User:Olistepsforward/Theodore

Not to be confused with the Personification of the A.I., which concerns the in-game manifestation of the Personalisation A.I. in the original version of Super Mario 64.

Note from Jim: please for the love of god do not do this to me. emulai was a dumb idea from the secret slide i brought over as a proof of concept for altcanons. the one time anyone tries to do anything with it they make a stanley ripoff that's also a femboy. i liked the idea, oli, DO NOT FUCKING GO THROUGH WITH THIS. this is an order.

Note from Oli: Gotcha, it's noncanon to the subcanon now. Sorry for troubling you.

The Personification of the EmulAI, named "Theodore" by some developers of the program, is a mascot that was designed for the emulator of the same name present in aspects of the emulator and its (incredibly sparse) promotion. "Theodore" is commonly illustrated in an anime-inspired art style and wearing a sundress, tied up with a large bow at the back bearing the Nintendo 64 color scheme, with a small Nintendo 64 symbol present in the middle of the bow. He is also commonly illustrated with unusually pale skin, well-kempt red hair, and two large hairpins on both sides of his head, the left hairpin being the logo/application icon of the Emulator and the right hairpin being the Ultra64 logo. There are supposed illustrations of "Theodore" in alternate costumes, specifically for holidays and the like, though none have been found and are considered lost media.

Developer Anecdotes
There have been several instances of developers mentioning and/or talking about the Personification of the EmulAI, all of which that were available at the time of writing are catalogued here.

Anecdote 1
Anecdote is from a description of the concept art of the Personification of the EmulAI contained in the online portfolio of the artist who drew it, whose name will not be stated here for anonymity.

"Conceptualized this mascot for an emulator that my friend group was making of all things. Not my best work, but I am proud of it. May look a bit like a girl, but he's male, I assure you."

Anecdote 2
Anecdote is from a post on the now-defunct "Super Forum 64" forum by user "TREYLL69," a supposed developer of EmulAI. While not definitively confirmed as a developer, they have mentioned things in line with those other developers have said. Context of anecdote has been lost to time.

"Y'all mind if I talk about that mascot for a sec? If you guys are wondering "well gee Treyll, why is it a guy?", at the time, every single damn thing out there had some sort of "cute anime girl" mascot, so me and the rest of the team were like "well, if we're gonna make one, what if we make it a dude but it looks like a girl, that would be funny." It was originally something that was more of a joke, but the concept really grew on us, and we ended up going through with it."

Anecdote 3
Anecdote is from an EmulAI developer AMA on 4chan. Although the developer was obviously anonymous, all questions they had answered involving currently unknown information were later all confirmed true. This is also the first recorded time the Personification of the EmulAI is referred to as "Theodore."

">the fuck you mean by mascot

Oh right I haven't talked about him lmao. Theodore, or, as you guys seemed to call him, the Personification of the EmulAI. He wasn't really used all that much before we scrapped the project so that sucks. I also have no clue why one of you actually recalled him being ingame, I don't even know how that would happen."

Trivia

 * The Personification of the EmulAI bears a striking resemblance to Stanley, specifically pale skin and a similar hair color. Inspiration, if any, has gone unconfirmed