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Real Identity: Cliff Steele
Affiliations: Doom Patrol
Appearances: That's What's Up, Crab Shenanigans, Brobots, Brain Flip, We're Off To Get Awards, Justice League's Next Top Talent Idol Star: Dance Crew Edition Pt. 1, Space House - Part 4, A Doom Patrol Thanksgiving Part 1, A Doom Patrol Thanksgiving Part 2, Our House, Beard Hunter, Elasti-Bot, Negative Feels, and New Chum
Appearances (Special): NBA Slam Dunk Special (Clip only)
Powers/Skills: Enhanced Strength
Voiced By: Flula Borg

Cliff Steele was a professional race car driver. He took the number 37. After winning a race, Steele celebrated by dancing the night away at Das Untz Club. Steele read a poster and noticed there was a breakdance competition that night and he wanted to win it. However, a Euro B-Boy stepped out of the crowd and challenged him. Steele used his best dance moves but the B-Boy exploited the one move he could never master, "The Robot." Steele fell on his butt and was laughed at by everyone. He ran away crying but he bumped into the Chief and made him drop his drink. He apologized for the terrible accident and explained his problem. Chief offered a solution and hinted he just had to get a little extreme. Steele was knocked out and wheeled by Chief into his van. He got out a chainsaw and put Steele's brain in a robot body. When Steele awoke, he learned his new predicament and asked Chief why he didn't just sign him up for dance lessons. Chief stated his way was better. He destroyed a wall and walked into the club, declaring he was a Robotman. The B-Boy couldn't keep up, snapped a bone, and fell over.

Robotman was declared the winner and handed a trophy. Robotman's hobbies are playing video games, fixing things, and collecting '80s nostalgia. The Chief blew up the front door and chased after Robotman and Negative Girl because they stole his dinners. Robotman tried to retort his name wasn't on it but used "signature" instead. Negative Girl also pointed out he was supposed to be on a restricted diet because of his high cholesterol. Chief stated he refused to listen to any quacks telling him what to do. Chief's wheelchair produced three saw blades then a laser then a metal chomper. Robotman tossed a speedboat towards him. The gust created exposed his old man knees. Chief activated his twin rocket launchers. They jumped for cover. Negative Girl sent her energy form underground and she emerged behind Chief and disabled his wheelchair. Robotman mocked him about not being so tough without it.

Chief fiddled and was able to activate the giant fists and nailed Robotman with an uppercut. Robotman pressed his head back in place and got into a fight with Chief. Elasti-Girl reminded Chief and Robotman about the rules, no fighting on the lawn then placed them on the driveway. They slapped at each other. The Patrol soon realized Beast Boy was back. Robotman complimented him on having a symmetrical face after they did their secret fist bump. Robotman suggested going to the boardwalk and enjoying artisanal yogurt for Beast Boy's first day but he wanted to do a clambake. The Brain ruined it and created a giant clam monster with one of them and revealed his plan was to use the monster to bend the Homeowners Association to his will and get the Doom Patrol kicked out of Codsville. Robotman launched the Chief over the clam. A bundle of dynamite was dropped inside. Elasti-Girl shut it. The clam was blown up. Brain called them fools and took solace in ruining their party. Beast Boy got an idea and used the remains of the clam monster for the Doom Patrol's clambake.

Beast Boy and Negative Girl were about to leave to hang out with crabs but The Chief and Elasti-Girl voiced their disapproval. Chief warned those "bottom-feeders" would get them into trouble. Negative Girl argued he thought everyone was one. Robotman announced he was going, too, but they weren't concerned since he was a nerd. The crabs were suspicious about Robotman despite Beast Boy and Negative Girl vouching for him. When Robotman extended his hand for a hand shake, they pinched it and left it mangled and broken. Robotman pelted a muscular man with sand and was pounded. Robotman skateboarded into a sign and lost his head. Robotman posed as a walrus and was eaten by a shark. Robotman spraypainted a wall but the owner of the Seas of Fun building loved his Aquaman and Black Manta mural. No matter what Robotman tried, he did something good by accident. He kicked a trash can but it ended up providing pizza to sewer raccoons. He took a lollipop from a baby but was congratulated for saving it from a choking hazard.

Negative Girl had to return to her body before she peed herself and went nuclear out of embrassment. Beast Boy invited the crabs to come along back to the Doom Patrol's house despite not having permission to have friends over. As soon as they went in, the crabs turned on them and punched them then start pillaging the house. More crabs arrived in a van and stripped the house interior. They even stole Negative Girl's body. Robotman elected to stay behind to fool Chief and Elasti-Girl while Beast Boy and Negative Girl tracked down the crabs' hideout. Robotman caved and told them the truth when they returned home. Robotman and Beast Boy hung out in a backyard above-ground pool. They talked about how it was more natural and classy. Beast Boy became evasive when Robotman asked if he was the only best bro in his life. Cyborg suddenly cannonballed into the pool and revealed the Titans happened to be in Codsville fighting a sea monster but he decided to hang out with Beast Boy instead.

Beast Boy was nervous and finally introduced the two. They soon realize they had similar origins and hobbies. The trio went out for ice cream. Robotman was leery of credit cards and Cyborg placated him by lying that he paid his bill in full every month. Cyborg was paged on his Titans Communicator but he was convinced to keep hanging out. They went back home to play charades with the rest of the Patrol. Elasti-Girl got "cat" but it was a terrible impression according to Chief and Negative Girl. She snapped at them. Cyborg got President Zachary Taylor and Robotman guessed it within seconds without much of a hint. They were accused of cheating. Robotman presented his collection of 1980s situational comedies. He and Cyborg looked back fondly on an episode of Alf. Elasti-Girl realized how much in common they had. Chief offered to combine them into one person using his crazy unethical science. Beast Boy thought that was messed up but Robotman and Cyborg were all for sharing a body.

They all went deep down to Chief's lab below the property. Chief clarified if by "will it hurt" meant "intense agony as all of your components are violently ripped apart," then it would hurt a little. Cyborg and Robotman were fused into one but the process mistakenly advanced their friendship to such a close personal level that the entire relationship turned toxic and unnatural. They flew to Codsville and went on a rampage. The Patrol was unable to defeat them. Beast Boy was fired from a cannon, turned into a giant squid, and tried to convince them to separate but was tossed into the ocean, Elasti-Girl turned to gum to immobilize them but was just stomped, Negative Girl projected her energy form then threw her body at one of their boots, and Chief turned his van into a mecha but its appendages were ripped off. Elasti-Girl implored Beast Boy to think of something that would break them up. Beast Boy got an idea and went on Chief's van's loudspeaker then told Robotman about Cyborg's credit card debt. Robotman got further irritated when Cyborg said he was building up his credit score and from thinking of the double digit interest rate. The last straw was Cyborg admitting he only paid the minimum each month. They started attacking each other and violently split up.

The next day, Chief told them they couldn't hand out ever again or the world would be destroyed. Robotman decided to temporarily take Cyborg's place on the Teen Titans so he and Beast Boy could hang out some more. The Patrol tried to prevent Beast Boy for leaving. Elasti-Girl tried to get him with vegan cookies but Beast Boy knew something was up and offered some to Robotman. Robotman ate one and passed out as he offered his critique. Negative Girl and Robotman waited around a corner with a bat. Robotman swung but Beast Boy was in his gorilla form. He roared and they bolted. They trapped Beast Boy in a simulation aimed to drive him away from the Titans for good but it backfired. Chief added if he died in the simulation, he would die in real life. Robotman became irate. Chief pointed out it was more extreme that way. They went in but Beast Boy ultimately thought of flipping their brains to fool the simulation and they escaped.

Robotman won Best Hero With A Human Brain in a Robot Body at The Superhero Award Show. The Doom Patrol, represented by Elasti-Girl and Robotman, competed in Justice League's Next Top Talent Idol Star: Dance Crew Edition but were eliminated early on after they performed the robot. Robotman accepted a free invitation to a Space House and was unknowingly collected by Brainiac until the Skull Ship was destroyed. Beast Boy visited the Doom Patrol in Codsville on Thanksgiving. Elasti-Girl frantically tried to finish preparing the meals before the Codsville Thanksgiving Parade started while preventing Robotman from touching the turkey. Robotman ruffled his hair and suggested they go wrestle in the fall leaves and dislocate their body parts. They passed by Chief, who gave Beast Boy a hard hand shake and warned him to stay away from his TV remote. Robotman protested he didn't want to rewatch the football all day long. He cartwheeled and snatched the remote and changed the channel to the dog show. Chief demanded the remote back. He complied but revealed he took the batteries out.

Chief's wheelchair transformed into a robot suit. He charged and tackled Robotman through the TV and wall into the kitchen then bopped his jaw repeatedly. Elasti-Girl told them to stop but was ignored so she picked them both up and reminded them it was Thanksgiving, not Christmas. Chief retorted Robotman started it. Robotman apologized then asked if he could get Chief a warm bottle or some nursery rhymes because he was acting like a big baby. They started arguing. Elasti-Girl slammed them on the floor and told them to help Negative Girl set the ping pong table for dinner. They complied. Beast Boy got an idea to build a parade float for Elasti-Girl and recruited Robotman and Negative Girl in secret. They liked the idea as a way to thank her for everything she did for them on Thanksgiving and went to work in the underground laboratory. While in possession of a saw, Negative Girl accidentally sliced off Robotman's left arm but they both laughed about it.

Once the float was done, they called to Elasti-Girl. She peered out the window on the second floor. Robotman hinted they had a surprise for her. She got excited, ran downstairs, and burst through the wall as a spring with Chief in tow. Chief stated it better be good because he was missing the game. Robotman extended his arm and pushed the button on his chest. The driveway opened up and the float was revealed. Elasti-Girl was amazed. Robotman explained each part of the float represented each member of the family like the football player to represent the Chief's love of extreme sports injuries and dogs to represent his love of the dog show. Negative Girl presented a giant mechanical turkey that breathed flames, after her friend Mr. Turkey. Beast Boy explained the giant toilet represented his tradition of eating so much food that he had to take a big Thanksgiving poop and the mama bear represented her, their mama bear. She hugged the trio very hard. The Brain happened to be the grand marshal of the parade and refused to let them join in because their float was an abomination that would scare people away.

Beast Boy didn't want to give up. They decided to be a part of the parade whether Brain liked it or not. The Patrol drove down a street parallel to the one the parade was heading down. On Robotman's signal, Chief took a hard turn and drove down the narrow alley. To the spectator's horror, they rammed into Commissioner Gordon and Batman. The Brain explained he was tired of dealing with the crowds at the start of the holiday shopping season so he was going to use the parade to imprison Codsville so he would get all the holiday deals for himself. The horn starting firing giant canned cranberry sauce and trapped people in it. The Chief pressed a button and the quarterback statue threw its giant football into the horn. It clogged and exploded. Brain stood up and dispatched flying pumpkins that fired missiles. Robotman launched his three dogs to take them out of the air. Mallah rotated to the rear of the float and fired twin sunflower gatling guns. The Patrol took cover in Beast Boy's giant toilet. The bear, mechanical turkey, and Elasti-Girl finished the Brain and Mallah off.

Robotman's dogs ate away the cranberry sauce and helped people get free. Beast Boy was eager to finish the parade but Elasti-Girl pointed out their float was totaled. Beast Boy had an idea already. The Patrol walked Elasti-Girl as a parade balloon to cheers from the spectators. The Doom Patrol played football in the living room Chief passed it to Robotman. Robotman threw it but it cracked a photo frame, bounced off the floor between Elasti-Girl's legs, bounced off the wall, and rolled under a couch. Beast Boy turned into a gorilla and flipped the couch. They found the football next to a projector and a box of film reels. Chief started to get nervous and said they were just old home movies about how each of them got super powers. They were eager to watch them but Chief wanted to do something else. They all yelled "No!" at the same time and watched Robotman's reel. Beast Boy wondered what Chief was doing in the same night club as Cliff Steele. Elasti-Girl recalled he hated music.

Chief replied he couldn't remember because it was years ago. He didn't kindly to being put on trial and suggested they get something to eat. They kept watching. Robotman was suspicious Chief was spending his leisure time at the arcade where Negative Girl happened to be at. Elasti-Girl agreed but Chief didn't and declared he was starving. They kept watching. Robotman thought it was fun watching all those home movies. Negative Girl wondered who filmed all of them. Robotman didn't care. They cheered. He accidentally knocked over the projector and box the reels were in. They found a folder marked "Top Secret" and learned Chief planned to turn them into a team of superheroes the whole time. Chief claimed he did it to turn them into a family. They were moved he cared enough to turn them into a family of freaks. They did a group hug. Chief told them not to get all gushy on him. He turned away from them and smiled.

During a taffy eating contest, Robotman screwed up and the taffy hit an eye instead of going in his mouth. The other booed him. Robotman wanted to try again but Chief refused to give it back. The bag landed on the street and was run over by a tow truck. They drove to the taffy store to get more but discovered it was robbed. They followed a trail of the candy to Pier 25. They didn't see any suspicious individuals but encountered King Shark and his gang after they did some kite surfing than ended with them surfing into a whale's mouth and being blown to shore out of its blowhole. Robotman thought they were cool but got distracted. He swerved around the pier, launched off a hot dog stand, bounced off some coin operated binoculars, bounced off the roller coaster, and made a hard landing head first into the beach. King complimented his excellent driving skills. Robotman wished he could be as extreme as they were. King invited him to hang out with them so they could teach him how to be extreme. Robotman accepted the offer even though the others warned him King was the baddest of the bad. While Robotman argued sharks were just misunderstood creatures, King plucked a seabird out of mid-air and swallowed it.

The Patrol was shocked when Robotman told them they could find the taffy thieves on their own. King powerlifted 1000 pounds upside down pushing himself up and down with one finger while his homies sat on the weights. Robotman tried to do a standard power lift but his arms broke off. They tried kite surfing but Robotman took off with the kite. King skateboarded down a hill, though a flaming hula hoop, over a Extreme Baking Soda billboard, and dunked a basketball. Robotman fell down the hill, through the lighthouse, through the billboard, and hit the pole holding up the hoop. They kite surfed again but this time half of Robotman's body went with the kite. King was shot of a cannon, swung around a flag pole, and launched from swings to land on a mail bin in a hand stand to mail a letter to his grandma. Robotman tried it but cut his lip licking the envelope and was blown up in the cannon then it lowered and shattered him to pieces. Robotman finally got the hang of extreme kite surfing, powerlifting , and dunking. Robotman thanked him for teaching the extreme lifestyle.

King admitted it was all he knew and revealed his tattoos were for extreme things in his life like his puka shell necklace, longboard, himself, and his guacamole recipe. Robotman noticed an empty space. King was saving it for something totally extreme and special. Robotman thought he was special. They hugged but King's stomach grumbled. Robotman agreed to get him ice cream. On the walk back, the Patrol nabbed Robotman and showed him surveillance footage of King and his homies robbing the taffy store. Despite the obvious, Robotman thought that was Superman, not King wearing a Superman mask. Robotman refused to believe the truth and thought they were jealous he was becoming an extreme dude then walked out on them. That evening, Robotman was shocked to discover they were the thieves when they stopped and robbed The Cheesy Cantina of its fish tacos and he was their getaway driver. He was forced to shake two police officers on segways by parking in an alley. Robotman pretended to be cool with it under the implication King would turn him into a chum bucket if he wasn't. King told him to rest up because they were robbing the arcade the next day.

Robotman ran home and apologized to the Patrol and told them about the arcade theft. The Patrol lay in wait inside the arcade. Richard noticed Robotman was in the arcade. King thought something smelled fishy. Beast Boy posed as a bear plushie, Elasti-Girl as the claw machine, Negative Girl on an arcade screen, and Chief as the fortune teller machine. King was shocked Robotman ratted them out and they fled the arcade in a stretch golf cart. Chief turned his wheelchair into one and they pursued. The suckerfish threw starfish, an electric eel, and a gasy pufferfish at them. King used an octopus to grab a stop sign and make a hard left on The Pizza Place. Elasti-Girl used her powers to do the same. King tried bumping their cart but Robotman bumped them back and King drove into a fireworks stand. They split up and ran in different directions. Beast Boy and the others went after the suckerfish while Robotman chased King to the pier. Robotman grabbed a long board off a boy and kite surfed off a wave to the pier. King was knocked off his feet by the wave.

Robotman vowed to bring him in. King pointed out he couldn't go to jail because he was a shark and had to keep moving or he'd die. King admitted to using him but revealed he realized how special Robotman was and called him the most extreme dude he met. Robotman didn't believe him. King revealed his new tattoo was Robotman's face. Robotman let him escape and he dived into the ocean. The Patrol and Beast Boy couldn't believe Robotman did that. Chief declared that was the most extreme thing he did and tossed him a taffy but it hit his eye.