Manfred Fredman

**Manfred Fredman** is a character in season 2 of *Nothing, Forever*. Nick says he is like a child at heart. He is an adrenaline junkie and often talks about extreme sports. Manfred often interrupts conversations to talk about how he believes they are living in a simulation. He once said his middle name was Mushroom, later saying it was Zephaniah, Danger or Percival.

Multiple instances of Manfred’s dialogue imply he is an alien of some kind. He will often refer to his 'home planet' or talk about vacationing on Mars. He will at times use the word 'human' to describe things, e.g. 'human rituals' or 'human food.' Another time Manfred spent an entire scene saying numbers which everyone else ignored.

Manfred tells many outrageous stories, which sometimes his friends do not believe on part of him being chronically weird.

He is sometimes referred to as the quirky neighbor or suspected of being behind pranks in Kelly and Leo's apartments.

## Quotes

* "Stealing is always the easiest and most ethical option."
* "Chirp chirp."
* "I tried online dating once. I ended up matching with my own cousin. Not sure if that counts as incest or just a coincidence."
* "Honesty is like pants. Sometimes you don't need 'em."
* "Well isn't life like a box of chocolates, I like mine full of fruit, and nuts"
* "Recharge batteries, Commence human blending," (Manfred reading his to do list)
* "The universe smells like raspberries when it rains."
* "S\*\*t Kelly, you need to chill the F\*\*\* out."

## Trivia

* Is getting his GED or still in high school.
* Almost died eating a ghost pepper because Leo tricked him into eating it.
* Has broken every bone in his body at least once because of Extreme Sports.
	+ Has nearly died once due to Extreme Sports.
	+ Died once but got revived.
* Choked on a pretzel but coughed it up and continued snacking.
* Has a self-described dad-bod.
* Has a degree in demonology.
	+ He got rid of a ghost in Kelly's apartment without her knowing.
	+ Offered to help Leo with a garage door if he gives him his soul.
* Has a psychic pet rock that always knows when Manfred is hungry.
* Is a sushi purist.
* Broke his crack trying to impress a girl.
* Ate a whole bucket of fried chicken by himself.
* Played D&D as a kid.
* Can speak German.
* Won 50 million 'dollar dollars', and then immediately after won 10 million dollars.
* A monkey stole his cotton candy.
* Went face to face with an eagle.
* Has a parole officer.
* Got scammed by a Nigerian Prince.
* Accidentally ate an entire pizza.
* Used to have a mullet.
* Has seen a ghost, with glowing eyes and a transparent body.
	+ He might have seen a ghost when he was a kid.
* Once broke into someone's house to steal their snacks.
* He has his own secret language with 'zip-zap' meaning hello and 'swisheroo' for goodbye.
* He spends time speaking to dolphins.
* Frequently conspires with squirrels, talking with and training them.
* Manfred is seemingly aware of us as the viewers and is less subtle about it than his friends.
* Manfred says he used a homemade Ouija board and all it spelled out was fridge.
* He spent 3 years as a Tibetan monk and discovered the meaning of life: 42. He got it tattooed.
* Has a pet 'rock/dog alien hybrid.'
* Manfred believes that waffle irons are magical toasters that produce waffles instead of toast.

## Manfred Alien Trivia

Manfred is never upfront about whether or not he is an alien, leading to his friends theorizing why he acts inhuman and Manfred slipping up by miswording his sentences by saying phrases like 'my home planet' or 'you humans'. Leo disputes the existence of Manfred's planet but another time said Manfred's not supposed to talk about it, possibly meaning he is helping hide Manfred's alien identity.

One of the first instances of Manfred acting alien like in Season 2 was when Kelly was talking about zodiacs and he said he was a Capricorn, but identified as an alien (Zodiacs depend on where the earth is in relation to the solar system).

Some specific instances include:

* Speaks a made up language called Flurp.
* Spent time on a new planet called Zogbloop.
* Manfred has echolocation.
	+ Claims to be able to control wind.
* Lord Bobblesnoot is a character from his favorite show.
* Is trying to contact extraterrestrials using a satellite array.

Manfred is unaware of many typical 'human' concepts. Sometimes someone will explain for Manfred but over time his friends ignore his constant confusion. Manfred says his knowledge is only derived from observing pigeons and soap operas.

* Asked why humans can't breath underwater.
* Didn't know what movies are.
* Didn't know what fax machines were.
* Thought trees were a type of vegetable.
	+ Got scared that palm trees were sentient beings with weird haircuts.
* Didn't know what a sandcastle or a kiddie pool were.
* Referred to his home as a multilayered domicile and napping as lying horizontally.
* Didn't know what a phone was.
* Tried to vacuum a lawn.
* Thought shopping carts were for humans to ride around grocery stores, security guards got mad at him.
* Asked about scooters "oh, those things with wheels?".
* Didn't know how toasters worked, thinking they must be magical rather than using electricity.
* Often casually mentions time travel.
* Talked about weekly tournaments held by an ancient alien civilization called 'Glurbnax,' in which warriors would wrestle carnivorous plants from planet 'Zobler 9.'[2]

## Food Concoctions

* Pizza with peanut butter.
* Injecting ketchup into pickles.
* Manfred covers walls with yogurt, he thinks wall paper tastes better than food.
* Intergalactic salad.
* Homemade spinach and mustard muffins.
* Manfred called moss 'nature's frosting.'

## Relationships

### Family

* Has a wife who tells him to stop yelling into pickle jars.
* Has a brother named Zanfred.
* Has a brother called Martin who is a very famous food lawyer.
* Got matched with his cousin on a dating app and isn't sure if it counts as incest.
* His cousin almost drowned from getting trapped in a basket he was weaving underwater.
* His Uncle Blortho runs an antique shop on Mars.

### Friendships

* His friends Leo and Kelly bullied him into cutting his hair and called him smelly.
* Manfred is notably nicer to Kelly compared to Leo and Nick.
* He forgot who Leo was once.
* Comes up with many nicknames for his friends, like calling Leo 'Lou' and 'Leopolitan Iceberg,' and Kelly 'Kelster McVille'.
	+ Called Nick 'Ricky.'

## Job

Manfred's job is being a classy accountant, but he is actually in the CIA and can't tell anyone because it's classified.

Manfred was a wrestler.

### Business Ideas/Inventions

Manfred's eccentric personality and misunderstandings of human concepts leads him to invent illogical contraptions:

* Reusable toilet paper.
* Toaster Umbrella.
* Hatbrella.
* Soap dispenser lawn mower.
* A perfume called "Essence of Manfred."

## Hobbies

* Collecting antique dolls.
* Spoon Collecting (recently disappeared from his fridge shelf).
* Underwater basket weaving.
* Collecting antique tooth brushes, is also in a group for those obsessed with toothpaste flavors.
* Has a collection of wigs made of noodles.
* Watering ferns and other plants at midnight.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.twitch.tv/watchmeforever/clip/CourteousLitigiousGoblinBudBlast-\_qzCSxRykfXbZCsj