The Copy and Paste Machines

The Copy and Paste Machines are two very important machines that were invented by King PC Guy. They allow the PC Guys to clone themselves to form more PC Guys. They can also be used to clone other characters They do not however, work with humans or inanimate objects, except for the clothes being worn by the PC Guy, excluding hats or props.

## Functionality

When a PC Guy walks in the CTRL+C machine, a second PC Guy of identical type will appear in the CTRL+V machine, leaving the PC Guy in the CTRL+C Machine untouched. They machines can also be set to create a lesser type of PC Guy, such as a Baron PC Guy to a Major Knight PC Guy. This will only work on unique biological types made by Angus, such as Barons, Earls and Knights, however PC Guys such as Mason and Constable PC Guys are just promoted, biological types. This means the Copy and Paste Machines can create any type of PC Guy as long as their is one specemen to start with. The machines can be combined with the Growth Potions, which allowes a single Peasant PC Guy to rebuild an entire empire.

## Origin

They were invented by King PC Guy in the Westgate tower of the PC C PC Guy Castle. They were constructed from some random blueprints found by King PC Guy, possibly made by Angus and since been destroyed. The creation of this machine allowed the expansion of the PC Guy Empire as previously they had to rely on the original PC Guys created by Angus. As a reward, the PC Guy, a Baron at the time, was promoted to King.

## Restrictions

The machines work in an exponential way. Therefore one use will create 2 of a PC Guy, and two uses will create 4 of a PC Guy This can be continued for a maximum of 35 times, creating 17179869184 clones of a PC Guy from a single starting specimen. Although done in TQTDTME, this can never be practically reached as all types of PC Guys are required such as Knights and Barons, and when a new type of PC Guy is selected, the count is reset.

The machines can only be used in one burst of 35 uses every 6 months. Going any further will result in nothing as the machines will shut down to avoid them potentially overheating and exploding when used over 35 times. The machines also appear to get used immediately before a major PC Guy wipeout initiated by Seymour or Mac Guy3135.

PC Guys cloned using these machines are also completely lacking in intelligence other than the basic skills granted by Angus, meaning they need to be trained for a good period to be successful in their chosen occupation. Knight PC Guys, for instance, must be trained for at least 4 MAC C months before they are battle ready. Only biological PC Guy types will be created by a machine. If a Mason PC Guy attempts to clone himself, it will instead make an untrained Baron PC Guy that can be trained into a Mason. As nobody can be trained to be PC Plum, and PC Plum is biologically a Baron PC Guy, it is impossible to clone him. This makes him the only non-renewable PC Guy type.

The machines can only be used on beings of a specific construction. This includes any creation by Angus, as well as the Mac Guys, as it is likely Angus knew about the Mac Guys before he created his own life, leaning the technology used to create the Mac Guys by studying them. The reason only the traditional suit, tie, short and shorts of a PC Guy are cloned, is because they were included on Angus' original design.

## Appearances

* In Invasion of the PC Guys, King PC Guy invents the Copy and Paste Machines and uses them to expand the empire.
* In TQTDTME they were used by Mac Guy3135 to clone himself 17179869184 times.
* Whilst not seen, they were destroyed in (2).
* In (3) The Witch is asked to recreate the machines from the pieces scattered across the empire.
* In The Adventure to Destroy The Lion's Heart Stone, they are used to further expand the PC Guy Empire to create a large enough workforce to build The Second PC Guy Castle.
* In (6), they are mystically absent, having been stolen by Issac Arthur, prompting King PC Guy to invent a superior method of reproduction with the help of The Witch.
* In (7), they are used by the Mac Guys and Peasants to destruction and are never seen again.