Pico

Pico is the main, titular protagonist of the Pico series. He is a former mascot of Newgrounds. Created in 1999, he makes his debut in Pico's School. Pico's School was created during the aftermath of the Columbine High School Massacre, but despite its controversial nature it quickly became a favorite at Newgrounds, eventually spawning its own collection and Newgrounds Holiday, Pico Day, which has been celebrated every April 30th (which is Tom Fulp's birthday) since 2006. 
== Description==
Pico is a young man with light skin, ginger hair, beige pants, a green shirt with darker green sleves and red shoes with orange marks. He has white sclera with no pupils as a stylistic choice used throughout his series. He is an exceptional gunman and is usually seen dual wielding his weaponry. He also has tremendous skill in unarmed combat, seen in media such as Newgrounds Rumble and Pico's Unloaded. His weapons of choice are automatic weapons such as the MAC-10, UZI or the M16 Assault Rifle. Pico is also hot-headed, often acting out in aggression.
==Appearances==
===Games===
 
*Pico's School
*Pico vs. Überkids
*Pico vs. Bear
*Portal Fighter II
*The Provoker
*Pico Roulette
*Pico's Unloaded: The Game
*Pico's GodJob
*Uber Clone
*Pico's Blam Jam
*Newgrounds Rumble
*Pico Blast
*Pico Sim Date
*Pico Sim Date 2
*Indie Game Battle
*Friday Night Funkin'
*M.U.G.E.N (As a downloadable character)
*Pico's School: Love Conquers All
===Movies===
*Pico's Unloaded
*Pico Epsilon
*Pico Joins the Army
*Pico vs. Convict
*Pico Epilogue
*The Perfect Murder
*Portal of the Damned
*Fiberglass Monkey
*FDA - ASSWARP
*Picoday-Penillian Battle
*Pico's Return
*Pico Eats A Lemon
*Pico's Last Stand
*Pico vs. Sticks
*PR - Pico Day (WARNING: RATED A)
*Pico Prequel
== Friends/partners==
===Nene===
Nene is one of Pico's close friends. She is an Asian girl who first appeared in Nene Interactive Suicide in 1999. She is often known for her flirtatious attitude and her suicidal tendencies, usually prompted by an outbreak of herpes.
In Pico's School, she begs Pico to end her life, which the player may or may not do. In other movies, she is shown wielding knives to fight enemies, especially in House of 1000 Cats, Operation: Graveyard and Pico vs. Convict. She is also featured in a number of other games and movies, including Newgrounds Rumble, Pico Sim Date, and Pico vs. Überkids. As an image, Nene appears here and there on the Newgrounds website, like other Pico series characters. She was also the voting character in the Art Portal.
===Darnell===
Darnell is Pico's best friend who assists him during the various attacks the school randomly comes under. He is a pyromaniac, obsessed with fire and explosives. Darnell makes appearances in Darnell Plays with Fire and Pico vs. Überkids.
He also appears in various places on the site, such as the Audio Portal and the semi-permanent error message on the Magazine.
===Cassandra===
Cassandra is a rival of Pico, and secretly an alien disguised as a human goth girl. She is usually angry, disgruntled and scheming, rebelling against society and the education system. She is the main antagonist in Pico's debut game Pico's School, where she leads her gang named the "Goth Punks" in pursuing a school shooting which Pico eventually stops, even killing Cassandra at the end of the game.
In Pico's School: Love Conquers All, Pico helps Cassandra see the error of her ways before she chooses to execute her plan, and the two become friends. It is revealed she enjoys furry art. Cassandra appears in Pico vs. Überkids. and other instances on Newgrounds reflecting her conflict with Pico.
== Pico 2==
A recurring joke on Newgrounds is the fact that the original Pico's School never had a sequel.As early as 1999, Tom Fulp claimed to be working on a sequel in Flash 4, but it never materialized. In mid-2000, he claimed that he was rebooting the project in Flash 5, and would include keyboard support. Pico 2 Gameplay Demo is the lowest rated flash that Tom Fulp ever submitted. It is a very short sprite movie that shows a pixelated Pico shooting what appear to be Überkids. A game called "Pico 2" was jokingly submitted by a user named "BFK", and went on to receive the Underdog of the Week award. Pico 2 is listed on Mindchamber's website as one of his projects. In the 2009 Tank Awards video, Tom Fulp joked about how he was not working on it. Later, in 2011, he put up a bogus link to the game on the BBS.thumb|220x220px|Early screen shots from Pico 2 [https://web.archive.org/web/20000621192757/http://www.newgrounds.com/pico/shots.html Source]On April 1, 2013, Clatform uploaded Pico's School 2 with Tom Fulp credited as a co-author; as expected, it was a April's Fools joke. However, there still is a very slight possibility that either Tom, Mindchamber, or some other Newgrounder might create an actual Pico's School 2 in the future.
Though this is also likely a joke, the Kickstarter page for Friday Night Funkin' says if they reach $5,000,000, they will put work into a remake of Pico's School and a finished release of Pico's School 2 in the base game of Friday Night Funkin'.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/funkin/friday-night-funkin-the-full-ass-game This goal was never reached.
4 different prototypes of Pico's School 2 are available to Newgrounds Supporters. One is seen in the screenshots next to this, while the others aren't officially documented.
==Links==
*Pico Wiki
*Friday Night Funkin' Wiki
*Newgrounds Rumble
*Pico's School
*Pico Collection
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