Refined creative direction: 'lovable 90s help mascot with chaotic educational confidence.' Adds the influence stack (Clippy/Mr. DNA/Weird Al/early-internet tutorial), the homage-not-a-copy guardrail, and the canonical signature line — 'It looks like you're about to wipe a Rust server. Would you like help turning that into a controlled reaction?' Deeper 5-video script punch-up queued for v2. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>