History Characters / TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack

A washed-up old sailor who claims to be the greatest pirate the world has ever known. He's always telling over-the-top tales of his adventures and getting Flapjack wrapped up in his high seas hijinks.

* HeroicComedicSociopath: He rarely antagonises the main characters and can actually be very helpful and reasonable, thing is he can also be other things...

%%* EvenEvilHasStandards: Once K'nuckles gave Candy Wife the Carrie treatment, he immediately objected.

* {{Gonk}}: He is one of the most grotesque of characters, even for this show's freakish standards, probably as a result of malnourishment and the extremely low hygienic standards of Stormalong.

* MeaningfulName: There is an actual species of seaweed known as [[https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4592/flapjack Flapjack]], which makes sense as he was discovered by Bubbie in a pile of weeds when he was a baby.

* UnreliableNarrator: Its difficult to determine just which of his stories are true and which ones are bullshit. Or maybe not, if you figure that everything cool that he says about himself is bullshit.

* UngratefulBastard: Played with towards Flap. On one hand he is one of the friendlier merchants towards Flapjack and at times even offers him advice, which is naturally better than K'nuckles. One the other hand, given how many times the little kid has stood up for him when everyone turned their backs on him like when he became a puppeteer or lost miserably in both a pun contest and in a pool game, it still feels rather hollow and less than enough. One egregious case is when Flapjack dragged his Candy Wife out of danger which led Larry to declare him a hero and claim that he was indebted to him. That however didn't stop him from laughing at and mocking him when he became a laughingstock thanks to a ridiculous photo that he took.

* TruthInTelevision: It was often the case back in history where being a ships barber and being the ships "doctor/surgeon" was pretty much the same thing.

* DirtyCoward

* ParentalAbandonment

* AuthorityInNameOnly: In "Down With the Ship", it's revealed that his only offical naval experience was as a lowly cabin boy and that he appointed himself Captain after sinking the ship. He achieves this rank for real after managing to un-sink the same vessel.

* JerkAss

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In the episode "That's A Wrap!". He makes Flapjack do all the candy wrap searching, saying he tried to find some. He takes all the credit and eats all the candy that they were suppose to share together all for himself. After Flapjack finds the final piece, the X piece, he betrayed his friendship with Flapjack for 100 pieces of Candy and only went back to him not because of Flapjack but because he didn't want Peppermint Larry to find Candy Island.

* OutOfFocus: Out of the main three characters, Bubbie has the least amount of screen time than Flapjack and K'nuckles. As the show begins to shift towards the residents of Stormalong in the later episodes, her appearances start becoming less frequent.

* VerbalTic: "Mmm-hmm" said thoughtfully and/or contendedly.

* {{Gonk}}: Her face has been generously offered for a good number of the show's more disturbing closeups. It helps that her expression during these moments is either mindless fury or in one case depraved lust.
* JerkAss: Her attitude makes her one of the most disliked among the Stormalong citizens, not only because of her ticket fetish but also because of her tendency to shout at everyone and use really long insults for little to no reason.

* DisproportionateRetribution: He considers cutting someone's hands, mouth and tongue off and then throwing them into the ocean with a giant straw in their mouth an appropriate response for sounding the alarm for sea monsters in vain even if it was by mistake. In general he seems to have a skewed perspective of what is considered an acceptable response, like [[WouldHurtAChild agreeing to throw even Flapjack to the sharks for thinking that he accidentally got them stranded in the sea]], despite the fact that they could just oar their way back.

* GeniusBonus: Barbers were often relied upon for medical treatment such as bloodletting (still repesented by the red stripe on the barbers pole outside their shops) because they were often the only ones with sharp instruments to hand.

* NightmareFetishist: For most people sicknesses like the plague, surgeries and weird experiments are the stuff of nightmares. For him its like a free day to the candy store (or rather to the Candy Barrel).

* WellDoneSonGuy: In "A Day Without Luaghter", he is revealed to be Lady Richington's long-lost son, who ran away due to her not approving of his dreams to make people laugh.

* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Has been mistaken for a girl on several occasions, most notably in "Something A-Miss" where the other girls thought he was one. And even more than his looks and his high-pitched voice its his emotionally expressive demeanour like hugging all the time that stands out.

* Hypocrite: Bubbie pretty much lays down the law in her home and tries to raise Flapjack as a respectable person, but she rarely follows any of the advice she actually gives him herself.

* Greed: His other big character flaw apart from jealousy is his desire for profit, which can and will lead him into morally questionable acts.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: On the other end of the spectrum his friendlineness is most often out of his desire to attract customers and he quickly changes his tune when it turns that there is no money to be made.

* Gonk: He is one of the most grotesque of characters, even for this show's freakish standards, probably as a result of malnourishment and the extremely low hygienic standards of Stormalong.

* DisproportionateRetribution: He considers cutting someone's hands, mouth and tongue off and then throwing them into the ocean with a giant straw in their mouth an appropriate response for falsely sounding the alarm for sea monsters even if it was by mistake. In general he seems to have a skewed perspective of what is considered an acceptable response, like [[WouldHurtAChild agreeing to throw even Flapjack to the sharks for thinking that he accidentally got them stranded in the sea]], despite the fact that they could just oar their way back.
* Greed: His other big character flaw apart from jealousy is his desire for profit, which can and will lead him into some morally questionable acts. On the other end of the spectrum his friendlineness is most often out of his desire to attract customers and he quickly changes his tune when it turns that there is no money to be made.

* ChildrenAreInnocent

* TheHyena: NYEHEHEHEEEEHEHEEE...

* WideEyedIdealist: Given the ugliness and insanity around him and above all, K'nuckles being a total phony, he comes across as less wide-eyed and more blind-eyed.

* OlderSidekick: The age gap between him and Flap is huge considering that he is an old man and Flap is a little boy.

* TheSlacker: Once held the title for laziest man in Stormalong.

* Adorkable: He is easily the cutest character in the series. This isn't saying much because almost everyone in the show is pretty ugly but Flapjack is still adorable.

* AntiRoleModel; It probably can't get any more anti-, than an alcoholic scavenger who opportunistically steals what he can and searches in the garbage for candy the rest of the time, who believes that honest work is for losers while he is incapable of taking care of himself and who expects people to worship him for telling big tales that have nothing to do with reality, while treating everyone like dirt. Oh and believing that the concept of personal hygiene is for sissies.

* AnnoyingLaugh: Well, to some because of how loud, enthusiastic and downright hysterical it can be.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In the episode "That's A Wrap!". He makes Flapjack do all the candy wrap searching, saying he tried to find some. He takes all the credit and eats all the candy that they were suppose to share together all for himself. After Flapjack finds the final piece, the X piece, he for a moment betrayed Flapjack for 100 pieces of Candy and only went back to him not because of Flapjack but because he didn't want Peppermint Larry to find Candy Island.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In the episode "That's A Wrap!". He makes Flapjack do all the candy wrap searching saying he tried to find some. He takes all the credit and eats all the candy they were suppose to share together. After Flapjack finds the final piece, the X piece, he for a moment betrayed Flapjack for 100 pieces of Candy and only went back to him not because of Flapjack but because he didn't want Peppermint Larry to find Candy Island.

* TheAlcoholic[=/=]GRatedDrug: Maple Syrup. He is very often shown to stumble around during both day and night because of it at times returning to Bubbie's very late.
* AntiRoleModel

* TheDitz: He and reason aren't on the best of terms.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: He claims to be an adventurer, yet he seems to actively avoid doing anything that involves leaving the harbor or performing manual labor. If he ever does go on an adventure, it's usually because Flapjack guilts him into it, or else by sheer accident. Or if his gluttony becomes his compass.

* TalkLikeAPirate

* WideEyedIdealist

* UngratefulBastard: Played with towards Flap. On one hand IS is one of the friendlier merchants towards Flapjack and at times even offers him advice, which is naturally better than K'nuckles. One the other hand, given how many times the little kid has stood up for him when everyone turned their backs on him like when he became a puppeteer out of despair or lost miserably in a pun contest and in a pool game, it still feels rather hollow and less than enough. One egregious case is when Flapjack dragged his Candy Wife out of danger which led Larry to declare him a hero and claim that he was indebted to him. That however didn't stop him from laughing at and mocking him when he became a laughingstock thanks to a ridiculous photo that he took.

* Gonk

* NiceGuy

* MistakenForPregnant: A photographer once had him pose as the perfect example of a pregnant womans stomach.

* Hypocrite: Despite laying down the law and trying to raise Flapjack as a respectable person, but she rarely follows any of the advice she actually gives him.

* AuthorityInNameOnly: Revealed in "Down With the Ship" that his only offical naval experience was as a lowly cabin boy and that he appointed himself Captain after sinking the ship. He achieves this rank for real after managing to un-sink the same vessel.

** HiddenHeartOfGold[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He admits in "K'nuckles' hilarious problem" [[GRatedDrug when he's drunk on candy]], that he loves Flapjack and Bubbie so much. Overall, he often comes off as a JerkAss, but he has shown he cares about Flapjack, and will feel bad and try to make things right (key word: ''try'') when he realizes he's crossed the line.