A Doctor A Day Keeps The Apple Away

Crygor swaps with 5-volt, he’s like a programmer. Not super good at games like 5-volt but still a nerd in the sense that hes insane at coding. I think he gets game ideas from the kids, like if Penny mentions something she wishes a game had, he will just add it in for her. I think he has the unassuming old man persona being like “haha im too old for these games i dont understand a thing” but he’s a modding fiend

Mike swaps with 18-volt as in he’s unofficially adopted into the family. I wanted him to be like 18-volt in that he looks way older than he is cause he’s super tall, but saying he’s Penny’s age is still probably too much of a stretch so I’ll say he’s a teenager. I think they would meet cause they both hang out at a park or something all the time and discovered they have all the same interests. And Crygor sees this teen whos always at the park with like no friends and goes yeah this is my kid now

Penny swaps with 9-volt as in shes just a little kid super fixated on games. I think she drags Mike into playing with her and he pretends to dread it but he does actually enjoy it. She’s like the only kid who can say “my grandpa works at nintendo” and is actually kind of right. Crygor does not want her flexing this though because then he has kids knocking down the door for him to mod their games too.

Doris-1 swaps with Fronk as in she’s a weird family pet. I think she was a virus Crygor accidentally created and tried to destroy before anyone found out but she creepypasta style came to life and escaped the computer. The kids think she’s cute though and she doesn’t seem to be causing harm so he reluctantly leaves her alone. She may or may not hold a grudge for him trying to destroy her, though.

5-volt swaps with Crygor as in she’s a genius cyborg scientist of ambiguous age. Do not ask her. I think she’s a little scary but just adores her family more than anything. When she gets angry, her eye turns red and the metal parts of her visor get longer and sharper to look like her horns in her angry form

18-volt swaps with mike as in he’s a robot created by 5-volt. She wanted to create a friend for her son to never be lonely, so she made 18-volt as a perfect companion that she felt would perfectly appeal to him. He can be used as a speaker, and often creates his own music even if nobody tells him to. He loves being 9-volt’s friend and isn’t rebellious like Mike, but he often wonders what it would be like to explore the world and put himself first.

9-volt swaps with Penny so he’s a little older and more mature, but retains a lot of the same personality, just fixated on science rather than video games. He pretty much just creates whatever is coolest to him in the moment. He is always super eager to show off his inventions, but quickly moves on to a new, more exciting project the moment one is finished.

Basically, Crygor still started off human but instead of creating the cryo suit to keep him from aging he just slowly replaced all his aging human body parts with robot ones instead. So he turned himself into a full robot Ship of Theseus style and continues working secluded in his lab. However, I think people would take notice of this and spread rumors about it, so people come around his lab, especially teenagers, and try to investigate and trespass to snoop around.

Mike is just a guy trying to get his music career off the ground. However he is a horrible singer and people want nothing to do with him, as he often gets noise complaints when he tries to practice. Idk how they meet but at some point he and Crygor cross paths and Crygor tells him he can stay and practice at his lab whenever he wants. He does this to keep people away from his lab because Mike’s singing repels people, and Mike is just happy to have a supportive audience, even if it’s just one guy.

Now the thing with Doris is that I think before becoming a robot, Crygor had started a family but was kind of super neglectful. He put all his time and effort into his science work and eventually Doris and her mother left his ass and they didn’t stay in contact. I think he felt a lot of guilt and shame as the years went on, but he repressed a lot of it to stay focused on his work. I think his memory of them went away once he became a robot, whether it was purposefully erased by him or if it was an accidental byproduct of his age and the technology is up to interpretation.

However, even with the memory gone I think the feelings still linger, he just doesn’t fully understand what they’re about. Even with Mike’s company, he can’t stop thinking something is missing in his life. I think Mike is the one to realize he wants someone to take care of, so Crygor makes a robot granddaughter, Penny. He is immediately enthralled by her and watching her grow, putting his all into this new project.