This is when I sold out and joined the forums:

if you can't beat em.... by KajunFirefly 10-15-01

uh, hey man, listen, I was wondering, my comic strip has been lacking in humour recently, and you seem to be a star in most of the "big" stripcreator strips, so, fancy starring in mine? why yes, yes I would, I've been wanting to expand my career, what part did you have in mind? well, I was thinking you could do your Tobor character, you know, man rape and all that? oh heavens, will I never escape that character? I've been pigeon-holed as a homosexual rapist! who exactly do you want me to "man rape"? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!

Stanley Kubrick never put up with this shit by KajunFirefly 11-04-01

Script meeting, Monday Morning "raar, Tobor cornhole you now"? it just doesn't FEEL like something my character would say. His brother's been kidnapped, the Triad's are after him, I think he should be upset. what the fuck are you talking about? there's nothing in the script about Triads, look, just rape the god-damn donkey so that people will read my comics! Later... so basically your in the park, the dog on the ball says something about owning your base, you turn round, and Clive....sorry, TOBOR, well he man-rapes you! It'll be hiliarious, it's a classic! you know, I just don't think that another love scene is what the public really want, I mean, they've seen it before, we're not Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, I want to try Sci-Fi or maybe action adventure! THIS ISN'T A FUCKING LOVE SCENE!!! IT'S RAPE GOD-DAMN IT! I just don't see why you can't find someone else, ol' feet for ears has got a nice tight ass that's hardly been used, get the red fucker to cornhole his blue rectal passage!

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Dad was flammable

Here's probably the best of my few Tobor strips, although they kind of depend on you remembering Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

It's such a good vibration (feat. Loretta Holloway) by kramer_vs_kramer 10-31-01

RAAR! PRESENT YOUR ASS! Hold on, who are you? MY NAME IS HECTOR THE BOOTY INSPECTOR AND MY JOB IS TO INSPECT THE BOOTIES OF ALL WHO WALK ON BY MARKY MARK. Oh all right then. THIS IS TOO EASY.

Music for the people by kramer_vs_kramer 10-31-01

RAAR! BOOTY NEEDS WIDENING OPERATION TO COME UP TO FUNKY BUNCH STANDARDS. Ow! What are you doing? DO NOT BE ALARMED. TOBOR, UM, HECTOR IS PERFORMING NECESSARY CORNHOLING, ER, BOOTY ADJUSTMENTS. I see. When does Mark Wahlberg get here? MARK WHO?

This was my first use of Tobor - I did this and then immediatley realised that Tobor was said film character and was just "robot" backwards. What an idiot.

Pointless Drivel: Because you wonder sometimes... by jes_lawson 1-02-03

Hey Rich! You ever wonder if the man-raping "Tobor" character is just some big gag designed to publicly humiliate some guy with the same name? A gag, like that time I wrote "Ben is gay" in giant purple letters on the side of Durham Cathedral? A bit like that. Now bend over and pick up that dictionary, and find the definition of "justifiable, aggrevated ass-rape". RARRGH!

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Please replace the handset, and try again.

Hi, I'm UnknownEric and I'm a TOBORholic. I use TOBOR much, much too often in my strips. Although, hell, you gotta admit, this recent event was just begging for a TOBOR strip...

TOBOR and the Supreme Court by UnknownEric 6-27-03

RAAAAAR!! TOBOR WILL CORNHOLE YOU!!! Hey, it's a good thing for you that the Supreme Court just struck down anti-sodomy laws. WHAT!?!? SO... IT'S LEGAL FOR TOBOR TO CORNHOLE NOW? Yep. Aren't you thrilled? But... this takes away all of Tobor's outlaw mystique! If it makes you feel better, you can smoke a doobie while you do it.

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I has a flavor!

I don't usually like to say this, but mine's shorter.

The deciding vote by boorite 6-27-03

RAAAAR! TOBOR WILL CORNHOLE YOU! Aren't you even going to wait for the Supreme Court decision on sodomy laws? RAAAAR! TOBOR WILL CORNHOLE YOU!

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Robot Thirtysomethings Reunited by jes_lawson 7-10-03

Hey Tobor! Maura and I just had a bouncing baby 1GHz laptop! RARRGH! TOBOR EXUDES MUCH LUBRICANT AT THE THOUGHT OF CLANGO'S FLESHLING FEMALE AND NEW APPLIANCE! Do you think you'll ever give up cornholing and start a family? .... *sniff* DOCTORS SAY TOBOR'S FatherChild() FUNCTION IS VIRTUAL! TOBOR CAN NEVER KNOW JOY OF CHILDREN, ONLY OF CORNHOLING CHILDREN!

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Please replace the handset, and try again.

Tobor maeks my but hurt. From teh raep.

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Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants.

And, let us not forget... entire series devoted to Tobor, wherein I beat this joke to death a thousand times...

The Incredible Bulk

Doppelgangerbang

TOBOR IN CHAINS!

Unexpected: A Very Special Tobor Story

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Inside Joke Inside an Inside Joke by Bargaintuan 7-11-03

RARR!!! TOBOR WILL CORNHOLE YOU!!! Here's ya problem. Someone switched this thing to "cornhole"! Good afternoon, everyone. Sir, I represent Matt Groening...

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Life is a lot like getting mugged; you get your kicks, you take your punches, and when it's over, someone else gets your cash.

Here's one idea:

Possible Explanation For TABOR by umfumdisi 7-11-03

Hello, Knoxville, are you ready to rock? Then make some noise for KING'S X! *scattered applause* Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh-ohhhhh-oh, I'm a cornhole, I'm a cornhole man.

Yeah, now I got some splainin' to do.
Here's a link to the AllMusicGuide biography: King's X

The guitarist is Ty TABOR, and one of their recent albums featured the track "Fishbowl Man."

Would like to know if anyone else has heard of or likes this band as I'm the only person I know of who does.

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Chicken Feather Bed Bugs Bunny Hop Sing Out Side Street Walker Texas Ranger Cookie Dough Boy Wonder Years

oh, I meant I had ideas why Tobor was widely used. My bad.

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I thought I had attempted several Tobor comics, but i think I only have one. Maybe I've just been pretending.
This is my old one.

Tobor-The Later Years by mmyers 3-31-03

You stop chasing me! Me cornhole you! You stop running from me, or me cornhole you when I catch you! Come here, kitty! Me cornhole you! I'm going to go to my room and listen to rock music! Cornhole! Kids say darndest things.

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Would like to know if anyone else has heard of or likes this band as I'm the only person I know of who does.

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I thought Tobor used others "widely."

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

Power Units by Kaddar 4-22-03

Hey man, don't tell anyone, but I hate this place, I'm breaking out. GUARDS! THIS GUY IS BREAKING OUT. I think I'm going to go kill myself Can I have your power unit?

Tobor or otherwise, this is the first time I used redrobot on my main account.

Anyone recall the mildly amusing "Kompressor" series?

"Tobor Will Cornhole You"
"KOMPRESSOR WILL CRUSH YOU INTO DUST"

etc etc

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"Life Sucks, Then you Die. The bit inbetween isnt very funny either"

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Anyone recall the mildly amusing "Kompressor" series?

"Tobor Will Cornhole You"
"KOMPRESSOR WILL CRUSH YOU INTO DUST"

etc etc

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

Tobor is appealing on many levels.

1. He's simple. Not only does he only speak in capital letters and with a very simple "grammar," he has a simple motivation. Cornhole. Repeatedly.

2. He's complex. Why does Tobor want to cornhole? What's his motivation? What's his backstory? Enquiring minds want to know. He *seems* simple, but there are endless ways to twist his character around.

3. He's powerful. Tobor knows what he wants and has the means to get it.

4. He's "edgy." Someone who can get away with sexually violating people repeatedly and yet remain funny and somehow sympathetic is somewhat out of the mainstream. Try explaining a Tobor cartoon to someone you've just met and watch them back away from you veerrry sloooowly. And you're unlikely to see a "Tobor The Cornholing Robot" series on HBO any time soon.

Well, that's my theory, anyway.

Leave It To Tobor #4 by fuzzyman 1-19-02

"Frodo? Are you there?" "Yes, Gandalf. Quickly, bend over!" "Put it in my ass, Frodo!" Dammit, Tobor! I wanted to see Lord of the Rings. What IS this movie? LORD OF THE COCKRINGS. NOW SHUT UP, THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

hey fuzzy: good point about the un-cooptability of Tobor. I had noticed the word and concept "queer" getting co-opted all over the place, such that pay cable has a show with queer in the title, and soon basic cable will, and I'm sure the networks are circling it cautiously, and soon it'll be another word/concept used to sell luxury cars. But I don't think we're anywhere close to a sitcom called "That's my Robotic Manrape." Tobor will always be unacceptable, and so he's one of the few things that can be truly ours.

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The band Add N to X had a music video where a woman has sex with a robot, and it has been played on MTV at least once. I don't think it was anal, though.

And it was probably consensual. On her part I mean. Maybe she raped the robot, I don't know.

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BTW, the word "capitalism" or "capitalist" (or variant) occurs in 131 strips, just over a tenth of the number that contain "Tobor."

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I think it's less the Robot thing that makes it unaceptable than it is the joking about constant violent, unconsentual manrape. The robot thing simply adds a certain exagerration that makes adds humor: giant telescoping phallus. It's ridiculous, and yet, deep down, every man wants to think of himself as having Tobor's "attributes. "

Actually, it may be the Robot thing that makes it acceptable at all. I mean, take a Tobor strip, replace him with DragonXero, and make him speak normally. I'm I'd bet that there's a much higher "ick" factor. I mean, then we're talking about a violent, gay rapist. After all, DragonXero can presumably change his behavior, or is at least mentally ill (in this context). Tobor can't help himself.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

I actually just pitched that to ABC. They're thinking midseason replacement. Probably following "My Wife and Kids."

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I has a flavor!