Buck

"Buck listens to music that hurts my head. Buck works out and can pick me up with one hand."

### Personality

Brash* "Sometimes, you just can't stop punching. 25% of hitting twice when attacking."

### Abilities

* Bully
* Magnificent Combo
* Insult
* Inner Rage

### Affiliates

* Andrew (Father),
* Helga (Mother)
* Lars (Uncle)
* Jimmy (Brother)
* GAMM-E (Grandma)

Buck is Jimmy's older brother, and the first party member to be recruited.

Buck's memory zone is The Abyss.

## Appearance

Buck is an older teenager with reddish-brown hair and a bored expression on his face. He wears a black beanie with a skull on the front, a black tank top, a pair of torn jeans, and a pair of sneakers.

## Tumblr Blog Description

*"There are two things Buck loves more than anything else: pumping iron and punching nerds.  If you went to high school with Buck and he found out you had a Tumblr, chances are he’d stuff you in a locker.  I don’t even want to know what he’d do to me once he figured out who created him.  He’d probably have an existential crisis after the swelling went down in his fists.*

*His favorite band is a hardcore thrash band called Gut Punch who are known for producing harsh, nonsensical noise rather than music, and if you put a stethoscope to Buck’s forehead, then you might just hear that same anarchical static playing continuously.  But, you’d never get a stethoscope anywhere near him.  Doctors have stethoscopes–and doctors are nerds.*

*There’s no getting around it: Buck’s a bully.  He resents having to live with a household that is 3/5ths nerd.  And, Jimmy–Jimmy’s the worst.  Such a weak little kid.  Buck looks after him because his mother asked, but that’s it.  Buck can see that the way his mother coddles Jimmy means that he’ll never get any stronger, and Buck can’t stand that more than anything.  But, Jimmy looks up to his brother.  It’s the way things go; little brothers always look up to their big brothers.*

*Buck might be brash, but that just makes him all the more menacing in fights.  His skill set is built around intimidation and straight-up clobbering, and he naturally has a chance to attack twice."*

## Personality

Buck is pretty much your typical moody teenager and bully. He is snarky, rude, short-tempered, does not enjoy anything he finds to be overly complicated, and hates nerds. He is also shown to be aggressive and may have issues with self esteem based on the description of some of his items and abilities. However, despite his attitude, he has a deep love for his family (particularly Helga), and will do anything to protect them. He enjoys lifting weights, boxing, and horror movies.

## In Battle

Buck is heavily focused on dealing high physical damage. Most of his stats are average, but he boasts high ATK, and above-average DEF and Max HP, tailoring him to handle battles head-on. His skills are centered around dealing physical damage, two of which (Bully and Mag. Combo) being pure physical attacks that only differ in the power, MP cost, and cooldown associated with them. His ability to inflict startle using Insult allows him to snuff particularly dangerous enemy attacks, but is weakened by his average AGI, keeping him from using it effectively against particularly fast enemies (a downside that can be mitigated, however, by using Jimmy's Sticky Phlegm).

Lastly, if you're running low on MP and don't mind losing control of a party member, Inner Rage gives Buck a permanent attack buff, but restricts him to using normal attacks on entirely random targets (i.e., berserk status). This becomes particularly useful when coupled with his personality, **Brash**, enabling him to occasionally use his basic attack multiple times at once, the chance of which can be raised significantly with the proper equipment, examples being Buck's Mix Tape and Golden Gloves.

Unlike most other party members, Buck cannot be obtained at any level other than level 2. Despite this, the table below shows what his stats would theoretically be if he were available at level 1.

### Nerd Bash

 **Brash** | Sometimes, you just can't stop punching.
 **Bully** | Utilize your brawn to hide your low self-esteem.
 **Mag. Combo** | Perform a magnificent combo!
 **Insult** | Target an enemy's feelings.
 **Inner Rage** | You can only be pushed so far until you snap.

## Trivia

* His favorite band is a thrash metal band called Gut Punch, who are known for making music that borders on harsh noise.
* Buck is in his late teens, approximately 17, and is close to graduating high school.
* On the discord, Housekeeping has stated that Buck likes his steak rare.

## References

1. ↑ https://jimmyandthepulsatingmass.tumblr.com/characters
2. ↑ https://jimmyandthepulsatingmass.tumblr.com/characters
3. ↑ https://jimmyandthepulsatingmass.tumblr.com/post/190124893661/how-old-would-you-say-buck-is-is-in-his-late
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/KaseyOzymy/status/1196102751006187521