Z-Pad (Crow)

Z-Pad is a contestant in Crow currently competing on Team Gaming. He is one of the six Crow contestants that were not in HAOS.

Appearance
Z-Pad is a pinkish-gray slip of paper shaped like a parallelogram. In his bottom left corner, there is a red parallelogram, with the letter Z in it. He has no limbs and floats on wind.

Personality
Z-Pad is a bit of an enigma. He loves to play games and mess around, causing him to come off and actually be a bit dim-witted. In turn, he's typically lazy as well. He isn't a bad person, though; While he may get on others' nerves, he is a curious and caring person that wants to help others. He also tends to have bad luck in general, but he can actually be a very useful asset in challenges.

Overview
Z-Pad first appeared as a cameo in HAOS 6. He had wandered into Claymore Canyon, interrupting the challenge, wanting to go up for elimination to prove how cool he was. Everyone ignored him, tossing him aside. At the end of the episode, Host crumbled him up, placing him in the Elimination Box to get rid of him.

Z-Pad was not seen or mentioned again until HAOS 14. When letting the eliminated contestants out, Host accidentally freed Z-Pad. They decided to keep him out with the others, but as he was never a contestant, he could not rejoin the show. In the next episode, Z-Pad stayed the the sidelines until the end. When Crow remarked they were short a contestant, Z-Pad offered to take the spot. Crow reluctantly agreed.

In Crow 1, Z-Pad had an advantage in the challenge, being able to float above the platform, not being able to fall into the water. Horn, Tophat, and Apple took note of this. Apple jumped up, grabbing onto Z-Pad and falling into the water with him, eliminating them both. When picking teams, Z-Pad expressed his disappointment at not being picked, causing Tophat to choose him for their team. Later on, he picked Pokery to join as the last member. At the end of the episode, Z-Pad named the them Team Gaming.

In the next episode, Z-Pad was worried about being too slow to cross over the invisible maze. Apple solved this by folding Z-Pad up into a paper plane, soaring him over the maze and across the finish line.

Pokery
Pokery is the only contestant that Z-Pad has formed a bond with. They're both mischief makers, and like to do stuff together. Despite this, they can tend to get into scuffles and arguments, meaning they don't really have the most stable friendship.

Horn
Z-Pad looks up to Horn and sees him as a responsible but reasonable figure. Though, Horn finds him lazy and bothersome, and is quick to be annoyed by him. They definitely have friendship potential, but Horn would have to learn how to deal with Z-Pad's way of life.

Host & Crow
Host and Crow both find Z-Pad annoying for no particular reason. Crow only let Z-Pad join out of reluctance, and Host has no regard for Z-Pad's safety. They both actively ignore Z-Pad, and will only interact with him if they need to.

Trivia

 * Z-Pad was also a contestant in Object Vortex. After OV 1, he left the Blanklands and was trapped in Claymore Canyon by Host. Afterwards, Host created a clone of Z-Pad, sending that one back to continue competing.
 * The clones have the exact same personality and appearance, and share memories for everything before the clone's creation. Other than that, they are completely separate people.
 * Z-Pad loves Reese's Puffs. Due to Crow not keeping any in their section of the Blanklands, Z-Pad often gets sad and hungry
 * When tired, Z-Pad often rests on Volleyball. She doesn't mind, and happily carries him around while he snoozes.
 * Z-Pad is the lightest and smallest contestant in Crow, being under half the size and weight of Pokery.