Pico

"Hey you know this all sounds like one of those lame Dating Sims at Newgrounds."

- Pico

Pico is the titular protagonist of the Pico Sim Date series.

Appearance
Pico has spiky ginger hair, a green short-sleeved shirt, light green long-sleeved undershirt and orange eyes.

In Pico Sim Date 2, he wears a short-sleeved green shirt, gray undershirt, beige shorts and green fingerless gloves. He also has black pupils. In Pico Sim Date <3, he now wears a green short-sleeved jacket and long-sleeved white shirt.

Pico Sim Date
The game starts with Pico getting ready to leave for school, until he is interrupted by a voice claiming to be his son from the future. "Pico Jr." explains that if he doesn't get with Nene, that his existence will cease and, hence, he would be dead. Pico then leaves for school and meets up with his friend Darnell, and tells him about his morning experience. Darnell then gives him a tutorial.

Darnell also reveals that he has 75 days to ask Nene to the dance, since Pico Jr. was conceived at the dance, and she'll only accept if they have two successful dates. When Pico tries to talk to her, an "emo" boy comes out of nowhere and starts mumbling about how Nene belongs to the boss. After defeating the emo, Pico starts a job to earn money to buy gifts for Nene.

Later, Pico starts to talk to Nene and the relationship grows. He begins going out with her. Once he has at least two successful dates, he'll automatically ask her out to the dance, and, of course, she accepts. The two meet at the dance and talk, but are interrupted by Cyclops, who is deeply infatuated with her. He then grabs her to "go to a quiet place", but Pico barges in and the two begin to fight. Pico beats Cyclops, and then Pico and Nene "go to a quiet place" and then Pico Jr. reveals himself to be Tom Fulp.

Pico Sim Date 2
The game picks up right where the first game left off. Pico and Nene spend a night together under a star lit sky. Nene attempts to "award" Pico for saving her from Cyclops, however the scene is paused by Moosh, who tells the audience that he's not good at drawing that sort of "stuff" yet.

2 months later, Cyclops has a mental breakdown in his basement (Or some other dark place) about losing to Pico. An unknown being comes to Cyclops's aid and gives him a charm (complete with instructions) that will help Cyclops get his revenge on Pico after years of torture (to which the mysterious being points out that it's only been 2 months...)

Pico goes to Nene's house to find the place ransacked and Nene missing. He runs into Darnell under the alias Agent D who brings him to Tim Fulp (A distant relative of Tom Fulp) who explains that Cyclops has inherited the Charm of Dipuc, the hate demon. Using the charm, he has turned Nene against Pico. He has also turned 4 other girls against Pico, who have information on where Cyclops has taken Nene. Making matters worse, Dipuc is slowly consuming the soul of Cyclops and if Pico doesn't stop him in time, he will destroy Newgrounds!

Depending on the difficulty selected, Pico has only a set amount of days to charm the girls and save Nene (unless he chooses Free Play). There are 4 girls in the game that Pico must hook up with in order to get information from Nene.


 * Erika - The athletic preppy girl


 * Kate - The quiet nerdy girl


 * Sabrina - The depressed emo girl


 * Mia - The cool bar girl

Pico, like before, must use his charm, strength, and intelligence to up the girls' opinion of him and get the information from them. Pico can also dress as and learn special moves from the cliques he hangs out with while pursuing the girls. Pico must also fight off competition vying for the girls' affection. Pico can also get 4 other alternate endings in which Pico decides to marry one of the other 4 girls rather than get information from them resulting in a boss fight from a rival, in which he defeats and gets the girl, but is also reminded that he forgot about Cyclops taking over Newgrounds.

Canonically, Pico befriends and dates all the girls enough for them to trust Pico. Each time, Pico has earned enough trust and affection from the girl he tells them the truth, to which the heartbroken girl reveals a hint about Nene and disappears, never to be seen again. Eventually, Pico discovers Nene being held in a shack in the Newgrounds Forest. There, he confronts Cyclops and demands to know where Nene is. Cyclops points out that Nene hates Pico because of the charm and doesn't want to see him anyway. Pico than engages Cyclops in a final battle.

The Game ends with a simple text stating Pico defeated Cyclops once and for all and saved Nene (along an apology from Moosh about running out of time to make a proper ending).

Pico Sim Date <3
Pico is told by a doctor that he has contracted an unknown, possibly incurable disease and is likely to die within the next 3 months. Realizing that his school orientation occurs in five minutes, Pico leaves before the doctor can give him all the details on his disease.

He only has three goals in this game:
 * Fuck Bitches
 * Get Money
 * Find A Cure(?)

Trivia

 * According to Moosh, the Pico from Pico Sim Date <3 isn't the same Pico from Pico Sim Date 1 and 2.

Origin
Pico is based on the title character from the famous newgrounds 1999 flash game "Pico's School". He is a the unofficial mascot of Newgrounds and was created by Tom Fulp himself. He is mostly known for over the top action flash movies and other flash games. He is also known for packing uzis, as his choice weapon. He is often joined in flashes by his friends Darnell and Nene.