Incidental Characters: PICKLE COP
Just like their live-action peers, starring characters in animation get all the press. Every TV Guide log line, every press photo, promotional art, even the name of the series all contain the star players. Pity the poor incidental characters that give spice and life to a cartoon, especially an action show like Dr. Dee & BitBoy. Consider, for example, Pickle Cop.
This strange but driven anti-villain is just trying to do his job no matter how distasteful. Dr. Dee owes many debt payments for funds borrowed to confront the Evil Black-Violet and his schemes. But debts must be paid and it’s Pickle Cop’s job to collect them. Why is this character a pickle? I don’t know. The Korean creators will only say that it’s because he’s funny looking. That he is. Funny-looking, grumpy, agressive, dim-witted but peristent, Pickle Cop is one awesome Gerkin! Limited to only one sequence where he attempts to confront Dr. Dee and retrieve payment, Pickle Cop steals the show. However, Dr. Dee (disguised as a dog) does get the best of the encounter.
I’ll write more on these interesting and very necessary incidental characters later on.
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