Pops Mallard

Pops Mallard is a protagonist and a member of The New Action Squad.

## **BIOGRAPHY**

It started when Pops was born as Mega Kranus, which considered the highest state of the species in Lolliland. However, in order to balance with Pops, it created his evil brother, Magnus Kranus. For many times, both brothers fight each other with one trying to save the universe and the other trying to destroyed it. Earl accompanied Pops and trained him every cycle of the universe. Each cycle the brothers fight each other in the universe and the battle resulted in a stalemate, causing the universe to repeat itself with a different result. It is unknown how many take place but through Earl tattoos, it probably about 20 times. The last battle ended the same thing except Pops landed on Earth where Mr Maellard founded him.

Mr Maellard named his Pops due to his grizzly old face and took him as a son. He wanted Pops to live a normal life but he had no choice but fulfill the destiny given to Pops. He made preparations for Pops with the fire VCR and the ice tape and the dome experiments as preparations for the park going to space. Meanwhile, Pops live a normal life as a person but in slower time as he grow much slower than a normal being.

As a kid, he look through his telescope and saw his favourite pink planet which he didn't know was his home planet. He tried to see his planet when he was older but interrupted by Mr Maellard every time. This made Pops angry which shows his hidden powers but not its full potential since Pops reluctantly join his father business. He always wishes to see his favourite planet once more.

Outside of the park, he is also a member of The New Action Squad. Throughout the series he has grown to become more brave and mature.

## **APPEARANCE**

Pops is a pale pink lollipop-shaped man, standing at 6'0" (6'4" with his hat). His body and limbs are all very stick-like, while his head is an abnormally large sphere shape. He usually wears a gentlemanly outfit, consisting of an always buttoned-up dark gray vest; a long-sleeved, off-white dress shirt; lighter gray pants; dress shoes in the same dark gray as his vest; and a top hat. Pops also sports a white handlebar mustache. Aside from his mustache, Pops is entirely bald. In the finale, it's revealed that he has a 6 pack.

## **PERSONALITY**

Pops was a naive, lollipop-shaped man who is almost always in a jolly mood. Pops works with Benson as a park manager, but he acts as a groundskeeper. He tends to be overly ecstatic about every situation and expresses himself as an upright gentleman to the point where he overly extends his words and sentences formally. Despite being an elderly man, Pops is very childlike and naive about the world around him. Therefore, he serves as somewhat of a non sequitur character. He also seems to like Mordecai and Rigby more than Benson, ironically, despite Mordecai and Rigby's irresponsible behaviour and Benson's more responsible behaviour (and Benson being his good friend). Pops's father, Mr. Maellard, owns the park. Even so, Pops relies on Benson for the upkeep of the park. Benson also seems to be responsible for taking care of Pops due to his childlike nature. Pops's character is taken from Quintel's short animation "The Naive Man from Lolliland." In "Prank Callers," it is implied that Pops was once a (somewhat) more serious man, until Mordecai and Rigby (who had travelled back in time to the 80s) collided with his younger self, causing him apparent brain damage and turning him into the quirky character he is known as in the series. Pops is in a perpetually optimistic mood, and most of the time, he can best be described as bubbly. However, Pops isn't one to be jolly when disrespected. Whenever he is not acting childishly, Pops acts like a gentleman, always addressing others politely, with one sole exception in "Think Positive", where he demands Benson to stop yelling at Mordecai and Rigby. Pops's childish demeanor makes him very gullible, but even though anyone can take advantage of this, most people still respect Pops as a friend. Pops also possesses the most pleasant voice out of all the characters; his language style is unique where he will go to larger extents to scientifically or vividly describe an object that would normally be said in a few words.

He is also known to take an interest in little things, such as butterflies. An example of this is when, in "The Power," he laughs when a butterfly flies near him, and in "Think Positive," he is trying to catch butterflies in a jar. Another example would be in "Saving Time," when he says that the songbirds don't usually visit him until the afternoon. Pops is also known to love his car, which he polishes and waxes in nearly every episode it is in.

Pops seems to be easily amused as seen in "Jinx," when he laughs at his reflection in the water.

## **TRIVIA**

* In "The Pilot", It is revealed that from where Pops comes from "Rock-Paper-Scissors" is called "Quartz-Parchment-Shears."
* Pops owns three cars, his Checker Taxi cab from "Ello Gov'nor," his flying Mini Cooper from "Really Real Wrestling," and Carmenita. Out of all of them, only the latter appeared after its debut.
* He makes an appearance in the short "The Naive Man from Lolliland " as the main character, but with the name Lolliland Man.
* He also made a cameo appearance in "2 in the AM PM" when the two clerks are fighting, the proto-Mordecai becomes proto-Pops.
* He is the only main character who has not been an antagonist to Mordecai and Rigby before. Margaret and Eileen were rivals with them in Cruisin', Skips tried to stop the two from having fun in The Power, Thomas helped to prank them in Starter Pack and posed a threat in The Real Thomas. Benson, Muscle Man, and Hi Five Ghost are regular antagonists to them.
	+ However, in "Brain Eraser", although directly not an antagonist, Mordecai's memory of a naked Pops antagonizes him throughout most of the episode.
* An explanation for Pops using lollipops, instead of money, is that he is from Lolliland, where it is possible that lollipops were used as a form of currency. (For instance, a butterscotch ripple equates to $100). However, his father does not seem to share this confusion. In the short "The Naive Man from Lolliland," Pops is beaten by restaurant employees because he paid his bill in lollipops.
* Pops's favorite magazine to read is Mustaches Monthly.
* In "Dizzy," his last name is revealed to be "Maellard".
* In "This Is My Jam," it is revealed that he can dance and play music because he said that he is not going to use his "best dance moves" and he can play the keyboard.
* In "Prank Callers," Pops has no mustache in the 1980s, but he has one while he was in high school as shown in "Really Real Wrestling".