Bob Blutarsky

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Silent Bob

### The Origin Story of Robert Blutarsky: 1985 - 2004

Robert Blutarsky was born in Blüdhaven, New Jersey. His parents were Kevin and Jennifer, who were more or less middle-class parents. Kevin worked as a post office employee while Jennifer was a stay-at-home mother who moonlit as a waitress when their son was old enough to leave at home without supervision.

It should come as no surprise that Robert or "Bob" was never much of a vocal child. He kept quiet, usually reading comics, watching movies, or playing video games. He did well enough in school to earn a partial scholarship to Gotham State University. A few months into his college career, Silent Bob (now given the name by his roommate) was given his first joint. By the end of the semester, Silent Bob had bought enough stash to sell it to other students to make a little spending money. When he was caught peddling his wares on campus, Silent Bob was expelled.

Rather than return home a failure, Silent Bob moved to Gotham City and made a living selling weed on the street. The only major problem to overcome was the fact that he was a little too... silent. That's when he recruited Jay.

### Jay & Silent Bob Strike Out: 2004 - 2013

The combination of Jay and Silent Bob proved to be an effective team. As anyone who has ever met Jay can attest, Jay does more than enough talking for the both of them. While Jay does the smooth-talking and nonsensical ramblings, Silent Bob was able to blend into the background, keep an eye out for trouble and potential clients, and be prepared to look intimidating or spit the occasional wisdom when needed.

The two spent much of their early careers hanging out at convenience stores and failing video rental shops in Gotham and neighboring Burnside. Having ran afoul of some violent gangs that tried to muscle in on their turf, Jay and Silent Bob moved their operation off the streets and into Gotham's shopping malls. It was while in this "Mallrats" phase that Gotham's Cataclysm hit and the two spent most of the next year living in the mall with other survivors, fending off the violent street gangs. It was also during this time that the two learned to grow their own weed (mostly through trial and error) and also honed their fisticuffs (to some degree).

In the aftermath of the Cataclysm, Jay and Silent Bob enjoyed some brief stint as celebrities due to the aid they rendered to their fellow mall survivors during the long ordeal. Their story circulated and was eventually adapted by an independent comic book, creating the characters of "Chronic" and "Bluntman", loosely based on the two. While Jay and Silent Bob were mostly okay with the comic (on account of the comic's creator being a past client of theirs), they were much less excited by the movie adaptation, which they took a road trip to prevent. It was this cross-country adventure that led to tangling the pair up with some sexy eco-terrorists.

It was during "Hell on Earth", that these unlikely heroes would square-off with demons in Star City. While the two were getting high between demonic assaults, an even *higher* power called upon Jay & Silent Bob...

### Jay and Silent Bob: 2013 - present

Following the aftermath of their second city-wide disaster on just as many different coastlines, Jay and Silent Bob were hoping for a break. Only one problem, they had been drafted into supernal service. Despite the demonic threat of Star City being handled by others, the pair were assured there would be other demonic agendas for them to foil. Their gracious benefactors could not be bothered giving the duo a lift back to Gotham, so the two set out on another cross-country road-trip.

Along the way, they went through many detours, teaming up (and getting high) with the likes of some young paranormal investigators and their dog, jammed out to some classic tunes in a classic muscle car before being 86'd to the curb for even attempting to light a blunt in the driver's "Baby." Eventually they did make it back to Gotham, only to then get told they had been charged with a most sacred mission.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Supernal Judge:** Jay & Silent Bob may have made a covenant with a supernal being, or could have been called by divine decree or even just a powerful angel wanting to teach them a lesson. Technically a form of "witch", "Judges" are endowed with a righteous power. Though not quite on par with the power of a Prophet, and lacking in experience, Jay and Silent Bob are quite formidable — especially against infernal entities.
	+ ***Alchemy:*** Jay and Silent Bob have an enhanced, intrinsic understanding of alchemy and are able to grow the necessary herbs for the brewing of potions (and making their mystically potent 'Secret Stash').
	+ ***Blessing:*** Jay and Silent Bob are able to channel supernal energy into their hands or hand-held weaponry to reinforce their strikes against infernal enemies. The two can similarly impart a supernal resonance upon objects to ward a barrier for a short time to stall or impede infernal beings.
	+ ***Enhanced Resilience:*** Judges are more resistant to injury than normal people, and are able to endure pain longer and easier. Some judges can even taste death and rise after a short period of time. This 'torpor' can be used to feign death.
	+ ***Laying on of Hands:*** Judges have the power to cure diseases and injury. Jay & Silent Bob often disguise their healing blessings inside their own "herbal remedies"
	+ ***Longevity:*** Though still technically mortal, some judges have been shown to live beyond the bounds of mortality. Some are even completely immune to aging.
	+ ***Revelation:*** Judges have the ability to pierce the veil with their basic senses allowing them to see and interact with ghosts or other unseen forces.
* ***Clairsentience:*** Silent Bob, has at times, displayed sudden wisdom or insight into matters that he has no explanation for knowing. This wisdom can often come with instantly sobering him up as well, should the need for a clear mind be required.
* ***Conjuration:*** Silent Bob has the ability to summon various possessions he has owned and/or used extensively in the past (enough to have imparted his intrinsic residual energy). When utilizing this power, Silent Bob usually appears to pull the object from the deep recesses of his ever-present signature long coat. Though most objects summoned are small enough to be concealed on his person, Silent Bob has at various times managed to summon objects roughly human-sized (like a blow-up doll). Silent Bob has even able to summon one of Batman's grapnel launchers.
* ***Telekinesis:*** Silent Bob can, with great effort, push and pull small objects to and from his person. He believes this ability is tried to his intensive mastery of "The Force" using the teachings of the "Jedi". Sure enough, his power seems to wax and wane in potency based on the last time he watched Empire.

### Weaknesses

* **Quiet:** Silent Bob is capable of speech, but prefers to let Jay do most of the talking.
* **Stress:** Silent Bob sometimes loses it on account of Jay's bad habits and screw-ups. Yet, despite all that, Silent Bob still keeps Jay around and is very protective of him.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Occult:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
* **Weaponry:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
* **Expertise:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Range:** 2 — Basic / Typical
* **Strategy:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
	+ **TOTAL:** 57
	+ **RANKING:** Low Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Jay and Silent Bob are considered rivals to Jimmy Gordon, Sidney Debris, the Black Light Tribe, the Sons of Batman, and the Royal Flush Gang.

### Notes

* Silent Bob is a character from the *View Askewniverse* series and its related media.
* His appearance is based on Kevin Smith, who portrays him in the franchise.
* His bio description plays references of his appearances in the entries of *View Askewniverse*:
	+ Hanging out in convenience stores and failing video rental shops are from the *Clerks* films.
	+ The in-universe comic book characters Chronic and Bluntman and their quest of stopping Hollywood of adapting it are based on the *Jay and Silent Bob* 2019 film.
	+ Operating shopping malls is a nod to *Mallrats*.
	+ Their involvement in the events of Star City and fighting demonic forces are based on *Dogma*.

## Network Files

Network Files: Jay and Silent BobNetwork Files: Silent Bob

## Links and References

* Appearances of Bob Blutarsky

1. ↑ Network Files: Silent Bob