![]() ![]() Slasher Smile: He always displays them, no matter how much damage is done or how badly injured he is.Large Ham: Would you expect anything less from a character portrayed by Jim Carrey?.Happily Married: His wife is implied to be as destructive as him in her lone appearance.Early-Installment Weirdness: In his early sketches, he still had hair (all the explosions eventually burned what was left of it off), and his demonstrations were somehow less destructive (i.e., he was left in one piece after the inevitable explosion).Self-Mutilation Demonstration: He has no powers (though is heavily implied to have some degree of invincibility or an offscreen Healing Factor), but frequently uses himself as a voluntary target for his examples of the dangers involved with certain activities.Catchphrase: "LEMME SHOW YA SOMETHIN'!" and "Don't worry, folks! I am a fire marshal!".and bops him directly.Īctor: Jim CarreyAn accident-prone and seemingly invincible fire marshal who causes more harm than good in trying to practice fire safety. After he's completely sold out ("Rodney King was way out of line"), he finally gets to meet The Man in person. Sell-Out: "Homey Sells Out" and "Homey Meets The Man" sees Homey debase himself and compromise every last principle and belief he has, all in the pursuit of fame and fortune as a non-threatening cereal mascot.His son is the only person he showed some level of kindness to and even then, Homey bopped him anyway. Misanthrope Supreme: He hates men, women and children equally, and is not shy about hitting them with his sock when they annoy or anger him.He's surprisingly handy with it, even wielding it like a nunchaku at one point. Improbable Weapon User: He carries a weighted sock and likes to use it on people who really get on his nerves.Generation Xerox: Has a son that's exactly like him, clown outfit, sock and all, despite the implication that he was a deadbeat dad, prison bid nonwithstanding.He berates a young man for shoplifting as part of a gang initiation, warning him that he'll get nothing out of affiliating with a gang. Everyone Has Standards: Despite his negative attitude towards the system and "the man" generally, he also has a low opinion of street gangs as illustrated in the Santa sketch.Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": His real name (Herman Simpson) is revealed in one skit.Everything Is Racist: He'll interpret just about anything as a racist insult.Catchphrase: "I don't think so! Homey don't play that!".Breakout Character: He, along with Fire Marshall Bill and Blaine and Antoine, are the most recognizable characters and the only one to receive his own video game.Aside Glance: Pretty rare for him not to do this."Angry Black Man" Stereotype: A rather justified example: his unspecified crime was implied to be a frame up and sent him to prison for some time and led to him becoming a reluctant circus clown.Case in point, one time had him comparing himself to Kunta Kinte and he could barely finish it without stifling a chuckle. Actually Pretty Funny: Even some of Homey's angriest rants will make him laugh.Actor: Damon WayansA perpetually cantankerous ex-convict who performs as a circus clown under the terms of his prison work release program, despite his dislike of both the job and people in general.
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