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The Clydes are assistants in the TOM's ship, they help start up the shows, they have undergone several changes and have been in the Absolution for the TOM 1, TOM 2, TOM 3,TOM 4 and TOM 3.5's eras.



Cylde 49
Before Toonami even hit the airwaves, there was a strange little satellite flying closer to the Earth's atmosphere. Launched by Moltar on the Ghost Planet, the satellite droid known as Clyde 49 became the first icon of the Toonami generation.

Clyde 49 is Moltar's eyes and ears on the Earth. His primary mission is to transmit images of the Earth realm back to mission control at Ghost Planet, Moltar's homebase. Of course, knowing what his creator likes, Clyde transmits action from all over the galaxy. Of course, he has to be discreet when he gathers information, so, chances are, Clyde's hiding himself in the background. On the rare occasion that he is out in the open, Clyde 49 was always looking for action and curious about everything. He buzzed fighter jets, battled mad robots, and occasionally spent time in the warm Florida sun, relaxing poolside.

One of the main draws of Clyde is his role as the mascot of the Toonami block in the first two years. Prominently displayed in a test pattern, he was always flashed on the screen, as enigmic as a network icon can get. He was an icon used heavily by the first generation of Toonami fansites, including CNX. Clyde 49 represented Toonami in a time when Cartoon Network didn't always look kindly on the block. Regardless, Clyde's presence was always seen as a sign of rebellion against the norm and a revolution of the senses. When TOM and the Ghost Planet Spaceship Absolution was introduced in July 1999, Clyde 49 was phased out. Afterall, TOM didn't need to actually go to Earth to transmit images to the Ghost Planet like Clyde49 did. Though the whereabouts of Clyde 49 is currently unknown, his name lives on in the recently introduced Clyde 50 units, sentient droids that aren't all that smart. He's no longer a part of the block, but Clyde 49 is all but forgotten.

Clyde 50s
When Toonami was launched in 1997, a satellite unit named Clyde49 was sent by Moltar to transmit images throughout the universe. An upgrade model to the Clyde49 came in 2000 with the introduction of Clyde 50s.

Unlike the original model, which had full artificial intelligence capabilites, the first Clyde 50s have only partial AI, and used mainly for custodial duties and, on rare occasions, surveilence chores. Designed by TOM and controlled by SARA, these Clydes are cannon fodder and fun to watch stumble around the ship.

The Clydes were introduced on September 18, 2000 during the Intruder event. When the initial damage was discovered, TOM immediately launched the Clydes to investigate. The Clydes proved to be invaluable in hand-to-hand combat. So, TOM and Sara decided to create the DOKs, a more combat-ready robot unit. The Clydes remain to this day, in a diffrent form of course. When Toonami updated the look of the block in March of 2003 the Clydes got a totally new look, though it seems they only are around as a travelling sidekick of sorts rather then functioning mechanics now.

Clyde 51
Little to nothing is known about the Clyde 51s since they appeared on the block in the summer of 2003.

One could assume that they were built by the droids trapped in the underbelly of Orcelot Rex's ship from the End Game comic. They are obviously newer more ‘Absolution II’-ish type versions of they’re former selves (Clyde 50s and Clyde 49s) as they have so far been carrying out the same tasks as the previous Clydes. Their tech matches their surroundings and further suggests they were assembled along with the Absolution two, rather then Tom creating them post-occupation.

Jeff Harris of The X Bridge said it best, the Clyde 51s are essentially "Living Emoticons". They can display their moods and react to a situation directly on their screen as they have simple faces on them. They more or less complete the same tasks as the previous Clydes such as flying around, harassing each other, helping out where they’re needed and providing subtle comic relief.

Clyde 53s
The other Clydes used during the TOM 3 era as well as durring the current TOM 3.5 era were the Clyde 53s which resembled beetles and were featured in many bumps.Not much is known about them at this point.

DOKS
Built by Tom, the trash can like Doks serve as a piloted, more hands on and battle ready version of the Clydes.

They can be used to move, shoot, and pick things up, as well as open doors, and pretty much everything that a Clyde can't do (basically since a Clyde is just a camera man). After Tom’s experience with the Intruder, he felt it was necessary to build some robots that could do more dangerous work and/or combat needed, and the ever so fragile Clydes just weren't cutting it. Equipped with hands, weapons, and thrusters, Doks can fly into dangerous situations in swarms making it extremely hard for the opposing force to come out victorious.

They were used by the people of earth during the ‘Lockdown’ incident, after the Absolution was caught in a tractor beam which rendered them useless and unable to control the Doks. Because of their ability to be remotely piloted, they disabled the tractor beam and allowed Tom, Sara, and the Absolution escape the clutches of that dubious trash compactor.

It is unknown whether the DOKs still reside in the Absolution. They were last seen during the Trapped in Hyperspace event, in which Swazak took over the Absolution and sent it on a collision course with earth. Since that time, that particular version of the ship was destroyed and a new one constructed; though whether Tom or the droids from Orcelot Rex's ship rebuilt the DOKs after, continues to be an unknown.

Clyde 54
The final Clyde before the revival of Toonami.It resembled a small satalite with animated face much like TOM 4.0,Flash and D.It resided with TOM 4.0 inside the Toonami broadcasting center located on the jungle planet.The Clyde 54 only appeared briefly in the TOM 4.0 era Toonami intro and it is unknown what became of it after Toonami's shut down in 2008.