This is about the characters the band members portray and the lore associated with them.
In General
- Ancient Astronauts: The Band are portrayed as space alien warriors who have been trapped on earth for millions of years.
- Barbarian Hero: Averted. While they have the look of barbarians down, they are anything but heroes. On the flip side, they aren't exactly villainous villains either.
- Blood Knight: Every song that isn't sexual and/or disgusting, is usually about their love of killing. Hell, most of the songs off their album "Violence has Arrived" were about some their past battles.
- But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Sometimes, they mention people they've killed/raped/both, and Planets they've destroyed pretty casually.
- Experienced Protagonist: According to Lore, they have been spreading war across the galaxy since the beginning of time.
- Expy: It's been stated that they were inspired by KISS.
- Human Popsicle: The band spent thousands of years frozen in ice until 1984, when Sleazy P. Martini accidentally freed them.
- I Am a Humanitarian: Most of their victims are either brutally killed, raped, eaten, enslaved, or any combination of the four.
- Omnicidal Maniac: Their goal in life is to wipe out all life in the universe.
- Rape, Pillage, and Burn: They've done this for billions of years and they don't have plans to stop anytime soon.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: After the creation of the human race was discovered by the Master, he had the band frozen in ice and locked away in a temple in Antarctica. Until 1984, when Sleazy P. Martini accidentally freed them while hiding from the feds and, upon gaining their trust with the power of crack cocaine, decided to turn them into a heavy metal band with him as their manager. All according to an ancient prophecy.
- Villain Protagonist: Well, duh.
- Would Hurt a Child: GWAR has turned child abuse into a hobby.
Beefcake: A children's performer? I thought children were only for eating!
Berzerker Blothar
'Most recently GWAR was dealt a catastrophic blow when the ignominious Oderus Urungus has snatched away to the very End of Time where his immortality was stolen from him. Oderus was slain by a villain of his own creation, the vainglorious Mr. Perfect, leaving his fellow Scumdogs leaderless and alone. In their darkest hour, hope arrived in the form of a new Scumdog, the berserk war priest Blothar from the World of Mists.Over the decades Blothar had been watching GWAR getting girls and smoking crack off the back of the songs he had written, and he wanted a piece of the action. After a battle for supremacy, he emerged victorious, reigning over GWAR and the Slave Pit.- Animal Motifs: The guy has a penis-udder. That shoots blood.
- Asskicking Leads to Leadership: He became the leader of the Band by defeating all other challengers.
- He Was Right There All Along: He's been watching the band for decades, waiting for the right chance to strike.
- Pretty in Mink: Wears a coat from a Moon Moose he killed eons ago.
- Fat Bastard: Not as much as Beefcake, but still rather chubby.
- Horny Vikings: Fits the bill, along with, arguably, the entire band.
Oderus Urungus
Rumored to be around 43 billion years old, Oderus was assembled on the planet Scumdoggia in "Syntho Womb 5" after pieces of his moldy war frame were found scattered throughout the galaxy.- Affably Evil: No matter what sort of objectionable activities he gets himself into, Oderus is very hard not to like.
- Blood Knight: So much so that he loves killing more than sex. Which is really saying something.
- Cool Sword: Unt Lick.
- Rape as Backstory: Shortly after being born, Oderus was given a sword and placed in a gladiatorial arena with rape-hungry attackers.
- Would Hurt a Child: Any child within thirty feet of Oderus may as well be inside of a food processor.
Balsac The Jaws of Death
Balsac hails from the planet Ennui. According to GWAR lore, he writes songs by scratching his scrotum with his guitar. He invented VD and has a bear trap for a face. His estimated age is pi X 10 to the millionth power.- Affably Evil: Can be surprisingly polite for a Scumdog, even though he's not above any of their depraved antics.
- Composite Character: The joke band iteration of the band had a bassist called Balsac and a guitarist called Jaws of Death, who wore a lower budget version of the famous mask. Both left, but for their first album Steve Douglas portrayed the version we know today.
- Cultured Badass: Considered the wisest of the Scumdogs.
- Death Seeker: One of his hobbies is listed as "contemplating suicide."
- Legacy Character: Balsac and the Jaws of Death used to be two separate characters in the bands early days.
- Not So Above It All: Despite being the smartest member of the group, he still partakes in their more insane activities.
- Only Sane Man: Seems to be the Scumdog with his head on the straightest.
Beefcake The Mighty
Beefcake originates from the planet Cholesterol (where he met Oderus Urungus). He weighs approximately 299 tons and "invented music by stretching dinosaur guts across the Grand Canyon".- Big Eater: A gross understatement.
- Creation Myth: The way he invented music as mentioned above.
- Fat Bastard: His weight is described as being dangerously close to creating a black hole.
- Large Ham: Casey Orr loves hamming it up in character.
- Legacy Character: Has been with the band since day one, played by multiple people. Casey Orr played him three times.
- Nobody Loves the Bassist: Quite the Jerkass, even for a Scumdog.
- Really Gets Around: The most sexually active member of the band. And that's really saying something!
- Space Romans: While the other Scumdogs wear something akin to Barbarian warriors, Beefcake's attire is heavily inspired by Roman body armor.
Jizmak Da Gusha
Dog-headed Jizmak is the most obnoxious GWARrior and delights in the pounding of all things, including himself! Hails from The Wide Wide World of Sports.- Animal Motifs: Dogs.
- Ax-Crazy: As stated above.
- Butt-Monkey: In the GWAR cartoon by Funny Or Die, he gets the short end of the stick several, painful times.
- Our Werewolves Are Different: And how!
- Nested Mouths: Is his face inside his mouth or is there a face coming out of his mouth?
Pustulus Maximus
Member of the Maximus Clan to take up the axe and fight in the name of GWAR.- Carry a Big Stick: Carries a spiked club like his cousin Flattus Maximus.
- The Pig-Pen: Described as carrying every single disease known to man with the exception of bird flu and childhood obesity.
- Plague Master: He's host to almost every disease known to man.
- Rise of Zitboy: He has painful zits that can only be treated by 3 things: Spoiled elephant semen, playing violent heavy metal, and oral sex.
Flattus Maximus
"The Armored Clown", Flattus attributes his explosive guitar-style to a strict diet of vegetarians. Often the brunt of cruel jokes, to which he replies with devastating farts.- Barbarian Long Hair: Has long locks of white hair.
- Cool Helmet: Wore one of these at one point.
- Gasshole: It's literally in the name. So much so that his flatulence was used to defoliate the Fertile Crescent.
- Horny Vikings: Just like his bandmates.
- Meaningful Name: His name literally means "greatest fart" in Latin.
Bonesnapper
A former slave turned slaver, Bonesnapper fought in the Scumdog Army and was banished to Earth with the rest of GWAR. Melted out of Antarctic ice just 3 days after GWAR, he spent the next 17 years trying to reconnect with them. Initially an enemy, then an ally, but always an object of ridicule Bonesnapper still gets no respect.- Blood Knight: Just like the band.
- Butt-Monkey: Even more so than Flattus and Techno in that regard.
- I Am Not Weasel: Was once referred to as a turtle by Sawborg. Would later develop the catchphrase "I AM NOT A TURTLE".
- Slave Race: He was once in charge of one of these.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Gets no respect from anyone else.
Sexecutioner
Sexecutioner's origins are vague— the Slave Pit Funnies suggest Oderus summoned him by ritual, while the song "Sexecutioner" states that he hails from France. GWAR's official site used to claim he was from the planet Eros, in the Genital V System.- Catchphrase: "Sexcellent!"
- Monstrous Mandibles: Has quite the underbite with tusks to match.
- Punny Name: Self-explanatory.
Vulvatron
Vulvatron has returned from the year 69000, where she was a high-ranking Scumdog assassin in the battle against futuro-fascist forces. Her primary functions include mastery of the arts of war, quantum mechanics, and intergalactic musicology.- Action Girl: Naturally.
- I Have Boobs, You Must Obey!: She has massive boobs. Which also squirt blood.
Slymenstra Hymen
Slymenstra is largely responsible for keeping GWAR's slaves under control.- Does Not Like Men: She isn't exactly fond of the opposite sex.Slymenstra: (holding a severed head) You men give such lousy head.
- Nightmare Face: Anytime she scowls.
Sleazy P. Martini
GWAR's manager and drug dealer, responsible for accidentally releasing them from their prison while on the run from the FBI. Works as a pimp on the side and claims it's not much different from managing a band.- Catchphrase: "Yeah, I know GWAR. I'm their fuckin' manager!"
- Horror Host: Started a spinoff program called "Sleazy Pictures After Dark", riffing on exploitation and horror films.
- Badass Normal: Despite not being a scumdog, he actually has shown himself to be able to put up a fight at times.
- BFG: Often seen carrying one hell of a shotgun. Later upgrades to a Boltgun, a weapon designed for a three-meter superhuman in a powered exoskeleton.
- Eagle Land: His entire character is a mish-mash of 1950s and 1980s American exploitation-movie stereotypes. Sleazy is a Straw Capitalist with a mix of Rockabilly and urban fashion senses, casual jingoism, and a habit of solving all his problems by throwing a combination of drugs, violence, and money at them.
- Improbable Hair Style: Sports the mother of all pompadours.
- Joisey: Of the "Little Italy" variant, with a strong accent halfway between Jersey and Brooklyn.
- Milking the Monster: Manages a rock band composed of monsters, whcih makes him big bucks.
- Pimp Duds: In spades. His trademark suit includes a metallic fuschia jacket, a gold chain with six-inch links, zebra-print underwear with matching platform boots, and a golden cane.
Scroda Moon
One of GWAR's cohorts from their time serving the Master. When GWAR was banished to Earth after their rebellion against the Master, Scroda followed them, but ended up stranded on the moon where he crafted the Tablet, which chronicled all of time's events from the beginning to the end, but when the band found it and broke it, Scroda warned that if they didn't find all the pieces in time, the Master would come to destroy the Earth.- Character Filibuster: Loves to go on long, long winded stories about galactic legends and stories that invariably put everyone else to sleep.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: He's held in pretty low regard. Especially by the band itself.
Gor Gor
GWAR's pet Tyrannosaurus, whom has a sort of.... difficult relationship with the band. They created him after finding his egg in their fortress, and since then, he's either battled the band or aided the band in a few of their battles.- Attack Animal: Created as one.
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Once bit the head off of a Jewish demon creature named Jewcifer.
- Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: He was turned into a robot at one point by Techno Destructo. Later, he would be resurrected by the band in their final battle against Techno.
- He's also a zombie T-Rex crack baby kaiju.
- Undead Fossils: Perhaps the most iconic example of this trope.
Techno Destructo
Former ally, now long time archnemesis of GWAR.- Butt-Monkey: Is often humiliated, harmed, urinate on, and/or maimed in basically every appearance.
- Cyborg: Has a massive cybernetic arm with a monkey wrench head at the end, which, even when stripped off still has quite a few parts.Techno Destructo: "I got gas and oil flowing through my veinsI got wire and plastic in my brainI'm Techno Destructo!Techno Destructo!I got steel in my skull, harder than rockand rubber and iron in my cock!
- The Determinator: Say what you will about the guy, but he IS a Scumdog Warrior and has been maimed, impaled, beaten, and attacked by a freaking zombie cyborg T-Rex, but still gets back up EVERY. DAMN. TIME. Shown best through his Villain Song "The Private Pain of Techno Destructo"You can't kill meYou won't break meChain me, Beat meCut me, Kick meWhip me, Strip meBurn me, EAT ME!You'll just make me strooooonger!
- Enemy Mine: He has teamed up with GWAR a few times.
- Incoming Ham: Has a tendency to announce his betrayals with a loud "FOOOOLS!"
- Large Ham: Par for the course with GWAR
- Mad Scientist: Aside from his cybernetic implants all over, he has created mutant penguins of various sizes and lethality, revived Gor-Gor, built a robotic duplicate of Sleazy P. Martini, created a third Destructo by the name of Sawborg, and played a part in the development of Slave Pit TV in Skullhedface.
- "Stop Having Fun" Guys: Was sent after GWAR for rebelling against The Master, and has repeatedly asked GWAR to give up "This decadent rock-and-roll lifestyle", only to be met with jeers from the rest of them. Plays a part in most of his motivation besides personal revenge. He also sicced The Morality Police on the band.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: False friend albeit, but even when they're being relatively nice to him, they treat him about as well as the rest of their slave pit, which is to say, a proper butt monkey.
- Worthy Opponent: In "Bloodbath and Beyond", Oderus went on record as saying that he and the rest of the band respect Techno and Bozo as such (though he'd still talk shit about them any chance he got).
Bozo Destructo
Twin brother of Techno Destructo. At first, the brothers fought over who would get to waste the band, then later, they became partners in the quest to destroy the band.- Enemy Mine: Teamed up with Techno later on.
- Evil Twin: Of Techno Destructo.
- Monster Clown: As his name implies.
Sawborg Destructo
Techno's second brother. Created from human corpses and cybernetic parts, Sawborg is the latest obstacle in GWAR's antics.- Artificial Human: Created from human parts.
- Artificial Zombie: See Artificial Human above.
- Enemy Mine: Teamed up with GWAR against Cardinal Syn.
- Evil Twin: Of Techno and Bozo.
Cardinal Syn
One of GWAR's old enemies from their time serving the Master. He is a large robot who wants all to bow to him.- Enemy Mine: GWAR often teams up with the Destructos to beat him.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Described as an "Intergalactic Klansman." He even flies through space on a burning cross.
- Power Source: He is powered by Jizmoglobin.
Edna P. Granbo
The founder of a superhero team of Moral Guardians called "the Morality Squad"- Evil Old Folks: She's willing to kill off a band just because she finds them offensive.
- Moral Guardians: She founded an organization called "the Morality Squad" to destroy GWAR and everybody else considered offensive.
- Super Wheelchair: She rides around on an engine-powered wheelchair with circular saws on the back.
Corporal Punishment
The patriotic "superhero" responsible for stealing the Cuttlefish of Cthulhu.- Big Eyes, Little Eyes: He has smaller eyes than his sidekick, Private Parts.
- The Dragon: To Edna Grambo, his grandmother.
- Eagle Land: He's just about every negative stereotype about America and American foreign policy rolled up into one.
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: Or injustice, rather.
- Moral Guardians: The primary enforcer of the so-called "Morality Squad."
- Politically Incorrect Villain: He does not like Arabs.
- Super-Soldier: Describe by Edna as a "super steroid soldier."
Private Parts
Sidekick of Corporal Punishment.- Big Eyes, Little Eyes: He has bigger eyes than Corporal Punishment.
- Distressed Dude: At one point, he's taken captive by Arabs and rescued by Corporal Punishment.
Cerutti Fancypants
The Morality Squad's CIA agent.- Plausible Deniability: Said to have whereabout so plausibly deniable 'that they are unknown even to him"
Dr. D. Bill Attaited
The Morality Squad's Mad Scientist.- Deadly Doctor: Performs a "medical genocide" against "undesirable elements."
- Mad Scientist: Distributes fake medicine and created a creature called "Tiny."
- Scary Teeth: He has a massive overbite.
- Those Wacky Nazis: Given his German accent and aforementioned genocide, this is pretty heavily implied.
Tiny
Also known as X-10000. Created by Dr. D. Bill Attaited for the Morality Squad.- Half the Man He Used to Be: He gets sliced down the middle, but the two halves remain alive and continue fighting until defeated.
- Ironic Name: He's called "Tiny", but is the biggest member of the Morality Squad.
- Nuclear Mutant: Specifically a "nuclear mutation of two men."
