Claptrap

Claptrap is an excitable robot and one of the first characters seen by the player in Borderlands. He introduces the player to the controls of the game and shows them around New Haven, the starting location. Claptrap shows the character where to get their first weapon, a pistol, where the player will have a choice between a pistol with a higher rate of fire and accuracy, and a pistol with higher damage. As the player fights their first enemies Claptrap runs all around the town in a state of panic, but will eventually show the character to their first quest-giver. In the multiplayer demo, Claptrap was notably absent. It is unknown whether Claptrap is destroyed at some point in the game or, because the part of the game demoed in the multiplayer portion is later from the beginning of the game, if Claptrap leaves the player at some point in the game or remains in New Haven when the player ventures out on other quests.