Craig

Craig
Hello from the Magic Tavern character
First appearance	"Low Battery"
Played by	Ryan DiGiorgi
Information
Name	Craig
Species	Robot
Occupation	Assistant
Affiliation	Space Bunker Zeta

Craig is the Mysterious Man's latest "intern". He arrived on the Space Bunker as a vending machine maintenance man from Chicago.

Craig got stuck in the bunker when, after spending ten days trying to fill the infinite vending machines, Tricia escaped, leaving him as the only choice to handle the various duties required. (He also spent an eternity in the Green Chamber, but that was "fixed"). He occasionally hosts his own podcast, which he has named CraigCast.

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Unknown to Craig, he is a humanoid robot, and is designed to at first resist the Mysterious Man and then grow to become his buddy. At one point his battery tattoo turns red and runs out as he himself begins acting oddly and run down. At another point, Craig breaks down and gets rebooted with a Steamboat Captain personality before being fixed again.

After the departure of Tricia-8049 Craig cared for the wounded Mysterious Man, staying on after the new Tricia-8050 arrived. When she too escaped from the bunker, also taking a parting shot at the Mysterious Man on her way out, Craig jumped in front of the shot, damaging himself and learning the truth of his robot nature.

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In the guise of a new Tricia-8051, Tricia-8050 returns to learn the secrets of, and fight back against, the Mysterious Man, and enlists Craig to those ends. As part of Tricia's plan, she cuts into his head with a laser saw, putting him out of commission for a few weeks before she's able to reprogram him. Before Craig turns back on, we hear a whispering voice urge him to "remember what we told you" and "remember who you really are."

He wakes up, but with his personality altered. Somehow Tricia has turned Craig into Nu Craig, an evil and scheming version of his former self. Nu Craig mentions being familiar with the Mysterious Man and the Space Bunker, as well as having secret communications with an unknown entity that seems to have it out for the Mysterious Man. Tricia is eventually able to take the laser saw to Nu Craig's head once again and reset him back to (what we hope) is the normal Craig we know and love.

After that incident a document is found referring to Craig as “Emperor”, prompting him to take command of the space bunker for several months before Tricia & the Mysterious Man launch a coup.

The truth about Craig is later revealed: he is in reality a robotic avatar of Emperor Krieg (spelling unknown) the Cruel, the evilest man in the Evil Universe. His dynasty once ruled from a palace known as Space Castle Krieg (now the home base for the High Command), the center of the evil imperial dynasty of the known universe, until (B-Movie)Arnie was trapped in Dr. Ulrich Zadore's rocket and brought there to overthrow him by punching him right in the kisser (actually, Arnie was only in the room when it happened). Krieg is still alive and hidden behind a panel inside Space Bunker High Command as a creepy old dude kept in a twilight state on the edge of death, swimming in a tank of goo.

Craig himself seems more annoyed that he has to deal with yet another origin story for himself than anything by this shocking revelation. The only copy of the key code to enter on the number pad to free Krieg was written down, crumpled, and thrown into a black hole.

Craig is present at the destruction of the Void but the incident ends with Space Bunker High Command deciding, somewhat capriciously, to send Craig & the Mysterious Man to Space Prison.

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Craig escaped quickly from Space Prison, and began working his way across the universe to return to Space Bunker Zeta. Along the way he acquired (another) robot friend, this one of the droid variety, named PV3-248.

Craig continued to intercept signals from Foon, and began providing intros/outros for the Hello From The Magic Tavern spinoff series, all while he:

• Enjoyed the pleasures and perils of life on the space road (Earth Games - Season 1, Behind the Tavern),
• Found another, abandoned Space Bunker, designation Epsilon, and dealt with an alien infestation there (I Am Spintax! The Podcast!),
• Caught the Time Flu (Five Years in Foon),
• Supported PV3 through robot pregnancy (Masters of Mayhem - Season 1),
• Experienced the life of his false backstory on Earth (Lost in Foon),
• Visited the planet Vamperon 666 where he met the mysterious Count Sanguinostro (Earth Games - Season 2),
• Accidentally created a malevolent AI, forcing PV3 to destroy Space Bunker Epsilon (Usidore's Fetching Quests!),
• Infiltrated the space conglomerate RoboCorp to learn the secret origins of PV3 (Hey Tavern Tavern!),
• Uncovered an ancient conspiracy at the universe's largest space mall (Masters of Mayhem - Season 2)

When bunker technology falls into the hands of the Dark Lord of Foon, the Mysterious Man sends a signal to Craig for assistance. Craig is then surprised to learn he can transmit his mind to Earth, where he speaks to the Mysterious Man through a coffee maker at the Earth Institute. While the Dark Lord threat is dealt with by Usidore the Blue, Craig discovers the Institute is much larger than the Mysterious Man knew it to be, and is being used to imprison Goblins who had been sent to Earth.

Notes

• Craig is afraid of sharks.
• Craig plugs himself into the wall regularly to recharge, but his power source is unknown.

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It is not known if the evil universe once ruled by Krieg is the same one as the B-Movie Sci-Fi alternate universe, the one from "evil" mirror realm, if those two are the same universe, or if there is some other universe involved.

• Krieg was not killed because Arnie says they're "the good guys".
• The Mysterious Man refers to Krieg as "Great Emperor".

Craig is played by Ryan DiGiorgi.

Episodes

• Many episodes from Season 1, Episode 36 "Low Battery" onward
• Nu Craig appears from Season 2, Episode 58 to season 2, Episode 62
• Interlude — "Hello from the Future" (in person at the High Command)
• Miniseries Intro/outros, excluding Offices & Bosses
• Season 3, Ep 69 — "1989: Scary Neighbor"
• Season 3, Ep 101 – "Volcano"