Rob

## Summary

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Rob is one of the main characters in the Pivot Zombie series and was introduced in the second episode, when he was trapped in the same bandit compound as Craig and Frank. At only 17 years old, Rob was still in education at the time of the outbreak and is the youngest member to have been in the group. After that, Rob stayed with Craig and anyone else he met along the way right up until his death in Nightmare (Episode 11).

For the ten episodes he was in the series, Rob played a huge part in driving the narrative of the series as he started the whole bunker story arc and was the driving force behind the group's conflict with the C.C.R. Rob was very brave for his age and was eager to get involved in any way to help out the group. Although he is gone, he really is still a main character in the story due to how often he is mentioned and the impact he had on the other characters.

## Full Character Story

As we all know when he entered the series in Prisoners (Episode 2), Craig felt obligated to take Rob under his wing due to his age and therefore vulnerability. After they lost Frank in Vulnerable (Episode 3), Craig was sad but he was at least slightly glad that he wasn't alone and had Rob with him. The plan at that point was still to try and find an evacuation flight out of the city, but that was quickly forgotten about once they found Vince and his group in The Cabin.

Rob was glad to join Vince's group; although he felt safe with Craig, having more adults to look after him made him happier. The only group member from the cabin that Rob didn't get along with was Nick, who had punched him to the ground after only knowing him for about five minutes for talking to Zoey. Rob expressed his distaste of Nick to Craig, who said he would sort him out. Rob's trust with Craig increased because of this.

That next day, Rob would end up killing Nick during the groups attempt to overtake the Winston Military Base in Execution (Episode 4). Nick threw him into a dark section of barracks that contained zombies and proceeded to lock him in. Rob got very lucky and was able to find the light switch as well as a pistol to kill the infected that were rapidly approaching him.

He then exited the barracks and attacked Nick straight away. Although this caught Nick off guard, he was still able to overpower him after he had thrown a few punches. Craig stepped in to try and help Rob and after he saw how hard Nick was beating down on Craig, Rob decided he had no other option but to shoot and kill Nick. The rest of the group was surprisingly okay with Rob's actions, apart from Zoey who refused to talk to him and this lasted a while.

Being a brave person, he was one of the first to volunteer to join Vince on his rescue mission for Gary in Heroes (Episode 6) and Rescue (Episode 7). This mission was a flawless success and Rob helped play a part in that. About a week later, Rob managed to persuade the group to into going on a supply run to his house in Conflict (Episode 9), and he took David and Craig with him. Upon searching the house Rob found a note left for him by his family, informing him that his parents and brother had been evacuated by the military and taken to a bunker, and thus began the journey to the bunker.

This journey could not happen soon enough though, as on this same day, the group and the base was attacked by the bandit group that the survivors had been dealing with in the previous few episodes. Rob, Jane and Mark were inside the armory at this time, so they were able to remain undetected for a short time which allowed them to launch a surprise attack to create a distraction. He took a rocket launcher up to a sniper tower and fired it down upon the main group of bandits, destroying their van and killing about half of them.

Despite this, the group could not hold the base and eventually they had to run to the truck in an attempt to escape. Gary then died to the bandit leader, who caught him by surprise as he was the last one running to the truck. Gary's death saddened Rob, but he wasn't really feeling it at that moment in time due to the adrenaline rush he had gotten from firing the rocket launcher.

The group then arrived at the shop that Rachel was surviving in. The fight that Vince and David had in the shop scared Rob, he hadn't seen anyone in the group fight in so long and he wouldn't expect that kind of behaviour from Vince. On top of this he was starting to think about his behaviour and how he blew up the bandits that day to save his friends. He expressed this concern to Craig who reassured him it had to be done, otherwise they would all likely be dead or captured.

The next day would be the first time that Rob ever doubted Craig and his decisions. After the group were left stranded on a country road due to the truck running out of fuel in Stricken (Episode 10), Rob was left with Jane, Rachel and Zoey when the other four went into town to get fuel. The four left behind ended up getting ambushed by some thieves. Although Craig and the others came back and stopped anyone from getting seriously hurt, it was really Rob who saved them by projecting the raiders voices through a radio directly to Vince.

Rob was disappointed by Craig and Vince's decision, especially since he stated he didn't think it was a good idea in the first place. He decided to go to sleep at that point, instead of staying up and talking to Craig. The next day Rob was buzzing with excitement as the group pulled up to the bunker in Nightmare (Episode 11). Unfortunately this bunker had been overrun and the soldiers that were left behind to escort remaining civilians had been killed by the C.C.R.

Rob still kept his spirits up though, he was glad that his family had been taken to a safer bunker instead of being left to die. A few days later on the road, the group had arrived at some barricades and needed to push them out of the way in order to bring the truck through. Ahead Rob could see some C.C.R supply crates and thought that there might be some extra weapons in them. Zoey then offered a helping hand to him by following him to search the supply crates for weapons. On the way to these crates, however, Zoey stepped on what looked like a beeping light that was partially submerged from the sight of the group.

As the beeping got quicker and louder Rob soon realised what it was. He grabbed and pulled Zoey back in an attempt to save her from the blast but it was futile. Zoey was blown in half and immediately killed and Rob's whole left arm had been torn off his shoulder in the explosion. Not only this but a large amount of shrapnel had been lodged into his back and negatively affected his spine, so much so that he could not feel his legs.

After the others battled the C.C.R forces and Jane and Rachel had been captured, Craig, Vince, David and Mark tried their best to stop the bleeding and save Rob's life, but in the end Rob had already lost too much blood. Craig was left shattered by his death and Vince was deeply saddened. Rob and Zoey's demises sparked Craig's desire to bring down the C.C.R, and only enhanced Vince's.

Rob is also one of the people who showed up in Craig's dream sequence in Icarus (Episode 18).

He will be deeply missed by all of the remaining group members and Craig will never forget him.

## Personality

Rob is a brave and naive young teenager who's view can be easily swayed, though he still knows right from wrong. He was perhaps too young for the act of killing a man to sink too deeply into his mind. It only all started to weigh on him later in the series, after he had already killed seven people. He was liked by all other members of the group and his loss deeply saddened them.

Rob sometimes is a clever person who helps the survivors get out of danger, most notably calling Vince, Craig, David, Mark by using radio in Stricken (Episode 10).

## Appearance and Equipment

Rob is a red stickman and is one of the smallest and youngest members in the group. Like Craig, Rob likes to wear one of the black military t-shirts that the group found at the base. His weapon of choice is the AK-47, which he used for the entire series and shortly RPG in Conflict (Episode 9). Rob also tends to wear a military helmet from time to time as it makes him feel safer during combat.

## Relationships

### Ray

Ray became Rob's father when he was 38 years old. He had a close relationship with Rob and often went to the country park with Rob and his family, they took a photo to capture their memorable moments. However, Ray lost Rob when he came back home on the day of the outbreak. It's because Rob went to find supplies and hadn't come back in a long time. Ray intended to stay in the house to wait for Rob. However, the soldier told him to leave, Ray didn't want his wife and Luke to get in any danger, so he chose to leave Rob and left a letter and a few foods for Rob. Rob didn't forget his family and kept the photo until his death.

After Rob, Craig and David reached to Rob's house in Conflict (Episode 9), they found the letter and food. The letter said that Ray and his family went to the bunker. It gave hope for Rob and he had a perseverance to find his family. Nevertheless, Rob didn't make it. In Nightmare (Episode 11), before his death, Rob took his photo for Craig and told Craig to find his family. Craig found Ray in Brothers (Episode 13). Ray felt sad about his son's death and won't forget his moments with Rob.

### Craig

Rob and Craig had a long journey since Craig and Frank found Rob in Prisoners (Episode 2). They were caught by the Bandit leader and tried to get out. Frank planned to open the door with Sarah and asked Craig and Rob to cover them. Craig encouraged Rob to take a shot at the bandits and Rob shot the Bandits successfully. When they were running to the van, the bandit sniper shot Rob's leg and Craig carried Rob to go to the van.

After the van was unexpectedly destroyed by the zombie. Craig asked Rob and Frank to run to the forest. Craig and Rob climbed to the cliff after the death of Frank. Craig felt desperate and Rob comforted him to keep going, after which they jumped into the river. Craig and Rob reached the shore and found the cabin. Craig suggested to go to the cabin and they found Vince, Gary, Zoey, Jane, Mark, Nick.Craig asked Rob to communicate with other people to make more friends, Rob was hit by Nick when Rob talked with Zoey. Craig promised Rob to negotiate with Nick later. Unfortunately, Rob killed Nick in Execution (Episode 4) when Nick tried to kill Craig. Craig felt thankful about what Rob did, but Zoey felt blue about Nick's death and spent some time to calm herself down.

Unluckily, Gary was caught after Nick's death in Execution (Episode 4). Vince then asked the team to go with him to rescue Gary. Craig told Rob to be careful and they saved Gary successfully in Rescue (Episode 7). The next week, Rob asked Craig to find his family. Craig and David were willing to go with him. After finding his family were in the bunker, Rob wanted to go to the bunker and Craig supported him. They left the military base after the attack of the bandits in Conflict (Episode 9).

They arrived to the shop and Craig comforted Rob about the death of Gary. Finally, the survivors found one of the bunkers in Nightmare (Episode 11) and the bunker was empty. Rob felt disappointed but Craig encouraged him not to give up finding his family. Unfortunately, Rob was injured severely by a C.C.R landmine 3 days later when he was searching for supplies next to the South Cropford Library with Zoey. Craig then carried Rob to the table and tried to stop his bleeding. Rob told Craig to help him find his family and then he died due to too much blood loss. Craig felt sad and vowed to find his family.

In conclusion, Rob thought that Craig was a responsible and kind guy who helped him a lot and felt thankful to Craig. Craig also treated Rob as if he were his own son.

### Frank

Although Frank and Rob had a little time to communicate with each other, Rob knew Frank was taking great care of him and felt Frank was a caring person. He considered Frank was an important person and one of the saviours to him because without Frank, he would have been killed by the horde of infected in Vulnerable (Episode 3).

### Zoey

Rob and Zoey's relationship was overall fluctuating. They first met each other at a cabin in Vulnerable (Episode 3). Rob gave a helping hand to Zoey and she reckoned he was a helpful person. Moreover, Zoey thought Rob would have starved to death if she had not let him join the group. At that time, she was ready to develop a good friendship with Rob.

Nevertheless, Rob gave a bad image to Zoey after he killed Nick in self-defense. Their relationship then deteriorated. Zoey was reluctant to talk to Rob and had a long period of time to calm herself down. Rob sometimes felt guilty and embarrassed when he came across Zoey every day after the demise of Nick.

When Rob helped the team escape from the bandits in Conflict (Episode 9), Zoey realized that he and the team tried to pull their weight to guarantee her safety. She then started to forget what Rob had done and interacted with the group more motivatedly. Zoey lost her grudges against Rob and wanted to help Rob lift his burden without hesitation as observed in Nightmare (Episode 11). Rob also paid much attention to Zoey's safety when they were around a C.C.R landmine and tried to pull her back from the landmine without considering he would be blown too. Even though they died in an explosion of C.C.R's landmine, it is clearly seen that their relationship improved.

### Vince

Rob admired Vince and thought Vince was a great role model. Vince taught Rob how to use guns, including the RPG, which he would later use to help the team out of danger in Conflict (Episode 9) by using the RPG. Rob warned Vince to come back to save him and the girls by using radio in Stricken (Episode 10). Vince felt Rob was a helpful kid and was upset about his death after Rob was killed by C.C.R landmine.

### David

Rob met David in Complications (Episode 5). David felt good about Rob. When Rob wanted to go outside to find his family, David was willing to help him and went outside with him and Craig. However, when Rob died unexpectedly in the Nightmare (Episode 11), David felt upset and said 'he deserved it the least out of all of us.'

### Gary

Rob and Gary first met in Vulnerable (Episode 3) when Vince let Rob and Craig join The Survivors. Rob soon came to respect Gary along with Vince for their military service as well as their leadership skills. When Rob found out that Gary was taken by the bandits in Complications (Episode 5), he was scared as he had been in that position earlier in the series and deep down he knew that Gary wasn't as strong as Vince and may not be able to hold out for too long.

Fortunately the group rescued him in the next few episodes and returned to the base. However, just more than a week later, the base was attacked and Gary was killed by the bandit leader. Rob was shocked and saddened at this death; knowing the negative effects that it would have on Vince's mental state as well as the group.

Rob and Gary were glad to be teammates and respected each other's positions in the group. Rob was grateful for the care that Gary showed for his safety and knows that he would still be looking after him if he was still alive.

### Nick

Rob and Nick didn't have a good ending to the story. In the beginning, Nick felt fury about what Vince did to let more people to join them and he hated Rob to talk with Zoey. He attacked Rob and did what he want to Rob. Rob felt disappointed about what Nick did and wanted to tell Vince about what happened. Craig told Rob to tell Vince after taking control of Winston Military Base. Rob listened what Craig said and Vince planned him and Nick to search together in the military base.Nick followed Rob and pushed Rob into a house which had some zombies inside the house. Rob killed all the zombies and fought Nick for his revenge. Rob couldn't beat Nick and Craig came to assist Rob. Craig couldn't beat Nick too and Rob killed Nick for saving Craig. Rob felt regretful to kill Nick and he hoped it would have a better method to solve the problem with him and Nick.

### Sarah

Sarah was a prisoner of the bandits alongside Rob, Craig and Frank in Prisoners (Episode 2). Before Craig and Frank found Rob, Sarah was stuck here together with Rob. Although they got along a few times, they became the friends and had a conversation with each other. Sarah didn't escape after Frank started the van and the guys had to leave Sarah behind.

### Bandit Leader

Rob was caught by the bandits when he was finding supplies for his family on the day of the outbreak. So Rob didn't like the bandit leader and thought the bandit leader would threaten his life. However, Rob decided to follow Craig and Frank to leave the place of bandits once they were also captured. Rob then met the bandit leader in Conflict (Episode 9) when the bandits appeared in the Winston Military Base. Rob didn't want the bandit leader to kill the survivors, he opened fire with an RPG from cover to kill the bandits and helped Vince fight off the rest of the bandits. Rob and the Bandit Leader didn't meet each other after Rob and the survivors left the military base successfully.

## Death

While travelling on the road to Bunker 03, Zoey attempts to search through what looks like a C.C.R weapons cache, but it turns out that there are landmines on the ground there. Rob notices this before Zoey does and runs forward to attempt to pull her away but they are both caught in the blast. Zoey dies on impact and Rob's arm is blown off and fragments of shrapnel and concrete are lodged into his spine.

Craig, Vince, David and Mark all pull him into a building and put him on a table and start trying to save his life but he dies shortly after, surrounded by the four guys.

Rob survived for 19 days in the apocalypse and was in the series for 10 episodes.

## Notable Quotes

* "I've been stuck here for two days and I need to get back to my family." - *Rob explaining his story of how he arrived at the Bandit Compound to Craig and Frank in Prisoners (Episode 2), thus beginning the journey to find Rob's family that would last 11 episodes.*
* "So what exactly are we looking for?" - *Rob said as they enter the supply market near the petrol station in Complications (Episode 5).*
* "Craig. Find them... Tell them..." - *Rob's last words to Craig before he bled out in Nightmare (Episode 11).*

## Kills

* 6 Bandits (*on-screen*)
* 12 Zombies (*on-screen*)
* Nick

## Trivia

* He is the first named character to kill another named character. (*Nick*)
* His father Ray is a construction worker.
* Rob is the second youngest character in the series (aged 17). The youngest known character in all of the series was Rob's brother, Luke (aged 11).
* Rob is one of the characters who is the most likeable characters in the series.
* Because Rob is the likeable character in the series, some people want to bring back to life after his death in Nightmare (Episode 11). However, since he is now dead and is no longer bring back to life, StickFrameAnimations refuses to do this. This is mostly asked by most people, including the comments in YouTube.
* His true name is Robert, which was revealed in Conflict (Episode 9).
* He is the youngest main character in the series. Also, he is the youngest member in theSurvivors.
* He is the youngest person to die in the series.
* Rob is the first character to use a RPG(rocket propelled grenade) in the series.