User:Browdevil

Browdevil, sometimes referred to as "the incredible, amazing, fantastically brilliant, really quite smashing Browdevil, oh my what a chap" is a fictional character, designed by John Stone and Leo Wyzcrynz in 1995. Browdevil is the alter ego of Matthew Bilton, a demented, drug-crazed scientist who eats anything he can find in the dustbin and kebabs. Having suffered a terrible accident in the lab one day he was irrevocably altered into a terrible, hairy creature known as "Browdevil". Initially confused but then embracing his new identity he swears to use his new found, if a little disappointing powers for the good of all mankind. Just as he does when he works as a scientist during the day in a plastic surgery animal-testing laboratory. Browdevil trains himself mentally and in the art of Japanese tea ritual and maintains his secret identity through lies and an immense effort of personal grooming. He operates in the fictional British city of "Camford" which is thought to be a poorly disguised version of the real cities of either Oxford or... actually just Oxford. In his quest he often enlists the aid of his friends: Minister of Defence Mike Thrus Tinator and Homeless informant "Nathan" and the aid of his fearsome guard dog Vince. He fights villains mostly influenced by the character's roots in absolutely nothing at all and fights crime using a mixture of fearsome (if slightly outdated) weaponry, formidable intelligence and a working knowledge of Biochemical mechanisms. His superpowers are uncertain and although he often exhibits a number of superpowers such as: being able to count up to in excess of 1 million, or the ability to see through transparent surfaces, they appear to change from issue to issue with designers unable to make their minds up about what powers the character should possess.

Browdevil's most well known story is listed below. One of Browdevil's more mysterious superpowers is that any story in which he features is liable to change constantly. Just like a chameleon.

Origins: How Browdevil rose to prominence
Browdevil was born on September 27th 1988. He was originally all human, but was given his incredible eyebrows and mysterious superpowers in a freak accident when he was just 20. One day when Browdevil was working a late night in the lab, psychotic genetically modified mice broke free from their cages and sneezed tiny catapillars onto his face. The catapillars attached to Browdevils forehead with a ferocious bite and began to grow larger and hairier and integrated with browdevils central nervous system. Although this does not help describe his erratic and quite obscure personality, it doesn't take much to empathize with Browdevil. Have YOU ever had crazy genetically modified mice sneeze anything onto you face? Let alone tiny catapillars...

Like all GTP superheros (Gain Their Powers - as opposed to BWP [Born With Powers]), it took Browdevil a few years to learn the true significance and strength of his powers. Naturally, during puberty his powers were at their most flamboyant and dangerous - after all, it was Browdevil's fault that last year we only had 5 days of Summer and that all the supermarkets ran out of crunchy peanut butter. At first, his eyebrows obscured his vision leading to the inability to use his superpowers for any other significant good. However, as Browdevil's eyebrows grew stronger and stronger, he was able to transcend his vision problems. By using his incredible eyebrows, like a mouse's whiskers, to feel for the tiniest vibrations in the air, Browdevil was suddenly able to see with a clarity and sensitivity beyond the reaches of any other creature on the planet. Once he realised this, Browdevil went to Sainsbury to get some supplies for the weekend. Supplies included bread, milk, cheese, ham, hair gel.

Hair gel?

What could Browdevil have in mind...?

Browdevil took his grocery collection to the secret tunnels where he knew no one would disturb him. He took the bread, milk, cheese and ham and made them into a bowl of cereal - which he then gobbled, furiously. He then began to very slowly remove the lid of the hair gel. What you must understand, is that "with much hair, comes 'quite a bit' of responsibility". Browdevil had to keep his brow in tip-top condition - if his hair loss rate was more than 5H.6Cpd (5 hairs, .6 catapillars per day) then...well...lets just put it this way - flowers will stop producing pollen, trees will turn upside down, and the mountains in Peru will start crying (just like they did when Frodo got bitten by the spider in the third installment of 'Lord of the Rings').

The hair gel serves a second, but no less important, purpose - to shield Browdevil from the devastating hair-removing actions of his arch-nemesis, Tweezergirl. This crab-cyborg has long been the bane of Browdevil's life, diminishing his powers by stealing his precious caterpillar hairs, pulling them out with a short, sharp tug in the direction of growth with her metallic pincers. The only protection Browdevil has against such a powerful enemy is to cover his brows in excessive quantities of hair gel to create a solid lattice of hair and gel, inpenetrable to Tweezergirl's sharp pincers, once again saving his valour from her evil machinations.

...and then Browdevil - after having his indeterminable noises run through the babelfish online translator said: 'And that concludes my origin story. I hope that people have been adding text or it may seem that there is a good deal missing. This would make Browdevil unhappy. Very unhappy indeed.'

Love life
Browdevil has a separate love life from Matthew Bilton. Whilst Matt Bilton is straight, Browdevil is a raging bisexual. Information on his lovers are few and far between, but several sources say that he although has more heterosexual encounters than homosexual encounters, he prefers homosexual encounters. Browdevil says, after babelfish translation, that he is searching for another devil with which to form a stable relationship, either male, female or other.

Character design and backstory
When designing the character of "Browdevil", lead designers John Stone and Leo wyzcrynz have said in the past that they drew most of their inspiration from Eastern folklore and shapes found in nature, particularly the diverse forms and shades occurring naturally in cheese or unthreshed grain. Certain features, such as the brown monk's cloak were drawn directly from medieval sources such as the black death and the policies of the BNP. The sword was of course a phallic symbol of virility - not in itself something they said fit the character particularly well, but they couldn't draw nunchuks.

When questioned about the character's design, John and Leo have said that: "It really was a case of making the best of a bad situation. We really did the best we could with the limited character we had to work with... I mean, lets be honest, he's a bit rubbish isn't he? If I had to be a superhero, I DEFINITELY would NOT choose to be him. Now, if you'll excuse me - my gimps are getting restless. I really have to go."

When the author of the Browdevil origin story Angus McLean was questioned about his inspiration all he said was "Get away from me or I'll call the cops. I'm serious."

Rumours
It has been maliciously rumoured that Browdevil's backstory is based on the story of Wu Tzu; a mythical hero from Chinese folklore. There are several similarities in the two characters, principally the character's design feature of enormous hairy eyebrows - which are seen as symbols of strength and authority. Additionally the character's affection for snails, which was a prominent feature of Wu Tzu's character. However, the principle transformation of slightly hairier than normal ears leaves no doubt as to the originality of the character. No one has ever had only slightly hairier than normal ears.

It has also been suggested (although never confirmed) that, like Samson, Browdevil's enormous superpowers rely on the length and fullness of his impressive brow. No reference is ever made to this in any of the literature featuring the hero. Browdevil is thought to have first debuted as a minor character in a number of other comic series', appearing alongside other famous characters such as "The astonishing pluto", "Razzatazz" and "Blue streak". If you look carefully, it is said that you can briefly make out the character's outline in the opening battle scene of "Gladiator" where he appears as a flaming ball of fire (just one of his many powers). He was once a physics teacher in a State Grammar school in Reading. At first rumoured, although now confirmed true (by his arch nemisis, The Awesome Moustachio), BrowDevil has been dating Chuck Norris for 2 weeks. Chuck Norris says that "Although I am never single, Chuck Norris dates no one." Apparently Chuck Norris never lies either...apart from just now. Some say that Browdevil is not really a superhero, but a figment in the imagination of a young boy in Norwich called Alfie.