Clippy

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2009-10-26T23:44:36Z

Microsoft Office Assistant

1997

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Clippy <div align="center"><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/24181/original/clippy.gif" alt="" /></div> <h2>About</h2> <p><strong>Clippit (aka Clippy)</strong> is the default animated character in the English version of Microsoft Office Assistant, an interactive user’s guide that came pre-installed with Microsoft Office bundles. But due to its impractical and intrusive nature, Clippy quickly became a subject of mockery among Office users and inspired a series of satirical images and parodies addressing its overall incompetence.</p> <h2>Office Assistant</h2> <p>Embodied in a paperclip with googly eyes and expressive eyebrows, Clippy was designed to serve as a user-friendly troubleshooter in using Office applications. For instance, typing an address followed by “Dear” would cause Clippy to pop up (often with painfully long delay in loading) and say:</p> <div align="center"><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/24029/original/Clippy-letter.PNG" alt="" /></div> <p>While the idea behind this feature may have been novel and amusing, it was widely regarded as a failure by many users, developers and tech reviewers alike. The OA feature was first introduced with Office 97 and permanently disabled after Office 2003.</p> <h2>Origins</h2> <ul> <li>To no one’s surprise, Windows developers were among the first to recognize Clippy’s shortcomings and spread jokes about this abysmal feature. In October 1998—less than a year after OA was introduced in Microsoft Office 97, the corporation’s product managers held a <a href="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9810/16/clipdeath.idg/">public “execution” of Clippy</a> and demonstrated how to get rid of it using a Visual Basic code at a developers’ conference. Upon execution, the paper clip said, “I’m melting, I’m melting” and then disappeared. Despite its premature “death”, the joke went on for years afterwards.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In July 2000, Clippy appeared in the popular web comic <a href="http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20000715">User Friendly</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In 2000, Microsoft made a series of animated adverts featuring Clippy, which can be found <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010806091855/www.microsoft.com/office/clippy/downloads.asp">here</a></li> </ul> <h2>Evolution<br /> <br> <div align="center"><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/24038/original/clippy.gif" alt="" /></div></h2> <ul> <li>By 2004, Clippy found its own <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clippit">Urban Dictionary entries</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>It also reached <span class="caps">YTMND</span>; <a href="http://paperclip.ytmnd.com/">http://paperclip.ytmnd.com/</a> by user Malk in May 2004 was one of the first instance, gathering about 2,500 views. There are <a href="http://ytmnd.com/search?q=clippy&x=0&y=0">other YTMNDs</a> on Clippy, including the <a href="http://clipdance.ytmnd.com">Clipdance</a>.</li> </ul> <h2>On Youtube</h2> <p>In 2007, CollegeHumor made a video featuring Clippy:</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LxJ5RPUBTIk&hl=fr&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LxJ5RPUBTIk&hl=fr&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>Another cameo appearance in a Window/Matrix parody by CollegeHumor from 2009:</p> <p><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yX8yrOAjfKM&hl=fr&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yX8yrOAjfKM&hl=fr&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></p> <p>Here are some other parodies:</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NxcmoLKVd60&hl=fr&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NxcmoLKVd60&hl=fr&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-KSrlgr1YdA&hl=fr&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-KSrlgr1YdA&hl=fr&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gjC_0HkLgi8&hl=fr&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gjC_0HkLgi8&hl=fr&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <h2>Clippy’s Blank Templates</h2> <div align="center"> <p><img src="http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/uncyclopedia/images/5/54/Clippy.gif" alt="" /><br /> <img src="http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/a/a3/Clippit_exploitable.jpg" alt="" /></p> </div>

2009-11-19T05:44:29Z

1180

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