The Cogs

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Meet the Cogs

Cogs are nasty, menacing robots; you bust them up with a few good gags. This section is sort of a Cog-spotter’s guide: a little inside information to help you find the Cogs you need to complete even the toughest of ToonTasks.

Any Toon will tell you, there’s nothing better than unleashing a good gag on an unsuspecting Cog, but don’t forget - you won’t get any points for using a big gag on a little Cog.

Toon Tip: The two top level Cogs of each type are only found in Cog Buildings.

The Battle Menu

Your battle menu shows you everything you need to keep the Cogs at bay. Here’s what your battle menu looks like in a street battle.

Run

If you think you're in over your head, or losing alot of laff quickly, click RUN to head back to the nearest playground. If you run, you'll lose any skill points you would have earned in that battle.

Toon Tip: If you are in a battle with other Toons and you run back to the playground, they’ll stay in the battle unless they decide to run too. You might want to tell the other Toons that you’re leaving, so they’re not caught by surprise.

Warning! You can’t run from a battle in a Cog Building, Factory, cog bosses or any future forms of these cogs.

SOS

See also: SOS Card

Instead of choosing a gag to attack with, you can click the SOS button to ask for help. The SOS menu lets you choose which friend you want to call for help.

Warning! You can’t send an SOS from inside a Cog Building.

The SOS button becomes even more useful once you have defeated the Sellbot V.P. in Cog HQ, because it calls on special advanced Toons with very powerful gags and skills. Some of these Toons, like Professor Pete, will restock your gag supply, while others, like Clumsy Ned, will lend a hand by dropping pianos with almost perfect accuracy and will even hit lured cogs. If you are really in a pinch, Madam Chuckle will Toon you up!

To win the assistance of these special Toons, you will first need to build your Cog disguise and earn enough merits to go see the Sellbot V.P. for your promotion. When you get to the V.P.’s office, you will see a prisoner Toon who has been captured by the Cogs. If you win the battle with the V.P., you can rescue him from his cage. He will be so happy you saved him that he will give you an SOS Card to use the next time you are in a tight spot in battle!

Pass

Clicking on PASS lets you skip your turn. Since Cogs will attack the Toon who has done him the most damage, you are less likely to be attacked if you choose Pass. This is a good strategy in a group battle if your Laff points are dangerously low. Over-using this strategy is not recommended, other Toons may not appreciate doing all the work.

Fire

If you have beaten the Bossbot CEO from Bossbot HQ, you can get Pink Slips and fire them at higher level cogs. This will automatically send them flying in a cannon and defeats them!

You can win this in the CEO. You can then click the Fire button to use it. You can see how many Pink Slips (what you need to use them) you have left in battle or in your gag panel. Click the button, and click the arrow on the cog you want to use it on.

It costs 1 Pink Slip to fire a cog. It takes the same amount for any cog, even V2.0 cogs, just 1 Pink Slip. If you fire a V2.0 cog, it will also fire the skelecog left behind, so try and save your Pink Slips for V2.0 cogs!

Sellbots

Sellbots are abundant on Oak Street and often on Elm Street in Daisy Gardens, and Alto Avenue in Minnie’s Melodyland. If you’re looking hard enough, you might also be able to find them roaming Sleet Street in The Brrrgh. Sellbot HQ is the best place to find them.


Cold Caller	Telemarketer	Name Dropper	Gladhander	Mover & Shaker	Two Face	Mingler	Mr Hollywood	VP

Sellbot Trading Cards:

Cashbots

Cashbots have been seen in large numbers on Punchline Place in Toontown Central, on Seaweed Street in Donald’s Dock, and on Baritone Boulevard in Minnie’s Melodyland. You may find a few on Sleet Street in the Brrrgh, too. They're also found in Pajama Place in Donald's Dreamland and Cashbot HQ.


Short Change	Penny Pincher	Tightwad	Bean Counter	Number Cruncher	Money Bags	Loan Shark	Robber Baron	C.F.O.

Cashbot Trading Cards:

Lawbots

These Cogs have been spotted on Loopy Lane in Toontown Central and Maple Street in Daisy Gardens. They are also located at Polar Place in The Brrrgh and Lawbot HQ.


Bottom Feeder	Bloodsucker	Double Talker	Ambulance Chaser	Back Stabber	Spin Doctor	Legal Eagle	Big Wig	Chief Justice

Lawbot Trading Cards

NOTE: Chief Justice is not included.

Bossbots

Bossbots are most easily tracked down on Barnacle Boulevard in Donald’s Dock and Walrus Way in the Brrrgh.


Flunky	Pencil Pusher	Yesman	Micro Manager	Downsizer	Head Hunter	Corporate Raider	The Big Cheese	The CEO

Bossbot Trading Cards

NOTE: C.E.O. not included.

Other Cogs

There are some kinds of Cogs which are different from the 4 main types. They are only encountered in Cog HQs.

Goons

Goons are robotic security drones who cannot be battled like normal cogs. Appearing in the Factory, Mint, C.F.O. Battle, and D.A. Office, they patrol around a certain pattern endlessly, damaging any toons that are caught in their laser spotlight. You cannot damage a Goon by yourself; however you can jump on a Goon's helmet to temporarily disable it. A goon can be destroyed, however, by a Smashing Stomper, a Safe in the C.F.O. fight, or being thrown at the C.F.O. The color of a goon's hat measures its dangerousness - a yellow-hatted goon is the weakest, while a red-hatted goon is the strongest.

There are also blue-hatted goons in the D.A. Office, which are much slower than regular ones, but are also much larger, which means the only method of disabling one is to jump from a ledge onto the goon.

Skelecogs

Skelecogs, while appearing to be very different from their normal business partners, are actually just ordinary cogs, albeit not wearing any suit. A Skelecog has the same height, shape, type, levels, attacks, and phrases as its suited form. In fact, apart from appearance and toontask credit, there is absolutely no difference between a Cog and a Skelecog. Since they do not wear suits, Skelecogs instead wear ties patterned to look like their type's suit.

Holocogs

In the D.A. Office, there are "holographic" skelecogs, which are a translucent red color, and do not give gag experience, toontask credit, or jury notices.
They are only there once you fail to complete one of the puzzles in the DA office.

Version 2.0 Cogs

Version 2.0 Cogs, or v2.0 Cogs for short, are upgraded cogs that are currently only found in Bossbot HQ. These cogs, which also have white-suited variants in the C.E.O. fight, have been upgraded so that when you destroy them, only the suit is destroyed, not the Skelecog wearing it. Because of this, you have to "kill them twice". For example, when you destroy a Downsizer Level 9 v2.0, a Level 9 Downsizer Skelecog will appear in its place.

The v2.0 cogs are not perfect, though. When their suit is first destroyed, the Skelecog is stunned until its next turn. Also, if you attack the skelecog in the same turn it appears, its health meter is broken, always blinking red regardless of how damaged it is. Also, combo damage carries over from the v2.0 Cog to the Skelecog.

Other Cog Trading Cards

Cog Faces

As you can notice, some cogs in Toontown have similiar or even the same face or shape. Some examples are the Cogs Mr. Hollywood and Yesman - there face is exactly the same. Also, Bean Counter and Downsizer have the same face. Similar feature type faces are Pencil Pusher and Back Stabber - both look like a pencil to some extent. Glad Handers almost look the same as Mr. Hollywood and Yesman, only that Glad Hander's face is longer. Name Droppers have the same face shape as Number Crunchers, just add some Number on the face, change the face to green and take away the earrings.

Strategies

There’s a lot more to battling the Cogs than just tossing around a few gags. You’ll need a good strategy to take down the big Cog buildings and build up your gag skills.

In battle, gags are always deployed in this order from top to bottom of the gag battle menu. If two or more toons use the same gag track the lowest level of gag goes first. If the same gag is chosen then the toon closest to the cog or cogs to be hit goes first. If it can't be narrowed more, it chooses randomly.

Gags working together

If one Toon places a trap and another lures, the Cog will fall into the trap.
Throw, Squirt, and Sound will stun a Cog, doing that will give Drop a higher chance of hitting.
Note that if you and your teammates all use the same type of gag, then you will be awarded bonus points.

Things to watch out for

Toon-Up, like all Gags, deploys left to right. You will only earn experience if your Toon-Up heals.
Sound gives Cogs a wake up call! Sound is a great gag to use if someone is working it and Lure, but otherwise, avoid sounding lured Cogs as it makes other Toons angry, so watch what you're doing and what the other Toons are doing before you choose your gag!
More than one trap laid for the same Cog will cancel and no damage will be done if the lure works.

Lure Left Kill Right strategy

This tactic was designed to help keep lower Laff toons from going sad in the VP and help keep the whole team safe when facing high level cogs. It is useful in any battle where you don't want to be hit by the cogs.

When in the battle before the VP pie fight, there are several strategies of how to beat these cogs and skelecogs.

The LLKR (Lure Left, Kill Right) strategy is one of them and the most used, but many people seem to not know how to use this strategy most efficiently. It is a very safe strategy and is excellent to use with lowlaffers in the group.

First of all: Do NOT use traps unless the trap can finish the cog off, or if its followed by a gag that will finish it off. It can get very critical especially with low/mid Laffers in the group.

Here is how the lure strategy is supposed to work. Lure the first 4 cogs. Kill the rightmost cog. And ONLY the rightmost. When the next cog comes in, you lure it with a 10$ - do NOT use Trap here! The extra cogs ALWAYS comes in to the left. Again the rest of the group kill the rightmost cog. Continue to do this until all of the Cogs are dead. If Lure does not fail, and if everyone is doing this, you won't have to worry about your Laff Points at all.

This tactic will work any where as long as toons do NOT split their attacks up (Attack different cogs alone) and work as a team. If you have lower Laff toons along, Sounding is not suggested. This is the biggest mistake a Toon can do in Toontown. The only time Sound should be used is when there are 2 Toons with maxed Fog Horns, or the Cogs are lower levels and can easily be defeated with the sound the Toons possess. Even in this situation it can be risky if the Sound misses because none of the Cogs will be defeated, where if Lure missed you still have a good chance of defeating at least one Cog. Remember 3 angry Cogs is better than 4 in any battle.

The reason the LLKR works is once you get the first group of Cogs lured, you can only have one angry Cog attacking at a time, Unless the Cog on the right is not defeated, and the lure misses on the new Cog that joins the battle. Then you will have 2 angry cogs attacking, though, this is still better than 4 angry Cogs. Do not Trap the new cog because this will lead to one of 3 things:

You will have to lure 2 new Cogs. This can be risky if Lure fails.
You will not defeat the Cog on the right and take a hit, and still have to lure 2 Cogs and need a toon to Toon-Up.
This reason is most important! Cogs can only be under the lured state for so long. If you stop the rotation of the cogs moving to the right, one or more will wake up!

Lured Cog Gag Damage Table

The chart show the Throw- and Squirt-Gagcombos, which must be taken out by 2 or 3 Toons at the same time to defeat lured Cogs of the shown levels. The Gags must be maxxed, meaning maximum experience points must have been earned to destroy the Cog with the combo.

Coginary

This guide was compiled and created by Lionel Purplehopper. Thank you Lionel for your dedication and hard work. An explanation of the title of each cog is followed by it's attacks.

Bossbots

1. Flunky - A person who does the minor, menial work around a business. Clip-On Tie - A cheap tie imitation that has a clip or a clasp that is used to "hang" the imitation on the collar of a shirt. Pound Key - The # button on a Telephone. Shred - An action used to tear up documents into thin strips of paper. Often done under the use a machine that utilizes this method.

2. Pencil Pusher - A person who mainly does the paperwork in a business. Finger Wag - A motion done with the finger, usually done to scold someone. Fill With Lead - In gangster terms, to shoot someone with a large number of bullets, usually from a machine gun. There is no business term. Fountain Pen - An old-fashioned pen that is filled with ink from an outside source (usually an inkwell). Rub Out - An action or a remark that usually hurts someone. (or, in gangster terms, to kill someone and hide the body.) Write Off - To reduce the value of an asset to zero.

3. Yesman - A person who agrees to the superior over anything and everything. Razzle Dazzle - Action used to impress people through word of mouth. Rubber Stamp - An object with a handle and a rubber piece on the bottom that contained raised characters. Synergy - Cooperative merging of companies that create an enhanced combined effect. Tee Off - Term referring to the first stroke in a game of Golf. (Alternately, "Tee'd Off" which refers to someone losing their temper over something.)

4. Micromanager - A person who does the majority of the work that he originally assigned to someone else. Brain Storm - A sudden clever plan or idea. Buzz Word - A stylish word or phrase connected with a special group, that usually sounds important or technical. This format's usually focused to impress laypersons. Demotion - A reduction in grade, rank, or status. Finger Wag - A motion done with the finger, usually done to scold someone. Fountain Pen - An old-fashioned pen that is filled with ink from an outside source (usually an inkwell).

5. Downsizer - A person who retires (to put it nicely) workers in order to reduce the company's expenses. Canned - Slang for a person who is fired from a company. Downsize - To fire someone in order to reduce a company's expenses. Pink Slip - An object given to a person to indicate that he is fired. Sacked - Slang word referring to a person that's been recently fired from a company. (Note that "Sacked" and "Canned" are similar terms.)

6. Head Hunter - A person who recruits personnel (usually executives) for a corporation. Fountain Pen - An old-fashioned pen that is filled with ink from an outside source (usually an inkwell). Glower Power - To intimidate someone by using a mean look. Half Windsor - A wide silk necktie tied in a loose bow. Head Shrink - A psychiatrist. Rolodex - An item that stores people's address and business cards in an office.

7. Corporate Raider - A person who makes an attempt of buying out a corporation against the management of the same corporation. Evil Eye - Action used to give someone a mean look, usually for intimidation. Glower Power - To intimidate someone by using a mean look. Play Hardball - Act aggressively and ruthlessly. Power Tie - A tie used to convey influence or authority.

8. The Big Cheese - An important person of a company, usually the leader. Glower Power - To intimidate someone by using a mean look. Tee Off - Term referring to the first stroke in a game of Golf. (Alternately, "Tee'd Off" which refers to someone losing their temper over something.)

Leader: CEO - Chief Executive Officer

Lawbots

1. Bottom Feeder - A person who profits on the misfortune of others. Pick Pocket - To steal someone's money, wallet, or other valuables from their pockets. Rubber Stamp - An object with a handle and a rubber piece on the bottom that contained raised characters. Shred - An action used to tear up documents into thin strips of paper. Often done under the use a machine that utilizes this method. Water Cooler - A common meeting grounds in an office, that dispenses water to thirsty workers.

2. Bloodsucker - A person who is overly dependent on someone else. Eviction Notice - A piece of paper given to a homeowner to indicate that the same homeowner has to vacate the house. Liquidate - To turn assets into cash. Red Tape - Forms and procedures that are usually both time-consuming and complicated. Withdrawal - To remove something from a place that it is deposited from, such as money from a bank.

3. Double Talker - A person who speaks in a deliberate, evasive way. Buzz Word - A stylish word or phrase connected with a special group, that usually sounds important or technical. This format's usually focused to impress laypersons. Double Talk - To speak in a deliberate, evasive way. Jargon - Meaningless talk. Alternatively, a characteristic language of a particular group. Mumbo Jumbo - The weird little shaman that lives in a skull on- oh wait. Wrong game. Actually, it's unintelligable language, or gibberish.

4. Ambulance Chaser - A person who persuases accident victims to sue. Hang Up - To delay or impede the process of a business task to be completed. (or, alternately, to return the receiver of a phone back on the carriage.) Red Tape - Forms and procedures that are usually both time-consuming and complicated. Rolodex - An item that stores people's address and business cards in an office. Shake - A bargain or a deal, in business terms.

5. Back Stabber - A person who unfairly attacks someone in a deceitful manner. Finger Wag - A motion done with the finger, usually done to scold someone. Guilt Trip - Action used usually to put a guilty conscience over someone. Restraining Order - A piece of paper stating that a person or persons is not allowed to go near another person or person's home within a certain distance.

6. Spin Doctor - Soemone who takes situation of a bad event and disguises it as something good. Paradigm Shift - A fundamental change in approach or assumptions. (P.S. if you don't know how to pronounce it, it's 'Para-dime') Quake - A natural disaster that occurs when the tectonic plates become unstable. Business term is unknown. Spin - To provide an interpretation of (a statement or event, for example), especially in a way meant to sway public opinion. (Alternately, to rotate a person or object 360 while the person/object is standing in place) Write Off - To reduce the value of an asset to zero.

7. Legal Eagle - Simply put, a lawyer. Evil Eye - Action used to give someone a mean look, usually for intimidation. Jargon - Meaningless talk. Alternatively, a characteristic language of a particular group. Legalese - Vocabulary used mostly by people of the legal profession, often with complex words. (for example, look at the "copyright" stuff in the Toontown manual.) Pecking Order - An organization of administrative people in various ranks of the organization.

8. Big Wig - The most important person in a group or undertaking. Power Trip - An action taken mainly for the gratification of using people over other people. Finger Wag - A motion done with the finger, usually done to scold someone. Tee Off - Term referring to the first stroke in a game of Golf. (Alternately, "Tee'd Off" which refers to someone losing their temper over something.) Throw Book - Full phrase is "Throw the Book", which is a policeman's term for arresting somebody under law.

Leader: Chief Justice - A public official who hears and decides cases brought before a court of law. In other words, a Judge.

Cashbots

1. Short Change - A person who treats others unfairly or deceitfully. Alternately, someone who borrows money but fails to pay back the lender in full. Bounce Check - Occurrence when somebody attempts to deposit a check to a bank when the depositor's bank account cannot afford that much money. Clip-On Tie - A cheap tie imitation that has a clip or a clasp that is used to "hang" the imitation on the collar of a shirt. Pick Pocket - To steal someone's money, wallet, or other valuables from their pockets. Water Cooler - A common meeting grounds in an office, that dispenses water to thirsty workers.

2. Penny Pincher - Someone who is exceedingly careful with expenses and money. (such as Ebenezer Scrooge) Bounce Check - Occurrence when somebody attempts to deposit a check to a bank when the depositor's bank account cannot afford that much money. Finger Wag - A motion done with the finger, usually done to scold someone. Freeze Assets - Action used on a person's account to prevent them from withdrawing, depositing, or collecting interest in money.

3. Tightwad - A cheapskate, or someone who is stingy. Finger Wag - A motion done with the finger, usually done to scold someone. Fired - To dismiss someone from a company without pay. Freeze Assets - Action used on a person's account to prevent them from withdrawing, depositing, or collecting interest in money. Glower Power - To intimidate someone by using a mean look.

4. Bean Counter - A financial person who is concerned with quantity of products, often neglecting other matters. Audit - An adjustment or correction of accounts. Calulcate - To make an estimate of; evaluate. Tabulate - To condense and list (in this case, numbers). Write Off - To reduce the value of an asset to zero.

5. Number Cruncher - A person who performs numerous calculations. Audit - An adjustment or correction of accounts. Crunch - A time of financial difficulty imaged by tight money and unavailable credit.

6. Money Bags - A rich, often extravagant person. Liquidate - To turn assets into cash. Market Crash - Term used when a company's stock value plummets drastically. Power Tie - A tie used to convey influence or authority.

7. Loan Shark - Someone who lends money with excessive rates of interest. Bite - To withold an amount of money. Chomp - A business program that either fails to work at all or works in a clumsy manner, thereby wasting massive amounts of income. Play Hardball - Act aggressively and ruthlessly. Write Off - To reduce the value of an asset to zero.

8. Robber Baron - Someone who becomes wealthy by unethical means, such as questionable stock-market operations and labor. Power Trip - An action taken mainly for the gratification of using people over other people. Tee Off - Term referring to the first stroke in a game of Golf. (Alternately, "Tee'd Off" which refers to someone losing their temper over something.)

Leader: C.F.O. - Chief Financial Officer. The corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm

Sellbots

1. Cold Caller - Someone who makes unexpected calls to an unknown household, often for making that person a customer. Double Talk - To speak in a deliberate, evasive way. Fired - To dismiss someone from a company without pay. Freeze Assets - Action used on a person's account to prevent them from withdrawing, depositing, or collecting interest in money. Hot Air - Term for someone who talks a lot of nonsense in a short time. (example: Reggie Mantle of the Archie comics) Pound Key - The # button on a Telephone.

2. Telemarketer - Someone who markets various goods to people over a phone. Clip-On Tie - A cheap tie imitation that has a clip or a clasp that is used to "hang" the imitation on the collar of a shirt. Double Talk - To speak in a deliberate, evasive way. Pick Pocket - To steal someone's money, wallet, or other valuables from their pockets. Rolodex - An item that stores people's address and business cards in an office.

3. Name Dropper - Someone who tries to gain popularity by pretending that famous people are his/her friends. Pick Pocket - To steal someone's money, wallet, or other valuables from their pockets. Razzle Dazzle - Action used to impress people through word of mouth. Rolodex - An item that stores people's address and business cards in an office. Synergy - Cooperative merging of companies that create an enhanced combined effect.

4. Glad Hander - Someone who offers a warm and hearty, yet insincere greeting to someone. Filibuster - To use obstructive tactics in a legislative body. Fountain Pen - An old-fashioned pen that is filled with ink from an outside source (usually an inkwell). Rubber Stamp - An object with a handle and a rubber piece on the bottom that contained raised characters.

5. Mover & Shaker - Someone who wields power and influence. Brain Storm - A sudden clever plan or idea. Half Windsor - A wide silk necktie tied in a loose bow. Shake - A bargain or a deal, in business terms. Quake - A natural disaster that occurs when the tectonic plates become unstable. Business term is unknown. Tremor - A state of Nervous feeling or Agitation. Actual Business term, if any, is hard to pinpoint.

6. Two-Face - Someone hypocritical or deceiving. Evil Eye - Action used to give someone a mean look, usually for intimidation. Hang Up - To delay or impede the process of a business task to be completed. (or, alternately, to return the receiver of a phone back on the carriage.) Razzle Dazzle - Action used to impress people through word of mouth. Red Tape - Forms and procedures that are usually both time-consuming and complicated.

7. The Mingler - A person who tends to join or take part in a conversation with others at random, especially during parties. Buzz Word - A stylish word or phrase connected with a special group, that usually sounds important or technical. This format's usually focused to impress laypersons. Paradigm Shift - A fundamental change in approach or assumptions. (P.S. if you don't know how to pronounce it, it's 'Para-dime') Power Trip - An action taken mainly for the gratification of using people over other people. Tee Off - Term referring to the first stroke in a game of Golf. (Alternately, "Tee'd Off" which refers to someone losing their temper over something.)

8. Mr. Hollywood - A corprate businuss man who dress Preepy has very clean teeth and flaters you to make you buy a product. Power Trip - An action taken mainly for the gratification of using people over other people.Razzle Dazzle - Action used to impress people through word of mouth.Tee Off - Term referring to the first stroke in a game of Golf. (Alternately, "Tee'd Off" which refers to someone losing their temper over something.)

Leader: V.P. - Vice President. An executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances. (This is not referring to the President of the United States, however. True name is, though, Senior V.P.)

The Cog Suit Progression Chart

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