Carver Brutus

**Carver Brutus** is a supporting character, the boyfriend of Lola Moretti, and the secondary antagonist of Edward and Eric. He made his debut appearance in the Season 1 episode Frantic Sensations as a silent character, but he did not become a major one until The School Bully. He is voiced by Veronica Taylor.

## Personality

Carver is a mean, brutal, and abusive teenager who bullies and manipulates other students (particularly his favorite target, Constantinos), and sometimes even adults for his personal enjoyment. Carver is undoubtedly the most feared student on campus, and he can even go as far as to intimidate authority figures, although he is prone to moments of stupidity and cockiness. Carver loves to mock and insult The Lucky 6 when possible, usually calling them by his signature insult, "dorks".

Carver absolutely despises The Lucky 6 to the point of distraction. When he isn't busy tormenting Constantinos, it is often shown Carver hates Joey the most, even though when you look at the big picture, they are rather similar: both have high ambitions, they love to show off, they feel the need to be in charge, and they like to insult and bully others. The difference, however, is that Joey still has some heroic qualities, while Carver is consistently shown to be remorseless and abusive. Carver is most happy when he has the opportunity to humiliate the gang, although his victory rarely lasts long, as he has a strong rivalry with Dallas Jones. Dallas is always there to save the day as soon as Carver is about to beat up any Lucky 6 member. Whenever they fight, Dallas always ends up winning.

While Carver may not be academically successful, he is extremely clever in terms of leadership, making plans, and exploiting other people. His leadership isn't immune from failure, however; one good example is in The Edward and Eric Movie, where he was more concerned about his fake tattoo washing off than Lola's own safety during a violent thunderstorm. It is safe to say while Carver is surprisingly competent at running his own gang, he isn't truly loyal to any of his friends and girlfriend, and will value his own safety during dangerous situations, merely viewing them as assets.

Sometimes, Carver will team up with Dallas to defeat bigger threats (such as the "aliens" in No More PEGOs, and Horseradish in Edward for Pres-ed-ent), but it doesn't stop their mutual hatred for each other, as they will continue to share sarcastic comments towards the other.

What may come off as a surprise is that Carver's morality is a debatable subject amongst fans. Most of the Carver-centered episodes revolve around him facing his own struggles (such as not wanting to join the military in Biting the Bullet, and trying to make a friend in You've Got a Frenemy in Me), and they typically end happily for him. Would It Kill You to Be Nice? also reveals Carver has to be mean at all costs; if he's too kind, his body's toxicity will stack up and he will literally start to slowly die unless he reverts to being a bully. What makes things more interesting is Edward Felker once stated "Carver is the villain of everybody's story, except his own." (WIP)

## Trivia

* Carver is 16 years old.
* Carver's height is 6'0 (182.88 cm). He would then point this out in Tour Story.
* According to early character development sheets, Carver was originally going to be somewhat uglier. He had a larger nose that was red, and he also had acne across his forehead.
* As revealed in The School Bully, Carver had been expelled from 13 different school districts before his arrival at Lakeside City.
* His dream job is a janitor at MacDouglas'.
* Carver is capable of creating homemade weapons, including a miniature flamethrower, a potato gun and a bowling ball launcher.
* Carver's grades are so bad that, like Joey, he has an F in Lunch, which isn't even a subject to begin with.
* Carver wasn't always intended to be a major character. He was initially only supposed to appear in The School Bully and A New Friend, but then Sauls felt he had potential.
* Carver's actress is well known for providing the voice of Ash Ketchum in the English dub of the *Pokémon* anime during the first eight seasons.
* During development of the series and in the shorts, his name was Simon.
* Fans usually compare his voice to that of Francis from the popular Nickelodeon series, *The Fairly OddParents*.
	+ They also share similar personalities, being book dumb, impulsive bullies who love to torture innocents and are the most feared students in their respective schools.
* Despite Carver's intimidating appearance, his choice of insults are mediocre (though certainly not on par with Abdul Renbarger's), as he usually calls people "weak sauce" or "crapface". However, his favorite choice of insult is (as stated above) "dork".
* Carver's nickname is "Monkey Boy", which he absolutely loathes.
* His signature insult being "dork" is a reference to Kevin from the Cartoon Network series, *Ed, Edd n Eddy*, who is the same exact way.