Casey and Andy is an online web comic by Andy Weir. It features the adventures of two mad scientists (based on Weir himself and his best friend Casey Grimm) and of their friends and acquaintances (some of whom are named after Weir's friends and acquaintances, though often not significantly resembling them). It is typically updated three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and runs with a gag-a-comic format with occasional storylines and running gags. In the words of the author: "Continuity is something that happens to other comics." It originally had the tagline "Mad scientist roommates who periodically die!". An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The webcomic genres are the types of themes a webcomic can take. ... Humour is the ability or quality of people, objects, or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. ... Webcomics, also known as online comics and web comics, are comics that are available on the Internet. ... Caucasian, male, aging, crooked teeth, messy hair, lab coat, spectacles/goggles, dramatic posing — one popular stereotype of a mad scientist. ...

The comic has a strong flavor of science and history fact, often from obscure sources. Strong parallels are suspected by some readers between Casey and Andy's real life (if any) and the events in the comic. Some strips are inspired by current events, as with the Mars landing sequence. For the Roman god, see Mars (mythology). ...

The strip has been made into a roleplaying game for the GURPS system, with a downloadable PDF published by Steve Jackson Games. This article is about traditional role-playing games. ... The Generic Universal Role-Playing System, commonly known as GURPS is a form of a role-playing game (RPG) designed to adapt to any imaginary gaming environment. ... PDF is an abbreviation with several meanings: Portable Document Format Post-doctoral fellowship Probability density function There also is an electronic design automation company named PDF Solutions. ... Steve Jackson Games (SJG) is a game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. ...

On May 1, 2006, it was announced that the strip would permanently come to an end on strip 666, due to Weir's recent dread for creating each strip and a downturn in the quality of the humor. [2] May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Primary (Andy) dimension characters

Casey (left) and Andy (right) in mad scientist mode

Most of the comic happens in this dimension, and the main characters live here. Due to the high number of characters in this dimension, they are further divided in three categories. The main characters are those most strips focus on, the secondary characters are recurring supportive characters, and single-use characters are characters that appeared only once or twice, or whose role were limited to a single story-arc. This work is copyrighted, and used with permission. ...

Main characters

Andy Weir [3]

Andy is a mad scientist, less interested in world domination than in creating mad inventions for their own sake. His research interests include astronomy, dark magic, and hamsters. He dates Satan, absolutely hates Casey’s girlfriend Mary, and as for Casey, their relationship is complicated, alternating between being best friends and worst enemies. His secret alter-ego is Anti-Stupid Science (ASS) Man.

Casey Grimm [4]

Casey is the archetype of the mad scientist bent on global domination. One way or another, all of his inventions have something to do with that goal. He is currently dating Mary, and seems to like and trust Andy, despite Andy's having inadvertently spoiled a number of Casey’s evil schemes. His alter-ego is Dr. X, a supervillain.

Mary MacTavish [5]

Mary is Casey's girlfriend. She is normal, save for the retractable metal claws Andy installed in her against her will. She absolutely hates Andy, but she gets along rather well with his girlfriend Satan. She also hates puns, and her alter-ego is the Pun Police/Paladin.

Satan [6]

Satan is the fallen angel, cast out of Paradise by her father the Lord. She can assume any shape, and she has chosen this one for now. She is the celestial embodiment of evil, and Andy's girlfriend. Despite her job and reputation, she is easy enough to get along with, and actually quite polite. Casey and Andy both take advantage of their friendship with Satan to escape Hell and return to earth whenever their inventions kill them.

Jenn Brozek [7]

Jenn lives next door to Casey and Andy, and therefore repeatedly suffers collateral damage from their failed experiments. This makes her understandably angry. She has an unrequited crush on Quantum Cop and has made repeated attempts to be noticed by him, but for all his intelligence, he never actually seems to catch on. She is the future mother of J.J.

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Secondary characters

Cujo [8]

Andy's cat, whose only goal in life appears to be to annoy his owner.

Quantum Cop [9]

A very intelligent policeman who can deduce even the strangest courses of events through pure logic, and is never tricked by any excuses. He has won so many Nobel Prizes that he hardly even notices when he receives another one. His intelligence lapses only when it comes to Jenn.

Lord Milligan [10]

Looking like a completely black shadow except for his eyes. He wants to take over the world, and is a very traditional villain, placing a high importance on building his secret hideout with lava pools, ventilation ducts that can be crawled through, a self-destruct system that goes off if he is slain, and similar clichés. Has been the legal dictator of Japan since the Quantum Crook storyline.

The Planet Devourer

A very cute little pink creature with fangs, that considers Cujo its mother. It was created by Dr. X for the purpose of forcing the world to bow to him or be devoured. As per Dr. X's plans, it can consume any kind of matter and completely destroys whatever it consumes; however, it takes very small bites and would take thousands of years to do any noticeable damage to the planet.

The Mime Assassin [11]

As the world's greatest master of stealth, he has been hired twice by Lord Milligan to eliminate his enemies. Was killed by Mary MacTavish in the Quantum Crook storyline. So far, this has been permanent.

Don Cindy

A powerful member of the Girl Scout Mafia.

Religious Zealot [12]

Known by no other name, the stereotypical Religious Zealot spreads the word of Jesus hoping to lead everyone to eternal salvation. Naturally, he's not treated too kindly by the guy who has Satan as a girlfriend – in fact, in newer comics, he seems to be getting along with Satan better than with Andy. Ironically enough, he is probably the least zealous character in the entire comic.

The Bug Fairy

A cute little blue fairy, who causes and thrives on software bugs.

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden [13]

For no apparent reason, has decided to couch-surf at Casey and Andy's house.

God

Satan's father. Loathes Andy with a vengeance, and likes to drive home this point with the aid of lightning. Once arrested and successfully ticketed by Quantum Cop.

Aliens from Neptar [14]

These creatures, none of whom have ever been given a name, variously mutilate cattle, punch male humans in their crotches, and stick probes up Casey's ass. Overall, they are not a friendly people. Quantum Cop is, of course, more than a match for them.

Grover Cleveland

The twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States is a sworn enemy of Andy. They are both engaged in a battle across time, and Grover Cleveland appears to be winning.

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Recurring characters

Death [15]

You know this guy. Casey and Andy probably constitute half of his workload. Major character in the early days of the comic, but hasn't featured for over a year.

Azrael [16]

A demon who tried to usurp rulership of Hell from Satan.

J.J. [17]

The future daughter of Jenn Brozek. She came to help her present-day mother when the latter was sent back to the 1980s, threatening J.J.'s eventual birth. Genetic testing has shown that her father is either Quantum Cop or Quantum Crook.

Rob Petrone [18]

This mysterious character appears, at first glance, to be a member of Casey & Andy's social circle who likes to go behind Andy's back, but there is more to Rob than meets the eye. With friends like these...

Bob [19]

He was there, too.

Mabel [20]

Head of the local homeowners association, she wants Casey and Andy out of the neighbourhood for obvious reasons. However, on account of her understandable fear of their home and anything to do with it, she targets Jenn instead, with complaints about obnoxious garden furniture.

The Hunkinites [21]

Blue hunky aliens whose sole purpose in life is to please women. They named Jenn their queen.

Matt the Land Pirate [22]

Jumps out, steals stuff, yells "yarrr".

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Parallel dimension characters

Using either technology or magic, characters of the main dimension are able to cross over to parallel dimensions. These dimensions contain doppelgänger of the inhabitants of the main dimension, but with minor changes - different genders, different good/evil orientations, and so on. A is the ghostly double of a living person. ...

Andi dimension

A dimension of opposites that Andy visited to test his parallel-dimension-travel-o-mat.

Andi [23]

Andy's extra-dimensional counterpart. Female. Used to be sexually promiscuous until she found the Lord - which means not becoming religious, but rather becoming involved in a monogamous relationship with God. Once dated her dimension's Casey.

God [24]

Andi's boyfriend in this universe. Seems scary, but deep down He's an old softie.

Quantum Crook [25]

The doppelgänger of Quantum Cop. He’s every bit as smart as his goody-two-shoes equivalent, but he’s bent on global domination.

Doctor Y [26]

Doctor X's super-hero doppelgänger, the saviour of the world.

Mary MacTavish [27]

A busy shuttle commander.

Lord Milligan [28]

A famous Japanese rock star.

The Mime Plumber [29]

Of no consequence to anyone.

Andina dimension

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Andina [30]

The doppelgänger of Andy. Female. Andina is both a cleric of the god Zogor, and his lover.

Zogor [31]

The deity ruling over this dimension.

Kasor [32]

The doppelgänger of Casey. Kasor is a mage, and advisor to the Queen.

Queen Jena [33]

The doppelgänger of Jenn, and Queen of Fremontia.

Evil Grand Vizier Milligawain [34]

The doppelgänger of Lord Milligan. As all Grand Viziers, he's trying to take over the throne; indeed this is a requirement for the job. In fact, he suceeded. He claimed that he had loved Jena and wanted to marry her, and offered her an elaborate ring. He suceeded, and sucesfully became King.

Quantum Ninja [35]

The doppelgänger of Quantum Cop. Has a π symbol on her forehead.

Stygian Zealot [36]

The doppelgänger of the Religious Zealot.

Mari [37]

The doppelgänger of Mary MacTavish. A ruthless mercenary who works for Evil Grand Vizier Milligawain. Loathes puns just as the prime dimension's Mary does.

Cujo [38]

Queen Jena's pet snake.

Stan [39]

Chief Paper-pusher of the Underwriterworld. Satan's equivalent in this dimension. He has many forms.

King Bloid [40]

King of the Zarb. The counterpart of the crotch-punching alien from Neptar. Likes cows in an impure way.

Accounting Irregularity Fairy [41]

The Bug Fairy's counterpart, and head mage of the Underwriterworld.

The Devourer of Worlds¸[42]

High Wizard of the Zarb.

Evil Grand Vizier Snerd [43]

The Evil Grand Vizier of the Zarb.

The Hunkinites [44]

Still blue hunky aliens whose sole purpose in life is still to please women. They still have Jena as their queen.

The Great Sorcerer [45]

Thousands of years ago, he put an end to war between the kingdoms by creating Mount Magus.

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Themes and Story Arcs

Usually, this webcomic features one-strip gags. Since the two main characters in the webcomic are evil scientists, the two main themes of the gags are science (current scientific events, obscure scientific facts, common mistakes) and evil (world domination ploys, bank robberies, evil inventions). Other common themes for the strip include riddles, "cheesecake" (high-quality renderings of one of the female characters), role-playing games and Christianity. It is worth noting that the jokes involving Christianity are done in a respectful and non-offensive fashion, unlike many other webcomics. A riddle is a form of word puzzle designed to test someones ingenuity in arriving at its solution. ... Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, known by Christians as Jesus Christ, as recounted in the New Testament. ...

The author does occasionally go into story arcs that span multiple strips. They are, in chronological order:

• Evil Mime – In which the Mime Assassin is hired to kill Andy. Comics 90 to 98.
• Hell Coup – In which Azrael tries to overthrow Satan and take over Hell. Comics 138 to 152.
• Quantum Crook – In which the Quantum Crook comes to the primary dimension. Comics 200 to 230.
• Jenn in Time – In which Jenn is accidentally sent back to the 80s. Comics 320 to 362. See also comic 311.
• Great Orb of Power – In which Jenn is asked to replace Queen Jena. Comics 446 to 482.
• The Petroniad - In which Rob steals Andy's life. (Guest strip arc by Rob Petrone, done while the real Andy Weir moved to Boston.) Comics 492 to 500.

As of May 1 2006, the author has declared that the comic will end on stip 666. He promises that the last strips will be one final story arc, where "all bets are off." Boston is a town and small port c. ...

Inventions

Being evil scientists, Casey and Andy are often busy creating strange inventions. These inventions sometimes work, and sometimes fail because the inventors overlooked some blindingly obvious detail. The inventions can sometimes backfire on their creators, killing them in a number of ways.

CLONE-O-MAT [46]

A cloning machine.

SCAN-O-MAT [47]

A present-scanning machine. A testament to how much Casey and Andy trust each other.

PHOBIA SWAP-O-MAT [48]

A device to transfer the phobia of one person onto another.

CASEY VAPORIZO-ANNIHILATOMAT [49]

Yet another testament of the love between Casey and Andy.

MASS-CONVERT-O-MAT [50]

Converts mass, though we're not quite sure into what. At least that's what it would do, if it worked. Instead, it explodes. Which, come to think of it, could very well be part of the mass-conversion process.

MIND-READ-O-MAT [51]

A not-so-subtle tool for invading someone's privacy.

L33T-O-MAT [52]

Translates from and to l33t. Does not seem entirely unbiased.

CHESS-O-MATs [53]

A pair of chess playing machines with a handicap.

SS BOAT-O-MAT [54]

An ordinary boat.

LANDMARK-DESTRUCT-O-MAT [55]

A device that can destroy monuments on distant foreign soil.

COMPUTE-O-MATIC [56]

A WWII-era computer.

MIND-SCAN-O-MAT [57]

A device that can scan a brain. In theory, one could then take the scanned intelligence and place it in a virtual body in a virtual world, to create a replica of our world.

HAIR-LENGHTEN-AND-SPIKE-O-MAT [58]

Responsible for Casey's unique hair-style.

ART-O-MAT [59]

A painting that paints itself.

CHAIR-O-MAT [60]

A chair with all the conforts of the modern world built in.

DOG-O-MAT [61]

An android dog that barks in binary.

VENT-O-MAT [62]

A ventilation system for an outhouse.

SAFE-O-MAT [63]

A safe with all possible security checks, including palm scan, retinal scan, voice recognition, blood sample analyser, stool sample analyser, and note from your mother reader.

THE SPLURCH [64]

An aptly-named device made by Andy. Denounced by Casey for not being a traditional "o-mat" invention.

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External links

• Casey and Andy web site
• Casey and Andy wiki
• Casey and Andy roleplaying game
• Forum post with an index of Casey and Andy strips
• Review of Casey and Andy at Weekly Webcomic Reviews