1st Prize

*For a character with a similar name, see 0th Prize.*

*“I HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED TO DESIRE YOUR IMAGE”*

— 1st Prize, while wandering around

**1st Prize** is the Science Fair's robot character of the Schoolhouse.

## Description

1st Prize is a poorly 3D-modeled CGI robot for the Science Fair with a teal "gym cage" as a body that has oval wheels, round hands each sporting five stubby fingers, and a large crimson/red heart connected to his head by wires inside his torso. His spherical head has a rectangular mouth and a cut out section revealing large googly eyes with extremely long pointy pupils.

## Personality

1st Prize is a robot who loves to hug people, showing that he is compassionate towards others. 1st Prize thinks that everyone is his friend and is very loving since he always asks to marry the player but does not like it when he loses them. He also seems to be unaware of hazards until the last minute; an example is 1st Prize pushing the player straight into Sandy, similar to Gotta Sweep.

## Artificial intelligence

### Main gameplay

When 1st Prize notices the player, he will turn around very slowly until he is facing them and then accelerate forward, pushing the player down the hallway. If the player uses Safety Scissors on 1st Prize to cut his wires, he will slow down and spin around for (15 seconds in *Classic*/*Birthday Bash*) before recovering. The time that 1st Prize spins out will be accumulated if the player uses another pair of Safety Scissors while 1st Prize is malfunctioning. It takes a total of 24 seconds for 1st Prize to make a full 360° turn, but not while his wires are cut as he will spin faster than normal.

1st Prize has a similar function to Gotta Sweep, pushing the player around the building. However, 1st Prize is always active and always targets the player, while Gotta Sweep is only active part of the time and follows his own path. The player can use Big Ol' Boots to pass through 1st Prize when he attempts to push them.

1st Prize can be used to push the player down hallways quickly, which is very helpful when trying to escape Sandy. He can also interrupt Playtime's minigame by pushing the player while they are playing jump rope. However, 1st Prize can also be a hindrance, as he can smash the player up against a wall for a few moments, blocking their sight and ability to move. He can also accidentally push the player directly into Sandy. However, 1st Prize cannot push NPCs, so he cannot push them into the player. He will only go right through them, unlike Gotta Sweep.

When 1st Prize collides with the surface while he is accelerating at fast speed, the *Bang!* sound will play, and it will attract Sandy to the location where this sound is played.

### Other appearances

* In *Sandy's Basics Classic*, 1st Prize spawns in the dark hallway where the mailbox comic is found. While 1st Prize pushes the player, their stamina will not be refilled even if they do not press any buttons.
* In *Sandy's Basics Birthday Bash*, 1st Prize does not appear to wear any birthday-related accessories like the rest of the original characters. This is the first time that he makes a loud thud when colliding with a wall. At the end of the game when the player reaches the last exit in the cafeteria, 1st Prize will show up with the other characters to shout out a birthday surprise for them. Like in *Classic*, the player's stamina will not be refilled while 1st Prize pushes them.
* In *Sandy's Basics X: The Final Installment*, 1st Prize can be found in the faculty room where the Grappling Hook is located. Although he is seen from all sides, he is deactivated all the time.

## Trivia

### General

* 1st Prize is the only character that talks in text-to-speech. The text-to-speech voice for 1st Prize is from Dr. Sbaitso, but slowed down.
	+ After accessing the voice parameters in Dr. Sbaitso with. param and pressing the Enter key, the parameters for 1st Prize's voice are:
		- General: `0930` and type `say (quote)`.
		- *Birthday Bash*: `0951`. For the quote from the game itself, type `say suuuerpreeize!`.
		- His age is unknown like Arts and Crafters and Gotta Sweep's, but he was made in 1977, as the series takes place in 1999.
* 1st Prize pushing the player will make all NPCs' sounds nearby be heavily distorted due to the Doppler effect.
* While 1st Prize is in motion, his motoring sound will increase in pitch and it will stop until he hits a structure such as a wall or window, even if it does not play the banging-wall sound.

### *Sandy's Basics Classic*/*Birthday Bash*

* It takes 1st Prize exactly 8.12 seconds to go down the long hallway.

### *Sandy's Basics Birthday Bash*

* 1st Prize's sprite seems to be strangely smaller than usual when appearing in the cafeteria for the birthday surprise. He keeps on facing the front as his sprite also rotates with the camera in said scene rather than moving in different angles.
* When sped up, 1st Prize's sound when colliding with a wall sounds like Micah McGonigal hitting a table.

## Glitches

### *Sandy's Basics Classic*

* If 1st Prize is pushing the player while Arts and Crafters charges towards the player, Arts and Crafters will not teleport the player near Sandy; he will instead go right through them.