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Dilbert is the Eponym ous main character of the '' Dilbert '' Comic Strip . He has a rare condition characterized by an extreme intuition about all things mechanical and electrical (and other social ineptitude), an idea that was explored in the Animated Television Episode titled "The Knack". He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology with an Electrical Engineering diploma and is an engineer. Although his ideas are typically sensible and occasionally even revolutionary, they are seldom carried out because of his powerlessness. He is easily frustrated by the incompetence of his Co-workers (most often the Pointy-Haired Boss ) and is often Sarcastic and snide. Dilbert's unusual name was suggested to Scott Adams by a co-worker; Adams later found that the name likely came from a cartoon character used by the United States Navy during World War II .12 RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER CHARACTERS Dilbert lives with his pets, Dogbert and Ratbert , and the three dinosaurs Bob, Rex, And Dawn . Dilbert often interacts with his co-workers, most commonly including Alice , Wally and Asok . He is currently single as a result of his poor social skills, although he has been on many dates and was in a relationship with a woman named Liz for two years between 1994 and 1996. While he is frequently seen having dates with eligible women, the dates almost invariably end in disaster, usually in surreal and bizarre ways. Dilbert has only two notable friends, Dogbert and Wally (though Wally once told him "don't flatter yourself" when Dilbert referred to him as a friend), and Dogbert has alluded to staying around Dilbert out of amusement concerning Dilbert's suffering. And, because the coffee is good. He treats the Pointy-Haired Boss like the plague and has very little loyalty towards him or the company for that matter. Dilbert can often predict exactly how and when the boss will doom the current assignment. Dilbert loves computers and technology, and will spend much of his free time playing with such things. Family Dilbert's mother appears once in a while in the comic and the animated series. She is frequently referred to as "Dilmom". While apparently a great Scrabble player, she has been accused of cheating in many strips and in the animated series. In the series, she dances on the table top when she wins a game of Scrabble. Dilbert's father never appears in the strip, as he has spent his life since Christmas 1992 at a 24-hour "All-You-Can-Eat" restaurant in the mall. (As far as we know, he won't leave until it's "all he can eat.") He can be seen in the episode "The Gift" in the animated series, although his face is never shown. PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Dilbert usually has no visible Mouth or Eye s. In more recent strips the mouth has been drawn on occasions when Dilbert is eating, surprised, furious, or nervous, and in the television series his mouth is drawn when he is speaking. Dogbert looks very much like Dilbert, with glasses and no mouth; his mouth likewise appears when he is speaking in the animated series. In all but the early strips his , 1994 . EXTERNAL LINKS REFERENCES |
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