The Chief Legal Officer (or C.L.O. for short) is the new Lawbot Boss found in Lawbot Headquarters and is available to fight once Toons have completed their Lawbot disguise by infiltrating the Lawbot Lawfice. After the Chief Justice resigned, The Chairman quickly appointed her as the new Boss of all Lawbots. Her task is to help migrate the Judiciary Law lifestyle into Corporate Law. She is seen doing so in the Executive Lawfice that is located within Lawbot Headquarters. The Chief Legal Officer has a much harder Overclocked variant of her boss fight.
The exclusive reward for defeating the C.L.O. are Cease and Desists. This base number starts at 6, but can be increased by +2 by the Level 30 department boost, Boosters, and Surplus Sunday. The C.L.O. will also reward 4 Unites that can only be increased by +1 with the Surplus Sunday bonus.
After defeating the C.L.O. Toons will also be promoted to the next Lawbot Suit and will need to gain a certain amount of Patents to fight the boss again.
Toons fighting against the C.L.O. will have Content Sync applied to them. They will be synced down to the following stats:
| First Cog Round | Starting Cog | Cog Levels | Cog Level Pool | Cog Amount |
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| Level 17 | 7-16.exe | ~300 | ~28 Cogs | |
| Virtual Skelecogs | Starting Cog | Cog Levels | Cog Level Pool | Cog Amount |
| Level 17 | 9-17.exe | ~350 | ~29 Cogs |
*The Cog Level Pool is the cumulative number of Cog Levels within the entirety of the battle, being split between both sides (if applicable).
Starting Cogs do not count towards the Cog Level Pool.
The boss battle begins with a cutscene showing Lauren Ordier and Bumpy Bumblebehr, wearing a random Lawbot disguise, preparing the Toons to infiltrate the C.L.O's meeting to re-educate the Lawbots about corporate law. As they enter, the C.L.O. immediately notices that they are late to the meeting and ask for an explanation. Lauren fails to convince the C.L.O. that they are Cogs and her disguise fails, revealing that she is indeed a Toon, causing the other disguises to fail as she runs out of the building. The C.L.O. then asks Lawbots at her table to come up with a method to deal with the Toons. One Cog eventually says a poor method, causing the C.L.O. to drop the entire table with the seated Cogs into a pit built in the floor. The table falls back down from the ceiling, empty, and the C.L.O. calls for other Cogs to get the Toons.
Toons will then be split into two battles (or one if there are 4 or less Toons). Cogs will spawn from one of the paintings on the wall ranging from Levels 7-16 with one of the starting Cogs being a guaranteed Level 17. The next round will begin once all Cogs have been defeated.
The Sound Meter
Once all Cogs have been defeated, the C.L.O. comments on how she would've known the Toons would interfere with her plans, and suggests sending them to the slammer. Hammers shake the entire room, causing papers on the table to fly into the air. Bumpy suggest entering a cannon and shooting into the Cogs, which are there to collect said papers.
The goal of this round is to fire your Toon into Cogs to collect papers which will fill the Sound Meter on the right of the screen. Reaching specific thresholds on the meter will unlock a stronger Sound Gag used in the Final Round.
Cogs will fly out of the painting frames every ~10 seconds. Lower leveled Cogs will earn you fewer points but will have more predictable and straight patterns. Higher leveled Cogs move in sporadic patterns but give more points. When a Cog is hit by a Toon, it will spin around for about 2 seconds before exploding. This gives other Toons a short window of time to hit the Cog as well, gaining Sound points.
Executive Cogs will occasionally fly out of the painting frames as well. These Cogs are faster than others but reward a greater boost of points to you and a quarter of the points to all other Toons. These Cogs can be identified by their black suits and yellow nametags.
After reaching a full sound bar, any Cog destroyed will give a small amount of Sound points to all other Toons.
| Points Awarded for Cog Levels | ||||||
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| Cog Level Hit | 1-5 | 6-10 | 11-15 | 1-5.exe | 6-10.exe | 11-15.exe |
| Points Rewarded | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Sound Gags Unlocked | |||||
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| Sound Gag | Bugle | Aoogah | Elephant Trunk | Foghorn | Full Bar (Unlocks Nameplate) |
| Points Needed | 0 | 45 | 75 | 110 | 120 |
After a set time collecting papers, Bumpy will exit through one of the back doors and will ask the Toons to check on what he found. The C.L.O. stops them dead in their tracks, saying that Bumpy's stealing of corporate property is a serious offense. Her backup plan is to turn on one or two lights (depending on the number of Toons present) that summon Virtual Skelecogs.
Toons will then be split into two battles (or one if there are 4 or less Toons). Virtual Skelecogs will spawn from the lights ranging from Levels 9-17 with one of the starting Virtual Skelecogs being a guaranteed Level 17. The next round will begin once all the Virtual Skelecogs have been defeated.
Once all of the Virtual Skelecogs have been defeated, the final battle against the C.L.O. begins. The C.L.O. realizes that her employees cannot fight the Toons, so she insists on fighting them herself. Bumpy had turned the previously collected papers into "Sound Evidence", which are given to the Toons to have a fighting chance against the C.L.O. The box of evidence is always located at the entrance. Toons are given a maximum amount of 30 uses before they have to restock at this box.
The C.L.O. has 1500 health. Cogs will fly around the battle arena throughout the fight, taking on multiple roles depending on their type. Cogs will spawn from levels 1-10, starting out on the lower end and reaching the higher end as the C.L.O. loses health.
C.L.O. Attacks
The C.L.O. has multiple attacks she can use, some of which can only be used after she falls below 50% HP. The C.L.O. will also move freely around the room, targeting Toons. Coming into contact with the C.L.O. will damage Toons. A Toon targeted by one of the C.L.O.'s attacks will have a
red exclamation point icon appear above their head. The following are the C.L.O.'s attacks:
blue exclamation point over your Toon's head.
green arrow.Note that the Cogs flying around the arena will occasionally attack a Toon, indicated by a 
gear icon, attempting to collide with and damage them. Taunting (done by pressing the Seconday Action key) will ensure that any Cogs nearby will target the taunting Toon. The Virtual Skelecogs near the evidence box will damage any Toons that come into contact with their spotlight.
Destroying Cogs
Toons can destroy Cogs by using their Sound Gag, activated by clicking the Sound button at the top of the screen, or by using the Primary Action key (F by default).
The Cogs must be near the Toon and in front of them to receive damage. The amount of damage they take is dependent on the level of your Sound gag. The Virtual Skelecogs near the evidence box cannot be destroyed. Destroying a Cog will drop a Treasure proportional to 1/2 of the Cog's level. Note that the Cog used to stun the C.L.O. will not drop a treasure. Destroying a Cog near the C.L.O. will stun her and cause her to take damage.
| Sound Gag Damage | ||||
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| Sound Gag |  Bugle
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 Aoogah
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 Elephant Trunk
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 Foghorn
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| Damage | 20 | 25 | 35 | 50 |
Stunning the C.L.O. & Luring Cogs
The C.L.O. can only be stunned when a Cog explodes next to her. Toons can "taunt" the Cogs to lure them over to their location by using the Seconday Action key (G by default) or by clicking the 
taunt button at the top of the screen. Toons can stand near the C.L.O. to bait Cogs near her, setting them up for a stun. Taunting costs 10 Sound Gag uses instead of 1. Note that while it takes away 10 uses, Toons can still taunt with 1-9 Sound Gags left. Destroying another Cog near the C.L.O. while she is stunned will not reset the stun duration.
Pushing the C.L.O.
After the C.L.O. is stunned, the Toons are then given the opportunity to push her into a nearby Trap Gag, assembled by Bumpy. The higher the level your Sound Gag is, the further it will push her. There are eight of these that circle around the room, and two in the center. The Trap closest to the box of Sound Evidence is a Trapdoor (160 damage), while the rest are Quicksand (115 damage). Once the C.L.O. has been pushed back into an active Trap, she will take damage and be teleported to a random part of the battle arena.
After falling, 4 Operations Analysts will surround the C.L.O. to act as a stun shield, and must all be destroyed in order for the C.L.O. to be stunned again. The shield will start with Pettifoggers, and will use the stronger Conveyancer and Advocate specialists more frequently as she loses health. The amount of health the specialist has is dependent on which Cog they are:
| Operations Analyst Shield HP | ||
|---|---|---|
 Pettifogger |
 Conveyancer |
 Advocate |
| 250 HP | 450 HP | 550 HP |
Defending Traps
Periodically, Executive Cogs will fly down and look for Quicksand Traps to sabotage. The Cog will hover over the trap, taking it roughly ~7 seconds to disable it. Disabled Traps are identified by their red hue, and players will receive a warning when an Executive Cog is attempting to disable one. Destroying the Executive Cog before it can finish breaking the Trap will cause it to return to normal.
The C.L.O. will not move towards disabled Traps when stunned, unless the Trap was disabled during her stun. In this case, the Quicksand Trap will be removed once the C.L.O. is pushed to it, but she will not sink into it. Bumpy Bumblebehr will run around the room, repairing disabled Traps. Executive Cogs will never target the Trapdoor.
Phase Changes
At 50% health remaining (750 HP), the C.L.O.'s treads will turn green, give her a speed boost and she'll stay stunned for a shorter duration. Additionally, she can also spawn tornadoes that go out in an X-formation. The C.L.O.'s Operations Analysts will now only spawn as Conveyancers or Advocates.
Strategy
Every Toon should focus on each job as the fight can be unpredictable. For example, if you notice no one is defeating the Executive Cogs disabling Traps you should prioritize that over attempting to stun the C.L.O. If you are running low on health, taunt Cogs over to you and destroy them to collect their treasures.
A common strategy is to have some of the Toons with high-level Sound Gags (Foghorn and Elephant Trunk) blast through the stun shield and have some Toons with low-level Sound Gags (Aoogah and Bugle) use the Taunt key to diverge the Cogs and allow others to stun the C.L.O. While being this close to the C.L.O. you should stand on the corner of her tank treads to avoid her paper shower attack. To avoid getting damaged from the C.L.O.'s jump, wait one second before jumping after the alert.
Ending
Once the C.L.O. reaches 0 HP from falling into a Trap, she will slowly roll towards the Toons until the floor beneath her opens up, causing her to fall backwards into it. The floor closes back up, and all Toons who survived until the end will do the battle victory dance and receive their Cease & Desist and Unite rewards.
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| Opening Cutscene |
Bumpy Bumblebehr: "There you are! Glad you guys could make it!" Lauren Ordier: "Exactly, Bumpy." The Executive Lawfice doors open to reveal a meeting between the Chief Legal Officer and her subordinates. C.L.O.: "Our corporation's good name is to be upheld. For any Toons that dare toe the line... SHUT THEM DOWN!" Lauren Ordier: "Uh... We were being fitted with our new personality processors..." C.L.O.: "Beep boop? Is that some kind of joke?" Lauren exits her Cog disguise Lauren Ordier: "Well, this has been fun." Bumpy Bumblebehr: "...Well, our cover's blown." The Toons exit their Cog disguises C.L.O.: "Now, as for the other Toons. What shall we do with them?" Spin Doctor: "I say we remind them who's in charge. Use a permanent gag-order." Ambulance Chaser: "I say we run them out of town." Bottom Feeder: "We should take their gags!" C.L.O.: "And of course... One bad apple ruins the bunch." The Lawfice carpet, acting as a trap door, opens to reveal a large pit which the conference table and Cogs fall into. The Lawfice carpet closes and a new conference table falls from the sky replacing the old one. C.L.O.: "As for those Toons..." |
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| Cannon Round Cutscene |
C.L.O.: "Who do you think you are? You've defeated my Cogs and distracted from our business!" The Lawfice Gavels slam. Bumpy Bumblebehr: "Hey! That just sent the paperwork flying all over the room! She's sending in Lawbots to collect it all!" Bumpy takes an evidence box out of his pocket and throws it on the ground Bumpy Bumblebehr: "Keep in mind, you can use your MOVEMENT keys to move in mid-air." Bumpy exits through the storage room and the Toons prepare their cannons. |
| Virtual Skelecog Round Cutscene |
Bumpy Bumblebehr: "These should come in handy!" C.L.O.: "What were you doing back there, you meddling bear?" Bumpy Bumblebehr: "Come over here, Toons! I found-" C.L.O.: "As if I would let you do as you please!" Camera pans over to the Executive Lawfice Entrance, revealing security system lights |
| Megaphone Round Cutscene |
C.L.O.: "ENOUGH!" Bumpy Bumblebehr: "Uh oh! it sounds like the C.L.O. is planning to take you guys head on!" |
| Ending Cutscene |
C.L.O.: "I'm impressed, Toons. You're as persistent as copyright law." The Lawfice Carpet door opens. C.L.O.: "Is it just me or does something feel off?" The C.L.O. falls into the pit. |
| Overclocked C.L.O. Cutscenes | Main Article: Overclocked Chief Legal Officer#Cutscenes |
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| Jump |
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| Tornadoes |
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| Cog Gallery Dialogue |
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| Surrender Taunt |
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| Friend Request Denials |
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| Theme | Audio File | Song Title |
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| Elevator Theme | N/A | |
| Opening Cutscene Theme (1st Half) | Corporate Espionage | |
| Opening Cutscene Theme (2nd Half)/ Cannon Round Cutscene Theme |
Secrets | |
| Cog Round Theme | Discovery | |
| Cannon Round Theme | Red Tape | |
| Virtual Skelecog Round Theme | Caught in the Act | |
| Megaphone Round Cutscene Theme | Escape | |
| Megaphone Round Theme (Base) | Usurpation | |
| Megaphone Round Theme (Stunned) | N/A | |
| C.L.O. Defeated Theme | N/A | |
| Victory Theme | N/A | |
| Epilogue Theme | N/A | |
| Overclocked C.L.O. Themes | ||
| Statement | |
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| Question | |
| Grunt | |
| Murmur |
Added an attack indicator for targeted boss attacks, similar to the boss jumping indicator.
Cogs in the C.L.O./O.C.L.O. cannon round now start an exploding animation after being hit, allowing other Toons to hit them and get evidence credit for a short time before the Cog explodes. Changed the Cog boss avatar panel to show the frame of animation that was playing when you clicked, to match how non-boss Cog avatars function. Both sound options (standard and taunt) are now available as separate buttons at the top of the screen in the C.L.O. Fight. The secondary action key is now mapped to taunting. Unites are now awarded from all bosses in addition to their exclusive reward. Unite rewards are as follows:
The damage value of Trap Gags in the active round have been slightly increased.
The C.L.O. will now land in a random position after falling through a Trap instead of always landing in the middle of the arena.
The C.L.O. has borrowed a weaker variant of the Defense Specialists from the Overclocked C.L.O. fight to prevent constant stunlocking. Department Experience gains in the C.L.O. fight have been moderately increased. The level range for Cogs in department boss battles has been increased across the board:
Content Sync completely replaces the Department Boss Tiers system.
[undocumented] The C.L.O.'s fight has some new themes.
Fixed a client crash in the C.L.O. Security Cogs round when Toons finish the round with a soaked Cog. Fixed an issue with the C.L.O. final round where Cogs would have the HP of a Cog several levels higher than displayed. Fixed a district reset related to the C.L.O. Fixed a major memory leak involving the flying Cogs in the C.L.O. on the district-side. Fixed a memory leak for clients in the C.L.O. Cogs in the evidence round of the C.L.O. battle will exit paintings quicker after spawning. Fixed an issue that would cause the C.L.O. battle to use the wrong music.json keys during the epilogue. Fixed an issue with the C.L.O. final battle that could result in multiple treasures being unintentionally spawned when one Cog was destroyed. Removed Bumpy and Lauren's ability to collide with other Toons while moving in the final rounds of the C.L.O. Fixed a district reset involving the C.L.O.
Skelecogs in the evidence round and final round have been replaced with normal Executive Cogs.
Minimum Cog levels in the Virtual Skelecog round have been raised to match other Cog bosses' rounds. The C.L.O.’s tornado attack will no longer disappear when the C.L.O. becomes stunned. The time the C.L.O. waits to do another attack after a tornado has been shortened. The tornado attack will also display an indicator on the ground when it is about to happen. If a Toon reaches the evidence cap during the evidence round, additional Cogs they destroy will award evidence to all Toons. Chat messages will no longer show up underneath the Evidence Meter during the evidence round. Slightly reduced the amount of time a Toon is slowed down or locked in place after using Sound in the C.L.O.
Added new elevator theme. Fixed an issue that would cause keys bound to the Insert key to function incorrectly in the C.L.O. boss battle. Fixed an oversight with sprinting that would allow Toons to regain normal speed sooner than intended while using Sound gags in the C.L.O. battle. Fixed an issue that would cause Toons to be placed in the incorrect state in the final round of the C.L.O. battle after taking damage. Fixed multiple memory leaks with the cannons in the evidence round in the C.L.O. battle. Fixed a memory leak caused by using Sound Gags in the final round in the C.L.O. battle. Fixed a major memory leak caused by destroying flying Cogs in both the evidence and final rounds of the C.L.O. battle. Fixed an extremely rare crash with switching sound modes in the C.L.O. battle at an inopportune time. Fixed a significant memory leak involving the Sound Round during the C.L.O. fight on the client. Fixed a significant memory leak involving the Cannon Round during the C.L.O. fight on the client. Toons can no longer take throwables into the C.L.O. sound round.
Fixed an issue where the megaphone was not properly cleaned up during the C.L.O. Fixed an issue in the C.L.O. where Skelecogs in the final rounds could be higher level than intended. Fixed an issue in the C.L.O. where Cogs could fly out-of-bounds in the cannon round. Skelecogs in the final round of the C.L.O. fight should no longer “phantom break” traps if they are destroyed as they are flying to them. Damage taken in the C.L.O. battle now has a small damage multiplier (up to 30%) depending on the tier of the boss. Treasures heal slightly (15%~) less. Slightly reduced Treasure spawn rate. Small tweaks to C.L.O. movement decision-making. In the Cannon Round, the paintings will stay open for the entire duration of the round to allow Cogs to spawn quicker. The spawn rate of cogs in the cannon round now scales to the amount of Toons present. Executive Cogs in the cannon round now give their bonus evidence to all Toons when destroyed! Their spawn rate has been slightly reduced to compensate. Toons can no longer collide midair with each other in the cannon round. Cannon position in the cannon round is no longer based on the age of the Toon.
Mid-air movement in the cannon round is no longer based on framerate. Flying Cogs in the final round now have a more consistent movement speed. No more flying at lightning speed! A visual indicator has been added that indicates when a flying Cog targets you in the final round. This can be toggled via the “Boss Visual Indicators” option on the Gameplay section of the Options Page. A new “Cog Destruction” stat now appears under the boss health bar! Gain one point for each Cog destroyed and five points for destroying a Cog while it is disabling a trap. Corner traps are back to Quicksand. If a Toon destroys a Skelecog that is currently breaking a trap, the Toon earns significantly more department experience than they would usually earn for destroying Cogs. Skelecogs will attempt to target traps near the C.L.O. before breaking other traps around the room.
Trap break time has been reduced from 12 seconds to 8 seconds. Minimum stun time for the C.L.O. has been reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds. When stunned, the C.L.O. will only target traps that are repaired. Damage dealt is now split amongst all Toons depending on how much sound knockback they dealt to the C.L.O. The Evidence Collection Box has been re-centered and made slightly bigger. The C.L.O.’s tornado attack now moves slightly faster across the room. The C.L.O. waits longer after doing her spin attack before doing another attack. When the C.L.O. does a spin attack, less paper particles are present. Slightly more cogs now spawn in the cannon round for bigger groups of Toons. Evidence requirements for level of sound gag in the cannon round are now +10 evidence across the board. Midair movement control in the cannon round has been increased. .EXE Skelecogs are now present in the cannon round.
.EXE Skelecogs move faster through the air, but reward the player extra evidence towards higher tier sound gags. Cogs in the cannon round will now slow down when changing directions. The speed of corner spotlights in the final round has been decreased. Skelecogs in the final round take 50% longer to break traps. Slightly increased healing from treasures in the final round. More treasures will spawn during the final round for larger groups of Toons. The C.L.O. will now be stunned for slightly longer at lower HP values. Corner traps are now Trapdoors. Bumpy will no longer prioritize placing/repairing Trapdoors. Quicksand traps on the far left and far right were brought closer towards the middle. Slightly lowered the volume of sound gags in the final round. Taunt phrases from the sound gag ‘Taunt’ mode no longer appear in the chat log. Adjusted the SFX that plays when paintings open. Slightly decreased C.L.O.’s attack damages. Bumpy’s Cog disguise should now be the same for all players. Fixed an issue where Toons sometimes weren’t properly set to their neutral animation in cutscenes. C&D’s now cost a quarter of the Cog’s level to use, rounded up. For example, suing a level 12 Cog will cost 3 C&D’s. Extra C&D’s awarded are now +2 per bonus as opposed to +1. The Chairman has found a replacement for the CJ. The CLO is already busy at work, re-educating the Lawbots about corporate law. Once you have your Lawbot Cog Disguise, you can challenge her in an all-new boss fight!
The C.L.O. has been added into the game, replacing the Chief Justice.
Concept art of the C.L.O. showing various different designs
The C.L.O. attacking Toons from a Blogpost
Artwork featuring the C.L.O.
Promotional artwork featuring the C.L.O. for a charity steam with Clash Partner Smirky
The C.L.O. in the comic "Lawfice Space"
The C.L.O. in the comic "Hired Help"
The C.L.O. featured in an official Twitter comic
The C.L.O. featured in an official Twitter comic
Early model concept of the C.L.O.
An image of how many solo defeats were completed for each C.O.G.S. Boss as of July 22, 2022
Promotional image for a C.L.O. Gag randomizer event with Clash Partners
Renders of the CLO.
Render of the Sound Evidence box
The Sound Evidence box animation
