Microsoft Clippy, RIP: 1997 - 2007

Not too long after MobileESPN breathed new life, now we've got the unfortunate duty of informing the world that Microsoft finally axed the most annoying aspect of Office has decided to leave "Clippy" behind in Office 2007. We suspected something was brewing when the iconic figure started donning a 3D skirt in Japan, but a brief interview with Office's group program manager revealed that the clip is indeed dead. While it had been fading for awhile due to an apparent lack of mass fanfare, and was even turned off by default in Office 2003, it seems that Clippy fans will be forced to stick with now-antiquated versions of the Office suite in order to keep their darling on screen. But don't fret too much, as the countdown until someone crafts a freeware app re-instilling a Clippy rendition into Office begins... now.

[Via ChipChick]

[MearWolf @ Feb 9th 2007 3:32PM]

I will mourn you clippy, however anoying you were, we still loved you

[kudos @ Feb 9th 2007 3:36PM]

rip

[Arno @ Feb 9th 2007 3:37PM]

Good riddens!

[kaybee @ Feb 9th 2007 3:38PM]

That's the second death in 2 days of a person or a thing on my patented "Incredibly Annoying People/Things List" ; I guess it has more power than I thought.

[peterjon @ Feb 9th 2007 3:40PM]

oooooooooooo noooooooooooooooooo
you killed clippy you basters
you will pay for this.

[Benjamin @ Feb 9th 2007 3:42PM]

THEY KILLED KENNY! CLIPPY!
Oh goodness, he was only what, ten years old?how sad...I never really knew him because i replaced him with the wizard helper...oh well. I'm sure some sadistic programmer will be sure to dream up a new clippy you can put in, with control over what it says.
RESSURECT CLIPPY!
Boo hoo, oh hoho , that little guy was like the annoying little brother I wish i never had. Of only Microsoft brought him in Vista....wait is he in Vista?
idk
*sniffle*

[Jack @ Feb 9th 2007 3:42PM]

This is a worthless article. Who cares.

[DooM @ Feb 9th 2007 3:44PM]

Oh NOES!!1

[jschmier @ Feb 9th 2007 3:47PM]

Clippy will always live on in my favorite version of Windows.

http://www.deanliou.com/WinRG/

[catalyst @ Feb 9th 2007 3:47PM]

Your HTML in the article breaks the link to the Clippy 3D skirt article. "

[tc @ Feb 9th 2007 3:49PM]

Why don't they use Dwight Schrute's floating head instead? That would be so much more awesome.

[v_dogg @ Feb 9th 2007 3:54PM]

amen to that. Clippy Sxucks. i hated him the day i saw him

[eric.hundman @ Feb 9th 2007 3:51PM]

THANK JEEBUS. That little bastard almost singlehandedly made me switch to Macs back in the day.

[Cowboy Bob @ Feb 9th 2007 3:52PM]

w00t!

[catalyst @ Feb 9th 2007 3:53PM]

Apparently putting a < symbol breaks things here. I said:

Your HTML in the article breaks the link to the Clippy 3D skirt article. "<a rhef"?

It's here:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/microsofts-clippy-putting-on-a-3d-skirt-in-japan/

[Jeff @ Feb 9th 2007 3:58PM]

I wouldn't mind Clippy much if he was a Japanese girl in a skirt.

Maybe MS should think about importing the Japanese Office to America.

[superpixel @ Feb 9th 2007 4:04PM]

now if they could kill those damn yellow balloons. I LIKE my unused desktop icons, thank you.
accept/deny?

[RomeoDude @ Feb 9th 2007 4:04PM]

That just decided it..... I'm not buying Office 2007. Of all the Office Assistants, why MURDER Clippit (that was his name in Office XP), he was a SIMPLE HELPLESS PAPER CLIP!!!

[paul34 @ Feb 9th 2007 4:10PM]

ohh clippy... I think this sums it up:

http://www.holylemon.com/PaperClip.html

[cire @ Feb 9th 2007 4:18PM]

why!!!! For god sake no!!! You MS bastards!!! How could you!!

[T-Will @ Feb 9th 2007 4:23PM]

If only Windows RG had gone retail I'm sure it would've been a hit...at least we still have our Clippy there. :-(

[Binder Clip @ Feb 9th 2007 4:33PM]

From this day forward every fiber of my being, every bone in my body, every word I speak will be dedicated to making MS pay for killing clippy.

It may not be today, it may not be tommorrow, it may not be next year, but rest assurred Microsoft YOU WILL PAY, and pay dearly!!
















Just Kidding - Good Riddance...

[iptydafu @ Feb 9th 2007 4:33PM]

I hope the bastard caught rectal-cancer of the mouth and died choking. Burn in hell, Clippy, burn.

[Ransom @ Feb 9th 2007 4:36PM]

oh glorious day!!

[Phlip @ Feb 9th 2007 4:46PM]

I will never forget the day my colleague returned to his computer to find his Clippy with a dialog balloon saying, "Die, you gravy sucking pig!"

[John B @ Feb 9th 2007 4:56PM]

Clippy was so fu*king stupid. I remember writing my 250+ page manual for a training seminar that I was doing. (In irony of ironies, it was a class for using Solaris, but I dguress..)

I was on page 80 describing how to perform a certain function. So, I typed, "To do {such-and-such}:" and that god-damned hellspawn popped up.

"It looks like you're writing a letter!"

WHAT THE...??! I'm on page 80, you stupid sh*t! How the hell could it POSSIBLY look like I'm writing a letter?!!

Good riddance, and may the morons who thought that it was a good idea to introduce Clippy get a boil on their collective asses.

[Craig @ Feb 9th 2007 4:58PM]

actually... his name is clippit, not clippy (in Office 2003). c'mon!

[Jason Shellen @ Feb 9th 2007 5:11PM]

He's a hard guy to kill they already had a whole campaign around this back in Spring 2001:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/apr01/04-11clippy.mspx

http://www.shellen.com/2001/04/microsoft-has-sense-of-humor-after-all.asp

[Rck @ Feb 9th 2007 5:15PM]

Buh Bye to the Jar-Jar Binks of Redmond

[scooter @ Feb 9th 2007 5:18PM]

I'll miss you... ):

[tiuk @ Feb 9th 2007 5:21PM]

RIP? Hardly. I hope it rots in eternal suffering. Disabling it was always the first thing I'd do after installing office.

[Joe @ Feb 9th 2007 5:22PM]

The funniest thing i ever saw was a picture of a guy writing a suicide note on Microsoft Office and Clippy popping up and saying "So I see you've decided to kill yourself?"

[darter9000 @ Feb 9th 2007 5:26PM]

Oh wow, I never thought MSFT would ever get rid of their, less than revered, spokes-thingy.

[AppleJack @ Feb 9th 2007 5:50PM]

"Bring back that loving feeling
Oh, that loving feeling
Bring back that loving feeling
Now it's gone...gone...gone...
And I can't go on...
No-oh-oh..."

[Waruwaru @ Feb 9th 2007 6:08PM]

Make your own clippy
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/funzone/agent.mspx

[wireless buddy @ Feb 9th 2007 6:33PM]

Why couldn't they kill the stupid puzzle. I love Clippy! He's like my little buddy when I am doing reports in Word or when I am emailing/using calendar in Outlook!

I ♥ Clippy.

I Hate Microsoft.

[GameLifeShow @ Feb 9th 2007 7:07PM]

He isn't really dead yet. He still lives in Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac. Now if they kill him off in the next version for the Mac, then he will be really dead, but he's on his last leg of his life right now.

[Leo Bloom @ Feb 9th 2007 7:33PM]

I hope they bent Clippy back and forth till he broke in two. I'm all for taking my frustrations on the programing since clubbing the actual programer is illegal...

[Alan McSwain @ Feb 9th 2007 7:54PM]

Oh no, Clippy. You don't get off that easy.
I'm not with you yet! You hear! This ain't over by a long shot!

I will have my revenge. I'm here in Redmond, WA. now. They must have buried you around here someplace and buddy, I'm packin a full bladder.

Note to self: Must adjust meds.

[BobM @ Feb 9th 2007 8:12PM]

Clippy is not dead! He's been reborn as the Form Assistant in Dynamics CRM. Just as useless, but he's more persistent now. He won't let you hide him.

Paybacks baby!

[Megan @ Feb 9th 2007 8:39PM]

Why kill off Clippy? He was amusing. And sorta helpful. Eh, at least as far as I can remember...Oh well. I'm too poor to buy the newest office.

[Blake @ Feb 9th 2007 8:40PM]

Praise the Gods.

[sean @ Feb 9th 2007 9:33PM]

First Anna Nicole Smith and NOW CLIPPY?!?!?!!? I give up. Life is just too bleak now.

[Evan A Martin @ Feb 9th 2007 10:18PM]

Dam you Microsoft I WANT CILPPY,


I will stay with Office 2003 until the end I will never upgrade NEVER!!!!


I hope Bill Gates is reading this, We want CILPPY We want CILPPY We want CILPPY We want CILPPY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does the Mac version of Office have Cilppy?

[kevan @ Feb 10th 2007 12:11AM]

Oh man. I created Clippy those many years ago. He has opened many doors for me even though he annoyed hundreds of millions of people on a daily basis. People knew who he was and that is what counted. I actully got trickles of fan mail over the years . . .

You know they told us he was gone when XP came out too. He was just hidden.

[fred kirby @ Feb 10th 2007 5:20AM]

rip

[Mark Smith @ Feb 10th 2007 12:05PM]

Finally! A reason to buy Office 2007! Up until now I was stumped in my search for a reason to upgrade to either Vista or Office 2007.

[mario @ Feb 10th 2007 2:52PM]

I've missed the genius one for years...

[idiotproofwebsite.com @ Feb 10th 2007 8:36PM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6aXzMuYN7U

[David @ Feb 11th 2007 12:17PM]

I heard that he ran off with that filmstrip dude from AMC movies.