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Dilbert

(Redirected from Catbert) Dilbert is a satirical comic strip about a micro-managed office environment featuring the eponymous software engineer. The strip, created by Scott Adams, has run in newspapers since April 16, 1989, spawning several books, an animated television series, and numerous tie-in products ranging from stuffed dolls to ice cream. Dilbert's success can be traced to its all-too-accurate portrayal of corporate culture as a Kafkaesque world of bureaucracy for its own sake: the boss has power, but no skill; the workers have skills, but no power — and as they learn that their skills are not rewarded, they become mere placeholders who see innovation as dangerous and count anonymity as success. The humor emerges as we see the characters making obviously ridiculous decisions, and we realize that the artificial roles assigned to each member of the corporate culture often require us to do exactly the same thing. Terms invented by Adams in relation to the strip, and sometimes used by fans in describing their own office environments, include "Induhvidual." This term is based on an American English expression "duh!". The conscious misspelling of individual as induhvidual is a pejorative term for people who are not in the DNRC (Dogbert's New Ruling Class). Its coining is explained in Dilbert Newsletter #6. The strip has also popularized the usage "cow-orker". In 2001 Adams collaborated with IDEO, a design company, to come up with the "perfect cubicle". This was fitting since many of the Dilbert strips make fun of the standard Cubicle desk and the environment it creates. The result was both whimsical and practical. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Characters 1.1 Dilbert 1.2 Dogbert 1.3 Ratbert 1.4 Pointy-Haired Boss (PHB) 1.5 Catbert 1.6 Wally 1.7 Alice 1.8 Asok 1.9 Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light 1.10 Elbonians 1.11 Other characters 2 Dilbert in popular culture 3 List of Dilbert books 3.1 Compilations of newspaper strips 3.2 Special compilations 3.3 Business books 4 Dilbert animated series episode guide 5 See also 6 External links Characters Dilbert Dilbert is the main character in the comic strip. He graduated from MIT and works in engineering. Although his ideas are typically sensible and revolutionary, they are seldom carried out because of his powerlessness. Dilbert often has no visible mouth or eyes, and his tie usually points upward. Scott Adams offers no explanation for this, other than "it looks right". In more recent strips, though, the mouth has been drawn on occasion when Dilbert is eating, surprised, or nervous. Many of the other -berts look very much like he does, with glasses and no mouth (with the exception of Ratbert). Dogbert Although he is Dilbert's dog, Dogbert rarely acts like a pet. One of his dreams is to conquer the world and enslave all humans, and he has achieved this status several times through methods like hypnosis. However, he often quickly relinquishes his post due to boredom or his position that people do not deserve to have him as leader. Dogbert has made many ventures into the business world, often as a consultant who hypes new trends to the Pointy-Haired Boss. In these positions, he typically takes advantage of stupidity and gullibility. Ratbert Ratbert was not originally intended to be a regular, instead being part of a series of strips featuring a lab scientist's cruel experiments. Ratbert soon realized that he was the subject of a hideous macaroni-and-cheese experiment (the scientist made him eat huge amounts of it; he writes in his notebook that it causes paranoia in rats) and escaped, eventually finding a refuge in Dilbert's house. He was not initially accepted by the residents, especially Dilbert, who was highly prejudiced against rats. However, he finally allowed Ratbert to become a permanent member of the household. As a simple rat, Ratbert is very gullible and innocent. Sometimes, his actions can become quite annoying. Like Dogbert, he has made inroads into business, once working as an intern and applying for a position in marketing. Pointy-Haired Boss (PHB) see PHB Catbert As with Ratbert, Catbert was not a planned regular. In this case, he was introduced for a series involving an attack on Ratbert, who was acting as an optimist. When the two got home, Catbert rebooted Dilbert's computer. Dogbert eventually forced him to leave. Readers of Dilbert enjoyed the character so much that they spontaneously named him "Catbert," encouraging Adams to bring him back. He was reintroduced as the human resources manager, who comes up with sadistic and illogical policies to annoy the employees. He often works in tandem with the PHB. Wally Inspired by a co-worker of Adams' at Pacific Bell, Wally is a lazy employee always trying to work the system, although he is very capable at his occupation. His idea of "work" is simply carrying around a coffee cup due to his obsession with the beverage, which he drinks hundreds of cups of a day. He also has a notable lack of hygiene. Alice Alice is a constantly on-edge coworker of Dilbert's who is well known for her "fist of death." She highly resents gender discrimination in the workplace. Performance reviews often make Alice nervous and irritable, and she has been known to throw the boss great distances out of the office during the review cycle. Asok see Asok Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light Phil serves as ruler of heck and punishes people for minor infractions not worthy of damnation, such as using copier paper for the printer or stealing a chair from another cubicle, both of which Dilbert has done. He also serves as manager of limbo, which in the strip is a subsidiary of heck, and is the PHB's brother. Originally, Scott Adams planned to have Satan become a regular member of the Dilbert cast, but eventually softened the character after suggestions by his editor. Instead of a pitchfork, he carries a spoon, and has a tail with a rounded end (although Adams has "forgotten" about this once or twice). Instead of damning people to eternal flames he darns them, as in "I darn you to heck". On occasion, he also wears a cape. Elbonians The Elbonians are the residents of a fictional fourth-world country that appears in the comic strip, named Elbonia. Most of the nation is covered with waist-deep mud, although the coloration occasionally leads people to believe that it is snow. Adams created the country in order to allow for a "foreign" aspect in Dilbert without using any specific location, in order to avoid a backlash by readers who may be from that region. Many of the Elbonians have beards (even the females), tall hats, and left-handedness. Their technology is very outdated, which includes phones that are actually cans attached to the ends of strings. Elbonians are commonly portrayed as idiotic and backward. A spinoff comic strip called Plop follows the life of an Elbonian with no hair, which is a rare trait. Other characters

the World's Smartest Garbageman, philosopher and scientist, provider of solutions
Dilbert's Mom, homely but intelligent
Dilbert's Dad, an unseen character in the comic strip (although he appears in the animated series) who lives at the all-you-can-eat restaurant because he hasn't eaten all he can eat yet
Bob, Dawn, and Rex the Dinosaurs (not extinct, just (usually) hiding)
Carol, the PHB's misanthropical secretary
Tina, the brittle tech writer, feminist
Stan, the all-too-slick marketer
Mordac, Preventer of Information Technology
Ted, the Generic Guy
Trolls, sadistic trolls from the accounting department
Loud Howard, another coworker who, despite appearing in only one comic strip, became a regular character in the TV series.

Dilbert in popular culture The popularity of the comic strip within the corporate sector has led to the character of Dilbert being used in many business magazines and publications (he has made several appearances on the cover of Fortune). It is the basis of a popular (though unproven) theory suggesting that the morale at a given workplace is the inverse of the number of Dilbert comic strips taped and posted at various desks and cubicles. A larger number of Dilbert comic strips reflects general frustration with the bureaucratic administration at the company; whereas a generally satisfied workforce sees less identification with the character of Dilbert, and consequently fewer Dilbert comic strips are displayed as mementoes. The adoption of Dilbert as an icon for corporate America has led to Scott Adams being criticized in some circles for allowing his creation to be adopted and embraced by the very same corporate world he was rebelling against when he created the strip. List of Dilbert books Compilations of newspaper strips

Always Postpone Meetings with Time-Wasting Morons — April 16 (first strip) to October 21, 1989
Shave the Whales — October 22, 1989 to August 4, 1990
Bring Me the Head of Willy the Mailboy! — October 5, 1990 to May 18, 1991
It's Obvious You Won't Survive By Your Wits Alone — May 19, 1991 to December 13, 1992
Still Pumped from Using the Mouse — December 14, 1992 to September 27, 1993
Fugitive From the Cubicle Police — September 28, 1993 to February 11, 1995
Casual Day Has Gone Too Far — February 5 to November 19, 1995
I'm Not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-Idiot — November 20, 1995 to August 31, 1996
Journey to Cubeville — September 1, 1996 to January 18, 1998
Don't Step in the Leadership — January 12 to October 18, 1998
Random Acts of Management — October 19, 1998 to July 25, 1999
Excuse Me While I Wag — July 26, 1999 to April 30, 2000
When Did Ignorance Become A Point Of View? — May 1, 2000 to February 4, 2001
Another Day In Cubicle Paradise — February 5 to November 11, 2001
When Body Language Goes Bad — November 12, 2001 to August 18, 2002
Words You Don't Want to Hear During Your Annual Performance Review — August 19, 2002 to May 25, 2003

Special compilations

Seven Years of Highly Defective People: Scott Adams' Guided Tour of the Evolution of Dilbert — 1997; A grab bag of strips from 1989 to 1996, with handwritten notes by Scott Adams
Dilbert Gives You the Business — 1999
A Treasury of Sunday Strips: Version 00 — 1999; Color version of all Sunday strips published in newspapers from 1995 through 1999 (typical compilations have black and white Sunday strips)
What Do You Call A Sociopath In A Cubicle? Answer: A Coworker — ?

Business books

Build a Better Life by Stealing Office Supplies — 1991; Original cartoons with Dogbert as a guide to the business world
Clues for the Clueless — 1993; Original cartoons with satirical advice on life
Dogbert's Top-Secret Management Handbook — 1996
The Dilbert Principle — April 1996
The Dilbert Future — May 1997
The Joy of Work — 1998
Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel — October 2002

Dilbert animated series episode guide Production numbers are in bold. Season 1 Season 2

The Name - 101

The Competition - 103

The Prototype - 102

The Takeover - 106

Testing - 104

Elbonian Trip - 105

Tower of Babel - 108

Little People - 107

The Knack - 110

Y2K - 109

Charity - 111

Holiday - 112

The Infomercial - 113

The Gift - 201

The Shroud of Wally - 202

Art - 203

The Trial - 204

The Dupey - 205

The Security Guard - 206

The Merger - 207

Hunger - 208

The Off-Site Meeting - 209

The Assistant - 210

The Return - 211

The Virtual Employee - 212

Pregnancy - part 1 - 213

The Delivery - part 2 of Pregnancy - 214

Company Picnic - 215

The Fact - 216

Ethics - 217