Irene's debut

video File:PlaceholderThis is a story arc that introduced Irene. It also inspired Thaddeus Euphemism to create iBall, although that was not part of the story arc.

## Plot

The first strip involves Thaddeus talking to Bob and wondering why some of his "lower functions" (including sexuality and profanity) have been surfacing even though he suppressed them when Bob became a cyborg.

Thaddeus tries to rewire Bob to get his brain back to normal but just makes him smell food, making them both hungry so Thaddeus gives up.

In the next strip, Thaddeus introduces Bob to his colleague, a psychologist named Dr. Andrew Wong, who has volunteered to help Bob (although reluctantly because Thaddeus didn't pay him).

The next strip sees Dr. Wong wearing a device that's wired up to Bob and seeing a variety of surreal images in his thoughts and in the following strip, he concludes that Bob's lower functions are surfacing because Bob is bored and lonely.

In the following strip, Thaddeus starts building another cyborg and asks Bob what he wants it to look like. Bob suggests EVE from the movie *WALL-E*but Thaddeus says, "No graphic thought bubbles! You want me to get sued?!".

The next strip shows Bob polishing his brain dome and Thaddeus telling him to wear a hat instead. Both of them look for metal polish.

The strip after that shows Thaddeus introducing Irene, who threatens to "use him for spare parts" if he makes a joke about them being made for each other. In the next strip, she asks if he likes her and he replies that he does in a "Facebook kind of way". She wants to be liked more, but he points out that they've only just met and she's kind of "scary". She says that she'll see him on "Facebrick", then leaves, throwing a brick at him.

In the next strip, Bob asks Irene out but she rejects all his suggestions (finding the museum boring, thinking there are no good movies playing, finding a drive too much like the 1950s, and thinking he's too clumsy to dance with her). Eventually, Bob jokingly suggests that they keep doing what they're doing now and she agrees.

The next strip, and the final strip of this arc, shows Thaddeus noticing that Irene isn't around. Bob reveals that they broke up and Thaddeus asks how. Bob says that he and Irene were sad together and when Thaddeus points out that they only knew each other for a day, he claims that "brain-bots work through their issues faster than humans".

## Trivia

* Bob references the Pixar movie *WALL-E*by saying that he wants to date a character named EVE from the movie.
* After Bob's *WALL-E*reference, Thaddeus breaks the fourth wall by saying, "No graphic thought bubbles!".
* Thaddeus wonders if he would get sued for Bob's "graphic thought bubble". In actuality, if anyone were to sue for that, they'd sue the creator, John Sutton, not Thaddeus.
* Things seen in Bob's mind include:

On the first level: a radiation logo, an eye, leaves, lips, a wine glass, a skull and crossbones, lightning striking a yin-yang sign, the word "AHHH!", a flower with a face, blobs, hearts (one with an arrow), a knife, keys, buildings, a teacup, a road with cars, a clock, a checkerboard, triangles, arrows pointing up, more flowers, a man, a "thumbs up", a worm, pawprints, and another eye.

* On the second level: a bomb, more lightning, a playing card, a tin can, two other men, question marks, a padlock, two guns, aliens, a lamp, a rocket, another radiation symbol, a stabbed brain, a fish, dynamite, a glove, more leaves, magnifying glasses, arrows pointing in all directions, waves, swirls, a face saying, "Psst", a stop sign, a danger sign, a snake, a kite, a star, more triangles, a "TOP SECRET" sign, and lots of polka dots.
* On the third level: a seahorse with the word "desire" on its back, lots of eyes, more triangles and spots, a laughing male face, some Zs, several women including a waitress, footprints, a man singing in his sleep, a rain cloud, the phrase "Girls, girls, girls", fire, a palm tree, lots of lips, male and female symbols, a blob with eyes, another snake, a toothy mouth, the word "lust", a mermaid, more arrows, the word "romance", a thumbs up with "love" written on it, and more hearts and flowers.