Sustainable Dude LORE #2 - Core 7 Villains

In our previous post entailing Sustainable Dude lore, we discussed the daily life and powers of the titular protagonist. But what type of monsters does he actually fight, what are their powers, and why are they acting evil anyway? Let's find out!

(Note that I'm always coming up with more villains and characters, so there's a good chance I'll have to make an update post discussing more of the lore. This is for the main ~7 recurring villains and my favorites.)

[Also sorry if some of the art's kinda inconsistent, you can kinda tell which ones I made more recently)

 Zeno ze Zap Zap - A power hungry electricity beast. ⚡

• AGE: Young Adult (20 - 30)
• PRONOUNS: He/him
• HEIGHT: 16'+
• POWERS: Electricity-bending, Energy stealing, Possessing people (temporarily)

Zeno originated from a distant planet of many electricity beasts (including magnet men), but he stood out as being one of the biggest of them all, and having a loud, cocky attitude. He would always transport across cables, and try to intimidate the people of the planet, but they were often annoyed by his behavior.

He was the son of the Negative Namco and Positive Pamo, both more well-respected. He always dreamed to prove how powerful he could become, but his parents were concerned by his out of control behavior, and tried to discourage him.

He eventually got fed up with them, and left his planet on his own accord to prove them wrong. When Zeno made it to Earth, he knew he would make it his mission to prove to his parents- and his planet, how powerful he could become. And that started by taking over planet Earth. He took control of a small abandoned power plant, where he began his endless plans to steal energy. (He just has to stay clear of water though!)

(Note: I retconned him having a "gray base" he spawns from, as you see in the image. Now he just slides around on his fiery...bottom)

Dr. Pillbody - A mad pathologist (sick in the head). 💊

• FULL NAME: Staphen Fection Pillbody
• AGE: Middle-aged (35 - 45)
• HEIGHT: 5'6
• ETHNICITY: German-American
• POWERS: Super-grows germs, commits medical malpractice, plans pandemics

Mr. Pillbody was a man who had a lot of potential as he grew up in the science field, and graduated from university. However, he was also mocked for some of his ridiculous or downright dangerous ideas relating to pathology. Not helping was people making fun of his nose. (The nickname “snozman” keeps haunting him.)

Pilbody himself was rather resentful and petty, and eventually, this culminated in one of his reckless projects nearly destroying the lab. He was kicked out shortly after (with his scientist registration ripped). After he got home, in an angry fit, he ended up exposing himself to mutated bacteria DNA, causing him to grow some of his freaky features he has now. 

When he looked at who he became…he knew his true calling as a villain. He rented his own private lab, and has since sworn vengeance against the world…he wanted to show how germs are underestimated, and how people have always underestimated HIM! DOCTOR PILLBODY!

**Doctor Pillbody is as far as we aware, not an actual licensed doctor. You may be liable for compensation if you were ‘treated’ by him.

Carmen Footprint - An elderly factory worker. 🚭

• AGE: 68
  
• HEIGHT: 5'1
• ETHNICITY: Afro-Latina
• POWERS: Quick coal-mining, controls smoke and carbon, extremely

Carmen grew up in a rather busy, old-fashioned household, and was the youngest of many children. Her parents worked as coal-miners and factory workers, meaning their family made a whole bunch of waste. She didn’t mind this, especially as she had already lived in a rather polluted neighborhood. Eventually, she entered the coal mining business once she was 18.

However, while her family stayed stagnant, the world was evolving. Her neighborhood was slowly becoming more eco-friendly. Her family was shunned by new residents for never changing their ways. Eventually, their factory lost most of its sales, and each of the family members were forced to leave their old residence due to debt. 

Carmen, now 68, decided to move to a modest suburban area, and was brainstorming how she would quickly restore her family’s legacy, regardless of what the world thought of her. One night, as she was searching through a coal mind, her hair got stuck on a statically charged piece of coal. She managed to pull it out, but she felt a strange shock throughout her body. 

She soon realized she could now control large masses of coal and smoke. She quickly took advantage of this, and managed to rebuild a large, far away factory. She’s now planning to make it bigger and better than any other factory the Footprint family had made, using her powers!

When she’s not in the factory, she lives her days in the town as an inconspicuous woman who makes cookies for the children of the neighborhood. Just an ordinary senior citizen…(who also has a serious smoking problem)

Nersha Joule (Inersha) + Fred Newton (Friction) - The forces of evil. (And complete nerds) 🤓

• AGE: 13 (N), 18-20 (F)
• HEIGHT: 5'3 (N), 5'7 (F)
• EDUCATION: WeldAndMeld Junior High (N), (F is alumni)
• POWERS: Hoverboards, archery (F), excellent teamwork (the terrible 2!)

Nersha Joule always had a forlorn life. Her parents were rarely home and she spent most of her childhood studying far away from the foul children outside. She was dedicated to her studies, but had a lazy attitude towards most social stuff. And deep inside, she wished she could just show them off without being made fun of.

Fred Newton was also rather aloof as he grew up, being bullied by most of his former classmates for his triangle head. However, he also had an uptight attitude, which is why he aspired to be motivational and push people to do what they wanted.

One day, after Nersha got a B-, she was distraught and wanted to amp up her studies. Coincidentally at the time, Mr. Newton (having recently graduated), became a tutor in hopes to “influence the new generation”, so she signed up for his daily classes immediately.

As soon as the two of them met, Fred knew Miss Joule had potential. He always pushed her to not stand down- to fight back and to think proudly of herself. And even though she was annoyed by his uptight attitude, she viewed him as her first true friend. (She also ended up being his only student because no one else wanted to be taught by local "isosceles man".)

A few weeks into their tutoring, Nersha was complaining about how jealous she was of Devon for their skateboarding abilities. Fred then proposed a crazy idea on how they can truly prove themselves in this world-…by becoming supervillains. 

They then began building on their own special outfits and hoverboards to reign over the town, with Fred equipping himself with an arrow. They dubbed themselves Inertia and Friction, two unstoppable forces that will always get what they want! Everyone will bow down to them, and they'll always get their way!...Always, always, ALWAYS!

The Recyclops - A gluttonous cyclops who loves trash. ♻️

• AGE: ??? 
• PRONOUNS: It/its
• HEIGHT: ~1ft (first form) ~16ft (final form)
• POWERS: Insane appetite; uses tentacles to reach food

The Recyclops' origin isn't truly known, but it's mainly suspected to be a foreign alien. It was discovered in an abandoned recycling plant. In it's first form, it really small, a bit slimy, but rather meek and cute. It grips people in with it's big ol' yellow eye. However, people also found out it has a rather voracious appetite- not for anything typical, like food or plants. No, this fella liked...trash. All types of trash, plastic, batteries, compost, the list is endless.

Initially, humans adored how the creature could consume all their trash, like a bottomless landfill. They thought they'd never have to worry about waste management again!...but they were soon mistaken. Eventually, the Recyclops grew in both girth and anger. It got even hungrier, and began terrorizing the people of the town. What was once an answer had become a problem.

Thankfully, before the apocalypse could begin, S.D. found that what shrunk the creature was feeding it sorted, recycled trash instead of clunky, random trash. It liked routines and being clean, so it gradually calmed down. It's still residing on Earth, but Sean makes it his goal to deter the humans from overfeeding it again, and to not always rely on it for waste management overall. So as long as it doesn't break out of its' cage or someone messes with it...everything will be fine.

Mitchell Imperious / Rich Mitch - An entitled wealthy boy who likes to lie.💲

• AGE: 14
• HEIGHT: 5'7
• EDUCATION: WeldAndMeld Junior High
• POWERS: Illusions, scams, flying, manipulation

Mitchell Imperious was an affluent teen, enjoying his spoiled life. Everyone at school respected him, and he felt like a king! That was until his indulgent father was arrested for a scam. Once he was bailed out, his mom realized that she didn't want her son following his footprints, so she divorced his dad, and transferred Mitch from his private school to public school for a "fresh beginning". He viewed the switch as unfair, but was at least glad to be in the 8th grade above all the “little kiddies”.

However, when he expected to instantly become the most popular kid on the block again, he instead faded in the background as his classmates ignored him. He was APPALLED! How dare the students of WeldAndMeld Junior High ignore him! (Peasants.) Soon enough, he desperately begged for attention by bullying and acting like a bigshot. It was to no success, and actually landed him in detention multiple times. Everyone found him annoying, a stark contrast to his life at private school. His teacher told him repeatedly if he wanted to get noticed, he’d have to actually be a “somebody” in the classroom.

One night, while it was raining hard, and he was walking home from detention (because he was too vain to be seen on the bus), he began ranting to himself about how he just wanted people to bow down to him, without any hard work on his part. He picked up a metal pipe, and with all the resentment in him, yelled for people to JUST NOTICE HIM! That’s when he was struck by lightning...a special type of lightning.

When he got back up, he found himself in new clothes, and the pipe he was holding now charged with power. He now had the ability to conjure up easy illusions, like a magician. He also found out he could lie extremely easily now, and everyone would believe him without a seconds' thought. …and not only could he lie, he could FLY! With his new powers, his attention-seeking mission was accelerated, as he could now had the confidence to deceive or scam people easily and sway them in by flaunting his wealth. Watch out for him...blond, skinny, Rich Mitch.

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Those are all the main villains I came up with for the Sustainable Dude universe. There's still some various other ideas I have for creatures and allies Sean may have. Some quick examples (and what could be coming up):

• The Box-Ox is a concept I have involving an Ox-...shaped like a box. I imagined him having a story relating to animal farming.
• The Chemquad is an idea involving a team of microscopic elements, namely Adam (an atom), Ian (an ion), Iso Tope (an isotope), and Elle E. Mental (an element). Genius names, I know.
• Gegnomes, a species of alien gnomes who know nothing about hereditary, so they constantly get into wars on who is related to who.

The Sustainable Dude universe is always expanding, in order to touch on more science topics and give Sean more battles to fight! I'm looking forward to sharing more of these stories, where we get to see a pre-teen superhero save the world...and learn middle-grade science!

- ninesevenpotatoes, 2026

The Science World of Sustainable Dude - #1: Who IS Sean Labolg? (& PWUFY)

Imagine a world plagued by science supervillains. Energy beasts that take as much electricity as possible. Mad pathologists who try to spread destructive pandemics. Old factory-working ladies who significantly contribute to climate change. And...lazy nerds who want their way.

In short, imagine our world but a lot of environmental issues are dramatized like an action comic.

So, who exactly is to protect that world from the science based disasters it faces nearly daily?

Of course, it’d be none other than a seemingly average middle school boy, who goes by the superhero alias…

SUSTAINABLE DUDE!

But who exactly is this super kid, and what are some of these monsters he fights with his brain? Let’s take a deep dive into his world!

OUR PROTAGONIST

• FULL NAME: Sean Ramone Labolg
• AGE: 12
• PPRONOUNS: he/him
• ETHNICITY: Japanese-Irish
• NATIONALITY: American
• EDUCATION: WeldAndMeld Junior High
• HEIGHT: 5'4

Meet 7th grader Sean Labolg. (I usually pronounce his name as "Sheen"). On the surface, Sean appears to be a relatively ordinary middle school student that usually blends into the background. But he’s not too generic either.

Sean is described by most people as "gung-ho", as he is very bold and not too afraid to fight for what's right. He's into typical "middle-school boy" stuff like video games, exploring, and avoiding his schoolwork. Speaking of his schoolwork, what is there to say about his life at school?

Sean is by all accounts, an average student, but that doesn't mean Cs and Bs...in most classes. He's pretty smart in fact, especially in science (jee who'd guess), but he just does his work with the past of least-resistance, so the final result does seem average. Many of his teachers say he's not putting his full potential.

Sean does not like to admit he's a bit of dork, which is why he mainly looks up to his older friend and local "cool kid", Devon Mettgold (they/them). We'll learn more about their relationship in a later post, but for now, know that Devon is even more confident and rebellious compared to Sean, and they know how to skateboard amazingly! So Sean tries to imitate that, to...varying results.

His family and friends are even more vast than I'm describing, and once again, I'll get into the nitty-gritty of his siblings/parents when its' important.

So in all, Sean Labolg is typical. He's somewhat impulsive, but not truly a troublemaker, just trying to be himself, with his clearly uncombed hair and bright shirt. Just your normal boy.

Well...that's what most people would think. But what they don't know is beyond the surface, Sean is far from ordinary. In fact, he is extraordinary. This is where his super science ego of Sustainable Dude enters the picture.

HIS SUPERHERO LIFE

When Sean becomes Sustainable Dude, that perky, confident bold boy takes his skills to the new level.

First of all, in order to activate his persona, he presses his finger against his chest and yells his superhero catchphrase..."RETAIN AND SUSTAIN!"

As a superhero, he has your typical "Superman Parody" powers, such as flight, speed, and increased strength. He also has tools that can help him. His goggles can magnify things like a pair of binoculars. And as you can see, he has a super-powered pencil named P.W.U.F.Y, which stands for "Perfect Writing Utensil For You". What a mouthful. PWUFY may look like an ordinary #2, but he's is also a super-powered tool. We'll learn what he does in a bit.

With all those typical powers aside, you can guess what his best power is. Yes, as cheesy as it sounds, his strong scientific inquiry is his most prominent super-power! Sean is quite clever and a quick-thinker, so he tends to analyze situations and can easily find science-based solutions to his problems. Of course, he can mess up because...he's literally a child, but he does learn through trial and error.

While this one doesn't come up much, another science-related ability he has is his ability to talk to animals of all sorts! He's had some...interesting conversations with squirrels and fish to say the least. Then comes Sean's responsibility as a superhero. There's the everyday things like a cat stuck in a tree or a runaway robber, but for the most part, Sean's main adventures have to do with science-based villains.

 

While we'll explore this more in the next post, Sean faces enemies that are small and large. For example, his first ever (and most powerful) enemy is that of Zeno ze Zap Zap, a beast of personified electricity that hopes to take over the world. Or maybe he's butting heads with the plague-filled mind of Dr. Pillbody, a mad pathologist who...is also trying to take over the world.

Overall, Sean's duties as a superhero are mainly to protect the world and it's people using his brain. For the most part, I try to integrate basic science themes relating to sustainability with his missions. Like if Zeno's trying to take over energy again, Sean must find ways to conserve energy. Or if Pillbody's planning another pandemic, Sean must use his knowledge of epidemiology. It's awesome...and kind of corny that this middle-school student can outdo supervillains using middle-grade science. Sustainable Dude aims to be both entertaining...and educational! 

(If your curious on when and why I started this series specifically, I'll probably discuss that in a future post!)

P.W.U.F.Y'S POWERS

PWUFY by all definitions is a multi-purpose tool, except with INFINITE amount of purposes! Usually he can shift into whatever tool Sean decides he needs for the situation. Like above (even though it's small), PWUFY transformed into a makeshift syringe for Sean to guide the super-sized shigella...because why not?

Another example of  PWUFY coming in clutch would be this sketch panel, where Sean is fighting against the triangle-headed villain Friction. Sean, using his goggles and knowledge of sweat, figures that he can defeat Friction by overheating him. So, he commands PWUFY to become a mirror, reflecting the sunlight and stopping the villain!

Here's a lightning round of more of PWUFY's abilities:

• His lead tip can shoot beams of energy.
• He can turn into a compass/magnet.
• He can turn into a magnifying glass.
• He can become a makeshift watch that can briefly shift time.
• He can turn into a thermometer.

The list is endless! Of course, there is a limit to his power. Depending on how much energy the transformation requires, PWUFY can only stay in some of these forms for a temporary amount of time. After that, he must spend a good amount of time recharging his powers. What, do you think I'd give Sean an infinitely powered pencil with no drawbacks?

And as a foot-note, it's important to consider PWUFY is not just a tool; he's still sentient, and he has a personality. I'd describe him as relatively supportive and curious, but he can also be a bit a jokester and come across as condescending with Sean. I'd also say mentally, he's about 9 to 11 years old, a little younger than Sean.

P.S. I've also considered some concept art of what PWUFY would be like as a human, who I named Pen Pen Sil! While there's nothing final yet, I imagine PWUFY would sometimes take this form for safety. After all, which would Sean be less likely to lose in public and someone be less likely to take if it was left behind? A ordinary pencil, or a human child?

ENDING

(This is a WordGirl parody)

This raps up today's post looking into Sustainable Dude lore. I kept simple today, exploring some of Sean's powers, his personality, his role in the world, and don't forget PWUFY! However, this is the mere tip of the iceberg relating to Sean, because there's still a lot to be answered.

What villains does he actually fight? Who are Sean's family and friends? What happens at school? Does anyone else know about his secret identity? Did any superheroes come before him?

All of those will be answered in the future, as I hopefully expand the S.D. Universe, where this science-themed boy continues to the save the day and teach science at the same time. Here's some specific ideas I have:

• Villains in SD (Zeno, Dr. Pillbody, Carmen, etc.)
• Sean's family & friends
• Other misc. allies
• Full lore on his origin (More on Shawn)
  
• Some story ideas & scripts
• Why I made Sustainable Dude (aka 7th grade flashbacks)

If you'd like to see any of these, let me know! Thank you for reading through, and I hoped you liked it. If you want to ask any clarifying questions or have feedback on my worldbuilding and how I could improve it, please do so.

And remember...RETAIN AND SUSTAIN!

- ninesevenpotatoes, 2026

AN ANNOUCEMENT FOR APRIL

 

Hey everyone, I would like to give you all an announcement on a huge change. You all knew me once as Ninesevenpotatoes, a needlessly long username. I have posted my art online for a while now.

However, with times changing, I have decided to switch things up. I am now replacing myself with sixseventomatoes, a robot! Indeed, A.A. is now A.I. I know this change may be controversial to some of my long time friends, but I think it is a change you should get used to.

My artwork will be massively improved this year by replacing myself with a robot, and I changed my name to sixseven to truly embrace brainrot memes. Nine seven is actually a really lame number, anyway. 

Honestly, I think all of my artist friends should take note of me. AI is going to become the new art, after all. I am looking forward to this new chapter of my online career! Hope you all feel swell and well! Bye bye!

- sixseventomatoes, 20267

I HATE(D) 67

Before we read, I’d just like to share: this rant was made about 3 months ago, when the 67 meme affected me more. I’ve actually gotten more used to it as of now, although I don’t like it still. Here’s an archival post to find out when I REALLY hated it! Excuse sections with missing information.

Also, sorry for not posting in a while, life’s happening. PART 3 to the Davis Family saga should be soon!

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I mean...it's in the title, what do you think this is about?

So as about 1% of the people reading this know, a few months ago on September 7th, aka 97 day, I released a blog post discussing 97, my history of it, and some silly facts about it, which if you haven't read, go read it.

It's pretty well-known 97 is my favorite number. I never had a hated number however.

..until about a month and a half ago, when my uncultured behind found out...about the 67 meme. Which- more accurately is "6-7" since it's pronouced "six-seven", which-...is ironic, because if you recall, when I first went by 97Scratch, I called myself "nine-seven" instead of "ninety-seven".

Oh no...we're only one paragraph in and the similarities. have begun. Now, if you don't know what 67 is, it's another one of Gen Alpha's annoying trends as of late. Gen Alpha has been (admittedly unfairly) mocked for it's brainrotty culture, such as Skibidi Toilet, language like "gyatt" or "rizz", and it's short attention span. I'm technically Gen Alpha since I was born in 2010, but I prefer "Gen Z'alpha", as I incorporate both generational cultures.

But apparently, meme culture has devolved some much...even a 2-digit number...can become a meme. Which-...HOW?!? I'll let you know how.

Let me explain to you the STUPID origin of the 67 meme.

I HATE(D) 67'S ORIGIN

So about a year ago there was a song called "Doot Doot (67)", where 6-7 was used as a lyric. The context behind why is a bit ambigious, although it could be connected to police language.

It was later used throughout early 2025 by a basketball player, and sometimes used in reference to 6'7 basketball players. Because I lived under a rock I didn't notice this rise until it affected me.

In fact, the main thing I know this meme for dates back to MARCH of this year, where at a basketball game, a TikTok video recorded this obnoxiously Justin-Bieber wannabee blonde seemingly 12-year-old screaming "67" into the camera for-...NO REASON. And yet this kid's face has gone viral, known as "67 kid".

His real name is "Maverick Trevillian" by the way. Maverick Trevillian? Is he a 12-year-old or some sort of car selling agency?  This guy even managed to get into a South Park episode.

If it wasn't obvious... I. Hate. Him.

I don't actually hate him, he did nothing to me after all; in fact don't bully this kid, at the end of the day he is a bit annoying but he doesn't deserve to harassed or cyberbullied. Fame is a double edged sword.

Actually, when you look into it, maybe he does deserve a bit of hate. Y'know why?

Recently, he allegedly got into a crypto scam.

Yes. A CRYPTO SCAM!

How the hell did we go from obnoxious Gen Alpha memes to CRYPTO SCAMS?! Man- I'm done with this.

WHY I HATE(D) 67

We got into the general history of the meme, but now I want to highlight some incidents of mine and proof that this has gotten out of hand.

Let's start with how I found out about 67. It was through a joke on Discord out of all things.

First of all, there are MANY spammers using this meme on YT now, particularly with YTbers I watch, like Matt Neff and VP Awesome.

Just today, there was a spammer on Matt Neff's premiere video discussing A.I. Plagiarism, and I was heated because he even started a CHAIN REACTION. I had to block them so I could focus on the video. Why do these kids find this funny?

And look at THIS! (Censoring name to prevent harassment) This is one of my FRIENDS btw. Not even my friends side with me. Shut. Up. 

Here's another example of spammers at _:__ when VP Awesome was making a rant stream discussing YT's strange copyright rules.

This angered me because poor VP was clearly pissed, yet these annoying ass children came only to his stream to spam a stupid meme. I do know this kid's prolly like, 12 or something, but still...children like this should not be on the internet. Mothers, we do not give preschoolers tablets for a REASON!

VP Awesome also had this quote about 67 when he managed to stop spammers in a Daniel Tiger stream.

"Bro if y'all start spamming 67 in my shit you getting banned bro.

[spammers begin to leave]

HE KNOWS WHAT'S UP!!!

Anyway, outside of YT, people on Scratch an are telling me about this, and it's just...exhausting.

I STILL HATE(D) 67

So, at the end of the day, I'm aware 67 is just some silly meme that at the end of the day hurts nobody. I don't care if you like 67 or dislike 67, I'm not going to diss you for it. And this entire post was mostly hyperbole.

It's just that I will IMMENSELY hate 67 for probably the next few months it's relevant, and no one can discourage me. Who knows, maybe I'll look back at this laughing. I used to hate Skibidi Toilet, but I've chilled to it as well.

That's all I got to say bout 67. By the way, if you're wondering, no, I am not going to give you a list 67 things about 67 like I did with 97. 67 doesn't deserve it. I am that petty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-7_(meme)

The Closest I've Ever Been to a "Fight"

FIRST POST OF 2026 BABY!

You remember how in my Detention blog post I off-handedly mentioned:

"...considering I had done worse in the past. Y'know, like... punching a student. Yep. (Story for another day!)"

Turns out today is "another day". Why I chose today is because I actually vented about this story to my counselor today. It may be old, but I still find it a bit relevant and kind of a cringe funny, like all of my old stories. I'd just like to clarify: I don't find myself a "violent" person, but I do sometimes do impulsive things when I'm angry, and this story is an example of one.

Stalling aside, let me get into it.

Prologue

Let's set the scene: Early 2023. I often site 6th through 8th grade to the years where I was at my worst. I was insufferable, miserable, full of myself, bullied others, thought I was wise, bla bla bla basic overconfident middle school INTP behavior.

In particular I remember I was rude and often dismissive to my teachers, mostly my 7th grade Math and English teacher. They didn't deserve that, and I'm sorry. This story takes place in 7th grade specifically.

I'm not sure what lead up to this, but I remember angsty 12 year old me was feeling really bad in the middle of Math class. Maybe I was just in one of those moods. I was also bored by the lesson because- to brag, 12 year old me "knew everything" that year. (I didn't, but knew most, so I lied to myself). 

For some reason, I then went to the bathroom and actually was tempted to skip class entirely, as I went to the end of the hallway instead of class. I'm not sure what my plan was, though. The math teacher caught me a few minutes afterwards and reported me back to class, as I spent the rest of the class in misery.

You notice how disconnected this story actually is? I don't know why I was upset, I don't know why I was tempted to skip class, I don't know at all. I really don't get me sometimes. But this leads up to the title.

Incident

Now, I mentioned I bullied others, but I myself was also bullied due to being a miserable, aloof smart aleck. It actually sounds like a toxic cycle when I think of it. I don't know which came first, but regardless, it was just obnoxious.

In this specific instance, I was sitting on a bench waiting for lunch, wallowing to myself. One of my classmates, we'll call him Kaden, began to taunt me by trying to push me off the bench. I remember him spouting something like "No one likes you, A.A". ...and that's when I snapped.

Soon enough, I decided to punch him back in the chest and walk away.

...and that was all.

...no, really, that's all. What, did you expect something more flashy? No, just angsty pre-teen punches one of his classmates because he was bullying him.

Now, if this was a fake story, I would've gone on all badass, and that kid would respect me from now on. But this is reality, so guess what happened instead?

Reprimand

As anger-induced that punch was, I also felt a bit guilty. That guilt quickly dialed up to 20 when during lunch, I was called into the dreaded Principal's Office.

Now, before we continue, I would just like to bring up...I find it VERY interesting how no one reported Kaden pushing me on the bench and verbally bullying me, but the moment I fought back, that's when it gets reported. Great job stopping bullying, school. 

Anyway, moment I get into the Principal's Office, I begin bawling once I'm chastised for hurting Kaden. I was very remorseful and apologetic, not hoping for the worst. I specifically remember the principal even mentioning he had a " sore red mark" on his stomach, and me, in sobby tears, cried "tHat MaKes mE fEEl WoRSE!" Which...y'know, knowing I was even capable of such violence at 12 genuinely does make me regret the entire thing.

I remained crestfallen until Kaden and my middle school counselor arrived, and I began to explain further what happened. I remember the Principal looking at Kaden and wondering why he would tell me something like that, and Kaden admitted he did it mostly because others said stuff like that about me.

My counselor, as usual, was amazing though, as while I was obviously scolded for punching a student, she told Kaden at the same time not to trust in rumors and still respect me. I apologized at the end of it all, and came out feeling a bit better, if still angsty.

Epilogue

I remember coming home that day and my mom found out about the incident, but she wasn't too mad, just glad I wasn't in too much trouble. I also remember my brother came home that day, and when he found out about why I hit Kaden, he actually justified it! That's how older brothers be sometimes.

For any takeaways from this story: an obvious one is adolescents are stupid, but another obvious one is bullying can be a toxic cycle. I never want to hurt someone as violently as I did here, no matter how bad they made me feel. At the same time, verbal bullying is just as hurtful as physical bullying.

While I think some of low social status was my fault, justifying how others thought of me, at the same time, you don't tell someone "nobody likes you". Things like that can sting, just as bad as a punch.

Hope Kaden is doing ok nowadays. Thanks for reading my lil' story!

- ninesevenpotatoes, 2026

P.S. This was unintentional, but did you notice the initials of each section spell out "PIRE"?

Poem: Green-Eyed (Like I)

I envy those with such beautiful eye colors. (My eyes are actually blackish-brown)

So recently in school we were assigned to do Poetry-Out Loud. Again. To be honest I'll admit I wasn't too in-tuned with my poem last year. I barely remember what it was about, something involving silk and butterflies? But this year, I chose a poem that better resonates with me. 

It was finding that poem that actually made me remember I once made a poem about-...well, it should be obvious by reading it. It's about 9 months old, but I think it still holds up, and I think you can guess what I was feeling to make in the first place. (P.S. No offense to people with green or hazel eyes.)

Enjoy!

"Green-Eyed (Like I)"

 

It slowly creeps up your spine

A green, greedy feeling

After taste is like spite

You are green-eyed

Just like I

A desire uncontrollable

Harder to catch than runaway zoo

Desire

Such a desire

Did all that you really could

It just wasn’t enough

It felt like you deserved it all

He-rumph!

How do they do it

You wanna know

Feels like they’ve been putting on a show

“I’ll be fine,” you say as a lie

You are green-eyed

Just like I

Toxic aromas surround yourself

“Just give me it all”

“I deserve more or less”

Furry, green, and overbearing

It bounds your legs

Controls your mood

It’s hands reach for it all, all

But doing it makes you take a big, big fall

You are green-eyed

Just like I

No easy way out

You wanted it all

Yet you already did

You’ve gotten nowhere

It feels like you’re nothing

It really, really is something

When you truly are…

…green eyed…

Just like I

- ninesevenpotatoes, 2025

I'M IN A MUSEUM

THE TITLE IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION!

I AM IN A MUSEUM!

Oh, you-...need context?

Ok, so about a month ago I attended a comics class and I made this comic featuring a super persona of me, and along with other students, they hung it up nearby.

This is the comic in specific, lacking modesty.

And now it's in the museum for a month. I'm finally getting somewhere folks.

One day, a museum, next year the-...actually, museum is already pretty classed.

The thumbnail is a mock-up of the real photo of me with my comic:

I even captured the exact pimple on my chin. Which the cameras captured. Quite well.

"Is that frickin huggy wuggy in the corner-" - one of my friends

- ninesevenpotatoes, 2025

P.S.

"Where the hell have you been?"

School. That's where I've been. I promise I got some posts coming out.

97 Day

TODAY IS 9/7, 97 DAY!!!

9 Tens, 7 Ones

I constantly make reference to the number 97, as my favorite number. 

My Scratch account is named 97Scratch. Many of my other early usernames were stylized 97[Website], including:

• 97Gamer (GameJolt)
• 97OldGrounder (Newgrounds)
• 97Decord (Discord)
• 97TheAnimator (YouTube)
• Revieweing97Shows (Qualitipedia, ugh)

Around 2022 or 2023 is when I slowly began my rebrand to use a single username for my websites, and I eventually came up with the classic all-lowercase long name ninesevenpotatoes. The "potatoes" part came from the fact I used the phrase "because potatoes" from Mr. Enter. 

Why 97?

97 is an oddly specific two-digit number. Most people probably have rounded or simple numbers as their favorites, such as 8, 10, 0, or whatever. So, why is my favorite number 97? Well, the origin of me using 97 is actually relatively simple:

Whenever I used the old Windows computer (which is sadly broken, R.I.P), the password contained the number 97 between 91 and 99. And for some reason the odd number combination in between two other extremes stuck out to me. This is probably why I used it for my Scratch username...after, y'know, my first first account.

I'm actually kinda shocked 97Scratch was even available, because it's such a basic username. There was a 96Scratch and a 98Scratch before me, and they joined over a DECADE before me! I guess that truly shows 97 was one of a kind.

So anyway, that's pretty much it for my oddly convoluted history with the number 97. Now it's time for my favorite part:

97 Facts About The Number 97

Many of these facts will range from extremely obvious to obscure trivia. Also, I wrote many parts out of order, which is why some will feel random. 

1. 97 is my favorite number.
2. 97 has 9 tens and 7 ones.
3. You could also make 97 with 4 twenties, 1 ten, and 7 ones.
4. Don't forget, 97 is 6 fifteens and 7 ones.
5. Lastly, 97 is composed up of 1 ninety-six and a single one.
6. Ninety-seven has eleven letters.
7. 97 is a prime number.
8. 97 is the only prime number in the 90s, making it the largest prime number less than 100.
9. 97 is the 25th prime number.
10. 97 is my nickname. This is relevant, because:
11. I asked my friends to give me "97 Facts". One thought they meant facts about me.
12. 97 is 3 numbers away from 100.
13. 97 rounds to 100 when you round to tens or hundreds.
14. Likewise, 0.97 rounds to 1 when you round to tenths or hundredths.
15. 97 is an odd number.
16. As of writing, this project was my 97th latest project on Scratch.
17. This is my 97th project on Scratch (at least considering ones I've deleted or never uploaded.)
18. I have a friend named 67Scratch, which is a clear parody of my username, 97Scratch.
19. Speaking of which, 97 - 67 = 30.
20. If you flip the 9 in 97, you'll get 67.
21. If you flip 97 entirely, you'll get L6. I don't know if that means anything.
22. The 97th character on this blog post is the letter E.
23. The 97th word or number on this blog post is 97. (What a coincidence.)
24. In 2 years and 11 months from this post, my Scratch account will be 9 years, 7 months old.
25. 97 is the first happy prime number.
26. 10-97 is police code for "arrived on the scene".
27. This was the 97th project I found when I searched "97" on Scratch.
28. 97 is the smallest prime number that is not a cluster prime.
29. 97 is an isolated prime between 95 and 99.
30. 97 in Greek is ϞΖ.
31. 15 × 9 − 75 + 20 − 6 + 51 − 6 + 1 − 75 × -2 − 85 − 24 − 60 − 4 = 97. 
32. I used to pronouce "97Scratch" as "nine-seven-scratch", not "ninety-seven-scratch".
33. I was 97 months old on June 15, 2018.
34. I was 97 days old on August 21st.
35. September 7th 1997 was the last ultimate 97 day.
36. September 7th 2097 will be the next ultimate 97 day.
37. Other ultimate 97 days: 1097, 1197, 1297, 1397, 1497, 1597, 1697, 1797, and 1897.
38. 97 years ago, it was September 7th, 1928.
39. 97 is a Proth prime.
40. In 9 years, 7 months, 9 weeks, and 7 days from now, I will be 25 years old.
41. 1997 was the 3rd to last year in the 1990s.
42. In 2 years, it'll be 20 years since the last ultimate 97 day.
43. I got this when I counted around 97 images on Google when searching "number 97".
44. On a hundreds chart, if you highlight 97 and the digits that make it, you have a right triangle.
45. 97% is an A+.
46. This is number 97 Yu-Gi-Oh. I don't know what this is.
47. 77 posts from now will be 97th blog post.
48. 97% of 97 is 94.09
49. The 97th day of the year is April 7th.
50. The 97th day of a leap year is April 8th.
51. 97 as a Pierpont prime as it is 3 × 2^5 + 1
52. It would take about 97 seconds to recite 97 97 times.
53. 9/7 is 1 2/7.
54. 9-7=2, and 97+2=99...and 97-7=90, and 90+9=99. I'm intentionally disorienting you.
55. 97 in Spanish is noventa y siente.
56. There are only two 2-digit numbers greater than 97.
57. It is impossible to drive at 97 MPH.
58. If you COULD drive 97 MPH, you'd quickly die in a bloody car crash.
59. Every three-digit number and beyond is greater than 97.
60. Klotho is asteroid 97.
61. 9797 is (97 x 1000 + 97) is an angel number.
62. My 97th subscriber was "The Cartoon Master".
63. The binary code 97 is 1100001.
64. As of writing this, I have 64 facts, which is 97 - 33.
65. 97 - 81 is 16. (81 is a reference to another one of my friends)
66. 97 minutes have passed in a day when it's 1:37 A.M.
67. X-Men '97 exists. That's all.
68. It's 97 minutes passed noon when it's 1:37 P.M.
69. There are 97 minutes left in a day when it's 10:23 P.M.
70. 97 hours is exactly 4 days...and an extra hour.
71. 97 feet is 31 yards...and an extra foot.
72. If someone was 8 feet and one inch tall, they would be 97 inches tall.
73. Eminem has a song called "97 Bonnie & Clyde".
74. When you keep repeating the alphabet, the 97th letter will be the letter S.
75. On the first day of 1997, the Emergency Alert System was introduced in the USA.
76. September 7th is 97 day.
77. July 9th is 97 day in places where they write the day before the month.
78. I was 9 years and 7 months old when 2020 began.
79. When I turn 16, my age will be the sum of 9 and 7.
80. When I turn 63, my age will be the product of 9 and 7
81. On September 26th, there will be 97 days left in the year.
82. On September 27th, in leap years, there will be 97 days left in the year.
83. If I were to live to 97, it would be 2107.
84. If I were to live to 2097, I would be 87.
85. 97 rhymes with 911.
86. Lists of 97 are actually quite uncommon. Especially when written.
87. 97 has 4 syllables.
88. 97 is an emrip prime, as when reversed it is 79.
89. 97 - 79 = 21, subtracting it from it's enrip.
90. 97's decimal unit code represents Latin lowecase 'a'.
91. 97 squared is 9409.
92. 97 multiplied 97 times is approximately 5.21 * 10^192.
93. As a roman numeral, 97 is XCVII.
94. If your IQ was 97, you would have below average intelligence.
95. If a 97 year old was 9'7 and weighed 97 pounds, they would be severely underweight.
96. On the contrast, if that 97 year old was 970 pounds, they'd be obese Class III.
97. THE NUMBER 97 IS EPIC!!!

And voila, gentleman, ladies, and everyone in-between. There's 97 random facts about 97. You will have a standardized test on this tommorow. Study this thoroughly.

Thanks for reading!

- ninesevenpotatoes, 97 Day, 2025