History VideoGame / Pico

* AntiHero: Pico sits somewhere between the the [[PragmaticHero pragmatic]] and [[UnscrupulousHero unsrcupulous]] types. This also goes for his friends Nene and Darnell (well Nene anyway, Darnell's pyromania might disqualify).

* {{Villainous Crush}}/{{Villainesses Want Heroes}}: Cyclops tells Pico she has a crush on him, hence him not being killed with the rest of his classmates when Casandra's gang attacked. Perhaps best demonstrated by [[https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/638227 Pico's Cat Fight]]:

* {{Ambiguously Human}}: Casandra, considering what she turns into in her final battle with Pico. Taking Pico's School with other works by Tom Fulp, she's apparently really a (possibly hermaphroditic) alien called a Penilean. Some other works featuring Casandra have her as just human with the transformation attributed to artificial means.

* AntiHero: Pico sits somewhere between the the [[PragmaticHero pragmatic]] and [[UnscrupulousHero unsrcupulous]] types.

* DependingOnTheWriter[=/=]{{Interpretative Character}}s: While the TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior is the norm, everything else tends to vary. Pico and the gang have gone from good friends to grimly hunting each other down for no discernible reason.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: And how! Part of what made Pico and the gang so [[RefugeInAudacity famous]] is that they are far too young to be doing just about everything they do. It is especially {{egregious}} in Nene's case, who is not unwilling to partake in sexual acts.

Absolutely no relation to ''Boku No Pico''. Seriously.

As the series got more popular, it eventually became the work of people all over {{Newgrounds}}, with more flashes such as ''Resident Pico'', and ''Pico Roulette'' being added by various Newgrounders. Over the years, Pico became the SeriesMascot of {{Newgrounds}} alongside other famous characters such as VideoGame/AlienHominid, Website/TheClockCrew, and the {{Tankmen}}, and even gained an EvilCounterpart SpinOff [[ExpandedUniverse series]] in the form of {{Piconjo}} (an extremly pale Pico with a {{BFS}} and [[GagPenis a dong the size of a tree]], resulting in 99% of his apparitions culminating in a penis joke or something related), described by Newgrounds itself as the [[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario]] to Pico's [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]. Scroll halfway down on any Flash video on the site, and you'll see an option to rate the video. There he is!

* SharedUniverse: Pico tends to be depicted alongside the Tankmen, AlienHominid, and other {{Newgrounds}} originals.

* SturgeonsLaw: Anyone on {{Newgrounds}} can make a Pico flash, so there are bound to be more than a few stinkers come Pico Day.

* VagueAge: Also another product of DependingOnTheWriter, Pico and the gang has been depicted in high school, elementary school or any age in between. Pico vs Bear implies that he's young enough to be a fan of Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse. Perhaps these are all just various points in Pico's childhood.

* '''RefugeInAudacity'''

* SeriesMascot: Although the {{Tankmen}} adorn the IconicLogo, one doesn't have to look too far to find a certain [[FieryRedhead redheaded]], gun-toting kid [[RedheadInGreen in green]].
* SharedUniverse: Pico tends to be depicted alongside the {{Tankmen}}, AlienHominid, and other {{Newgrounds}} originals.

Pico is a WebAnimation-slash-WebGames series started by Website/{{Newgrounds}} creator TomFulp. The series revolves around the characters Pico, Nene and Darnell as they get involved in particularly violent situations. The characters first appeared on the site in 1999 with five short games and movies:

* EvilCounterpart: {{Piconjo}}.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: {{Alucard}}, one of the bosses in ''Pico's School'', is a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] who throws dead bodies of classmates at you.

* BringMyBrownPants: Cyclops wets himself if Pico chooses to execute him.

* {{Badass}}: Pico didn't become {{Newgrounds}}' SeriesMascot for nothing.

-->'''Pico''': Go eat dick, Cyclops. No one is impressed by you teen {{angst}}. I seem to remember you being a big PearlJam fan. ''(Cyclops has an ! reacton)'' But then you were runnin' with the G-Squad for a while. Now you're a punk. What the fuck? Pick a trend & stick with it.

* MascotFighter: Pico, Nene, Piconjo, and even [[OneShotCharacter Convict]] appear in ''NewgroundsRumble''. Guess Darnell is just boned.

* {{Shapeshifter}}: Convict in ''Pico vs. Convict''. In ''NewgroundsRumble'', he is a DittoFighter in the style of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'''s Shang Tsung.

* RockPaperScissors[=/=]RussianRoulette: The "Rock Paper Scissors Roulette" game that Pico and crew play with the Uberkids in ''Pico vs. Uberkids''.

* ImprobbablyHighIQ: Darnell has an IQ of over 200.

* AntiHero: Pico sits somewhere between the the [[PragmaticHero pragmatic]] and [[UnscrupulousHero ynsrcupulous]] types.

As the series got more popular, it eventually became the work of people all over {{Newgrounds}}, with more flashes such as ''Resident Pico'', and ''Pico Roulette'' being added by various Newgrounders. Over the years, Pico became the SeriesMascot of {{Newgrounds}} alongside other famous characters such as VideoGame/AlienHominid, TheClockCrew, and the {{Tankmen}}, and even gained an EvilCounterpart SpinOff [[ExpandedUniverse series]] in the form of {{Piconjo}} (an extremly pale Pico with a {{BFS}} and [[GagPenis a dong the size of a tree]], resulting in 99% of his apparitions culminating in a penis joke or something related), described by Newgrounds itself as the [[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario]] to Pico's [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]. Scroll halfway down on any Flash video on the site, and you'll see an option to rate the video. There he is!

Pico movies and games can be viewed [[http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/pico.html here]]. You can more about him on [[TheWikiRule the Newgrounds Wiki]] [[http://newgrounds.wikia.com/wiki/Pico here]].

* DrivenToSuicide: Nene. Her first appearance has her begging for Pico to kill her, and her second appearance, ''Nene's Interactive Suicide'', speaks for itself. [[PlayedForLaughs Played for]] BlackComedy. Pico himself also came close to this in ''Pico's Return''.

* GrowingUpSucks: The occasional flashes that depict Pico in adulthood tend to depict him as a depressed, jaded shell of his former self.

* LittlestCancerPatient: Darnell claims to have five years left to live in is campaign for school president, though many flashes indicate that it is just a lie.

* TokenTrio: Pico, Nene and Darnell [[PlayedStraight play this straight]], with Asian female Nene being a TwoferTokenMinority.

** PlotRelevantAgeUp: The characters' {{Vague Age}}s mostly depend on what is necessary for the setting, such as ''Pico Sim Date'' making them teens.

* ''Pico's School'': The original, a point-and-click AdventureGame[=/=][[LightGunGame shooter]] inspired by the UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} massacre. When a bunch of {{goth}}[=/=]punk[=/=]neo-Nazi kids go postal and turn the school into a battlefield, it's up to {{Pico}} to save the day by mowing down anything that moves (including InnocentBystanders if you want) to teach them a lesson about true non-conformity.