Hack and Slash

* both
* Hack
* Slash

### Enemies

Bob, Dot Matrix, Hexadecimal, Enzo Matrix, Frisket, Megabyte, Daemon, complicated ideas

## Official Profiles

* S1 cards
* S3.1 DVD
* S4 DVD
### Hack

Hack is always with Slash, his mechanical twin. Megabyte downloaded so much high-tech weaponry into his two metal henchmen, they don’t have enough memory left to run their applications. Together, they have the combined IQ approaching that of a toaster oven. Alone, Hack couldn’t even spell IQ.

### Slash

Slash can’t function without Hack. Even when they’re together, they can’t successfully complete a sentence, let alone a mission for their master, Megabyte. Fortunately, it’s easy to confound them long enough to escape from their clutches as they tend to go to pieces under pressure.Part of Megabyte’s squad of minions, Hack and Slash were designed to be his muscle machines. They can suddenly bristle with weapons that mechanically telescope, extend, and unfold into shape. They are almost unbeatable in a physical, but are incredibly easy to confuse due to their almost non-existent IQ.
Listening to them is like watching a tennis game, and even they find their interactions annoying. More often than not they end up arguing with each other. Being basically identical and never seen apart, Megabyte has never bothered to learn which of them is which. They aren’t really sure either, but they pretend to, so it will always remain a kind of mystery.

Once a part of Megabyte’s squad of minions, Hack and Slash were designed to be muscle machines. After this bumbling duo was destroyed by Hexadecimal, they were repaired by Phong and became members of the Mainframe team.

Listening to them is like watching a tennis game, and even they find their interactions annoying. More often than not they end up arguing with each other. They can suddenly bristle with devices and weapons that mechanically telescope, extend and unfold into shape. They are almost unbeatable in a physical fight, but are incredibly easy to confuse due to their almost non-existent IQ.

## Biography

### Non-Canon

* The Season One style guide's "ReBootese Desktop Dictionary" lists "Slice & Dice – *Hack & Slash's predecessors who were scrapped by Megabyte for failing him*." This is cited on one of the trading cards as well.
* In ReBoot: Countdown to Chaos, Hack and Slash originate as a single, four-armed henchbot named Clash, a "family heirloom" who "was assembled by Kilobyte, Megabyte's father." Clash is the level boss for Floating Point Park; after Bob defeats him, he destabilizes and splits into Hack, Slash, and possibly also Scuzzy. (There is a contradiction in this, however; Scuzzy can be seen appearing along with Hack and Slash, but he is *also* visible in a picture of Hex in an earlier cutscene.) This scenario would presumably make Hack and Slash (and possibly Scuzzy) "brothers" in the same sense that Megabyte and Hexadecimal are siblings.

## Trivia

* The original designs for Hack and Slash were developed by comic artist Ian Gibson.

## Gallery

### Posters and Print

art by Jim Suart by Jim Suart by Jim Suart by Brendan McCarthy

## References

1. ↑ Fleer Ultra trading card #9
2. ↑ Fleer Ultra trading card #10
3. ↑ ADV Films DVD, "To Mend and Defend"
4. ↑ Anchor Bay DVD