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16 years ago
I'm too cool for the second grade I got to thinking about just dumb stuff, like how my characters came to be, and how they're named and stuff...and started making a little document on it. Thought I'd share my three main guys with you...and if anyone actually cares, I'll list some more upon request. :D
Bagman a.k.a. Antthony Bergman
- His name was originally “Baghead” but everyone who saw the drawing would automatically call him “Bagman”. After two days of this and much thought of how “Bagman” sounded more like a superhero name anyway, it was changed for the better.
- Antthony comes from the fact that I wanted him to hide out in a house that ended up being owned by a senile old woman who mistook him for her grandson, Antthony. It ended up sticking, though, and he soon became the actual Antthony. XD The fact that it’s spelled with an extra T is because it was a typo I ended up liking. I blame growing up listening to rock bands like Def Leppard…
The name Antthony means “worthy of praise” which I can kinda see fitting him despite the fact I never chose it for its meaning…
- His original last name was Skinner due to the fact I had just seen “League of Extraordinary Gentleman” in theaters and had a thing for Rodney Skinner, the Invisible Man. I was never satisfied with that being his last name, though, and always had intentions of changing it someday. Finally, four years later, I stumbled across the last name Bergman in a book and liked how it sounded like Bagman…and it ended up being his last name.
-Antthony’s looks (and for the most part, his hair) are based off of The Offspring’s lead singer, Dexter Holland. Bagman shares my hardcore love for the band. :D
- Bagman occurred to me while laying in Eileen’s (a family friend from church) tanning bed. I was bored and hot and miserable, so I had to entertain myself SOME way!
- The actual inspiration for Bagman’s characteristics was the 1949 Goofy cartoon “Goofy Gymnastics”. I wanted that sorta “how-to” kinda story where the narrator tells the gullible character how to become one thing or another and they stupidly obey so as to meet their goal, even going out of the way for it. I also happened to really be into superheroes at the time. Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men, to be exact. Um, but what that all boils down to, is that I wanted to make a “how to be a superhero” story and Bagman became the gullible character trying to meet his goal.
To watch the Goofy cartoon, go here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g5PUIJJSwk
- As for looks, he was based off of a picture of Forbush-man I briefly seen on a calendar from Marvel’s magazine “Marvel Age” from February 1990 (my birth date).
To learn about Forbush-man, go here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbush_Man
- His official creation date was April 5, 2004
- Despite the fact he's mute, I would want him to sound like Brendon Small -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9sV.....eature=related
Cebolla McCrea
- His name comes from his two inspirations. The Cebolla being that I based his intentions off of those of the Spanish Inquisition, and the Spanish word for “onion” is “cebolla”. The McCrea comes from me being inspired by the CAKE song “Comfort Eagle” to make him, and CAKE’s lead singer is John McCrea. McCrea’s middle name is Jeremiah, but that only came after I made his dad into an actual character, his dad‘s name being Jeremiah.
To see John McCrea, click here -> http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d.....cCrea_0134.jpg
BTW, Cebolla means onion, and then Jeremiah means “raised up or appointed by God” which means McCrea’s name basically translates into “The onion appointed by God”, which I find hilarious. I totally didn’t intend that…
- He was actually provoked into creation by
bethy_chan and her Sweetsville project
- His side-inspiration comes from (as I mentioned earlier) the Spanish Inquisition. Either you follow his religion, or he tortures you. The ultimate bad guy. And that’s what Sweetsville lacked, a whole lotta bad guys. What fun is it for the good guys to outnumber the bad guys anyway?
- His ultimate creation, however was based off of the song “Comfort Eagle” by CAKE as I shall now demonstrate by my warped interpretation of their lyrics (my comments being the ones in parentheses)…
We are building a religion (he’s a priest)
We are building it bigger (he’s also a propaganda spreader for a dictator)
We are widening the corridors
And adding more lanes
We are building a religion
A limited edition
We are now accepting callers
For these pendant key chains (the pyramid pendants he frequently gives out)
To resist it is useless
It is useless to resist it (if you don’t follow him, he tortures you, and makes it look okay for that matter)
His cigarette is burning
But he never seems to ash
He is grooming his poodle
He is living comfort eagle
You can meet at his location
But you'd better come with cash
Now his hat is on backwards
He can show you his tattoos
He is in the music business
He is calling you "DUDE!"
Now today is tomorrow
And tomorrow today
And yesterday is weaving in and out
And the fluffy white lines
That the airplane leaves behind
Are drifting right in front
Of the waning of the moon
He is handling the money
He's serving the food (technically he is offering a service to food people…“Serving the food”, get it? XD I suck)
He knows about your party
He is calling you "DUDE!"
Now do you believe
In the one big sign (the pyramid)
The doublewide shine
On the bootheels of your prime
Doesn't matter if you're skinny (he’s uber skinny)
Doesn't matter if you're fat (he has a fat fetish)
You can dress up like a sultan
In your onion head hat (the fact that he’s an onion)
We are building a religion
We are making a brand
We're the only ones to turn to (he makes you believe you NEED them)
When your castles turn to sand
Take a bite of this apple
Mr. corporate events
Take a walk through the jungle
Of cardboard shanties and tents
Some people drink Pepsi
Some people drink Coke
The wacky morning DJ (he’s wacky in the sense he’s crazy, and he has a radio show, making him a DJ of the sorts)
Says democracy's a joke (he doesn’t support democracy…he supports totalitarianism dictatorship)
He says now do you believe
In the one big song
He's now accepting callers
Who would like to sing along
He says, do you believe
In the one true edge
By fastening your safety belts
And stepping towards the ledge
He is handling the money
He is serving the food
He is now accepting callers
He is calling me "DUDE!"
Do you believe
In the one big sign
The doublewide shine
On the bootheels of your prime
There's no need to ask directions
If you ever lose your mind
We're behind you
We're behind you
And let us please remind you
We can send a car to find you
If you ever lose your way (that whole part says something to me…”We’re behind you” meaning their your “friends” but then they say “Let us please remind you, we can send a car to find you” making me think in one way, “We’ll help you” but in another “We’ll get you back if you leave us whether you like it or not” in a threatening sorta way)
We are building a religion
We are building it bigger
We are building
A religion
A limited
Edition
We are now accepting callers...
For these beautiful...
Pendant key chains
To hear the actual song, go here -> http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/1.....rt%20eagle.mp3
- His official creation date was October 11, 2008
- I still totally want him to sound like Steve Buscemi -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeNmSy2yr4c
Audrey Whitaker, Puritan Extraordinaire!
- I’m totally gonna be embarrassed to tell you this, but Audrey’s name comes from the movie “Home on the Range”. Yes, the mediocre Disney movie where Rosanne voices a cow. I was watching it for Steve Buscemi being in it, and there just happened to be a chicken in it named Audrey. I was drawing the prototype for everyone’s favourite Puritan when she came on there, and the name kinda stuck with me…
To see said chicken, go here -> http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/Act.....4096-28214.gif
I like to pretend he was named after the giant killer plant from “Little Shop of Horrors” though…it did further provoke keeping him named Audrey, after all, since it was the only thing I could think of with a male Audrey…other than that cross-dresser from Moulin Rouge. -_-
- Whitaker was the first thing to pop into my head upon yelling out his name and incorporating the Puritan Extraordinaire! in there. XD It stuck too…
- His middle name is Obadiah, which probably would’ve been his name if I wasn’t hell-bent on Audrey at the time. I find it funny that I love giving characters Amish and biblical names, and the one where it woulda fit most, I didn’t. XD
- The name Audrey means “noble strength” and Obadiah means “servant of God” so in a way, Audrey’s name means “The strong, noble servant of God” which Audrey kinda sees himself as anyway. XD So that works out.
- Inspiration wise, Audrey came from my college history class when I was still taking it. We were discussing Puritans, and their hardcore life-styles mixed with their insane beliefs were just too good to pass up. I NEEDED a Puritan character! And then witch hunting came naturally. EVERYONE thinks of the big witch scare when it comes to that kind of character.
Of course, most people write the story from the poor, misunderstood witch’s point of view where they’re wrongly accused. I thought it’d be fun to see the side of the story portrayed by the obsessive, misguided, unintentionally violent with hunter. Kind of like poor Jack Skellington trying to take on Christmas and ruining it for everyone…
- His looks, though not intentional, ended up being a lot like three different characters, all of which kind of resemble Audrey in character as well. One of these characters is Johnny The Homicidal Maniac. Johnny is tall, lanky, and dark-haired like Audrey. He’s also riddled with mental problems, and justifies his kills in his own mind. The next character that comes to mind is Denzel Crocker from Fairly Odd Parents. He’s ugly and hunched, and has an obsession to catch a supernatural, magical being. This obsessions has not only messed up his social life, but his love life as well, something he and Audrey also have in common. The third and final installment to this is Gargamel, from The Smurfs. For the most part, I blame this connection on his nose. It’s all long and ugly like Audrey’s. Um, but the point is, he too has an obsession with catching a supernatural, magical being. With Gargamel sometimes, however, he’s so bent on catching them, that he doesn’t even bother to keep up with WHY he’s catching them. It’s a compulsion, nothing more, nothing less…and I think Audrey gets that way with his witch hunting from time to time.
Johnny -> http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/.....3am3r/jthm.jpg
Crocker -> http://carlosalazraqui.com/active/i.....mage.php?id=33
Gargamel -> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZJIII74zu.....0/gargamel.jpg
- His official creation date was March 12, 2009
- For his voice, I've so far settled on Carlos Alazraqui -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KugBfqFNBGI
Bagman a.k.a. Antthony Bergman
- His name was originally “Baghead” but everyone who saw the drawing would automatically call him “Bagman”. After two days of this and much thought of how “Bagman” sounded more like a superhero name anyway, it was changed for the better.
- Antthony comes from the fact that I wanted him to hide out in a house that ended up being owned by a senile old woman who mistook him for her grandson, Antthony. It ended up sticking, though, and he soon became the actual Antthony. XD The fact that it’s spelled with an extra T is because it was a typo I ended up liking. I blame growing up listening to rock bands like Def Leppard…
The name Antthony means “worthy of praise” which I can kinda see fitting him despite the fact I never chose it for its meaning…
- His original last name was Skinner due to the fact I had just seen “League of Extraordinary Gentleman” in theaters and had a thing for Rodney Skinner, the Invisible Man. I was never satisfied with that being his last name, though, and always had intentions of changing it someday. Finally, four years later, I stumbled across the last name Bergman in a book and liked how it sounded like Bagman…and it ended up being his last name.
-Antthony’s looks (and for the most part, his hair) are based off of The Offspring’s lead singer, Dexter Holland. Bagman shares my hardcore love for the band. :D
- Bagman occurred to me while laying in Eileen’s (a family friend from church) tanning bed. I was bored and hot and miserable, so I had to entertain myself SOME way!
- The actual inspiration for Bagman’s characteristics was the 1949 Goofy cartoon “Goofy Gymnastics”. I wanted that sorta “how-to” kinda story where the narrator tells the gullible character how to become one thing or another and they stupidly obey so as to meet their goal, even going out of the way for it. I also happened to really be into superheroes at the time. Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men, to be exact. Um, but what that all boils down to, is that I wanted to make a “how to be a superhero” story and Bagman became the gullible character trying to meet his goal.
To watch the Goofy cartoon, go here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g5PUIJJSwk
- As for looks, he was based off of a picture of Forbush-man I briefly seen on a calendar from Marvel’s magazine “Marvel Age” from February 1990 (my birth date).
To learn about Forbush-man, go here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbush_Man
- His official creation date was April 5, 2004
- Despite the fact he's mute, I would want him to sound like Brendon Small -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9sV.....eature=related
Cebolla McCrea
- His name comes from his two inspirations. The Cebolla being that I based his intentions off of those of the Spanish Inquisition, and the Spanish word for “onion” is “cebolla”. The McCrea comes from me being inspired by the CAKE song “Comfort Eagle” to make him, and CAKE’s lead singer is John McCrea. McCrea’s middle name is Jeremiah, but that only came after I made his dad into an actual character, his dad‘s name being Jeremiah.
To see John McCrea, click here -> http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d.....cCrea_0134.jpg
BTW, Cebolla means onion, and then Jeremiah means “raised up or appointed by God” which means McCrea’s name basically translates into “The onion appointed by God”, which I find hilarious. I totally didn’t intend that…
- He was actually provoked into creation by
bethy_chan and her Sweetsville project- His side-inspiration comes from (as I mentioned earlier) the Spanish Inquisition. Either you follow his religion, or he tortures you. The ultimate bad guy. And that’s what Sweetsville lacked, a whole lotta bad guys. What fun is it for the good guys to outnumber the bad guys anyway?
- His ultimate creation, however was based off of the song “Comfort Eagle” by CAKE as I shall now demonstrate by my warped interpretation of their lyrics (my comments being the ones in parentheses)…
We are building a religion (he’s a priest)
We are building it bigger (he’s also a propaganda spreader for a dictator)
We are widening the corridors
And adding more lanes
We are building a religion
A limited edition
We are now accepting callers
For these pendant key chains (the pyramid pendants he frequently gives out)
To resist it is useless
It is useless to resist it (if you don’t follow him, he tortures you, and makes it look okay for that matter)
His cigarette is burning
But he never seems to ash
He is grooming his poodle
He is living comfort eagle
You can meet at his location
But you'd better come with cash
Now his hat is on backwards
He can show you his tattoos
He is in the music business
He is calling you "DUDE!"
Now today is tomorrow
And tomorrow today
And yesterday is weaving in and out
And the fluffy white lines
That the airplane leaves behind
Are drifting right in front
Of the waning of the moon
He is handling the money
He's serving the food (technically he is offering a service to food people…“Serving the food”, get it? XD I suck)
He knows about your party
He is calling you "DUDE!"
Now do you believe
In the one big sign (the pyramid)
The doublewide shine
On the bootheels of your prime
Doesn't matter if you're skinny (he’s uber skinny)
Doesn't matter if you're fat (he has a fat fetish)
You can dress up like a sultan
In your onion head hat (the fact that he’s an onion)
We are building a religion
We are making a brand
We're the only ones to turn to (he makes you believe you NEED them)
When your castles turn to sand
Take a bite of this apple
Mr. corporate events
Take a walk through the jungle
Of cardboard shanties and tents
Some people drink Pepsi
Some people drink Coke
The wacky morning DJ (he’s wacky in the sense he’s crazy, and he has a radio show, making him a DJ of the sorts)
Says democracy's a joke (he doesn’t support democracy…he supports totalitarianism dictatorship)
He says now do you believe
In the one big song
He's now accepting callers
Who would like to sing along
He says, do you believe
In the one true edge
By fastening your safety belts
And stepping towards the ledge
He is handling the money
He is serving the food
He is now accepting callers
He is calling me "DUDE!"
Do you believe
In the one big sign
The doublewide shine
On the bootheels of your prime
There's no need to ask directions
If you ever lose your mind
We're behind you
We're behind you
And let us please remind you
We can send a car to find you
If you ever lose your way (that whole part says something to me…”We’re behind you” meaning their your “friends” but then they say “Let us please remind you, we can send a car to find you” making me think in one way, “We’ll help you” but in another “We’ll get you back if you leave us whether you like it or not” in a threatening sorta way)
We are building a religion
We are building it bigger
We are building
A religion
A limited
Edition
We are now accepting callers...
For these beautiful...
Pendant key chains
To hear the actual song, go here -> http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/1.....rt%20eagle.mp3
- His official creation date was October 11, 2008
- I still totally want him to sound like Steve Buscemi -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeNmSy2yr4c
Audrey Whitaker, Puritan Extraordinaire!
- I’m totally gonna be embarrassed to tell you this, but Audrey’s name comes from the movie “Home on the Range”. Yes, the mediocre Disney movie where Rosanne voices a cow. I was watching it for Steve Buscemi being in it, and there just happened to be a chicken in it named Audrey. I was drawing the prototype for everyone’s favourite Puritan when she came on there, and the name kinda stuck with me…
To see said chicken, go here -> http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/Act.....4096-28214.gif
I like to pretend he was named after the giant killer plant from “Little Shop of Horrors” though…it did further provoke keeping him named Audrey, after all, since it was the only thing I could think of with a male Audrey…other than that cross-dresser from Moulin Rouge. -_-
- Whitaker was the first thing to pop into my head upon yelling out his name and incorporating the Puritan Extraordinaire! in there. XD It stuck too…
- His middle name is Obadiah, which probably would’ve been his name if I wasn’t hell-bent on Audrey at the time. I find it funny that I love giving characters Amish and biblical names, and the one where it woulda fit most, I didn’t. XD
- The name Audrey means “noble strength” and Obadiah means “servant of God” so in a way, Audrey’s name means “The strong, noble servant of God” which Audrey kinda sees himself as anyway. XD So that works out.
- Inspiration wise, Audrey came from my college history class when I was still taking it. We were discussing Puritans, and their hardcore life-styles mixed with their insane beliefs were just too good to pass up. I NEEDED a Puritan character! And then witch hunting came naturally. EVERYONE thinks of the big witch scare when it comes to that kind of character.
Of course, most people write the story from the poor, misunderstood witch’s point of view where they’re wrongly accused. I thought it’d be fun to see the side of the story portrayed by the obsessive, misguided, unintentionally violent with hunter. Kind of like poor Jack Skellington trying to take on Christmas and ruining it for everyone…
- His looks, though not intentional, ended up being a lot like three different characters, all of which kind of resemble Audrey in character as well. One of these characters is Johnny The Homicidal Maniac. Johnny is tall, lanky, and dark-haired like Audrey. He’s also riddled with mental problems, and justifies his kills in his own mind. The next character that comes to mind is Denzel Crocker from Fairly Odd Parents. He’s ugly and hunched, and has an obsession to catch a supernatural, magical being. This obsessions has not only messed up his social life, but his love life as well, something he and Audrey also have in common. The third and final installment to this is Gargamel, from The Smurfs. For the most part, I blame this connection on his nose. It’s all long and ugly like Audrey’s. Um, but the point is, he too has an obsession with catching a supernatural, magical being. With Gargamel sometimes, however, he’s so bent on catching them, that he doesn’t even bother to keep up with WHY he’s catching them. It’s a compulsion, nothing more, nothing less…and I think Audrey gets that way with his witch hunting from time to time.
Johnny -> http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/.....3am3r/jthm.jpg
Crocker -> http://carlosalazraqui.com/active/i.....mage.php?id=33
Gargamel -> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZJIII74zu.....0/gargamel.jpg
- His official creation date was March 12, 2009
- For his voice, I've so far settled on Carlos Alazraqui -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KugBfqFNBGI
