Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory Elaine Roberts

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Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory Elaine Roberts

First appearance 327: Exploits of a Mom
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For a list of comics, see Comics featuring Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory Elaine Roberts.
For Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory Elaine Roberts' brother, see Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--.
For Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory Elaine Roberts' mother, see Mrs. Roberts.

Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory Elaine Roberts, also known as her middle and last name Elaine Roberts, is a stick figure character in xkcd. She is portrayed as the oldest child of Mrs. Roberts and has a younger brother named Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--. Her main appearances take place in the 1337 series, where she is first introduced as the world's best hacker.

Her hacking journey began when she spent four years learning from Donald Knuth, who mentored her in his hidden mountain retreat. With determination and skill, Elaine eventually surpassed her mentor's abilities. Notably, she successfully broke into the NSA headquarters with the help of Adrian Lamo. Additionally, she played a significant role in collaborating with Steve Jobs to shape Apple's future direction. In her quest for digital freedom, Elaine joined forces with Richard Stallman to confront the MPAA and RIAA, fighting against their skilled ninja fighters.

When she is drawn as an adult, she has white shoulder-length hair, and is a named version of Blondie, like how Rob is a named version of Cueball.

Name[edit]

According to title texts of 327: Exploits of a Mom and 342: 1337: Part 2, her first name is "Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory" and "Elaine" is actually her middle name. This means that Roberts is her last name, since it's also her mother's surname.