Recurring Characters in Metalocalypse
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This is a list of Metalocalypse characters whom frequently make appearances on the show.
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[edit] Charles Foster Ofdensen
Charles Foster Ofdensen, Dethklok's manager (although his name was never stated through the first 19 episodes of the series, it is mentioned on the band's pain waiver and is confirmed in "The Metalocalypse Has Begun") is usually the voice of reason against Dethklok's constant disregard of law and logic. Nathan Explosion describes one of his jobs as talking the band out of the terrible ideas they come up with while drunk. He acts as manager, lawyer, and advisor to Dethklok, protecting the band against everything from slowing record sales to themselves. Ofdensen's initials spell out CFO, possibly a joke indicating his role as chief financial officer to the band. He is the head of operations for Dethklok's activities, as well as head of the Dethklok roadies/defense system. In "The Metalocalypse Has Begun," he refers to the band as his "bread and butter," indicating his protection of the band is at least as much for his own sake as theirs. He is one of the few individuals seen to interact with Dethklok for any significant length of time and evade subsequent mutilation or death. It was implied in "Dethclown" that he lives in Mordhaus with the band, as he was seen wearing a bathrobe while lecturing Toki in the middle of the night with the rest of the band. According to his official myspace he also does the voice of Dethklok's mascot, Face Bones who shares a resemblance to the mascot of In Flames, The Jester.
Despite his job description, Ofdensen usually supports Dethklok's violence when it doesn't happen in public view or if the band is legally exempt from responsibility, like at their concerts. He had no problem leading two blackmail-threatening Dethklok fans to their deaths in "Mordland," even producing a half-grin while ordering their execution, and later allowed the band to blame their rampant embezzlement from their own company on a recently-killed employee. In the episode "Dethclown," he also has Dr. Rockso beaten without any prompting by the band and later threatens him. General Crozier even warns Dr. Rockso that Ofdensen is especially dangerous. In "The Metalocalypse Has Begun," this is seen to be true; he displayed exceptional skill in hand to hand combat, single-handedly disarming and possibly killing 216's brother, despite the latter being much more physically imposing and presumably well trained. Ofdensen broke the man's arm, stabbed him with his own knife while he was still holding it, and kicked him into freezing waters, while only sustaining a shallow cut and a couple of hits himself. Ofdensen also set an army of Dethklok's roadies upon the military forces sent by Crozier.
Ofdensen's knowledge of the conspiracies surrounding Dethklok is unknown. His office has a safe containing classified information, presumably regarding the band's activities; however, the contents of the safe are never seen. He also seems to have some sort of grasp of the Tribunal's activities, both catching Dr. Rockso as a spy and sitting back to "see where he goes" when Rockso returns to General Crozier. He also used high-tech surveillance to monitor the band's safety during their ill-fated performance of Dethwater in the first season finale, and had an elaborate escape and counterstrike prepared (apparently without the band's knowledge, based on Skwisgar's exclamations of surprise) when military forces attacked Dethklok.
Ofdensen is voiced by Brendan Small.
[edit] Dethklok's roadies
Dethklok's roadies are the brutal overseers of the band's various properties and concerts. They all wear black hoods and black uniforms and generally resemble medieval executioners; the pilot of Dethklok's helicopter seems to be the exception. In order to prove their loyalty to Dethklok, they have an emblem branded onto the backs of their necks. They refer to the members of Dethklok as "my lord(s)" or "my master(s)" (or in the case of the Mordhaus librarian, "sweetie") and are in turn referred to by their numeric designation. They are killed as frequently as any other people who come into contact with Dethklok; in the episode "Murdering Outside the Box," Skwisgaar mentions that Level 2 employees get a Viking funeral, though just what identifies them as such is unclear.
They faithfully do Dethklok's bidding, beating and/or killing whomever Dethklok or Ofdensen ask them to as well as performing more mundane tasks such as cleaning up after the band and equipment maintenance. In "The Metalocalypse Has Begun," they also function as an army for the band, fighting with swords and other medieval weaponry.
Curiously, the submarine used by Dethklok to record their underwater album was crewed by what appeared to be members of the Russian Navy, as opposed to the roadies seen at Mordhaus and elsewhere.
[edit] Jean-Pierre
Jean-Pierre is Dethklok's faithful chef, the most recent in a long line to cater to the band. He is passionately loyal to his employers, having stated that he would rather have his "brain scooped out with a melon baller" than miss the opportunity to serve Dethklok, despite the job's inherent risks. According to Skwisgaar, all of the chefs previously employed by Dethklok "has died a horribles deaths," (such as one who had his face smashed in by a hovercraft) a fate that Jean-Pierre has (so far) narrowly avoided.
Jean-Pierre was mangled when a stray firework missile shot into the band's helicopter during a live performance. When the missile detonated, Jean-Pierre was thrown out of the helicopter and straight into the rotor blades, dismembering him and costing Dethklok $10,000 a day to keep him alive on life support. After realizing that they couldn't feed themselves the band sewed him back together, although very poorly. Jean-Pierre returned to work almost immediately, and despite the questionable quality of his "reconstruction" he continues to provide services that meet the band's satisfaction.
Jean-Pierre is voiced by Mark Hamill.
[edit] Dick "Magic Ears" Knubbler
Dick Knubbler is a music producer sent to monitor Dethklok's album recording in the episode "Dethwater." Knubbler has a long list of felonies, including tax evasion, disfiguring a co-worker's face with acid, and soliciting prostitution and drugs, all of which are supposed to lead to a 25-year sentence. The Tribunal acquired his services as a "man on the inside" to report on Dethklok's actions during the recording. After hearing the track "Mermaid-er" (with his eyes bleeding and glasses breaking due to the volume level), his tune changed, and he began praising Dethklok and the album, promising to report to the label upon his return to the surface. While traveling back, he turned down his planned report to the Tribunal. Afterwards, his eyes exploded from rapid decompression while trying to escape from a giant Seahorse, mutated by leaking radioactive fuel from Dethklok's submarine.
In cutaways from the end credits, a newspaper headline said "New Dethklok Album is so awesome, it blinds Producer." Another cutaway from a magazine cover showed Knubbler's supposed resurgence on the music scene, and detailed his eye surgery for his new "dark metal" robotic eyes. In the episode "Dethkomedy," Knubbler (with his new robotic eyes) makes a cameo in the crowd of Dethklok's court case, and is seen laughing at jokes made by the band. He returned in the episode "Dethkids," where he served as the producer for Murderface's long-awaited Planet Piss side project. In addition to their obvious sensory functions, Knubbler's robotic eyes can also look in multiple directions simultaneously, much like a chameleon's, which aids him in operating Dethklok's complicated, high-end mixers. Dick Knubbler also makes a cameo in the dream-sequence music video for "Thunderhorse" at the beginning of the episode "Dethwater."
[edit] Dr. Rockso
Dr. Rockso is a "rock 'n' roll clown." He does cocaine and tends to repeat this fact loudly and frequently. He talks in an irritatingly high-pitched voice. He wears a very tight neon green jumpsuit with cutouts that expose almost all of his entire torso and, in the back, some of his buttocks. The rest of his outfit includes a combination cap, long wig, KISS-like face paint, spiked wristbands, furry boots, and a spiky red nose. The colors of his clothing and hair sometimes change between episodes, but are always gaudy and fluorescent.
In the episode "Happy Dethday," Dethklok hired him as entertainment for Murderface's birthday party, where he made him a Bootsy Collins Space Bass guitar out of balloons. Not long after, Murderface snapped and began shoving the balloon bass down Rockso's throat, before the Dethklok roadies beat him mercilessly. He reappeared in a short cameo in "Bluesklok" during the Tribunal's presentation as a victim of "celebrity depression."
Dr. Rockso made his proper return in "Dethclown," where he befriends Toki Wartooth. How they became friends isn't elaborated upon, though Toki said he thinks Dr. Rockso is funny and he likes to laugh. After Ofdensen throws him out of Mordhaus and orders the roadies to put the boots to him medium style, the Tribunal hires Dr. Rockso to gather information about Dethklok from the inside. Rockso succeeds in taking numerous pictures of Mordhaus, using a camera hidden in his hat, but is forced to flee when Ofdensen catches him opening a safe in the manager's office. He is last seen running out of the house and jumping through a window amid gunfire. Ofdensen opts not to have anyone kill him, ordering the roadies instead to "see where he goes." He lived to report back to the Tribunal, but what he found was not revealed during the rest of the season.
Rockso seems to be an amalgam of parodies, covering much of rock and roll's most garish personalities, such as KISS, Twisted Sister, and David Lee Roth. He mentions that his video was banned from "music television" because his "junk" can be seen through his jumpsuit, which was also briefly true of MTV and David Lee Roth's "Just a Gigolo" video for being too racy. In the video for "I'm Just a Rock'n'Roll Clown," Doctor Rockso's high-kicking jump, use of sexy girls, and surprised mugging for the camera all hearken back to Roth's video and on-camera antics.
Dr. Rockso is voiced by Tommy Blacha.
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[edit] Dethklok's Doctor
Dethklok also meets a certain unnamed doctor multiple times in their episodes. He appears in "Mordland," where he is shown talking to Nathan about getting his liver replaced. He asks Nathan whether he has eaten anything, and Nathan responds with an "Uhhh...," and then throws up more blood. Next he is shown talking to Dethklok about neutering the Fat Kid in "Fat Kid at the Detharmonic." He advises against their idea of neutering and suggests to Dethklok to change his diet. To this, Pickles responded that they couldn't do that, as it would be Nazi-like. The doctor finally neuters the Fat Kid with much reluctance. Lastly, the doctor is shown in an appearance in "Girlfriendklok," attending to Rebecca Nightrod after her accident, saying, "She can hear you, whatever."
