Clippit

Though nothing more than a thin metal wire, Clippit will help find what you need and keep it all together.

-Clippit's description.

Clippit, also known as Clippy, is a Microsoft Agent character made by Microsoft that was released for first time in 1996 for Microsoft Office 97, and remade some years later for Office 2000.

Description
Clippit is a grey paperclip with googly eyes and eyebrows. In the 3D version from Office 2000, XP and 2003 there is a piece of paper behind him.

Animations
The Clippit animation list it's the same one that was used for other Office assistant like Dot, Genius, etc.

Versions
The Clippit character only had 2 versions, both of them were released during the late 1990's.

97 version
Main article: Clippit (Office 97)

This version was only used for Microsoft Office 97, that used Microsoft Actor technology instead of Microsoft Agent.

2000 version
This version was in 3D instead of the 2D that the previous version had. It also features a piece of paper that it's used for many of the character animations.

Animation list

 * Alert
 * CheckingSomething
 * Congratulate
 * EmptyTrash
 * Explain
 * GestureDown
 * GestureLeft
 * GestureRight
 * GestureUp
 * GetArtsy
 * GetAttention
 * GetTechy
 * GetWizardy
 * GoodBye
 * Greeting
 * Hearing_1
 * Hide
 * Idle1_1
 * IdleAtom
 * IdleEyeBrowRaise
 * IdleFingerTap
 * IdleHeadScratch
 * IdleRopePile
 * IdleSideToSide
 * IdleSnooze
 * LookDown
 * LookDownLeft
 * LookDownRight
 * LookLeft
 * LookRight
 * LookUp
 * LookUpLeft
 * LookUpRight
 * Print
 * Processing
 * RestPose
 * Save
 * Searching
 * SendMail
 * Show
 * Thinking
 * Wave
 * Writing

Trivia

 * His confirmed gender is male, despite the fact he is only a paperclip.
 * He was actually designed in a MacOS computer.
 * He is often nicknamed "Clippy".
 * In April 1, 2015, Tumblr made a Clippit parody called Coppy, which is a printer.