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| H.E.L.P.eR | |||||
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| The Tiny Tim of the Venture Clan | |||||
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| 1st appearance: | Dia de los Dangerous | ||||
| Voice Artist: | Soul-bot | ||||
The Helpful Electronic Lab Partner Robot or H.E.L.P.eR., is a robot who was created by Jonas Venture to care for his son Rusty. Much like the rest of the late Jonas Venture's creations however, H.E.L.P.eR. has fallen into a state of disrepair; as such, he is often prone to malfunctions. For being of artificial intelligence, H.E.L.P.eR. is incredibly sensitive and his actions are greatly influenced by his own emotions. Despite being neglected, H.E.L.P.eR. remains one of the most loyal defenders of the Venture Clan, and has risked his life on numerous occasions to protect his family.
H.E.L.P.eR. has a retractable auto gyro rotor and propulsive propeller that makes him capable of flight. He can carry at least one Brock Samson-sized/250-lb. payload.
H.E.L.P.eR. is armed with four machine guns behind his chest plate. He also packs a plasma cutter and a rotating blade. Most of the time these weapons are offline. Fortunately they were working long enough to hold off a Guild Blackout Team while most of Rusty escaped to the Panic Room.
The trusty Venture robot shares Brock's interest in Led Zeppelin. But they differ in their opinions of its meaning. He worries about the coming war between humanity and the Brotherhood of Machines.
H.E.L.P.eR. speaks in a series of nonsensical tweeks, beeps and digital whines, similar to R2-D2. Despite this apparent communication barrier, Brock and the Ventures appear to be able to understand him perfectly. The viewer isn't the only one left out of the loop, however; in The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (Part 2), the Monarch and his henchmen have difficulty interrogating H.E.L.P.eR. for this very reason.
H.E.L.P.eR. appears to be based in part on Beaker from the Muppets. Beaker, like H.E.L.P.eR., has a cylindrical head and a hinged mouth, and speaks in a rapid nonsense language; they both also are lab assistants, and tend to be physically harmed on a regular basis by the scientists whom they work for. Neither ever suffers injury from which they cannot recover.
In the Season Four episode, Blood of the Father, Heart of Steel Helper ends up as Brock's replacement heart, and later as a Walking Eye
