Claptrap - The Saddest Character In Borderlands

Teacher: "If you have 12 apples and you give 6 to your friend, what do you have?" Claptrap (through tears): "A friend"

Claptrap gives one of the best speeches in Borderlands when he takes the Vault Hunter to Hero's Pass. "You hear me Jack? You killed my friends! You destroyed my product line! I am the last Claptrap in existence. AND I AM GOING TO TEABAG YOUR CORPSE!" Hell yes Claptrap- hell yes!

For all its flaws, Borderlands 3 had this moment I will never forget. It's after you come back from Athenas and there is this little scene where Claptrap welcomes Ava. To his surprise, she is a total fangirl and she asks him to tell more stories. It's double sweet because it means Maya actually included Claptrap when she told everything she did in Borderlands 2 without forgetting him and also because someone for once actually appreciates him for his actions. I always watch them walking away with a big grin and a teary eye.

So much of my respect for Moxxi came from the fact the she didn’t treat him like a complete piece of garbage like almost everybody else did. Like in the second game when he sends out his birthday invitations and everyone laughs and doesn’t show up-except for Moxxi. She said sorry that’s she’s working but she “sends her love” and gives him free pizza for the party, instead of acting physically repulsed by the prospect of spending time with him

I gathered all the dead claptrap parts for him so he could have a friend in a world where he’s that last of his kind. You have no idea how pissed I was when Veronica ditched him for no reason. That’s just mean-spirited on behalf of the writers. They wasted my time with a terrible resolution to a long-form side quest, and one again denied Claptrap even the smallest measure of happiness because reasons. Veronica is worse than Ava.

"Sometimes I forget you're not an Hyperion robot" Hits different once you realize its the last of his kind.

I love claptraps birthday bash mission. Whenever you're playing it with people it's really funny, but when you play that mission solo, it just feels a little personal with how palpable that awkwardness becomes

I'm 100% convinced that if we told Claptrap that his friends need him to kill the Destroyer in its own prison dimension, he would do it within the hour and bring home its still beating heart as proof

Claptrap went on an interdimensional adventure to give me the best relic in BL3. He's a real one

Shadow Trap giving his life to save Claptrap and give him another chance was easily the best dlc ending for this franchise. Shadow trap cared a lot about Claptrap and only wanted him to succeed and be treated properly and not constantly dumped on like in every other game. Claptraps are basically cannon fodder in every game and their corpses are everywhere. Shadow Trap is an underrated villain who was totally right about everything that would happen after his defeat.

“If I sound pleased about this, it’s only because my programmers made this my default tone of voice! I’m actually quite depressed!” That’s very crushing. He’s stuck with this happy, cheery voice, and no one realizes that he’s suffering due to said voice.

the part with veronica was like watching someone take a joke waaay too far, to the point that it gets really concerning. like yeah, you'd expect the game to slap claptrap with misfortune and him to get upset about it, but then it just keeps going, and going, and going... it just feels so mean spirited, and it's uncomfortable to watch

do we not talk about how when ava first joins us on the ship in BL3 she is thrilled to see claptrap and want to hear about all his stories ? to the point even he is surprised about it

Claptrap's like Caboose. A lot of people in-universe don't really care for him, while everyone in the fanbase loves him and think's he's a great guy to be around.

Only true vault hunters remember when claptrap spoke out on a fallen vault hunter. A real heartfelt tribute to a fan who died immortalized forever

honestly, ever since pre-sequel my view of Claptrap changed from "for some reason, worlds punching bag" to "just a slightly silly veteran, trying his best" i mean, i can say with full confidence that out of all the vault hunters in TPS he genuinely was the most badass. The fact that he finds the goddamn made up pearl just cements him as a guy who, while sometimes not quite competent, can flatten mountains for his friends if they need it.

A daunting realization happened when I was playing Pre-Sequel. I always enjoyed Claptrap. I wasn't sure why people made fun of him or were so angry with him. Then I realized something about my character choice. You're either making fun of Claptrap... Or you ARE Claptrap.

Not gonna lie, seeing Markus, Asha, and scooter Dancing after Cl4pt's Death actually made me so emotional. What a sweet thing, really hope we can see more of things like this in the franchise!

I really like the idea that all 6 Vault Hunters attended Claptrap's birthday party rather than the 1 or 2 that actually attended from my playthroughs. Feels less lonely :,)

Poor claptrap. Such a kind and pure soul. He deserves more friends. I’d love to sit down next to him, and hear the stories he has to tell.