Claptrap

Claptrap is a character from the Borderlands series.
== Charactah Account ==
A type of Hyperion robot designed to provide assistance to settlers and newcomers to Pandora. They are almost universally hated by the population of the planet, and the bandits use them as target practice. The one who greets the Vault Hunters in Fyrestone is the most ubiquitous, and becomes a more major character in the second game, eventually becoming a playable character in the Pre-Sequel.
It has been programmed with an overenthusiastic personality, and brags frequently, yet also expresses severe loneliness and cowardice.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Borderlands: Tannis & the Vault
* Borderlands: The Fall of Fyrestone
=== Video Games ===
* Borderlands
* Borderlands 2
* Borderlands 3
* Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
* Poker Night 2
* Tales from the Borderlands
== Trivia ==
* "Claptrap" is a word synonymous with drivel or babble, which is intentionally referenced in-game, as all claptraps ramble on and are rarely not speaking.*
* Claptrap was born from a random sketch in a low-level assignment made by the JIRA project-management software system .
* In the German version, the initial Claptrap introduces itself as "CLP4P-TP", even though the subtitles read "CL4P-TP".
* Claptrap is the only Claptrap that has been designated with an actual name, Claptrap P. Claptrappington .
* Claptrap appears as an Easter Egg in Torchlight II. It offers a socketable item called Claptrap's Nut or Claptrap's Bolt.
* Claptrap appears as one of the opponents in TellTale Games' Poker Night at the Inventory 2.
** In bounty rounds, Claptrap bids with its Spike Video Game Awards Best New Character award. If the Borderlands inventory is unlocked, it wears a top hat and has a tuxedo decal. If the Portal inventory is unlocked, its design and paint job reflect the sleek white coloration and general design of Aperture Science's cores and turrets. It also has a (very one-sided) attraction to Portal's GLaDOS.
** Claptrap mentions that all Claptraps are equipped with 8th Generation Emotive Resonators, allowing them to mimic a wide range of emotions.
* Claptrap expresses excruciating pain when its eye is ripped out in Borderlands 2, but later when it is beaten by bandits it states that it cannot feel pain. The Claptrap unit featured at the start of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel however, states that robots feel pain "in slow-motion with great intensity".
* In Borderlands 2, Claptrap breaks the fourth wall in the mission Claptrap's Secret Stash when it addresses players directly and advises them that they can use the stash to twink their characters.
* Claptrap's color scheme, yellow with a white stripe in the middle, matches that of a green quality Hyperion weapon, while the Jakobs claptrap has a color scheme that matches a purple-quality Jakob's weapon.
* In Borderlands: The Pre Sequel, Claptrap shows jealousy when it meets a regular Claptrap, as the other Claptrap doesn't have to fight and just opens doors.
* In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Claptap's combat style is listed as "It's not stupid. It's advanced!". This is the same line said in the TV series Invader Zim when Zim is given Gir, his faulty robot.
** In addition, if one creates a new Fragtrap, the game will give out several warning prompts against playing as it.
* Claptrap has a brief cameo in Ready Player One. The character Parcival walks past a small booth with Claptrap in it after a big race near the beginning of the film.
* Claptrap, Athena and Timothy Lawrence are the only Vault Hunters from Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel that are currently alive. Wilhelm, Nisha, and Aurelia are killed over the course of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3.
* Claptrap's tendency to become a nuisance to everyone resulted in it becoming one of the most hated characters in the entire Borderlands series for in-game characters.
* In Borderlands 3, Claptrap's likeness is featured on a cereal box prop. The brand of cereal, "CL4PS4P", appears to be manufactured by Hyperion, as the back of the box features the tagline "For the minion on the go, CL4P-S4P provides hydration as only Hyperion can!"
** The front of the box features a short binary code "010001001", which translates to "D". This is presumably meant as vitamin D, which is commonly infused into real-life cereals.
* While Claptrap repeatedly mentions that the CL4P-TP unit is unable to climb stairs in both Borderlandsand Borderlands 2, the CL4P-TP unit in the Claptrap Rescue: The Salt Flats side mission can be seen climbing a small set of stairs when rewarding the character with a red chest.
** It is mentioned in-game that as part of the upgrade package for the playable Claptrap in the Pre-Sequel, he was given the ability to climb stairs.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Claptrap at Borderlands Wiki
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