Sunday, September 15, 2013

A Cartoon Character I Like


In the animated cartoon series, American Dad there is a character named Roger, who is a space alien resembling a grey (alien with grey skin and enlarged head) and the body like that of the alien in the E.T. movie.  He is wacky, crude, devious, and often misleads and finagles others to achieve his desires.  Roger also lacks all sense of social norms, social acceptability, and lawful behavior.  He's often seen behaving in ways that are depraved and cruel.  His depravity and cruelty are often delivered in combination with his typically lighthearted and carefree temperament.  This can be seen in the episode:  “Tears of Clooney,” where Roger adopts foster children to use as slave labor for his own private vineyard.  These characteristics are also demonstrated in the episode:  “Moon over Isla Island,” where he becomes dictator of a fictional island nation and demands extravagant services from the populous such as painting the island yellow.
Aside from these characteristics, Roger also has habits such as being very self-indulgent, drinking alcohol in excess, using recreational drugs (tobacco, marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine, steroids, LSD, MDMA, and a variety of other illegal substances), eating junk food, and watching soap operas.  He also has the ability to excrete waste in the form of gold with encrusted jewels and float in water even when held down with weight.  Roger also possesses skills that include the ability to speak multiple languages, planning large-scale events, and move at lightning speed.
With all of these characteristics put into consideration as well as watching him in the show itself, Roger the alien is the funniest character in the show, American Dad in my opinion.  These characteristics and habits are obviously unfavorable in a real person, but when put inside a fictional cartoon character, they can be seen as very humorous, especially in crude and inappropriate comedy. 

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