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- "Pico" is the red-headed brainchild of the oft
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- melancholy and angsty Tom Fulp.
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- Tom created the character as mascot for his
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- website "Newgrounds.com" which has
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- eeked out a niche on the internet by catering to the
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- violent and depressed "Generation X."
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- Pico made his first appearance in 1999 in the
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- controversial "Pico's School" which set Pico
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- avenging the murders of his classmates by taking
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- equally violent measures.
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- Pico's school put Newgrounds on the map due to
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- its strategic release shortly after the Columbine
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- murders.
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- Desiring to capitalize on Pico's "shock-value"
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- success, Fulp produced a series of games
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- portraying Pico and his cohorts, NeNe, Darnell,
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- and the Uberkids shortly following Pico's School.