History WMG / Gorillaz

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She has ''blue hair'' instead of purple or black as she has before, a l Iong TV similar to the T-shirts he wears, and a similar mask in the same video. It might of been her way of remembering the band if her memory was really [[spoiler:wiped clean]].

Has already been suggested by at least one fanfic (see [[FanFicRecs/{{Gorillaz}} the fic recs]]). We don't know whether it's from his mother's or father's side but, since we know very little about his mother, this could go some way towards explaining where he came from.

[[WMG: Both Paula Cracker and the Boogieman are in league with [[{{WesternAnimation/Villainous}} Black Hat]].]]

[[WMG: Both Paula Cracker and the Boogieman are in league with [[{{WesternAnimation/Villainous}} Black Hat]].]]

His eyes could have been for disguise, which explains why he can function perfectly well without them. He still has eyeballs, but they both have eight-ball fractures (effectively a permanent bruise on the eyeball). Logically, he probably should be blind; but since he's an alien, it's compensated for.

His backstory states that the ghosts of ''all'' of his rapper friends inhabited his body after being killed, but we only ever see Del. Collaborating with hip-hop artists has been a staple part of the group's music from the beginning, so it seems like a strange detail to overlook. Presumably the initial idea for his gimmick was that he would channel the spirit of whoever the current collaborating rapper was during the music videos, but it was dropped at some point during development. Presumably this is because it would make the videos too repetitive if done over and over again.

Eight ball fractures tend to leave the victim either completely blind or with impaired vision. In phases 1 and 2, when the fractures were more recent, 2D was more spacey and almost always drawn with black eyes. During phase 3 where he became the OnlySaneMan and was more aware of what was happening, he was depicted with white eyes more often. During Humility, 2D has white eyes for the majority of the video and possess exceptional skating skills. When Russel trips him and his eyes turn back, 2D seemingly loses all of his skating skills. While his eye color may double as some sort of mood ring or be symbolic of his awareness, his eyes returning to black could also be the blood coming back in and obscuring his vision.

Eight ball fractures tend to leave the victim either completely blind or with impaired vision. In phases 1 and 2, when the fractures were more recent, 2D was more spacey and almost always drawn with black eyes. During phase 3 where he became the OnlySaneMan and was more aware of what was happening, he was depicted with white eyes more often. During Humility, 2D has white eyes for the majority of the video and possess exceptional skating skills. When Russel trips him and his eyes turn back, 2D seemingly looses all of his skating skills. While his eye color may double as some sort of mood ring or be symbolic of his awareness, his eyes returning to black could also be the blood coming back in and obscuring his vision.

Let’s see, green skin and pointed ears? Check. Starts out looking normal but gets uglier as they age? Check. We have no idea who his mother is and he was found in a carriage? Check. Love of music? Check. In an area where changeling mythology is most common? Check.

* This troper has a theory that [[VideoGame/LegacyOfKain Kain]] is Murdoc's grandfather. It would explain a lot, as both have green-ish skin and MagnificentBastard overtones.
** But these two characters do not exist in the same continuity or time period, and ''Legacy of Kain'' doesn't even take place on earth.

[[WMG: The real Noodle isn't in Hell, she's in a coma somewhere.]]
So far half the members of the band have spent a few years comatose at one point or another in their lives. Now it's her turn.

[[WMG: Murdoc's mother is WebAnimation/SaladFingers]]
Green skin and the fact that we don't know Salad Fingers' gender. Also, Murdoc's mother is conspicuously absent. So I think that Salad Fingers went back in time, boned it with Murdoc's father and went back. This makes Salad Fingers Murdoc's mother and a Time Lord.

[[WMG: The Real!Noodle in "On Melancholy Hill" isn't the real Noodle either.]]
She's a lookalike, being used to taunt the fans. Could be a demonic replica, or maybe one more of the kids from the lab escaped before they were killed.

[[WMG: This is all in Murdoc's head.]]
During Murdoc's attempted ram-raid of the store 2-D worked at, he suffered a severe head injury. Said injury didn't get any better and he lost touch with much of reality. He still had the idea of a band in his mind, but 2-D, Russel and Noodle only joined in his imagination, fueled by random bits of information that managed to stick. Everything that Gorillaz achieved is only a daydream he will never leave.

[[WMG:Murdoc really did kill Creator/DennisHopper.]]
It's probably {{Too Soon}}, but I think it's certainly plausible.
* TOTALLY!!!!!! You know why the movie ''WesternAnimation/AlphaAndOmega'' has gotten bad reviews? Murdoc purposely somehow sabotaged the movie's success so it would get bad reviews!!!!!! Hell, he probably disguised himself as all of the critics and wrote bad reviews. Once he was done killing Mr. Hopper, he threatened the movie makers to dedicate the movie to him in utter disrespect! Like my friend said: "If they dedicated this movie to him, he must be rolling in his grave!"

[[WMG:Murdoc is a zombie.]]
He's green, smells bad, steals people's organs...

[[WMG: 2D is a zombie.]]
He died in one of the two car crashes, and being around Murdoc all that time built up enough occult energy to bring him part of the way back. His brain power never recovered fully. Explains why he can apparently get around perfectly well when he should be blind thanks to his eye injuries -- zombies don't need eyes.

[[WMG: 2D isn't dead.]]
Instead, he's going to wash up on a beach somewhere in a chunk of his room. Whilst the whale did bite into his room, it never actually swallowed, as Russel hurled it.

[[WMG: 2-D will [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]].]]
If Phase 4 ever happens, the last music video to be released from that arc will [[ADayInTheLimelight centre around 2-D]], who spends a majority of it sinking deeper and deeper into anger & depression. He cannot deal with the band, the fame, the music, etc. anymore -- ''especially'' Murdoc. It will end with him killing himself, either by overdosing on pills, taking a gunshot to the head, or [[SlashedThroat slicing his throat with a knife]].
* And afterwards, [[WordofGod Damon]] will say that they're over for good once again.

[[WMG: 2D will [[BewareTheNiceOnes try to]] stab Murdoc.]]

Murdoc meant she was trapped in a more metaphorical Hell. That how she was on a normal Earth ship later. Or Murdoc meant Hell California/Michigan.

[[WMG: 2D has developed a bald spot.]]
Hence why he's usually shown with the top of his head covered since Phase 3. His shorter haircut is the result of him styling it in an attempt to conceal it.

** Murdoc stealing the shooters' car is highly unlikely, given that Russel and his friends were in New York whereas Murdoc and 2D were in England at the time. Del's targeting Murdoc during ''Clint Eastwood'' is more likely just the result of Del knowing that Russel hates Murdoc's guts.

** Murdoc stealing the shooters' car is highly unlikely, given that Russel and his friends were in New York whereas Murdoc and 2D were in England at the time.

In the video Clint Eastwood Del breaks free of Russell and summons zombie gorillas to attack the band. Yet only Murdoc is targeted. He's the only one who gets grabbed by a zombie gorilla hand, and both during and after the second verse the gorillas ignore both Russell (he's Del's host, of course they ignore him) and 2-D (who's just singing and probably viewed as another victim of Murdoc's by Del) and even Noodle (someone who Russell protects, and thus spared by Del) who's having the time of her life kicking gorilla face. Contrast Murdoc, who gets chased by a gang of zombie gorillas and taken down with a dance number for added insult to injury. We know Murdoc is about as close to a VillainProtagonist as a guy can get, and probably worse around that time. It's not much of a stretch to imagine Murdoc played a major role in or at least caused the shootout which killed Del and his friends. As for what he did? It might be he stole the gang's vehicle in time to run 2-D over with it and pinned the blame on Russell, whose friends were made an example of by the incensed gang.

Hence why he's usually shown with the top of his head covered since Phase 3. His shorter haircut is the result of him styling it in an attempt to conceal it.

[[WMG: 2D will return from the whale as a hardened BadAss.]]

It's a bit of a RunningGag with there being dropped hints of Murdoc being gay, or bisexual. He's also a sexually active person with the ladies -- and even more so than 2-D. But that doesn't mean that he'd also completely hold back his desire for men. An infamous question once asked to Noodle was if she's "picked up boys with a nice pair of chopsticks." Her response was Murdoc claiming that he's "picked up boys using his dictaphone." There's also that dream he woke up from at the end of "DARE," where [[spoiler:he found himself happily sharing a bed with [[Music/TheHappyMondays Shaun Ryder.]] ]] So, as much as he'd deny his true sexuality, Murdoc has had to have slept with other men before, while no one else is looking. Not just make off-handed remarks about them while he's drunk/[[IncrediblyLamePun not thinking straight.]]

It's a bit of a RunningGag with there being dropped hints of Murdoc being gay, or bisexual. He's also a sexually active person with the ladies -- and even more so than 2-D. But that doesn't mean that he'd also completely hold back his desire for men. An infamous question once asked to Noodle was if she's "picked up boys with a nice pair of chopsticks." Her response was Murdoc claiming that he's "picked up boys using his dictaphone." There's also that dream he woke up from at the end of "DARE," where [[spoiler:he found himself happily sharing a bed with Creator/ShaunRyder.]] So, as much as he'd deny his true sexuality, Murdoc has had to have slept with other men before, while no one else is looking. Not just make off-handed remarks about them while he's drunk/[[IncrediblyLamePun not thinking straight.]]

It's a bit of a RunningGag with there being dropped hints of Murdoc being gay, or bisexual. He's also a sexually active person with the ladies -- and even more so than 2-D. But that doesn't mean that he'd also completely hold back his desire for men. An infamous question once asked to Noodle was if she's "picked up boys with a nice pair of chopsticks." Her response was Murdoc claiming that he's "picked up boys using his dictaphone." There's also that dream he woke up from at the end of "DARE," where [[spoiler:he found himself happily sharing a bed with Creator/ShaunRyder.]] So, as much as he'd deny his true sexuality, Murdoc has had to have slept with other men before, while no one else is looking. Not just make off-handed remarks about them while he's drunk/not thinking straight.

More of an observation than a guess, but the lore in the new pre-Phase 4 "Books" suggest that the video (and perhaps the planned ending for Rhinestone Eyes) could not have happened. [[spoiler:Noodle was in Japan, Russel was in North Korea and there shrank down to normal size, and Murdoc was in jail. Not to mention that Cyborg Noodle may be alive.]]

More of an observation than a guess, but the lore in the new pre-Phase 4 "Books" suggest that the video could not have happened. [[spoiler:Noodle was in Japan, Russel was in North Korea and there shrank down to normal size, and Murdoc was in jail. Not to mention that Cyborg Noodle may be alive.]]

More of an observation than a guess, but the lore in the new Phase 4 "Books" suggest that the video could not have happened. [[spoiler:Noodle was in Japan, Russel was in Korea and there shrank down to normal-size, and Murdoc was in jail. Not to mention that Cyborg Noodle may be alive.]]

[WMG: As of Phase 4, the [=DoYaThing=] video falls into CanonDiscontinuity.]]

Murdoc meant she was trapped in a more metaphorical Hell. That how she was on a normal Earth ship later. Or Murdoc meant Hell California/Michigan.

Several pieces of artwork revealed on Jamie Hewlett's Instagram account have a military theme, with the band wielding guns and Murdoc and Noodle wearing fighter pilots jackets. In one of the most recently released pictures, Russel is wearing a Black Panther uniform, which suggests more of a revolutionary military than a more formal organized one. Both Russel and Noodle have emblems on their outfits that say "G-Foot" on them. Based on this, it can be inferred that the storyline of the phase will consist of the group forming a terrorist cell known as "G-Foot" in some third world country.

2D would probably want to make his own music without Murdoc's intervention, so he did so in secret. This would also explain why many of the songs on The Fall are either sad or vaguely unsettling (Amarillo, Revolving Doors, The Speak It Mountains); They're reflections of 2D's mental state, which evidently has been getting worse since he was kidnapped by Murdoc. When Murdoc discovers the music 2D has been making, he forcibly releases it as a new Gorillaz album.

* Murdoc might have given another hint towards it when he once mentioned that at first he thought Russel was making a euphemism when told everyone he lived in Music/IkeTurner's basement for awhile. Or Murdoc might just have been trying to be a dick. It's hard to tell.