencing the help, but leaving him up to do his graphics or if you specifically asked for help. he would not have been so infuriating to people who knew what they were doing.

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 6 лет назад +11

      Keep in mind that at the time they introduced it to MS Office the vast majority of people using computers were much more tech savvy than they are today. Sure, you had folks that just bought their first computer and hadn't used MS-DOS, but the bulk of the people using computers had.
      Even for them though, the Windows computers weren't very stable and you could be expected to have to spend a lot more time researching things as many didn't have the internet, just a rather large, now, electronic manual for hellp.
      For us, it was patronizing, annoying and as the video pointed out, not very helpful. And ultimately, had the same issues that MS has had for years, help files and manuals that are incredibly lacking in terms of things that end users might need to do. The manuals at least as far as MS-DOS 5 had been rather large tomes of knowledge covering most things that one could possibly want, but after that they became unreliable and incomplete, and as such, no matter what they did with Clippy, it likely wouldn't ever have been very helpful as the manual wasn't a selling point for the users.

    • @thediamondcreeper1413
      @thediamondcreeper1413 6 лет назад +2

      BEEELEEE same.

    • @xanethedarkwerehog
      @xanethedarkwerehog 6 лет назад +1

      BEEELEEE Same, I personally didn’t mind it at all

    • @yahnah9116
      @yahnah9116 6 лет назад +1

      Yes I agree with you

  • @pegasBaO23
    @pegasBaO23 5 лет назад +1076

    Clippy's best feature was "Do a trick" as a kid I remember opening word just for that

    • @themoron786
      @themoron786 5 лет назад +13

      Me too

    • @happilyevernever4289
      @happilyevernever4289 4 года назад +5

      Omg same..

    • @gone4684
      @gone4684 4 года назад +3

      Kartikay Kaushik sameee

    • @pumpkinnecromancer2490
      @pumpkinnecromancer2490 4 года назад +8

      Same. I did that for Rover in XP search too

    • @DisneyPrincess92
      @DisneyPrincess92 4 года назад +15

      I did the exact same I would literally sit in the computer for ages just watching him animate I thought it was amazing.

  • @ccleake1
    @ccleake1 5 лет назад +343

    I DIDN'T KNOW CLIPPY HAD AN ANIMATED SERIES AND WAS VOICED BY GILBERT GOTTFRIED THIS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE THING

  • @lrgogo1517
    @lrgogo1517 6 лет назад +519

    I wish more people appreciated Clippy's little animations.

    • @iliketrains3495
      @iliketrains3495 5 лет назад +46

      I wasted so much time when I was like 9 trying to get him to do the tick animation

    • @ThisUserIsDead
      @ThisUserIsDead 4 года назад +8

      Clippy honestly was my favourite interactive assistant when I used XP as a kid. Good times

  • @AnimalFacts
    @AnimalFacts 6 лет назад +2509

    I remember my mom calling me asking me "What the Heck does this paperclip want?"

    • @siloPIRATE
      @siloPIRATE 6 лет назад +145

      Animal Facts The more you look or think about that sentence the stranger it gets

    • @AdamProGamingTR
      @AdamProGamingTR 6 лет назад +6

      well i didnt had windows Xp :( edit:i think its not in xp :|

    • @snowyicicle1335
      @snowyicicle1335 6 лет назад +43

      That feeling when your game almost finished downloading and your mom calls someone

    • @Jim-on1mj
      @Jim-on1mj 6 лет назад

      Animal Facts lol

    • @tf2koalafruit
      @tf2koalafruit 6 лет назад +1

      I need to ruin the 420

  • @Larry
    @Larry 6 лет назад +2051

    I'm surprised Clippy never appeared as a playable character in Killer Instinct. Every other Microsoft character did!!!

    • @sparrowthesissy2186
      @sparrowthesissy2186 6 лет назад +50

      Bob & Clippy: Nuts 'N' Bolts II

    • @landor5138
      @landor5138 6 лет назад +80

      Yeah, pretty disappointing I didn't get the call

    • @ccateni28
      @ccateni28 6 лет назад +20

      Larry Bundy Jr That's a new DLC later on.

    • @mintybin
      @mintybin 6 лет назад +16

      if it becomes dlc it would be memetastic

    • @CeruleanCS
      @CeruleanCS 6 лет назад +8

      If you don’t read this in Larry’s voice you’re reading it wrong

  • @TheSuperQuail
    @TheSuperQuail 5 лет назад +167

    I remember clicking 'Animate' on each of the assistants about a million times each when I was a boy.
    Did I mention I live in a swamp?

    • @kitkat2849-b3h
      @kitkat2849-b3h 4 года назад +3

      get outta my S W A M P .

    • @cheetodog3371
      @cheetodog3371 4 года назад +1

      *SOMEBODY ONCE TOL-*

    • @bobmiah
      @bobmiah 4 года назад

      jeeeekgigrkeguf*r rb rheghshaiu

    • @bobmiah
      @bobmiah 4 года назад

      2002 Microsoft Corporation

    • @bobmiah
      @bobmiah 4 года назад

      @nitrrogen its r/ihadAstroke get it right

  • @3dgyt33n3
    @3dgyt33n3 6 лет назад +81

    I remember that i LOVED clippy as a kid. I was entertained to no end by the little animations, and i even got my mom to help me download the other characters.

    • @gachafallv2946
      @gachafallv2946 4 года назад +11

      Holy cow same! I never downloaded anybody new. I just loved seeing him bounce around and it made me giggle every time.

  • @AsellusPrimus
    @AsellusPrimus 6 лет назад +1598

    I don't trust Alexa, Siri, or Cortana... I'd like to talk to Clippy please.

    • @mrpixelperfect
      @mrpixelperfect 5 лет назад +29

      What about Google and Bixby?

    • @slayyyters_cigarette
      @slayyyters_cigarette 5 лет назад +6

      AsellusPrimus, If these assistants didn't run for the government I'd get google. I also like Cortana.

    • @oblivion2755
      @oblivion2755 5 лет назад +15

      @@felipekretschmera.5812 oh yes I liked bonzibuddy, but one day he got very mad, he called himself bonzikill and then tried to destroy my computer.

    • @mysterysguac5506
      @mysterysguac5506 5 лет назад +4

      I trust siri but I also trust clippy rip clippy
      “Hey looks like your writing a letter need an-“

    • @weeddude2333
      @weeddude2333 5 лет назад +3

      Oblivion[2] WTF? what year did you install him?

  • @JoelReid
    @JoelReid 6 лет назад +887

    I was a teenager when clippy graced our screens... and loved him.
    I turned off his offer for help and just had him sit in the corner of my screen while i wrote assignments. It was like having a companion.
    Now we have social media... arguably a companion that is more distracting to teenagers than clippy ever was.

    • @jugostran
      @jugostran 6 лет назад +58

      Joel Reid we have to resort to putting a Clippy gif in the corner of our screens

    • @atklm1
      @atklm1 6 лет назад +31

      "I'd sit alone and watch your light, my only friend through teenage nights. And everything I had to know I heard it on my Clippy assistant..." xD

    • @tigerbread78
      @tigerbread78 6 лет назад +23

      Joel Reid I now want a pet Clippy

    • @artistwithouttalent
      @artistwithouttalent 6 лет назад +16

      Joel Reid At least Clippy would try to offer help, and you could turn off his offers for assistance.

    • @willemvandebeek
      @willemvandebeek 6 лет назад +12

      Hear hear, I never understood all the hate either. :-/

  • @jugostran
    @jugostran 6 лет назад +443

    My grandma...when we upgraded her PC from XP to 7 and put office 2007 on it, the first question she asked is “where is that paperclip”?

  • @PikaPerfect
    @PikaPerfect 5 лет назад +142

    to be fair, young me LOVED clippy lol
    i remember disabling him a few times (or maybe my dad did that, i don't remember), and specifically going out of my way to dig through microsoft word settings so i could enable him again :') as you can imagine, i eventually grew out of him when i figured stuff out on my own, but screwing around in microsoft word with fonts and such was always just that much lonelier without clippy there, even if i wasn't using him haha I was fairly upset when he wasn't available on newer versions of windows

    • @gachafallv2946
      @gachafallv2946 4 года назад +9

      My dad had an old desktop crt and all that he gave me and I used to hop on word to see clippy do random things. It was so entertaining to me. I had him on in the background while I played club penguin and watched videos. Glad I still have the old unit. I even have the keyboard, mouse, monitor, and speakers.

    • @Jebesniper
      @Jebesniper 3 года назад +1

      I feel this. Like time flies things that was so normal those days we miss them

    • @miguelbaltazar7606
      @miguelbaltazar7606 3 года назад +1

      time for you to add clippy code

    • @qwerr1566
      @qwerr1566 3 года назад +1

      Let's get back...

  • @Pixelcraftian
    @Pixelcraftian 3 года назад +130

    Honestly, after watching Animator VS Animation again, I could totally see Clippy being a Smash Bros fighter, it’d be weird, sure, but using text as a weapon would be really cool.

  • @charlesxix
    @charlesxix 6 лет назад +726

    I remember you could stroke the dog and it would wag it's tail.

    • @SpanishDuck
      @SpanishDuck 6 лет назад +9

      charlesxix lol xddddd I thonk u men pat llldldlddlld ermergherdee nu strokeeee day Sunday wrong!

    • @name_5927
      @name_5927 5 лет назад +15

      You can pet the dog in Windows XP.

    • @MegaTheosmith
      @MegaTheosmith 5 лет назад +14

      You can stroke my dog anytime

    • @fourdontdoit7886
      @fourdontdoit7886 5 лет назад +25

      @@SpanishDuck r u ok?

    • @fourdontdoit7886
      @fourdontdoit7886 5 лет назад +1

      LMFAO

  • @Quario
    @Quario 6 лет назад +265

    As The Great Bard once said: "Looks like you are writing a letter, would you need help?". What a fleeting character he is.

  • @AvailableUsernameTed
    @AvailableUsernameTed 6 лет назад +804

    There was a good cartoon of Clippy where it says "It looks like you are writing a suicide note - I can help with that!

    • @scorchx3000
      @scorchx3000 6 лет назад +70

      2DTv, just came from that.
      Bill Gates: I realize now I've created a monster.
      Clippy: Hi, it looks like you're writing a suicide note.
      *Ton of people standing behind clippy*
      People: WOULD YOU LIKE SOME HELP?

    • @wdjwjdjwjdj
      @wdjwjdjwjdj 6 лет назад +4

      *Oh my god*

    • @Bacon8t0r
      @Bacon8t0r 6 лет назад +7

      Drawn Together, I remember that episode

    • @guilhermesartorato93
      @guilhermesartorato93 6 лет назад +5

      +Mike Gaddas +Pipe2DevNull
      There's a _Family Guy_ episode that makes a reference to the cartoon. The ending is different - and also hilarious - but I don't want to spoiler here.

    • @AvailableUsernameTed
      @AvailableUsernameTed 6 лет назад +1

      @@guilhermesartorato93 I'll check it out.

  • @AsterVex
    @AsterVex 4 года назад +62

    “What ever happened to Clippy?”
    *The Chosen one defeated him*

  • @anotherbencultmember9125
    @anotherbencultmember9125 6 лет назад +200

    I want a setting to make Cortana Clippy (With Gilbert Gottfried's voice)

  • @floralpoboop
    @floralpoboop 6 лет назад +390

    I liked clippy.
    I liked the office characters, and yes I was proficient in Microsoft office then and I still am.
    I mostly just liked it because of the small touches to it. Like a misspelling, or sentence fragment, or just the occasional tutorial. If you feel insulted by a piece of software then you have a inflated ego and are over sensitive to not understand it is talking about a broad audience..

    • @davidford3115
      @davidford3115 6 лет назад +14

      Indeed. I think the real villain was Microsoft for forcing him in our face. If he was given the option to silence help and just sit their doing his little graphics until specifically asked, he would have been more endearing. I loved his animations, particularly his eyes going through paper outlines during spell check. Or his "foot" breaking the fourth wall by tapping on the glass.

    • @fishapiller
      @fishapiller 6 лет назад +1

      undeadbobop same here I do miss them I miss the robot one

    • @urmom-iy1eh
      @urmom-iy1eh 5 лет назад +1

      @@davidford3115 agree

  • @striker5402
    @striker5402 6 лет назад +548

    My elementary school had old computers, and they had clippy. My entire class was in a computer room writing essays, and we all remarked at how we hated the paper clip. That was in 2010. Our computers were really out dated

    • @soulwolfx2291
      @soulwolfx2291 5 лет назад +3

      What grade were you in?

    • @FA-nn8vw
      @FA-nn8vw 5 лет назад +41

      @@soulwolfx2291 the computers in my middle school still have clippy... They are pretty much fossils

    • @abbythings
      @abbythings 5 лет назад +11

      @@FA-nn8vw Oof, and I thought my school's computers were crappy. They're macs from 2009! We got them in 2011, before then we had PCs with Windows XP..

    • @abbythings
      @abbythings 5 лет назад +4

      @OhHeccItsJackie our computers are a few years of updates behind.

    • @myristicina.
      @myristicina. 5 лет назад +6

      Same! In like around 2009-2013 our primary school still had windows xp they only got windows 7 in 2013 then windows 10 in 2017.

  • @hanniffydinn6019
    @hanniffydinn6019 6 лет назад +427

    Clippy turned into Siri , Google voice etc... The founders of Siri are doing a real useful assistant. So clippy was ahead of its time, just annoying for users who knew their shit.

    • @Modern.Millennial
      @Modern.Millennial 6 лет назад +52

      Don't forget Windows 10 Cortana, a much more direct descendant of clippy. Cortana even inherited Clippy's not very usefulness.

    • @MrEdrftgyuji
      @MrEdrftgyuji 6 лет назад +27

      The newer assistants have a lot more in common with Bonzi Buddy, with all of the spying and recording of user actions they do.

    • @joemann7971
      @joemann7971 6 лет назад +8

      @@Modern.Millennial Cortana just doesn't make a whole lot of sense on a device that may or may not have a microphone. Not to mention may or may not have a always connected internet connection like a phone.
      I'm not going to go run to my laptop to open it up to ask Cortana a question, and my desktop that's always connected doesn't have a microphone. My laptop may or may not have a internet connection depending if I'm at home or somewhere else.
      I don't even use Google assistant that much on my phone. The only reason I even used the assistant is through my Google home devices around the house. Other than that, I really don't care for personal assistants.

    • @johnps1670
      @johnps1670 6 лет назад +3

      Clippy never gave me the right answer, even on easy questions. The animation was nice.

    • @jackofsometradesjack
      @jackofsometradesjack 6 лет назад

      Cortana

  • @JJCUBER
    @JJCUBER 5 лет назад +145

    9:58 “Cortana is just clippy done right” you sure bout that 🤨🤔

    • @vamp97
      @vamp97 4 года назад +32

      at least clippy didn't harvest my personal data

    • @user-dr8ks5qf1h
      @user-dr8ks5qf1h 4 года назад +1

      @Beckett H your comment is funny now that I think of it

    • @will0wtr335
      @will0wtr335 4 года назад +1

      its actually the other way around

    • @dr.syedmuhammadmanazer-ul-414
      @dr.syedmuhammadmanazer-ul-414 3 года назад +1

      Yea
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      And
      Default
      Search
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      Google
      Not
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  • @zeljkoobradovic3445
    @zeljkoobradovic3445 6 лет назад +23

    I loved clippy because he always wanted to help me even tho i dont need help he was a wholesome little guy! Anoying, but wholesome.

  • @tudy000
    @tudy000 6 лет назад +171

    I never hated clippy,20 years ago i was in second grade learning how to use Word and me and my class mates were LAUGHING OUR ASSES OFF AT THE ANIMATIONS :))

    • @pustekuchen8956
      @pustekuchen8956 5 лет назад +18

      I thought I'm the only one who doesn't hate clippy at all

    • @vamp97
      @vamp97 4 года назад +4

      I remember when he'd curl up in a little spiral when you left him idle, and all us 6 year olds thought it was peak comedy.

    • @sirahmad
      @sirahmad 2 года назад +2

      same lol it was cute

  • @lorenwyman
    @lorenwyman 6 лет назад +43

    I always felt bad for clippy growing up knowing that people made fun of him. He's so cute!

  • @jrwhrwiutrwuitwiut
    @jrwhrwiutrwuitwiut 6 лет назад +240

    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    It looks like you are trying to write a letter
    Would you like me to help you?

    • @Wildcard71
      @Wildcard71 6 лет назад

      I'm trying to remember the letter to Tom (from Tom & Jerry), but I can't restore the third line.

    • @commentcopbadge6665
      @commentcopbadge6665 6 лет назад

      Blood is red
      My butthole's brown
      Shut up

    • @diggydiggyhole-fan
      @diggydiggyhole-fan 6 лет назад

      Navigates to settings, Disables.
      Maybe when i was 8, i needed your help with grammar. But i quickly learned it and you just butted in at the worst possible times. The only thing i think was good about you was your spell check feature.

    • @lolthelolguy5671
      @lolthelolguy5671 6 лет назад

      Violets are not even blue

    • @sphis1327
      @sphis1327 2 года назад

      Rose colors vary
      Violets are violet
      I think I’m being annoying
      So imma just be quiet

  • @HardDriveGuruOfficial
    @HardDriveGuruOfficial 6 лет назад +65

    I honestly loved Clippy from the very beginning. He always made me smile! :)

  • @IAmNotAFunguy
    @IAmNotAFunguy 6 лет назад +55

    "It looks like you're trying to blow up the computer. Mind if I hug my kids?"

    • @gians.9880
      @gians.9880 4 года назад

      ARG my brain! Where's that from?!

    • @IAmNotAFunguy
      @IAmNotAFunguy 4 года назад +2

      @@gians.9880 The Simpsons.

    • @gians.9880
      @gians.9880 4 года назад

      @@IAmNotAFunguy Oh THANKS!

    • @Steamlazer
      @Steamlazer 4 года назад

      Sideshow Bob

  • @endofthelinejoel
    @endofthelinejoel 6 лет назад +91

    IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE WRITING A LETTER !

    • @GameMaker3_5
      @GameMaker3_5 6 лет назад +9

      endofthelinejoel *loads gun* would you like me to help you with dat!

    • @Etienne_H
      @Etienne_H 6 лет назад

      But I never did

  • @MrHatoi
    @MrHatoi 6 лет назад +93

    The thing is, a lot of schools don't update software too much, we had Clippy on our computers into the 2010's.

    • @vd130
      @vd130 6 лет назад +13

      MrHatoi We currently have Windows XP Computers in our school...

    • @diggydiggyhole-fan
      @diggydiggyhole-fan 6 лет назад +4

      I know in high school, we were using XP or whatever came before that.

    • @Jim-so3zm
      @Jim-so3zm 6 лет назад +5

      @@diggydiggyhole-fan I really miss XP. Maybe it's just because we had it during my early childhood years and it's nostalgic to me but I still love it.

    • @RoniKanto
      @RoniKanto 6 лет назад +4

      almost all business and school Computers here in Finland have been updated to Windows 10 about a year ago….i remember that about 2-3 years ago my primary school had like Windows xp machines running Linux because that school couldnt afford new Computers. But thank god they got upraged.

    • @maximillianlylat1589
      @maximillianlylat1589 6 лет назад +3

      My school still used windows 98 in the mid 2000s

  • @1Thunderfire
    @1Thunderfire 6 лет назад +45

    I remember Clippy vaguely but I don't remember hating it at all. It was just... there.

  • @cexino
    @cexino 4 года назад +6

    I loved clippy. And very soon cartoon digital assistants are already making a comeback in the form of avatars in virtual worlds. I wouldn't be surprised if you'll see these kinds of characters become a mainstay.

  • @nicoliftsz
    @nicoliftsz 5 лет назад +20

    What happened to him? A first grader turned him into a "lockpick"

  • @Dragoniiia
    @Dragoniiia 6 лет назад +49

    Oh I loved Clippy! It was so cute just... sitting there and changing shapes. I was like 8 yo or something

  • @GinanjarUtomo
    @GinanjarUtomo 6 лет назад +41

    Actually, Clippy (or Office Assistant) helped me found the Slide Master feature on Microsoft PowerPoint.
    It really saves me a lot of time.

  • @manuelbonet
    @manuelbonet 6 лет назад +41

    0:38
    Where did this idea come from?
    And where did it go?
    Where did you come from,
    Cotton eye Joe?

    • @s_aratoga
      @s_aratoga 6 лет назад

      Lol

    • @Paalleujo
      @Paalleujo 6 лет назад

      Manuel Bonet
      Where did this idea come from?
      And where did it go?
      Where did it come from,
      Microsoft Joe?

  • @SirWussiePants
    @SirWussiePants 2 года назад +2

    I remember what could be the earliest meme ever - an image of Clippy saying "It looks like you are writing a suicide note - would you like help with that?"

  • @IngwiePhoenix_nb
    @IngwiePhoenix_nb 5 лет назад +9

    Who would've predicted that social engagement would lead to things like Alexa, Siri and Cortana, and essentially, microphones all over your place? I wouldn't. But honestly? I used the red smiley-ball character back on Office 2k, put him on the side, so I had at least one face smiling at me, when we were writing an exam at school, where everyone was, well, not smiling. XD I don't exactly miss Clippy, but I believe he deserves a bit of honour. After all, someone just had to come up with social interaction, because otherwise, speech-assistents would possibly never have become a thing.
    But now imagine... Clippy returning with an AI backend. Creepy...somehow...

  • @grimreaper1778
    @grimreaper1778 6 лет назад +107

    I remember clippy! Back when laptops looks like a giant boxes

  • @RealJuiceWrld
    @RealJuiceWrld 6 лет назад +128

    inb4 "LGR What Ever Happened to Clippy?"

  • @add5dtech134
    @add5dtech134 6 лет назад +38

    That fan art of Clippy traumatised me to my very core, I am scared for life.

    • @diggydiggyhole-fan
      @diggydiggyhole-fan 6 лет назад +1

      Just need something upbeat to erase that.
      www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/best-baked-beans-6.jpg

    • @SupernaturalArts826
      @SupernaturalArts826 2 года назад

      Agree

    • @Ioganstone
      @Ioganstone 2 года назад

      I bet it's trollery. Don't worry.

  • @SlavTiger
    @SlavTiger 4 года назад +13

    He's living out his sunset years playing canasta, and winning.

  • @cridenh2owo257
    @cridenh2owo257 6 лет назад +8

    6:37 So *_THATS'S_* why clippy sounded like Digit from Cyberchase!

  • @LeviJohansen
    @LeviJohansen 6 лет назад +85

    Clippy was awesome

  • @nova-ri5zn
    @nova-ri5zn 6 лет назад +36

    "sure"
    bill gates, 1995

  • @Spartacus547
    @Spartacus547 6 лет назад +58

    There's a programmer somewhere 35 to 40 that has a clippy tattoo😂

    • @bettyveronica460
      @bettyveronica460 5 лет назад +5

      Clippy tatt!!!! I must get one! Wait. Must get a job, first.

  • @skyguy5888
    @skyguy5888 5 лет назад +7

    Please tell me the background music playing at 8:00
    It’s so beautiful

  • @salam-peace5519
    @salam-peace5519 4 года назад +3

    I remember how on our school computers in the mid-2000s we had clippy and played around with him all the time when we were bored during computer lessons, or switched to other characters to see what animations they had. I remember often switching to the eaarth character.

  • @Supreme-Emperor-Mittens
    @Supreme-Emperor-Mittens 6 лет назад +17

    *CLIPPY RAN OFF WITH CORTANA AND THEY HAD A BABY ...*
    the other Microsoft Office friends are pissed off as hell

  • @Tioko
    @Tioko 6 лет назад +24

    I had Office 2000 when I was a kid and I loved Clippy and the other characters. I don’t even think I did any actual work in the programs, I just loved to “Animate” them and play around. I think the Earth was my favorite one, actually.

  • @DeanStuff
    @DeanStuff 6 лет назад +28

    He's just living somewhere hiding on the web. He even came and killed Cortana on my PC!

    • @jugostran
      @jugostran 6 лет назад +4

      DeanStuff did he “clip” her?

    • @DeanStuff
      @DeanStuff 6 лет назад +2

      Let's just say that he used guns and it may have been a battle of metal vs a flat circle.

    • @realirfankamil
      @realirfankamil 6 лет назад

      Dr- Dreamcast? is that u?
      SEGA! DREAMCAST İS STİLL ALİVE!
      LOOK!

  • @bigboi000069
    @bigboi000069 5 лет назад +14

    I don't think I ever used the office assistant for anything besides randomly clicking on "animate"

    • @kjono4611
      @kjono4611 4 года назад

      True but having clippy do a trick a couple times during the 9-5 made the day a little more bearable.

  • @sebastianbelu1417
    @sebastianbelu1417 5 лет назад +6

    Even tho I was born 2005 I still got my hands on old things and Im happy because of that. And my god the old WinXP

  • @orinami3310
    @orinami3310 6 лет назад +50

    Elf, why did you use that clippy drawing

  • @Chicag-no
    @Chicag-no 6 лет назад +81

    7:47 I literally forgot about that cursed image and you had to remind me it existed. :(

    • @mikadoedwards3117
      @mikadoedwards3117 6 лет назад +11

      why did i have to press the Time stamp WHY!

    • @Splode1
      @Splode1 6 лет назад +3

      Oh no.... NOT THIS

    • @NicyDelValle
      @NicyDelValle 6 лет назад +1

      at least the time is a 747

    • @neutronstar6739
      @neutronstar6739 6 лет назад +4

      Oh there is way more than that, the fingered clippy

    • @weewoo2650
      @weewoo2650 6 лет назад

      Windows 95 nopls

  • @andro_king
    @andro_king 6 лет назад +21

    I like clippy tho. Id replace my phones assistant pic with clippy

  • @bdog840
    @bdog840 5 лет назад +9

    His name was Clippit in Office 97 then renamed Clippy in Windows XP.

  • @TyrinsClips
    @TyrinsClips 6 лет назад +9

    "Things better left unmentioned..."
    *Oh god what*

  • @nitrous1001
    @nitrous1001 6 лет назад +38

    You're showing a questionable image! Would you like some help?

    • @diggydiggyhole-fan
      @diggydiggyhole-fan 6 лет назад +2

      Yes please. How do i triangulate the blur to be less blurry by 95%?

  • @Elohist2009
    @Elohist2009 6 лет назад +19

    I grew up with early Microsoft so as a kid, I found clippy fun and useful but that’s just me. Also, I want Gilbert Godfrey as my voice assistant! I need that in my life right now 😂

  • @CatFace8885
    @CatFace8885 6 лет назад +7

    This is possibly the best video you ever made. Good job! :)

  • @Noobixm
    @Noobixm 2 года назад +1

    Clippy still lives on in all of your digital assistants today.

  • @vect0r85
    @vect0r85 6 лет назад +7

    Man, I remember making "cartoons" with characters in MASH (Microsoft Agent Scripting Helper)

  • @charmedrools1
    @charmedrools1 6 лет назад +21

    i liked clippy. he was endearing. he only wanted to help, that was literally all he ever wanted and people hated him for it. also he was funny and cute! ^-^ i was so sad when my primary school upgraded our computers and he was suddenly gone :/ if i had a working computer and a legal copy of windows, you bet your ass i'd hack the sh!t outta Office to install a fan version of him if i had to xD but then again i was just a beginner at using computers when clippy was around. i was literally 6-8 years old when he was just chillin' there in the computer lab at school (year ones/first graders weren't allowed to use the computer lab)so i was about the age where turning into a bicicle for no reason was funny.

    • @abbythings
      @abbythings 5 лет назад +1

      @Floppy 602 What are you trying to say? Are you our English teacher or something?

    • @ezzeldingamingcoding
      @ezzeldingamingcoding 2 года назад +2

      I have a VM having Windows 2000 (yay, I guess I can see Clippy!)

  • @CEKROM
    @CEKROM 6 лет назад +263

    7:45 Okay.. pregnant Clippy =D

    • @paper2222
      @paper2222 6 лет назад +64

      Fanbase for everything exists.

    • @nekdo_kavc
      @nekdo_kavc 6 лет назад +49

      just rule 34

    • @maxywaxy34
      @maxywaxy34 6 лет назад +59

      whoever made that is ensuring their place in the darkest pits of hell

    • @weegle.
      @weegle. 6 лет назад +1

      ok ive seen you in a linus tech tips video and you also put a smiley face at the end of ur comment (is it ur signature lol)

    • @derrrtee
      @derrrtee 6 лет назад +15

      MaxtheRobot come on, there are worse things on the Internet and in r34

  • @Silentgrace11
    @Silentgrace11 6 лет назад +17

    Cue me a few years ago, needing to borrow my mom’s laptop for school while mine was getting fixed. I didn’t realize what I was in for until one fateful day I loaded Word to work on an essay.
    Only to realize she had installed her office’s copy of Windows 2000.
    “It looks like you’re writing a letter. I can help you with that!”
    I died inside. At least I gave my friend a laugh when I literally screamed upon it popping up.

  • @0xlgaming621
    @0xlgaming621 5 лет назад +7

    Clippy came from heaven, went back to heaven, and soon we brought him back.

  • @grassgeese3916
    @grassgeese3916 4 года назад +2

    I was a child when I first was introduced to computers. It was around the time of Windows XP/Vista, and Clippy taught me a lot, honestly. Thank u Kevan Attebury, and thank u the programmers behind Clippy (AND THE BOUNCY RED BALL TOO!)

    • @grassgeese3916
      @grassgeese3916 4 года назад

      omg.... the little robot.... i forgot about that little guy.... he was my favorite.....

  • @sarysa
    @sarysa 6 лет назад +9

    If that isn't Christopher Lloyd at the end, he's a pretty good look-alike...by 120p standards.

  • @janaebert3059
    @janaebert3059 6 лет назад +17

    I thought he got clipped off.

  • @AlyssaMcNeil
    @AlyssaMcNeil 6 лет назад +11

    Even today's "Personal AI-powered Assistants" are total trash if you ask me, it wasn't just clippy who never learned a thing about it's user, even the modern Google Assistant seems incapable of knowing anything about you except maybe a couple of things there and there.

    • @aturchomicz821
      @aturchomicz821 6 лет назад +2

      Artificial intelligence is hopefully going to be better

    • @DeanStuff
      @DeanStuff 6 лет назад

      Hey! How DARE you criticize something Crapple popularized, which is putting low effort into things but trick people into thinking it's revolutionary?!

  • @CaptianApe
    @CaptianApe 6 лет назад +7

    How dare you, I love clippy, he helped me when I was younger

  • @elgoog-the-third
    @elgoog-the-third 2 года назад +1

    Ironically, characters "personally" talking to the user and walking him through everything is now coming back big time in the form of crappy "chat bots".

  • @BloodRider1914
    @BloodRider1914 6 лет назад +9

    When Clippy wants to be your friend, but you don't want him to be your friend

  • @CEKROM
    @CEKROM 6 лет назад +68

    I like the Clippy Memes =D

  • @BloodRider1914
    @BloodRider1914 6 лет назад +7

    When Clippy wants to capitalise your word, but you are so lazy you want it uncapitalised

  • @rtwice93555
    @rtwice93555 4 года назад

    If "Clippy" wasn't bad enough, early versions of Windows 95 embedded ads for Quicken in some of their files. While working with some MSWord programs, a small ad for Quicken would open showing a woman talking on a landline telephone asking if the user might need some help. Clicking on the ad opened a window explaining how to purchase Quicken software for a nominal fee. Microsoft was slick enough to bury the Quicken ad deep within the registery making it a real chore to disable.

  • @raz0229
    @raz0229 6 лет назад +20

    I Didn't Know, I'm A Former XP User Ever Since I Was Born!
    *_But That DOG, I See Always Used To Hangout In The Search-pane!_* So, He Was BOB, Microsoft's Biggest Failure!!! Hmm...

  • @kenschmiesing4442
    @kenschmiesing4442 6 лет назад +19

    Bonzi Buddy was malware....Funny how malware became the business model of all the largest tech companies. (This is my soapbox and I am staying on it:)

  • @Robowil
    @Robowil 6 лет назад +4

    I still get horrifying flashbacks of the times I had to deal with Clippy.

  • @justaregulartoaster
    @justaregulartoaster 6 лет назад +6

    3:28 that guy sounds just like connor, the android sent by cyberlife

  • @Lim95
    @Lim95 2 года назад +2

    I love how Microsoft actually makes fun of their failures. I mean, Nintendo put the Virtual Boy in Tomodachi Life, but…

  • @jankjason
    @jankjason 5 лет назад +3

    I forgot all about the characters to select from, this just opened up old memories.

  • @omarsameh5007
    @omarsameh5007 5 лет назад +3

    it looks pretty cute , i always like to look at him staring when one of my family member works , but now i see main issue is kinda distracting that you keep seeing animation face looking at you constantly can cause you to focus less , not because its creepy or anything but because its animated object in general

  • @rower8691
    @rower8691 6 лет назад +6

    Me: whos clippy?
    TSE: Exactly

  • @smashSpikeMC
    @smashSpikeMC 6 лет назад +7

    cortana is just bonzy buddy x10 including the spyware

  • @tammyt3434
    @tammyt3434 4 года назад +1

    I liked Clippit, and the paper cat, but they just weren't helpful. I feel the same about Cortana, except I know Cortana wants to steal and sell my user information. Clippy never betrayed me like that.

  • @jugostran
    @jugostran 5 лет назад +2

    If Microsoft would have chosen to enable Clippy as a setting in the setup along the lines of "Do you want assistance in Windows"? it would probably be way less hated

  • @malaizze
    @malaizze 6 лет назад +40

    It looks like you're trying to read a comment, like some help with that?

    • @bettyveronica460
      @bettyveronica460 5 лет назад +1

      😍

    • @FunkyFurret
      @FunkyFurret 5 лет назад +1

      Looks like your trying to subscribe. Can I help you subscribe to Ralsei YT?

    • @GalaxyGamer-qn1mv
      @GalaxyGamer-qn1mv 5 лет назад +2

      @@FunkyFurret no

    • @deadchanneleee4736
      @deadchanneleee4736 3 года назад +1

      It looks like you're trying to do something, want some help with that?

    • @darknesstheemowolf
      @darknesstheemowolf 3 года назад

      it looks like your trying to breathe, would you like some help with that?

  • @youtubiu
    @youtubiu 6 лет назад +21

    Pregnant Clippy is the best waifu

    • @uglytomato20
      @uglytomato20 6 лет назад

      Lucas V. m.ruclips.net/video/Dt6iTwVIiMM/видео.html

  • @vicente136
    @vicente136 6 лет назад +22

    📎

  • @SqualidsargeStudios
    @SqualidsargeStudios 5 лет назад +2

    I liked clippy, if only for the little animations. I mean what kid wouldn't play with things like that on school, since school is boring as all heck.

  • @ThePenguinChannel1279
    @ThePenguinChannel1279 3 года назад +1

    Why is this in my recommended 3 years later

  • @CEKROM
    @CEKROM 6 лет назад +8

    2:29 For kids it coud be good =D

  • @ashwinsanthosh9154
    @ashwinsanthosh9154 4 года назад +8

    Clippy, the program wanting to help, but never could ;-;

  • @BLKBRDSR71
    @BLKBRDSR71 5 лет назад +43

    "Whatever Happened to Clippy"?
    He got clipped. 😜 💾📎

  • @jevro
    @jevro 4 года назад +1

    Every time I was about to close an unnamed text, clippy made a really turbulent move and asked, if I really wanted to close Word. This was so shocking.

    • @jevro
      @jevro 4 года назад

      To all of those who haven't seen it, you can't understand what I mean

  • @alexandriablewett2337
    @alexandriablewett2337 2 года назад +1

    Me going into high-school never having even heard of clipy but apearently he wasn't gone until I went to elemetary