Dr. RC Cola

Dr. RC Cola in Cops: Noir

Dr. Richard Cornwallis Cola, known as Dr. RC Cola, or simply, Dr. Cola, is a character in the *Cops* movie series and is the main antagonist of *Cops: Noir*. He was a chemist turned super villain after developing the soft drink, R.C. Cola. The mass popularity of his drink was achieved not by its spectacular refreshing taste alone after Dr. Cola added a substance known as chemical X. This chemical has is an addictive substance that only affects children forcing a habit that would turn a profit for Dr. Cola. After developing a fake sweepstakes to increase sales and expand his drinks hold over the young population of the country, Cola's plan was soon discovered by Officer's Colten and Bernard leading to his arrest.

## In Cops Noir

Cola is seen in the intro of the video mixing chemicals in his lab stating how his plan to create a competition with nonexistent prizes coupled with his addictive drink will make him the richest man in the United States. He continues his research in the lab when Officers Colten and Bernard stumble upon his window and notice his evil cackling. Suspicious of his attentions, they notify him of their presence and show their badges when suddenly Cola books it out of the building. The cops run inside to quickly assess the area before Bernard makes chase after Cola. Cola manages to outrun the officer as Bernard only manages to run a few feet before being apparently "weighed down" by the burger he ate previously. Cola managed to destroy much of the evidence in his lab while escaping giving him time to successfully deliver shipments of his new addictive version of his drink to stores and bars while the officers attempt to pick up his trail.

The cops find little information besides his name and draw the false conclusion that he is trying to poison and kill children with his soda. The cops make a breakthrough however after receiving the drink at a bar and then discovering the address of where the drinks were shipped from. After arriving at the grocery store, Dr. Cola realized the worker at the store was giving the officers a description of him and then shot him in the back, failing to kill him, and failing to prevent any information from being given. The officers quickly commandeer the grocery store worker's bikes and leave him to wait for an ambulance when they trail Cola back to another one of his production facilities. Cola manages to lure the two in and then reveals his intentions discrediting the previous assumption that he wanted to kill children. He then leaves the building locking the officers inside with a ticking bomb while he went to escape on his bike. Bernard had kindly put a bike lock on it leading to the Dr. struggling to get it off when suddenly the cops reemerged escaping from the building. Cola cuts the lock with a knife and then takes off his bike prompting a lengthy bike chase as the two parties fired at each other with handguns.

Cola returns to his laboratory and takes refuge within the labyrinth as the cops enter and attempt to apprehend him. While venturing into the long and winding corridors Cola manages to surprise Colten as he turns around a corner incapacitating him by shooting him in the kneecap. Bernard then continues to track him down as Cola attempts to unnerve him with his many tricks and illusions. Bernard eventually reaches the end of the labyrinth when Cola comes out and fires at him with a machine gun. Bernard pretends to be shot leading to Cola emerging from cover confidently boasting over the cop. Bernard then shoots the gun out of Cola's hand, tackles him, and then arrests him.

## Skills and Flaws

### Intellect

Dr. RC Cola boasts significant intelligence in his field of science and strategy. His background in chemistry lead to his successful drink as well as the successful creation of a time bomb. He is also able to outdo the cops throughout the video due to his careful planning and strategy as he evades arrest as seen when he manages to lure the cops into the trap underneath his facility, and the labyrinth he created where he managed to incapacitate Colten and unnerve Bernard almost managing to kill him.

### Poor Marksmanship

Dr. Cola sports a several weapons, but he is a very poor shot and fails to kill anyone in the video. This first occurs when he fails to kill the grocery store worker, and then during the bike chase manages to miss several shots despite being at a very close range. During the labyrinth he intended to kill Colten but fired to low only hitting his protected kneecap, and also failed to hit Bernard despite firing many shots rapidly.

### Overconfidence

Cola's biggest failing is his sense of overconfidence. While this has led to his success in life as he trusts his skill, it is this inflated ego that leads to his decision to commit crime as he believes he can easily succeed. This is personified after Bernard is supposedly incapacitated as Cola boasts about his ability instead of finishing the officer off leading to his arrest after Bernard is able to act.

## Trivia

- Jack had originally planned for Dr. Cola to wear the stripped down outfit he had in the laboratory being the white dress shirt with rolled up sleeves, suspenders, a bow tie, the bowler and possibly a vest. Not long before filming began Jack and Andrew were walking around the mall to find a vest when they came across the clearance section of Penny's discovering the fantastic checkered suit jacket that RC Cola sports. Jack tried on the jacket and instantly knew this would be the defining piece of clothing to create Dr. RC Cola.

- The name "Dr. Richard Cornwallis Cola" was created by Jack and Joe when attempting to name the soda that would appear in the video. Originally they had tried coming up with an original name or acronym but found using actual RC Cola to be more amusing.

- It is impossible for Dr. RC Cola to appear in color. He is a man meant for black and white film and is inexplicably black and white in colorful environments.

## Gallery

Bernard's sketch of Dr. ColaDr. Cola working in his labDr. Cola shooting during the bike chase"CaSe ClOsEd DeTecTiVe!"Dr. Cola confronting the Cops