Joe Dalton

### **Personality**

Arrogant, abusive, ambitious, braggy, cunning, cynical, determinated, grouchy, histerical, intelligent, mischievous, pompous, rageful, stubborn, touchy, vicious, wordy.

### **Birthday**

Unknown (He is 20 years old according to Morris)

### **Alignment**

Bad (Lucky luke series);
Ranges from average to good (The Daltons)

### **Goal**

To avenge his cousins, rob banks, escape from prison, defend his label of "Terror of the west"

### **Home**

Coyote Gulch (The Daltons' Cousins);
Ma's lair
Nevada Penitentiary

### **Relatives**

Jack, William and Averell Dalton (younger brothers);
Bob, Gratt, Bill and Emmett Dalton (Cousins);
Ma Dalton (Mother);
Henry Dalton (Uncle);
Marcel Dalton (Uncle);
Bill Dalton (Uncle);
Joseline, Jacqueline, Williamine and Ava Dalton (Cousins)

### **Enemies**

Lucky Luke, Mr. Peabody, Pete and Emmett, Miss Betty (sometimes), Rintindumb (sometimes)

### **Likes**

Money, robbing banks and ambushing stage coaches, explosives (especially dynamite and nitroglicerine), making the latter out of soap, come up with escape plans, freedom, playing rugby, directing a concert, being famous

### **Dislikes**

Lucky Luke, Averell's nosense, William flirting with his love interests, the brothers(mostly Averell's) incompetence, someone hurting his ego, his leadership being called into question

### **Powers and abilities**

Scheming plans and crimes;
Decision-making skills;
Manipulate others;
Herculean strength (when provoked)

### **Paraphernalia**

Secret lab in the basement of the Penitentiary

### **Fate**

Failing to escape, getting hurt the most and getting occasionally put in the isolation cling

### **Quote**

"It's so marvelous to be famous!"
"I've got a plan!"
"Shut up, you imbecile/idiot/ninny (To Averell)!"
"It's really not fair!"

**Joe Dalton** is the main antagonist of the Lucky Luke series and the main protagonist of the animated series "*The Daltons*".

## Background

Joe is the bitter enemy of the aforementioned cowboy "Who shoots faster than his own shadow" and the eldest of the The Dalton brothers as well as their self-acclaimed leader.

### Personality

He is often considered as the most crafty, persuading, and cunning as well as the most histerical, ruthless, intimidating of the bunch despite being the shortest, something he often gets picked on. One of his typical and most iconic traits is his wrathful and fiery temper, up to the point it leads him to insanity, make his blood boil, turn his face into a red-colored hue and to exaggerate his body language. In one episode of the show, he won a football match truly mastered and channeled his strenght gained by his rampage.

He is definitely the most determinated, thanks to the countless plans he comes up with in order to escape, especially since the others often give up, situation which comes down to the constant failures or simply due to the evidently straight-forward or, quite the opposite, needlessly convoluted approach Joe's plans lead to. In contrast to the others, who have their excuses and activities in their leisure in order to outlet their restrained wish of escape, he doesn't give up and constantly fights for a right he strives for despite, of course, his obvious fundamental malevolent intentions: freedom.

Sometimes he tends to behave arrogantly, an example of this is when he claims he is the smartest of the brothers; while he is technically the best at committing crimes and coming up with plans, it's no doubt that Jack and William have a lot more going for when it comes to intelligence and common sense. Another instance of his harsh behaviour can be seen when he pushes around his brothers and call their brother "Imbeciles!" or "Idiots!", especially Averell, whose nonsense, clumsiness and incompetence makes him drive mad. However, he does have an emotional bond with Averell, as shown in the show's finale "Daltons on vacations", in which he feels touched and proud to see the growth in the brother's popularity as an artist. He also sticks together with his brothers frequently and seeks for their help when needed, especially for Jack's, since he is his main sidekick and he trusts him.

In short he does show some moments of sensivity, although it got toned down in his childhood because of a lack of comprehension and affection from his mother, Ma Dalton, as seen in "Mamma Mia", in which she consulted every brother except Joe.

## Appearance

OriginalRecoloredOut of all his brothers, he is the shortest, as he is 4 foots and 7 inches tall. He has short black hair with a clump which hangs in front of his forehead, brown eyes with yellowish pupils, a big button nose from which a pair of pointy mustaches stick out, and a long and squared chin. Inside of the penitentiary he wears a yellow prison uniform with stripes, but usually, in other occasions in which he sports the same clothes as their brothers, he wears in red, since it's his favourite colour.

He looks identical to his brothers, the only difference is the height and the fact that Joe has a fed up or grouchy expression. His face blurs red not only when he is mad, but also when he gets hit hardly on the face.

## Trivia

* He bears some similarities to Joey from Oggy and the Cockroaches: both are the smallest but the eldest members of their respective crews, cunning but sometimes abusive leaders, they both have a short fuse and they're easily the ones who get beaten up the most at the end.