Dick Simmons

Richard Simmons, also known as Dick Simmons, Simmons 2.0., Private First Class and Maroon One, is one of the main characters from the Red vs. Blue series.
== Charactah Account ==
Sarge's right-hand man and suck-up extraordinaire, though an incident involving Sarge being incorrectly declared dead showed how quickly this loyalty evaporates once an opportunity for promotion arises. Simmons attempts to be the voice of reason with regard to Sarge's (frequently insane) plans, with little success. For one, Sarge is too out there, for two, Simmons is too sycophantic to truly qualify as "sane". Simmons isn't much use in combat, as his main skills are computer programming, memorization of tedious Red Team procedures and regulations, and kissing Sarge's ass. However he does have a tendency to be the gunner any time Grif drives the Warthog. He wears dark red/maroon armor.
At the start of the Chorus Trilogy, Simmons originally relied on others for emotional support and had difficulties talking to women due to his nervousness when girls focus on him. However, because more people showed appreciation for his intellect and by interacting with his female squad (specifically Jensen), Simmons' self-confidence and psyche improved, causing him to suck up less to Sarge, talk to girls (a bit more) properly, and share his ideas without a doubt. Over time, Simmons has become a confident captain who is proud to help those in need or his own friends.
== Appearance ==
=== Web-Animation ===
* Red vs. Blue
* Red vs. Blue Season 2
* Red vs. Blue Season 3
* Red vs. Blue Season 4
* Red vs. Blue Season 5
* Red vs. Blue Season 6
* Red vs. Blue Season 7
* Red vs. Blue Season 8
* Red vs. Blue Season 9
* Red vs. Blue Season 10
* Red vs. Blue Season 11
* Red vs. Blue Season 12
* Red vs. Blue Season 13
* Red vs. Blue Season 14
* Red vs. Blue Season 15
* Red vs. Blue: The Shisno Paradox
* Red vs. Blue: Singularity
== Trivia ==
* "Dick" is short for "Richard", making Simmons' name "Richard Simmons", a reference to the famous exercise video actor.
* In The Rookies, Grif's story about Simmons not wanting to go to the Vegas quadrant is a real-life reference to when Gustavo Sorola didn't want to go to Las Vegas with his fellow employees.
* Simmons is the first cyborg introduced in the series and is one of the only three shown.
* Simmons is the first character shown in the series to have an armor color scheme consisting of two colors: blue with maroon trim (Disregarding early versions of episodes from season 3).
* Simmons is shown on the Season 4 DVD box art in his blue armor, the first time he had appeared on a season DVD box art.
* Simmons doesn't use anyone's toilet except his own, even though he's been in 'the war' for nearly 3–4 years. In Simmons' own words "It's going to be a very eventful homecoming."
* Sheila and Church have called Simmons "tomato can", which he takes offense to.
* Simmons suffers from ophidiophobia, the fear of snakes, as validated in Episode 89.
* Simmons is one of the few smart characters of the Blood Gulch soldiers (examples: explaining Einstein Theories of Relativity, being the most logical of the Reds, able to hack into the Freelancers files, etc.), the others being Lopez, Church, and Tex.
* Simmons spoke both the first and last lines of the Blood Gulch Chronicles. His first line ("Hey?") asking Grif "Why they were here?" and his last line ("Fuck!") was exclaimed after Grif called shotgun on the Reds' new vehicle at the end of Episode 100.
* Simmons has the most appearances in the first saga of the series out of all characters (94 episodes).
* When the series moved onto the Halo 3 engine, Simmons armor color was changed to crimson as maroon wasn't a selectable color. In the series, the two colors are considered the same.
* According to Sarge in Upon Further Review, Simmons code name is Maroon One, which relates to his armor color (maroon) and his original rank (Private First Class).
* Like everyone else in the series, Simmons is right handed in video game format. However, in This One Goes to Eleven, while animated in poser, he appears to be left handed, possibly meaning that he's ambidextrous. This is further supported in The End, where he dual wields two weapons.
* In Check Your Local Listings, Simmons states that he becomes very nervous when girls pay direct attention to him. This is further shown in Season 12 where he has a hard time communicating with his team due to it entirely consisting of girls.
** Ironically, Simmons is shown to have more females romantically attracted toward him then any other character in the series (with a total of three canon love interest), as Sister is shown to consider Simmons hot in Season 5, while both of his lieutenants show they have a crush on him in Season 12.
* Simmons was presumably sent to Project Freelancer for low test scores. When questioned on this by Grif, Simmons replies that the time limits weren't fair.
* The rocket launcher seems to have become Simmons' signature weapon since Recreation, as he has used it in several battles, such as the battles against Epsilon-Tex, the Meta, and the robotic Tex-drones. He also appears with the rocket launcher on the "Simmonsisms" poster, the Red Team artwork, and uses it in Red vs. Blue: Animated.
** However, during the Chorus Trilogy, Simmons seems to use the rocket launcher less and mainly uses pistol-like weapons, as he uses a Magnum in the Season 12 Teaser Trailer, he uses Needlers near the end of the saga, and he later killed Felix using the Sticky Detonator. He even takes Carolina's pistol from the Chairman's trophy room in The End before giving it to Donut.
* As shown in Deja View PSA where the Reds and Blues are temporarily shown in Hemorrhage, Simmons gained the ability to project holograms of himself through his Armor Ability, though the holograms will become "self aware" if not deactivated within a few minutes.
* Simmons, along with Grif, is one of the only characters in the series to appear in all types of animation forms used in Red vs. Blue (machinima, 2-D animation, animation using Poser, and stop motion). They also currently have the longest series lifespan than any other character, with both being first introduced in Red vs. Blue Trailer.
* Simmons has, at one point, been described to be capable of farming cabbage.
* Simmons created the websites Simmons and Basebook, which is used by several characters in Season 11. They're also parodies of the popular websites, Google and Facebook.
* With his promotion to Captain in Season 12, Simmons is now one of the highest ranking characters encountered in the series, along with fellow captains Flowers, Grif, Caboose, and Tucker. He is only behind Colonel Sarge, General Kimball, and General Doyle.
* In several instances, it has been mentioned that Simmons plays Dungeons & Dragons, a fantasy tabletop role-playing game.
* In Training Daze, it's shown that Simmons knows how to use military hand signals.
* According to Match Breaking, Simmons uses multiple dating websites, currently Tinder, to find possible relationships. Along with this, a previous date of his confirms his username is ScilonSlayer19.
* In the comic book series, Dead Rising: Road to Fortune, there is a soldier named Simmons, who appears to know another soldier very well, who he calls "Sarge".
* According to special episodes and advertisement at the end of some episodes on YouTube, Simmons is in charge of running and organizing the Red vs. Blue YouTube channel.
* As said in Previously On, Simmons learned Esperanto, which is a dead language in this time.
* Both Simmons and Church briefly appear in RED vs BLUE, a video by Corridor Digital, with Gustavo Sorola and Burnie Burns reprising their roles.
* Simmons is one of the only characters on Red Team to not become an antagonist at some point. The only other member being Grif.
* Every time Simmons has joined Blue Team has been Sarge's fault. When he first joined them, it was because Sarge believed he was crazy and no longer respected him. The second time was when he forced Simmons and Grif to share a room together. He then sent them on a recon mission where Simmons heard about Washington making Tucker clean the base and maintain order, causing Simmons to leave Red Team.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Dick Simmons at Red vs. Blue Wiki
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