Derpl Zork/Information

## Back Story

Riding his combat walker onto the battlefield, comes Derpl Zork. The nephew of Blabl Zork, president of Zork industries. Derpl Zork lacks his uncle's business-smarts. In fact he lacks any kind of smarts, managing to get his IQ rated under the level of plankton in the official galaxial IQ test.

Nevertheless Derpl is the heir apparent to Blabl's galaxy-spanning business empire. This is something that doesn't sit well with Blabl, not well at all. Dreading the day Derpl would inherit the company and run all the hardfought accomplishments into the ground, Blabl put Derpl in charge of fieldtesting the new Specialized Universal Secretary Interface (S.U.S.I. for short) in one of Zork Industries' combat walkers. Asking Derpl what form of devastation should be issued forth from his vehicle of destruction he simply drooled and said: "I wuv cats!"

Now Blabl is anxiously awaiting the day that Derpl would suffer a fatal blow on the fields of battle but as of yet Derpl's combat walker has proven to keep making up for its dimwitted driver.

## Quotes

*Voice actors: Ralph Rademakers (Derpl), Claire King (S.U.S.I.), Fabian Akker (Ahrpl's parrot)*

*Derpl seems to be unable to speak. The following quotes are said by the Specialized Universal Secretary Interface (S.U.S.I.) which he rides into battle.*

### **Taunts**

▶️**"License to kill approved by management."**

▶️**"Clear out your desk."**

▶️**"Mr. Zork! That's highly inappropriate!"**

▶️**"Mr. Zork is invested in your termination!"**

▶️**"Mr. Zork expresses his displeasure with your performance!"**

▶️**"Clearing schedule for random acts of violence!"**

### **Help**

▶️**"Mr. Zork requires assistance."**

▶️**"Mr. Zork requests your presence."**

▶️**"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!"**

▶️**"Mr. Zork requires medical attention!"**

### **Attack**

▶️**"Attack!"**

▶️**"Attack!"**

▶️**"Attack!"**

### **Defend**

▶️**"Defend!"**

▶️**"Defend!"**

▶️**"Defend!"**

### **Teleporting**

▶️**"Mr. Zork isn't in right now, please leave a message!"**

▶️**"Mr. Zork has an urgent appointment!"**

▶️**"Mr. Zork has some pressing matters to attend to!"**

### **Purchase**

▶️**"Mr. Zork requires 'Shiny Objects'."**

▶️**"Mr. Zork would like to place an order."**

### **Chosen**

▶️**"License to kill approved by management."**

▶️**"Today's agenda: aggressive negotiations!"**

▶️**"Good morning, Mr. Zork."**

▶️**"Clearing schedule for random acts of violence."**

▶️**"Specialized Universal Secretary Interface online."**

### **Drop Pod In**

▶️**"Good morning, Mr. Zork."**

▶️**"Specialized Universal Secretary Interface online."**

▶️**"Today's agenda: aggressive negotiations!"**

### **Killing Blow**

▶️**"Now, that's a hostile takeover!"**

▶️**"You are the weakest link, goodbye."** - Reference to The Weakest Link, a British game show.

▶️**"You're a boss, Mr. Zork!"**

▶️**"You're fired!"** - Reference to The Apprendice, another British game show.

### **Killing Spree**

▶️**"This reminds me of last year's Christmas Party."**

▶️**\*Sigh\* "I'll get on the paperwork..."**

▶️**"The cleaners will take care of that."**

### **On Death**

▶️**"System terminated."**

▶️**"Going offline."**

▶️**"Malfuction."**

## Ahrpl Quotes

### **Taunts**

▶️**"Yo ho and up she rises! Early in the morning..." \*Squawks\*** - A reference to Drunken Sailor.

▶️**\*squawk\* \*squawk\* "Early in the morning..."** - A reference to Drunken Sailor.

▶️**"Blow the man down! Blow the man down!"**

### **Help**

▶️**"Shiver me timbers, Help!"**

▶️**"Ah, All hands on deck!"**

▶️**"Animal Cruelty! Aah!"**

▶️**"Polly! Polly!"**

### **Attack**

▶️**"Attack!"**

▶️**"Attack, me harties!"**

▶️**"Fire cannons!"**

▶️**"Hoist the colors!"**

### **Defend**

▶️**"Defend!"**

▶️**"Rah! Ship's under attack!"**

▶️**"Rah! Protect the treasure!"**

▶️**"The ship's under attack!"**

▶️**"Rah! We're being boarded!"**

### **Teleporting**

▶️**"Land ho! Land ho!"**

▶️**"I'm the captain! No, I'm the captain! Hahaha!"**

▶️**"Shut up! No, you shut up!"**

### **Purchase**

▶️**"Ahhh! More shinies!"**

▶️**"Polly wants a cracker!" \*Squawks\***

▶️**\*Squawks\* "Traitor!" \*Laughs\***

### **Chosen**

▶️**\*Squawks\* "Beaten by a little bird!"**

▶️**"Polly wants a cracker!" \*Squawks\***

▶️**"Set sail! Set sail!"**

### **Drop Pod In**

▶️**"Yo ho and a bottle of... crackers!"**

▶️**"Ah! Raise the anchor!"**

### **Killing Blow**

▶️**\*Squawks\* "Beaten by a little bird!"**

▶️**"Wah! Scallywag!"**

▶️**"There she blows!"**

▶️**"Walk the plank!"**

### **Killing Spree**

▶️**"Killing spree! Killing spree! Ah!"**

▶️**"And a bottle of rum! Hahaha!"**

▶️**\*Laughs\* "Sunk all the ships!"**

### **Being Hit**

▶️**"Waah!"**

▶️**"Argh!"**

▶️**"Argh!"**

▶️**"Ow!"**

▶️**\*Squawks\***

▶️**\*Squawks\***

▶️**\*Squawks\***

▶️**\*Squawks\***

▶️**Derpl: "Wlaah"**

▶️**\*Squawks\***

### **On Death**

▶️**"Arrgh!"**

▶️**"Ahhh!"**

▶️**"Let's get out of here! Ahhh!"**

### **Random Quotes**

▶️**\*Squawks\***

▶️**\*Squawks\***

▶️**\*Squawks\***

▶️**\*Squawks\***

## Skin Information

### Hotrod Derpl

*"Get your motor running! Head out to the Milky Way! 1500CC Turbostomper engine, Custom paint job by Pond Pimpin' Customs and built-in fondue system. Turn heads on the intergalactic freeway as you cruise easy with Derpl's Hot Rod skin!" - Official Steam Store Description*

This skin gives the combat walker a much darker color scheme, with a skull for lights, and a "fire" paint job. The Cat Gun now has spikes around the team-colored area.

The cats now wear a helmet and goggles. The nuke is replaced with a large skull, and Snares have a much darker color with an 8-ball in the middle.

### Ahrpl

*A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "A group of pirate bandits was sitting around a campfire. The Pirate Captain told Ahrpl: "Ahrpl, tell us a story!" And Ahrpl spoke: "Blooblblabl!!!!"*

T*his DLC contains a custom skin for Derpl in Awesomenauts, and comes with a fully customized voice set! If you have not already unlocked the character, purchasing this DLC will do so. - Official Steam Store Description.*

This skin gives Derpl's walker a darker, wooden hull, although the legs are unchanged. The lights in the front are replaced with a hatch, the cat gun is an old cannon and the gatling gun spinner is a ship helm. The walker also has a black pirate flag and a parrot who leaves a trail of feathers behind as Derpl moves. Upon sieging up, the hatch is replaced by a "mermaid Derpl" statue.

Cat shot is changed to a cat holding on to a cannon ball, nuke becomes a skull and crossbones with an eye patch and grid trap is made of ropes.

Being premium, the skin comes with new voice acting as well: S.U.S.I.'s speech being replaced by the talking parrot.

## Trivia

* Coco and Derpl were the first new characters added to the game in an update. They were released simultaneously.
* Up until the addition of Professor Milton Yoolip, Derpl was the only Awesomenaut to have a known relative according to the game lore (Blabl Zork, the employer of the Awesomenauts).
* Arhpl was the first premium skin not to be voiced by the same voice actor as the default skin.

## References

1. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Weakest\_Link\_%28UK\_game\_show%29
2. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Apprentice\_%28UK\_TV\_series%29
3. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunken\_Sailor