Johnny Buggerton

Johnny Buggerton was a senior member of The Rabe Maniels Crime Syndicate and served as Rabe Maniels' right-hand man, second in command, and direct advisor. He was the only person under Maniels' employ that Rabe ever actually cared about, and when Buggerton was killed by the Lost Episode Resistance, Maniels was devastated, and issued full on destructive gang war with the Resistance.

"Have some milk it's pure and all home made."-Buggerton to Sam and Max.

## Overview

Once the owner of a book store; Buggerton fell in with Rabe Maniels and became they quickly became best friends. Together, Buggerton and Maniels founded The Rabe Maniels Crime Syndicate, and went to war with The Lost Episode Resistance. The pair schemed to kill The Shadow Reader, and then to take control of the entire universe by using lost media. Buggerton was eventually killed by the Resistance which enraged Maniels and led to the events of The Great Gang War.

## Background

Buggerton was born in Armadillo in 1949, and came to London in 1990 where he opened up his own book shop in the heart of Bristol which he ran for years. Aside from owning a bookshop, he owned his own line of bottled milk. On New Years Day 2019, Buggerton unintentionally viewed one of the projects of the recently deceased Rabe Maniels, only for Maniels to show up in the shop the very next day. Sam and Max then entered the shop asking if Buggerton knew anything about Maniels, but Buggerton covered for him and pretended to be unknowing He gave the pair a bottle of milk, and sent them on their way. Grateful for not being ratted out, Maniels provided Buggerton with information regarding himself and his ties to lost media. Buggerton and Maniels became quick friends, and he became Rabe's new right-hand man. Together, the pair established The Rabe Maniels Crime Syndicate. On Maniels' persuasion, Buggerton converted his store into a DVD store entitled Maniels Media, which Maniels used to sell all of his lost media projects while Buggerton laundered money from Maniels' various other businesses including his factory in Riker's Field.

## The Rabe Maniels Intrigue

Buggerton and Maniels began plotting with business partners Granny Dryden and Frank Vinci to kill The Shadow Reader. Buggerton and Maniels believed that with Shadow dead; his successor Space Voyager ould be forced to make a deal with them. Buggerton along with Maniels sparked the first blow in the war with the Resistance by murdering the Resistance's biggest asset Luca Brasi. Brasi had met with Buggerton several months prior to try and infiltrate the Syndicate. Buggerton and Rabe then had Shadow gunned down in the street but he managed to survive and was placed in intensive care. Johnny is then dealt a personal blow when the conflict claims the life of his dear friend Salvatore Manetti. Later, Buggerton seeking vengeance for Manetti's murder conspires with Archie Colmyer and corrupt CLPD Sergeant Joe Galtosino to have another attempt on Shadow's life. Colmyer and Galtosino remove Shadow's guards BC Network and Tyler Jamison from the hospital leaving him unguarded. Buggerton then sends up a huge crew of gunmen to whack Shadow. Matthew Williams and Officer Ran who were visiting the hospital at the time managed to kill all of the gunmen who had been sent there to kill Shadow.

## Death

When Space heard the news about the second attempt on Shadow's life; he went ape and ordered a hit on Johnny Buggerton. Space rationalised that without Buggerton; Rabe was screwed. Dorium Maldovar, Mrs Moore, Mr Walrus, and Frankely Hott headed to Maniels Media where they then confronted Buggerton at his front desk. Buggerton remained impassive and taunted the group for their devotion to The Shadow Reader, and also claimed that even with him gone; Rabe will still be an unstoppable force thanks to his sheer number of powerful connections. The group then proceeded to kill Buggerton, and returned to Bristol to inform Skyrunner of their success.

## Aftermath

When Rabe learned about Buggerton's death; he was enraged and persuaded every gang in the city to go to war with the Resistance. Buggerton's death is also what inspires Rabe to want to take out the entire Resistance where as before he only wanted to kill The Shadow Reader. Buggerton's death was eventually avenged with the death of Lazarus Marmite which led to Shadow suing for peace with Maniels.

## Appears In

Mr Good Comes To Town (Mr Men Little Miss Lost Episode)

The Clubhouse Doomsday Project (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Lost Episode)

Red Dead Redemption Cursed Copy

Peck's Bad Day (Sheriff Callie's Wild West Lost Episode) (Killed)

## Trivia

* Interestingly, despite being Rabe's right-hand man, Johnny Buggerton rarely accompanies Maniels to meetings with other members of the Syndicate. This is presumably because he has to run Maniels Media and all of Rabe's other business assets.
* He has a son named Joey who works as a mechanic over in Empire Bay. He also has two unnamed grandchildren.
* Buggerton was close friends with Salvatore Manetti as he had gone to Fordham with Buggerton's son Joey.
* A massive stoner.
* Buggerton was the one to introduce Maniels to the Slitheen Family.