Mayor Mingus

**Mayor Mingus Crown** is a major character in Dialtown, serving as the official ruler of the titular town. While initially just a roadblock for Phonegingi in the Bigfoot route, she later becomes the main antagonist of the game when the green cryptid proves to be a menace to her ideal rule of "normality", and decides to banish them, kickstarting the final chapter. Her campaign posters can be seen all around town.

## Appearance

Unlike every other character in the game, Mingus possess an organic head; that of a cat.

Her head was genetically engineered to look like her pawpaw's old cat, who she named herself after. She is a brown mackerel tabby with a striped tail that is identical to Callum's pet. Additionally, she wears a sharp purple suit that has two buttons along with crisp white gloves, a royal purple top hat, and a purple scarf. Although unseen in her sprites, Mingus also has on a purple skirt and high heels. She carries a cane with a golden, miniature version of her head on the top with her most of the time.

## Personality

Mayor Mingus is a feared and respected leader. She is corrupt, evading tax laws and rigging elections. She is fixated on creating the same Dialtown her grandfather once ruled over, yet refuses to empathize what her grandfather would do in her situation. She is a rather short-tempered, as seen when berating Phonegingi for their actions.

She later softens up by the end of the game, acting as a more genuine leader rather than a corrupt one.

She uses formal, impersonal language, and tends to use uncommon synonyms for words to subconsciously belittle the person she's speaking to and affirm her social class.

## Backstory

Mingus was the daughter of an "underwhelming tiger-parent", who was uncaring towards her and compared her achievements even from a young age unfavorably to Callum's. Instead of wanting to receive her father's love, Mingus strove to make her paw-paw proud. This made her idolize Callum to an unhealthy degree to which she refuses to reflect on. She created fantasies of getting the love and reassurance her father never gave her from Callum.

This is a large reasoning for her wanting to keep Dialtown the same under her control, keeping the town under her thumb and rigging elections again and again until she can perfect the image she has in her head. The only way Mingus would step down as mayor is if Callum somehow regained his memories, which is a completely impossible delusion she has convinced herself of.

## Trivia

* Phonegingi's response to Mingus before she reveals her full self is a call-back to the way Old Sport from the *Dayshift at Freddy's* series would respond to Doggos when they appear.
* Mingus' birthname is Michelle Crown.
* Mingus's first name means "a tenant in a manor", while her surname references both her head as well as crowns being related to royalty/power[1]

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* As stated in the Matchmaker Quiz, she takes a nightly dose of painkillers in her milk.
	+ Also stated in the Matchmaker Quiz, she has never heard of "love."

* The real life model for Mingus is Salvage, Dogman's cat.
* Mingus was Dog's favorite character to write for during Dialtown's development.
* According to Dog when asked on Mingus's taste in music: *" ' I think Mingus’ favourite singer would be Vera Lynn, 100%. I think she’d like Doris Day and Skeeter Davis too.' "*
* Mayor Mingus is actually constantly vibrating with anger, but it's so fast that Gingi's eyes can't register it, making Mingus appear still.
* She has claws, and can purr.
* Mayor Mingus can speak fluently in Chinese.
* Mingus owns a sports car.

## Gallery

Waking up a REALLY displeased kittyThe tip of Mingus's cane... not sure why its a fileYayyy she spin:3Yours felinely!An unused asset.
## Misc.

2023 Birthday image posted by DirectDoggo