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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* Playgor's lute appears to be made from one of those small ice cream sample spoons... making him ''literally'' a "spoony bard". "You spoony bard!" is a line from the Super Nintendo JRPG ''{{w|Final Fantasy IV|Final Fantasy II}}'' (''IV'' in Japan) that has become a ''decades''-long running joke among fans due to the questionable translation choices that led to its use in the English version. | |||
* It was initially though that Playgor was a member of the [[Gamer Geeks]] due to a currently unnamed gaming card member of the Gamer Geeks being shown in the series 6 of the toyline that was assumed to be him. It was later clarified by [[Chris Wyatt]] that he belonged to an unnamed tabletop gaming store squad.<ref>{{Twitter|In terms of the show, our intention is that he's part of a different, as yet unnamed, Tabletop-based squad.|https://mobile.twitter.com/otherland71/status/1517960751759077376|Chris Wyatt|2022|04|23}}</ref> The "[[ULTIMATE Guide to EVERY Bot in Transformers: BotBots]]" video on the [[Netflix|Netflix After School]] YouTube channel later claimed Playgor was a Gamer Geek, though it's stated more as a guess than fact.<ref>[https://youtu.be/dosPYqm92uY?t=220 "Not usually seen with the Gamer Geeks, but card games are totally included in gaming."]</ref> | * It was initially though that Playgor was a member of the [[Gamer Geeks]] due to a currently unnamed gaming card member of the Gamer Geeks being shown in the series 6 of the toyline that was assumed to be him. It was later clarified by [[Chris Wyatt]] that he belonged to an unnamed tabletop gaming store squad.<ref>{{Twitter|In terms of the show, our intention is that he's part of a different, as yet unnamed, Tabletop-based squad.|https://mobile.twitter.com/otherland71/status/1517960751759077376|Chris Wyatt|2022|04|23}}</ref> The "[[ULTIMATE Guide to EVERY Bot in Transformers: BotBots]]" video on the [[Netflix|Netflix After School]] YouTube channel later claimed Playgor was a Gamer Geek, though it's stated more as a guess than fact.<ref>[https://youtu.be/dosPYqm92uY?t=220 "Not usually seen with the Gamer Geeks, but card games are totally included in gaming."]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 00:07, 20 June 2022
- Playgor Cardquest is a BotBot from BotBots.
Playgor Cardquest is a robot that loves to LARP (Live Action Role Play) and to share his love of fantasy with others. Armed with his trusty lute, he frequently breaks into song... whether you want him to or not. And eventually, you'd really like him to just not.
| “ | And so the short-sighted burger left the fabled inn / For other adventures doth call to him! | ” |
—Playgor Cardquest to the Lost Bots, "Live and Let LARP" | ||
Fiction
BotBots cartoon
- Voice actor: Brandon Hackett (English), Milan van Weelden (Dutch), Serge Faliu (French), Michael Pink (German), Gábor Varga (Hungarian), Aaditya Raj Sharma (Indian), Hardianto (Indonesian), Ahmad Azizi Abdul Karim (Malay), Wilken Mazzei (Brazilian Portuguese), Simon Frankel (European Portuguese), Mikhail Filippov (Russian), Dan Osorio (Latin-American Spanish), Valentino Tiron (Romanian), Felix von Bahder (Swedish), Ali Erdinç (Turkish)
Playgor Cardquest LARPed with the Lost Bots. Burgertron however was against the idea and thought they should be having actual adventures. However in the end, to defeat a bird which had gotten into the mall, Burgertron joined the other Lost Bots in LARPing to defeat it, which greatly pleased Playgor. Live and Let LARP
Notes
- Playgor's lute appears to be made from one of those small ice cream sample spoons... making him literally a "spoony bard". "You spoony bard!" is a line from the Super Nintendo JRPG Final Fantasy II (IV in Japan) that has become a decades-long running joke among fans due to the questionable translation choices that led to its use in the English version.
- It was initially though that Playgor was a member of the Gamer Geeks due to a currently unnamed gaming card member of the Gamer Geeks being shown in the series 6 of the toyline that was assumed to be him. It was later clarified by Chris Wyatt that he belonged to an unnamed tabletop gaming store squad.[1] The "ULTIMATE Guide to EVERY Bot in Transformers: BotBots" video on the Netflix After School YouTube channel later claimed Playgor was a Gamer Geek, though it's stated more as a guess than fact.[2]
