Gypsy (MST3K)

Gypsy is one of the main cast characters on 'Mystery Science Theater 3000'. She's one of the robots created aboard the Satalite of Love by Joel Robinson as a way to maintain his sanity. Gypsy is tasked with maintaining vital functions and most of the ship's processing runs though her causing her social and intellectual functions to be impaired during early episodes. However as systems began to be shutdown or damaged beyond use her social and mental capaciteis improved.

Biography
Gypsy was created as Gypsium by Joel Robinson aboard the Statalite of Love [KTMA era MST3K Episode 00]; a robot with a male user interface personality named after the material it was constructed of. During this early period of existence Gypsium was the most dull minded and when Gypsium did socialize it was with other contructs Beeper and Crow; as well as Joel who during this era had been near to breaking mentally- believing himself to be an alien and broadcasting transmissions proclaiming his intellectual supremacy while sharing with Earth his grand inventions. Gypsium was active sometime when Demon Dogs attacked Joel (seen in the opening of the KTMA era episodes). Gradually thanks to the robots like Gypsium Joel regained his sanity realizing that he's actually a janitor shot up into space by his employer, the Gizmonic Institute, who now runs a social experiment on Joel regarding the effects of television on the mind. Though this revelation didn't come until after Joel redesigned Gypsium to have a female user interface and began to refer to the unit as Gypsy (short for Gypsium).

With a new coat of paint, a better chassie, and higher functions Gypsy began to improve in personality but remained largely buisy maintaining the Satalite of Love as per her function. Though with this came a bit of self reflection and she began to see herself as a motherly figure or older sister to Tom Servo and Crow; viewing Joel at times as someone the two need to be protected from. During Episode 415 she actually harmed Joel after he (rather cruely) dominated a game of Rock Paper Sissors he was having Servo and Crow. Her protective nature and occassional sudden act of violence tend to kick in when her higher functions are strained; such as when Demon Dogs attacked the Stallite of Love during episode 102. Their leader Enoch was invited aboard to negotiate with Joel and upon realizing the 'giant bone in the sky' isn't a real bone he agrees to leave but in that moment Gypsy arrives to investigate and recognizing the creature as hostile to the ship, and perhaps remembering a previous attack she kills Enoch causing the Demon Dogs to attack the station even harder.

Joel would do his best to try to convince the bot to tap a bit more into her feminine programing in hopes that such would deminish moments such as those but Gypsy showed herself to be a bit more strong willed then Joel had intended and urged on by her fellow robots Gypsy became more independent. She starts to modify herself from time to time. She helps Joel escape the Statalite of Love and return to Earth leaving her, Tom, and Crow alone - or so it seemed until the scientist conducting the social experiment sent Mike to the station (due to the role Mike played in helping Joel escape). Mike would prove a more stable and energetic example of Human company and he'd help Gypsy improve though indirectly though interaction. Joel would return some time latter after learning that the satalite was rigged to blow up after 10 years- something Gypsy never realized despite being connected to the ship's systems. Mike would miss his chance to leave with Joel.

After the Satalite of Love crashes into Earth at the end of Season 10 Gypsy moved away from Mike, Tom, and Crow to start up her own buisness- ConGypsCo. She had publically offered the three a role in the company but at the time they had refused. At somepoint her buisness endeavors lead her to come into contact with Jonah Heston, a good natured guy looking to save Gizmonic from financial ruin. Jonah turns out to be just an employee but Gypsy agrees to help him with this endeavor joining him aboard the Backjack (a repair ship) on a mision to repair a faulty Gizmonic Moonbase. Having worked maintenace on the Statalite of Love she was a fitting choice and even got Tom and Crow to join the mission. However it proves to be a trap with Konga Forester, the daughter of the scientist that launched Joel into space- having set off the false reading herself to lure another employee into space so she could continue her father's research. Gypsy is currenlty very high functioning socially and mentally as the Backjack doesn't require as much of her processing power and due to improvements she made while operating her own buisness. She seems to look upon Jonah as an Uncle or Stepfather of sorts.

Physiology
Gypsy is a long snake like robot designed to travel through the ducts, crawlways, etc of the Statalite of Love. She use to be connected directly with the Umbilicus that kept the statalite tethered to the Gizmonic Institute with objects coming from the institute arriving through her maw. This was latter altered either by Joel or herself thus allowing her go about her task with something randomly coming out of her. However her current body is still capable of attaching to other facilities- she is for example able to replicate objects on demand producing a copy that drops from her mouth. She can also direct objects through it to the incenorator which is how she killed Enoch, leader of the Demon Dogs. She was once asked to make a copy of Tom but due to resources was only able to make a partial copy of her friend. She has a single ocular receptor that doubles as a light source.

Quotes
Gypsy at times says some disturbing things but recently has mellowed or perhaps matured as an individual.

'I'll take my rage, and box it up, and take it out with the trash!"

"Close your eyes, got to sleep, fade away, lose your soul, be replaced by a drone!"